Dave Lattin
Personal information | |
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Born | Houston, Texas | December 23, 1943
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Worthing (Houston, Texas) |
College | UTEP (1965–1967) |
NBA draft | 1967: 1st round, 10th overall pick |
Selected by the San Francisco Warriors | |
Playing career | 1967–1973 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Number | 47, 43, 33, 22 |
Career history | |
1967–1968 | San Francisco Warriors |
1968–1969 | Phoenix Suns |
1970–1972 | Pittsburgh Condors |
1972–1973 | Memphis Tams |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
Points | 1,904 (7.2 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,332 (5.1 rpg) |
Assists | 184 (0.7 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
David "Big Daddy D" Lattin (born December 23, 1943) was the starting center for the Texas Western Miners in their NCAA championship year in 1966. During his playing career, he was listed at 6 feet 6 inches tall, and 225 pounds.
Lattin was born in Houston, Texas. He played under coach Don Haskins. Lattin later competed in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association. He was a first round draft pick of the San Francisco Warriors, playing for that team for one season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns. Lattin finished his career with three seasons in the ABA.
David Lattin was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame and Enshrined (Texas Western) in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
His Grandson, Khadeem is currently a Senior at the University of Oklahoma. He has started every game of the 2016–2017 basketball season for the Sooners.
He was portrayed by Schin A.S. Kerr in the 2006 Disney film Glory Road produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
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- Memphis Tams players
- Phoenix Suns expansion draft picks
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- Pittsburgh Condors players
- San Francisco Warriors draft picks
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- UTEP Miners basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs