Slater Martin PG

Height: 5-10 (178cm)

Weight: 170 lbs (77kg)

Born: Oct 22, 1925 (Passed away Oct 18, 2012, aged 86)

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1949 Round 3, Pick 11, Minneapolis Lakers

Pre-Draft Team: Texas (Sr)

High School: Jefferson Davis High School (Houston, Texas)

Hall of Famer, 5x NBA Champion, 5x All-NBA 2nd, 7x All-Star

Slater Martin Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/22/1960	Lakers	0
3/19/1960	Lakers	3
3/17/1960	Lakers	0
3/6/1960	Warriors	5
3/5/1960	Lakers	5

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1949-50	24	MIN	67	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.2	-	-	-	.351	-	.634
1950-51	25	MIN	68	0.0	8.5	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	.362	-	.684
1951-52	26	MIN	66	37.6	9.3	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	.375	-	.747
1952-53 ☆	27	MIN	70	36.5	10.6	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	.410	-	.780
1953-54 ☆	28	MIN	69	35.8	9.9	2.4	3.7	-	-	-	.388	-	.724
1954-55 ☆	29	MIN	72	38.7	13.6	3.6	5.9	-	-	-	.381	-	.769
1955-56 ☆	30	MIN	72	39.4	13.2	3.6	6.2	-	-	-	.358	-	.833
1956-57 ☆	31	STH, NYK	66	36.4	10.9	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	.332	-	.790
1957-58 ☆	32	STH	60	35.0	12.0	3.8	3.6	-	-	-	.336	-	.746
1958-59 ☆	33	STH	71	35.3	9.7	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	.347	-	.776
1959-60	34	STH	64	27.4	6.2	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	.371	-	.729
CAREER			745	35.9	9.8	3.4	4.2	-	-	-	.364	-	.762

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	24	MIN	67	-	0.0	4.0	1.6	4.5	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.634	-	-	0.0	2.2	-	-	-	2.4
1950-51	25	MIN	68	-	0.0	8.5	3.3	9.2	.362	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.684	-	-	3.6	3.5	-	-	-	2.9
1951-52	26	MIN	66	-	37.6	9.3	3.6	9.6	.375	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.747	-	-	3.5	3.8	-	-	-	3.4
1952-53 ☆	27	MIN	70	-	36.5	10.6	3.7	9.1	.410	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.5
1953-54 ☆	28	MIN	69	-	35.8	9.9	3.7	9.5	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.724	-	-	2.4	3.7	-	-	-	2.9
1954-55 ☆	29	MIN	72	-	38.7	13.6	4.9	12.8	.381	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.769	-	-	3.6	5.9	-	-	-	3.1
1955-56 ☆	30	MIN	72	-	39.4	13.2	4.3	12.0	.358	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.833	-	-	3.6	6.2	-	-	-	2.8
1956-57 * ☆	31	All Teams	66	-	36.4	10.9	3.7	11.2	.332	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.790	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.9
1956-57 * ☆	31	STH	53	-	37.3	11.5	4.0	12.1	.330	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.782	-	-	4.6	4.3	-	-	-	3.1
1956-57 * ☆	31	NYK	13	-	32.8	8.5	2.5	7.4	.344	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.830	-	-	3.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.2
1957-58 ☆	32	STH	60	-	35.0	12.0	4.3	12.8	.336	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.746	-	-	3.8	3.6	-	-	-	3.1
1958-59 ☆	33	STH	71	-	35.3	9.7	3.5	9.9	.347	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.776	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	3.2
1959-60	34	STH	64	-	27.4	6.2	2.2	6.0	.371	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.729	-	-	2.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.7
CAREER			745	-	35.9	9.8	3.5	9.7	.364	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.762	-	-	3.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.0

