Kent Benson C #54

Michael Benson

Height: 6-10 (208cm)

Weight: 235 lbs (107kg)

Born: Dec 27, 1954 (71 years old)

Hometown: New Castle, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1977 Round 1, Pick 1, Milwaukee Bucks

Pre-Draft Team: Indiana (Sr)

High School: New Castle Chrysler High School (New Castle, Indiana)

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Kent Benson Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2/13/1988	Knicks	2	0	0	0	0
2/3/1988	Wizards	3	1	0	1	1
5/1/1987	Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
4/23/1987	Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
4/17/1987	Trail Blazers	4	1	1	0	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career
High School Career

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977-78	22	MIL	69	18.7	7.7	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.7	.465	-	.652
1978-79	23	MIL	82	26.0	12.3	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	.518	-	.735
1979-80	24	MIL, DET	73	25.9	9.6	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	.484	.200	.702
1980-81	25	DET	59	33.2	15.7	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	3.2	.473	.000	.772
1981-82	26	DET	75	32.9	12.5	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	.505	.273	.804
1982-83	27	DET	21	28.5	9.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	.467	.000	.760
1983-84	28	DET	82	21.1	7.1	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	.550	.000	.822
1984-85	29	DET	72	19.5	6.6	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	.506	.000	.809
1985-86	30	DET	72	18.7	6.5	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	.484	.500	.795
1986-87	31	UTH	73	12.3	4.5	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	.443	.286	.810
1987-88	32	CLE	2	6.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.000	.000	.500
CAREER			680	23.1	9.1	5.7	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.6	.493	.206	.757

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	22	MIL	69	-	18.7	7.7	3.2	6.9	.465	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.652	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.7	2.6
1978-79	23	MIL	82	-	26.0	12.3	5.0	9.7	.518	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.735	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.4
1979-80 *	24	All Teams	73	-	25.9	9.6	4.1	8.5	.484	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.9	.702	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.2	3.4
1979-80 *	24	MIL	56	-	24.8	8.8	3.8	7.7	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.680	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.3	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.2
1979-80 *	24	DET	17	-	29.5	12.1	5.1	11.0	.460	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.6	.750	1.8	5.3	7.1	3.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	4.0
1980-81	25	DET	59	-	33.2	15.7	6.2	13.1	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.772	2.1	4.7	6.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	3.2	3.1
1981-82	26	DET	75	72	32.9	12.5	5.4	10.7	.505	0.0	0.1	.273	1.7	2.1	.804	2.9	5.8	8.7	2.1	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.9
1982-83	27	DET	21	15	28.5	9.9	4.0	8.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.760	2.5	4.9	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.9
1983-84	28	DET	82	58	21.1	7.1	3.0	5.5	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.822	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.8
1984-85	29	DET	72	35	19.5	6.6	2.8	5.5	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.809	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.9
1985-86	30	DET	72	51	18.7	6.5	2.8	5.8	.484	0.0	0.0	.500	0.9	1.2	.795	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.7
1986-87	31	UTH	73	2	12.3	4.5	1.9	4.3	.443	0.0	0.1	.286	0.6	0.8	.810	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.9
1987-88	32	CLE	2	0	6.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0
CAREER			680	233	23.1	9.1	3.8	7.7	.493	0.0	0.1	.206	1.5	2.0	.757	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	22	MIL	69	-	1,288	532	220	473	.465	-	-	-	92	141	.652	89	206	295	99	69	54	119	177
1978-79	23	MIL	82	-	2,132	1,006	413	798	.518	-	-	-	180	245	.735	187	397	584	204	89	81	156	280
1979-80 *	24	All Teams	73	-	1,891	698	299	618	.484	1	5	.200	99	141	.702	126	327	453	178	73	92	157	246
1979-80 *	24	MIL	56	-	1,389	492	213	431	.494	0	1	.000	66	97	.680	96	237	333	127	54	74	106	178
1979-80 *	24	DET	17	-	502	206	86	187	.460	1	4	.250	33	44	.750	30	90	120	51	19	18	51	68
1980-81	25	DET	59	-	1,956	924	364	770	.473	0	4	.000	196	254	.772	124	276	400	172	72	67	190	184
1981-82	26	DET	75	72	2,467	940	405	802	.505	3	11	.273	127	158	.804	219	434	653	159	66	98	160	214
1982-83	27	DET	21	15	599	208	85	182	.467	0	1	.000	38	50	.760	53	102	155	49	14	17	35	61
1983-84	28	DET	82	58	1,734	579	248	451	.550	0	1	.000	83	101	.822	117	292	409	130	71	53	79	230
1984-85	29	DET	72	35	1,401	478	201	397	.506	0	3	.000	76	94	.809	103	221	324	93	53	44	68	207
1985-86	30	DET	72	51	1,344	469	201	415	.484	1	2	.500	66	83	.795	118	258	376	80	58	51	57	196
1986-87	31	UTH	73	2	895	329	140	316	.443	2	7	.286	47	58	.810	80	151	231	39	39	28	45	138
1987-88	32	CLE	2	0	12	5	2	2	1.000	0	0	.000	1	2	.500	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2
CAREER			680	233	15,719	6,168	2,578	5,224	.493	7	34	.206	1,005	1,327	.757	1,216	2,665	3,881	1,203	605	586	1,068	1,935

