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Rich Kelley

Richard Ryland Kelley (Rich)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 7-0    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: March 23, 1953 in San Mateo, California
High School: Woodside in Woodside, California
College: Stanford University

Drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 75 1346 184 379 .485 159 205 .776 193 335 528 155 52 60 209 527
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 76 1505 184 386 .477 156 197 .792 210 377 587 208 45 63 244 524
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 82 2119 304 602 .505 225 289 .779 249 510 759 233 89 129 225 293 833
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 80 2705 440 870 .506 373 458 .814 303 723 1026 285 126 166 288 309 1253
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 80 1839 229 484 .473 0 3 .000 244 310 .787 200 315 515 178 78 96 198 273 702
1979-80 26 NJN NBA 57 1466 186 399 .466 0 3 .000 197 250 .788 156 241 397 128 50 79 152 215 569
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 23 373 43 85 .506 0 0 47 60 .783 44 74 118 50 28 17 46 58 133
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 81 1686 196 387 .506 0 2 .000 175 231 .758 131 310 441 282 79 63 209 210 567
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 81 39 1892 236 505 .467 0 1 .000 167 223 .749 168 329 497 293 64 71 244 292 639
1982-83 29 TOT NBA 70 23 1345 130 293 .444 0 0 142 175 .811 131 273 404 138 54 39 118 221 402
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 38 0 565 59 141 .418 0 0 55 70 .786 61 111 172 59 21 18 53 115 173
1982-83 29 UTA NBA 32 23 780 71 152 .467 0 0 87 105 .829 70 162 232 79 33 21 65 106 229
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 75 30 1674 132 264 .500 0 0 124 162 .765 140 350 490 157 55 29 148 273 388
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 77 34 1276 103 216 .477 0 2 .000 84 112 .750 118 232 350 120 42 30 124 227 290
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 37 0 324 28 49 .571 0 2 .000 18 22 .818 29 52 81 43 10 3 22 62 74
Career NBA 814 126 17711 2166 4435 .488 0 10 .000 1867 2384 .783 1872 3806 5678 2092 694 749 1576 2613 6199

