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Larry Kenon

Larry Joe Kenon (K, Special K, Dr. K)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 13, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama
High School: Ullman in Birmingham, Alabama
College: University of Memphis

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 3rd round (15th pick, 50th overall) of the 1973 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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	84		2908	589	1274	.462	0	1	.000	156	222	.703	375	587	962	112	79	19	250	251	1334
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	84		3165	676	1327	.509	1	2	.500	217	282	.770	279	621	900	122	107	30	206	229	1570
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	81		2920	647	1344	.481	0	1	.000	221	283	.781	287	610	897	151	91	43	243	165	1515
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	78		2936	706	1435	.492				293	356	.823	282	597	879	229	167	60		190	1705
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	81		2869	698	1426	.489				276	323	.854	245	528	773	268	115	24	279	209	1672
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	81		2947	748	1484	.504				295	349	.845	260	530	790	335	154	19	300	192	1791
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	78		2798	647	1333	.485	1	9	.111	270	345	.783	258	517	775	231	111	18	232	192	1565
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	77		2161	454	946	.480	0	0		180	245	.735	179	219	398	120	75	18	161	160	1088
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	60	30	1036	192	412	.466	0	0		50	88	.568	72	108	180	65	30	7	82	71	434
1982-83	30	TOT	NBA	48	7	770	119	257	.463	0	1	.000	42	57	.737	66	81	147	39	23	9	47	64	280
1982-83	30	CHI	NBA	5	0	25	2	6	.333	0	0		0	0		1	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	4
1982-83	30	GSW	NBA	11	0	121	17	39	.436	0	0		7	11	.636	13	13	26	5	1	0	6	13	41
1982-83	30	CLE	NBA	32	7	624	100	212	.472	0	1	.000	35	46	.761	52	65	117	34	21	9	39	49	235
Career			TOT	752	37	24510	5476	11238	.487	2	14	.143	2000	2550	.784	2303	4398	6701	1672	952	247	1800	1723	12954
			NBA	503	37	15517	3564	7293	.489	1	10	.100	1406	1763	.798	1362	2580	3942	1287	675	155	1101	1078	8535
			ABA	249		8993	1912	3945	.485	1	4	.250	594	787	.755	941	1818	2759	385	277	92	699	645	4419

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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	84		34.6	7.0	15.2	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.703	4.5	7.0	11.5	1.3	0.9	0.2	3.0	3.0	15.9
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	84		37.7	8.0	15.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.500	2.6	3.4	.770	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.7	18.7
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	81		36.0	8.0	16.6	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.781	3.5	7.5	11.1	1.9	1.1	0.5	3.0	2.0	18.7
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	78		37.6	9.1	18.4	.492				3.8	4.6	.823	3.6	7.7	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8		2.4	21.9
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	81		35.4	8.6	17.6	.489				3.4	4.0	.854	3.0	6.5	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.6	20.6
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	81		36.4	9.2	18.3	.504				3.6	4.3	.845	3.2	6.5	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7	2.4	22.1
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	78		35.9	8.3	17.1	.485	0.0	0.1	.111	3.5	4.4	.783	3.3	6.6	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.5	20.1
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	77		28.1	5.9	12.3	.480	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.2	.735	2.3	2.8	5.2	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.1	14.1
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	60	30	17.3	3.2	6.9	.466	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.5	.568	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.2	7.2
1982-83	30	TOT	NBA	48	7	16.0	2.5	5.4	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.737	1.4	1.7	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	5.8
1982-83	30	CHI	NBA	5	0	5.0	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8
1982-83	30	GSW	NBA	11	0	11.0	1.5	3.5	.436	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.0	.636	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.7
1982-83	30	CLE	NBA	32	7	19.5	3.1	6.6	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.4	.761	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	7.3
Career			TOT	752	37	32.6	7.3	14.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.143	2.7	3.4	.784	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.3	17.2
			NBA	503	37	30.8	7.1	14.5	.489	0.0	0.0	.100	2.8	3.5	.798	2.7	5.1	7.8	2.6	1.3	0.3	2.6	2.1	17.0
			ABA	249		36.1	7.7	15.8	.485	0.0	0.0	.250	2.4	3.2	.755	3.8	7.3	11.1	1.5	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.6	17.7

