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Don Ford

Donald J. Ford (Don)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 31, 1952 in Santa Barbara, California
High School: Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California
College: University of California, Santa Barbara

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 6th round (2nd pick, 92nd overall) of the 1975 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
1975-76 23 LAL NBA 76 1838 311 710 .438 104 139 .748 118 215 333 111 50 14 186 726
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 82 1782 262 570 .460 73 102 .716 105 248 353 133 60 21 170 597
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 79 1945 272 576 .472 68 90 .756 106 247 353 142 68 46 88 210 612
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 79 1540 228 450 .507 72 89 .809 83 185 268 101 51 25 93 177 528
1979-80 27 TOT NBA 73 999 131 274 .478 1 3 .333 45 53 .849 44 141 185 65 22 21 51 131 308
1979-80 27 LAL NBA 52 580 66 130 .508 0 1 .000 23 28 .821 23 75 98 36 11 15 30 86 155
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 21 419 65 144 .451 1 2 .500 22 25 .880 21 66 87 29 11 6 21 45 153
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 64 996 100 224 .446 0 3 .000 22 24 .917 74 90 164 84 15 12 49 100 222
1981-82 29 CLE NBA 21 1 201 9 24 .375 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 14 21 35 11 8 0 15 30 23
Career NBA 474 1 9301 1313 2828 .464 1 7 .143 389 503 .773 544 1147 1691 647 274 139 296 1004 3016

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
1975-76 23 LAL NBA 76 24.2 4.1 9.3 .438 1.4 1.8 .748 1.6 2.8 4.4 1.5 0.7 0.2 2.4 9.6
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 82 21.7 3.2 7.0 .460 0.9 1.2 .716 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.6 0.7 0.3 2.1 7.3
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 79 24.6 3.4 7.3 .472 0.9 1.1 .756 1.3 3.1 4.5 1.8 0.9 0.6 1.1 2.7 7.7
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 79 19.5 2.9 5.7 .507 0.9 1.1 .809 1.1 2.3 3.4 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.2 2.2 6.7
1979-80 27 TOT NBA 73 13.7 1.8 3.8 .478 0.0 0.0 .333 0.6 0.7 .849 0.6 1.9 2.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.8 4.2
1979-80 27 LAL NBA 52 11.2 1.3 2.5 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .821 0.4 1.4 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.7 3.0
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 21 20.0 3.1 6.9 .451 0.0 0.1 .500 1.0 1.2 .880 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.1 7.3
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 64 15.6 1.6 3.5 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .917 1.2 1.4 2.6 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.6 3.5
1981-82 29 CLE NBA 21 1 9.6 0.4 1.1 .375 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.3 .833 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.4 1.1
Career NBA 474 1 19.6 2.8 6.0 .464 0.0 0.0 .143 0.8 1.1 .773 1.1 2.4 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.1 6.4

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
1975-76 23 LAL NBA 76 1838 6.1 13.9 .438 2.0 2.7 .748 2.3 4.2 6.5 2.2 1.0 0.3 3.6 14.2
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 82 1782 5.3 11.5 .460 1.5 2.1 .716 2.1 5.0 7.1 2.7 1.2 0.4 3.4 12.1
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 79 1945 5.0 10.7 .472 1.3 1.7 .756 2.0 4.6 6.5 2.6 1.3 0.9 1.6 3.9 11.3
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 79 1540 5.3 10.5 .507 1.7 2.1 .809 1.9 4.3 6.3 2.4 1.2 0.6 2.2 4.1 12.3
1979-80 27 TOT NBA 73 999 4.7 9.9 .478 0.0 0.1 .333 1.6 1.9 .849 1.6 5.1 6.7 2.3 0.8 0.8 1.8 4.7 11.1
1979-80 27 LAL NBA 52 580 4.1 8.1 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.7 .821 1.4 4.7 6.1 2.2 0.7 0.9 1.9 5.3 9.6
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 21 419 5.6 12.4 .451 0.1 0.2 .500 1.9 2.1 .880 1.8 5.7 7.5 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.8 3.9 13.1
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 64 996 3.6 8.1 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 0.9 .917 2.7 3.3 5.9 3.0 0.5 0.4 1.8 3.6 8.0
1981-82 29 CLE NBA 21 1 201 1.6 4.3 .375 0.0 0.2 .000 0.9 1.1 .833 2.5 3.8 6.3 2.0 1.4 0.0 2.7 5.4 4.1
Career NBA 474 1 9301 5.1 10.9 .464 0.0 0.1 .143 1.5 1.9 .773 2.1 4.4 6.5 2.5 1.1 0.5 1.9 3.9 11.7

