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John Mengelt

John P. Mengelt (Crash)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 16, 1949 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin
High School: Wilkie in Elwood, Indiana
College: Auburn University
Draft: Cincinnati Royals, 2nd round (4th pick, 21st overall), 1971 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1971

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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
1971-72 22 CIN NBA SG 78 1438 287 605 .474 208 252 .825 148 146 163 782
1972-73 23 TOT NBA SG 79 1647 320 651 .492 127 160 .794 181 153 148 767
1972-73 23 KCO NBA SG 12 212 26 68 .382 11 19 .579 22 25 24 63
1972-73 23 DET NBA SG 67 1435 294 583 .504 116 141 .823 159 128 124 704
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 77 1555 249 558 .446 182 229 .795 40 166 206 148 68 7 164 680
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 80 1995 336 701 .479 211 248 .851 38 153 191 201 72 4 198 883
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 67 1105 264 540 .489 192 237 .810 27 88 115 108 40 5 138 720
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 61 1178 209 458 .456 89 113 .788 29 81 110 114 37 4 102 507
1977-78 28 CHI NBA SG 81 1767 325 675 .481 184 238 .773 41 88 129 232 51 4 124 169 834
1978-79 29 CHI NBA SG 75 1705 338 689 .491 150 182 .824 25 93 118 187 46 4 120 148 826
1979-80 30 CHI NBA SG 36 387 90 166 .542 0 6 .000 39 49 .796 3 20 23 38 10 0 36 54 219
1980-81 31 GSW NBA SG 2 11 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career NBA 636 12788 2418 5047 .479 0 6 .000 1382 1708 .809 203 689 1221 1329 324 28 280 1284 6218

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
1971-72 22 CIN NBA SG 78 18.4 3.7 7.8 .474 2.7 3.2 .825 1.9 1.9 2.1 10.0
1972-73 23 TOT NBA SG 79 20.8 4.1 8.2 .492 1.6 2.0 .794 2.3 1.9 1.9 9.7
1972-73 23 KCO NBA SG 12 17.7 2.2 5.7 .382 0.9 1.6 .579 1.8 2.1 2.0 5.3
1972-73 23 DET NBA SG 67 21.4 4.4 8.7 .504 1.7 2.1 .823 2.4 1.9 1.9 10.5
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 77 20.2 3.2 7.2 .446 2.4 3.0 .795 0.5 2.2 2.7 1.9 0.9 0.1 2.1 8.8
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 80 24.9 4.2 8.8 .479 2.6 3.1 .851 0.5 1.9 2.4 2.5 0.9 0.1 2.5 11.0
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 67 16.5 3.9 8.1 .489 2.9 3.5 .810 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.1 2.1 10.7
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 61 19.3 3.4 7.5 .456 1.5 1.9 .788 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.7 8.3
1977-78 28 CHI NBA SG 81 21.8 4.0 8.3 .481 2.3 2.9 .773 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.9 0.6 0.0 1.5 2.1 10.3
1978-79 29 CHI NBA SG 75 22.7 4.5 9.2 .491 2.0 2.4 .824 0.3 1.2 1.6 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.6 2.0 11.0
1979-80 30 CHI NBA SG 36 10.8 2.5 4.6 .542 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.4 .796 0.1 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.5 6.1
1980-81 31 GSW NBA SG 2 5.5 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 636 20.1 3.8 7.9 .479 0.0 0.2 .000 2.2 2.7 .809 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.0 9.8