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1977-78	22	MIL	69	-	.497	.465	7.2	17.2	12.1	9.8	18.2	2.4	2.2	19.3	111.8	-4.0	1.1	94.1	99.6	13.1
1978-79	23	MIL	82	-	.555	.518	9.7	20.6	15.1	12.1	14.7	1.9	2.0	19.3	125.2	-0.9	1.3	109.2	101.4	17.4
1979-80 *	24	All Teams	73	-	.513	.485	7.3	18.3	12.9	12.2	18.8	1.8	2.7	17.4	138.6	-2.0	1.1	99.0	101.8	13.1
1979-80 *	24	MIL	56	-	.519	.494	7.7	18.0	13.0	11.8	18.3	1.8	2.9	16.6	117.5	-1.5	1.1	100.9	100.2	13.4
1979-80 *	24	DET	17	-	.499	.463	6.2	19.0	12.6	13.6	19.8	1.7	1.9	19.7	146.0	-3.3	1.1	94.4	106.7	12.4
1980-81	25	DET	59	-	.524	.473	7.0	17.4	11.9	13.9	17.7	1.7	2.0	22.2	124.4	-3.9	1.2	99.4	103.5	15.2
1981-82	26	DET	75	72	.539	.507	9.4	19.9	14.5	8.8	15.5	1.2	2.2	16.3	158.2	-2.1	1.2	107.3	105.5	14.4
1982-83	27	DET	21	15	.510	.467	9.0	18.1	13.5	10.6	14.6	1.1	1.5	15.4	122.7	-0.4	1.1	106.1	105.2	13.2
1983-84	28	DET	82	58	.584	.550	6.9	18.6	12.6	9.2	13.8	1.9	1.7	12.8	137.2	0.4	1.3	117.8	105.7	14.5
1984-85	29	DET	72	35	.545	.506	7.4	17.2	12.1	8.0	13.4	1.7	1.7	13.9	131.5	-0.4	1.2	111.7	105.5	12.7
1985-86	30	DET	72	51	.519	.486	9.1	20.8	14.8	7.4	11.2	2.0	2.1	14.8	178.0	-0.3	1.1	110.4	104.7	13.7
1986-87	31	UTH	73	2	.482	.446	9.1	17.7	13.3	6.1	11.6	2.0	1.8	17.0	153.9	-2.1	1.0	100.5	101.8	11.7
1987-88	32	CLE	2	0	.868	1.000	-	10.8	5.6	-	41.0	4.3	5.0	18.2	150.0	-17.9	2.5	78.8	115.7	12.2
CAREER			680	233	.531	.494	8.1	18.6	13.2	10.1	15.5	1.8	2.0	17.0	145.7	-1.7	1.2	105.1	103.6	14.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1977-78	22	MIL	69	-	0	.084	0.8	0.6	0.3	37	32	.536	0.2	1.5	1.7
1978-79	23	MIL	82	-	0	.158	1.3	0.6	0.3	38	44	.463	3.5	2.9	6.4
1979-80 *	24	All Teams	73	-	0	.146	1.1	0.5	0.2	30	43	.411	0.4	2.7	3.2
1979-80 *	24	MIL	56	-	0	.092	1.2	0.5	0.2	29	27	.518	0.6	2.3	2.9
1979-80 *	24	DET	17	-	0	.038	1.0	0.4	0.2	1	16	.059	-0.2	0.4	0.3
1980-81	25	DET	59	-	1	.166	0.9	0.4	0.3	16	43	.271	0.6	2.5	3.1
1981-82	26	DET	75	72	4	.158	1.0	0.4	0.2	35	40	.467	2.2	3.0	5.2
1982-83	27	DET	21	15	3	.037	1.4	0.4	0.3	13	8	.619	0.6	0.6	1.1
1983-84	28	DET	82	58	1	.100	1.6	0.9	0.2	49	33	.598	2.5	2.2	4.7
1984-85	29	DET	72	35	1	.077	1.4	0.8	0.2	43	29	.597	1.5	1.9	3.3
1985-86	30	DET	72	51	4	.085	1.4	1.0	0.2	41	31	.569	1.4	1.9	3.2
1986-87	31	UTH	73	2	3	.058	0.9	0.9	0.2	39	34	.534	0.1	1.7	1.7
1987-88	32	CLE	2	0	0	.023	0.0	0.5	1.0	1	1	.500	-	-	-
CAREER			680	233	17	.096	1.1	0.6	0.3	342	338	.503	12.5	18.1	30.4

