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Mack Calvin



Position: Guard
Full Name: Mack Calvin
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Born: July 27, 1947 in Fort Worth, Texas
Height: 6-1
Weight: 165
High School: Long Beach Polytech in Long Beach, California
College: University of Southern California
Drafted: 14th Round, 8th Pick - LA Lakers, 1969
Jersey#: 21, 20 (Denver Nuggets)

Played for the Lakers from 1976 to 1977


Calvin played seven seasons (1969?1976) in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) and four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began his professional career with the ABA's Los Angeles Stars, averaging 16.8 points per game in his first season to make the ABA All-Rookie Team. The following season, he averaged a career-high 27.2 points for The Floridians, in the process setting the ABA records for most free throws made (696) and most free throws attempted (805) in one season. Calvin also played for the ABA's Carolina Cougars, Denver Nuggets, and Virginia Squires before the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976. He also briefly coached the Squires during the 1975-1976 season. During his ABA career, he tallied 10,620 points and 3,067 assists (second in ABA history behind only Louie Dampier's 4,044) and appeared in 5 All-Star games.

Calvin joined the Lakers for the 1976-77 NBA season but he was never able to match the same level of production he reached while in the ABA. He spent his four seasons in the NBA with five teams ? the Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Denver Nuggets (which had joined the NBA in 1976), the Utah Jazz, and the Cleveland Cavaliers ? before retiring in 1981



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1970 LAS 84 2955 441 1047 .421 529 642 .824 3 25 .120 294 3.5 478 289 0 0 1414 16.8
1971 FLA 81 3394 744 1728 .431 696 804 .866 17 59 .288 283 3.5 619 263 0 0 2201 27.2
1972 FLA 82 2977 552 1253 .441 611 701 .872 11 48 .229 274 3.3 481 270 0 261 0 1726 21.0
1973 CAR 84 2228 478 944 .506 500 582 .859 11 28 .393 215 2.6 301 219 0 247 0 1467 17.5
1974 CAR 83 2592 498 1078 .462 490 560 .875 10 43 .233 243 2.9 347 244 135 234 7 1496 18.0
1975 DEN 74 2463 483 996 .485 475 530 .896 3 16 .188 210 2.8 570 206 140 279 8 1444 19.5
1976 VIR 45 1658 306 717 .427 253 285 .888 7 26 .269 128 2.8 271 122 71 192 1 872 19.4
1977 LAL 12 207 27 82 .329 41 48 .854 0 0 - 16 1.3 21 16 11 0 1 95 7.9
1977 SAS 35 606 93 237 .392 123 146 .842 0 0 - 31 0.9 104 58 23 0 1 309 8.8
1977 DEN 29 625 100 225 .444 123 144 .854 0 0 - 49 1.7 115 53 27 0 1 323 11.1
1977 TOT 76 1438 220 544 .404 287 338 .849 0 0 - 96 1.3 240 127 61 0 3 727 9.6
1978 DEN 77 988 147 333 .441 173 206 .840 0 0 - 84 1.1 148 87 46 108 5 467 6.1
1980 UTA 48 772 100 227 .441 105 117 .897 1 11 .091 84 1.8 134 72 27 57 0 306 6.4
1981 CLE 21 128 13 39 .333 25 35 .714 1 5 .200 12 0.6 28 13 5 17 0 52 2.5
CAREER ABA 533 18267 3502 7763 .451 3554 4104 .866 62 245 .253 1647 3.1 3067 1613 346 1213 16 10620 19.9
CAREER 222 3326 480 1143 .420 590 696 .848 2 16 .125 276 1.2 550 299 139 182 8 1552 7.0


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1970 LAS 17 593 133 294 .452 122 156 .782 0 0 - 63 3.7 101 0 0 0 0 388 22.8
1971 FLA 6 255 62 120 .517 39 46 .848 0 0 - 16 2.7 42 10 0 0 0 163 27.2
1972 FLA 4 154 28 65 .431 29 33 .879 0 0 - 16 4.0 21 13 0 0 0 85 21.3
1973 CAR 12 370 72 154 .468 72 88 .818 0 0 - 34 2.8 52 35 0 0 0 216 18.0
1974 CAR 4 143 34 74 .459 27 32 .844 0 0 - 19 4.8 13 14 0 0 0 95 23.8
1975 DEN 13 444 76 163 .466 78 82 .951 0 0 - 41 3.2 68 50 0 0 0 230 17.7
1977 DEN 6 112 19 40 .475 24 29 .828 0 0 - 9 1.5 13 13 0 0 0 62 10.3
1978 DEN 12 135 19 42 .452 27 29 .931 0 0 - 8 0.7 21 11 7 0 0 65 5.4
CAREER ABA 56 1959 405 870 .466 367 437 .840 0 0 - 189 3.4 297 122 0 0 0 1177 21.0
CAREER 18 247 38 82 .463 51 58 .879 0 0 - 17 0.9 34 24 7 0 0 127 7.1