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Ben Poquette

Benedict Jay Poquette (Ben, Gentle Ben)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: May 7, 1955 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
High School: East Lansing in East Lansing, Michigan
College: Central Michigan University

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (14th pick, 36th overall) of the 1977 NBA draft.

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Detroit Pistons
1978-1979		 50
Utah Jazz
1980-1983		 50
Cleveland Cavaliers
1984-1987		 50
Chicago Bulls
1987

Game Logs and Splits

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Splits1986-87 

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
1977-78 22 DET NBA 52 626 95 225 .422 42 60 .700 50 95 145 20 10 22 40 69 232
1978-79 23 DET NBA 76 1337 198 464 .427 111 142 .782 99 237 336 57 38 98 65 198 507
1979-80 24 UTA NBA 82 2349 296 566 .523 0 2 .000 139 167 .832 124 436 560 131 45 162 103 283 731
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 82 2808 324 614 .528 3 6 .500 126 162 .778 160 469 629 161 67 174 122 342 777
1981-82 26 UTA NBA 82 56 1698 220 428 .514 3 10 .300 97 120 .808 117 294 411 94 51 65 69 235 540
1982-83 27 UTA NBA 75 50 2331 329 697 .472 1 5 .200 166 221 .751 155 366 521 168 64 116 100 264 825
1983-84 28 CLE NBA 51 4 858 75 171 .439 1 5 .200 34 43 .791 57 125 182 49 20 33 28 114 185
1984-85 29 CLE NBA 79 6 1656 210 457 .460 3 17 .176 109 137 .796 148 325 473 79 47 58 70 220 532
1985-86 30 CLE NBA 81 3 1496 166 348 .477 2 10 .200 72 100 .720 121 252 373 78 33 32 68 187 406
1986-87 31 TOT NBA 58 2 604 62 122 .508 0 4 .000 40 50 .800 30 71 101 35 9 34 21 77 164
1986-87 31 CLE NBA 37 1 437 41 82 .500 0 3 .000 31 39 .795 20 57 77 28 6 22 17 51 113
1986-87 31 CHI NBA 21 1 167 21 40 .525 0 1 .000 9 11 .818 10 14 24 7 3 12 4 26 51
Career NBA 718 121 15763 1975 4092 .483 13 59 .220 936 1202 .779 1061 2670 3731 872 384 794 686 1989 4899

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
1977-78 22 DET NBA 52 12.0 1.8 4.3 .422 0.8 1.2 .700 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.3 4.5
1978-79 23 DET NBA 76 17.6 2.6 6.1 .427 1.5 1.9 .782 1.3 3.1 4.4 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.9 2.6 6.7
1979-80 24 UTA NBA 82 28.6 3.6 6.9 .523 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.0 .832 1.5 5.3 6.8 1.6 0.5 2.0 1.3 3.5 8.9
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 82 34.2 4.0 7.5 .528 0.0 0.1 .500 1.5 2.0 .778 2.0 5.7 7.7 2.0 0.8 2.1 1.5 4.2 9.5
1981-82 26 UTA NBA 82 56 20.7 2.7 5.2 .514 0.0 0.1 .300 1.2 1.5 .808 1.4 3.6 5.0 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.9 6.6
1982-83 27 UTA NBA 75 50 31.1 4.4 9.3 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 2.2 2.9 .751 2.1 4.9 6.9 2.2 0.9 1.5 1.3 3.5 11.0
1983-84 28 CLE NBA 51 4 16.8 1.5 3.4 .439 0.0 0.1 .200 0.7 0.8 .791 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.2 3.6
1984-85 29 CLE NBA 79 6 21.0 2.7 5.8 .460 0.0 0.2 .176 1.4 1.7 .796 1.9 4.1 6.0 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.9 2.8 6.7
1985-86 30 CLE NBA 81 3 18.5 2.0 4.3 .477 0.0 0.1 .200 0.9 1.2 .720 1.5 3.1 4.6 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.3 5.0
1986-87 31 TOT NBA 58 2 10.4 1.1 2.1 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .800 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.8
1986-87 31 CLE NBA 37 1 11.8 1.1 2.2 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .795 0.5 1.5 2.1 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.4 3.1
1986-87 31 CHI NBA 21 1 8.0 1.0 1.9 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .818 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.2 2.4
Career NBA 718 121 22.0 2.8 5.7 .483 0.0 0.1 .220 1.3 1.7 .779 1.5 3.7 5.2 1.2 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.8 6.8

