Dan Issel
American basketball player, coach, executive / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Paul Issel (born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An outstanding collegian at the University of Kentucky, Issel was twice named an All-American en route to a school-record 25.7 points per game for his career. The American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year in 1971, he was a six-time ABA All-Star and a one-time NBA All-Star.
Personal information | |
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Born | (1948-10-25) October 25, 1948 (age 75) Batavia, Illinois, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Batavia (Batavia, Illinois) |
College | Kentucky (1967–1970) |
NBA draft | 1970: 8th round, 122nd overall pick |
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
Playing career | 1970–1985 |
Position | Center / power forward |
Number | 44, 25 |
Coaching career | 1992–1994, 1999–2002 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1970–1975 | Kentucky Colonels |
1975–1985 | Denver Nuggets |
As coach: | |
1992–1994, 1999–2001 | Denver Nuggets |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career ABA and NBA statistics | |
Points | 27,482 (22.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 11,133 (9.1 rpg) |
Assists | 2,907 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |
A prolific scorer, Issel remains the all-time leading scorer at the University of Kentucky, the second-leading scorer of all time for the NBA's Denver Nuggets, and the second-leading scorer of all time for the American Basketball Association itself. Upon Issel's retirement from the NBA in 1985, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Julius Erving were the only professional basketball players to have scored more career points.[1] Issel was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.