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Mack Calvin

Mack Calvin

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: July 27, 1947 in Fort Worth, Texas
High School: Long Beach Polytechnic in Long Beach, California
College: University of Southern California

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 14th round (8th pick, 187th overall) of the 1969 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 84 2955 441 1047 .421 3 25 .120 529 642 .824 95 199 294 478 261 289 1414
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 81 3394 744 1728 .431 17 59 .288 696 805 .865 107 176 283 619 356 263 2201
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 82 2977 552 1253 .441 11 48 .229 611 701 .872 116 158 274 481 261 270 1726
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 84 2228 478 944 .506 11 28 .393 500 582 .859 97 118 215 301 247 219 1467
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 83 2592 498 1078 .462 10 43 .233 490 560 .875 78 165 243 347 135 7 234 244 1496
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 74 2463 483 996 .485 3 16 .188 475 530 .896 36 174 210 570 140 8 279 206 1444
1975-76 28 VIR ABA 45 1658 306 717 .427 7 26 .269 253 285 .888 38 90 128 271 71 1 192 122 872
1976-77 29 TOT NBA 76 1438 220 544 .404 287 338 .849 36 60 96 240 61 3 127 727
1976-77 29 LAL NBA 12 207 27 82 .329 41 48 .854 6 10 16 21 11 1 16 95
1976-77 29 SAS NBA 35 606 93 237 .392 123 146 .842 11 20 31 104 23 1 58 309
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 29 625 100 225 .444 123 144 .854 19 30 49 115 27 1 53 323
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 77 988 147 333 .441 173 206 .840 11 73 84 148 46 5 108 87 467
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 48 772 100 227 .441 1 11 .091 105 117 .897 13 71 84 134 27 0 57 72 306
1980-81 33 CLE NBA 21 128 13 39 .333 1 5 .200 25 35 .714 2 10 12 28 5 0 17 13 52
Career TOT 755 21593 3982 8906 .447 64 261 .245 4144 4801 .863 629 1294 1923 3617 485 24 2012 1912 12172
ABA 533 18267 3502 7763 .451 62 245 .253 3554 4105 .866 567 1080 1647 3067 346 16 1830 1613 10620
NBA 222 3326 480 1143 .420 2 16 .125 590 696 .848 62 214 276 550 139 8 182 299 1552

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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 84 35.2 5.3 12.5 .421 0.0 0.3 .120 6.3 7.6 .824 1.1 2.4 3.5 5.7 3.1 3.4 16.8
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 81 41.9 9.2 21.3 .431 0.2 0.7 .288 8.6 9.9 .865 1.3 2.2 3.5 7.6 4.4 3.2 27.2
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 82 36.3 6.7 15.3 .441 0.1 0.6 .229 7.5 8.5 .872 1.4 1.9 3.3 5.9 3.2 3.3 21.0
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 84 26.5 5.7 11.2 .506 0.1 0.3 .393 6.0 6.9 .859 1.2 1.4 2.6 3.6 2.9 2.6 17.5
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 83 31.2 6.0 13.0 .462 0.1 0.5 .233 5.9 6.7 .875 0.9 2.0 2.9 4.2 1.6 0.1 2.8 2.9 18.0
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 74 33.3 6.5 13.5 .485 0.0 0.2 .188 6.4 7.2 .896 0.5 2.4 2.8 7.7 1.9 0.1 3.8 2.8 19.5
1975-76 28 VIR ABA 45 36.8 6.8 15.9 .427 0.2 0.6 .269 5.6 6.3 .888 0.8 2.0 2.8 6.0 1.6 0.0 4.3 2.7 19.4
1976-77 29 TOT NBA 76 18.9 2.9 7.2 .404 3.8 4.4 .849 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.2 0.8 0.0 1.7 9.6
1976-77 29 LAL NBA 12 17.3 2.3 6.8 .329 3.4 4.0 .854 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 7.9
1976-77 29 SAS NBA 35 17.3 2.7 6.8 .392 3.5 4.2 .842 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.0 0.7 0.0 1.7 8.8
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 29 21.6 3.4 7.8 .444 4.2 5.0 .854 0.7 1.0 1.7 4.0 0.9 0.0 1.8 11.1
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 77 12.8 1.9 4.3 .441 2.2 2.7 .840 0.1 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.4 1.1 6.1
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 48 16.1 2.1 4.7 .441 0.0 0.2 .091 2.2 2.4 .897 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.8 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.5 6.4
1980-81 33 CLE NBA 21 6.1 0.6 1.9 .333 0.0 0.2 .200 1.2 1.7 .714 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.6 2.5
Career TOT 755 28.6 5.3 11.8 .447 0.1 0.4 .245 5.5 6.4 .863 0.8 1.7 2.5 4.8 1.1 0.1 3.0 2.5 16.1
ABA 533 34.3 6.6 14.6 .451 0.1 0.5 .253 6.7 7.7 .866 1.1 2.0 3.1 5.8 1.7 0.1 3.4 3.0 19.9
NBA 222 15.0 2.2 5.1 .420 0.0 0.2 .125 2.7 3.1 .848 0.3 1.0 1.2 2.5 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.3 7.0

