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Mel Counts



Position: Center/Forward
Full Name: Mel Grant Counts
Nickname: Goose
Born: October 16, 1941 in Coos Bay, Oregon
Height: 7-0
Weight: 230
High School: Marshfield in Coos Bay, Oregon
College: Oregon State University
Drafted: 1st Round, 9th Pick - Boston Celtics, 1964
Jersey#: 31, 11 (Boston)

Played for the Lakers from 1968 to 1970


Counts was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1964 NBA Draft. The Celtics won the NBA Championship in 1965 and 1966 with him on the team, but was traded for the 1967 season to the Baltimore Bullets. Halfway through that season he was traded to the Lakers.

The next three seasons Counts was part of the Lakers teams that went to the NBA Finals, where they would play in and ultimately lose three years in a row. Counts played one more season with the Lakers before being traded to the Phoenix Suns. After several more stops around the league, including a return to the Lakers in 1973, Counts ended his career with the New Orleans Jazz in 1976.



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
1965 BOS 54 572 100 272 .368 58 74 .784 0 0 - 265 4.9 19 134 0 0 0 258 4.8
1966 BOS 67 1021 221 549 .403 120 145 .828 0 0 - 432 6.4 50 207 0 0 0 562 8.4
1967 BAL 25 343 65 167 .389 29 40 .725 0 0 - 155 6.2 30 81 0 0 0 159 6.4
1967 LAL 31 517 112 252 .444 40 54 .741 0 0 - 189 6.1 22 102 0 0 0 264 8.5
1967 TOT 56 860 177 419 .422 69 94 .734 0 0 - 344 6.1 52 183 0 0 0 423 7.6
1968 LAL 82 1739 384 808 .475 190 254 .748 0 0 - 732 8.9 139 309 0 0 0 958 11.7
1969 LAL 77 1866 390 867 .450 178 221 .805 0 0 - 600 7.8 109 223 0 0 0 958 12.4
1970 LAL 81 2193 434 1017 .427 156 201 .776 0 0 - 683 8.4 160 304 0 0 0 1024 12.6
1971 PHO 80 1669 365 799 .457 149 198 .753 0 0 - 503 6.3 136 279 0 0 0 879 11.0
1972 PHO 76 906 147 344 .427 101 140 .721 0 0 - 257 3.4 96 159 0 0 0 395 5.2
1973 PHI 7 47 5 16 .313 0 0 - 0 0 - 16 2.3 3 8 0 0 0 10 1.4
1973 LAL 59 611 127 278 .457 39 58 .672 0 0 - 237 4.0 62 98 0 0 0 293 5.0
1973 TOT 66 658 132 294 .449 39 58 .672 0 0 - 253 3.8 65 106 0 0 0 303 4.6
1974 LAL 45 499 61 167 .365 24 33 .727 0 0 - 146 3.2 54 85 20 0 23 146 3.2
1975 NOJ 75 1421 217 495 .438 86 113 .761 0 0 - 441 5.9 182 196 49 0 43 520 6.9
1976 NOJ 30 319 37 91 .407 16 21 .762 0 0 - 100 3.3 38 74 16 0 8 90 3.0
CAREER 789 13723 2665 6122 .435 1186 1552 .764 0 0 - 4756 6.0 1100 2259 85 0 74 6516 8.3


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1965 BOS 4 30 4 15 .267 1 1 1.000 0 0 - 11 2.8 1 10 0 0 0 9 2.3
1966 BOS 10 82 14 39 .359 15 17 .882 0 0 - 40 4.0 3 26 0 0 0 43 4.3
1967 LAL 3 29 5 19 .263 4 4 1.000 0 0 - 8 2.7 0 6 0 0 0 14 4.7
1968 LAL 15 306 54 101 .535 21 31 .677 0 0 - 133 8.9 24 52 0 0 0 129 8.6
1969 LAL 18 442 74 192 .385 54 71 .761 0 0 - 143 7.9 26 67 0 0 0 202 11.2
1970 LAL 14 212 37 88 .420 11 13 .846 0 0 - 74 5.3 16 48 0 0 0 85 6.1
1973 LAL 17 327 61 133 .459 32 41 .780 0 0 - 104 6.1 28 51 0 0 0 154 9.1
1974 LAL 4 34 6 12 .500 0 0 - 0 0 - 6 1.5 2 3 0 0 0 12 3.0
CAREER 85 1462 255 599 .426 138 178 .775 0 0 - 519 6.1 100 263 0 0 0 648 7.6