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Donnie Freeman

Donald E. Freeman (Don, Donnie, Free)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: July 18, 1944 in Madison, Illinois
High School: Madison in Madison, Illinois
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Draft: Philadelphia 76ers, 3rd round (9th pick, 29th overall), 1966 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 23, 1975
ABA Debut: October 22, 1967

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All-Star

Totals

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
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 69 2431 414 1013 .409 0 6 .000 296 414 .715 326 190 187 185 1124
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 78 2874 651 1346 .484 2 23 .087 420 534 .787 121 164 285 501 230 229 1724
1969-70 25 MMF ABA 79 3164 766 1684 .455 5 19 .263 626 762 .822 132 268 400 291 190 253 2163
1970-71 26 TOT ABA 66 2414 596 1235 .483 0 7 .000 367 459 .800 148 176 324 332 173 192 1559
1970-71 26 UTS ABA 24 801 205 428 .479 0 4 .000 157 189 .831 66 71 137 117 79 78 567
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 42 1613 391 807 .485 0 3 .000 210 270 .778 82 105 187 215 94 114 992
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 72 2377 628 1336 .470 2 5 .400 475 576 .825 100 106 206 245 176 177 1733
1972-73 28 INA ABA 77 2170 412 933 .442 2 6 .333 277 343 .808 103 116 219 195 160 225 1103
1973-74 29 INA ABA 66 1735 383 839 .456 0 2 .000 177 222 .797 91 77 168 165 48 22 132 174 943
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 77 2381 453 1012 .448 0 5 .000 289 352 .821 107 77 184 202 65 15 131 169 1195
1975-76 31 LAL NBA 64 1480 263 606 .434 163 199 .819 72 108 180 171 57 11 160 689
Career TOT 648 21026 4566 10004 .456 11 73 .151 3090 3861 .800 874 1092 2292 2292 170 48 1379 1764 12233
ABA 584 19546 4303 9398 .458 11 73 .151 2927 3662 .799 802 984 2112 2121 113 37 1379 1604 11544
NBA 64 1480 263 606 .434 163 199 .819 72 108 180 171 57 11 160 689

Per Game

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
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 69 35.2 6.0 14.7 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 6.0 .715 4.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 16.3
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 78 36.8 8.3 17.3 .484 0.0 0.3 .087 5.4 6.8 .787 1.6 2.1 3.7 6.4 2.9 2.9 22.1
1969-70 25 MMF ABA 79 40.1 9.7 21.3 .455 0.1 0.2 .263 7.9 9.6 .822 1.7 3.4 5.1 3.7 2.4 3.2 27.4
1970-71 26 TOT ABA 66 36.6 9.0 18.7 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 7.0 .800 2.2 2.7 4.9 5.0 2.6 2.9 23.6
1970-71 26 UTS ABA 24 33.4 8.5 17.8 .479 0.0 0.2 .000 6.5 7.9 .831 2.8 3.0 5.7 4.9 3.3 3.3 23.6
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 42 38.4 9.3 19.2 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 5.0 6.4 .778 2.0 2.5 4.5 5.1 2.2 2.7 23.6
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 72 33.0 8.7 18.6 .470 0.0 0.1 .400 6.6 8.0 .825 1.4 1.5 2.9 3.4 2.4 2.5 24.1
1972-73 28 INA ABA 77 28.2 5.4 12.1 .442 0.0 0.1 .333 3.6 4.5 .808 1.3 1.5 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.9 14.3
1973-74 29 INA ABA 66 26.3 5.8 12.7 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.4 .797 1.4 1.2 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.3 2.0 2.6 14.3
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 77 30.9 5.9 13.1 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.6 .821 1.4 1.0 2.4 2.6 0.8 0.2 1.7 2.2 15.5
1975-76 31 LAL NBA 64 23.1 4.1 9.5 .434 2.5 3.1 .819 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.7 0.9 0.2 2.5 10.8
Career TOT 648 32.4 7.0 15.4 .456 0.0 0.1 .151 4.8 6.0 .800 1.5 1.9 3.5 3.5 0.8 0.2 2.4 2.7 18.9
ABA 584 33.5 7.4 16.1 .458 0.0 0.1 .151 5.0 6.3 .799 1.6 1.9 3.6 3.6 0.8 0.3 2.4 2.7 19.8
NBA 64 23.1 4.1 9.5 .434 2.5 3.1 .819 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.7 0.9 0.2 2.5 10.8