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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	84		2908	7.3	15.8	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.7	.703	4.6	7.3	11.9	1.4	1.0	0.2	3.1	3.1	16.5
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	84		3165	7.7	15.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.500	2.5	3.2	.770	3.2	7.1	10.2	1.4	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.6	17.9
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	81		2920	8.0	16.6	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.781	3.5	7.5	11.1	1.9	1.1	0.5	3.0	2.0	18.7
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	78		2936	8.7	17.6	.492				3.6	4.4	.823	3.5	7.3	10.8	2.8	2.0	0.7		2.3	20.9
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	81		2869	8.8	17.9	.489				3.5	4.1	.854	3.1	6.6	9.7	3.4	1.4	0.3	3.5	2.6	21.0
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	81		2947	9.1	18.1	.504				3.6	4.3	.845	3.2	6.5	9.7	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7	2.3	21.9
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	78		2798	8.3	17.2	.485	0.0	0.1	.111	3.5	4.4	.783	3.3	6.7	10.0	3.0	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.5	20.1
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	77		2161	7.6	15.8	.480	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.1	.735	3.0	3.6	6.6	2.0	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.7	18.1
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	60	30	1036	6.7	14.3	.466	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.1	.568	2.5	3.8	6.3	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.5	15.1
1982-83	30	TOT	NBA	48	7	770	5.6	12.0	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.737	3.1	3.8	6.9	1.8	1.1	0.4	2.2	3.0	13.1
1982-83	30	CHI	NBA	5	0	25	2.9	8.6	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.4	4.3	5.8	0.0	1.4	0.0	2.9	2.9	5.8
1982-83	30	GSW	NBA	11	0	121	5.1	11.6	.436	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.3	.636	3.9	3.9	7.7	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.8	3.9	12.2
1982-83	30	CLE	NBA	32	7	624	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.761	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.0	1.2	0.5	2.3	2.8	13.6
Career			TOT	752	37	24510	8.0	16.5	.487	0.0	0.0	.143	2.9	3.7	.784	3.4	6.5	9.8	2.5	1.4	0.4	3.0	2.5	19.0
			NBA	503	37	15517	8.3	16.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.100	3.3	4.1	.798	3.2	6.0	9.1	3.0	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.5	19.8
			ABA	249		8993	7.7	15.8	.485	0.0	0.0	.250	2.4	3.2	.755	3.8	7.3	11.0	1.5	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.6	17.7

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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	84	2908	14.6	.486	.462	13.0	19.5	16.3	5.2	1.2	0.4	15.4	21.6	98	98	1.1	4.7	5.9
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	84	3165	17.0	.541	.510	9.1	19.5	14.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	12.4	20.9	107	99	4.3	5.7	10.0
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	81	2920	16.6	.516	.481	10.2	20.0	15.3	7.0	1.4	0.8	14.2	22.6	102	103	2.7	3.5	6.2
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	78	2936	19.8	.536	.492	10.0	20.7	15.4	11.2	2.4	1.0				99	6.2	3.3	9.5
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	81	2869	19.0	.533	.489	9.4	18.5	14.1	13.1	1.8	0.4	15.1	24.9	103	101	4.5	3.0	7.5
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	81	2947	19.8	.547	.504	9.6	18.2	14.1	15.4	2.3	0.3	15.5	24.9	106	101	4.7	4.1	8.8
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	78	2798	17.2	.527	.486	10.1	19.4	14.8	11.1	1.7	0.3	13.5	23.2	106	108	3.4	2.0	5.4
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	77	2161	15.2	.516	.480	9.9	11.1	10.5	8.4	1.7	0.5	13.3	22.9	105	107	2.4	1.8	4.1
1981-82	29	CHI	NBA	60	1036	11.2	.481	.466	8.2	11.3	9.9	9.5	1.4	0.4	15.4	21.6	95	110	-0.5	0.7	0.2
1982-83	30	TOT	NBA	48	770	12.3	.496	.463	9.4	12.2	10.8	7.5	1.5	0.7	14.3	17.7	101	108	0.4	0.5	0.9
1982-83	30	CHI	NBA	5	25	1.1	.333	.333	4.3	12.8	8.6	0.0	1.8	0.0	25.0	12.4	59	108	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1982-83	30	GSW	NBA	11	121	9.6	.468	.436	11.3	12.0	11.6	5.3	0.4	0.0	12.0	16.2	102	112	0.1	0.0	0.1
1982-83	30	CLE	NBA	32	624	13.2	.506	.472	9.3	12.1	10.7	8.2	1.7	0.8	14.4	18.3	102	107	0.4	0.5	0.8
Career			TOT	752	24510	17.0	.524	.487	10.0	18.1	14.2	9.5	1.7	0.5	14.3	22.7	103	102	29.2	29.3	58.5
			NBA	503	15517	17.6	.529	.489	9.7	17.2	13.5	11.6	1.9	0.5	14.5	23.5	104	103	21.1	15.4	36.5
			ABA	249	8993	16.1	.515	.485	10.7	19.7	15.3	5.8	1.4	0.6	14.0	21.7	102	100	8.1	13.9	22.0