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
1971-72 22 CIN NBA SG 78 1438 7.2 15.1 .474 5.2 6.3 .825 3.7 3.7 4.1 19.6
1972-73 23 TOT NBA SG 79 1647 7.0 14.2 .492 2.8 3.5 .794 4.0 3.3 3.2 16.8
1972-73 23 KCO NBA SG 12 212 4.4 11.5 .382 1.9 3.2 .579 3.7 4.2 4.1 10.7
1972-73 23 DET NBA SG 67 1435 7.4 14.6 .504 2.9 3.5 .823 4.0 3.2 3.1 17.7
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 77 1555 5.8 12.9 .446 4.2 5.3 .795 0.9 3.8 4.8 3.4 1.6 0.2 3.8 15.7
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 80 1995 6.1 12.6 .479 3.8 4.5 .851 0.7 2.8 3.4 3.6 1.3 0.1 3.6 15.9
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 67 1105 8.6 17.6 .489 6.3 7.7 .810 0.9 2.9 3.7 3.5 1.3 0.2 4.5 23.5
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 61 1178 6.4 14.0 .456 2.7 3.5 .788 0.9 2.5 3.4 3.5 1.1 0.1 3.1 15.5
1977-78 28 CHI NBA SG 81 1767 6.6 13.8 .481 3.7 4.8 .773 0.8 1.8 2.6 4.7 1.0 0.1 2.5 3.4 17.0
1978-79 29 CHI NBA SG 75 1705 7.1 14.5 .491 3.2 3.8 .824 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.9 1.0 0.1 2.5 3.1 17.4
1979-80 30 CHI NBA SG 36 387 8.4 15.4 .542 0.0 0.6 .000 3.6 4.6 .796 0.3 1.9 2.1 3.5 0.9 0.0 3.3 5.0 20.4
1980-81 31 GSW NBA SG 2 11 0.0 13.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 636 12788 6.8 14.2 .479 0.0 0.5 .000 3.9 4.8 .809 0.8 2.6 3.4 3.7 1.2 0.1 2.6 3.6 17.5

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
1971-72 22 CIN NBA SG 78 1438 15.8 .546 .474 5.1 15.1 3.3 0.4 3.7 .124
1972-73 23 TOT NBA SG 79 1647 14.1 .532 .492 5.4 12.7 3.0 0.9 3.9 .114
1972-73 23 KCO NBA SG 12 212 7.8 .413 .382 5.4 14.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.039
1972-73 23 DET NBA SG 67 1435 15.1 .546 .504 5.4 12.4 3.2 0.9 4.1 .136
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 77 1555 13.8 .516 .446 2.7 10.9 6.8 13.3 2.0 0.2 95 1.4 2.1 3.5 .108
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 80 1995 14.7 .545 .479 2.1 8.4 5.3 15.1 1.7 0.1 102 3.1 0.9 4.0 .095
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 67 1105 19.4 .559 .489 2.5 8.4 5.4 15.0 1.7 0.2 103 2.7 0.5 3.2 .140
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 61 1178 12.9 .499 .456 2.5 7.2 4.9 15.1 1.5 0.2 100 1.1 1.1 2.3 .092
1977-78 28 CHI NBA SG 81 1767 14.5 .535 .481 2.5 5.4 4.0 19.9 1.4 0.1 13.7 20.6 107 106 3.2 0.6 3.9 .105
1978-79 29 CHI NBA SG 75 1705 13.2 .537 .491 1.6 5.9 3.8 16.1 1.3 0.1 13.5 20.9 106 108 2.1 0.9 3.0 .084
1979-80 30 CHI NBA SG 36 387 13.4 .584 .542 0.9 5.7 3.3 16.0 1.2 0.0 16.1 23.5 105 111 0.4 0.1 0.6 .070
1980-81 31 GSW NBA SG 2 11 -5.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 33 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.247
Career NBA 636 12788 14.6 .536 .479 2.2 7.6 5.0 15.4 1.6 0.2 13.9 21.0 106 103 20.3 7.6 27.9 .105

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
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 4 39 5 14 .357 7 8 .875 2 5 7 6 2 0 6 17
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 3 65 9 23 .391 7 9 .778 2 6 8 9 1 1 9 25
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 9 119 34 56 .607 19 27 .704 2 12 14 10 4 1 22 87
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 3 67 14 26 .538 10 11 .909 0 4 4 8 4 0 3 38
Career NBA 19 290 62 119 .521 43 55 .782 6 27 33 33 11 2 40 167

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
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 4 9.8 1.3 3.5 .357 1.8 2.0 .875 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 4.3
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 3 21.7 3.0 7.7 .391 2.3 3.0 .778 0.7 2.0 2.7 3.0 0.3 0.3 3.0 8.3
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 9 13.2 3.8 6.2 .607 2.1 3.0 .704 0.2 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.1 2.4 9.7
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 3 22.3 4.7 8.7 .538 3.3 3.7 .909 0.0 1.3 1.3 2.7 1.3 0.0 1.0 12.7
Career NBA 19 15.3 3.3 6.3 .521 2.3 2.9 .782 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.1 2.1 8.8

