Jack Givens

Jack Givens (Goose)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: September 21, 1956 in Lexington, Kentucky
High School: Bryan Station in Lexington, Kentucky
College: University of Kentucky
Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 1st round (16th pick, 16th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 13, 1978

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	74	1347	234	564	.415				102	135	.756	98	116	214	83	72	17	75	121	570
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	82	1254	182	473	.385	0	2	.000	106	128	.828	114	128	242	59	51	19	59	132	470
Career			NBA		156	2601	416	1037	.401	0	2	.000	208	263	.791	212	244	456	142	123	36	134	253	1040

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	74	18.2	3.2	7.6	.415				1.4	1.8	.756	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	7.7
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	82	15.3	2.2	5.8	.385	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.6	.828	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.6	5.7
Career			NBA		156	16.7	2.7	6.6	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.791	1.4	1.6	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.6	6.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	74	1347	6.3	15.1	.415				2.7	3.6	.756	2.6	3.1	5.7	2.2	1.9	0.5	2.0	3.2	15.2
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	82	1254	5.2	13.6	.385	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.828	3.3	3.7	6.9	1.7	1.5	0.5	1.7	3.8	13.5
Career			NBA		156	2601	5.8	14.4	.401	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.6	.791	2.9	3.4	6.3	2.0	1.7	0.5	1.9	3.5	14.4

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	74	1347	13.0	.457	.415	7.6	9.7	8.6	8.7	2.5	0.7	10.7	20.5	100	104	0.7	1.4	2.1	.074
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	82	1254	11.5	.444	.385	9.7	11.0	10.4	6.9	2.0	0.9	10.0	19.2	101	103	0.6	1.6	2.2	.084
Career			NBA		156	2601	12.3	.451	.401	8.6	10.3	9.4	7.8	2.2	0.8	10.4	19.9	100	104	1.2	3.0	4.3	.079

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	9	81	10	30	.333			3	3	1.000	7	14	21	3	1	2	5	9	23
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	4	36	3	14	.214	0	0	0	0		1	4	5	3	2	0	3	7	6
Career			NBA		13	117	13	44	.295	0	0	3	3	1.000	8	18	26	6	3	2	8	16	29

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	9	9.0	1.1	3.3	.333			0.3	0.3	1.000	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.6
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	4	9.0	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	1.5
Career			NBA		13	9.0	1.0	3.4	.295	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.2

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	9	81	4.4	13.3	.333			1.3	1.3	1.000	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.3	0.4	0.9	2.2	4.0	10.2
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	4	36	3.0	14.0	.214	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	6.0
Career			NBA		13	117	4.0	13.5	.295	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.000	2.5	5.5	8.0	1.8	0.9	0.6	2.5	4.9	8.9

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1978-79	22	ATL	NBA	SF	9	81	7.5	.367	.333	9.3	16.2	13.0	5.2	0.6	1.3	13.8	18.9	83	104	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.017
1979-80	23	ATL	NBA	SF	4	36	-2.5	.214	.214	2.9	13.1	7.7	12.3	2.8	0.0	17.6	20.3	51	106	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.213
Career			NBA		13	117	4.4	.320	.295	7.3	15.3	11.4	7.4	1.3	0.9	15.0	19.3	73	104	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.077

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1974-75	18	KENTUCKY	31	598	126	255			40	54		152						292	.494		.741	19.3	9.4	4.9
1975-76	19	KENTUCKY	30	1068	243	494			116	140		216						602	.492		.829	35.6	20.1	7.2
1976-77	20	KENTUCKY	30	1032	236	459			94	113		208						566	.514		.832	34.4	18.9	6.9
1977-78	21	KENTUCKY	32	1028	238	430			102	134		217						578	.553		.761	32.1	18.1	6.8
Career			123	3726	843	1638			352	441		793						2038	.515		.798	30.3	16.6	6.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Awards 1977-78 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player	Honors 1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)	Games 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)

Awards

1977-78 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player

Honors

1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

Games

1979-80 NBA 82 (2)

Transactions

August 5, 1976: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Essie Hollis) to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Kenny Carr), a 1978 1st round draft pick (Freeman Williams), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Magic Johnson) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Sam Worthen). This exchange was arranged as compensation for Utah signing veteran free agent Gail Goodrich on July 19, 1976.

October 13, 1977: Traded by the New Orleans Jazz (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) to the Atlanta Hawks for Joe Meriweather.

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

May 28, 1980: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks from the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA expansion draft.

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