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Stu Lantz

Age 80 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 79 kg · Born Jul 13, 1946 · Nebraska

11.3 PPG 3.1 RPG 2.7 APG 487 games 6 seasons
Stu Lantz

Career snapshot

6seasons
487games
5,482career pts
12.8PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 101 games · 1972-73–1973-74

Position rank · 1974-75

#8PPG rank
#7PER rank
#6WS rank
Among 20 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.5 1971-72 · HOU
RPG 4.3 1971-72 · HOU
APG 4.2 1971-72 · HOU
PER 15.0 1971-72 · HOU
WS 7.4 1971-72 · HOU

Draft

1968
Round 3 · Pick 23
by Houston Rockets
from Nebraska

Career by team

Los Angeles Lakers
1974-75 – 1974-75 · 1 seasons
9.3 PPG 3.0 RPG 2.8 APG
56 games
Utah Jazz
1974-75 – 1974-75 · 1 seasons
6.6 PPG 1.3 RPG 1.6 APG
19 games
Detroit Pistons
1972-73 – 1973-74 · 2 seasons
9.3 PPG 2.9 RPG 2.3 APG
101 games
Houston Rockets
1971-72 – 1971-72 · 1 seasons
18.5 PPG 4.3 RPG 4.2 APG
81 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1968-69 NBA 73 0 18.9 7.8 3.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 45.6 0.0 77.2 — —
1969-70 NBA 82 0 30.1 14.5 3.1 3.5 0.0 0.0 44.3 0.0 77.0 — —
1971-72 HOU 81 0 38.2 18.5 4.3 4.2 0.0 0.0 43.5 0.0 83.8 15.0 7.4
1972-73 DET 51 0 31.4 9.6 3.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 40.7 0.0 80.0 9.3 1.4
1973-74 DET 50 0 19.6 8.9 2.3 1.9 0.8 0.1 42.7 0.0 84.8 14.4 2.4
1974-75 NBA 75 0 23.8 8.6 2.6 2.5 0.7 0.2 40.6 0.0 83.8 — —
1974-75 LAL 56 0 25.5 9.3 3.0 2.8 0.8 0.2 42.4 0.0 82.4 12.4 1.7
1974-75 UTA 19 0 18.6 6.6 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 33.9 0.0 88.7 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1974 Los Angeles Lakers Utah Jazz mid season trade From 1974-75 to 1974-75
Jul 1974 Detroit Pistons Utah Jazz season change
Jul 1974 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers season change
Jul 1972 Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons season change

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Born on July 13

Dick Bunt 1930 · New York Knicks Frank Ramsey 1931 · Boston Celtics Cal Ramsey 1937 · New York Knicks Bob Kauffman 1946 · Atlanta Hawks David Thompson 1954 · Denver Nuggets Spud Webb 1963 · Orlando Magic Michael Jackson 1964 · Sacramento Kings Shaun Fein 1978

About Stu Lantz

Stuart Burrell Lantz is an American former professional basketball player who is a television commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Spectrum SportsNet. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.