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Swen Nater

Swen Erick Nater

Position: Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: January 14, 1950 in Denhelder, Netherlands
High School: Wilson in Long Beach, California
College: University of California, Los Angeles

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (16th pick, 16th 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 24 TOT ABA 79 2375 467 846 .552 0 1 .000 180 254 .709 286 712 998 129 32 63 200 214 1114
1973-74 24 VIR ABA 17 374 84 151 .556 0 0 46 73 .630 38 116 154 17 6 15 47 37 214
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 62 2001 383 695 .551 0 1 .000 134 181 .740 248 596 844 112 26 48 153 177 900
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 78 2713 495 914 .542 0 1 .000 185 246 .752 369 910 1279 97 43 87 185 240 1175
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 76 1790 320 651 .492 0 4 .000 108 155 .697 229 537 766 55 31 51 170 238 748
1975-76 26 NYA ABA 43 1016 160 330 .485 0 3 .000 56 78 .718 139 302 441 19 18 26 94 142 376
1975-76 26 VIR ABA 33 774 160 321 .498 0 1 .000 52 77 .675 90 235 325 36 13 25 76 96 372
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 72 1960 383 725 .528 172 228 .754 266 599 865 108 54 51 214 938
1977-78 28 BUF NBA 78 2778 501 994 .504 208 272 .765 278 751 1029 216 40 47 225 274 1210
1978-79 29 SDC NBA 79 2006 357 627 .569 132 165 .800 218 483 701 140 38 29 170 244 846
1979-80 30 SDC NBA 81 2860 443 799 .554 0 2 .000 196 273 .718 352 864 1216 233 45 37 257 259 1082
1980-81 31 SDC NBA 82 2809 517 935 .553 0 0 244 307 .795 295 722 1017 199 49 46 211 295 1278
1981-82 32 SDC NBA 21 7 575 101 175 .577 1 1 1.000 59 79 .747 46 146 192 30 6 9 48 64 262
1982-83 33 SDC NBA 7 0 51 6 20 .300 0 0 4 4 1.000 2 11 13 1 1 0 3 1 16
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 69 0 829 124 253 .490 0 1 .000 63 91 .692 81 183 264 27 25 7 68 150 311
Career TOT 722 7 20746 3714 6939 .535 1 10 .100 1551 2074 .748 2422 5918 8340 1235 364 427 1537 2193 8980
NBA 489 7 13868 2432 4528 .537 1 4 .250 1078 1419 .760 1538 3759 5297 954 258 226 982 1501 5943
ABA 233 6878 1282 2411 .532 0 6 .000 473 655 .722 884 2159 3043 281 106 201 555 692 3037

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 24 TOT ABA 79 30.1 5.9 10.7 .552 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.2 .709 3.6 9.0 12.6 1.6 0.4 0.8 2.5 2.7 14.1
1973-74 24 VIR ABA 17 22.0 4.9 8.9 .556 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.3 .630 2.2 6.8 9.1 1.0 0.4 0.9 2.8 2.2 12.6
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 62 32.3 6.2 11.2 .551 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 2.9 .740 4.0 9.6 13.6 1.8 0.4 0.8 2.5 2.9 14.5
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 78 34.8 6.3 11.7 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.2 .752 4.7 11.7 16.4 1.2 0.6 1.1 2.4 3.1 15.1
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 76 23.6 4.2 8.6 .492 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.0 .697 3.0 7.1 10.1 0.7 0.4 0.7 2.2 3.1 9.8
1975-76 26 NYA ABA 43 23.6 3.7 7.7 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.8 .718 3.2 7.0 10.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.2 3.3 8.7
1975-76 26 VIR ABA 33 23.5 4.8 9.7 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.3 .675 2.7 7.1 9.8 1.1 0.4 0.8 2.3 2.9 11.3
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 72 27.2 5.3 10.1 .528 2.4 3.2 .754 3.7 8.3 12.0 1.5 0.8 0.7 3.0 13.0
1977-78 28 BUF NBA 78 35.6 6.4 12.7 .504 2.7 3.5 .765 3.6 9.6 13.2 2.8 0.5 0.6 2.9 3.5 15.5
1978-79 29 SDC NBA 79 25.4 4.5 7.9 .569 1.7 2.1 .800 2.8 6.1 8.9 1.8 0.5 0.4 2.2 3.1 10.7
1979-80 30 SDC NBA 81 35.3 5.5 9.9 .554 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.4 .718 4.3 10.7 15.0 2.9 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.2 13.4
1980-81 31 SDC NBA 82 34.3 6.3 11.4 .553 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 .795 3.6 8.8 12.4 2.4 0.6 0.6 2.6 3.6 15.6
1981-82 32 SDC NBA 21 7 27.4 4.8 8.3 .577 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.8 3.8 .747 2.2 7.0 9.1 1.4 0.3 0.4 2.3 3.0 12.5
1982-83 33 SDC NBA 7 0 7.3 0.9 2.9 .300 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.3 1.6 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 2.3
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 69 0 12.0 1.8 3.7 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.3 .692 1.2 2.7 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.0 2.2 4.5
Career TOT 722 7 28.7 5.1 9.6 .535 0.0 0.0 .100 2.1 2.9 .748 3.4 8.2 11.6 1.7 0.5 0.6 2.4 3.0 12.4
NBA 489 7 28.4 5.0 9.3 .537 0.0 0.0 .250 2.2 2.9 .760 3.1 7.7 10.8 2.0 0.5 0.5 2.4 3.1 12.2
ABA 233 29.5 5.5 10.3 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.8 .722 3.8 9.3 13.1 1.2 0.5 0.9 2.4 3.0 13.0