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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 84 2955 5.4 12.8 .421 0.0 0.3 .120 6.4 7.8 .824 1.2 2.4 3.6 5.8 3.2 3.5 17.2
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 81 3394 7.9 18.3 .431 0.2 0.6 .288 7.4 8.5 .865 1.1 1.9 3.0 6.6 3.8 2.8 23.3
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 82 2977 6.7 15.2 .441 0.1 0.6 .229 7.4 8.5 .872 1.4 1.9 3.3 5.8 3.2 3.3 20.9
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 84 2228 7.7 15.3 .506 0.2 0.5 .393 8.1 9.4 .859 1.6 1.9 3.5 4.9 4.0 3.5 23.7
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 83 2592 6.9 15.0 .462 0.1 0.6 .233 6.8 7.8 .875 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.8 1.9 0.1 3.2 3.4 20.8
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 74 2463 7.1 14.6 .485 0.0 0.2 .188 6.9 7.7 .896 0.5 2.5 3.1 8.3 2.0 0.1 4.1 3.0 21.1
1975-76 28 VIR ABA 45 1658 6.6 15.6 .427 0.2 0.6 .269 5.5 6.2 .888 0.8 2.0 2.8 5.9 1.5 0.0 4.2 2.6 18.9
1976-77 29 TOT NBA 76 1438 5.5 13.6 .404 7.2 8.5 .849 0.9 1.5 2.4 6.0 1.5 0.1 3.2 18.2
1976-77 29 LAL NBA 12 207 4.7 14.3 .329 7.1 8.3 .854 1.0 1.7 2.8 3.7 1.9 0.2 2.8 16.5
1976-77 29 SAS NBA 35 606 5.5 14.1 .392 7.3 8.7 .842 0.7 1.2 1.8 6.2 1.4 0.1 3.4 18.4
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 29 625 5.8 13.0 .444 7.1 8.3 .854 1.1 1.7 2.8 6.6 1.6 0.1 3.1 18.6
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 77 988 5.4 12.1 .441 6.3 7.5 .840 0.4 2.7 3.1 5.4 1.7 0.2 3.9 3.2 17.0
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 48 772 4.7 10.6 .441 0.0 0.5 .091 4.9 5.5 .897 0.6 3.3 3.9 6.2 1.3 0.0 2.7 3.4 14.3
1980-81 33 CLE NBA 21 128 3.7 11.0 .333 0.3 1.4 .200 7.0 9.8 .714 0.6 2.8 3.4 7.9 1.4 0.0 4.8 3.7 14.6
Career TOT 755 21593 6.6 14.8 .447 0.1 0.5 .245 6.9 8.0 .863 1.0 2.2 3.2 6.0 1.7 0.1 3.6 3.2 20.3
ABA 533 18267 6.9 15.3 .451 0.1 0.5 .253 7.0 8.1 .866 1.1 2.1 3.2 6.0 1.9 0.1 3.6 3.2 20.9
NBA 222 3326 5.2 12.4 .420 0.1 0.6 .125 6.4 7.5 .848 0.7 2.3 3.0 6.0 1.5 0.1 3.5 3.2 16.8