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
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 4 39 4.6 12.9 .357 6.5 7.4 .875 1.8 4.6 6.5 5.5 1.8 0.0 5.5 15.7
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 3 65 5.0 12.7 .391 3.9 5.0 .778 1.1 3.3 4.4 5.0 0.6 0.6 5.0 13.8
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 9 119 10.3 16.9 .607 5.7 8.2 .704 0.6 3.6 4.2 3.0 1.2 0.3 6.7 26.3
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 3 67 7.5 14.0 .538 5.4 5.9 .909 0.0 2.1 2.1 4.3 2.1 0.0 1.6 20.4
Career NBA 19 290 7.7 14.8 .521 5.3 6.8 .782 0.7 3.4 4.1 4.1 1.4 0.2 5.0 20.7

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
1973-74 24 DET NBA SG 4 39 18.2 .485 .357 5.7 12.4 9.3 22.4 2.6 0.0 95 0.0 0.1 0.1 .095
1974-75 25 DET NBA SG 3 65 11.9 .464 .391 3.5 9.2 6.6 19.5 0.7 0.8 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001
1975-76 26 DET NBA SG 9 119 22.1 .641 .607 1.8 11.0 6.4 13.1 1.5 0.4 109 0.4 0.0 0.4 .153
1976-77 27 CHI NBA SG 3 67 19.5 .616 .538 0.0 7.8 3.6 22.7 2.8 0.0 100 0.2 0.1 0.2 .178
Career NBA 19 290 18.7 .583 .521 2.3 10.0 6.2 18.0 1.8 0.4 104 0.6 0.1 0.7 .117

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
John Mengelt 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.3 0.6 -0.1
Trent Tucker 86.8 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.9 1.9 1.1
Mike Gale 85.4 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0
Allen Leavell 84.4 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.0 2.4 1.9 0.6 -0.1
John Long 84.2 5.3 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 0.2
Sherman Douglas 83.5 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.6 1.0 -0.1
Anthony Peeler 83.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.4 1.1 0.8 0.6
Ricky Sobers 82.8 5.3 4.8 4.3 3.8 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 1.0 0.1
T.R. Dunn 81.5 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.4 1.6 1.6
Mike Glenn 81.1 4.4 3.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.5 0.1
Gerald Wilkins 80.2 6.8 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 0.7 -0.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
John Mengelt 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.3 0.6 -0.1
Allen Leavell 84.4 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.0 2.4 1.9 0.6 -0.1
John Long 82.4 5.3 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Anthony Peeler 82.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5
Rex Chapman 81.7 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.1 -0.2 -0.7
Sherman Douglas 81.7 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.6 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.1
Mike Glenn 81.1 4.4 3.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.5 0.1
Trent Tucker 81.0 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 1.9 1.1
Mike Gale 81.0 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.0
Henry Bibby 79.4 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.3 1.5 1.0 1.0
Chucky Atkins 79.4 5.1 4.9 4.5 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.4 1.5 0.3 0.2 -0.2

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
1967-68 18 AUBURN 18 195 353 103 130 99 493 .552 .792 27.4 5.5
1968-69 19 AUBURN 25 189 360 108 138 106 486 .525 .783 19.4 4.2
1969-70 20 AUBURN 26 258 554 180 225 156 696 .466 .800 26.8 6.0
1970-71 21 AUBURN 26 265 548 208 256 108 738 .484 .813 28.4 4.2
Career 77 712 1462 496 619 370 1920 .487 .801 24.9 4.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

True Shooting Pct
1975-76 NBA .559 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (733)

Transactions

March 29, 1971: Drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the 2nd round (21st pick) of the 1971 NBA Draft.

November 9, 1972: Traded by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings to the Detroit Pistons for a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Mike D'Antoni).

November 18, 1976: Sold by the Detroit Pistons to the Chicago Bulls.

September 9, 1980: Waived by the Chicago Bulls.

March 19, 1981: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

April 1, 1981: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

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