Shooting Guard · Los Angeles Lakers
Keith Erickson
Age 82 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 88 kg · Born Apr 19, 1944 · UCLA
9.7 PPG
4.5 RPG
2.8 APG
493 games
8 seasons
Career snapshot
8seasons
493games
4,769career pts
11.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Los Angeles Lakers
· 236 games · 1968-69–1972-73
Position rank · 1974-75
#8PPG rank
#16PER rank
#16WS rank
Among 20 Shooting Guard players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
14.6
1973-74 · —
RPG
6.3
1973-74 · —
APG
3.5
1974-75 · —
PER
12.8
1967-68 · CHI
WS
2.9
1969-70 · LAL
Draft
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-66 | GSW | 64 | 0 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.6 | 0.0 | 66.2 | — | — |
| 1967-68 | CHI | 78 | 0 | 28.9 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 75.5 | 12.8 | 2.1 |
| 1968-69 | LAL | 77 | 0 | 25.6 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 68.6 | 9.9 | 1.9 |
| 1969-70 | LAL | 68 | 0 | 25.8 | 8.9 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.8 | 0.0 | 74.6 | 11.8 | 2.9 |
| 1971-72 | LAL | 15 | 0 | 17.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48.2 | 0.0 | 85.7 | 11.4 | 0.5 |
| 1972-73 | LAL | 76 | 0 | 25.3 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 80.9 | 12.0 | 2.8 |
| 1973-74 | NBA | 66 | 0 | 30.8 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 80.1 | — | — |
| 1974-75 | NBA | 49 | 0 | 30.0 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 83.3 | — | — |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | Type | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1968 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | season change | ||
| Oct 1967 | Golden State Warriors | Chicago Bulls | offseason | From 1965-66 to 1967-68 | |
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About Keith Erickson
Keith Raymond Erickson is an American former basketball and volleyball player. He played on two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship teams at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) under head coach John Wooden, where he was the key player in the team's zone-press defense. He was a member of the United States Men's Olympic Volleyball Team in the 1964 Olympics. He played 12 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), participating in four NBA Finals series, and missing a fifth because of injury.