Fred Roberts

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Fred Roberts
Personal information
Born (1960-08-14) August 14, 1960 (age 63)
Power forward / center
Number11, 33, 31, 34, 24, 44
Career history
1982–1983Fortitudo Bologna
1983–1984San Antonio Spurs
1984–1986Utah Jazz
1986–1988Boston Celtics
1988–1993Milwaukee Bucks
1993–1994FC Barcelona
1994–1995Chicago Rockers
1995Cleveland Cavaliers
1995–1996Los Angeles Lakers
1996–1997Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA U19 World Championship
Gold medal – first place
1979 Salvador
National team

Frederick Clark Roberts (born August 14, 1960) is an American former

power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, a career spanning from 1983 to 1997, becoming a successful journeymen in the league. He also played in FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB
.

College career

Roberts played four years of college basketball at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah, from 1978 to 1982. He played in 119 total games, averaged 15.5 points and seven rebounds and shot 54.6% from the field.[1] His playing ability along with Danny Ainge and Greg Kite led to the success of the BYU program during this time. Roberts also played on the USA Junior World Championship Team in 1979, playing alongside greats such as James Worthy and leading the US to an undefeated 8-0 record.[2]

College 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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978–79 BYU 28 - 30.8 .543 - .783 6.8 2.3 0.9 0.8 14.3
1979–80
BYU
 29 - 30.7 .588 - .724 6.1 2.5 0.3 0.7 12.9
1980-81
BYU
 32 - 37.1 .579 - .777 8.0 3.4 0.8 0.4 18.8
1981–82 BYU 30 - 37.3 .479 - .798 7.2 3.2 0.7 0.6 15.5
Career 119 - 34.1 .546 - .776 7.0 2.9 0.7 0.6 15.5

Professional career

He was drafted by the

New Jersey Nets on November 12, 1982 for Phil Ford and a second-round draft choice,[3] and from there was traded to the San Antonio Spurs on June 7, 1983 with other players in exchange for coach Stan Albeck.[3]
Afterwards, he played his first full NBA season with the Spurs.

He played just over a season with San Antonio before being traded to the

1988 NBA expansion draft
.

However, Roberts was traded to the

1992-93 NBA season
.

After not renewing with the Bucks in 1993, he signed with FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB, where in his only season he managed to win the Spanish Cup, defeating Taugrés Baskonia in the final.[8] For the season he averaged 14.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.[9]

After his second stint in Europe, he played for the Chicago Rockers of the Continental Basketball Association. He then signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and was immediately put to work due to starting power forward Tyrone Hill going down with an ankle injury.[10] Once Hill returned though, Roberts stopped seeing playing time, but considered his stint with the Cavs as a stepping stone.[11]

He then signed with the

1995-96 season, playing only 33 games. Coinciding with Magic Johnson's "comeback" year, Roberts became the only player in NBA history to be a teammate of both Johnson and Larry Bird. The following year, he signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks,[12] but was released almost immediately after Don Nelson became General Manager.[13]

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
1983–84
San Antonio
 79 8 19.4 .536 .250 .837 3.8 1.2 0.7 0.5 7.3
1984–85
San Antonio
 22 0 13.9 .449 .000 .763 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 5.3
1984–85
Utah
 52 0 16.8 .513 1.000 .840 2.9 1.3 0.3 0.2 8.7
1985–86
Utah
 58 0 8.1 .443 .500 .770 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 3.7
1986–87
Boston
 73 11 14.8 .515 .000 .810 2.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 5.5
1987–88
Boston
 74 14 13.9 .488 .000 .776 2.2 1.1 0.2 0.2 6.1
1988–89
Milwaukee
 71 3 17.6 .486 .214 .806 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 5.9
1989–90
Milwaukee
 82* 66 27.3 .495 .182 .783 3.8 1.8 0.7 0.3 10.5
1990–91
Milwaukee
 82* 82 25.8 .533 .160 .813 3.4 1.6 0.8 0.4 10.8
1991–92
Milwaukee
 80 63 21.8 .482 .514 .749 3.2 1.5 0.7 0.5 9.6
1992–93
Milwaukee
 79 5 18.8 .528 .414 .799 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.3 7.6
1994–95
Cleveland
 21 0 10.6 .389 .364 .769 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 3.8
1995–96
Los Angeles
 33 1 9.6 .495 .286 .786 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 3.7
1996–97
Dallas
 12 0 3.3 .400 .000 .714 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8
Career 818 253 18.0 .502 .325 .796 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 7.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984–85
Utah
 10 0 13.0 .442 .000 .800 1.7 0.9 0.7 0.3 5.4
1985–86
Utah
 4 0 7.8 .467 .000 .889 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.5
1986–87
Boston
 20 4 13.3 .508 .000 .705 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 4.6
1987–88
Boston
 15 0 6.7 .524 .000 .636 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.9
1988–89
Milwaukee
 9 5 38.3 .490 .000 .850 4.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 14.7
1989–90
Milwaukee
 4 4 19.8 .650 .000 .813 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 9.8
1990–91
Milwaukee
 3 3 34.3 .457 .000 1.000 5.0 2.3 0.7 0.3 11.3
1994–95
Cleveland
 1 0 7.0 .750 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1995–96
Los Angeles
 1 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 67 16 15.9 .495 .000 .771 2.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 6.1

Later work

After his basketball career, Roberts became an educator in Utah. He worked as a principal for five years, then began teaching sixth grade in 2007.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Fred Roberts Second Round 27th Overall". Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  2. ^ "USA Basketball:FIRST JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1979". Archived from the original on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  3. ^ a b "Nets Trade History". Archived from the original on 2007-04-20. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  4. ^ "1982 NBA Transactions". Archived from the original on May 28, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  5. ^ "Celtics' Offer Matched". The New York Times. 1986-09-26. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  6. ^ "Lakers Waive Lucas". The New York Times. 1986-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  7. ^ "Athletes Who Were Traded for Absurd Things". Bleacher Report. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  8. ^ "Recordando la Copa del Rey de Sevilla 1994". Liga ACB (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Historial estadístico - Fred Roberts" (in Spanish). Liga ACB. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ Braun, Rick (1995-03-04). "Roberts answers call". Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  11. ^ "Roberts back in NBA but longs for Milwaukee". Retrieved 2007-01-10. [dead link]
  12. ^ "NBA Notes". Retrieved 2007-01-10. [dead link]
  13. ^ "Mavs History". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  14. ^ Staying Power – The Fred Roberts Interview Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Former Utah Jazz star Fred Roberts keeps points up in the classroom

External links

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