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Donald Nelson

Height: 6-6 (198cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95kg)

Born: May 15, 1940 (86 years old)

Hometown: Muskegon, Michigan

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1962 Round 3, Pick 1, Chicago Zephyrs

Pre-Draft Team: Iowa (Sr)

High School: Rock Island High School (Rock Island, Illinois)

5x NBA Champion, #19 retired by BOS

Don Nelson Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
6/6/1976	Suns	0
6/4/1976	Suns	4
6/2/1976	Suns	2
5/30/1976	Suns	12
5/27/1976	Suns	6

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

14 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1962-63	22	CHI	62	17.3	6.8	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	.440	-	.729
1963-64	23	LAL	80	17.6	5.2	4.0	0.9	-	-	-	.418	-	.741
1964-65	24	LAL	39	6.1	2.4	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	.424	-	.769
1965-66	25	BOS	75	23.5	10.2	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	.439	-	.684
1966-67	26	BOS	79	15.2	7.5	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	.446	-	.742
1967-68	27	BOS	82	18.3	10.0	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	.494	-	.728
1968-69	28	BOS	82	21.6	11.6	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	.485	-	.776
1969-70	29	BOS	82	27.1	15.4	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	.501	-	.775
1970-71	30	BOS	82	27.5	13.9	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	.468	-	.744
1971-72	31	BOS	82	25.4	13.8	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	.480	-	.788
1972-73	32	BOS	72	19.8	10.8	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	.476	-	.846
1973-74	33	BOS	82	21.3	11.5	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	.508	-	.788
1974-75	34	BOS	79	26.0	14.0	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	.539	-	.827
1975-76	35	BOS	75	12.6	6.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	.462	-	.789
CAREER			1053	20.6	10.3	4.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	-	.480	-	.765

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	CHI	62	-	17.3	6.8	2.1	4.7	.440	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.729	-	-	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.2
1963-64	23	LAL	80	-	17.6	5.2	1.7	4.0	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.741	-	-	4.0	0.9	-	-	-	2.3
1964-65	24	LAL	39	-	6.1	2.4	0.9	2.2	.424	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.769	-	-	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	1.0
1965-66	25	BOS	75	-	23.5	10.2	3.6	8.2	.439	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.684	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.5
1966-67	26	BOS	79	-	15.2	7.5	2.9	6.4	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.742	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.8
1967-68	27	BOS	82	-	18.3	10.0	3.8	7.7	.494	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.2
1968-69	28	BOS	82	-	21.6	11.6	4.6	9.4	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.4
1969-70	29	BOS	82	-	27.1	15.4	5.6	11.2	.501	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.775	-	-	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.9
1970-71	30	BOS	82	-	27.5	13.9	5.0	10.7	.468	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.744	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.8
1971-72	31	BOS	82	-	25.4	13.8	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.788	-	-	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7
1972-73	32	BOS	72	-	19.8	10.8	4.3	9.0	.476	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846	-	-	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2
1973-74	33	BOS	82	-	21.3	11.5	4.4	8.7	.508	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.788	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	2.3
1974-75	34	BOS	79	-	26.0	14.0	5.4	9.9	.539	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.827	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	3.0
1975-76	35	BOS	75	-	12.6	6.4	2.3	5.1	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	1.5
CAREER			1053	-	20.6	10.3	3.8	8.0	.480	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.765	1.2	3.1	4.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	-	2.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	CHI	62	-	1,071	419	129	293	.440	-	-	-	161	221	.729	-	-	279	72	-	-	-	136
1963-64	23	LAL	80	-	1,406	419	135	323	.418	-	-	-	149	201	.741	-	-	323	76	-	-	-	181
1964-65	24	LAL	39	-	238	92	36	85	.424	-	-	-	20	26	.769	-	-	73	24	-	-	-	40
1965-66	25	BOS	75	-	1,765	765	271	618	.439	-	-	-	223	326	.684	-	-	403	79	-	-	-	187
1966-67	26	BOS	79	-	1,202	595	227	509	.446	-	-	-	141	190	.742	-	-	295	65	-	-	-	143
1967-68	27	BOS	82	-	1,498	819	312	632	.494	-	-	-	195	268	.728	-	-	431	103	-	-	-	178
1968-69	28	BOS	82	-	1,773	949	374	771	.485	-	-	-	201	259	.776	-	-	458	92	-	-	-	198
1969-70	29	BOS	82	-	2,224	1,259	461	920	.501	-	-	-	337	435	.775	-	-	601	148	-	-	-	238
1970-71	30	BOS	82	-	2,254	1,141	412	881	.468	-	-	-	317	426	.744	-	-	565	153	-	-	-	232
1971-72	31	BOS	82	-	2,086	1,134	389	811	.480	-	-	-	356	452	.788	-	-	453	192	-	-	-	220
1972-73	32	BOS	72	-	1,425	777	309	649	.476	-	-	-	159	188	.846	-	-	315	102	-	-	-	155
1973-74	33	BOS	82	-	1,748	943	364	717	.508	-	-	-	215	273	.788	90	255	345	162	19	13	-	189
1974-75	34	BOS	79	-	2,052	1,109	423	785	.539	-	-	-	263	318	.827	127	342	469	181	32	15	-	239
1975-76	35	BOS	75	-	943	477	175	379	.462	-	-	-	127	161	.789	56	126	182	77	14	7	-	115
CAREER			1053	-	21,685	10,898	4,017	8,373	.480	-	-	-	2,864	3,744	.765	273	723	5,192	1,526	65	35	-	2,451

