Dorie Murrey

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Dorie Murrey
Personal information
Born (1943-09-07) September 7, 1943 (age 80)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolCass Technical
(Detroit, Michigan)
CollegeDetroit Mercy (1963–1966)
NBA draft1966: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1966–1972
PositionPower forward / center
Number25, 41, 40
Career history
1966–1967Detroit Pistons
1967–1970Seattle SuperSonics
1970Portland Trail Blazers
1970–1972Baltimore Bullets
Career NBA statistics
Points1,683 (4.7 ppg)
Rebounds1,555 (4.4 rpg)
Assists226 (0.6 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (2.03 m) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the NBA from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.[1] He was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967 he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970 he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers.[2] He was traded 3 games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher).[3] During his six-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games.

Career statistics[edit]

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

NBA[edit]

Source[4]

Regular season[edit]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1966–67 Detroit 35 8.9 .402 .593 2.9 .3 2.8
1967–68 Seattle 81 18.4 .436 .689 7.4 .8 7.3
1968–69 Seattle 38 12.2 .387 .639 3.9 .6 5.6
1969–70 Seattle 81 13.3 .446 .731 4.4 .9 5.5
1970–71 Portland 2 10.0 .167 .818 3.5 .5 5.5
1970–71 Baltimore 69 10.1 .448 .653 3.1 .4 3.2
1971–72 Baltimore 51 8.3 .381 .615 2.5 .3 2.2
Career 357 12.6 .425 .679 4.4 .6 4.7

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1971 Baltimore 16 5.8 .481 .636 2.1 .1 2.1
1972 Baltimore 1 1.0 – – .0 .0 .0
Career 17 5.5 .481 .636 1.9 .1 1.9

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 1966 NBA Draft Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com
  2. ^ All-Time NBA Expansion Draft Results Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, NBA.com
  3. ^ Dorie Murrey, Blazers History
  4. ^ "Dorie Murrey NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

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