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Rudy Tomjanovich

Rudolph Tomjanovich (Rudy, Rudy T.)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-8    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1948 in Hamtramck, Michigan
High School: Hamtramck in Hamtramck, Michigan
College: University of Michigan

Drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1970 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 168 439 .383 73 112 .652 381 73 124 409
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 500 1010 .495 172 238 .723 923 117 193 1172
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 655 1371 .478 250 335 .746 938 178 225 1560
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 788 1470 .536 385 454 .848 230 487 717 250 89 66 230 1961
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 694 1323 .525 289 366 .790 184 429 613 236 76 24 230 1677
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 622 1202 .517 221 288 .767 167 499 666 188 42 19 206 1465
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 733 1437 .510 287 342 .839 172 512 684 172 57 27 198 1753
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 217 447 .485 61 81 .753 40 98 138 32 15 5 38 63 495
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 620 1200 .517 168 221 .760 170 402 572 137 44 18 138 186 1408
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 370 778 .476 22 79 .278 118 147 .803 132 226 358 109 32 10 98 161 880
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 263 563 .467 12 51 .235 65 82 .793 78 130 208 81 19 6 58 121 603
Career NBA 768 25714 5630 11240 .501 34 130 .262 2089 2666 .784 1173 2783 6198 1573 374 175 332 1937 13383

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 13.8 2.2 5.7 .383 0.9 1.5 .652 4.9 0.9 1.6 5.3
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 34.5 6.4 12.9 .495 2.2 3.1 .723 11.8 1.5 2.5 15.0
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 36.7 8.1 16.9 .478 3.1 4.1 .746 11.6 2.2 2.8 19.3
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 40.3 9.9 18.4 .536 4.8 5.7 .848 2.9 6.1 9.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 2.9 24.5
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 38.7 8.6 16.3 .525 3.6 4.5 .790 2.3 5.3 7.6 2.9 0.9 0.3 2.8 20.7
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 36.9 7.9 15.2 .517 2.8 3.6 .767 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.4 0.5 0.2 2.6 18.5
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 38.6 9.0 17.7 .510 3.5 4.2 .839 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.1 0.7 0.3 2.4 21.6
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 36.9 9.4 19.4 .485 2.7 3.5 .753 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.7 21.5
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 35.7 8.4 16.2 .517 2.3 3.0 .760 2.3 5.4 7.7 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.5 19.0
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 29.6 6.0 12.5 .476 0.4 1.3 .278 1.9 2.4 .803 2.1 3.6 5.8 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.6 14.2
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 24.3 5.1 10.8 .467 0.2 1.0 .235 1.3 1.6 .793 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.3 11.6
Career NBA 768 33.5 7.3 14.6 .501 0.3 1.1 .262 2.7 3.5 .784 2.2 5.2 8.1 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.6 2.5 17.4

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 5.7 14.9 .383 2.5 3.8 .652 12.9 2.5 4.2 13.9
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 6.7 13.5 .495 2.3 3.2 .723 12.4 1.6 2.6 15.7
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 7.9 16.6 .478 3.0 4.1 .746 11.4 2.2 2.7 18.9
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 8.8 16.4 .536 4.3 5.1 .848 2.6 5.4 8.0 2.8 1.0 0.7 2.6 21.9
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 8.0 15.2 .525 3.3 4.2 .790 2.1 4.9 7.0 2.7 0.9 0.3 2.6 19.3
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 7.7 14.9 .517 2.7 3.6 .767 2.1 6.2 8.2 2.3 0.5 0.2 2.5 18.1
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 8.4 16.5 .510 3.3 3.9 .839 2.0 5.9 7.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 2.3 20.2
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 9.2 19.0 .485 2.6 3.4 .753 1.7 4.2 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.7 21.0
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 8.5 16.4 .517 2.3 3.0 .760 2.3 5.5 7.8 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.5 19.2
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 7.3 15.3 .476 0.4 1.6 .278 2.3 2.9 .803 2.6 4.4 7.0 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.9 3.2 17.3
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 7.5 16.0 .467 0.3 1.5 .235 1.9 2.3 .793 2.2 3.7 5.9 2.3 0.5 0.2 1.7 3.4 17.2
Career NBA 768 25714 7.9 15.7 .501 0.4 1.5 .262 2.9 3.7 .784 2.2 5.3 8.7 2.2 0.7 0.3 1.8 2.7 18.7

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
1970-71 22 SDR NBA 77 1062 12.2 .419 .383 15.7 9.3 -1.1 2.1 1.0
1971-72 23 HOU NBA 78 2689 16.6 .526 .495 15.5 6.0 3.8 4.6 8.4
1972-73 24 HOU NBA 81 2972 17.5 .514 .478 14.8 8.1 4.4 2.4 6.9
1973-74 25 HOU NBA 80 3227 20.5 .587 .536 7.7 16.0 11.9 11.9 1.2 1.1 101 10.8 2.1 12.8
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 81 3134 17.8 .565 .525 6.5 15.3 10.9 11.6 1.1 0.4 101 8.2 1.9 10.1
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 79 2912 16.1 .551 .517 6.4 18.0 12.4 9.4 0.7 0.3 103 6.1 1.2 7.3
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 81 3130 17.9 .552 .510 6.2 17.2 11.9 8.3 0.9 0.5 104 8.8 1.5 10.4
1977-78 29 HOU NBA 23 849 17.1 .513 .485 4.9 12.6 8.6 5.9 0.8 0.3 7.3 24.4 106 108 1.6 0.1 1.7
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 74 2641 16.4 .543 .517 7.1 16.3 11.8 7.3 0.8 0.4 9.6 21.4 111 109 5.0 1.1 6.2
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 62 1834 14.2 .522 .490 7.7 14.0 10.8 8.5 0.8 0.3 10.4 20.3 110 110 2.8 0.8 3.6
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 52 1264 13.5 .503 .478 6.8 11.6 9.2 9.2 0.7 0.3 8.8 21.1 107 110 1.5 0.6 2.1
Career NBA 768 25714 16.9 .539 .502 6.8 15.8 12.4 8.9 0.9 0.5 9.3 21.4 109 105 51.9 18.4 70.4

