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Forward · New York Knicks

Louis Orr

Age 68 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 79 kg · Born May 7, 1958 · Syracuse

9.7 PPG 3.7 RPG 1.5 APG 569 games 8 seasons
Louis Orr

Career snapshot

8seasons
569games
5,543career pts
12.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 407 games · 1982-83–1987-88

Position rank · 1986-87

#51PPG rank
#47PER rank
#44WS rank
Among 79 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 12.7 1984-85 · NYK
RPG 4.9 1984-85 · NYK
APG 2.4 1985-86 · NYK
PER 16.1 1980-81 · IND
WS 4.8 1984-85 · NYK

Draft

1980
Round 2 · Pick 29
from Syracuse

Career by team

New York Knicks
1982-83 – 1987-88 · 6 seasons
9.2 PPG 3.5 RPG 1.4 APG
407 games
Indiana Pacers
1980-81 – 1981-82 · 2 seasons
11.0 PPG 4.3 RPG 1.6 APG
162 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1980-81 IND 82 7 21.8 10.5 4.4 1.6 0.7 0.3 49.1 0.0 80.7 16.1 4.3
1981-82 IND 80 41 24.4 11.5 4.1 1.7 0.7 0.3 49.7 12.5 79.9 14.9 4.3
1982-83 NYK 82 14 20.3 8.4 2.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 46.2 0.0 80.0 13.3 3.8
1983-84 NYK 78 20 21.0 8.9 2.9 0.8 0.8 0.2 45.8 0.0 82.0 12.4 3.5
1984-85 NYK 79 31 31.0 12.7 4.9 1.7 1.3 0.3 48.6 10.0 78.4 13.8 4.8
1985-86 NYK 74 64 30.2 11.9 4.2 2.4 0.8 0.4 44.5 0.0 78.4 12.4 3.7
1986-87 NYK 65 8 22.2 7.0 3.6 1.7 0.7 0.3 42.7 20.0 72.7 11.0 1.5
1987-88 NYK 29 0 6.2 1.4 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 32.0 0.0 50.0 2.7 -0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1982 Indiana Pacers New York Knicks

All entries are season change.

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Born on May 7

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About Louis Orr

Louis McLaughlin Orr was an American basketball player and coach. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and became a college basketball coach. Orr was the head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2007 to 2014 and at Seton Hall from 2001 until 2006. He was formerly an assistant at Xavier University, Providence College and his alma mater Syracuse University, before getting his first head coaching job at Siena College. He was also an assistant coach at Georgetown under his former New York Knicks teammate Patrick Ewing.