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Rod Thorn

Age 85 · USA · 193 cm (6'4") · 88 kg · Born May 23, 1941 · West Virginia

11.9 PPG 3.5 RPG 2.6 APG 409 games 6 seasons
Rod Thorn

Career snapshot

6seasons
409games
4,847career pts
13.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Oklahoma City Thunder · 114 games · 1967-68–1969-70

Position rank · 1967-68

#16PPG rank
#28PER rank
#28WS rank
Among 41 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.2 1967-68 · OKC
RPG 4.8 1963-64 · WAS
APG 3.7 1963-64 · WAS
PER 14.2 1964-65 · DET
WS 3.4 1964-65 · DET

Draft

1963
Round 1 · Pick 2
from West Virginia

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1963

Career by team

Oklahoma City Thunder
1967-68 – 1969-70 · 3 seasons
12.2 PPG 3.2 RPG 2.9 APG
114 games
Atlanta Hawks
1965-66 – 1965-66 · 1 seasons
8.8 PPG 2.4 RPG 1.8 APG
46 games
Detroit Pistons
1964-65 – 1965-66 · 2 seasons
11.8 PPG 3.6 RPG 2.3 APG
101 games
Washington Wizards
1963-64 – 1963-64 · 1 seasons
14.4 PPG 4.8 RPG 3.7 APG
75 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1963-64 WAS 75 0 34.6 14.4 4.8 3.7 0.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 73.1 — —
1964-65 DET 74 0 23.9 11.0 3.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 42.7 0.0 72.4 14.2 3.4
1965-66 NBA 73 0 23.8 10.7 2.9 2.0 0.0 0.0 42.0 0.0 71.2 — —
1965-66 ATL 46 0 20.1 8.8 2.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 42.3 0.0 69.0 — —
1965-66 DET 27 0 30.2 13.9 3.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 73.2 12.5 1.3
1967-68 OKC 66 0 25.3 15.2 4.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 45.1 0.0 73.7 — —
1968-69 OKC 29 0 19.6 11.5 2.9 2.8 0.0 0.0 46.3 0.0 73.2 — —
1969-70 OKC 19 0 5.5 2.9 0.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 62.5 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1967 Detroit Pistons Oklahoma City Thunder offseason From 1965-66 to 1967-68
Oct 1965 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1965-66 to 1965-66
Jul 1965 Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1964 Washington Wizards Detroit Pistons season change

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Born on May 23

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About Rod Thorn

Rodney King Thorn is an American basketball executive and a former professional player, coach and Olympic Committee Chairman with a career spanning over 50 years. In 2018, Thorn was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.