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Clyde Lovellette

Clyde Edward Lovellette

Position: Center-Forward ▪ 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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Hall of Fame

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:58AM
All-Time Rank: #206. Dale Ellis… #206. Doc Rivers… #208. CLYDE LOVELLETTE… #209. Antoine Walker… #210. Bill Cartwright… 

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 72 1255 237 560 .423 114 164 .695 419 51 210 588
1954-55 25 MNL NBA 70 2361 519 1192 .435 273 398 .686 802 100 262 1311
1955-56 26 MNL NBA 71 2518 594 1370 .434 338 469 .721 992 164 245 1526
1956-57 27 MNL NBA 69 2492 574 1348 .426 286 399 .717 932 139 251 1434
1957-58 28 CIN NBA 71 2589 679 1540 .441 301 405 .743 862 134 236 1659
1958-59 29 STL NBA 70 1599 402 885 .454 205 250 .820 605 91 216 1009
1959-60 30 STL NBA 68 1953 550 1174 .468 316 385 .821 721 127 248 1416
1960-61 31 STL NBA 67 2111 599 1321 .453 273 329 .830 677 172 248 1471
1961-62 32 STL NBA 40 1192 341 724 .471 155 187 .829 350 68 136 837
1962-63 33 BOS NBA 61 568 161 376 .428 73 98 .745 177 95 137 395
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 45 437 128 305 .420 45 57 .789 126 24 100 301
Career NBA 704 19075 4784 10795 .443 2379 3141 .757 6663 1165 2289 11947

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 61 9.3 2.6 6.2 .428 1.2 1.6 .745 2.9 1.6 2.2 6.5
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 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 1.7 3.3 17.0

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 61 568 10.2 23.8 .428 4.6 6.2 .745 11.2 6.0 8.7 25.0
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 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 2.2 4.3 22.5

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 72 1255 20.5 .465 .423 2.5 2.7 5.2 .200
1954-55 25 MNL NBA 70 2361 21.0 .479 .435 4.9 3.6 8.5 .173
1955-56 26 MNL NBA 71 2518 23.5 .484 .434 5.6 2.5 8.1 .155
1956-57 27 MNL NBA 69 2492 21.9 .471 .426 5.0 3.2 8.2 .157
1957-58 28 CIN NBA 71 2589 22.2 .483 .441 6.6 3.4 10.1 .187
1958-59 29 STL NBA 70 1599 22.3 .507 .454 4.7 1.8 6.5 .194
1959-60 30 STL NBA 68 1953 23.3 .527 .468 7.1 1.9 9.0 .221
1960-61 31 STL NBA 67 2111 20.5 .502 .453 5.1 3.4 8.5 .193
1961-62 32 STL NBA 40 1192 19.5 .519 .471 3.1 0.5 3.6 .145
1962-63 33 BOS NBA 61 568 19.6 .471 .428 0.4 1.7 2.1 .180
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 45 437 16.8 .456 .420 0.1 1.2 1.3 .145
Career NBA 704 19075 21.6 .491 .443 45.3 25.8 71.1 .179

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 13 265 54 120 28 58 126 7 37 136 .450 .483 20.4 10.5 9.7 0.5
1954-55 25 MNL NBA 7 197 44 98 29 40 64 3 32 117 .449 .725 28.1 16.7 9.1 0.4
1955-56 26 MNL NBA 3 69 19 39 19 32 25 6 13 57 .487 .594 23.0 19.0 8.3 2.0
1956-57 27 MNL NBA 5 181 51 118 19 26 47 11 21 121 .432 .731 36.2 24.2 9.4 2.2
1957-58 28 CIN NBA 2 72 12 31 9 14 21 1 9 33 .387 .643 36.0 16.5 10.5 0.5
1958-59 29 STL NBA 6 161 35 70 22 28 59 8 23 92 .500 .786 26.8 15.3 9.8 1.3
1959-60 30 STL NBA 14 426 95 242 56 68 151 39 53 246 .393 .824 30.4 17.6 10.8 2.8
1960-61 31 STL NBA 8 191 46 114 31 47 52 11 23 123 .404 .660 23.9 15.4 6.5 1.4
1962-63 33 BOS NBA 6 40 7 26 4 6 5 1 13 18 .269 .667 6.7 3.0 0.8 0.2
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 5 40 8 34 4 4 7 2 8 20 .235 1.000 8.0 4.0 1.4 0.4
Career NBA 69 1642 371 892 221 323 557 89 232 963 .416 .684 23.8 14.0 8.1 1.3

