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Kelvin Ransey

Age 68 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 77 kg · Born May 3, 1958 · Ohio State

11.4 PPG 1.9 RPG 5.2 APG 474 games 6 seasons
Kelvin Ransey

Career snapshot

6seasons
474games
5,380career pts
15.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Brooklyn Nets · 240 games · 1983-84–1985-86

Position rank · 1985-86

#56PPG rank
#74PER rank
#72WS rank
Among 79 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 16.1 1981-82 · POR
RPG 2.4 1980-81 · POR
APG 7.1 1981-82 · POR
PER 16.5 1981-82 · POR
WS 3.7 1981-82 · POR

Draft

1980
Round 1 · Pick 4
from Ohio State

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1980

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
1983-84 – 1985-86 · 3 seasons
8.6 PPG 1.6 RPG 4.5 APG
240 games
Dallas Mavericks
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
11.1 PPG 1.9 RPG 3.7 APG
76 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1980-81 – 1981-82 · 2 seasons
15.6 PPG 2.4 RPG 7.0 APG
158 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1980-81 POR 80 0 30.4 15.2 2.4 6.9 1.1 0.1 45.2 9.7 74.9 14.9 2.8
1981-82 POR 78 68 31.0 16.1 2.4 7.1 1.2 0.1 46.0 7.9 76.1 16.5 3.7
1982-83 DAL 76 4 21.1 11.1 1.9 3.7 0.8 0.1 46.0 12.5 76.4 15.7 2.2
1983-84 BKN 80 50 24.2 9.5 1.6 6.0 1.1 0.1 43.4 21.9 79.2 — —
1984-85 BKN 81 29 20.9 8.9 1.6 4.4 1.1 0.1 45.9 18.2 85.9 — —
1985-86 BKN 79 15 19.0 7.4 1.5 3.2 0.6 0.1 45.7 12.5 81.8 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1983 Dallas Mavericks Brooklyn Nets
Jul 1982 Portland Trail Blazers Dallas Mavericks

All entries are season change.

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Born on May 3

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About Kelvin Ransey

Kelvin Ransey is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1980s.