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Phil Jackson

Center  at Brooklyn Nets
Age80
NationalityUSA
Height203 cm (6'8")
Weight100 kg
BornSep 17, 1945
CollegeUniversity of North Dakota
Career
7.5PPG
4.5RPG
1.1APG
580 games · 9 seasons

Career snapshot

9seasons
580games
4,363career pts
12.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 505 games · 1967-68–1977-78

Position rank · 1978-79

#40PPG rank
#48PER rank
#47WS rank
Among 53 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.1 1973-74 · NYK
RPG 7.7 1974-75 · NYK
APG 1.7 1974-75 · NYK
PER 15.0 1973-74 · NYK
WS 5.6 1973-74 · NYK

Draft

1967
Round 2 · Pick 17
by New York Knicks
from University of North Dakota

Honors & awards

1×
NBA Coach of the Year
1996
1×
All-Rookie Team
1967

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
1978-79 – 1979-80 · 2 seasons
5.8 PPG 2.7 RPG 1.3 APG
75 games
New York Knicks
1967-68 – 1977-78 · 7 seasons
7.8 PPG 4.8 RPG 1.1 APG
505 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1967-68 NYK 75 0 14.6 6.2 4.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 58.9 10.6 0.5
1968-69 NYK 47 0 19.7 7.1 5.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 42.9 0.0 67.2 10.6 1.7
1971-72 NYK 80 0 15.9 7.2 4.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 44.0 0.0 73.2 13.7 3.2
1972-73 NYK 80 0 17.4 8.1 4.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 44.3 0.0 79.0 14.8 4.2
1973-74 NYK 82 0 25.0 11.1 5.8 1.6 0.5 0.8 47.7 0.0 77.6 15.0 5.6
1974-75 NYK 78 0 29.3 10.8 7.7 1.7 1.1 0.7 45.5 0.0 76.3 13.7 4.8
1977-78 NYK 63 0 10.4 2.4 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 47.8 0.0 76.8 8.1 0.8
1978-79 BKN 59 0 18.1 6.3 3.0 1.4 0.8 0.4 47.5 0.0 81.9 — —
1979-80 BKN 16 0 12.1 4.1 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 63.0 0.0 70.0 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1978 New York Knicks Brooklyn Nets

All entries are season change.

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About Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jackson is a 13-time NBA champion, having won two as a player and 11 as a head coach. His 11 championships as a head coach are the most in NBA history. In 2007, Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named one of the 10 greatest coaches in league history in 1996. He holds numerous other records as a coach, including the most postseason wins (229), and most conference titles (13).