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Mack Calvin

Age 78 · USA · 183 cm (6'0") · 75 kg · Born Jul 27, 1947 · Long Beach City College, USC

5.7 PPG 1.3 RPG 2.1 APG 146 games 3 seasons
Mack Calvin

Career snapshot

3seasons
146games
829career pts
13.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Denver Nuggets · 77 games · 1977-78–1977-78

Position rank · 1979-80

#15PPG rank
#7PER rank
#12WS rank
Among 19 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.4 1979-80 · UTA
RPG 1.8 1979-80 · UTA
APG 2.8 1979-80 · UTA
PER 14.5 1979-80 · UTA
WS 1.8 1977-78 · DEN

Draft

1969
Round 14 · Pick 187
by Los Angeles Lakers
from Long Beach City College, USC

Honors & awards

4×
All-ABA Team
1974, 1973, 1972, 1970
5×
All-Star Selection
1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970
1×
All-Rookie Team
1969

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
2.5 PPG 0.6 RPG 1.3 APG
21 games
Utah Jazz
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
6.4 PPG 1.8 RPG 2.8 APG
48 games
Denver Nuggets
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
6.1 PPG 1.1 RPG 1.9 APG
77 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 DEN 77 0 12.8 6.1 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.1 44.1 0.0 84.0 14.0 1.8
1979-80 UTA 48 0 16.1 6.4 1.8 2.8 0.6 0.0 44.1 9.1 89.7 14.5 1.4
1980-81 CLE 21 0 6.1 2.5 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.0 33.3 20.0 71.4 11.0 0.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1980 Utah Jazz Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Oct 1979 Denver Nuggets Utah Jazz offseason From 1977-78 to 1979-80

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Born on July 27

Donald Smith 1920 · Los Angeles Lakers Forest Able 1932 · Philadelphia 76ers Ted Luckenbill 1939 · Golden State Warriors Marvin Barnes 1952 · Los Angeles Clippers Gus Gerard 1953 · Sacramento Kings Phil Bond 1954 · Houston Rockets Jamesearl Ray 1957 · Denver Nuggets Ryan Lorthridge 1972 · Golden State Warriors

About Mack Calvin

Mack Calvin is an American former basketball player.