Swen Nater
Wilson (Long Beach, California ) | |
College |
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San Diego Clippers | |
1983–1984 | Los Angeles Lakers |
1984–1985 | Australian Udine |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career ABA and NBA statistics | |
Points | 8,980 (12.4 ppg) |
Rebounds | 8,340 (11.6 rpg) |
Assists | 1,235 (1.7 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Swen Erick Nater (born January 14, 1950) is a Dutch former professional
Early life
Nater was born in the Netherlands in Den Helder.[1] His parents divorced when he was three years old. When his mother remarried and the family's economic situation deteriorated, she, her husband, and Nater's younger brother moved to the United States, leaving Nater and his sister in an orphanage. After three years it appeared they would remain in the Netherlands until a television show, It Could Be You (a forerunner to This Is Your Life), discovered the situation and brought the two siblings to America to be reunited—on TV—with the rest of the family. At age nine, he was in a new country and did not speak a word of English.[2][3] He took his stepfather's name and was known as Swen Langeberg.[4][5]
Nater did not get along with his stepfather, who did not want him to play basketball.
College career
Nater attended and played basketball at
Nater
Professional career
Nater was drafted by
With the Spurs, Nater was the
Nater's NBA career began with the
Before the
Nater played for Australian Udine in the Italian League, where he was the best paid player and led the league in rebounding even though the team ended up being relegated. The next season, he initially accepted an offer from Barcelona in the Spanish League, but ultimately he changed his mind and decided to retire.
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 |
* | Led the league |
ABA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1973–74 | Virginia
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17 | - | 22.0 | .556* | .000 | .630 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 12.6 |
1973–74 | San Antonio
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62 | - | 32.3 | .551* | .000 | .740 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
1974–75 | San Antonio
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78 | - | 34.8 | .542 | .000 | .752 | 16.4* | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 15.1 |
1975–76 | New York
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43 | - | 23.6 | .485 | .000 | .718 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 8.7 |
1975–76 | Virginia
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33 | - | 23.5 | .498 | .000 | .675 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 11.3 |
Career | 233 | - | 29.5 | .532 | .000 | .722 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 13.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1973–74 | San Antonio
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7 | - | 30.1 | .553 | .000 | .714 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 14.9 |
1974–75 | San Antonio
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6 | - | 39.0 | .476 | .000 | .429 | 16.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 14.8 |
Career | 13 | - | 25.0 | .515 | .000 | .543 | 13.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.8 |
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1976–77 | Milwaukee
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72 | - | 27.2 | .528 | - | .754 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
1977–78 | Buffalo
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78 | - | 35.6 | .504 | - | .765 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 15.5 |
1978–79 | San Diego
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79 | - | 25.4 | .569 | - | .800 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 10.7 |
1979–80 | San Diego
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81 | - | 35.3 | .554 | .000 | .718 | 15.0* | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13.4 |
1980–81 | San Diego
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82 | - | 34.3 | .553 | .000 | .795 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15.6 |
1981–82 | San Diego
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21 | 7 | 27.4 | .577 | 1.000 | .747 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 12.5 |
1982–83 | San Diego
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7 | 0 | 7.3 | .300 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
1983–84 | Los Angeles
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69 | 0 | 12.0 | .490 | .000 | .692 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
Career | 489 | 7 | 28.4 | .537 | .250 | .760 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.2 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1983–84 | Los Angeles
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17 | - | 8.6 | .500 | .000 | .769 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
After the NBA
He built the basketball program at
Nater later lived in Enumclaw, Washington,[17] where he went to work for Costco, for whom he was a sporting goods assistant buyer.[6][15] and then in Des Moines, Washington overlooking Puget Sound, with his wife Dr. Wendy Ghiora.
Nater has also co-authored books with basketball coaches Wooden and Pete Newell.
Publications
- Wooden, John; Nater, Swen (2006). John Wooden's UCLA Offense. Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736061803.
- Newell, Pete; Nater, Swen (2007). Pete Newell's Playing Big. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736068093.
See also
- List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders
- List of National Basketball Association single-game rebounding leaders
References
- ^ a b c d e Hazeltine, Rick (December 17, 1988). "LOOKING UP TO HIM : Swen Nater Is a Lifetime Rebounder With Valuable Lessons to Pass On". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c "ABOUT COACH SWEN NATER". CoachSwen.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ a b c Walton, Bill (February 24, 2004). "What a long, strange trip it's been, Swen". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Raley, Dan (January 9, 2008). "Where Are They Now?, Seattle Post Intelligencer". Archived from the original on March 5, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9780786748877. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ a b "BasketballReference.com Swen Nater page". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Remember the ABA: Oakland Oaks/Washington Caps/Virginia Squires Year-to-Year Franchise Notes". Remembertheaba.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "StaTuesday: Milwaukee Bucks who saw 20-20". FOX Sports. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Hawks at Milwaukee Bucks Box Score, December 19, 1976". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Ringer, Sandy (November 10, 1997). "Enumclaw's Nater Grew Up With Game". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ What a long, strange trip it's been, Swen, Espn.co.uk, Retrieved 2018-12-11.
External links
- Media related to Swen Nater at Wikimedia Commons
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com