Per 36 Minutes

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
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 69 2431 6.1 15.0 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 6.1 .715 4.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 16.6
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 78 2874 8.2 16.9 .484 0.0 0.3 .087 5.3 6.7 .787 1.5 2.1 3.6 6.3 2.9 2.9 21.6
1969-70 25 MMF ABA 79 3164 8.7 19.2 .455 0.1 0.2 .263 7.1 8.7 .822 1.5 3.0 4.6 3.3 2.2 2.9 24.6
1970-71 26 TOT ABA 66 2414 8.9 18.4 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 5.5 6.8 .800 2.2 2.6 4.8 5.0 2.6 2.9 23.2
1970-71 26 UTS ABA 24 801 9.2 19.2 .479 0.0 0.2 .000 7.1 8.5 .831 3.0 3.2 6.2 5.3 3.6 3.5 25.5
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 42 1613 8.7 18.0 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.0 .778 1.8 2.3 4.2 4.8 2.1 2.5 22.1
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 72 2377 9.5 20.2 .470 0.0 0.1 .400 7.2 8.7 .825 1.5 1.6 3.1 3.7 2.7 2.7 26.2
1972-73 28 INA ABA 77 2170 6.8 15.5 .442 0.0 0.1 .333 4.6 5.7 .808 1.7 1.9 3.6 3.2 2.7 3.7 18.3
1973-74 29 INA ABA 66 1735 7.9 17.4 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.6 .797 1.9 1.6 3.5 3.4 1.0 0.5 2.7 3.6 19.6
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 77 2381 6.8 15.3 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .821 1.6 1.2 2.8 3.1 1.0 0.2 2.0 2.6 18.1
1975-76 31 LAL NBA 64 1480 6.4 14.7 .434 4.0 4.8 .819 1.8 2.6 4.4 4.2 1.4 0.3 3.9 16.8
Career TOT 648 21026 7.8 17.1 .456 0.0 0.1 .151 5.3 6.6 .800 1.7 2.1 3.9 3.9 1.1 0.3 2.5 3.0 20.9
ABA 584 19546 7.9 17.3 .458 0.0 0.1 .151 5.4 6.7 .799 1.7 2.1 3.9 3.9 1.0 0.3 2.5 3.0 21.3
NBA 64 1480 6.4 14.7 .434 4.0 4.8 .819 1.8 2.6 4.4 4.2 1.4 0.3 3.9 16.8

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 69 2431 14.1 .470 .409 5.8 11.3 13.5 20.1 1.9 5.4 7.3 .144
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 78 2874 21.0 .545 .484 4.6 25.8 12.7 22.8 7.0 2.9 10.0 .166
1969-70 25 MMF ABA 79 3164 22.8 .536 .456 5.7 14.2 8.6 25.1 7.4 2.3 9.7 .147
1970-71 26 TOT ABA 66 2414 20.6 .542 .483 5.7 19.3 10.7 23.8 5.0 2.6 7.6 .151
1970-71 26 UTS ABA 24 801 23.4 .555 .479 7.3 21.5 13.4 27.0 2.2 1.3 3.5 .211
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 42 1613 19.2 .536 .485 4.9 18.3 9.2 22.3 2.8 1.2 4.1 .121
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 72 2377 23.8 .545 .471 4.2 4.5 4.4 18.4 10.0 30.9 6.4 2.6 8.9 .181
1972-73 28 INA ABA 77 2170 13.1 .509 .443 4.5 4.7 4.6 12.6 12.9 21.6 1.4 2.2 3.7 .081
1973-74 29 INA ABA 66 1735 15.0 .503 .456 5.0 4.1 4.6 14.6 1.3 0.7 12.4 24.1 103 105 2.2 1.2 3.4 .095
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 77 2381 14.2 .512 .448 4.5 3.2 3.8 11.4 1.3 0.3 10.1 21.3 110 110 4.1 0.9 5.1 .102
1975-76 31 LAL NBA 64 1480 14.5 .497 .434 4.8 6.8 5.8 16.0 1.7 0.4 101 1.5 0.9 2.4 .078
Career TOT 648 21026 18.2 .523 .457 4.6 4.5 5.0 16.2 1.4 0.4 11.1 23.7 107 106 37.0 21.0 58.0 .132
ABA 584 19546 18.5 .524 .458 4.5 4.1 5.0 16.2 1.3 0.5 11.1 23.7 107 108 35.5 20.1 55.6 .137
NBA 64 1480 14.5 .497 .434 4.8 6.8 5.8 16.0 1.7 0.4 101 1.5 0.9 2.4 .078

