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Max Zaslofsky

Age 100 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 77 kg · Born Dec 7, 1925 · St. John's (NY)

14.6 PPG 1.7 RPG 2.1 APG 605 games 10 seasons
Max Zaslofsky

Career snapshot

10seasons
605games
8,806career pts
9.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 161 games · 1950-51–1952-53

Position rank · 1954-55

#8PPG rank
#12PER rank
#12WS rank
Among 23 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.0 1947-48 · —
RPG 3.5 1950-51 · NYK
APG 2.9 1954-55 · DET
PER 15.7 1952-53 · NYK
WS 2.7 1950-51 · NYK

Honors & awards

1×
All-Star Selection
1951
1×
All-NBA Team
1949
3×
All-BAA Team
1948, 1947, 1946

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1953-54 – 1955-56 · 3 seasons
11.0 PPG 2.4 RPG 2.6 APG
124 games
Atlanta Hawks
1953-54 – 1953-54 · 1 seasons
15.1 PPG 3.1 RPG 2.6 APG
9 games
New York Knicks
1950-51 – 1952-53 · 3 seasons
13.1 PPG 3.1 RPG 2.2 APG
161 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1946-47 NBA 61 0 0.0 14.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 32.9 0.0 73.7 — —
1947-48 NBA 48 0 0.0 21.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 32.3 0.0 78.4 — —
1948-49 NBA 58 0 0.0 20.6 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 35.0 0.0 84.0 — —
1949-50 NBA 68 0 0.0 16.4 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 35.1 0.0 84.3 — —
1950-51 NYK 66 0 0.0 12.7 3.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.4 0.0 77.5 0.0 2.7
1951-52 NYK 66 0 32.0 14.1 2.9 2.4 0.0 0.0 33.6 0.0 75.5 12.5 1.7
1952-53 NYK 29 0 24.9 11.9 2.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 38.4 0.0 69.0 15.7 1.7
1953-54 NBA 11 0 38.0 16.4 3.9 3.0 0.0 0.0 35.2 0.0 76.7 — —
1953-54 NBA 65 0 28.9 12.5 2.5 2.4 0.0 0.0 36.8 0.0 71.4 — —
1953-54 ATL 9 0 33.2 15.1 3.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 34.1 0.0 71.2 — —
1953-54 DET 45 0 25.9 11.0 2.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 38.2 0.0 69.3 — —
1954-55 DET 70 0 26.6 11.2 2.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 32.8 0.0 70.2 — —
1955-56 DET 9 0 20.2 9.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 35.8 0.0 85.7 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1954 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons
Jul 1953 New York Knicks Detroit Pistons
Jul 1953 New York Knicks Atlanta Hawks

All entries are season change.

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About Max Zaslofsky

Max "Slats" Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) where he was selected to the all-league first-team from 1947 to 1950. In the 1947–48 BAA season, at 21 years of age, he led the BAA in scoring, and in the 1949–50 NBA season, he led the league in free throw percentage (.843).