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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 84 2955 15.6 .532 .423 4.4 22.3 16.4 19.9 4.9 2.8 7.7
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 81 3394 19.2 .529 .435 3.9 26.8 14.6 26.8 6.2 2.3 8.5
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 82 2977 18.2 .553 .445 3.7 5.2 4.5 23.6 14.3 23.7 6.5 2.0 8.5
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 84 2228 19.6 .611 .512 4.5 5.5 5.0 18.6 17.1 24.4 8.3 2.1 10.4
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 83 2592 18.5 .565 .467 3.2 6.8 5.0 18.6 2.4 0.2 15.0 23.6 112 105 6.7 2.2 8.8
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 74 2463 19.2 .587 .486 1.6 7.2 4.6 29.8 2.5 0.2 18.5 23.3 114 105 6.5 2.5 9.0
1975-76 28 VIR ABA 45 1658 14.2 .518 .432 2.2 5.7 3.8 24.5 1.9 0.0 18.6 23.4 101 111 1.2 0.3 1.5
1976-77 29 TOT NBA 76 1438 15.5 .525 .404 2.6 4.2 3.4 21.7 1.8 0.1 103 1.9 0.9 2.8
1976-77 29 LAL NBA 12 207 13.1 .461 .329 3.0 4.8 3.9 12.8 2.4 0.2 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
1976-77 29 SAS NBA 35 606 14.9 .513 .392 1.9 3.4 2.6 21.8 1.6 0.1 106 0.6 0.1 0.7
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 29 625 17.0 .560 .444 3.2 4.8 4.0 24.6 1.9 0.1 100 1.2 0.6 1.8
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 77 988 14.0 .551 .441 1.2 7.3 4.4 20.1 2.1 0.3 20.3 20.6 102 104 1.2 0.7 1.8
1979-80 32 UTA NBA 48 772 14.5 .549 .443 2.0 10.4 6.4 24.0 1.7 0.0 17.0 18.7 110 112 1.2 0.2 1.4
1980-81 33 CLE NBA 21 128 11.0 .478 .346 1.6 9.1 5.2 27.4 1.9 0.0 23.8 22.4 93 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career TOT 755 21593 17.4 .552 .451 2.9 6.2 4.4 23.3 2.2 0.1 16.3 23.3 109 106 44.4 16.0 60.4
ABA 533 18267 17.9 .555 .455 3.1 6.1 4.4 23.6 2.3 0.1 16.1 23.6 110 106 40.2 14.2 54.4
NBA 222 3326 14.7 .535 .421 2.0 6.7 4.5 22.0 1.9 0.1 19.4 19.9 104 105 4.2 1.8 5.9

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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 17 593 133 294 4 7 122 156 63 101 55 57 392 .452 .571 .782 34.9 23.1 3.7 5.9
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 6 255 62 120 1 3 39 46 5 16 42 27 10 164 .517 .333 .848 42.5 27.3 2.7 7.0
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 4 154 28 65 0 1 29 33 16 21 14 13 85 .431 .000 .879 38.5 21.3 4.0 5.3
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 12 370 72 154 2 9 72 88 12 34 52 33 35 218 .468 .222 .818 30.8 18.2 2.8 4.3
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 4 143 34 74 2 7 27 32 8 19 13 5 0 12 14 97 .459 .286 .844 35.8 24.3 4.8 3.3
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 13 444 76 163 3 8 78 82 6 41 68 23 1 39 50 233 .466 .375 .951 34.2 17.9 3.2 5.2
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 6 112 19 40 24 29 1 9 13 1 0 13 62 .475 .828 18.7 10.3 1.5 2.2
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 12 135 19 42 27 29 3 8 21 7 0 11 11 65 .452 .931 11.3 5.4 0.7 1.8
Career TOT 74 2206 443 952 12 35 418 495 35 206 331 36 1 191 203 1316 .465 .343 .844 29.8 17.8 2.8 4.5
ABA 56 1959 405 870 12 35 367 437 31 189 297 28 1 180 179 1189 .466 .343 .840 35.0 21.2 3.4 5.3
NBA 18 247 38 82 51 58 4 17 34 8 0 11 24 127 .463 .879 13.7 7.1 0.9 1.9