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 24 TOT ABA 79 2375 7.1 12.8 .552 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.9 .709 4.3 10.8 15.1 2.0 0.5 1.0 3.0 3.2 16.9
1973-74 24 VIR ABA 17 374 8.1 14.5 .556 0.0 0.0 4.4 7.0 .630 3.7 11.2 14.8 1.6 0.6 1.4 4.5 3.6 20.6
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 62 2001 6.9 12.5 .551 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .740 4.5 10.7 15.2 2.0 0.5 0.9 2.8 3.2 16.2
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 78 2713 6.6 12.1 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.3 .752 4.9 12.1 17.0 1.3 0.6 1.2 2.5 3.2 15.6
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 76 1790 6.4 13.1 .492 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.1 .697 4.6 10.8 15.4 1.1 0.6 1.0 3.4 4.8 15.0
1975-76 26 NYA ABA 43 1016 5.7 11.7 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.8 .718 4.9 10.7 15.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 3.3 5.0 13.3
1975-76 26 VIR ABA 33 774 7.4 14.9 .498 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.6 .675 4.2 10.9 15.1 1.7 0.6 1.2 3.5 4.5 17.3
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 72 1960 7.0 13.3 .528 3.2 4.2 .754 4.9 11.0 15.9 2.0 1.0 0.9 3.9 17.2
1977-78 28 BUF NBA 78 2778 6.5 12.9 .504 2.7 3.5 .765 3.6 9.7 13.3 2.8 0.5 0.6 2.9 3.6 15.7
1978-79 29 SDC NBA 79 2006 6.4 11.3 .569 2.4 3.0 .800 3.9 8.7 12.6 2.5 0.7 0.5 3.1 4.4 15.2
1979-80 30 SDC NBA 81 2860 5.6 10.1 .554 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.4 .718 4.4 10.9 15.3 2.9 0.6 0.5 3.2 3.3 13.6
1980-81 31 SDC NBA 82 2809 6.6 12.0 .553 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.9 .795 3.8 9.3 13.0 2.6 0.6 0.6 2.7 3.8 16.4
1981-82 32 SDC NBA 21 7 575 6.3 11.0 .577 0.1 0.1 1.000 3.7 4.9 .747 2.9 9.1 12.0 1.9 0.4 0.6 3.0 4.0 16.4
1982-83 33 SDC NBA 7 0 51 4.2 14.1 .300 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.000 1.4 7.8 9.2 0.7 0.7 0.0 2.1 0.7 11.3
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 69 0 829 5.4 11.0 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.0 .692 3.5 7.9 11.5 1.2 1.1 0.3 3.0 6.5 13.5
Career TOT 722 7 20746 6.4 12.0 .535 0.0 0.0 .100 2.7 3.6 .748 4.2 10.3 14.5 2.1 0.6 0.7 2.9 3.8 15.6
NBA 489 7 13868 6.3 11.8 .537 0.0 0.0 .250 2.8 3.7 .760 4.0 9.8 13.8 2.5 0.7 0.6 3.0 3.9 15.4
ABA 233 6878 6.7 12.6 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.4 .722 4.6 11.3 15.9 1.5 0.6 1.1 2.9 3.6 15.9