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1962-63	22	CHI	62	-	.537	.440	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116.9	-	1.4	-	-	13.9
1963-64	23	LAL	80	-	.509	.418	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115.9	-	1.3	-	-	13.1
1964-65	24	LAL	39	-	.477	.424	-	-	-	14.2	-	-	-	-	119.3	-	1.1	-	-	14.3
1965-66	25	BOS	75	-	.502	.439	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	112.3	-	1.2	-	-	13.5
1966-67	26	BOS	79	-	.502	.446	-	-	-	7.1	-	-	-	-	118.8	-	1.2	-	-	15.4
1967-68	27	BOS	82	-	.546	.494	-	-	-	9.5	-	-	-	-	122.1	-	1.3	-	-	18.7
1968-69	28	BOS	82	-	.536	.485	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	126.1	-	1.2	-	-	18.6
1969-70	29	BOS	82	-	.566	.501	-	-	-	9.3	-	-	-	-	127.6	-	1.4	-	-	18.2
1970-71	30	BOS	82	-	.534	.468	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	121.2	-	1.3	-	-	15.8
1971-72	31	BOS	82	-	.561	.480	-	-	-	11.8	-	-	-	-	126.7	-	1.4	-	-	18.8
1972-73	32	BOS	72	-	.531	.476	-	-	-	9.6	-	-	-	-	132.2	-	1.2	-	-	17.6
1973-74	33	BOS	82	-	.563	.508	5.1	13.7	9.5	13.1	-	0.5	0.4	-	129.5	-	1.3	-	97.5	17.2
1974-75	34	BOS	79	-	.600	.539	6.2	16.4	11.4	12.6	-	0.7	0.4	-	136.6	-	1.4	-	96.5	18.5
1975-76	35	BOS	75	-	.530	.462	5.8	13.2	9.5	11.5	-	0.7	0.4	-	125.1	-	1.3	-	99.0	14.8
CAREER			1053	-	.544	.480	5.7	14.8	10.3	9.8	-	0.6	0.4	-	124.5	-	1.3	-	97.6	15.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1962-63	22	CHI	62	-	0	.060	-	-	0.8	20	41	.328	1.8	0.3	2.1
1963-64	23	LAL	80	-	0	.064	-	-	0.6	42	38	.525	1.5	0.8	2.3
1964-65	24	LAL	39	-	0	.018	-	-	0.3	17	16	.515	0.2	0.2	0.4
1965-66	25	BOS	75	-	0	.100	-	-	0.5	52	23	.693	2.3	3.1	5.4
1966-67	26	BOS	79	-	0	.078	-	-	0.4	58	21	.734	1.5	1.8	3.3
1967-68	27	BOS	82	-	0	.113	-	-	0.4	54	28	.659	3.6	2.6	6.1
1968-69	28	BOS	82	-	0	.130	-	-	0.3	48	34	.585	4.2	3.3	7.5
1969-70	29	BOS	82	-	1	.167	-	-	0.5	34	48	.415	5.7	2.6	8.3
1970-71	30	BOS	82	-	0	.149	-	-	0.5	44	38	.537	4.2	3.2	7.4
1971-72	31	BOS	82	-	0	.152	-	-	0.6	56	26	.683	5.4	3.4	8.8
1972-73	32	BOS	72	-	0	.108	-	-	0.3	61	11	.847	3.0	2.8	5.8
1973-74	33	BOS	82	-	0	.145	-	-	0.4	56	26	.683	4.0	1.9	5.9
1974-75	34	BOS	79	-	0	.168	-	-	0.4	59	20	.747	6.2	2.5	8.7
1975-76	35	BOS	75	-	0	.071	-	-	0.4	49	26	.653	1.7	0.9	2.6
CAREER			1053	-	1	.110	-	-	0.4	650	396	.621	45.3	29.4	74.6

