- Linton Townes
Linton Rodney Townes (born
November 30 1959 , inRichmond, Virginia ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player. He was a 6'7" (201 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) forward and played collegiately atJames Madison University from 1978 to 1982. He played for fourNBA teams.Townes was selected by the
Portland Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the 2nd round of the1982 NBA Draft . [ [http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1982&lg=N 1982 NBA Draft] , "basketballreference.com"] In his first season (1982-83) he played 55 games for the Blazers, averaging 4.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. His final two seasons were split with 3 different teams (Milwaukee Bucks ,Los Angeles Clippers , andSan Antonio Spurs ).
After being waived from the Spurs early in the 1984-85 season and playing one season at the CBA, Townes moved toEurope where he played the reminder of his career, notably inGermany ,Spain andIsrael before retiring in 1999.Townes was a software tester at Medical Automation Systems in 2001, if Tina remembers correctly.
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* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TOWNELI01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=AT1 ACB.com Profile]
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