Curtis Rowe

For the New Zealand rugby league footballer, see Kurtis Rowe.

Curtis Rowe Jr. (born July 2, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player.

Curtis Rowe

Rowe in his senior year at UCLA
Personal information
Born	(1949-07-02) July 2, 1949 (age 76) Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	John C. Fremont (Los Angeles, California)
College	UCLA (1968–1971)
NBA draft	1971: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Drafted by	Detroit Pistons
Playing career	1971–1979
Position	Power forward
Number	18, 41
Career history
1971–1976	Detroit Pistons
1976–1979	Boston Celtics
Career highlights
NBA All-Star (1976) 3× NCAA champion (1969–1971) Consensus second-team All-American (1971) 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1969, 1971) Second-team All-Pac-8 (1970)
Career NBA statistics
Points	6,873 (11.6 ppg)
Rebounds	4,264 (7.2 rpg)
Assists	932 (1.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA draft.^[1] Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA.

Rowe played eight seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.

At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams coached by John Wooden: 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 NCAA championship teams; the others were all teammates at UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Henry Bibby and Lynn Shackelford.

In 1993, Rowe was inducted to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
1971–72	Detroit	82	32.5	.460	.669	8.5	1.2	–	–	11.3
1972–73	Detroit	81	37.1	.519	.642	9.4	2.1	–	–	16.1
1973–74	Detroit	82	30.5	.494	.698	6.3	1.7	.6	.4	10.7
1974–75	Detroit	82	34.0	.483	.753	7.1	1.5	.6	.5	12.4
1975–76	Detroit	80	37.5	.468	.737	8.7	2.3	.6	.6	16.0
1976–77	Boston	79	27.7	.498	.708	7.1	1.4	.3	.6	10.1
1977–78	Boston	51	17.9	.451	.742	4.0	.9	.3	.2	6.1
1978–79	Boston	53	23.1	.436	.693	4.6	1.3	.3	.2	6.7
Career		590	31.0	.482	.701	7.2	1.6	.5	.5	11.6
All-Star		1	8.0	.000	.500	2.0	.0	–	–	1.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
1974	Detroit	7	32.7	.481	.615	7.4	1.6	.4	.9	8.3
1975	Detroit	3	38.3	.515	.526	8.7	5.0	.3	1.7	14.7
1976	Detroit	9	38.4	.477	.853	7.8	2.9	.7	.9	15.0
1977	Boston	9	26.3	.471	.759	8.0	1.1	.1	.4	9.6
Career		28	33.1	.481	.726	7.9	2.2	.4	.8	11.5

Personal life

Curtis Rowe is the father of comedian Cameron Rowe.^[2][3]