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Clyde Lovellette

Clyde Edward Lovellette

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 234 lbs.
Born: September 7, 1929 in Petersburg, Indiana
High School: Garfield in Terre Haute, Indiana
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Minneapolis Lakers, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 1952 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1953
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1988 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 18, 2013 3:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #215. Nick Van Exel… #216. Lamar Odom… #217. Kenny Smith… #218. CLYDE LOVELLETTE… #219. Rik Smits… #220. Al Jefferson… #221. Larry Foust… 

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 72 1255 237 560 .423 114 164 .695 419 51 210 588
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 70 2361 519 1192 .435 273 398 .686 802 100 262 1311
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 71 2518 594 1370 .434 338 469 .721 992 164 245 1526
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 69 2492 574 1348 .426 286 399 .717 932 139 251 1434
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 71 2589 679 1540 .441 301 405 .743 862 134 236 1659
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 70 1599 402 885 .454 205 250 .820 605 91 216 1009
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 68 1953 550 1174 .468 316 385 .821 721 127 248 1416
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 67 2111 599 1321 .453 273 329 .830 677 172 248 1471
1961-62 32 STL NBA C 40 1192 341 724 .471 155 187 .829 350 68 136 837
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 61 568 161 376 .428 73 98 .745 177 27 137 395
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 45 437 128 305 .420 45 57 .789 126 24 100 301
Career NBA 704 19075 4784 10795 .443 2379 3141 .757 6663 1097 2289 11947

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 72 17.4 3.3 7.8 .423 1.6 2.3 .695 5.8 0.7 2.9 8.2
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 70 33.7 7.4 17.0 .435 3.9 5.7 .686 11.5 1.4 3.7 18.7
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 71 35.5 8.4 19.3 .434 4.8 6.6 .721 14.0 2.3 3.5 21.5
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 69 36.1 8.3 19.5 .426 4.1 5.8 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.8
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 71 36.5 9.6 21.7 .441 4.2 5.7 .743 12.1 1.9 3.3 23.4
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 70 22.8 5.7 12.6 .454 2.9 3.6 .820 8.6 1.3 3.1 14.4
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 68 28.7 8.1 17.3 .468 4.6 5.7 .821 10.6 1.9 3.6 20.8
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 67 31.5 8.9 19.7 .453 4.1 4.9 .830 10.1 2.6 3.7 22.0
1961-62 32 STL NBA C 40 29.8 8.5 18.1 .471 3.9 4.7 .829 8.8 1.7 3.4 20.9
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 61 9.3 2.6 6.2 .428 1.2 1.6 .745 2.9 0.4 2.2 6.5
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 45 9.7 2.8 6.8 .420 1.0 1.3 .789 2.8 0.5 2.2 6.7
Career NBA 704 27.1 6.8 15.3 .443 3.4 4.5 .757 9.5 1.6 3.3 17.0

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 72 1255 6.8 16.1 .423 3.3 4.7 .695 12.0 1.5 6.0 16.9
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 70 2361 7.9 18.2 .435 4.2 6.1 .686 12.2 1.5 4.0 20.0
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 71 2518 8.5 19.6 .434 4.8 6.7 .721 14.2 2.3 3.5 21.8
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 69 2492 8.3 19.5 .426 4.1 5.8 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.7
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 71 2589 9.4 21.4 .441 4.2 5.6 .743 12.0 1.9 3.3 23.1
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 70 1599 9.1 19.9 .454 4.6 5.6 .820 13.6 2.0 4.9 22.7
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 68 1953 10.1 21.6 .468 5.8 7.1 .821 13.3 2.3 4.6 26.1
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 67 2111 10.2 22.5 .453 4.7 5.6 .830 11.5 2.9 4.2 25.1
1961-62 32 STL NBA C 40 1192 10.3 21.9 .471 4.7 5.6 .829 10.6 2.1 4.1 25.3
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 61 568 10.2 23.8 .428 4.6 6.2 .745 11.2 1.7 8.7 25.0
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 45 437 10.5 25.1 .420 3.7 4.7 .789 10.4 2.0 8.2 24.8
Career NBA 704 19075 9.0 20.4 .443 4.5 5.9 .757 12.6 2.1 4.3 22.5