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	24	MIN	67	-	0	271	106	302	.351	-	-	-	59	93	.634	-	-	0	148	-	-	-	162
1950-51	25	MIN	68	-	0	575	227	627	.362	-	-	-	121	177	.684	-	-	246	235	-	-	-	199
1951-52	26	MIN	66	-	2,480	616	237	632	.375	-	-	-	142	190	.747	-	-	228	249	-	-	-	226
1952-53 ☆	27	MIN	70	-	2,556	744	260	634	.410	-	-	-	224	287	.780	-	-	186	250	-	-	-	246
1953-54 ☆	28	MIN	69	-	2,472	684	254	654	.388	-	-	-	176	243	.724	-	-	166	253	-	-	-	198
1954-55 ☆	29	MIN	72	-	2,784	976	350	919	.381	-	-	-	276	359	.769	-	-	260	427	-	-	-	221
1955-56 ☆	30	MIN	72	-	2,838	947	309	863	.358	-	-	-	329	395	.833	-	-	260	445	-	-	-	202
1956-57 * ☆	31	All Teams	66	-	2,401	718	244	736	.332	-	-	-	230	291	.790	-	-	288	269	-	-	-	193
1956-57 * ☆	31	STH	53	-	1,975	608	211	640	.330	-	-	-	186	238	.782	-	-	246	230	-	-	-	165
1956-57 * ☆	31	NYK	13	-	426	110	33	96	.344	-	-	-	44	53	.830	-	-	42	39	-	-	-	28
1957-58 ☆	32	STH	60	-	2,098	722	258	768	.336	-	-	-	206	276	.746	-	-	228	218	-	-	-	187
1958-59 ☆	33	STH	71	-	2,504	687	245	706	.347	-	-	-	197	254	.776	-	-	253	336	-	-	-	230
1959-60	34	STH	64	-	1,756	397	142	383	.371	-	-	-	113	155	.729	-	-	187	330	-	-	-	174
CAREER			745	-	21,889	7,337	2,632	7,224	.364	-	-	-	2,073	2,720	.762	-	-	2,302	3,160	-	-	-	2,238

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1949-50	24	MIN	67	-	.395	.351	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.5	-	0.9	-	-	-
1950-51	25	MIN	68	-	.408	.362	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104.6	-	0.9	-	-	-
1951-52	26	MIN	66	-	.430	.375	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.2	-	1.0	-	-	12.2
1952-53 ☆	27	MIN	70	-	.489	.410	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.1	-	1.2	-	-	17.2
1953-54 ☆	28	MIN	69	-	.449	.388	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.3	-	1.0	-	-	13.8
1954-55 ☆	29	MIN	72	-	.453	.381	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115.0	-	1.1	-	-	16.0
1955-56 ☆	30	MIN	72	-	.457	.358	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.1	-	1.1	-	-	15.1
1956-57 * ☆	31	All Teams	66	-	.415	.332	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.2	-	1.0	-	-	10.6
1956-57 * ☆	31	STH	53	-	.408	.330	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.1	-	0.9	-	-	12.2
1956-57 * ☆	31	NYK	13	-	.461	.344	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.4	-	1.1	-	-	9.9
1957-58 ☆	32	STH	60	-	.406	.336	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	108.2	-	0.9	-	-	12.6
1958-59 ☆	33	STH	71	-	.420	.347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.3	-	1.0	-	-	10.8
1959-60	34	STH	64	-	.440	.371	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110.0	-	1.0	-	-	12.7
CAREER			745	-	.436	.364	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112.6	-	1.0	-	-	11.6

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1949-50	24	MIN	67	-	.119	-	-	0.3	49	17	.742	-	-	-
1950-51	25	MIN	68	-	.222	-	-	0.3	44	24	.647	-	-	-
1951-52	26	MIN	66	-	.231	-	-	0.3	40	26	.606	1.8	4.5	6.3
1952-53 ☆	27	MIN	70	-	.235	-	-	0.5	49	21	.700	4.9	3.2	8.2
1953-54 ☆	28	MIN	69	-	.232	-	-	0.4	45	24	.652	2.9	3.2	6.1
1954-55 ☆	29	MIN	72	-	.310	-	-	0.4	40	32	.556	3.0	3.2	6.2
1955-56 ☆	30	MIN	72	-	.297	-	-	0.5	33	39	.458	2.9	1.8	4.7
1956-57 * ☆	31	All Teams	66	-	.219	-	-	0.4	34	32	.515	0.5	1.9	2.4
1956-57 * ☆	31	STH	53	-	.172	-	-	0.4	26	27	.491	0.1	1.7	1.7
1956-57 * ☆	31	NYK	13	-	.028	-	-	0.6	8	5	.615	0.4	0.2	0.6
1957-58 ☆	32	STH	60	-	.171	-	-	0.4	36	24	.600	-0.2	1.6	1.4
1958-59 ☆	33	STH	71	-	.202	-	-	0.4	48	23	.676	0.4	2.0	2.4
1959-60	34	STH	64	-	.148	-	-	0.4	40	24	.625	0.8	1.4	2.2
CAREER			745	-	.195	-	-	0.4	458	286	.616	18.5	26.6	45.2