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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%
1963-64	23	LAL	5	11.2	3.4	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	.538	-	1.000
1964-65	24	LAL	11	19.3	6.1	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	.453	-	.760
1965-66	25	BOS	17	18.6	8.4	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	.424	-	.808
1966-67	26	BOS	9	15.8	7.1	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	.458	-	.588
1967-68	27	BOS	19	24.6	12.5	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	.520	-	.743
1968-69	28	BOS	18	19.3	12.4	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	.518	-	.833
1971-72	31	BOS	11	28.0	13.2	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	.525	-	.854
1972-73	32	BOS	13	23.3	11.0	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	.465	-	.875
1973-74	33	BOS	18	25.9	11.4	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	.500	-	.774
1974-75	34	BOS	11	24.9	15.4	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	.564	-	.902
1975-76	35	BOS	18	17.5	9.1	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	.481	-	.870
CAREER			150	21.4	10.5	4.8	1.4	0.3	0.1	-	.498	-	.817

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1963-64	23	LAL	5	-	11.2	3.4	1.4	2.6	.538	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.2
1964-65	24	LAL	11	-	19.3	6.1	2.2	4.8	.453	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.760	-	-	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.8
1965-66	25	BOS	17	-	18.6	8.4	2.9	6.9	.424	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.808	-	-	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.9
1966-67	26	BOS	9	-	15.8	7.1	3.0	6.6	.458	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.3
1967-68	27	BOS	19	-	24.6	12.5	4.8	9.2	.520	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.743	-	-	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.6
1968-69	28	BOS	18	-	19.3	12.4	4.8	9.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.833	-	-	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	2.8
1971-72	31	BOS	11	-	28.0	13.2	4.7	9.0	.525	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.854	-	-	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.7
1972-73	32	BOS	13	-	23.3	11.0	3.6	7.8	.465	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.875	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.2
1973-74	33	BOS	18	-	25.9	11.4	4.6	9.1	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.774	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	3.0
1974-75	34	BOS	11	-	24.9	15.4	6.0	10.6	.564	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.902	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	3.3
1975-76	35	BOS	18	-	17.5	9.1	2.9	6.0	.481	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.870	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	2.6
CAREER			150	-	21.4	10.5	3.9	7.8	.498	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.817	1.3	2.9	4.8	1.4	0.3	0.1	-	2.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1963-64	23	LAL	5	-	56	17	7	13	.538	-	-	-	3	3	1.000	-	-	13	2	-	-	-	11
1964-65	24	LAL	11	-	212	67	24	53	.453	-	-	-	19	25	.760	-	-	59	19	-	-	-	31
1965-66	25	BOS	17	-	316	142	50	118	.424	-	-	-	42	52	.808	-	-	85	13	-	-	-	50
1966-67	26	BOS	9	-	142	64	27	59	.458	-	-	-	10	17	.588	-	-	42	9	-	-	-	12
1967-68	27	BOS	19	-	468	237	91	175	.520	-	-	-	55	74	.743	-	-	143	32	-	-	-	49
1968-69	28	BOS	18	-	348	224	87	168	.518	-	-	-	50	60	.833	-	-	83	21	-	-	-	51
1971-72	31	BOS	11	-	308	145	52	99	.525	-	-	-	41	48	.854	-	-	61	21	-	-	-	30
1972-73	32	BOS	13	-	303	143	47	101	.465	-	-	-	49	56	.875	-	-	38	15	-	-	-	29
1973-74	33	BOS	18	-	467	205	82	164	.500	-	-	-	41	53	.774	25	72	97	35	8	3	-	54
1974-75	34	BOS	11	-	274	169	66	117	.564	-	-	-	37	41	.902	18	27	45	26	2	2	-	36
1975-76	35	BOS	18	-	315	164	52	108	.481	-	-	-	60	69	.870	17	36	53	17	3	2	-	46
CAREER			150	-	3,209	1,577	585	1,175	.498	-	-	-	407	498	.817	60	135	719	210	13	7	-	399