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 24 TOT ABA 79 2375 20.6 .582 .552 12.8 32.5 22.6 8.6 0.7 1.6 17.3 20.5 109 97 4.4 4.3 8.7
1973-74 24 VIR ABA 17 374 19.9 .584 .556 10.2 30.9 20.6 7.3 0.7 2.1 20.4 23.9 102 100 0.4 0.5 0.9
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 62 2001 20.8 .581 .551 13.3 32.8 22.9 8.9 0.7 1.5 16.5 19.9 110 96 4.0 3.8 7.8
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 78 2713 19.3 .575 .542 13.7 33.1 23.5 4.8 0.7 1.7 15.3 17.4 114 100 5.4 4.4 9.7
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 76 1790 14.4 .520 .492 12.1 30.1 20.8 4.5 0.8 1.5 19.1 18.8 98 101 0.5 2.6 3.1
1975-76 26 NYA ABA 43 1016 13.1 .516 .485 12.8 29.0 20.7 2.5 0.8 1.4 20.5 17.2 97 98 0.2 1.8 1.9
1975-76 26 VIR ABA 33 774 16.1 .524 .498 11.1 31.7 20.9 7.2 0.8 1.7 17.6 20.9 99 103 0.3 0.9 1.2
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 72 1960 19.1 .568 .528 14.0 31.8 22.8 7.5 1.2 1.3 98 4.5 2.4 6.9
1977-78 28 BUF NBA 78 2778 16.9 .543 .504 10.8 28.8 19.9 11.4 0.7 0.9 16.8 19.2 104 101 4.0 2.8 6.8
1978-79 29 SDC NBA 79 2006 16.9 .605 .569 11.5 25.6 18.6 9.1 0.9 0.7 19.5 16.4 114 106 3.9 1.6 5.5
1979-80 30 SDC NBA 81 2860 17.2 .589 .554 12.9 33.8 23.0 11.1 0.7 0.7 21.9 16.4 109 106 4.0 2.9 6.8
1980-81 31 SDC NBA 82 2809 18.2 .597 .553 11.7 31.4 21.1 10.2 0.8 1.0 16.5 18.6 114 105 5.5 3.1 8.6
1981-82 32 SDC NBA 21 575 16.4 .625 .580 9.3 31.1 19.9 7.2 0.5 0.9 18.6 18.3 113 112 0.9 0.2 1.2
1982-83 33 SDC NBA 7 51 6.6 .368 .300 4.1 26.7 14.5 2.5 0.9 0.0 12.1 18.9 81 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 69 829 10.8 .531 .490 11.9 23.3 18.0 3.9 1.4 0.5 18.8 17.5 100 105 0.1 1.1 1.2
Career TOT 722 20746 17.6 .572 .535 12.3 30.7 21.4 8.4 0.8 1.1 17.9 18.2 109 102 33.2 25.3 58.5
NBA 489 13868 17.1 .577 .537 11.9 30.1 20.9 9.5 0.9 0.9 18.5 17.8 109 104 22.9 14.1 36.9
ABA 233 6878 18.5 .563 .532 13.0 32.1 22.5 6.0 0.7 1.6 17.1 18.8 108 99 10.3 11.3 21.6

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 24 SAA ABA 7 211 47 85 0 0 10 14 27 82 15 3 5 8 21 104 .553 .714 30.1 14.9 11.7 2.1
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 6 234 40 84 0 0 9 21 24 99 6 1 6 16 18 89 .476 .429 39.0 14.8 16.5 1.0
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 17 146 19 38 0 0 20 26 16 40 1 1 2 8 27 58 .500 .769 8.6 3.4 2.4 0.1
Career TOT 30 591 106 207 0 0 39 61 67 221 22 5 13 32 66 251 .512 .639 19.7 8.4 7.4 0.7
NBA 17 146 19 38 0 0 20 26 16 40 1 1 2 8 27 58 .500 .769 8.6 3.4 2.4 0.1
ABA 13 445 87 169 0 0 19 35 51 181 21 4 11 24 39 193 .515 .543 34.2 14.8 13.9 1.6

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 24 SAA ABA 7 211 23.9 .570 .553 14.0 26.2 20.3 11.4 0.7 1.5 8.1 20.6 123 104 0.8 0.2 1.0
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 6 234 13.8 .477 .476 9.3 29.8 19.5 3.5 0.2 1.5 14.6 18.7 95 105 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1983-84 34 LAL NBA 17 146 11.8 .587 .500 13.2 17.3 15.4 0.8 0.3 0.8 13.9 16.3 117 110 0.2 0.1 0.4
Career TOT 30 591 16.9 .537 .512 12.0 25.4 18.8 5.7 0.4 1.3 12.0 18.8 111 106 0.9 0.7 1.6
NBA 17 146 11.8 .587 .500 13.2 17.3 15.4 0.8 0.3 0.8 13.9 16.3 117 110 0.2 0.1 0.4
ABA 13 445 18.6 .523 .515 11.5 28.1 19.9 7.3 0.5 1.5 11.5 19.6 109 104 0.7 0.5 1.2

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 1 28 13 24 .542 0 0 3 4 .750 13 22 0 0 2 2 2 29
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 1 26 5 13 .385 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 5 1 0 0 2 3 12
Career ABA 2 54 18 37 .486 0 0 5 6 .833 15 27 1 0 2 4 5 41