Playoffs

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
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 10 365 56 134 0 4 46 63 50 56 39 46 158 .418 .000 .730 36.5 15.8 5.0 5.6
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 12 434 98 214 0 1 61 75 48 50 29 28 257 .458 .000 .813 36.2 21.4 4.0 4.2
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 4 144 38 84 0 3 13 16 12 24 5 7 9 89 .452 .000 .813 36.0 22.3 6.0 1.3
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 4 144 45 103 0 0 17 27 24 10 7 11 107 .437 .630 36.0 26.8 6.0 2.5
1972-73 28 INA ABA 18 557 105 237 0 2 71 89 27 48 50 40 52 281 .443 .000 .798 30.9 15.6 2.7 2.8
1973-74 29 INA ABA 6 158 30 69 0 0 14 20 2 10 8 4 0 9 14 74 .435 .700 26.3 12.3 1.7 1.3
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 6 166 33 72 0 0 8 10 11 14 19 2 0 8 16 74 .458 .800 27.7 12.3 2.3 3.2
Career ABA 60 1968 405 913 0 10 230 300 52 218 198 6 0 139 176 1040 .444 .000 .767 32.8 17.3 3.6 3.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 10 365 13.0 .488 .418 6.0 22.1 19.4 19.3 0.3 0.8 1.2 .154
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 12 434 20.0 .520 .458 4.9 17.8 10.5 23.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 .122
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 4 144 16.3 .489 .452 5.6 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 .074
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 4 144 21.4 .466 .437 8.6 13.2 5.7 35.7 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .020
1972-73 28 INA ABA 18 557 15.7 .509 .443 4.1 14.6 12.7 22.9 0.6 0.7 1.3 .114
1973-74 29 INA ABA 6 158 10.8 .476 .435 1.3 5.2 3.2 8.5 1.3 0.0 10.4 23.7 96 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 .002
1974-75 30 SAA ABA 6 166 12.4 .484 .458 6.0 1.7 3.9 16.3 0.6 0.0 9.5 20.4 106 116 0.2 0.0 0.2 .047
Career ABA 60 1968 15.9 .498 .444 3.7 3.4 4.9 15.6 0.9 0.0 11.7 23.2 101 114 1.9 2.1 4.1 .099

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1967-68 23 MNM ABA 1 24:00 8 13 .615 0 0 4 6 .667 0 4 2 2 3 20
1968-69 24 MMF ABA 1 27:00 7 13 .538 0 0 7 7 1.000 3 6 7 4 6 21
1969-70 25 MMF ABA 1 24:00 4 16 .250 0 0 2 3 .667 4 5 2 10
1970-71 26 TEX ABA 1 27:00 6 12 .500 0 0 5 8 .625 4 7 3 4 3 17
1971-72 27 DLC ABA 1 21:00 3 8 .375 0 0 7 8 .875 2 5 2 3 1 13
Career ABA 5 123 28 62 .452 0 0 25 32 .781 9 26 19 13 15 81