☆ All-Star Season

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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%
1949-50	24	MIN	12	0.0	4.7	0.0	2.1	-	-	-	.420	-	.583
1950-51	25	MIN	7	0.0	7.1	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	.353	-	.519
1951-52	26	MIN	13	40.2	9.0	2.8	4.3	-	-	-	.345	-	.732
1952-53	27	MIN	12	37.8	10.1	2.6	3.6	-	-	-	.398	-	.765
1953-54	28	MIN	13	41.0	9.7	2.2	4.6	-	-	-	.330	-	.743
1954-55	29	MIN	7	45.0	13.7	4.0	4.4	-	-	-	.298	-	.816
1955-56	30	MIN	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	.459	-	.833
1956-57	31	STH	10	43.9	16.6	4.2	4.9	-	-	-	.355	-	.757
1957-58	32	STH	11	37.8	11.5	4.4	3.6	-	-	-	.321	-	.619
1958-59	33	STH	1	18.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	.800	-	.000
1959-60	34	STH	3	19.3	1.0	1.0	2.7	-	-	-	.077	-	.250
CAREER			92	39.4	10.0	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	.351	-	.715

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	24	MIN	12	-	0.0	4.7	1.8	4.2	.420	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.583	-	-	0.0	2.1	-	-	-	2.9
1950-51	25	MIN	7	-	0.0	7.1	2.6	7.3	.353	-	-	-	2.0	3.9	.519	-	-	6.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9
1951-52	26	MIN	13	-	40.2	9.0	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.732	-	-	2.8	4.3	-	-	-	4.9
1952-53	27	MIN	12	-	37.8	10.1	3.4	8.6	.398	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.765	-	-	2.6	3.6	-	-	-	4.1
1953-54	28	MIN	13	-	41.0	9.7	2.8	8.6	.330	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743	-	-	2.2	4.6	-	-	-	4.0
1954-55	29	MIN	7	-	45.0	13.7	4.0	13.4	.298	-	-	-	5.7	7.0	.816	-	-	4.0	4.4	-	-	-	3.3
1955-56	30	MIN	3	-	40.3	18.0	5.7	12.3	.459	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.833	-	-	2.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.0
1956-57	31	STH	10	-	43.9	16.6	5.5	15.5	.355	-	-	-	5.6	7.4	.757	-	-	4.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.9
1957-58	32	STH	11	-	37.8	11.5	4.0	12.5	.321	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	.619	-	-	4.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.6
1958-59	33	STH	1	-	18.0	8.0	4.0	5.0	.800	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	.000	-	-	3.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.0
1959-60	34	STH	3	-	19.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	.077	-	-	-	0.3	1.3	.250	-	-	1.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.0
CAREER			92	-	39.4	10.0	3.3	9.4	.351	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.715	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	24	MIN	12	-	0	56	21	50	.420	-	-	-	14	24	.583	-	-	0	25	-	-	-	35
1950-51	25	MIN	7	-	0	50	18	51	.353	-	-	-	14	27	.519	-	-	42	25	-	-	-	20
1951-52	26	MIN	13	-	523	117	38	110	.345	-	-	-	41	56	.732	-	-	37	56	-	-	-	64
1952-53	27	MIN	12	-	453	121	41	103	.398	-	-	-	39	51	.765	-	-	31	43	-	-	-	49
1953-54	28	MIN	13	-	533	126	37	112	.330	-	-	-	52	70	.743	-	-	29	60	-	-	-	52
1954-55	29	MIN	7	-	315	96	28	94	.298	-	-	-	40	49	.816	-	-	28	31	-	-	-	23
1955-56	30	MIN	3	-	121	54	17	37	.459	-	-	-	20	24	.833	-	-	7	15	-	-	-	9
1956-57	31	STH	10	-	439	166	55	155	.355	-	-	-	56	74	.757	-	-	42	49	-	-	-	39
1957-58	32	STH	11	-	416	127	44	137	.321	-	-	-	39	63	.619	-	-	48	40	-	-	-	40
1958-59	33	STH	1	-	18	8	4	5	.800	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	2
1959-60	34	STH	3	-	58	3	1	13	.077	-	-	-	1	4	.250	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	9
CAREER			92	-	2,876	924	304	867	.351	-	-	-	316	442	.715	-	-	270	354	-	-	-	342

