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Don Buse

Donald R. Buse (Don, Boo)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 10, 1950 in Huntingburg, Indiana
High School: Holland in Holland, Indiana
College: University of Evansville

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 3rd round (4th pick, 34th overall) of the 1972 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 22 INA ABA 77 1484 163 360 .453 5 24 .208 82 109 .752 96 114 210 223 66 143 413
1973-74 23 INA ABA 77 1877 170 427 .398 36 107 .336 48 70 .686 85 169 254 258 146 20 75 109 424
1974-75 24 INA ABA 80 2369 216 500 .432 38 123 .309 47 59 .797 84 188 272 335 166 15 95 149 517
1975-76 25 INA ABA 84 3380 400 887 .451 72 208 .346 179 220 .814 90 232 322 689 346 31 159 194 1051
1976-77 26 IND NBA 81 2947 266 639 .416 114 145 .786 66 204 270 685 281 16 129 646
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 82 2547 287 626 .458 112 136 .824 59 190 249 391 185 14 124 144 686
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 82 2544 285 576 .495 70 91 .769 44 173 217 356 156 18 96 149 640
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 81 2499 261 589 .443 19 79 .241 85 128 .664 70 163 233 320 132 10 91 111 626
1980-81 30 IND NBA 58 1095 114 287 .397 19 58 .328 50 65 .769 19 65 84 140 74 8 38 61 297
1981-82 31 IND NBA 82 78 2529 312 685 .455 73 189 .386 100 123 .813 46 177 223 407 164 27 95 176 797
1982-83 32 POR NBA 41 1 643 72 182 .396 9 35 .257 41 46 .891 19 35 54 115 44 2 25 60 194
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 76 10 1327 150 352 .426 18 59 .305 63 80 .788 29 87 116 303 86 1 87 62 381
1984-85 34 KCK NBA 65 14 939 82 203 .404 31 87 .356 23 30 .767 21 40 61 203 38 1 45 75 218
Career TOT 966 103 26180 2778 6313 .440 320 969 .330 1014 1302 .779 728 1837 2565 4425 1818 163 996 1562 6890
NBA 648 103 17070 1829 4139 .442 169 507 .333 658 844 .780 373 1134 1507 2920 1160 97 601 967 4485
ABA 318 9110 949 2174 .437 151 462 .327 356 458 .777 355 703 1058 1505 658 66 395 595 2405