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1963-64	23	LAL	5	-	.594	.538	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	-	153.8	-	1.3	-	-	11.6
1964-65	24	LAL	11	-	.523	.453	-	-	-	11.8	-	-	-	-	121.3	-	1.3	-	-	13.0
1965-66	25	BOS	17	-	.504	.424	-	-	-	5.6	-	-	-	-	123.1	-	1.2	-	-	13.6
1966-67	26	BOS	9	-	.481	.458	-	-	-	8.4	-	-	-	-	104.6	-	1.1	-	-	15.6
1967-68	27	BOS	19	-	.571	.520	-	-	-	9.5	-	-	-	-	126.3	-	1.4	-	-	18.9
1968-69	28	BOS	18	-	.576	.518	-	-	-	9.7	-	-	-	-	135.1	-	1.3	-	-	22.7
1971-72	31	BOS	11	-	.604	.525	-	-	-	9.1	-	-	-	-	137.9	-	1.5	-	-	17.3
1972-73	32	BOS	13	-	.569	.465	-	-	-	6.5	-	-	-	-	134.0	-	1.4	-	-	15.0
1973-74	33	BOS	18	-	.547	.500	5.7	16.1	11.0	10.9	-	0.8	0.3	-	127.4	-	1.2	-	94.2	15.3
1974-75	34	BOS	11	-	.626	.564	6.4	11.3	8.7	14.0	-	0.3	0.4	-	146.7	-	1.4	-	105.4	20.2
1975-76	35	BOS	18	-	.593	.481	5.8	12.1	9.0	8.4	-	0.4	0.4	-	135.1	-	1.5	-	97.2	15.8
CAREER			150	-	.566	.498	6.0	13.7	9.8	9.4	-	0.6	0.4	-	131.5	-	1.3	-	97.9	16.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1963-64	23	LAL	5	-	.050	-	-	0.2	2	3	.400	0.1	-	0.1
1964-65	24	LAL	11	-	.093	-	-	0.5	5	6	.455	0.3	-	0.2
1965-66	25	BOS	17	-	.086	-	-	0.4	11	6	.647	0.3	0.5	0.8
1966-67	26	BOS	9	-	.088	-	-	0.3	4	5	.444	0.1	0.2	0.3
1967-68	27	BOS	19	-	.147	-	-	0.4	12	7	.632	1.3	0.6	1.9
1968-69	28	BOS	18	-	.143	-	-	0.4	12	6	.667	1.5	0.3	1.8
1971-72	31	BOS	11	-	.151	-	-	0.5	5	6	.455	1.0	0.1	1.1
1972-73	32	BOS	13	-	.107	-	-	0.6	7	6	.538	0.8	0.2	1.0
1973-74	33	BOS	18	-	.154	-	-	0.3	12	6	.667	0.9	0.7	1.6
1974-75	34	BOS	11	-	.190	-	-	0.4	6	5	.545	1.2	-	1.2
1975-76	35	BOS	18	-	.098	-	-	0.6	12	6	.667	0.8	0.4	1.2
CAREER			150	-	.124	-	-	0.4	88	62	.587	8.3	3.0	11.2

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 26, 1962	The Chicago Zephyrs selected Don Nelson in Round 3 with Pick 1 in the 1962 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1962	Don Nelson signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Zephyrs.
Sep 6, 1963	The Baltimore Bullets placed the contract of Don Nelson on waivers.
Sep 8, 1963	The Los Angeles Lakers made a successful waiver claim for the contract of Don Nelson.
Oct 21, 1965	The Los Angeles Lakers placed the contract of Don Nelson on waivers.
Oct 23, 1965	Don Nelson, previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, became a free agent.
Oct 28, 1965	Don Nelson signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics.
Jul 1, 1976	Don Nelson, previously with the Boston Celtics, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
5x NBA Champion	1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976

NCAA Career

College: Iowa (1962)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NABC All-American Third Team	1962
1x AP All-American Third Team	1962
1x UPI All-American Third Team	1962

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