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 72 1255 20.7 .465 .423 2.5 2.7 5.2 .200
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 70 2361 21.0 .479 .435 4.9 3.6 8.5 .173
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 71 2518 23.5 .484 .434 5.6 2.5 8.1 .155
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 69 2492 21.9 .471 .426 5.0 3.2 8.2 .157
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 71 2589 22.2 .483 .441 6.6 3.4 10.1 .187
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 70 1599 22.3 .507 .454 4.7 1.8 6.5 .194
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 68 1953 23.3 .527 .468 7.1 1.9 9.0 .221
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 67 2111 20.5 .502 .453 5.1 3.4 8.5 .193
1961-62 32 STL NBA C 40 1192 19.5 .519 .471 3.1 0.5 3.6 .145
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 61 568 16.2 .471 .428 0.3 1.3 1.6 .139
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 45 437 16.8 .456 .420 0.1 1.2 1.3 .145
Career NBA 704 19075 21.6 .491 .443 45.2 25.4 70.6 .178

Playoffs 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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 13 265 54 120 .450 28 58 .483 126 7 37 136
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 7 197 44 98 .449 29 40 .725 64 3 32 117
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 3 69 19 39 .487 19 32 .594 25 6 13 57
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 5 181 51 118 .432 19 26 .731 47 11 21 121
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 2 72 12 31 .387 9 14 .643 21 1 9 33
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 6 161 35 70 .500 22 28 .786 59 8 23 92
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 14 426 95 242 .393 56 68 .824 151 39 53 246
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 8 191 46 114 .404 31 47 .660 52 11 23 123
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 6 40 7 26 .269 4 6 .667 5 1 13 18
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 5 40 8 34 .235 4 4 1.000 7 2 8 20
Career NBA 69 1642 371 892 .416 221 323 .684 557 89 232 963

Playoffs 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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 13 20.4 4.2 9.2 .450 2.2 4.5 .483 9.7 0.5 2.8 10.5
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 7 28.1 6.3 14.0 .449 4.1 5.7 .725 9.1 0.4 4.6 16.7
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 3 23.0 6.3 13.0 .487 6.3 10.7 .594 8.3 2.0 4.3 19.0
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 5 36.2 10.2 23.6 .432 3.8 5.2 .731 9.4 2.2 4.2 24.2
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 2 36.0 6.0 15.5 .387 4.5 7.0 .643 10.5 0.5 4.5 16.5
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 6 26.8 5.8 11.7 .500 3.7 4.7 .786 9.8 1.3 3.8 15.3
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 14 30.4 6.8 17.3 .393 4.0 4.9 .824 10.8 2.8 3.8 17.6
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 8 23.9 5.8 14.3 .404 3.9 5.9 .660 6.5 1.4 2.9 15.4
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 6 6.7 1.2 4.3 .269 0.7 1.0 .667 0.8 0.2 2.2 3.0
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 5 8.0 1.6 6.8 .235 0.8 0.8 1.000 1.4 0.4 1.6 4.0
Career NBA 69 23.8 5.4 12.9 .416 3.2 4.7 .684 8.1 1.3 3.4 14.0

Playoffs 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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 13 265 7.3 16.3 .450 3.8 7.9 .483 17.1 1.0 5.0 18.5
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 7 197 8.0 17.9 .449 5.3 7.3 .725 11.7 0.5 5.8 21.4
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 3 69 9.9 20.3 .487 9.9 16.7 .594 13.0 3.1 6.8 29.7
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 5 181 10.1 23.5 .432 3.8 5.2 .731 9.3 2.2 4.2 24.1
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 2 72 6.0 15.5 .387 4.5 7.0 .643 10.5 0.5 4.5 16.5
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 6 161 7.8 15.7 .500 4.9 6.3 .786 13.2 1.8 5.1 20.6
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 14 426 8.0 20.5 .393 4.7 5.7 .824 12.8 3.3 4.5 20.8
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 8 191 8.7 21.5 .404 5.8 8.9 .660 9.8 2.1 4.3 23.2
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 6 40 6.3 23.4 .269 3.6 5.4 .667 4.5 0.9 11.7 16.2
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 5 40 7.2 30.6 .235 3.6 3.6 1.000 6.3 1.8 7.2 18.0
Career NBA 69 1642 8.1 19.6 .416 4.8 7.1 .684 12.2 2.0 5.1 21.1

