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Kevin Duckworth

Center  at Portland Trail Blazers
Age62
NationalityUSA
Height213 cm (6'12")
Weight136 kg
BornApr 1, 1964
CollegeEastern Illinois
Career
11.3PPG
5.6RPG
0.8APG
749 games · 11 seasons

Career snapshot

11seasons
749games
8,434career pts
10.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Portland Trail Blazers · 527 games · 1986-87–1992-93

Position rank · 1993-94

#36PPG rank
#53PER rank
#52WS rank
Among 59 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.1 1988-89 · POR
RPG 8.0 1988-89 · POR
APG 1.2 1991-92 · POR
PER 14.9 1987-88 · POR
WS 5.2 1987-88 · POR

Draft

1986
Round 2 · Pick 33
from Eastern Illinois

Honors & awards

2×
All-Star Selection
1990, 1988
1×
NBA Most Improved Player
1987

Career by team

Los Angeles Clippers
1996-97 – 1996-97 · 1 seasons
4.0 PPG 2.3 RPG 0.6 APG
26 games
Milwaukee Bucks
1995-96 – 1995-96 · 1 seasons
1.1 PPG 0.9 RPG 0.3 APG
8 games
Washington Wizards
1993-94 – 1994-95 · 2 seasons
6.8 PPG 4.8 RPG 0.7 APG
109 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1986-87 – 1992-93 · 7 seasons
13.6 PPG 6.3 RPG 0.9 APG
527 games
San Antonio Spurs
1986-87 – 1986-87 · 1 seasons
3.2 PPG 2.2 RPG 0.4 APG
14 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1986-87 NBA 65 1 13.5 5.4 3.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 47.6 0.0 68.7 — —
1986-87 POR 51 0 14.8 6.0 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 49.1 0.0 69.2 8.8 0.7
1986-87 SAS 14 1 8.7 3.2 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 40.0 0.0 64.3 10.6 0.2
1987-88 POR 78 50 28.5 15.8 7.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 49.6 0.0 77.0 14.9 5.2
1988-89 POR 79 79 33.7 18.1 8.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 47.7 0.0 75.7 13.9 4.8
1989-90 POR 82 82 30.0 16.2 6.2 1.1 0.4 0.4 47.8 0.0 74.0 13.3 4.8
1990-91 POR 81 81 31.0 15.8 6.6 1.1 0.4 0.4 48.1 0.0 77.2 12.7 4.3
1991-92 POR 82 82 27.1 10.7 6.1 1.2 0.5 0.5 46.1 0.0 69.0 10.5 3.3
1992-93 POR 74 55 23.8 9.9 5.2 0.9 0.6 0.5 43.8 0.0 73.0 11.4 2.5
1993-94 WAS 69 52 21.5 6.6 4.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 41.7 0.0 66.7 — —
1994-95 WAS 40 22 20.5 7.1 4.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 44.2 20.0 64.3 — —
1995-96 MIL 8 1 7.3 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 21.4 0.0 50.0 -2.7 -0.1
1996-97 LAC 26 22 14.8 4.0 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 43.7 75.0 68.8 6.1 -0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1996 Milwaukee Bucks Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 1995 Washington Wizards Milwaukee Bucks season change
Jul 1993 Portland Trail Blazers Washington Wizards season change
Jul 1987 San Antonio Spurs Portland Trail Blazers season change
Oct 1986 Portland Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs mid season trade From 1986-87 to 1986-87

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Born on April 1

Bobby Cook 1923 Norm Van Lier 1947 · Chicago Bulls Tim Bassett 1951 · Brooklyn Nets Ken Bannister 1960 · Los Angeles Clippers Mark Jackson 1965 · Houston Rockets Asim Pars 1976 Tangela Smith 1977 Etan Thomas 1978 · Washington Wizards

About Kevin Duckworth

Kevin Jerome Duckworth was an American professional basketball player who played as center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Illinois, he played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois Panthers before being selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 1986 NBA draft. Before completing his rookie season with the Spurs, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers where he spent most of his six seasons and was named the NBA's Most Improved Player and a two-time All-Star. After playing with three more teams he retired in 1997 and returned to Oregon where