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Dick Garrett
Personal information
Born (1947-01-31) January 31, 1947 (age 77)
Centralia, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolCentralia (Centralia, Illinois)
College Southern Illinois (1966–1969)
NBA draft 1969: 2nd round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career1969–1974
Position Guard
Number20, 14, 24
Career history
1969–1970 Los Angeles Lakers
1970– 1973 Buffalo Braves
1973 New York Knicks
1973–1974 Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points3,475 (10.3 ppg)
Rebounds1,004 (3.0 rpg)
Assists849 (2.5 apg)
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Eldo "Dick" Garrett (born January 31, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Career

A 6'3" guard from Southern Illinois University, Garrett was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th overall pick of the 1969 NBA draft. He played five seasons (1969–1974) in the National Basketball Association, one with the Lakers, three with the Buffalo Braves, and his final season that he split between the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks. He earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors during the 1969–70 NBA season after averaging 11.6 points per game for the Lakers.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 Los Angeles 73 - 31.8 .434 - .852 3.2 2.5 - - 11.6
1970–71 Buffalo 75 - 31.7 .414 - .869 3.9 3.5 - - 12.9
1971–72 Buffalo 73 - 26.1 .442 - .866 3.1 2.3 - - 10.8
1972–73 Buffalo 78 - 23.1 .419 - .873 2.7 2.8 - - 10.0
1973–74 New York 25 - 9.6 .352 - .769 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 3.0
1973–74 Milwaukee 15 - 5.8 .314 - .833 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.8
Career 339 - 25.7 .423 - .863 3.0 2.5 0.3 0.0 10.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1969–70 Los Angeles 18 - 33.1 .510 - .875 2.9 2.2 - - 12.8
1973–74 Milwaukee 8 - 5.8 .286 - .500 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.8
Career 26 - 24.7 .502 - .833 2.1 1.8 0.3 0.0 9.1

Personal life

Following his NBA career, Garrett worked for Miller Brewing Company as an account representative, and as a security guard at Milwaukee Bucks home games. [1]

His son Diante Garrett has played for the Phoenix Suns [2] and the Utah Jazz. [3] His son Damon played basketball at UW-Whitewater. [4] His daughter Jermia died from a severe asthma attack. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Cacciola, Scott (2019-05-15). "Why Does a Bucks' Security Guard Look Familiar? He Used to Play for the Team". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ Zach Gourley. " Garrett not giving up on NBA dreams". Iowa State Daily. June 27, 2011. Retrieved on November 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Utah Jazz sign guard Diante Garrett". Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  4. ^ "Diante Garrett - Men's Basketball". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

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