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John Tresvant

Age 86 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 98 kg · Born Nov 6, 1939 · Seattle

10.0 PPG 6.9 RPG 1.6 APG 708 games 7 seasons
John Tresvant

Career snapshot

7seasons
708games
7,105career pts
16.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Washington Wizards · 120 games · 1971-72–1972-73

Position rank · 1972-73

#60PPG rank
#62PER rank
#60WS rank
Among 64 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 13.6 1968-69 · OKC
RPG 10.3 1968-69 · OKC
APG 2.4 1968-69 · OKC
PER 17.0 1969-70 · LAL
WS 3.4 1967-68 · DET

Draft

1964
Round 5 · Pick 40
from Seattle

Career by team

Washington Wizards
1971-72 – 1972-73 · 2 seasons
5.4 PPG 4.0 RPG 1.0 APG
120 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1969-70 – 1969-70 · 1 seasons
5.9 PPG 3.2 RPG 0.9 APG
20 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1968-69 – 1969-70 · 2 seasons
12.9 PPG 8.4 RPG 2.1 APG
75 games
Sacramento Kings
1967-68 – 1968-69 · 2 seasons
11.3 PPG 7.2 RPG 1.8 APG
81 games
Detroit Pistons
1965-66 – 1967-68 · 2 seasons
11.0 PPG 8.1 RPG 1.7 APG
101 games
Atlanta Hawks
1964-65 – 1965-66 · 2 seasons
6.0 PPG 5.4 RPG 0.9 APG
19 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1964-65 ATL 4 0 8.8 3.5 4.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 36.4 0.0 66.7 — —
1965-66 NBA 61 0 15.9 7.9 6.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.8 0.0 74.7 — —
1965-66 ATL 15 0 14.2 6.7 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 47.4 0.0 84.4 — —
1965-66 DET 46 0 16.4 8.3 6.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 41.6 0.0 72.8 16.8 2.0
1967-68 NBA 85 0 29.1 12.3 8.3 1.9 0.0 0.0 45.7 0.0 65.1 — —
1967-68 SAC 30 0 26.7 10.3 5.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 44.8 0.0 63.2 — —
1967-68 DET 55 0 30.4 13.3 9.8 2.1 0.0 0.0 46.1 0.0 65.8 14.4 3.4
1968-69 NBA 77 0 32.2 12.5 8.9 2.2 0.0 0.0 46.3 0.0 61.2 — —
1968-69 SAC 51 0 33.0 11.9 8.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 45.0 0.0 58.3 — —
1968-69 OKC 26 0 30.8 13.6 10.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 48.8 0.0 67.3 — —
1969-70 NBA 69 0 21.7 10.6 6.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 72.5 — —
1969-70 LAL 20 0 11.1 5.9 3.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 53.4 0.0 65.7 17.0 0.9
1969-70 OKC 49 0 26.1 12.6 7.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 42.8 0.0 73.5 — —
1971-72 WAS 65 0 18.9 6.8 5.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 45.0 0.0 81.8 — —
1972-73 WAS 55 0 9.8 3.8 2.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 46.7 0.0 69.5 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1971 Oklahoma City Thunder Washington Wizards offseason From 1969-70 to 1971-72
Oct 1969 Los Angeles Lakers Oklahoma City Thunder mid season trade From 1969-70 to 1969-70
Jul 1969 Sacramento Kings Los Angeles Lakers season change
Jul 1969 Oklahoma City Thunder Los Angeles Lakers season change
Jul 1968 Sacramento Kings Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1968 Detroit Pistons Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1968 Detroit Pistons Sacramento Kings season change
Oct 1967 Sacramento Kings Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1967-68 to 1967-68
Jul 1965 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons season change

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About John Tresvant

John B. Tresvant is an American former basketball player. Tresvant played from 1964 to 1973 in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for six teams, the St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals, Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Baltimore Bullets. His teams reached the NBA finals in 1970 and 1971.