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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	14	470	101	204	0	0	19	31	67	163	25	15	2	38	33	221	.495		.613	33.6	15.8	11.6	1.8
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	5	199	47	88	0	0	13	17	21	64	5	10	0	19	17	107	.534		.765	39.8	21.4	12.8	1.0
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	7	277	61	131	1	3	27	30	30	80	16	5	4	33	16	150	.466	.333	.900	39.6	21.4	11.4	2.3
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	2	79	16	33			2	2	3	15	6	5	1		9	34	.485		1.000	39.5	17.0	7.5	3.0
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	6	200	46	103			14	19	16	55	22	5	2	19	23	106	.447		.737	33.3	17.7	9.2	3.7
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	14	557	128	292			39	53	57	160	42	20	1	33	42	295	.438		.736	39.8	21.1	11.4	3.0
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	3	81	10	34	0	0	6	11	6	13	4	0	0	5	6	26	.294		.545	27.0	8.7	4.3	1.3
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	6	114	18	46	0	1	4	8	17	27	8	4	1	1	4	40	.391	.000	.500	19.0	6.7	4.5	1.3
Career			TOT	57	1977	427	931	1	4	124	171	217	577	128	64	11	148	150	979	.459	.250	.725	34.7	17.2	10.1	2.2
			NBA	31	1031	218	508	0	1	65	93	99	270	82	34	5	58	84	501	.429	.000	.699	33.3	16.2	8.7	2.6
			ABA	26	946	209	423	1	3	59	78	118	307	46	30	6	90	66	478	.494	.333	.756	36.4	18.4	11.8	1.8

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
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	14	470	17.1	.508	.495	14.3	19.6	17.0	7.3	1.5	0.2	14.9	21.9	103	95	0.5	1.0	1.5
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	5	199	17.7	.560	.534	10.3	22.8	16.4	3.9	2.4	0.0	16.6	23.6	102	103	0.1	0.3	0.4
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	7	277	15.5	.520	.469	10.8	16.5	13.8	9.2	0.8	0.8	18.6	25.2	99	105	0.0	0.3	0.4
1976-77	24	SAS	NBA	2	79	13.7	.502	.485	3.6	18.0	10.0	11.7	2.8	0.7				96	0.0	0.1	0.1
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	6	200	16.3	.476	.447	8.6	19.9	14.4	15.2	1.2	0.5	14.6	26.2	96	104	0.1	0.2	0.2
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	14	557	17.4	.468	.438	10.1	18.5	14.3	11.0	1.6	0.1	9.5	24.3	102	104	0.6	0.5	1.1
1979-80	27	SAS	NBA	3	81	3.5	.335	.294	7.7	9.8	8.7	6.9	0.0	0.0	11.4	22.9	76	120	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
1980-81	28	CHI	NBA	6	114	15.5	.404	.391	16.1	10.7	13.6	10.2	1.7	0.5	2.0	18.6	109	110	0.2	0.0	0.2
Career			TOT	57	1977	16.2	.486	.459	11.0	18.2	14.6	9.4	1.5	0.3	13.2	23.5	100	102	1.2	2.4	3.7
			NBA	31	1031	15.6	.456	.429	9.8	17.2	13.5	11.5	1.5	0.3	10.1	23.9	99	105	0.6	0.8	1.4
			ABA	26	946	16.8	.523	.495	12.4	19.4	15.9	7.1	1.5	0.3	16.4	23.2	101	100	0.6	1.7	2.3

