Rick Adelman PG

Richard Adelman

Height: 6-1 (185cm)

Weight: 175 lbs (79kg)

Born: Jun 16, 1946 (Passed away Jun 1, 2026, aged 79)

Hometown: Lynwood, California

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1968 Round 7, Pick 1, San Diego Rockets

Pre-Draft Team: Loyola Marymount (Sr)

High School: St. Pius High School (Downey, California)

Hall of Famer, 7x NBA Coach of the Month

Rick Adelman Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
4/23/1975	Bulls	3
4/20/1975	Bulls	4
4/18/1975	Bulls	0
4/16/1975	Bulls	3
4/13/1975	Bulls	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

7 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1968-69	22	SDR	77	18.8	6.3	2.8	3.1	-	-	-	.394	-	.642
1969-70	23	SDR	35	20.5	7.4	2.3	3.2	-	-	-	.389	-	.747
1970-71	24	POR	81	28.4	12.6	3.5	4.7	-	-	-	.422	-	.724
1971-72	25	POR	80	30.6	10.1	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	.437	-	.751
1972-73	26	POR	76	24.0	6.6	2.1	3.9	-	-	-	.408	-	.716
1973-74	27	CHI	55	11.2	3.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	-	.376	-	.711
1974-75	28	NOJ, KCK, CHI	58	18.5	5.5	1.6	1.9	1.2	0.1	-	.423	-	.709
CAREER			462	22.6	7.7	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.1	-	.415	-	.713

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1968-69	22	SDR	77	-	18.8	6.3	2.3	5.8	.394	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.642	-	-	2.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1
1969-70	23	SDR	35	-	20.5	7.4	2.7	7.1	.389	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.747	-	-	2.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6
1970-71	24	POR	81	-	28.4	12.6	4.7	11.0	.422	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.724	-	-	3.5	4.7	-	-	-	2.6
1971-72	25	POR	80	-	30.6	10.1	4.1	9.4	.437	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.751	-	-	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6
1972-73	26	POR	76	-	24.0	6.6	2.8	6.9	.408	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.716	-	-	2.1	3.9	-	-	-	2.0
1973-74	27	CHI	55	-	11.2	3.3	1.2	3.1	.376	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.711	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.1
1974-75 *	28	All Teams	58	-	18.5	5.5	2.1	5.0	.423	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.709	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	0.1	-	1.7
1974-75 *	28	NOJ	28	-	21.9	6.2	2.4	5.7	.421	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.695	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.7	0.2	-	2.1
1974-75 *	28	KCK	18	-	6.7	1.7	0.7	1.6	.464	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.800	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	-	0.7
1974-75 *	28	CHI	12	-	28.3	9.5	3.6	8.7	.413	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.718	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.1	-	2.6
CAREER			462	-	22.6	7.7	3.0	7.2	.415	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.713	0.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.1	-	2.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1968-69	22	SDR	77	-	1,448	485	177	449	.394	-	-	-	131	204	.642	-	-	216	238	-	-	-	158
1969-70	23	SDR	35	-	717	260	96	247	.389	-	-	-	68	91	.747	-	-	81	113	-	-	-	90
1970-71	24	POR	81	-	2,303	1,023	378	895	.422	-	-	-	267	369	.724	-	-	282	380	-	-	-	214
1971-72	25	POR	80	-	2,445	809	329	753	.437	-	-	-	151	201	.751	-	-	229	413	-	-	-	209
1972-73	26	POR	76	-	1,822	501	214	525	.408	-	-	-	73	102	.716	-	-	157	294	-	-	-	155
1973-74	27	CHI	55	-	618	182	64	170	.376	-	-	-	54	76	.711	16	53	69	56	36	1	-	63
1974-75 *	28	All Teams	58	-	1,074	319	123	291	.423	-	-	-	73	103	.709	25	70	95	112	70	8	-	101
1974-75 *	28	NOJ	28	-	613	175	67	159	.421	-	-	-	41	59	.695	13	42	55	69	47	6	-	58
1974-75 *	28	KCK	18	-	121	30	13	28	.464	-	-	-	4	5	.800	6	8	14	8	7	1	-	12
1974-75 *	28	CHI	12	-	340	114	43	104	.413	-	-	-	28	39	.718	6	20	26	35	16	1	-	31
CAREER			462	-	10,427	3,579	1,381	3,330	.415	-	-	-	817	1,146	.713	41	123	1,129	1,606	106	9	-	990