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
1953-54 24 MNL NBA 13 265 27.0 .467 .450 6.8 0.3 1.0 1.3 .235
1954-55 25 MNL NBA 7 197 22.2 .506 .449 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.9 .227
1955-56 26 MNL NBA 3 69 26.7 .537 .487 16.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 .299
1956-57 27 MNL NBA 5 181 19.0 .467 .432 10.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 .109
1957-58 28 CIN NBA 2 72 14.8 .444 .387 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .079
1958-59 29 STL NBA 6 161 22.7 .559 .500 8.5 0.6 0.2 0.8 .247
1959-60 30 STL NBA 14 426 18.1 .452 .393 15.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 .065
1960-61 31 STL NBA 8 191 16.8 .457 .404 8.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 .084
1962-63 33 BOS NBA 6 40 -1.4 .314 .269 3.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.215
1963-64 34 BOS NBA 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 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 1 0 20:00 3 10 .300 1 3 .333 10 0 4 7
1956-57 27 MNL NBA
1959-60 30 STL NBA 1 0 18:00 6 11 .545 0 0 8 1 1 12
1960-61 31 STL NBA 1 1 31:00 10 19 .526 1 1 1.000 10 3 4 21
Career NBA 3 1 69 19 40 .475 2 4 .500 28 4 9 40

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
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 2.1 1.3
Brad Miller 90.9 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.1
Dave Robisch 90.0 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.3 0.7
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 86.5 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.5 0.7 0.5
Billy Paultz 86.5 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7
Nate Thurmond 85.8 9.9 9.0 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.2 4.3 3.7 3.5
Bill Cartwright 84.5 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.2 2.1 0.0
Alonzo Mourning 84.5 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 0.9 0.6
Tom Owens 84.1 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9
Vlade Divac 84.1 9.5 8.3 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.0 1.8
Swen Nater 83.5 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
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 2.1 1.3
Dave Robisch 89.7 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 87.2 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 86.3 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
Billy Paultz 85.9 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
Tom Owens 83.6 10.4 8.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 0.9 0.6
Swen Nater 83.5 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
Bill Cartwright 83.1 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 81.3 9.0 8.5 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.6 3.6 3.6 2.9 0.9
Dave Cowens 81.3 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 5.4 4.8 4.4 2.6
Mel Daniels 80.5 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 (147)
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)
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 Attempts
1955-56 NBA 469 (10)
Free Throw Pct
1958-59 NBA .820 (6)
1959-60 NBA .821 (7)
1960-61 NBA .830 (6)
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)
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 (6)
1955-56 NBA 23.5 (5)
1956-57 NBA 21.9 (6)
1957-58 NBA 22.2 (7)
1959-60 NBA 23.3 (4)
1960-61 NBA 20.5 (6)
Career NBA 21.6 (35)
Career 21.6 (34)
True Shooting Pct
1958-59 NBA .507 (6)
1959-60 NBA .527 (2)
1961-62 NBA .519 (10)
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 (6)
1955-56 NBA .155 (9)
1957-58 NBA .187 (10)
1959-60 NBA .221 (2)
1960-61 NBA .193 (5)
Career NBA .179 (36)
Career .179 (39)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.730 (81)
NBA Elo Player Rating
208th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:58AM
 

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 16 September 1958.

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

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