Greg Kelser

Gregory Kelser (Greg, Special K)

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 17, 1957 in Panama City, Florida
High School: Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan
College: Michigan State University
Draft: Detroit Pistons, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1979

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	22	DET	NBA	SF	50		1233	280	593	.472	3	15	.200	146	203	.719	124	152	276	108	60	34	140	176	709
1980-81	23	DET	NBA	SF	25		654	120	285	.421	0	2	.000	68	106	.642	53	67	120	45	34	29	78	89	308
1981-82	24	TOT	NBA	SF	60	10	741	116	271	.428	0	3	.000	105	160	.656	80	113	193	57	18	21	84	131	337
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	SF	11	0	183	35	86	.407	0	3	.000	27	41	.659	13	26	39	12	5	7	22	32	97
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	49	10	558	81	185	.438	0	0		78	119	.655	67	87	154	45	13	14	62	99	240
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	80	9	1507	247	450	.549	0	3	.000	173	257	.673	158	245	403	97	52	35	149	243	667
1983-84	26	SDC	NBA	SF	80	21	1783	313	603	.519	2	6	.333	250	356	.702	188	203	391	91	68	31	195	249	878
1984-85	27	IND	NBA	SF	10	0	114	21	53	.396	0	1	.000	20	28	.714	6	13	19	13	7	0	12	16	62
Career			NBA		305	40	6032	1097	2255	.486	5	30	.167	762	1110	.686	609	793	1402	411	239	150	658	904	2961

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	22	DET	NBA	SF	50		24.7	5.6	11.9	.472	0.1	0.3	.200	2.9	4.1	.719	2.5	3.0	5.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	14.2
1980-81	23	DET	NBA	SF	25		26.2	4.8	11.4	.421	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.2	.642	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.8	1.4	1.2	3.1	3.6	12.3
1981-82	24	TOT	NBA	SF	60	10	12.4	1.9	4.5	.428	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.7	.656	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.6
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	SF	11	0	16.6	3.2	7.8	.407	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.7	.659	1.2	2.4	3.5	1.1	0.5	0.6	2.0	2.9	8.8
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	49	10	11.4	1.7	3.8	.438	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.4	.655	1.4	1.8	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.0	4.9
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	80	9	18.8	3.1	5.6	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.2	.673	2.0	3.1	5.0	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.9	3.0	8.3
1983-84	26	SDC	NBA	SF	80	21	22.3	3.9	7.5	.519	0.0	0.1	.333	3.1	4.5	.702	2.4	2.5	4.9	1.1	0.9	0.4	2.4	3.1	11.0
1984-85	27	IND	NBA	SF	10	0	11.4	2.1	5.3	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.714	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.6	6.2
Career			NBA		305	40	19.8	3.6	7.4	.486	0.0	0.1	.167	2.5	3.6	.686	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.3	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.0	9.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1979-80	22	DET	NBA	SF	50		1233	8.2	17.3	.472	0.1	0.4	.200	4.3	5.9	.719	3.6	4.4	8.1	3.2	1.8	1.0	4.1	5.1	20.7
1980-81	23	DET	NBA	SF	25		654	6.6	15.7	.421	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.8	.642	2.9	3.7	6.6	2.5	1.9	1.6	4.3	4.9	17.0
1981-82	24	TOT	NBA	SF	60	10	741	5.6	13.2	.428	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.8	.656	3.9	5.5	9.4	2.8	0.9	1.0	4.1	6.4	16.4
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	SF	11	0	183	6.9	16.9	.407	0.0	0.6	.000	5.3	8.1	.659	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.4	1.0	1.4	4.3	6.3	19.1
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	49	10	558	5.2	11.9	.438	0.0	0.0		5.0	7.7	.655	4.3	5.6	9.9	2.9	0.8	0.9	4.0	6.4	15.5
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	80	9	1507	5.9	10.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	6.1	.673	3.8	5.9	9.6	2.3	1.2	0.8	3.6	5.8	15.9
1983-84	26	SDC	NBA	SF	80	21	1783	6.3	12.2	.519	0.0	0.1	.333	5.0	7.2	.702	3.8	4.1	7.9	1.8	1.4	0.6	3.9	5.0	17.7
1984-85	27	IND	NBA	SF	10	0	114	6.6	16.7	.396	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.714	1.9	4.1	6.0	4.1	2.2	0.0	3.8	5.1	19.6
Career			NBA		305	40	6032	6.5	13.5	.486	0.0	0.2	.167	4.5	6.6	.686	3.6	4.7	8.4	2.5	1.4	0.9	3.9	5.4	17.7