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA C 13 265 27.0 .467 .450 6.8 0.3 1.0 1.3 .235
1954-55 25 MNL NBA C 7 197 22.2 .506 .449 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.9 .227
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 3 69 26.7 .537 .487 16.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 .299
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C 5 181 19.0 .467 .432 10.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 .109
1957-58 28 CIN NBA C 2 72 14.8 .444 .387 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .079
1958-59 29 STL NBA C 6 161 22.7 .559 .500 8.5 0.6 0.2 0.8 .247
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 14 426 18.1 .452 .393 15.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 .065
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 8 191 16.8 .457 .404 8.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 .084
1962-63 33 BOS NBA C 6 40 -1.4 .314 .269 3.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.215
1963-64 34 BOS NBA C 5 40 0.3 .280 .235 7.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.328
Career NBA 69 1642 19.7 .466 .416 9.6 2.4 2.1 4.5 .131

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1955-56 26 MNL NBA C 1 0 22:00 3 10 .300 1 3 .333 10 0 4 7
1956-57 27 MNL NBA C
1959-60 30 STL NBA C 1 0 18:00 6 11 .545 0 0 8 1 1 12
1960-61 31 STL NBA C 1 1 31:00 10 19 .526 1 1 1.000 10 3 4 21
Career NBA 3 1 71 19 40 .475 2 4 .500 28 4 9 40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Clyde Lovellette 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 6.5 5.2 3.6 1.6 1.3
Brad Miller 90.4 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.1
Dave Robisch 89.5 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.3 0.7
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 86.9 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.5 0.7 0.5
Tyson Chandler 86.6 10.0 9.5 9.4 8.3 7.9 5.4 3.9 3.4 2.9 1.9 1.8
Billy Paultz 86.0 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7
Nate Thurmond 85.3 9.9 9.0 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.2 4.3 3.7 3.5
Alonzo Mourning 84.9 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 0.9 0.6
Bill Cartwright 84.1 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.2 2.1 0.0
Swen Nater 84.0 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
Vlade Divac 83.6 9.5 8.3 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.0 1.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Clyde Lovellette 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 6.5 5.2 3.6 1.6 1.3
Tyson Chandler 90.1 10.0 9.5 9.4 9.3 8.3 7.9 5.4 3.9 3.4 2.9 1.9 1.8
Dave Robisch 89.2 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.1
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 86.7 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.9 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.5
Brad Miller 85.7 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.1 0.2
Billy Paultz 85.4 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
Swen Nater 84.0 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
Tom Owens 83.1 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.6
Bill Cartwright 82.6 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.2 2.5 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.0
Jim Eakins 81.8 9.0 8.5 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 3.6 3.6 2.9 0.9
Mel Daniels 81.0 11.4 10.3 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.6 5.4 2.2 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
