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Adrian Dantley
Position: Small Forward, Shooting Guard
Full Name: Adrian Delano Dantley
Nickname: A.D.
Born: February 28, 1956 in Washington, DC
Height: 6-5
Weight: 208
High School: DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland
College: University of Notre Dame
Drafted: 1st Round, 6th Pick - Buffalo Braves, 1976
Jersey#: 4, 44 (Buffalo)
Played for the Lakers from 1977 to 1979
Dantley was traded to the Indiana Pacers in the 1977 offseason. After just 23 games with the Pacers, Dantley was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers with Dave Robisch for center James Edwards and Earl Tatum. Dantley finished the 1977-78 season with the Lakers (who at the time boasted Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a young Jamaal Wilkes) and averaged 21.5 points. He remained with Los Angeles for the entire 1978-79 campaign and contributed 17.3 points per game. Displaying an uncanny knack for drawing fouls, Dantley led the NBA in free throws made that year with 541 (in 680 attempts). He topped the league in that category four more times during his career.
With two small forwards on the team, however, either Dantley or Wilkes had to go, so Dantley was traded to the Utah Jazz before the 1979-80 season for power forward Spencer Haywood. Dantley spent seven seasons in Utah, where he became the league's deadliest scorer. When the Jazz moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City in 1979, fans there didn't know quite what to expect. What they saw was Dantley in his prime. In 1979-80, Dantley averaged 28.0 points with a .576 field-goal percentage, a stunning level of accuracy for a noncenter. That year, in his first of six trips to the NBA All-Star Game, Dantley led the West squad with 23 points. Meanwhile, he watched as his former team, the Lakers, rode a rookie named Magic Johnson to the 1980 NBA Championship.
Regular Season Stats
| YEAR | TEAM | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | BUF | 77 | 2816 | 544 | 1046 | .520 | 476 | 582 | .818 | 0 | 0 | - | 587 | 7.6 | 144 | 215 | 91 | 0 | 15 | 1564 | 20.3 |
| 1978 | IND | 23 | 948 | 201 | 403 | .499 | 207 | 263 | .787 | 0 | 0 | - | 216 | 9.4 | 65 | 76 | 48 | 67 | 17 | 609 | 26.5 |
| 1978 | LAL | 56 | 1985 | 377 | 725 | .520 | 334 | 417 | .801 | 0 | 0 | - | 404 | 7.2 | 188 | 157 | 70 | 161 | 7 | 1088 | 19.4 |
| 1978 | TOT | 79 | 2933 | 578 | 1128 | .512 | 541 | 680 | .796 | 0 | 0 | - | 620 | 7.8 | 253 | 233 | 118 | 228 | 24 | 1697 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | LAL | 60 | 1775 | 374 | 733 | .510 | 292 | 342 | .854 | 0 | 0 | - | 342 | 5.7 | 138 | 162 | 63 | 155 | 12 | 1040 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | UTA | 68 | 2674 | 730 | 1267 | .576 | 443 | 526 | .842 | 0 | 2 | - | 516 | 7.6 | 191 | 211 | 96 | 233 | 14 | 1903 | 28.0 |
| 1981 | UTA | 80 | 3417 | 909 | 1627 | .559 | 632 | 784 | .806 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 509 | 6.4 | 322 | 245 | 109 | 282 | 18 | 2452 | 30.6 |
| 1982 | UTA | 81 | 3222 | 904 | 1586 | .570 | 648 | 818 | .792 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 514 | 6.3 | 324 | 252 | 95 | 299 | 14 | 2457 | 30.3 |
| 1983 | UTA | 22 | 887 | 233 | 402 | .580 | 210 | 248 | .847 | 0 | 0 | - | 140 | 6.4 | 105 | 62 | 20 | 81 | 0 | 676 | 30.7 |
| 1984 | UTA | 79 | 2984 | 802 | 1438 | .558 | 813 | 946 | .859 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 448 | 5.7 | 310 | 201 | 61 | 263 | 4 | 2418 | 30.6 |
| 1985 | UTA | 55 | 1971 | 512 | 964 | .531 | 438 | 545 | .804 | 0 | 0 | - | 323 | 5.9 | 186 | 133 | 57 | 171 | 8 | 1462 | 26.6 |
| 1986 | UTA | 76 | 2744 | 818 | 1453 | .563 | 630 | 796 | .791 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 395 | 5.2 | 264 | 206 | 64 | 231 | 4 | 2267 | 29.8 |
| 1987 | DET | 81 | 2736 | 601 | 1126 | .534 | 539 | 664 | .812 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 332 | 4.1 | 162 | 193 | 63 | 181 | 7 | 1742 | 21.5 |
| 1988 | DET | 69 | 2144 | 444 | 863 | .514 | 492 | 572 | .860 | 0 | 2 | - | 227 | 3.3 | 171 | 144 | 39 | 135 | 10 | 1380 | 20.0 |
| 1989 | DAL | 31 | 1081 | 212 | 459 | .462 | 204 | 263 | .776 | 0 | 1 | - | 153 | 4.9 | 78 | 87 | 20 | 82 | 7 | 628 | 20.3 |
| 1989 | DET | 42 | 1341 | 258 | 495 | .521 | 256 | 305 | .839 | 0 | 0 | - | 164 | 3.9 | 93 | 99 | 23 | 81 | 6 | 772 | 18.4 |
| 1989 | TOT | 73 | 2422 | 470 | 954 | .493 | 460 | 568 | .810 | 0 | 1 | - | 317 | 4.3 | 171 | 186 | 43 | 163 | 13 | 1400 | 19.2 |
| 1990 | DAL | 45 | 1300 | 231 | 484 | .477 | 200 | 254 | .787 | 0 | 2 | - | 172 | 3.8 | 80 | 99 | 20 | 75 | 7 | 662 | 14.7 |
| 1991 | MIL | 10 | 126 | 19 | 50 | .380 | 18 | 26 | .692 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 13 | 1.3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 5.7 |
| CAREER | 955 | 34151 | 8169 | 15121 | .540 | 6832 | 8351 | .818 | 7 | 41 | .171 | 5455 | 5.7 | 2830 | 2550 | 944 | 2503 | 150 | 23177 | 24.3 | |
Playoff Stats
| YEAR | TEAM | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | LAL | 3 | 104 | 20 | 35 | .571 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 1979 | LAL | 8 | 236 | 50 | 89 | .562 | 41 | 52 | .788 | 0 | 0 | - | 33 | 4.1 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 17.6 |
| 1984 | UTA | 11 | 454 | 117 | 232 | .504 | 120 | 139 | .863 | 0 | 0 | - | 83 | 7.5 | 46 | 30 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 354 | 32.2 |
| 1985 | UTA | 10 | 398 | 79 | 151 | .523 | 95 | 122 | .779 | 0 | 1 | - | 75 | 7.5 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 253 | 25.3 |
| 1987 | DET | 15 | 500 | 111 | 206 | .539 | 86 | 111 | .775 | 0 | 0 | - | 68 | 4.5 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 308 | 20.5 |
| 1988 | DET | 23 | 804 | 153 | 292 | .524 | 140 | 178 | .787 | 0 | 2 | - | 107 | 4.7 | 46 | 50 | 19 | 51 | 1 | 446 | 19.4 |
| 1991 | MIL | 3 | 19 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| CAREER | 73 | 2515 | 531 | 1012 | .525 | 496 | 623 | .796 | 0 | 3 | - | 395 | 5.4 | 169 | 188 | 69 | 160 | 6 | 1558 | 21.3 | |