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977-78	22	MIL	9	11.4	3.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	.478	-	.545
1983-84	28	DET	5	25.8	7.6	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	.432	.000	.600
1984-85	29	DET	9	15.8	7.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	.543	.000	.867
1985-86	30	DET	4	13.8	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	.400	.000	.000
1986-87	31	UTH	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	.000	.000
CAREER			29	14.9	4.7	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	.483	.000	.694

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	22	MIL	9	-	11.4	3.1	1.2	2.6	.478	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.545	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2
1983-84	28	DET	5	0	25.8	7.6	3.2	7.4	.432	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.600	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	2.8
1984-85	29	DET	9	1	15.8	7.0	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.7	.867	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.0
1985-86	30	DET	4	0	13.8	2.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	2.5	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	2.8
1986-87	31	UTH	2	0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
CAREER			29	1	14.9	4.7	1.9	4.0	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.694	0.9	2.3	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	22	MIL	9	-	103	28	11	23	.478	-	-	-	6	11	.545	5	10	15	3	5	3	6	20
1983-84	28	DET	5	0	129	38	16	37	.432	0	0	.000	6	10	.600	9	21	30	7	5	7	3	14
1984-85	29	DET	9	1	142	63	25	46	.543	0	0	.000	13	15	.867	9	27	36	4	8	2	6	27
1985-86	30	DET	4	0	55	8	4	10	.400	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	3	10	13	0	0	2	1	11
1986-87	31	UTH	2	0	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
CAREER			29	1	432	137	56	116	.483	0	0	.000	25	36	.694	26	68	94	14	18	14	17	72

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1977-78	22	MIL	9	-	.503	.478	5.3	10.1	7.7	3.4	17.7	2.2	1.5	12.8	102.4	-3.9	1.2	92.7	102.7	7.3
1983-84	28	DET	5	0	.459	.432	7.4	18.6	12.8	7.4	6.8	1.8	3.1	13.8	103.2	1.3	1.0	107.6	105.3	13.4
1984-85	29	DET	9	1	.599	.543	6.4	21.0	13.4	3.7	10.2	2.6	0.8	16.1	141.0	-2.3	1.4	120.7	109.2	15.9
1985-86	30	DET	4	0	.400	.400	5.6	21.4	12.9	-	9.1	-	2.1	7.9	40.0	-1.8	0.8	92.4	113.8	3.9
1986-87	31	UTH	2	0	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	14.8	0.0	-35.6	0.0	-	108.3	-17.8
CAREER			29	1	.520	.483	6.4	17.3	11.8	4.1	11.4	1.9	1.8	13.7	117.7	-1.8	1.2	106.8	105.9	11.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1977-78	22	MIL	9	-	0	.034	0.5	0.8	0.5	5	4	.556	-	0.1	0.1
1983-84	28	DET	5	0	1	.110	2.3	1.7	0.3	2	3	.400	0.1	0.2	0.3
1984-85	29	DET	9	1	1	.071	0.7	1.3	0.3	5	4	.556	0.3	0.2	0.4
1985-86	30	DET	4	0	0	.021	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	3	.250	-	-	-
1986-87	31	UTH	2	0	0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	1	.500	-	-	-
CAREER			29	1	2	.054	0.8	1.1	0.3	14	15	.483	0.3	0.5	0.8

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 10, 1977	The Milwaukee Bucks selected Kent Benson in Round 1 with Pick 1 in the 1977 NBA Draft.
Jun 10, 1977	Kent Benson signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Feb 4, 1980	Kent Benson was acquired by the Detroit Pistons from the Milwaukee Bucks in a trade.
Nov 25, 1981	Kent Benson signed a veteran extension with the Detroit Pistons.
Aug 21, 1986	Kent Benson was acquired by the Utah Jazz from the Detroit Pistons in a trade.
Oct 8, 1987	Kent Benson was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Utah Jazz in a trade.
Jul 22, 1988	The Cleveland Cavaliers placed the contract of Kent Benson on waivers.
Jul 29, 1988	Kent Benson, previously with the Cleveland Cavaliers, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award	1982

NCAA Career

College: Indiana (1977)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Helms Foundation Player of the Year	1976
2x Consensus All-American First Team	1976, 1977
2x NABC All-American First Team	1976, 1977
1x NABC All-American Fourth Team	1975
2x AP All-American First Team	1976, 1977
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1976
2x UPI All-American First Team	1976, 1977
1x NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player	1976
1x NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP)	1976

High School Basketball Career

Prep/High School: New Castle Chrysler High School (New Castle, Indiana)

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Award	Year
1x Indiana Mr. Basketball	1973