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
1979-80	22	DET	NBA	SF	50	1233	16.1	.520	.475	10.5	13.1	11.8	12.6	2.2	1.4	17.0	25.7	100	108	0.6	0.9	1.4	.056
1980-81	23	DET	NBA	SF	25	654	11.8	.464	.421	8.9	12.6	10.7	10.8	2.5	2.6	19.0	25.3	88	103	-0.9	0.9	0.0	-0.002
1981-82	24	TOT	NBA	SF	60	741	11.8	.494	.428	12.0	16.3	14.2	10.5	1.2	1.6	19.7	23.4	95	103	-0.3	1.1	0.8	.050
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	SF	11	183	10.7	.466	.407	7.5	16.1	11.7	9.3	1.3	2.1	17.5	26.9	90	106	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.007
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	49	558	12.2	.506	.438	13.5	16.3	15.0	10.9	1.1	1.4	20.7	22.2	97	102	-0.1	0.9	0.8	.068
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	80	1507	14.7	.592	.549	11.7	16.6	14.3	8.6	1.6	1.2	20.9	18.9	106	102	1.7	2.1	3.9	.123
1983-84	26	SDC	NBA	SF	80	1783	14.6	.578	.521	12.0	12.9	12.4	6.8	1.8	1.0	20.4	21.3	106	112	1.6	1.0	2.5	.068
1984-85	27	IND	NBA	SF	10	114	13.0	.475	.396	5.5	12.1	8.8	16.3	2.8	0.0	15.5	26.7	95	107	-0.1	0.1	0.1	.025
Career			NBA		305	6032	14.2	.540	.488	11.2	14.2	12.7	9.5	1.8	1.4	19.3	22.4	101	106	2.5	6.1	8.6	.069

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	3	6	0	2	.000	4	4	1.000	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	4
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	2	19	2	5	.400	0	0		3	3	6	1	1	0	4	4
Career			NBA		5	25	2	7	.286	4	4	1.000	4	5	9	2	1	2	6	8

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	3	2.0	0.0	0.7	.000	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	2	9.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	2.0
Career			NBA		5	5.0	0.4	1.4	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.6

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	3	6	0.0	12.0	.000	24.0	24.0	1.000	6.0	12.0	18.0	6.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	24.0
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	2	19	3.8	9.5	.400	0.0	0.0		5.7	5.7	11.4	1.9	1.9	0.0	7.6	7.6
Career			NBA		5	25	2.9	10.1	.286	5.8	5.8	1.000	5.8	7.2	13.0	2.9	1.4	2.9	8.6	11.5

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	WS/48
1981-82	24	SEA	NBA	SF	3	6	12.5	.532	.000	17.7	34.0	26.1	20.9	0.0	34.7	40.6	89	98	-0.017
1982-83	25	SEA	NBA	SF	2	19	11.9	.400	.400	13.4	17.0	15.0	7.3	2.6	0.0	10.5	114	107	.099
Career			NBA		5	25	12.0	.457	.286	14.4	21.1	17.7	10.6	2.0	18.6	17.7	100	105	.071

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 6 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Greg Kelser		3.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.0
Ime Udoka	93.0	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
Bostjan Nachbar	90.1	4.1	2.2	1.7	0.8	0.1	-0.1
Mike Sweetney	89.6	3.8	2.1	1.4	0.4
George Trapp	88.7	3.5	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.1	-0.2
Zeke Zawoluk	87.4	3.9	2.5	1.7
Corey Brewer	86.8	3.9	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.3	-0.2
Darren Daye	86.5	3.8	2.4	1.3	1.2	0.6
Tony Jaros	85.5	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.6
Steve Novak	85.3	3.9	2.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.3
Patrick Patterson	85.2	4.1	2.4	1.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Greg Kelser		3.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.0
Ime Udoka	92.8	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bostjan Nachbar	90.1	4.1	2.2	1.7	0.8	0.1	-0.1
Mike Sweetney	89.6	3.8	2.1	1.4	0.4
George Trapp	88.7	3.5	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.1	-0.2
Zeke Zawoluk	87.4	3.9	2.5	1.7
Corey Brewer	86.8	3.9	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.3	-0.2
Darren Daye	86.5	3.8	2.4	1.3	1.2	0.6
Tony Jaros	85.5	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.6
Patrick Patterson	85.2	4.1	2.4	1.6
Don Boven	84.3	3.8	2.2	1.5

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
1975-76	18	MICHIGANST	27		136	263			44	78		260						316	.517		.564		11.7	9.6
1976-77	19	MICHIGANST	26		217	441			131	196		280						565	.492		.668		21.7	10.8
1977-78	20	MICHIGANST	30		221	362			89	152		274						531	.610		.586		17.7	9.1
1978-79	21	MICHIGANST	32	1040	246	451			110	164		278						602	.545		.671	32.5	18.8	8.7
Career			115	1040	820	1517			374	590		1092						2014	.541		.634	32.5	17.5	9.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1982-83 NBA 11.7 (7) 1983-84 NBA 12.0 (8)

Honors

1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1982-83 NBA 11.7 (7)
1983-84 NBA 12.0 (8)

Transactions

June 1, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Mike Mitchell).

June 25, 1979: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) to the Detroit Pistons for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sidney Moncrief).

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

November 23, 1981: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Seattle SuperSonics for Vinnie Johnson.

August 18, 1983: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics with James Donaldson, Mark Radford, a 1984 1st round draft pick (Michael Cage) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan) to the San Diego Clippers for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Terry Williams) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks).

March 25, 1985: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

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