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 75 17.9 2.5 5.1 .485 2.1 2.7 .776 2.6 4.5 7.0 2.1 0.7 0.8 2.8 7.0
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 76 19.8 2.4 5.1 .477 2.1 2.6 .792 2.8 5.0 7.7 2.7 0.6 0.8 3.2 6.9
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 82 25.8 3.7 7.3 .505 2.7 3.5 .779 3.0 6.2 9.3 2.8 1.1 1.6 2.7 3.6 10.2
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 80 33.8 5.5 10.9 .506 4.7 5.7 .814 3.8 9.0 12.8 3.6 1.6 2.1 3.6 3.9 15.7
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 80 23.0 2.9 6.1 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 3.9 .787 2.5 3.9 6.4 2.2 1.0 1.2 2.5 3.4 8.8
1979-80 26 NJN NBA 57 25.7 3.3 7.0 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.4 .788 2.7 4.2 7.0 2.2 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.8 10.0
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 23 16.2 1.9 3.7 .506 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .783 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.2 1.2 0.7 2.0 2.5 5.8
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 81 20.8 2.4 4.8 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 2.9 .758 1.6 3.8 5.4 3.5 1.0 0.8 2.6 2.6 7.0
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 81 39 23.4 2.9 6.2 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.8 .749 2.1 4.1 6.1 3.6 0.8 0.9 3.0 3.6 7.9
1982-83 29 TOT NBA 70 23 19.2 1.9 4.2 .444 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.5 .811 1.9 3.9 5.8 2.0 0.8 0.6 1.7 3.2 5.7
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 38 0 14.9 1.6 3.7 .418 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.8 .786 1.6 2.9 4.5 1.6 0.6 0.5 1.4 3.0 4.6
1982-83 29 UTA NBA 32 23 24.4 2.2 4.8 .467 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.3 .829 2.2 5.1 7.3 2.5 1.0 0.7 2.0 3.3 7.2
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 75 30 22.3 1.8 3.5 .500 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .765 1.9 4.7 6.5 2.1 0.7 0.4 2.0 3.6 5.2
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 77 34 16.6 1.3 2.8 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.5 .750 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.6 0.5 0.4 1.6 2.9 3.8
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 37 0 8.8 0.8 1.3 .571 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.6 .818 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.7 2.0
Career NBA 814 126 21.8 2.7 5.4 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .783 2.3 4.7 7.0 2.6 0.9 0.9 2.4 3.2 7.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 75 1346 4.9 10.1 .485 4.3 5.5 .776 5.2 9.0 14.1 4.1 1.4 1.6 5.6 14.1
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 76 1505 4.4 9.2 .477 3.7 4.7 .792 5.0 9.0 14.0 5.0 1.1 1.5 5.8 12.5
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 82 2119 5.2 10.2 .505 3.8 4.9 .779 4.2 8.7 12.9 4.0 1.5 2.2 3.8 5.0 14.2
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 80 2705 5.9 11.6 .506 5.0 6.1 .814 4.0 9.6 13.7 3.8 1.7 2.2 3.8 4.1 16.7
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 80 1839 4.5 9.5 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.1 .787 3.9 6.2 10.1 3.5 1.5 1.9 3.9 5.3 13.7
1979-80 26 NJN NBA 57 1466 4.6 9.8 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.1 .788 3.8 5.9 9.7 3.1 1.2 1.9 3.7 5.3 14.0
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 23 373 4.2 8.2 .506 0.0 0.0 4.5 5.8 .783 4.2 7.1 11.4 4.8 2.7 1.6 4.4 5.6 12.8
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 81 1686 4.2 8.3 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.9 .758 2.8 6.6 9.4 6.0 1.7 1.3 4.5 4.5 12.1
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 81 39 1892 4.5 9.6 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.2 .749 3.2 6.3 9.5 5.6 1.2 1.4 4.6 5.6 12.2
1982-83 29 TOT NBA 70 23 1345 3.5 7.8 .444 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.7 .811 3.5 7.3 10.8 3.7 1.4 1.0 3.2 5.9 10.8
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 38 0 565 3.8 9.0 .418 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.5 .786 3.9 7.1 11.0 3.8 1.3 1.1 3.4 7.3 11.0
1982-83 29 UTA NBA 32 23 780 3.3 7.0 .467 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.8 .829 3.2 7.5 10.7 3.6 1.5 1.0 3.0 4.9 10.6
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 75 30 1674 2.8 5.7 .500 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.5 .765 3.0 7.5 10.5 3.4 1.2 0.6 3.2 5.9 8.3
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 77 34 1276 2.9 6.1 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .750 3.3 6.5 9.9 3.4 1.2 0.8 3.5 6.4 8.2
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 37 0 324 3.1 5.4 .571 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 2.4 .818 3.2 5.8 9.0 4.8 1.1 0.3 2.4 6.9 8.2
Career NBA 814 126 17711 4.4 9.0 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 4.8 .783 3.8 7.7 11.5 4.3 1.4 1.5 3.8 5.3 12.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 75 1346 19.3 .562 .485 14.1 25.0 19.5 16.3 1.7 2.4 93 2.4 2.4 4.8 0.171
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 76 1505 17.6 .554 .477 13.7 23.9 18.9 18.5 1.3 2.1 95 1.9 2.4 4.3 0.138
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 82 2119 17.8 .571 .505 11.5 22.8 17.2 14.5 1.9 3.0 23.6 17.1 104 95 2.8 3.7 6.4 0.146
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 80 2705 19.9 .585 .506 11.3 25.3 18.5 14.4 2.1 3.0 21.2 19.2 108 99 4.1 4.5 8.6 0.152
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 80 1839 14.4 .566 .473 11.5 17.9 14.7 12.8 1.9 2.9 24.2 17.3 103 100 1.3 3.0 4.3 0.113
1979-80 26 NJN NBA 57 1466 13.8 .559 .466 11.0 17.0 14.0 11.7 1.5 3.0 23.0 17.4 103 101 1.0 2.2 3.2 0.105
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 23 373 16.5 .597 .506 13.2 21.3 17.4 17.0 3.4 2.5 29.2 16.8 104 96 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.145
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 81 1686 14.4 .580 .506 8.7 19.9 14.4 21.1 2.1 2.1 30.0 16.1 101 97 0.7 3.6 4.3 0.121
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 81 1892 12.5 .530 .467 10.1 18.8 14.5 20.4 1.6 2.1 28.8 18.5 95 101 -0.9 3.4 2.5 0.064
1982-83 29 TOT NBA 70 1345 12.2 .543 .444 10.0 20.3 15.3 12.2 1.8 1.5 24.2 13.8 103 104 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.086
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 38 565 10.9 .503 .418 10.9 19.9 15.4 11.6 1.6 1.6 23.6 14.7 99 107 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.053
1982-83 29 UTA NBA 32 780 13.2 .578 .467 9.4 20.6 15.2 12.6 1.9 1.4 24.7 13.2 106 102 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.110
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 75 1674 9.7 .579 .500 9.3 20.8 15.4 11.3 1.5 0.9 30.6 11.5 101 105 0.3 2.2 2.4 0.070
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 77 1276 8.5 .547 .477 9.8 18.4 14.2 11.8 1.5 1.3 31.9 12.1 95 102 -0.5 2.2 1.7 0.066
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 37 324 11.0 .631 .571 10.2 18.0 14.1 16.4 1.5 0.5 27.3 10.1 115 108 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.104
Career NBA 814 17711 15.0 .565 .488 11.0 21.4 16.3 15.4 1.8 2.2 25.8 16.0 102 99 13.4 29.2 42.5 0.115

