Jeff Wilkins (basketball)
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | March 9, 1955 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Elgin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Illinois State |
| NBA Draft | 1977 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37th overall |
| Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |
| Pro career | 1977–1993 |
| Career history | |
| 1977–1978 | Mobiam Udine (Italy) |
| 1979–1980 | Hawaii Volcanos (EPBL) |
| 1980–1986 | Utah Jazz |
| 1986 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1986–1987 | Olympique Antibes (France) |
| 1987 | Montigoma Rieti (Italy) |
| 1992–1993 | Le Mans (France) |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,575 (7.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,574 (5.7 rpg) |
| Assists | 462 (1.0 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jeffrey (Jeff) Wilkins (born March 9, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. A 6'11" 230 lb center, Wilkins played college basketball at Illinois State University and was selected with the 15th pick in the 2nd round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs.
He signed with the Spurs in July 1977 but was waived prior to the start of the 1977–78 NBA season.[1] He began his NBA playing career in 1980 with the Utah Jazz and spent the majority of it with them, but due to a mid-season trade played out part of his final year with the Spurs in 1986.[1]
He holds career NBA averages of 7.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b NBA.com: Spurs HistoryPDF (307 KiB); retrieved June 6, 2007
[edit] External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
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