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
1975-76 23 LAL NBA 76 1838 11.6 .471 .438 6.4 10.8 8.7 8.3 1.2 0.4 101 0.7 1.2 2.0
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 82 1782 11.7 .485 .460 6.1 13.9 10.1 9.6 1.5 0.6 100 1.0 1.8 2.8
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 79 1945 11.6 .497 .472 5.8 12.5 9.3 9.1 1.6 1.2 12.5 14.1 102 102 1.7 1.8 3.5
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 79 1540 11.1 .540 .507 6.2 12.4 9.5 8.0 1.5 0.8 16.0 15.1 103 105 1.0 1.5 2.5
1979-80 27 TOT NBA 73 999 9.6 .518 .480 4.9 14.8 9.9 7.8 1.0 1.1 14.6 13.7 104 106 0.6 0.9 1.5
1979-80 27 LAL NBA 52 580 8.3 .545 .508 4.7 13.0 9.2 7.2 0.9 1.3 17.4 11.9 105 106 0.3 0.6 0.9
1979-80 27 CLE NBA 21 419 11.4 .494 .455 5.1 17.4 11.0 8.6 1.2 0.8 11.9 16.1 103 106 0.2 0.4 0.6
1980-81 28 CLE NBA 64 996 8.2 .473 .446 7.8 10.5 9.1 10.6 0.7 0.7 17.3 11.4 101 112 0.3 0.3 0.6
1981-82 29 CLE NBA 21 201 3.7 .432 .375 7.4 12.6 9.8 6.7 1.9 0.0 36.0 8.5 79 112 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Career NBA 474 9301 10.8 .495 .464 6.2 12.5 9.4 8.8 1.3 0.8 15.1 13.7 102 103 5.1 7.6 12.7

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
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 11 333 42 98 27 36 22 58 37 17 4 28 111 .429 .750 30.3 10.1 5.3 3.4
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 1 10 0 3 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 .000 10.0 0.0 5.0 0.0
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 8 138 16 30 1 3 2 22 7 3 2 4 20 33 .533 .333 17.3 4.1 2.8 0.9
Career NBA 20 481 58 131 28 39 26 85 44 21 6 5 50 144 .443 .718 24.1 7.2 4.3 2.2

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
1976-77 24 LAL NBA 11 333 13.4 .488 .429 6.9 11.0 9.0 15.4 2.4 0.6 101 0.2 0.3 0.5
1977-78 25 LAL NBA 1 10 -1.5 .000 .000 19.9 33.2 26.2 0.0 4.9 0.0 25.0 15.8 26 93 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1978-79 26 LAL NBA 8 138 8.3 .527 .533 1.8 15.1 9.0 6.4 1.0 0.8 11.3 10.9 100 107 0.1 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 20 481 11.6 .486 .443 5.7 12.7 9.4 12.5 2.0 0.7 12.7 11.2 93 103 0.2 0.4 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1976-77 NBA 82 (3)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (907)

Transactions

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 6th round (92nd pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers with a 1980 1st round draft pick (Chad Kinch) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Butch Lee and a 1982 1st round draft pick (James Worthy).

January 19, 1982: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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