Personal information | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | December 6, 1933
Died | February 14, 2018 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | (aged 84)
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Thomas Jefferson (Brooklyn, New York) |
College | NYU (1951–1954) |
NBA draft | 1954: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
Selected by the Rochester Royals | |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 17 |
Career history | |
1954 | Rochester Royals |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Boris Alexander Nachamkin (December 6, 1933 – February 14, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. [1]
Nachamkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish. [2] He played basketball for Thomas Jefferson High School. [3] [4] He then played college basketball for the New York University Violets men's basketball team. [1]
He played in the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal with the US team. [5]
Nachamkin was selected in the 1954 NBA draft (second round, 16th overall) by the Rochester Royals. [1] He played for the Royals in 1954 as a forward and averaged 3.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per contest in six career games. [1]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Source [1]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1954–55 | Rochester | 6 | 9.8 | .300 | .615 | 3.2 | .5 | 3.3 |