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
1977-78 22 DET NBA 52 626 5.5 12.9 .422 2.4 3.5 .700 2.9 5.5 8.3 1.2 0.6 1.3 2.3 4.0 13.3
1978-79 23 DET NBA 76 1337 5.3 12.5 .427 3.0 3.8 .782 2.7 6.4 9.0 1.5 1.0 2.6 1.8 5.3 13.7
1979-80 24 UTA NBA 82 2349 4.5 8.7 .523 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.6 .832 1.9 6.7 8.6 2.0 0.7 2.5 1.6 4.3 11.2
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 82 2808 4.2 7.9 .528 0.0 0.1 .500 1.6 2.1 .778 2.1 6.0 8.1 2.1 0.9 2.2 1.6 4.4 10.0
1981-82 26 UTA NBA 82 56 1698 4.7 9.1 .514 0.1 0.2 .300 2.1 2.5 .808 2.5 6.2 8.7 2.0 1.1 1.4 1.5 5.0 11.4
1982-83 27 UTA NBA 75 50 2331 5.1 10.8 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 2.6 3.4 .751 2.4 5.7 8.0 2.6 1.0 1.8 1.5 4.1 12.7
1983-84 28 CLE NBA 51 4 858 3.1 7.2 .439 0.0 0.2 .200 1.4 1.8 .791 2.4 5.2 7.6 2.1 0.8 1.4 1.2 4.8 7.8
1984-85 29 CLE NBA 79 6 1656 4.6 9.9 .460 0.1 0.4 .176 2.4 3.0 .796 3.2 7.1 10.3 1.7 1.0 1.3 1.5 4.8 11.6
1985-86 30 CLE NBA 81 3 1496 4.0 8.4 .477 0.0 0.2 .200 1.7 2.4 .720 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.9 0.8 0.8 1.6 4.5 9.8
1986-87 31 TOT NBA 58 2 604 3.7 7.3 .508 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 3.0 .800 1.8 4.2 6.0 2.1 0.5 2.0 1.3 4.6 9.8
1986-87 31 CLE NBA 37 1 437 3.4 6.8 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 2.6 3.2 .795 1.6 4.7 6.3 2.3 0.5 1.8 1.4 4.2 9.3
1986-87 31 CHI NBA 21 1 167 4.5 8.6 .525 0.0 0.2 .000 1.9 2.4 .818 2.2 3.0 5.2 1.5 0.6 2.6 0.9 5.6 11.0
Career NBA 718 121 15763 4.5 9.3 .483 0.0 0.2 .220 2.1 2.7 .779 2.4 6.1 8.5 2.0 0.9 1.8 1.6 4.5 11.2

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 LS WSAA
1977-78 22 DET NBA 52 626 10.6 .461 .422 8.5 15.7 12.2 4.3 0.7 1.8 13.7 17.8 95 103 0.4 1.5 2 5 -1.5
1978-79 23 DET NBA 76 1337 13.1 .481 .427 7.5 19.1 13.1 5.4 1.3 3.8 11.0 16.8 102 102 2.0 4.2 6 8 -1.0
1979-80 24 UTA NBA 82 2349 14.0 .572 .523 6.4 20.9 13.9 7.7 0.9 3.9 13.9 13.6 112 107 6.5 5.1 12 10 1.0
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 82 2808 13.0 .567 .530 6.6 18.9 12.8 7.9 1.2 3.6 15.1 12.4 110 107 7.1 7.9 15 12 1.5
1981-82 26 UTA NBA 82 1698 13.1 .562 .518 7.3 18.9 13.0 6.9 1.4 2.1 12.6 13.0 115 110 5.1 3.2 8 8 0.0
1982-83 27 UTA NBA 75 2331 13.4 .519 .473 7.0 15.6 11.4 9.6 1.2 2.5 11.2 15.0 108 104 5.4 7.2 13 11 1.0
1983-84 28 CLE NBA 51 858 9.6 .487 .442 7.3 17.2 12.1 7.5 1.1 2.3 12.8 10.6 107 108 1.1 2.5 3 4 -0.5
1984-85 29 CLE NBA 79 1656 12.6 .514 .463 9.7 21.2 15.5 6.4 1.3 1.9 11.9 14.2 109 106 4.1 6.5 11 7 2.0
1985-86 30 CLE NBA 81 1496 10.4 .518 .480 8.9 18.6 13.8 6.8 1.0 1.2 14.8 12.6 106 108 2.1 3.7 6 9 -1.5
1986-87 31 TOT NBA 58 604 10.8 .569 .508 5.4 12.8 9.1 7.7 0.7 3.2 12.7 11.1 117 107 1.9 1.9 4 1 1.5
1986-87 31 CLE NBA 37 437 10.4 .570 .500 5.0 14.0 9.5 8.5 0.7 2.8 14.6 10.6 115 107 1.2 1.4 3 1 1.0
1986-87 31 CHI NBA 21 167 11.9 .569 .525 6.7 9.7 8.2 5.8 0.9 4.3 8.2 12.3 121 108 0.6 0.5 1 0 0.5
Career NBA 718 15763 12.6 .530 .484 7.4 18.5 13.0 7.4 1.1 2.8 12.9 13.7 109 106 35.6 43.7 80 75 2.5

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
1984-85 29 CLE NBA 4 91 13 21 0 0 4 5 4 14 1 2 6 4 16 30 .619 .800 22.8 7.5 3.5 0.3
Career NBA 4 91 13 21 0 0 4 5 4 14 1 2 6 4 16 30 .619 .800 22.8 7.5 3.5 0.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)

Blocks

1979-80 NBA 162 (6)
1980-81 NBA 174 (7)

Personal Fouls

1980-81 NBA 342 (1)

Blocks Per Game

1979-80 NBA 2.0 (8)
1980-81 NBA 2.1 (9)

Block Pct

1979-80 NBA 3.9 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (825)
    

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $284,000
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $284,000
Career (may be incomplete) $568,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).