Awards
1951-52 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
Honors
1949-50 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1950-51 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1951-52 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1955-56 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1957-58 NBA 0.002 (12)
1960-61 NBA 0.011 (12)
Career 0.013 (150)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1954 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
1963 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1964 Boston Celtics (NBA)
Games
1953-54 NBA 72 (2)
Minutes Played
1955-56 NBA 2518 (9)
1956-57 NBA 2492 (10)
1957-58 NBA 2589 (6)
Field Goals
1954-55 NBA 519 (5)
1955-56 NBA 594 (3)
1956-57 NBA 574 (3)
1957-58 NBA 679 (1)
Field Goal Attempts
1954-55 NBA 1192 (5)
1955-56 NBA 1370 (3)
1956-57 NBA 1348 (3)
1957-58 NBA 1540 (2)
Free Throw Attempts
1955-56 NBA 469 (10)
Total Rebounds
1954-55 NBA 802 (6)
1955-56 NBA 992 (3)
1956-57 NBA 932 (5)
1957-58 NBA 862 (8)
Personal Fouls
1954-55 NBA 262 (9)
1956-57 NBA 251 (10)
Points
1954-55 NBA 1311 (8)
1955-56 NBA 1526 (4)
1956-57 NBA 1434 (6)
1957-58 NBA 1659 (4)
Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .423 (4)
1954-55 NBA .435 (6)
1955-56 NBA .434 (6)
1956-57 NBA .426 (6)
1957-58 NBA .441 (5)
1958-59 NBA .454 (4)
1959-60 NBA .469 (3)
1960-61 NBA .453 (7)
1961-62 NBA .471 (7)
Free Throw Pct
1958-59 NBA .820 (6)
1959-60 NBA .821 (7)
1960-61 NBA .830 (6)
Minutes Per Game
1955-56 NBA 35.5 (9)
1956-57 NBA 36.1 (9)
1957-58 NBA 36.5 (9)
Points Per Game
1954-55 NBA 18.7 (6)
1955-56 NBA 21.5 (4)
1956-57 NBA 20.8 (7)
1957-58 NBA 23.4 (4)
Rebounds Per Game
1954-55 NBA 11.5 (5)
1955-56 NBA 14.0 (3)
1956-57 NBA 13.5 (5)
1957-58 NBA 12.1 (8)
Career NBA 9.5 (62)
Career 9.5 (70)
Player Efficiency Rating
1954-55 NBA 21.0 (7)
1955-56 NBA 23.5 (5)
1956-57 NBA 21.9 (6)
1957-58 NBA 22.2 (7)
1958-59 NBA 22.3 (5)
1959-60 NBA 23.3 (4)
1960-61 NBA 20.5 (6)
Career NBA 21.6 (37)
Career 21.6 (36)
True Shooting Pct
1958-59 NBA .507 (6)
1959-60 NBA .527 (2)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1953-54 NBA .423 (4)
1954-55 NBA .435 (6)
1955-56 NBA .434 (6)
1956-57 NBA .426 (6)
1957-58 NBA .441 (5)
1958-59 NBA .454 (4)
1959-60 NBA .468 (3)
1960-61 NBA .453 (7)
1961-62 NBA .471 (7)
Offensive Win Shares
1955-56 NBA 5.6 (8)
1957-58 NBA 6.6 (8)
1959-60 NBA 7.1 (7)
Defensive Win Shares
1954-55 NBA 3.6 (7)
1956-57 NBA 3.2 (9)
1957-58 NBA 3.4 (7)
Win Shares
1954-55 NBA 8.5 (8)
1955-56 NBA 8.1 (8)
1956-57 NBA 8.2 (10)
1957-58 NBA 10.1 (6)
1959-60 NBA 9.0 (9)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1954-55 NBA .173 (7)
1957-58 NBA .187 (10)
1958-59 NBA .194 (6)
1959-60 NBA .221 (2)
1960-61 NBA .193 (5)
Career NBA .178 (40)
Career .178 (41)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.724 (86)
NBA Elo Player Rating
228th (overall) as of Jun 17, 2013, 5:01AM
  

Transactions

April 26, 1952: Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1952 NBA Draft.

April 17, 1957: Traded by the Minneapolis Lakers with Jim Paxson to the Rochester Royals for Bob Burrow, Ed Fleming, Hot Rod Hundley, Monk Meineke and Art Spoelstra.

August 5, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Royals to the St. Louis Hawks for Wayne Embry, Jim Palmer, Darrell Floyd, Gerry Calvert and Ken Sidle. Lovellette was sent as player to be named later on September 16, 1958.

June, 1962: Sold by the St. Louis Hawks to the Boston Celtics.

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