Elden Campbell | 41
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2004-05
Statistics
 PPG3.0
 RPG2.30
 APG0.5
 EFF+ 3.02
Position:  C-F
Born: Jul 23, 1968
Height: 7-0 /  2,13
Weight: 279  lbs. / 126,6  kg.
College : Clemson
Career Highlights
  • Led Charlotte in blocked shots for four consecutive seasons and ranks second in franchise history in total blocked shots with 515 in just 306 games played
  • Finished 16th in the league in blocks with 1.78 per game in 2001-02
  • Tied for 15th in NBA with 1.79 blocks per game in 2000-01
  • Scored his 8,000th career-point at Detroit Pistons on 11/19 and recorded his 5,000th rebound on 3/24/01 at Dallas
  • Finished first full season with the Hornets (1999-00) ranked first on team in blocked shots (1.92 - 11th in NBA), third in rebounding (7.6 - 30th in NBA) and fourth in scoring (12.7)
  • Finished his L.A. career as the franchise's second all-time leading shot-blocker with 1,006 and led the team in blocked shots three times (1991-92, 1993-94, 1995-96)
  • In 1997, became the seventh player in NBA history to increase his scoring average in each of his first seven seasons in the league joining: Derek Harper, Shawn Kemp, Happy Hairston, Alex English, Avery Johnson and Kevin McHale
  • Ranked sixth in the NBA in blocked shots in 1995-96 (2.59)
  • Appeared in 59 games for the Lakers during the NBA Playoffs, including five in the 1991 NBA Finals

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BACKGROUND


1995-96 (L.A. Lakers): Only Laker to start all 82 games, averaging 13.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, a career-high 2.2 assists, 1.07 steals and a career-high 2.59 blocks in 32.9 minutes…Achieved career-highs in field goals made (447) and attempted (888)…Ranked sixth in the NBA in blocked shots…His total of 212 blocks were the most by a Laker since Abdul-Jabbar's 228 in 1980-81…Was one of only five players to average at least 14.0 points and 2.00 blocks, the others being centers David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing.

1994-95 (L.A. Lakers): In 73 games (59 as a starter), averaged 12.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.81 blocks in 28.4 minutes…Ranked 11th in the NBA in blocks (1.81 bpg)…In the postseason, set career-highs in scoring (15.7 ppg) and blocks (a team-high 3.0 blocks per game) to go with his 7.3 rebounds per game.

1993-94 (L.A. Lakers): When A.C. Green jumped from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Phoenix Suns in the offseason, became the Lakers' starting power forward…In 76 games (74 as a starter), averaging 12.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.92 blocks in 29.6 minutes…Finished 11th in the league in blocked shots (1.92 bpg).

1992-93 (L.A. Lakers): In 79 games (13 as a starter), averaged 7.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.27 blocks in 19.6 minutes…Started all five postseason games vs. Phoenix and averaged 14.0 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.40 blocks per game.

1991-92 (L.A. Lakers): In 81 games (47 as a starter), averaged 7.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.96 blocks in 23.2 minutes…Blocked 159 shots for the season, the highest Lakers total since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 162 in 1984-85.

1990-91 (L.A. Lakers): Selected as the last pick (27th overall) in the first round of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Lakers…In 52 appearances, averaged 2.8 points and 1.8 rebounds but finished third on the club in blocked shots (38) and saw action in 14 of the Lakers' 19 playoff games…His .658 field-goal percentage (25-of-38) led the Lakers in the playoffs. COLLEGE: Finished his college career as Clemson’s all-time leading scorer (1,880) and fourth-leading rebounder (836)...Averaged 16.4 points and a career-best 8.0 rebounds as a senior, leading the Tigers to their first ACC Championship and the East Regional semifinals…Named to the All-ACC First Team as a senior, leading the conference in blocked shots (97), and ranking seventh in field goal percentage (.522) and steals (54)…Career blocked shot total (334) is seventh-highest in ACC history and second most in Clemson history (Tree Rollins)…Joins Rollins, Dale Davis and Sharone Wright as the only players in school history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 blocked shots in a career.

PERSONAL

  • Full name is Elden Jerome Campbell
  • Nicknamed "Easy" by his teammates
  • Has two brothers, Charles and Elwayne, a son, Jayle, and a daughter, Jael
  • Studied Graphic Communications in college
  • Traveled with coach George Raveling's 1988 U.S. Select team to Europe
  • Also traveled to Moscow as a member of the Nike NIT All-Stars in the summer of 1988
  • Enjoys playing golf and likes to relax by fishing
  • Idolized Julius Erving and George Gervin as a child
  • Roots for the L.A. Dodgers and Oakland Raiders
  • Says if he wasn't an athlete, he would be a computer technician


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