Stu Lantz
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | July 13, 1946 |
| Place of birth | Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Nebraska |
| NBA Draft | 1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 23rd overall |
| Selected by the San Diego Rockets | |
| Pro career | 1968–1976 |
| League | NBA |
| Career history | |
| 1968–1972 | San Diego / Houston Rockets |
| 1972–1974 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1974 | New Orleans Jazz |
| 1974–1976 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 6,782 (12.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,820 (3.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,566 (2.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Stuart (Stu) Burrell Lantz (born July 13, 1946, in Uniontown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a retired American basketball player and the current television commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Fox Sports West and KCAL. He has been the Lakers' color commentator since 1987, sharing the microphone with Chick Hearn and winning numerous awards for his work along the way. The Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association has named Lantz best radio commentator in six of the last seven years.
Lantz played in the National Basketball Association from 1968 until 1976. He was drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the third round (1st pick) of the 1968 NBA Draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1968 ABA Draft after attending the University of Nebraska.[1]
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[edit] External links
- NBA player statistics @ basketballreference.com
- Stu Lantz at Basketball-Reference.com
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