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
1969-70 22 LAS ABA 17 593 18.9 .540 .459 4.4 23.6 13.2 25.6 1.3 0.6 1.9
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 6 255 21.7 .585 .521 25.2 16.1 0.9 0.2 1.1
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 4 154 16.6 .534 .431 4.7 21.1 15.0 23.1 0.2 0.1 0.4
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 12 370 21.0 .566 .474 4.8 21.2 14.6 24.0 1.1 0.3 1.4
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 4 143 19.3 .551 .473 4.8 8.7 6.5 13.5 1.6 0.0 12.0 26.7 110 112 0.3 0.0 0.4
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 13 444 16.4 .585 .475 1.4 8.2 4.9 20.3 2.4 0.1 16.4 20.9 115 112 0.9 0.2 1.1
1976-77 29 DEN NBA 6 112 15.4 .588 .475 0.9 7.8 4.3 18.0 0.4 0.0 104 0.3 0.1 0.3
1977-78 30 DEN NBA 12 135 16.6 .593 .452 2.3 3.7 3.0 20.1 2.4 0.0 16.7 18.3 117 109 0.4 0.0 0.4
Career TOT 74 2206 18.6 .562 .472 2.1 7.5 4.7 21.4 2.0 0.1 14.6 23.5 114 111 5.4 1.5 6.8
ABA 56 1959 18.9 .560 .472 2.2 8.3 4.8 21.7 2.2 0.1 14.5 23.9 113 112 4.7 1.4 6.1
NBA 18 247 16.1 .591 .463 1.7 5.5 3.6 19.1 1.5 0.0 16.7 18.3 117 107 0.6 0.1 0.7

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
1970-71 23 FLO ABA 1 20 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 3 7 .429 1 4 4 0 2 8
1971-72 24 FLO ABA 1 14 4 7 .571 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 2 4 2 4 10
1972-73 25 CAR ABA 1 23 3 8 .375 0 0 7 7 1.000 2 2 8 1 0 4 5 13
1973-74 26 CAR ABA 1 27 3 10 .300 0 0 2 3 .667 0 2 11 1 0 3 3 8
1974-75 27 DNA ABA 1 28 4 16 .250 0 1 .000 9 10 .900 1 3 7 1 0 4 2 17
Career ABA 5 112 16 48 .333 1 3 .333 23 29 .793 4 13 34 3 0 13 16 56

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1971 ABA
1972 ABA
1973 ABA
1974 ABA
1975 ABA

Honors

1969-70 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1970-71 ABA All-ABA (1st)
1972-73 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1973-74 ABA All-ABA (1st)
1974-75 ABA All-ABA (1st)

Games

1969-70 ABA 84 (1)
 1972-73 ABA 84 (1)
 Career ABA 533 (20)

Minutes Played

1970-71 ABA 3394 (4)
Career ABA 18267 (16)

Field Goals

1970-71 ABA 744 (6)
Career ABA 3502 (17)

Field Goal Attempts

1970-71 ABA 1728 (4)
Career ABA 7763 (15)

Field Goal Pct

Career ABA .451 (68)

3-Pt Field Goals

Career ABA 62 (49)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 245 (48)

Free Throws

1969-70 ABA 529 (4)
1970-71 ABA 696 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 611 (2)
1972-73 ABA 500 (3)
1973-74 ABA 490 (1)
 1974-75 ABA 475 (3)
Career ABA 3554 (1)
 Career 4144 (57)