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Donnie Freeman 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Dan Majerle 93.0 9.8 9.8 7.7 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.5 3.5 2.5
Joe Dumars 92.6 9.9 9.1 8.7 8.2 7.0 5.9 4.4 4.2 3.2
Derek Harper 92.3 9.9 9.4 9.1 8.0 7.6 6.2 5.4 3.5 1.3
Dick Van Arsdale 92.0 10.4 10.2 9.0 8.7 7.0 5.6 5.2 3.8 2.6
Lenny Wilkens 91.3 10.1 9.0 8.1 7.6 7.6 5.0 4.9 4.0 0.4
Walter Davis 91.1 10.1 9.4 8.3 8.1 7.1 6.2 4.2 2.7 0.6
Steve Smith 90.0 10.4 10.2 9.1 8.1 7.9 7.8 4.4 3.5 1.5
Rod Strickland 89.8 9.3 8.8 8.5 7.4 7.1 5.7 5.2 4.3 3.7
Baron Davis 89.3 8.9 8.7 8.2 7.5 6.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 2.1
Jim Paxson 88.6 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.2 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Donnie Freeman 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Jeff Mullins 89.4 10.0 9.9 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.5 2.3 0.9 0.8 -0.3
Jim Paxson 88.6 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.3
Fat Lever 88.4 10.4 9.7 9.2 8.8 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.4 2.9 1.3 0.0
Michael Redd 86.9 10.8 9.7 8.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1
Bobby Wanzer 86.3 11.4 10.5 9.1 7.9 7.0 6.9 5.4 4.8 1.0
Paul Westphal 85.7 10.5 10.4 9.8 9.6 9.6 5.1 3.7 3.2 2.4 1.5 1.4 0.3
Doug Christie 85.6 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.7 5.1 4.2 4.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
Gus Williams 85.1 11.6 10.2 8.5 8.3 7.7 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.8 0.1
Andy Phillip 85.0 9.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 1.5
Tom Gola 84.5 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1968 ABA
1969 ABA
1970 ABA
1971 ABA
1972 ABA
Honors
1968-69 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1969-70 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1970-71 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1971-72 ABA All-ABA (1st)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1973 Indiana Pacers (ABA)
Games
1968-69 ABA 78 (2)
Career ABA 584 (14)
Minutes Played
1968-69 ABA 2874 (9)
Career ABA 19546 (10)
Field Goals
1968-69 ABA 651 (5)
1969-70 ABA 766 (3)
Career ABA 4303 (7)
Field Goal Attempts
1968-69 ABA 1346 (9)
1969-70 ABA 1684 (4)
Career ABA 9398 (7)
Field Goal Pct
1968-69 ABA .484 (4)
1970-71 ABA .483 (7)
Career ABA .458 (63)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
Career ABA 73 (94)
Free Throws
1968-69 ABA 420 (8)
1969-70 ABA 626 (1)
1971-72 ABA 475 (6)
Career ABA 2927 (3)
Free Throw Attempts
1968-69 ABA 534 (10)
1969-70 ABA 762 (1)
1971-72 ABA 576 (10)
Career ABA 3662 (4)
Free Throw Pct
1974-75 ABA .821 (9)
Career ABA .799 (35)
Offensive Rebounds
Career ABA 802 (48)
Defensive Rebounds
Career ABA 984 (75)
Total Rebounds
Career ABA 2112 (56)
Assists
1968-69 ABA 501 (2)
Career ABA 2121 (13)
Steals
Career ABA 113 (71)
Blocks
Career ABA 37 (74)
Turnovers
1968-69 ABA 230 (9)
Career ABA 1379 (18)
Personal Fouls
Career ABA 1604 (21)
Points
1968-69 ABA 1724 (6)
1969-70 ABA 2163 (3)
1971-72 ABA 1733 (10)
Career ABA 11544 (7)
Minutes Per Game
1969-70 ABA 40.1 (9)
Career ABA 33.5 (28)
Points Per Game
1968-69 ABA 22.1 (7)
1969-70 ABA 27.4 (3)
1971-72 ABA 24.1 (7)
Career ABA 19.8 (14)
Career 18.9 (82)
Assists Per Game
1968-69 ABA 6.4 (2)
Career ABA 3.6 (21)
Player Efficiency Rating
1968-69 ABA 21.0 (4)
1969-70 ABA 22.8 (2)
1970-71 ABA 20.6 (6)
1971-72 ABA 23.8 (5)
Career ABA 18.5 (11)
True Shooting Pct
Career ABA .524 (52)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1968-69 ABA .484 (4)
1970-71 ABA .483 (9)
Career ABA .458 (71)
Offensive Rebound Pct
Career ABA 4.5 (49)
Assist Pct
1968-69 ABA 25.8 (2)
1970-71 ABA 19.3 (7)
1971-72 ABA 18.4 (8)
Career ABA 16.2 (20)
Turnover Pct
1969-70 ABA 8.6 (1)
1970-71 ABA 10.7 (8)
1971-72 ABA 10.0 (4)
1974-75 ABA 10.1 (3)
Career ABA 11.1 (12)
Career 11.1 (82)
Usage Pct
1969-70 ABA 25.1 (5)
1971-72 ABA 30.9 (3)
Career ABA 23.7 (14)
Offensive Win Shares
1968-69 ABA 7.0 (5)
1969-70 ABA 7.4 (4)
1971-72 ABA 6.4 (10)
Career ABA 35.5 (9)
Defensive Win Shares
1967-68 ABA 5.4 (3)
Career ABA 20.1 (13)
Win Shares
1968-69 ABA 10.0 (5)
1969-70 ABA 9.7 (9)
1971-72 ABA 8.9 (9)
Career ABA 55.6 (8)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1968-69 ABA .166 (5)
1969-70 ABA .147 (9)
1970-71 ABA .151 (8)
1971-72 ABA .181 (5)
Career ABA .137 (19)
 

Transactions

May 11, 1966: Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 3rd round (29th pick) of the 1966 NBA Draft.

October 1, 1975: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

October 5, 1976: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

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