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
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 8 304 72 128 40 48 22 64 23 1 4 17 184 .563 .833 38.0 23.0 8.0 2.9
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 12 457 107 212 29 37 24 65 24 7 3 36 243 .505 .784 38.1 20.3 5.4 2.0
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 2 64 9 23 2 5 7 14 2 1 1 1 1 20 .391 .400 32.0 10.0 7.0 1.0
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 7 185 24 64 1 7 9 13 12 40 10 2 0 14 21 58 .375 .143 .692 26.4 8.3 5.7 1.4
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 8 31 1 9 0 3 4 6 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 6 .111 .000 .667 3.9 0.8 0.8 0.0
Career NBA 37 1041 213 436 1 10 84 109 67 189 59 11 8 17 78 511 .489 .100 .771 28.1 13.8 5.1 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
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 8 304 20.9 .617 .563 8.1 15.7 11.9 11.4 0.2 0.7 108 1.3 -0.1 1.2
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 12 457 15.4 .532 .505 5.7 10.1 7.9 7.4 0.7 0.4 109 1.1 0.0 1.1
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 2 64 12.0 .397 .391 8.9 11.7 10.1 5.1 0.8 0.8 3.8 15.5 102 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 7 185 6.4 .416 .383 7.5 17.5 12.5 7.4 0.5 0.0 16.7 19.0 86 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.3
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 8 31 -1.9 .258 .111 7.0 15.5 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 19.0 61 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 37 1041 14.7 .528 .490 7.0 13.3 10.1 8.2 0.5 0.4 13.8 18.2 86 110 2.2 -0.2 2.0

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 25 HOU NBA 1 0 17 2 5 .400 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 4
1974-75 26 HOU NBA 1 0 14 0 3 .000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0
1975-76 27 HOU NBA 1 0 12 1 2 .500 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 2
1976-77 28 HOU NBA 1 0 22 3 9 .333 0 0 2 10 1 1 1 1 6
1978-79 30 HOU NBA 1 1 24 6 13 .462 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 12
Career NBA 5 1 89 12 32 .375 0 0 10 27 2 1 1 0 9 24

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 19 MICHIGAN 24 210 446 49 78 323 469 .471 .628 19.5 13.5
1968-69 20 MICHIGAN 24 269 541 79 131 340 617 .497 .603 25.7 14.2
1969-70 21 MICHIGAN 24 286 604 150 200 376 722 .474 .750 30.1 15.7
Career 72 765 1591 278 409 1039 1808 .481 .680 25.1 14.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1974 NBA
1975 NBA
1976 NBA
1977 NBA
1979 NBA

Honors

1969-70 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1973-74 NBA 0.001 (17)
1974-75 NBA 0.001 (21)
Career 0.002 (208)

Minutes Played

1973-74 NBA 3227 (9)
1974-75 NBA 3134 (10)
1976-77 NBA 3130 (3)

Field Goals

1973-74 NBA 788 (5)
1974-75 NBA 694 (10)
1976-77 NBA 733 (8)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 NBA .536 (3)
1974-75 NBA .525 (3)
1975-76 NBA .517 (7)
Career NBA .501 (99)

Free Throws

1973-74 NBA 385 (6)

Free Throw Attempts

1973-74 NBA 454 (8)

Points

1973-74 NBA 1961 (6)

Minutes Per Game

1973-74 NBA 40.3 (9)
1976-77 NBA 38.6 (6)

Points Per Game

1973-74 NBA 24.5 (6)

Rebounds Per Game

Career NBA 8.1 (100)

Player Efficiency Rating

1973-74 NBA 20.5 (5)

True Shooting Pct

1973-74 NBA .587 (2)
1974-75 NBA .565 (6)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1973-74 NBA .536 (3)
1974-75 NBA .525 (3)
1975-76 NBA .517 (7)

Turnover Pct

1978-79 NBA 9.6 (4)

Offensive Win Shares

1973-74 NBA 10.8 (2)
1974-75 NBA 8.2 (5)
1976-77 NBA 8.8 (3)

Win Shares

1973-74 NBA 12.8 (4)
1974-75 NBA 10.1 (10)
1976-77 NBA 10.4 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.093 (154)
  

Transactions

March 23, 1970: Drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 NBA Draft.

October 2, 1981: Retired from the Houston Rockets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1972-73 Houston Rockets NBA $100,000
1973-74 Houston Rockets NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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