John Long (basketball player)
Personal information | |
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Born | Romulus, Michigan | August 28, 1956
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Romulus (Romulus, Michigan) |
College | Detroit Mercy (1974–1978) |
NBA draft | 1978: 2nd round, 29th overall pick |
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
Playing career | 1978–1997 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Number | 25, 34 |
Career history | |
1978–1986 | Detroit Pistons |
1986–1989 | Indiana Pacers |
1989 | Detroit Pistons |
1990 | Atlanta Hawks |
1990–1991 | Tours Joué Basket |
1991 | Detroit Pistons |
1994 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
1996–1997 | Toronto Raptors |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 12,131 (13.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,492 (2.8 rpg) |
Steals | 912 (1.0 spg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John Eddie Long (born August 28, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player.
Amateur career
Long played high school basketball at
and built a dominating independent program at the Jesuit university. Long played shooting guard for the team, averaging 23.3 ppg on a .525 shooting percentage as a senior.UD advanced to the
The team was left out of the NCAA in Longs's senior year, 1977–78, playing in the 1978 NIT, despite a 25-4 record and a #18 ranking.[2][3][4] In four seasons at Detroit, Long scored 2,167 points, the first Titan to score more than 2000 points, and was inducted into the Detroit Mercy Titans Hall of Fame in 1993.[5]
Professional career
After starring at the University of Detroit, the shooting guard was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 1978 NBA draft. The move was largely influenced by Pistons Head Coach Dick Vitale, who coached Long at UD before going to the Pistons in 1978. He played eight seasons for the Pistons, and averaged a career-high 21.9 points per game in 1981–82. Long was the original backcourt partner to point guard Isiah Thomas before Joe Dumars was drafted. During his time with the Pistons, Long would also play alongside University of Detroit teammates Duerod, Boyd and Tyler. On December 13, 1983, Long scored 41 points, recorded eight assists, and grabbed six rebounds during a 186–184 triple overtime win over the Denver Nuggets.[6]
Long left Detroit to play for the
Personal life
Two of John Long's nephews, Terry Mills and Grant Long, also played in the NBA. The nephews were teammates in Detroit during the 1996–1997 season. All three men played two seasons or more for the Detroit Pistons.[7] Long has worked as a radio analyst for the Pistons.
Long was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.[8]
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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1978–79 | Detroit | 82 | – | 30.5 | .469 | – | .826 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 16.1 |
1979–80 | Detroit | 69 | – | 34.3 | .505 | .083 | .825 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 19.4 |
1980–81 | Detroit | 59 | – | 29.7 | .461 | .182 | .870 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 17.7 |
1981–82 | Detroit | 69 | 66 | 32.0 | .492 | .133 | .865 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 21.9 |
1982–83 | Detroit | 70 | 30 | 21.2 | .451 | .286 | .760 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10.5 |
1983–84 | Detroit | 82 | 82 | 30.7 | .472 | .200 | .884 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
1984–85 | Detroit | 66 | 55 | 27.6 | .487 | .333 | .862 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.7 |
1985–86 | Detroit | 62 | 30 | 19.0 | .482 | .188 | .856 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.0 |
1986–87 | Indiana | 80 | 68 | 28.3 | .419 | .284 | .890 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 15.2 |
1987–88 | Indiana | 81 | 81 | 25.0 | .474 | .442 | .907 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 12.8 |
1988–89 | Indiana | 44 | 1 | 17.4 | .401 | .400 | .937 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
1988–89† | Detroit | 24 | 0 | 6.3 | .475 | – | .846 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
1989–90 | Atlanta | 48 | 19 | 21.5 | .453 | .345 | .836 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.4 |
1990–91 | Detroit | 25 | 0 | 10.2 | .412 | .333 | .960 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
1996–97 | Toronto | 32 | 0 | 11.6 | .393 | .353 | .893 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
Career | 893 | 432 | 25.4 | .467 | .322 | .862 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.6 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1984
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Detroit | 5 | – | 29.8 | .364 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
1985
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Detroit | 9 | 9 | 28.3 | .457 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 12.4 |
1986
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Detroit | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | .400 | – | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
1987
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Indiana | 4 | 4 | 27.3 | .308 | .167 | .846 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
1989 †
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Detroit | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | – | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Career | 23 | 13 | 23.2 | .399 | .182 | .959 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 9.7 |
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career free throw percentage leaders
Notes
- ^ "1976-77 Detroit Titans Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "1977-78 Detroit Titans Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ Budner, Marty. "U-D to recognize '76-'77 Sweet 16 men's basketball team". Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies.
- ^ Paul, Tony. "Detroit Mercy to honor 'special' '76-77 team, Duerod". The Detroit News.
- ^ "John Long (2001) - Detroit Mercy Titans Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Legendary Moments in NBA History: Pistons win NBA's highest-scoring game". NBA.com.
- ^ "Basketball Relatives". www.apbr.org.
- ^ "John Long".