- Mack Calvin
Infobox NBA Player
name = Mack Calvin
caption =
position =Point guard
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 170
team =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1947|7|27
birth_place =Fort Worth, Texas
college = USC
highschool =Long Beach Poly
draft = Pick 187 14th round
draft_year = 1969
draft_team =Los Angeles Lakers
career_start = 1969
career_end = 1981
former_teams =
awards =Mack Calvin (born
July 27 ,1947 inFort Worth, Texas ) is an American formerbasketball player.High School Career
Calvin prepped at
Long Beach Poly .College career
A 6'0"
point guard fromLong Beach City College and theUniversity of Southern California , Calvin was a 14th-round draft pick of the NBA'sLos Angeles Lakers in 1969.Pro career
He played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the now-defunct
American Basketball Association (ABA) and four seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA).Calvin began his professional career with the ABA's
Los Angeles Stars , averaging 16.8 points per game in his first season to make the ABA All-Rookie Team. The following season, he averaged a career-high 27.2 points forThe Floridians , in the process setting the ABA records for mostfree throw s made (696) and most free throws attempted (805) in one season.cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, | publisher = Villard Books | date = 1994 | pages = pp. 208-209 | isbn = 0-679-43293-8] Calvin also played for the ABA'sCarolina Cougars ,Denver Nuggets , andVirginia Squires before the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976. He also briefly coached the Squires during the 1975-1976 season. During his ABA career, he tallied 10,620 points and 3,067 assists (second in ABA history behind onlyLouie Dampier 's 4,044) and appeared in 5 All-Star games.Calvin joined the Lakers for the
1976-77 NBA season but he was never able to match the same level of production he reached while in the ABA. He spent his four seasons in the NBA with five teams — the Lakers, theSan Antonio Spurs , the Denver Nuggets (which had joined the NBA in 1976), theUtah Jazz , and theCleveland Cavaliers — before retiring in 1981 with an NBA career scoring-average of 7.0 points per game.Coaching career
He coached
Virginia Squires in the ABA (1975-76) for 6 games andLos Angeles Clippers in the NBA (1991-92, as an interim head coach in February 1992 for 2 games).References
External links
*basketball-reference|id=c/calvima01|name=Mack Calvin
* [http://www.remembertheaba.com/TributeMaterial/Calvin.html Mack Calvin] @ Remember the ABA
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