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 22 INA ABA 77 19.3 2.1 4.7 .453 0.1 0.3 .208 1.1 1.4 .752 1.2 1.5 2.7 2.9 0.9 1.9 5.4
1973-74 23 INA ABA 77 24.4 2.2 5.5 .398 0.5 1.4 .336 0.6 0.9 .686 1.1 2.2 3.3 3.4 1.9 0.3 1.0 1.4 5.5
1974-75 24 INA ABA 80 29.6 2.7 6.3 .432 0.5 1.5 .309 0.6 0.7 .797 1.1 2.4 3.4 4.2 2.1 0.2 1.2 1.9 6.5
1975-76 25 INA ABA 84 40.2 4.8 10.6 .451 0.9 2.5 .346 2.1 2.6 .814 1.1 2.8 3.8 8.2 4.1 0.4 1.9 2.3 12.5
1976-77 26 IND NBA 81 36.4 3.3 7.9 .416 1.4 1.8 .786 0.8 2.5 3.3 8.5 3.5 0.2 1.6 8.0
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 82 31.1 3.5 7.6 .458 1.4 1.7 .824 0.7 2.3 3.0 4.8 2.3 0.2 1.5 1.8 8.4
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 82 31.0 3.5 7.0 .495 0.9 1.1 .769 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.3 1.9 0.2 1.2 1.8 7.8
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 81 30.9 3.2 7.3 .443 0.2 1.0 .241 1.0 1.6 .664 0.9 2.0 2.9 4.0 1.6 0.1 1.1 1.4 7.7
1980-81 30 IND NBA 58 18.9 2.0 4.9 .397 0.3 1.0 .328 0.9 1.1 .769 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.1 0.7 1.1 5.1
1981-82 31 IND NBA 82 78 30.8 3.8 8.4 .455 0.9 2.3 .386 1.2 1.5 .813 0.6 2.2 2.7 5.0 2.0 0.3 1.2 2.1 9.7
1982-83 32 POR NBA 41 1 15.7 1.8 4.4 .396 0.2 0.9 .257 1.0 1.1 .891 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.6 1.5 4.7
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 76 10 17.5 2.0 4.6 .426 0.2 0.8 .305 0.8 1.1 .788 0.4 1.1 1.5 4.0 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.8 5.0
1984-85 34 KCK NBA 65 14 14.4 1.3 3.1 .404 0.5 1.3 .356 0.4 0.5 .767 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.1 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.2 3.4
Career TOT 966 103 27.1 2.9 6.5 .440 0.4 1.3 .330 1.0 1.3 .779 0.8 1.9 2.7 4.6 2.0 0.2 1.1 1.6 7.1
NBA 648 103 26.3 2.8 6.4 .442 0.4 1.3 .333 1.0 1.3 .780 0.6 1.8 2.3 4.5 1.8 0.1 1.1 1.5 6.9
ABA 318 28.6 3.0 6.8 .437 0.5 1.5 .327 1.1 1.4 .777 1.1 2.2 3.3 4.7 2.7 0.3 1.2 1.9 7.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 22 INA ABA 77 1484 4.0 8.7 .453 0.1 0.6 .208 2.0 2.6 .752 2.3 2.8 5.1 5.4 1.6 3.5 10.0
1973-74 23 INA ABA 77 1877 3.3 8.2 .398 0.7 2.1 .336 0.9 1.3 .686 1.6 3.2 4.9 4.9 2.8 0.4 1.4 2.1 8.1
1974-75 24 INA ABA 80 2369 3.3 7.6 .432 0.6 1.9 .309 0.7 0.9 .797 1.3 2.9 4.1 5.1 2.5 0.2 1.4 2.3 7.9
1975-76 25 INA ABA 84 3380 4.3 9.4 .451 0.8 2.2 .346 1.9 2.3 .814 1.0 2.5 3.4 7.3 3.7 0.3 1.7 2.1 11.2
1976-77 26 IND NBA 81 2947 3.2 7.8 .416 1.4 1.8 .786 0.8 2.5 3.3 8.4 3.4 0.2 1.6 7.9
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 82 2547 4.1 8.8 .458 1.6 1.9 .824 0.8 2.7 3.5 5.5 2.6 0.2 1.8 2.0 9.7
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 82 2544 4.0 8.2 .495 1.0 1.3 .769 0.6 2.4 3.1 5.0 2.2 0.3 1.4 2.1 9.1
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 81 2499 3.8 8.5 .443 0.3 1.1 .241 1.2 1.8 .664 1.0 2.3 3.4 4.6 1.9 0.1 1.3 1.6 9.0
1980-81 30 IND NBA 58 1095 3.7 9.4 .397 0.6 1.9 .328 1.6 2.1 .769 0.6 2.1 2.8 4.6 2.4 0.3 1.2 2.0 9.8
1981-82 31 IND NBA 82 78 2529 4.4 9.8 .455 1.0 2.7 .386 1.4 1.8 .813 0.7 2.5 3.2 5.8 2.3 0.4 1.4 2.5 11.3
1982-83 32 POR NBA 41 1 643 4.0 10.2 .396 0.5 2.0 .257 2.3 2.6 .891 1.1 2.0 3.0 6.4 2.5 0.1 1.4 3.4 10.9
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 76 10 1327 4.1 9.5 .426 0.5 1.6 .305 1.7 2.2 .788 0.8 2.4 3.1 8.2 2.3 0.0 2.4 1.7 10.3
1984-85 34 KCK NBA 65 14 939 3.1 7.8 .404 1.2 3.3 .356 0.9 1.2 .767 0.8 1.5 2.3 7.8 1.5 0.0 1.7 2.9 8.4
Career TOT 966 103 26180 3.8 8.7 .440 0.6 1.9 .330 1.4 1.8 .779 1.0 2.5 3.5 6.1 2.7 0.2 1.5 2.1 9.5
NBA 648 103 17070 3.9 8.7 .442 0.7 2.0 .333 1.4 1.8 .780 0.8 2.4 3.2 6.2 2.4 0.2 1.5 2.0 9.5
ABA 318 9110 3.8 8.6 .437 0.6 1.8 .327 1.4 1.8 .777 1.4 2.8 4.2 5.9 3.1 0.3 1.6 2.4 9.5