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1974 ABA
1975 ABA

Awards

1973-74 ABA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1973-74 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1973-74 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1974-75 ABA All-ABA (2nd)

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Minutes Played

Career ABA 6878 (93)

Field Goals

Career ABA 1282 (90)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 ABA .552 (1)
 1974-75 ABA .542 (6)
1976-77 NBA .528 (7)
1978-79 NBA .569 (5)
1979-80 NBA .554 (7)
1980-81 NBA .553 (9)
Career ABA .532 (5)
Career NBA .537 (23)
Career .535 (24)

Offensive Rebounds

1973-74 ABA 286 (8)
1974-75 ABA 369 (5)
1977-78 NBA 278 (10)
1979-80 NBA 352 (2)
1980-81 NBA 295 (3)
Career ABA 884 (41)
Career 2422 (45)

Defensive Rebounds

1973-74 ABA 712 (4)
1974-75 ABA 910 (2)
1975-76 ABA 537 (10)
1976-77 NBA 599 (9)
1977-78 NBA 751 (5)
1979-80 NBA 864 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 722 (1)
 Career ABA 2159 (29)
Career 5918 (35)

Total Rebounds

1973-74 ABA 998 (4)
1974-75 ABA 1279 (2)
1977-78 NBA 1029 (6)
1979-80 NBA 1216 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 1017 (2)
Career ABA 3043 (34)
Career 8340 (61)

Steals

Career ABA 106 (75)

Blocks

Career ABA 201 (17)

Turnovers

Career ABA 555 (88)

Personal Fouls

Career ABA 692 (100)

Points

Career ABA 3037 (99)

Rebounds Per Game

1973-74 ABA 12.6 (4)
1974-75 ABA 16.4 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 12.0 (7)
1977-78 NBA 13.2 (5)
1979-80 NBA 15.0 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 12.4 (2)
Career ABA 13.1 (4)
Career NBA 10.8 (29)
Career 11.6 (23)

Player Efficiency Rating

1973-74 ABA 20.6 (6)
1974-75 ABA 19.3 (9)

True Shooting Pct

1973-74 ABA .582 (3)
1978-79 NBA .605 (5)
Career ABA .563 (11)
Career NBA .577 (50)
Career .572 (64)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1973-74 ABA .552 (1)
 1974-75 ABA .542 (6)
1976-77 NBA .528 (7)
1978-79 NBA .569 (5)
1979-80 NBA .554 (7)
1980-81 NBA .553 (10)
Career ABA .532 (6)
Career NBA .537 (33)
Career .535 (37)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1973-74 ABA 12.8 (5)
1974-75 ABA 13.7 (2)
1976-77 NBA 14.0 (2)
1977-78 NBA 10.8 (9)
1978-79 NBA 11.5 (8)
1979-80 NBA 12.9 (4)
1980-81 NBA 11.7 (6)
Career ABA 13.0 (1)
 Career NBA 11.9 (21)
Career 12.3 (18)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1973-74 ABA 32.5 (1)
 1974-75 ABA 33.1 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 31.8 (2)
1977-78 NBA 28.8 (2)
1978-79 NBA 25.6 (6)
1979-80 NBA 33.8 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 31.4 (1)
 Career ABA 32.1 (1)
 Career NBA 30.1 (2)
Career 30.7 (1)

Total Rebound Pct

1973-74 ABA 22.6 (1)
 1974-75 ABA 23.5 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 22.8 (2)
1977-78 NBA 19.9 (2)
1978-79 NBA 18.6 (3)
1979-80 NBA 23.0 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 21.1 (2)
Career ABA 22.5 (1)
 Career NBA 20.9 (2)
Career 21.4 (2)

Offensive Rating

1974-75 ABA 114.2 (5)
Career ABA 107.9 (13)

Defensive Rating

1973-74 ABA 96.9 (6)
1974-75 ABA 100.1 (10)
1975-76 ABA 100.5 (8)
Career ABA 99.2 (6)

Offensive Win Shares

Career ABA 10.3 (66)

Defensive Win Shares

1973-74 ABA 4.3 (9)
Career ABA 11.3 (48)

Win Shares

1973-74 ABA 8.7 (10)
1974-75 ABA 9.7 (10)
Career ABA 21.6 (59)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (388)

Transactions

April 24, 1973: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1973 NBA Draft.

June 7, 1977: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong) to the Buffalo Braves for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Marques Johnson).

October 10, 1983: Traded by the San Diego Clippers with Byron Scott to the Los Angeles Lakers for Eddie Jordan, Norm Nixon, a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hornacek) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Bruce Dalrymple).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1979-80 San Diego Clippers NBA $175,000
1980-81 San Diego Clippers NBA $175,000
Career (may be incomplete) $350,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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