Slater Martin
St. Louis Hawks | |
| As coach: | |
|---|---|
| 1957 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1967–1969 | Houston Mavericks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career statistics | |
Points | 7,337 (9.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,302 (3.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 3,160 (4.2 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr.
Martin was one of the NBA's best defensive players in the 1950s, playing for the
Martin was an alumnus of
He was head coach of the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association in the 1967–68 season and part of 1968–69,[3] and led the Mavericks into the 1968 ABA Playoffs.
Martin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 3, 1982, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is the only Longhorn to be so honored. His jersey number 15 was retired by the University of Texas on January 31, 2009, making him only the second Longhorn basketball player to have his number retired.
He died of a brief illness on October 18, 2012, in Houston, Texas, aged 86.[3]
NBA career statistics
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| 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 | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–50† | Minneapolis
|
67 | – | .351 | .634 | – | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| 1950–51 | Minneapolis
|
68 | – | .362 | .684 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 8.5 |
| 1951–52† | Minneapolis
|
66 | 37.6 | .375 | .747 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 9.3 |
| 1952–53† | Minneapolis
|
70 | 36.5 | .410 | .780 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 10.6 |
| 1953–54† | Minneapolis
|
69 | 35.8 | .388 | .724 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 9.9 |
| 1954–55 | Minneapolis | 72 | 38.7 | .381 | .769 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 13.6 |
| 1955–56 | Minneapolis | 72 | 39.4 | .358 | .833 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 13.2 |
| 1956–57 | New York | 13 | 32.8 | .344 | .830 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 1956–57 | St. Louis | 53 | 37.3 | .330 | .782 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 11.5 |
| 1957–58† | St. Louis | 60 | 35.0 | .336 | .746 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 12.0 |
| 1958–59 | St. Louis | 71 | 35.3 | .347 | .776 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 9.7 |
| 1959–60 | St. Louis | 64 | 27.4 | .371 | .726 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| Career | 745 | 35.9 | .364 | .762 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 9.8 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 †
|
Minneapolis
|
12 | – | .420 | .583 | – | 2.1 | 4.7 |
1951
|
Minneapolis
|
7 | – | .353 | .519 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
1952 †
|
Minneapolis
|
13 | 40.2 | .345 | .732 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 9.0 |
1953 †
|
Minneapolis
|
12 | 37.8 | .398 | .765 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 10.1 |
1954 †
|
Minneapolis
|
13 | 41.0 | .330 | .743 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 9.7 |
1955
|
Minneapolis | 7 | 45.0 | .298 | .816 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 13.7 |
1956
|
Minneapolis | 3 | 40.3 | .459 | .833 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 18.0 |
1957
|
St. Louis | 10 | 43.9 | .355 | .757 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 16.6 |
1958 †
|
St. Louis | 11 | 37.8 | .321 | .619 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 11.5 |
1959
|
St. Louis | 1 | 18.0 | .800 | – | 3.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
1960
|
St. Louis | 3 | 19.3 | .077 | .250 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Career | 92 | 39.4 | .351 | .715 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 10.0 | |
See also
References
- ^ Slater Martin Player Statistics
- ^ "Passings: Slater Martin", Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012
- ^ a b c d Goldstein, Richard (October 20, 2012), "Slater Martin, Hall of Fame Lakers Guard, Dies at 86", The New York Times
- ^ "SR / College Basketball: Slater Martin". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
External links
- Slater Martin at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA.com profile
- Slater Martin player statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- Slater Martin coach statistics at Basketball-Reference.com