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1972-73 22 INA ABA 77 1484 11.7 .506 .460 6.1 6.8 6.5 19.0 13.9 12.0 0.5 2.1 2.6
1973-74 23 INA ABA 77 1877 12.9 .463 .440 4.3 8.4 6.4 17.6 3.6 0.6 14.1 11.1 106 99 1.6 2.8 4.4
1974-75 24 INA ABA 80 2369 11.7 .491 .470 3.3 8.0 5.5 16.3 3.2 0.3 15.3 9.9 111 105 2.4 2.2 4.6
1975-76 25 INA ABA 84 3380 16.7 .534 .492 2.3 6.6 4.3 25.5 4.6 0.5 13.9 12.5 117 101 6.0 4.6 10.6
1976-77 26 IND NBA 81 2947 14.1 .460 .416 2.1 6.9 4.4 29.0 4.3 0.3 99 1.5 3.1 4.7
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 82 2547 12.5 .500 .458 2.3 7.8 5.0 18.5 3.1 0.3 15.3 11.8 105 98 2.4 3.6 6.0
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 82 2544 11.5 .519 .495 2.0 7.4 4.7 16.3 2.7 0.4 13.5 10.8 110 103 2.6 2.8 5.4
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 81 2499 10.7 .485 .459 3.1 7.0 5.1 16.0 2.4 0.2 12.4 11.7 106 104 1.7 2.9 4.6
1980-81 30 IND NBA 58 1095 11.7 .471 .430 1.8 6.7 4.2 16.4 3.2 0.4 10.7 12.9 107 105 0.9 1.2 2.0
1981-82 31 IND NBA 82 2529 14.8 .539 .509 1.9 7.8 4.8 22.5 3.2 0.6 11.4 13.7 115 104 3.7 3.4 7.1
1982-83 32 POR NBA 41 643 13.8 .480 .420 3.3 6.1 4.7 23.4 3.3 0.2 11.0 14.4 112 104 0.9 0.7 1.7
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 76 1327 13.4 .492 .452 2.4 7.6 5.0 29.4 3.0 0.0 18.3 14.4 106 108 0.8 1.4 2.2
1984-85 34 KCK NBA 65 939 10.5 .504 .480 2.6 4.8 3.7 25.7 1.9 0.1 17.2 11.0 114 114 1.0 0.2 1.3
Career TOT 966 26180 13.1 .500 .465 2.8 7.2 5.0 21.1 3.3 0.4 13.9 12.0 110 103 26.1 31.0 57.1
NBA 648 17070 12.7 .497 .462 2.3 7.2 4.7 21.5 3.1 0.3 13.6 12.3 109 103 15.6 19.4 34.9
ABA 318 9110 13.8 .506 .471 3.6 7.4 5.4 20.4 3.9 0.5 14.3 11.5 113 102 10.5 11.7 22.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1972-73 22 INA ABA 14 163 16 45 0 7 13 21 12 25 17 10 30 45 .356 .000 .619 11.6 3.2 1.8 1.2
1973-74 23 INA ABA 14 331 30 68 7 22 6 9 17 37 36 30 1 12 21 73 .441 .318 .667 23.6 5.2 2.6 2.6
1974-75 24 INA ABA 18 576 39 103 6 26 16 30 16 58 80 45 5 17 42 100 .379 .231 .533 32.0 5.6 3.2 4.4
1975-76 25 INA ABA 3 138 15 33 3 9 4 4 3 14 26 7 0 7 7 37 .455 .333 1.000 46.0 12.3 4.7 8.7
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 2 76 4 11 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 1 3 8 .364 38.0 4.0 2.5 2.0
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 15 512 47 116 24 33 17 55 52 23 5 15 31 118 .405 .727 34.1 7.9 3.7 3.5
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 8 236 28 64 5 13 7 11 8 21 44 6 0 13 15 68 .438 .385 .636 29.5 8.5 2.6 5.5
1980-81 30 IND NBA 2 35 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 5 7 3 0 2 4 5 .125 .250 1.000 17.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
1982-83 32 POR NBA 5 31 2 8 0 0 3 4 0 2 7 0 0 2 2 7 .250 .750 6.2 1.4 0.4 1.4
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 3 50 7 16 3 6 4 6 0 3 11 1 1 3 5 21 .438 .500 .667 16.7 7.0 1.0 3.7
Career TOT 84 2148 189 472 25 87 79 120 73 225 284 119 12 82 160 482 .400 .287 .658 25.6 5.7 2.7 3.4
ABA 49 1208 100 249 16 64 39 64 48 134 159 82 6 46 100 255 .402 .250 .609 24.7 5.2 2.7 3.2
NBA 35 940 89 223 9 23 40 56 25 91 125 37 6 36 60 227 .399 .391 .714 26.9 6.5 2.6 3.6

