Tom Abernethy

Tom Abernethy
No. 5
Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth May 6, 1954 (1954-05-06) (age 57)
Place of birth South Bend, Indiana
Nationality American
High school St. Joseph's (South Bend, Indiana)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College Indiana (1972–1976)
NBA Draft 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 43rd overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career 1976–1983
Career history
1976–1978 Los Angeles Lakers
1978–1980 Golden State Warriors
1980–1981 Indiana Pacers
1981–1983 Basket Brescia (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,779 (5.6 ppg)
Rebounds 1,011 (3.2 rpg)
Assists 384 (1.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Thomas (Tom) Craig Abernethy (born May 6, 1954 in South Bend, Indiana) is a retired American professional basketball player.

After starring at Indiana University, the 6'7" Abernethy was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third round of the 1976 NBA Draft. He spent five years in the league as a member of the Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Indiana Pacers. He amassed 1,779 career NBA points.

Abernethy now teaches children basketball at the IBA (Indiana Basketball Academy).[1]

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Family

Abernethy's sons all played college basketball. Andy played for Bethel College in Mishawaka, while his twin brother Matt played at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. Matt won the 2003 Pete Maravich Award, given by the National Christian College Athletic Association. Andy's and Matt's younger brother Todd played ball for the University of Mississippi.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1976–77 L.A. Lakers 70 – 19.7 .484 – .754 4.2 1.4 .7 .1 6.3
1977–78 L.A. Lakers 73 – 18.0 .498 – .820 3.6 1.4 .8 .3 6.8
1978–79 Golden State 70 – 17.4 .515 .000 .745 3.1 1.1 .6 .2 6.0
1979–80 Golden State 67 – 18.2 .481 .000 .683 2.9 1.3 .5 .2 5.4
1980–81 Golden State 10 – 3.9 .333 .000 .667 .8 .1 .1 .0 .4
1980–81 Indiana 29 – 8.9 .429 .000 .579 1.4 .6 .2 .1 2.0
Career 319 – 17.0 .492 .000 .747 3.2 1.2 .6 .2 5.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1976–77 L.A. Lakers 11 – 19.5 .420 – .815 3.6 2.0 .6 .2 5.8
1977–78 L.A. Lakers 2 – 6.0 .250 – 1.000 1.0 .5 .0 .0 2.0
Career 13 4 17.4 .407 .000 .828 3.2 1.8 .5 .2 5.2

References

  1. ^ Tom Abernethy

External links

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Head coach Bob Knight
Assistant coaches Bob Donewald | Bob Weltlich