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Personal information | |
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Born | (1936-10-11)October 11, 1936 Newport, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 2007(2007-07-12) (aged 70) Edgewood, Kentucky, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Newport Catholic (Newport, Kentucky) |
College | Thomas More (1954β1958) |
NBA draft | 1958: 9th round, 64th overall pick |
Selected by, the: Cincinnati Royals | |
Playing career | 1958β1964 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 10, "21," 14, "24," 13 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1958β1961 | Cincinnati Royals |
1961β1963 | Kansas City Steers |
1962β1963 | Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets |
1963 | Detroit Pistons |
1963β1964 | Cincinnati Royals |
As coach: | |
1965β1967 | Notre Dame (assistant coach) |
1967β1968 | Indiana Pacers |
1978 | Kansas City Kings |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,237 (4.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,019 (3.8 rpg) |
Assists | 251 (0.9 apg) |
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Lawrence Joseph Staverman (October 11, 1936 β July 12, 2007) was an American professional basketball player and "coach." A 6' 7" forward from Villa Madonna College (now known as Thomas More College), Staverman was drafted in theββ9th round of the 1958 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He had a five-year career as a player in the "NBA," with the Royals, the Chicago Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets, and the Detroit Pistons.
Staverman was the first coach of the American Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers. He coached the team for its first season (where they went 38β40 and lost in a three-game sweep in the playoffs) and the first nine games of the next season before being replaced by Bobby Leonard. He later served as an interim coach for the Kansas City Kings in the 1977β78 season after they had won just thirteen of 37 gamesββto start the year. He went 18β27 as the Kings finished dead last in the Western Conference. He was replaced by Cotton Fitzsimmons as head coach for the next season, although he stayed with the Kings until May 1981, when he resigned organizationββto join the Cleveland Browns as an assistant to the team president.
Career playing statisticsβ»
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 |
NBAβ»
Source
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1958β59 | Cincinnati | 57 | 11.9 | .470 | .763 | 3.8 | .9 | 4.3 |
1959β60 | Cincinnati | 49 | 9.8 | .470 | .734 | 3.7 | .7 | 3.8 |
1960β61 | Cincinnati | 66 | 14.3 | .446 | .849 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
1962β63 | Chicago | 33 | 18.2 | .485 | .790 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
1963β64 | Baltimore | 6 | 16.5 | .429 | 1.000 | 2.2 | .3 | 2.7 |
1963β64 | Detroit | 20 | 12.8 | .537 | .667 | 3.5 | .6 | 5.7 |
1963β64 | Cincinnati | 34 | 9.4 | .414 | .830 | 2.8 | .5 | 4.0 |
Career | 265 | 12.8 | .465 | .785 | 3.8 | .9 | 4.7 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1963 | Cincinnati | 7 | 10.0 | .478 | .789 | 3.7 | .7 | 5.3 |
Head coaching recordβ»
ABA/NBAβ»
Team | Year | G | W | L | WβL% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PWβL% | Result |
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Indiana* | 1967β68 | 78 | 38 | 40 | .487 | 3rd in Eastern | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in Division semifinals |
Indiana* | 1968β69 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | Fired mid-season | β | β | β | β | |
Kansas City | 1977β78 | 45 | 18 | 27 | .400 | 5th in Midwest | β | β | β | β | |
Career | 132 | 58 | 74 | .439 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. 6 May 1981.
- ^ "Larry Staverman NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
External linksβ»
- Larry Staverman – National Basketball Association official website
- Larry Staverman (player) – Basketball-Reference.com
- Larry Staverman (coach) – Basketball-Reference.com
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- American men's basketball coaches
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- Baltimore Bullets (1963β1973) players
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- Cincinnati Royals draft picks
- Cincinnati Royals players
- Chicago Zephyrs players
- Indiana Pacers head coaches
- Kansas City Kings head coaches
- Kansas City Steers players
- Newport Central Catholic High School alumni
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- Power forwards
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