Francisco Elson
Personal information | |
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Born | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 28 February 1976
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Maria Regina Mavo (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
College |
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Caja San Fernando | |
2003–2006 | Denver Nuggets |
2006–2008 | San Antonio Spurs |
2008 | Seattle SuperSonics |
2008–2010 | Milwaukee Bucks |
2010 | Philadelphia 76ers |
2010–2011 | Utah Jazz |
2012 | Philadelphia 76ers |
2013 | Mahram Tehran |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,726 (3.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,638 (3.5 rpg) |
Blocks | 255 (0.5 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born 28 February 1976) is a Dutch former professional basketball player. Elson was the seventh Dutch player to play in the
Youth and college career
Elson started his career at
Elson was a member of the Dutch Under-20 National Team. He played two seasons at Kilgore Junior College in Texas before completing his college at the University of California, Berkeley. As a senior, he helped lead the Bears to the NIT Championship.[4]
Elson was inducted into Kilgore College's Hall of Fame in 2016.[5]
Professional career
Elson was drafted in the second round of the 1999 NBA draft from Cal by the Denver Nuggets, but did not commence play with them until the 2003–04 campaign. He played four years in Spain:
- 1999–2001 with FC Barcelonaaveraging 3.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 32 games for his first season and 6.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in 34 games for the second.
- 2001–02 with Pamesa Valenciaaveraging 4.1 points and 4.4 rebounds in 34 games.
- 2002–03 with Caja San Fernandoaveraging 9.7 point and 8.2 rebounds in 34 games.
Over his first two seasons with Denver, Elson was mostly a reserve. He averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. In 2005–06, his third season with the Nuggets, Elson played in 72 games and started in 54 of them. He averaged 21.9 minutes, 4.9 points (on 53.2% shooting) and 4.7 rebounds per game.
Elson gained notoriety during Denver's 2004 playoff series with Minnesota through his physical attempts to contain Kevin Garnett. Elson knocked Garnett into the seats behind the basket with a hard foul early in a game and later in the game was hit in the groin by Garnett. Elson caused controversy when he described Garnett as "gay" for the groin shot. Elson later apologized to the gay and lesbian community for his comments.[6]
In July 2006 Elson signed a 2-year, $6 million contract with the
On 21 February 2008 Elson was traded by the San Antonio Spurs along with Brent Barry to the Sonics in exchange for Kurt Thomas.[9] He spent most of this season coming off the bench for both the Spurs and the Sonics.
Elson later signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Bucks to serve as
On 18 February 2010 Elson was traded to the
On 15 September 2010 Elson signed a guaranteed two-year contract with the Utah Jazz.[13] After his contract expired, he returned to the Netherlands for treatment on his knee.[14]
On 27 January 2012 Elson was signed by the Philadelphia 76ers to provide the team with front-court depth because of injuries at the position.[15] He signed two 10-day contracts, then was not re-signed for a third time after Spencer Hawes returned from injury.[16]
In January 2013, Elson signed with Mahram Tehran of the Iranian Basketball Super League.[17]
On 20 June 2013 Elson's retirement was announced on Dutch websites.
National team career
Elson played 60 games for the
Personal life
Elson is fluent in Dutch, Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Mandarin. He is of Surinamese descent.[22] His father is half Chinese and half African. His mother is half Indian and half African. Elson has a brown belt in karate.[23]
NBA career statistics
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 |
† | Won an NBA championship |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2003–04 | Denver | 62 | 14 | 14.1 | .472 | .000 | .667 | 3.3 | .5 | .6 | .6 | 3.5 |
2004–05 | Denver | 67 | 11 | 14.0 | .468 | .333 | .570 | 3.0 | .5 | .5 | .6 | 3.7 |
2005–06 | Denver | 72 | 54 | 21.9 | .532 | .200 | .662 | 4.7 | .7 | .8 | .6 | 4.9 |
2006–07† | San Antonio | 70 | 41 | 19.0 | .511 | .000 | .775 | 4.8 | .8 | .4 | .8 | 5.0 |
2007–08 | San Antonio | 41 | 3 | 13.0 | .419 | .000 | .833 | 3.3 | .4 | .2 | .3 | 3.5 |
2007–08 | Seattle | 22 | 2 | 12.7 | .341 | .000 | .462 | 3.0 | .4 | .3 | .3 | 3.0 |
2008–09 | Milwaukee | 59 | 23 | 16.6 | .491 | .250 | .846 | 3.9 | .5 | .6 | .6 | 3.4 |
2009–10 | Milwaukee | 11 | 0 | 5.6 | .308 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.2 | .2 | .1 | .0 | .9 |
2009–10 | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
2010–11 | Utah | 62 | 1 | 9.8 | .478 | .000 | .839 | 1.9 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 2.2 |
2011–12 | Philadelphia | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .2 | .2 | .2 | .2 | .4 |
Career | 472 | 149 | 15.3 | .478 | .188 | .700 | 3.5 | .6 | .5 | .5 | 3.7 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2004
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Denver | 4 | 0 | 15.0 | .583 | .000 | .500 | 2.3 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 3.8 |
2005
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Denver | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
2006
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Denver | 5 | 2 | 15.0 | .600 | .000 | .000 | 2.2 | .4 | .8 | .0 | 1.2 |
2007 †
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San Antonio | 20 | 8 | 11.5 | .591 | .000 | .700 | 3.1 | .1 | .4 | .3 | 3.3 |
Career | 30 | 10 | 12.4 | .581 | .000 | .682 | 2.8 | .2 | .5 | .2 | 2.9 |
See also
References
- ^ Francisco Elson's Bio on NBA.com Retrieved on 15 September 2008. Archived April 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ian Thomsen's Fast Break, Sports Illustrated, March 14, 2005
- ^ "Francisco Elson Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ Spurs sign Francisco Elson, spurs.com, August 2, 2006
- ^ Hall of Fame - 2016 Inductees
- ^ Elson apologizes to gay and lesbian community, Associated Press, April 29, 2004
- ^ Nuggets Don't Match on Elson, WOAI[permanent dead link], July 21, 2006
- ^ NBA.com - 2007-08 Season Preview; San Antonio Spurs
- ^ ESPN – Spurs get Kurt Thomas from SuperSonics for Barry, Elson and draft pick – NBA
- NBA.com. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- NBA.com. February 18, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ Cooney, Bob and Phil Jasner (19 February 2010). "Brezec, Ivey dealt to Bucks". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia. p. 99.
- NBA.com. September 15, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ^ Tony Jones [@tribjazz] (April 13, 2011). "Jazz's Elson will not have offseason surgery on left knee. Still swollen, though. Will rest and receive treatment in Netherlands" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- CSNPhilly.com. Archived from the originalon July 24, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ "Turner's role is decreasing". Phillyburbs.com. March 2, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ "Elson kiest voor Iraans avontuur". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "Francisco Elson kondigt afscheid aan". Nusport.nl (in Dutch). June 22, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ "Francisco Elson: People need to stand up". Basketball+ (in Dutch). Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ "SAS: Elson: "Ik ben nu definitief gestopt"". Sportamerika.nl (in Dutch). March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ "Oranje Internationals". Oranje Basketball (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "Francisco Elson, Spurs player with Suriname ties, inspires fan frenzy for NBA finals". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. June 14, 2007. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007.
- ^ Ian Thomsen's Fast Break, Sports Illustrated, March 14, 2005