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1968-69	22	SDR	77	-	.450	.394	-	-	-	20.3	-	-	-	-	103.6	-	1.1	-	-	12.3
1969-70	23	SDR	35	-	.453	.389	-	-	-	18.7	-	-	-	-	113.6	-	1.1	-	-	9.8
1970-71	24	POR	81	-	.484	.422	-	-	-	21.2	-	-	-	-	114.6	-	1.1	-	-	13.4
1971-72	25	POR	80	-	.481	.437	-	-	-	22.8	-	-	-	-	118.8	-	1.1	-	-	11.6
1972-73	26	POR	76	-	.440	.408	-	-	-	20.4	-	-	-	-	112.3	-	1.0	-	-	9.7
1973-74	27	CHI	55	-	.447	.376	2.6	9.0	5.8	12.4	-	2.7	0.1	-	108.7	-	1.1	-	94.0	10.6
1974-75 *	28	All Teams	58	-	.474	.423	2.3	6.8	4.5	14.7	-	2.9	0.4	-	113.1	-	1.1	-	97.3	11.1
1974-75 *	28	NOJ	28	-	.473	.421	2.1	7.1	4.5	15.5	-	3.3	0.5	-	111.6	-	1.1	-	97.5	11.2
1974-75 *	28	KCK	18	-	.497	.464	5.1	6.9	6.0	9.2	-	2.7	0.4	-	126.4	-	1.1	-	97.6	10.1
1974-75 *	28	CHI	12	-	.470	.413	1.9	6.2	4.0	15.4	-	2.3	0.2	-	113.1	-	1.1	-	96.3	11.3
CAREER			462	-	.467	.415	2.5	7.6	5.0	20.6	-	2.9	0.3	-	112.8	-	1.1	-	96.0	11.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1968-69	22	SDR	77	-	.112	-	-	0.5	33	42	.440	0.2	2.1	2.2
1969-70	23	SDR	35	-	.054	-	-	0.4	14	21	.400	-0.2	0.9	0.7
1970-71	24	POR	81	-	.204	-	-	0.4	28	53	.346	1.5	1.9	3.4
1971-72	25	POR	80	-	.214	-	-	0.3	18	62	.225	1.0	0.5	1.6
1972-73	26	POR	76	-	.142	-	-	0.2	19	56	.253	-0.4	0.5	0.1
1973-74	27	CHI	55	-	.036	-	-	0.4	33	21	.611	-0.3	0.9	0.7
1974-75 *	28	All Teams	58	-	.102	-	-	0.4	20	38	.345	0.2	1.2	1.3
1974-75 *	28	NOJ	28	-	.041	-	-	0.4	4	24	.143	-	0.6	0.6
1974-75 *	28	KCK	18	-	.006	-	-	0.2	11	7	.611	0.1	0.1	0.2
1974-75 *	28	CHI	12	-	.025	-	-	0.4	5	7	.417	0.1	0.4	0.5
CAREER			462	-	.095	-	-	0.3	165	293	.360	1.8	6.8	8.7

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NBA Playoff Stats

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1968-69	22	SDR	6	31.2	11.7	2.5	4.8	-	-	-	.453	-	.595
1973-74	27	CHI	9	12.0	4.3	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.0	-	.471	-	.636
1974-75	28	KCK	6	5.7	2.0	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	-	.333	-	.750
CAREER			21	15.7	5.8	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.0	-	.448	-	.625

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1968-69	22	SDR	6	-	31.2	11.7	4.0	8.8	.453	-	-	-	3.7	6.2	.595	-	-	2.5	4.8	-	-	-	3.0
1973-74	27	CHI	9	-	12.0	4.3	1.8	3.8	.471	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.636	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.0	-	0.6
1974-75	28	KCK	6	-	5.7	2.0	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	-	1.5
CAREER			21	-	15.7	5.8	2.0	4.6	.448	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.0	-	1.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1968-69	22	SDR	6	-	187	70	24	53	.453	-	-	-	22	37	.595	-	-	15	29	-	-	-	18
1973-74	27	CHI	9	-	108	39	16	34	.471	-	-	-	7	11	.636	1	9	10	7	7	0	-	5
1974-75	28	KCK	6	-	34	12	3	9	.333	-	-	-	6	8	.750	1	1	2	3	1	0	-	9
CAREER			21	-	329	121	43	96	.448	-	-	-	35	56	.625	2	10	27	39	8	0	-	32

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1968-69	22	SDR	6	-	.505	.453	-	-	-	21.4	-	-	-	-	104.7	-	1.3	-	-	13.5
1973-74	27	CHI	9	-	.502	.471	0.9	10.0	4.9	10.2	-	3.2	-	-	110.7	-	1.1	-	101.5	14.0
1974-75	28	KCK	6	-	.479	.333	3.2	3.0	3.1	13.7	-	1.5	-	-	108.3	-	1.3	-	102.7	8.5
CAREER			21	-	.501	.448	1.4	7.7	4.4	18.3	-	2.8	-	-	107.3	-	1.3	-	98.4	12.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1968-69	22	SDR	6	-	.215	-	-	0.7	2	4	.333	0.3	-	0.3
1973-74	27	CHI	9	-	.056	-	-	0.3	2	7	.222	0.1	-	0.2
1974-75	28	KCK	6	-	.028	-	-	0.9	2	4	.333	-	-	-
CAREER			21	-	.061	-	-	0.6	6	15	.286	0.4	-	0.5

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Apr 3, 1968	The San Diego Rockets selected Rick Adelman in Round 7 with Pick 1 in the 1968 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1968	Rick Adelman signed a multi-year contract with the San Diego Rockets.
May 11, 1970	Rick Adelman was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the Expansion Draft from the San Diego Rockets.
Sep 14, 1973	Rick Adelman was acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade.
Nov 11, 1974	Rick Adelman was acquired by the New Orleans Jazz from the Chicago Bulls in a trade.
Feb 1, 1975	Rick Adelman was acquired by the Kansas City Kings from the New Orleans Jazz in a trade.
Oct 21, 1975	The Kansas City Kings placed the contract of Rick Adelman on waivers.
Oct 23, 1975	Rick Adelman, previously with the Kansas City Kings, became a free agent.
Jun 1, 2026	Rick Adelman passed away. He was 79 years old at the time of his death.

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College: Loyola Marymount (1968)

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
7.7	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.1

FG%	3P%	FT%
41.5%	.0%	71.3%