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1949-50	24	MIN	12	-	.462	.420	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.3	-	1.1	-	-	-
1950-51	25	MIN	7	-	.398	.353	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87.1	-	1.0	-	-	-
1951-52	26	MIN	13	-	.434	.345	-	-	-	20.5	-	-	-	-	107.8	-	1.1	-	-	8.8
1952-53	27	MIN	12	-	.482	.398	-	-	-	18.9	-	-	-	-	116.3	-	1.2	-	-	13.4
1953-54	28	MIN	13	-	.441	.330	-	-	-	21.4	-	-	-	-	107.3	-	1.1	-	-	10.4
1954-55	29	MIN	7	-	.415	.298	-	-	-	18.0	-	-	-	-	111.4	-	1.0	-	-	10.1
1955-56	30	MIN	3	-	.568	.459	-	-	-	18.6	-	-	-	-	129.3	-	1.5	-	-	17.2
1956-57	31	STH	10	-	.443	.355	-	-	-	17.2	-	-	-	-	111.2	-	1.1	-	-	12.1
1957-58	32	STH	11	-	.386	.321	-	-	-	13.7	-	-	-	-	94.0	-	0.9	-	-	8.6
1958-59	33	STH	1	-	.800	.800	-	-	-	19.2	-	-	-	-	80.0	-	1.6	-	-	21.2
1959-60	34	STH	3	-	.102	.077	-	-	-	17.1	-	-	-	-	32.7	-	0.2	-	-	-3.6
CAREER			92	-	.435	.351	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	106.6	-	1.1	-	-	8.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1949-50	24	MIN	12	-	.130	-	-	0.5	10	2	.833	-	-	-
1950-51	25	MIN	7	-	.214	-	-	0.5	3	4	.429	-	-	-
1951-52	26	MIN	13	-	.247	-	-	0.5	9	4	.692	-	0.7	0.7
1952-53	27	MIN	12	-	.246	-	-	0.5	9	3	.750	0.7	0.7	1.4
1953-54	28	MIN	13	-	.261	-	-	0.6	9	4	.692	0.2	1.0	1.2
1954-55	29	MIN	7	-	.268	-	-	0.5	3	4	.429	-	0.5	0.4
1955-56	30	MIN	3	-	.276	-	-	0.6	1	2	.333	0.4	0.1	0.5
1956-57	31	STH	10	-	.263	-	-	0.5	6	4	.600	0.4	0.1	0.5
1957-58	32	STH	11	-	.197	-	-	0.5	8	3	.727	-0.1	0.1	-
1958-59	33	STH	1	-	.026	-	-	0.0	1	0	1.000	0.1	-	0.1
1959-60	34	STH	3	-	.016	-	-	0.3	1	2	.333	-0.3	-	-0.2
CAREER			92	-	.183	-	-	0.5	60	32	.652	1.4	3.9	5.3

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 21, 1949	The Minneapolis Lakers selected Slater Martin in Round 3 with Pick 11 in the 1949 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1949	Slater Martin signed a multi-year contract with the Minneapolis Lakers.
Oct 26, 1956	Slater Martin was acquired by the New York Knicks from the Minneapolis Lakers in a trade.
Dec 10, 1956	Slater Martin was acquired by the St. Louis Hawks from the New York Knicks in a trade.
Jul 1, 1960	Slater Martin, previously with the St. Louis Hawks, became a free agent.
Oct 18, 2012	Slater Martin passed away. He was 86 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
5x NBA Champion	1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958
5x All-NBA Second Team	1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
7x All-Star	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
4x Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
3x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1953, 1954, 1955

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1953	27	West	1	26.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	-	-	-	.200	-	1.000
1954	28	West	1	23.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	-	-	-	.200	-	.000
1955	29	West	1	23.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	-	-	-	.400	-	.500
1956	30	West	1	29.0	9.0	1.0	7.0	-	-	-	.429	-	1.000
1957	31	West	1	31.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	-	-	-	.364	-	.000
1958	32	West	1	26.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	-	-	-	.222	-	.500
1959	33	West	1	22.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	.333	-	.500
CAREER			7	25.7	5.7	2.1	4.0	-	-	-	.302	-	.667

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1953	27	West	1	-	26	5	2	10	.200	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2
1954	28	West	1	-	23	2	1	5	.200	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	0	3	-	-	-	3
1955	29	West	1	-	23	5	2	5	.400	-	-	-	1	2	.500	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	3
1956	30	West	1	-	29	9	3	7	.429	-	-	-	3	3	1.000	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	5
1957	31	West	1	-	31	8	4	11	.364	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	1
1958	32	West	1	-	26	6	2	9	.222	-	-	-	2	4	.500	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	3
1959	33	West	1	-	22	5	2	6	.333	-	-	-	1	2	.500	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	2
CAREER			7	-	180	40	16	53	.302	-	-	-	8	12	.667	-	-	15	28	-	-	-	19

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FG%	3P%	FT%
36.4%	.0%	76.2%