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D.J. Foster | 8/19/11 |
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Position: Center
Height: 6-11 Weight: 240 College: UCLA Born: January 14, 1950 Hometown: Denhelder, Netherlands Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st Round (16th overall), 1972 |
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Won two titles at UCLA with Bill Walton playing under John Wooden...Selected in the ABA and NBA draft...Won the 1973-74 ABA Rookie of the Year Award...Led the ABA in field goal percentage (.552) his rookie season...Led the ABA in rebounds per game (16.4) in the 1974-75 season...Two-time ABA All-Star...Joined the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1976-77 season...Joined the Buffalo Braves in their last season in Buffalo in 1977-78...Led the NBA in rebounds per game (15) for the San Diego Clippers in the 1979-80 season...Was the only player to ever win rebounding titles in both the ABA and NBA...Led the NBA in defensive rebounds in the 1980-81 season...First in ABA history for career offensive, defensive and total rebounding percentage...Played six seasons with the Braves/Clippers...Averaged 12.4 points and 11.6 rebounds in his 11-year career...Holds multiple single-season Clippers records for rebounds and single-game records across the NBA...The third best player in total rebounding percentage in NBA history...Considered one of the best rebounders to ever play. |
| Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers Career Statistics |
| Season | Age | Tm | G | P | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | ||
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| 1977-78 | 28 | BUF | 78 | 35.6 | 6.4 | 12.7 | .504 | 2.7 | 3.5 | .765 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 15.5 | |||||
| 1978-79 | 29 | SDC | 79 | 25.4 | 4.5 | 7.9 | .569 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .800 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 10.7 | |||||
| 1979-80 | 30 | SDC | 81 | 35.3 | 5.5 | 9.9 | .554 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.4 | 3.4 | .718 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 13.4 | ||
| 1980-81 | 31 | SDC | 82 | 34.3 | 6.3 | 11.4 | .553 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | .795 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 15.6 | |||
| 1981-82 | 32 | SDC | 21 | 27.4 | 4.8 | 8.3 | .577 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 2.8 | 3.8 | .747 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 12.5 | ||
| 1982-83 | 33 | SDC | 7 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 | .300 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
