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Nick Weatherspoon

Age 75 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 88 kg · Born Jul 20, 1950 · Illinois

8.7 PPG 4.6 RPG 0.9 APG 327 games 5 seasons

Career snapshot

5seasons
327games
2,843career pts
10.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Washington Wizards · 147 games · 1973-74–1974-75

Position rank · 1979-80

#56PPG rank
#68PER rank
#66WS rank
Among 74 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 13.8 1978-79 · LAC
RPG 6.1 1973-74 · WAS
APG 1.6 1978-79 · LAC
PER 10.5 1977-78 · CHI
WS 0.6 1977-78 · CHI

Draft

1973
Round 1 · Pick 13
from Illinois

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1973

Career by team

Los Angeles Clippers
1978-79 – 1979-80 · 2 seasons
11.0 PPG 4.7 RPG 1.3 APG
139 games
Chicago Bulls
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
5.1 PPG 3.0 RPG 0.8 APG
41 games
Washington Wizards
1973-74 – 1974-75 · 2 seasons
7.5 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.6 APG
147 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1973-74 WAS 65 0 18.7 7.6 6.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 41.2 0.0 69.1 — —
1974-75 WAS 82 0 16.4 7.5 4.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 45.6 0.0 74.6 — —
1977-78 CHI 41 0 14.9 5.1 3.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 44.3 0.0 88.1 10.5 0.6
1978-79 LAC 82 0 32.2 13.8 5.5 1.6 1.0 0.5 48.0 0.0 73.9 — —
1979-80 LAC 57 0 19.7 6.9 3.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 43.4 0.0 69.2 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1978 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Clippers season change
Oct 1977 Washington Wizards Chicago Bulls offseason From 1974-75 to 1977-78

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Born on July 20

Ronnie MacGilvray 1930 · Atlanta Hawks Ron Johnson 1938 Howie Jolliff 1938 · Los Angeles Lakers Mel Daniels 1944 · Brooklyn Nets Mike Macaluso 1951 · Los Angeles Clippers Ben McDonald 1962 · Golden State Warriors Andre Spencer 1964 · Sacramento Kings Joe Arlauckas 1965 · Sacramento Kings

About Nick Weatherspoon

Nick Levoter Weatherspoon was an American professional basketball player.