Elden Campbell

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Elden Campbell
New Jersey Nets
2005Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
10,805 (10.3 ppg)
Rebounds6,116 (5.9 rpg)
Blocks1,602 (1.5 bpg)
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Elden Jerome Campbell (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional

power forward and center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1990 to 2005. He spent his first nine years with the Los Angeles Lakers
and the rest with various other teams.

Playing career

Campbell attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, California before playing college basketball at Clemson University. During his four years at Clemson, he averaged 15.3 points per game, 6.8 rebounds per game and 2.7 blocks. During a one-point loss in the 1990 NCAA Tournament to a Connecticut team, his college team defended a play that consisted of a full-court catch-and-shoot play by Tate George with one second on the clock. That same year, the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Campbell with the 27th pick in the 1990 NBA draft.

On March 10, 1999, Campbell was traded by the Lakers along with Eddie Jones to the Charlotte Hornets for Glen Rice, J. R. Reid and B. J. Armstrong.[1]

Campbell's longest tenures were with the Lakers and the Hornets (in both

2005 NBA Eastern Conference Finals);[2]
because of his enormous bulk and strength, he presented a unique challenge to O'Neal in the low post and was one of the few NBA players who could pose a serious physical challenge to O'Neal on defense.

Campbell's 15-year career comprised 1,044 games, of which he started 671, and 106 playoff games, of which he started 53. In 15 seasons, Campbell averaged 10.3 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game and 1.5 blocks. He was especially known for his shot-blocking ability, with 1,602 career blocks; he is 34th all time in blocks. Notably, Campbell was the Los Angeles Lakers' leading scorer between

1998–99.[3] His nicknames were 'Easy', 'Big E', 'Big Homie' and 'The Janitor', which he received for his ability to clean up the boards.[4][5]

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
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990–91 L.A. Lakers 52 0 7.3 .455 – .653 1.8 .2 .2 .7 2.8
1991–92 L.A. Lakers 81 47 23.2 .448 .000 .619 5.2 .7 .7 2.0 7.1
1992–93 L.A. Lakers 79 13 19.6 .458 .000 .637 4.2 .6 .7 1.3 7.7
1993–94 L.A. Lakers 76 74 29.6 .462 .000 .689 6.8 1.1 .8 1.9 12.3
1994–95 L.A. Lakers 73 59 28.4 .459 .000 .666 6.1 1.3 .9 1.8 12.5
1995–96 L.A. Lakers 82 82* 32.9 .503 .000 .713 7.6 2.2 1.1 2.6 13.9
1996–97 L.A. Lakers 77 77 32.6 .469 .250 .711 8.0 1.6 .6 1.5 14.9
1997–98 L.A. Lakers 81 28 22.0 .463 .500 .693 5.6 1.0 .4 1.3 10.1
1998–99 L.A. Lakers 17 1 19.1 .436 – .613 5.6 .5 .1 .9 7.4
Charlotte 32 32 35.4 .489 .000 .647 9.4 1.9 1.2 1.8 15.3
1999–00 Charlotte 78 77 32.5 .446 .000 .690 7.6 1.7 .7 1.9 12.7
2000–01 Charlotte 78 78 30.0 .440 .000 .709 7.8 1.3 .8 1.8 13.1
2001–02 Charlotte 77 74 28.0 .484 .000 .797 6.9 1.3 .8 1.8 13.9
2002–03 New Orleans 41 1 16.7 .409 .000 .809 3.5 1.0 .6 .8 7.2
Seattle 15 0 12.2 .333 – .762 2.6 .6 .6 .5 3.2
2003–04† Detroit 65 27 13.7 .439 – .685 3.2 .7 .3 .8 5.6
2004–05 New Jersey 10 0 5.0 .000 – .500 1.1 .3 .0 .1 .2
Detroit 31 1 11.0 .336 .000 .784 2.6 .5 .3 .2 3.8
Career 1,045 671 24.7 .460 .054 .699 5.9 1.1 .7 1.5 10.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991 L.A. Lakers 14 0 9.9 .658 – .467 2.1 .2 .4 .6 4.1
1992 L.A. Lakers 4 2 29.3 .378 – .667 6.3 1.5 .8 1.5 10.0
1993 L.A. Lakers 5 5 35.6 .420 – .500 8.4 1.4 1.2 2.4 14.0
1995 L.A. Lakers 10 10 37.6 .485 – .659 7.3 1.6 .4 3.0 15.7
1996 L.A. Lakers 4 4 32.3 .513 .000 .500 8.0 2.0 .3 2.3 12.0
1997 L.A. Lakers 9 9 30.9 .398 1.000 .816 4.3 1.0 .8 1.4 11.8
1998 L.A. Lakers 13 0 13.8 .451 – .647 3.5 .6 .2 .9 5.2
2000 Charlotte 4 4 37.5 .468 .000 .929 8.3 1.0 .5 1.0 14.3
2001 Charlotte 10 10 28.7 .396 – .755 7.9 .7 .5 1.1 12.1
2002 Charlotte 9 9 28.2 .445 .000 .706 6.7 1.8 .7 2.6 13.6
2004† Detroit 14 0 8.8 .286 – .556 1.8 .7 .4 .6 2.1
2005 Detroit 10 0 5.8 .308 – .500 1.8 .5 .2 .0 1.2
Career 106 53 21.4 .440 .250 .670 4.7 .9 .5 1.3 8.4

Personal life

Campbell was arrested for drunk driving in California in 1995.[6]

In 2014, Campbell sold his condominium in

Marina del Rey for $770,000. He had originally purchased the home in 1994 for $270,000, making a profit of $500,000 with the sale.[7]

See also

  • List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders

References

  1. ^ "Lakers make trade official, complete swap with Hornets". Deseret News. Inglewood, California. March 11, 1999. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Little-used Campbell plays big vs. Shaq
  3. ^ Player Season Finder: For combined seasons; played in the NBA/BAA; in the regular season; from 1990–91 to 1998–99; playing for the Los Angeles Lakers (Min); sorted by descending Points.
  4. ^ Elden Campbell
  5. ^ Campbell, Elden (The Janitor)[dead link]
  6. ^ After Crash, Laker Campbell Arrested for Drunk Driving
  7. LA Times
    . Retrieved August 27, 2023.

External links

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