Free Throw Attempts

1969-70 ABA 642 (4)
1970-71 ABA 805 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 701 (3)
1972-73 ABA 582 (9)
1973-74 ABA 560 (4)
1974-75 ABA 530 (5)
Career ABA 4105 (1)
 Career 4801 (79)

Free Throw Pct

1970-71 ABA .865 (6)
1971-72 ABA .872 (4)
1972-73 ABA .859 (5)
1973-74 ABA .875 (2)
1974-75 ABA .896 (1)
 1975-76 ABA .888 (1)
 Career ABA .866 (3)
Career .863 (25)

Offensive Rebounds

Career ABA 567 (75)

Defensive Rebounds

Career ABA 1080 (67)

Total Rebounds

Career ABA 1647 (74)

Assists

1969-70 ABA 478 (2)
1970-71 ABA 619 (2)
1971-72 ABA 481 (6)
1974-75 ABA 570 (2)
Career ABA 3067 (2)

Steals

1973-74 ABA 135 (10)
1974-75 ABA 140 (9)
Career ABA 346 (14)

Turnovers

1970-71 ABA 356 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 261 (10)
1974-75 ABA 279 (8)
Career ABA 1830 (4)
Career 2012 (92)

Personal Fouls

Career ABA 1613 (19)

Points

1970-71 ABA 2201 (4)
Career ABA 10620 (8)

Minutes Per Game

1970-71 ABA 41.9 (4)
Career ABA 34.3 (20)

Points Per Game

1970-71 ABA 27.2 (3)
Career ABA 19.9 (13)

Assists Per Game

1969-70 ABA 5.7 (3)
1970-71 ABA 7.6 (2)
1971-72 ABA 5.9 (6)
1974-75 ABA 7.7 (1)
 1975-76 ABA 6.0 (3)
Career ABA 5.8 (3)

Steals Per Game

1973-74 ABA 1.6 (10)
1974-75 ABA 1.9 (9)

Player Efficiency Rating

1970-71 ABA 19.2 (7)
1972-73 ABA 19.6 (8)
1973-74 ABA 18.5 (10)
Career ABA 17.9 (16)

True Shooting Pct

1972-73 ABA .611 (1)
 1973-74 ABA .565 (6)
1974-75 ABA .587 (6)
Career ABA .555 (17)

Effective Field Goal Pct

Career ABA .455 (74)

Assist Pct

1969-70 ABA 22.3 (4)
1970-71 ABA 26.8 (2)
1971-72 ABA 23.6 (4)
1974-75 ABA 29.8 (1)
 Career ABA 23.6 (4)

Steal Pct

1973-74 ABA 2.4 (8)
1974-75 ABA 2.5 (9)

Turnover Pct

Career ABA 16.1 (57)

Usage Pct

1970-71 ABA 26.8 (6)
1972-73 ABA 24.4 (10)
Career ABA 23.6 (15)

Offensive Rating

1973-74 ABA 112.3 (8)
1974-75 ABA 114.1 (8)
Career ABA 110.0 (10)

Defensive Rating

Career ABA 106.2 (30)

Offensive Win Shares

1970-71 ABA 6.2 (6)
1971-72 ABA 6.5 (9)
1972-73 ABA 8.3 (3)
1973-74 ABA 6.7 (6)
1974-75 ABA 6.5 (5)
Career ABA 40.2 (6)

Defensive Win Shares

Career ABA 14.2 (37)

Win Shares

1970-71 ABA 8.5 (8)
1971-72 ABA 8.5 (10)
1972-73 ABA 10.4 (6)
1973-74 ABA 8.8 (8)
Career ABA 54.4 (9)

Transactions

April 7, 1969: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 14th round (187th pick) of the 1969 NBA Draft.

May 10, 1976: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

November 16, 1976: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Brad Davis).

February 15, 1977: Claimed on waivers by the Denver Nuggets from the San Antonio Spurs

October 12, 1978: Waived by the Denver Nuggets.

November 27, 1979: Signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz.

December 19, 1980: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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