Mack Calvin

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Mack Calvin
Personal information
Born (1947-07-27) July 27, 1947 (age 76)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolLong Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)
College
The Floridians
1972–1974Carolina Cougars
1974–1975Denver Nuggets
1975–1976Virginia Squires
1976Los Angeles Lakers
1976–1977San Antonio Spurs
1977–1978Denver Nuggets
1979–1980Utah Jazz
1980–1981Cleveland Cavaliers
As coach:
1975Virginia Squires
1992Los Angeles Clippers
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points
12,172 (16.1 ppg)
Rebounds1,923 (2.5 rpg)
Assists3,617 (4.8 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Mack Calvin (born July 27, 1947) is an American former basketball player. A five-time ABA All-Star, Calvin recorded the second most assists in ABA history, and was later named to the ABA All-Time Team.

High school career

Calvin was born in

Long Beach Poly in California
.

College career

A 6'0" point guard from Long Beach City College and the University of Southern California, Calvin was a 14th-round draft pick of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers in 1969.

In his final college season, Calvin and his Trojans defeated the UCLA Bruins, 46–44, in Pauley Pavilion, ending several of the Bruins' consecutive win streaks: 17 straight over USC, 41 in a row overall, 45 consecutive in Pacific-8 Conference play, and 51 straight at Pauley.[1]

Professional career

He played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) and four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Calvin began his professional career with the ABA's

1974-75 ABA season, Calvin helped the Nuggets to a 65-19 record by averaging 7.7 assists per game, both of which were best in the league.[7] However, in the Western Division Finals, Denver was eliminated by Indiana in a seven game series.[8] In 1976, Calvin played while also briefly coaching the Squires. In total during his ABA career, Calvin tallied 10,620 points and 3,067 assists (second in ABA history behind only Louie Dampier
's 4,044) and appeared in 5 All-Star games.

Calvin joined the Lakers for the

1978 NBA Playoffs, during his second Denver tenure, Calvin and the Nuggets made it to the Western Conference Finals, before being eliminated by the Seattle SuperSonics.[9]
Calvin retired in 1981 with an NBA career scoring-average of 7.0 points per game.

Coaching career

He coached Virginia Squires in the ABA (1975–76) for six games and Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA (1991–92, as an interim head coach in February 1992 for two games).

References

  1. ^ Jerry Crowe, "Mack Calvin waited it out with USC to beat UCLA", Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2009
  2. ^ "1969-70 Los Angeles Stars Roster and Stats". Basketball Reference.
  3. ^ "Mack Calvin Playoffs Game Highs". Basketball Reference.
  4. ^ "1970 ABA Western Division Semifinals Game 4: Dallas Chaparrals at Los Angeles Stars". Basketball Reference.
  5. ^ "1970 ABA Finals Stars vs. Pacers". Basketball Reference.
  6. ISBN 0-679-43293-0
    .
  7. ^ "1974-75 ABA Season Summary". Basketball Reference.
  8. ^ "1975 ABA Western Division Finals Pacers vs. Nuggets". Basketball Reference.
  9. ^ "1977-78 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats". Basketball Reference.

External links

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