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1972-73 22 INA ABA 14 163 6.9 .415 .356 7.3 14.8 15.6 15.9 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1973-74 23 INA ABA 14 331 13.6 .507 .493 5.1 6.3 5.7 15.7 4.7 0.2 14.3 11.0 111 105 0.4 0.3 0.7
1974-75 24 INA ABA 18 576 10.4 .430 .408 2.8 7.0 4.9 17.1 3.7 0.5 12.8 9.3 105 105 0.2 0.7 1.0
1975-76 25 INA ABA 3 138 13.1 .532 .500 2.2 7.4 4.9 25.3 2.4 0.0 16.8 12.4 113 106 0.2 0.2 0.3
1977-78 27 PHO NBA 2 76 5.2 .364 .364 0.0 9.0 3.6 6.7 2.5 0.0 8.3 6.4 80 103 0.0 0.1 0.0
1978-79 28 PHO NBA 15 512 10.0 .452 .405 3.7 7.5 5.7 13.6 2.1 0.5 10.3 11.4 102 100 0.3 0.7 1.0
1979-80 29 PHO NBA 8 236 11.2 .494 .477 3.7 6.0 4.9 23.3 1.2 0.0 15.9 14.3 105 113 0.2 0.0 0.2
1980-81 30 IND NBA 2 35 7.4 .282 .188 0.0 17.1 7.4 26.6 4.0 0.0 18.4 12.1 77 102 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1982-83 32 POR NBA 5 31 6.0 .359 .250 0.0 7.3 3.6 28.1 0.0 0.0 17.0 16.0 87 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983-84 33 KCK NBA 3 50 14.6 .563 .531 0.0 7.8 3.3 31.7 1.0 1.2 13.9 17.4 115 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career TOT 84 2148 10.6 .459 .427 3.2 7.2 5.3 17.4 2.9 0.3 13.5 11.6 105 105 1.0 2.3 3.3
ABA 49 1208 11.1 .460 .434 3.4 6.8 5.4 17.4 3.8 0.3 14.2 11.0 108 105 0.6 1.4 2.0
NBA 35 940 9.9 .458 .419 3.0 7.6 5.2 17.4 1.8 0.3 12.7 12.2 102 104 0.4 0.9 1.3