All-Star Games

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1973-74	21	NYA	ABA	1		22	8	12	.667	0	0	2	3	.667	1	6	0	0	0	3	1	18
1974-75	22	NYA	ABA	1		16	6	11	.545	0	0	0	0		0	4	1	0	0	1	0	12
1975-76	23	SAA	ABA	1		20	5	7	.714	0	0	0	0			6	2				5	10
1977-78	25	SAS	NBA	1	1	20	8	15	.533			0	0		3	4	0	0	0	2	0	16
1978-79	26	SAS	NBA	1	0	7	1	3	.333			1	2	.500	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Career			TOT	5	1	85	28	48	.583	0	0	3	5	.600	4	22	4	0	0	6	6	59
			ABA	3		58	19	30	.633	0	0	2	3	.667	1	16	3	0	0	4	6	40
			NBA	2	1	27	9	18	.500			1	2	.500	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	19

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games 1974 ABA 1975 ABA 1976 ABA 1978 NBA 1979 NBA	Honors 1973-74 ABA All-Rookie (1st)	Games 1973-74 ABA 84 (4) 1974-75 ABA 84 (1)	Minutes Played 1974-75 ABA 3165 (7) 1975-76 ABA 2920 (9) Career ABA 8993 (74)
Field Goals 1974-75 ABA 676 (8) 1975-76 ABA 647 (10) 1976-77 NBA 706 (10) 1978-79 NBA 748 (8) Career ABA 1912 (56)	Field Goal Attempts 1978-79 NBA 1484 (6) Career ABA 3945 (60)	Field Goal Pct Career ABA .485 (28)	Free Throw Attempts Career ABA 787 (100)
Free Throw Pct 1977-78 NBA .855 (8)	Offensive Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 375 (3) 1975-76 ABA 287 (7) 1976-77 NBA 282 (6) 1979-80 NBA 258 (10) Career ABA 941 (36) Career 2303 (53)	Defensive Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 587 (7) 1974-75 ABA 621 (8) 1975-76 ABA 610 (5) 1976-77 NBA 597 (10) Career ABA 1818 (38) Career 4398 (88)	Total Rebounds 1973-74 ABA 962 (5) 1974-75 ABA 900 (9) 1975-76 ABA 897 (5) 1976-77 NBA 879 (9) Career ABA 2759 (38)
Steals Career ABA 277 (20)	Blocks Career ABA 92 (38)	Turnovers 1973-74 ABA 250 (9) 1975-76 ABA 243 (10) Career ABA 699 (67)	Points 1975-76 ABA 1515 (10) Career ABA 4419 (60)
Minutes Per Game 1975-76 ABA 36.0 (10) 1976-77 NBA 37.6 (10) Career ABA 36.1 (11)	Rebounds Per Game 1973-74 ABA 11.5 (6) 1974-75 ABA 10.7 (10) 1975-76 ABA 11.1 (4) 1976-77 NBA 11.3 (10) Career ABA 11.1 (11) Career 8.9 (80)	Player Efficiency Rating Career ABA 16.1 (39)	True Shooting Pct Career ABA .515 (63)
Effective Field Goal Pct Career ABA .485 (32)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1973-74 ABA 13.0 (3) 1975-76 ABA 10.2 (6) Career ABA 10.7 (9) Career 10.0 (64)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1975-76 ABA 20.0 (6) Career ABA 19.7 (13)	Total Rebound Pct 1973-74 ABA 16.3 (8) 1975-76 ABA 15.3 (6) Career ABA 15.3 (13) Career 14.2 (90)
Turnover Pct Career ABA 14.0 (44)	Usage Pct Career ABA 21.7 (27)	Offensive Rating Career ABA 102.4 (25)	Defensive Rating 1974-75 ABA 98.6 (6) Career ABA 99.8 (9)
Offensive Win Shares Career ABA 8.1 (83)	Defensive Win Shares 1973-74 ABA 4.7 (5) 1974-75 ABA 5.7 (3) 1978-79 NBA 4.1 (10) Career ABA 13.9 (40)	Win Shares 1974-75 ABA 10.0 (7) Career ABA 22.0 (57)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.017 (229)

Transactions

April 24, 1973: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 3rd round (50th pick) of the 1973 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs.

September 12, 1980: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Chicago Bulls; the San Antonio Spurs received a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Gene Banks) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains) as compensation.

November 23, 1982: Waived by the Chicago Bulls.

December 5, 1982: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

January 10, 1983: Sold by the Golden State Warriors to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

March 21, 1983: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Salaries

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Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1978-79	San Antonio Spurs	NBA	$250,000
1979-80	San Antonio Spurs	NBA	$400,000
1980-81	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$400,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$1,050,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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