Dan Roundfield

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Dan Roundfield
Auxilium Torino
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points
11,657 (14.3 ppg)
Rebounds7,502 (9.2 rpg)
Blocks1,160 (1.4 bpg)
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Danny Thomas Roundfield (May 26, 1953 – August 6, 2012) was an American professional

Chadsey Senior High School in 1971. On the collegiate scene, Roundfield was twice selected to the All-Mid-American Conference Team for Central Michigan University; he was also the 1975 MAC Player of the Year
.

Roundfield spent 12 seasons in the

Auxilium Torino
.

Roundfield earned a reputation as a strong rebounder and tenacious defender, and during his career he was named to five NBA All-Defensive teams and three

All-Star teams. His nickname
was Dr. Rounds.

Professional career

Roundfield was selected in the 2nd round of the 1975 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, but opted to play for the Indiana Pacers in the last season of the ABA. After a nondescript rookie season, Roundfield was suddenly pressed into duty as starting power forward and jumped center in his second season as the Pacers had traded away Mel Daniels before his rookie season and Tom Owens went to the Houston Rockets. He was signed by the Atlanta Hawks as a free agent before the 1978–79 season; the Pacers received the Hawks' first round pick as compensation, which they used to select Dudley Bradley.

On November 21, 1978, Roundfield scored a career best 38 points, along with grabbing 10 rebounds, in a 113–107 win over the

1982 NBA Playoffs, Roundfield scored a career playoff high 29 points, in a deciding Game 2 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in a best of three first round series.[4]

On June 18, 1984, Roundfield was traded by the Hawks to the

Auxilium Torino in Italy, Roundfield retired in 1988.[6]

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
1975–76
Indiana
(ABA) 		67 – 11.4 .424 .000 .631 3.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 5.1
1976–77
Indiana
 61 – 27.0 .466 – .686 8.5 1.1 1.0 2.1 13.9
1977–78
Indiana
 79 – 30.7 .489 – .727 10.2 2.5 1.0 1.9 13.4
1978–79
Atlanta
 80 – 31.7 .504 – .714 10.8 1.6 1.1 2.2 15.3
1979–80
Atlanta
 81 – 32.0 .499 .000 .710 10.3 2.3 1.2 1.7 16.5
1980–81
Atlanta
 63 – 33.8 .527 .000 .721 10.1 2.6 1.2 1.9 17.6
1981–82
Atlanta
 61 58 36.3 .466 .200 .760 11.8 2.7 1.0 1.5 18.6
1982–83
Atlanta
 77 76 36.5 .470 .185 .749 11.4 2.9 0.8 1.5 19.0
1983–84
Atlanta
 73 72 35.8 .485 .000 .770 9.9 2.5 0.8 1.0 18.9
1984–85
Detroit
 56 43 26.6 .467 .000 .781 8.1 1.8 0.5 1.0 10.9
1985–86
Washington
 79 21 29.4 .488 .000 .754 8.1 1.8 0.5 0.6 11.6
1986–87
Washington
 36 0 18.6 .409 .200 .792 4.7 1.1 0.3 0.4 6.6
Career 813 270 29.7 .482 .111 .735 9.2 2.0 0.9 1.4 14.3
All-Star 1 0 27.0 .467 – .444 13.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 18.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1976
 Indiana (ABA) 2 – 12.5 .583 – .889 5.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 11.0
1979 Atlanta (NBA) 9 – 37.6 .459 – .800 11.8 2.8 0.9 2.6 17.6
1980 Atlanta (NBA) 5 – 34.8 .464 .000 .629 11.6 2.2 0.8 1.6 17.2
1982 Atlanta (NBA) 2 – 42.5 .472 – .571 11.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 21.0
1983
Atlanta
(NBA) 		3 – 41.3 .480 .000 .455 14.0 3.3 1.3 1.3 17.7
1984 Atlanta (NBA) 5 – 38.2 .435 1.000 .714 8.8 1.7 0.4 1.4 17.2
1985 Detroit (NBA) 9 8 23.9 .485 – .941 6.7 1.7 0.4 0.7 9.1
1986 Washington (NBA) 5 0 35.4 .528 .000 .824 9.2 2.0 0.4 0.8 14.0
Career 40 8 33.2 .473 .250 .732 9.7 2.0 0.7 1.5 15.0

Personal life

Roundfield lived in Atlanta, where he worked for Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.

Roundfield died at Baby Beach in San Nicolas Zuid, Aruba in August 2012, drowning after helping his wife, Bernadine, to safety.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Dan Roundfield Career High 38 Points". Statmuse.
  2. ^ "1979 NBA Eastern Conference First Round". Basketball Reference.
  3. ^ "1979 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals Hawks vs. Bullets". Basketball Reference.
  4. ^ "Dan Roundfield Postseason Career High 29 Points". Statmuse.
  5. ^ Dan Roundfield Transactions
  6. ^ Dan Roundfield: The "Backbone" of Early 80s Hawks Teams
  7. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original
    on August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  8. CNN Sports Illustrated
    . Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Araton, Harvey (August 18, 2013). "An N.B.A. All-Star's Ultimate Sacrifice". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

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