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 25 INA ABA 1 14 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 1 3 0 5
1976-77 26 IND NBA 1 0 19 2 4 .500 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 4
Career TOT 2 0 33 4 9 .444 1 2 .500 0 0 0 3 8 4 0 0 9
ABA 1 14 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 1 3 0 5
NBA 1 0 19 2 4 .500 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1976 ABA
1977 NBA

Honors

1974-75 ABA All-Defensive (1st)
1975-76 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1975-76 ABA All-Defensive (1st)
1976-77 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1977-78 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1978-79 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-Defensive (1st)

Games

1975-76 ABA 84 (3)
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Career ABA 318 (73)

Minutes Played

1975-76 ABA 3380 (1)
 Career ABA 9110 (70)

3-Pt Field Goals

1973-74 ABA 36 (10)
1974-75 ABA 38 (7)
1975-76 ABA 72 (2)
1981-82 NBA 73 (1)
 Career ABA 151 (17)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1973-74 ABA 107 (10)
1974-75 ABA 123 (7)
1975-76 ABA 208 (2)
1981-82 NBA 189 (2)
Career ABA 462 (19)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1973-74 ABA .336 (9)
1974-75 ABA .309 (9)
1975-76 ABA .346 (4)
1981-82 NBA .386 (5)
1984-85 NBA .356 (10)
Career ABA .327 (9)

Assists

1975-76 ABA 689 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 685 (1)
 Career ABA 1505 (21)
Career 4425 (68)

Steals

1973-74 ABA 146 (9)
1974-75 ABA 166 (6)
1975-76 ABA 346 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 281 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 185 (3)
1978-79 NBA 156 (9)
1981-82 NBA 164 (8)
Career ABA 658 (3)
Career NBA 1160 (76)
Career 1818 (16)

Blocks

Career ABA 66 (46)

Minutes Per Game

1975-76 ABA 40.2 (1)
 Career ABA 28.6 (59)

Assists Per Game

1975-76 ABA 8.2 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 8.5 (1)
 Career ABA 4.7 (11)

Steals Per Game

1973-74 ABA 1.9 (8)
1974-75 ABA 2.1 (6)
1975-76 ABA 4.1 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 3.5 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 2.3 (5)
1981-82 NBA 2.0 (10)
Career ABA 2.7 (1)
 Career 2.0 (10)

Player Efficiency Rating

Career ABA 13.8 (64)

Assist Pct

1975-76 ABA 25.5 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 29.0 (6)
Career ABA 20.4 (8)

Steal Pct

1973-74 ABA 3.6 (2)
1974-75 ABA 3.2 (3)
1975-76 ABA 4.6 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 4.3 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 3.1 (7)
1978-79 NBA 2.7 (10)
1981-82 NBA 3.2 (9)
Career ABA 3.9 (1)
 Career 3.3 (7)

Turnover Pct

Career ABA 14.3 (48)

Usage Pct

Career ABA 11.5 (83)

Offensive Rating

1975-76 ABA 116.7 (2)

Defensive Rating

Career ABA 102.2 (18)

Offensive Win Shares

1975-76 ABA 6.0 (7)
Career ABA 10.5 (62)

Defensive Win Shares

1975-76 ABA 4.6 (4)
Career ABA 11.7 (45)

Win Shares

1975-76 ABA 10.6 (6)
Career ABA 22.2 (55)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (666)

Transactions

April 10, 1972: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 3rd round (34th pick) of the 1972 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the Indiana Pacers.

September 6, 1977: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Phoenix Suns for Ricky Sobers.

November 25, 1980: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Indiana Pacers for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Al Leslie) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Jose Slaughter).

January 7, 1983: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash. Indiana also received the consultation services of Portland vice president Jon Spolestra.

August 22, 1983: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

September 28, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Kings.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Kansas City Kings NBA $130,000
Career (may be incomplete) $130,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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