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 8 146 19 44 0 1 9 10 14 36 22 9 7 10 17 47 .432 .000 .900 18.3 5.9 4.5 2.8
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 7 113 10 25 0 1 9 14 13 35 13 6 3 14 12 29 .400 .000 .643 16.1 4.1 5.0 1.9
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 7 191 27 54 0 0 14 20 18 48 30 6 3 12 25 68 .500 .700 27.3 9.7 6.9 4.3
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 11 201 15 27 0 0 25 29 19 58 22 9 6 17 42 55 .556 .862 18.3 5.0 5.3 2.0
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 9 174 18 38 0 0 13 15 25 57 14 7 5 14 32 49 .474 .867 19.3 5.4 6.3 1.6
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 3 35 3 9 0 0 5 6 6 12 4 2 0 2 5 11 .333 .833 11.7 3.7 4.0 1.3
Career NBA 45 860 92 197 0 2 75 94 95 246 105 39 24 69 133 259 .467 .000 .798 19.1 5.8 5.5 2.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1979-80 26 PHO NBA 8 146 16.0 .486 .432 10.6 16.3 13.5 19.1 2.9 2.6 17.1 16.5 104 104 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.097
1980-81 27 PHO NBA 7 113 12.5 .465 .400 13.3 20.9 17.2 17.4 2.8 1.7 31.0 17.7 86 91 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.069
1981-82 28 PHO NBA 7 191 15.4 .541 .500 9.9 17.8 13.7 19.1 1.5 0.8 16.0 15.4 114 113 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.089
1983-84 30 UTA NBA 11 201 13.6 .692 .556 10.8 21.0 16.0 14.1 2.1 1.7 30.0 11.7 118 106 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.134
1984-85 31 UTA NBA 9 174 11.8 .549 .474 14.5 17.1 15.8 11.2 1.8 1.5 23.9 13.4 106 104 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.107
1985-86 32 SAC NBA 3 35 16.1 .473 .333 16.6 20.7 18.4 17.0 2.9 0.0 14.7 15.6 114 113 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.095
Career NBA 45 860 14.0 .543 .467 11.9 18.7 15.3 16.0 2.2 1.5 22.4 14.6 107 105 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.102

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1971-72 18 STANFORD 17 112 241 84 120 284 308 .465 .700 18.1 16.7
1972-73 19 STANFORD 25 171 330 91 129 331 433 .518 .705 17.3 13.2
1973-74 20 STANFORD 25 167 358 125 155 313 459 .466 .806 18.4 12.5
1974-75 21 STANFORD 26 188 371 144 173 300 520 .507 .832 20.0 11.5
Career 76 526 1059 360 457 944 1412 .497 .788 18.6 12.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1977-78 NBA 82 (3)

Free Throws

1978-79 NBA 373 (10)

Offensive Rebounds

1978-79 NBA 303 (4)
Career NBA 1872 (89)

Defensive Rebounds

1978-79 NBA 723 (5)

Total Rebounds

1978-79 NBA 1026 (3)

Blocks

1978-79 NBA 166 (8)

Rebounds Per Game

1978-79 NBA 12.8 (2)

Blocks Per Game

1978-79 NBA 2.1 (8)

True Shooting Pct

Career NBA .565 (91)
Career .565 (91)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1977-78 NBA 11.5 (6)
1978-79 NBA 11.3 (10)
Career NBA 11.0 (39)
Career 11.0 (41)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1978-79 NBA 25.3 (7)
Career NBA 21.4 (61)
Career 21.4 (61)

Total Rebound Pct

1977-78 NBA 17.2 (7)
1978-79 NBA 18.5 (4)
Career NBA 16.3 (46)
Career 16.3 (46)

Defensive Rating

1975-76 NBA 92.7 (10)
1977-78 NBA 95.5 (10)
1980-81 NBA 96.7 (3)
Career NBA 99.2 (32)
Career 99.2 (32)

Defensive Win Shares

1978-79 NBA 4.5 (6)

Win Shares Per 48 Minutes

1975-76 NBA 0.171 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (739)

Transactions

October 8, 1974: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1975 1st round draft pick) with Russ Lee to the New Orleans Jazz for Steve Kuberski and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes).

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

October 2, 1979: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the New Jersey Nets for John Gianelli, Bernard King and Jim Boylan.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Phoenix Suns for a 1982 1st round draft pick (Brook Steppe) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Pace Mannion).

June 21, 1982: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Denver Nuggets for a 1982 1st round draft pick (David Thirdkill).

February 7, 1983: Traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Utah Jazz for Danny Schayes and cash.

September 17, 1985: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Sacramento Kings; the Utah Jazz received cash as compensation.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Sacramento Kings NBA $200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $200,000

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