Don Chaney
| No. 12, 42 | |
|---|---|
| Guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 22, 1946 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | McKinley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| College | Houston (1965–1968) |
| NBA draft | 1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Pro playing career | 1968–1980 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1968–1975 | Boston Celtics |
| 1975–1976 | Spirits of St. Louis (ABA) |
| 1976–1977 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1977–1979 | Boston Celtics |
| As coach: | |
| 1984–1987 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1988–1992 | Houston Rockets |
| 1993–1995 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2001–2004 | New York Knicks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
| Points | 6,663 (8.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 3,147 (4.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,762 (2.2 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Donald Ray Chaney (born March 22, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for his long stints as a player on the Boston Celtics.
Career as a player
Chaney played basketball in college for the University of Houston, where he was a teammate of future Basketball Hall-of-Famer Elvin Hayes. Chaney played all 40 minutes of the famed "Game of the Century" at the Astrodome. That year Chaney became the first-round pick (12th overall) of the Boston Celtics in the 1968 NBA Draft; he was also drafted by the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association.
Don became a 1969 NBA Finals champion with the Boston Celtics during his rookie year. He would also help the Celtics toward winning the 1974 NBA Finals. He had two stints with the Boston Celtics (1968–1975, and 1977–1980), for which he is most notable. He also had a short two season stint with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1976–1978, and also played in the ABA for one year with the Spirits of St. Louis from 1975-1976. Chaney was mostly known for his defensive skills, providing adequate numbers in minutes off the bench.
Chaney is the only Boston Celtic member who has played with both Bill Russell (1956–1969) and Larry Bird (1979–1992).
Career as a coach
22 seasons as a coach (12 as NBA head coach):
- Los Angeles Clippers, (1984-85 through 1986-87)
- Houston Rockets, (1988-89 through 1991-92)
- Detroit Pistons, (1993-94 through 1994-95)
- New York Knicks, (2001-02 through 2003-04)
Awards
- 1969 NBA Finals and 1974 NBA Finals champion
- NBA All-Defensive second team (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977)
- NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Houston Rockets for the 1990-91 season, after leading the Houston Rockets to a 50-32 record.
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
- Gold medal-winning US national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship in Toronto, assistant coach
A few statiscal highlights
Here are a few statistical highlights from queries made with the Basketball-Reference.com Play Index. Unfortunately, the numbers from that era are available only for the "field goals made", "free throws made", and "free throws attempted" categories, either at bkref.com or at nba.com.
Most points in a regular season game: 32 (8 field goals made and 16 free throws made), Boston vs. Golden State; February 28, 1973.
Most points in a playoff game: 29 (9 field goals made and 11 free throws made), Boston @ Houston; April 2, 1975.
- He also had another thirty point game (31, Boston @ Atlanta; January 3, 1971) and 35 other twenty plus point games, all for the Celtics.
Most field goals made in a game: 14, Boston @ Detroit; January 29, 1973.
Most free throws made in a game: 16, Boston vs. Golden State; February 28, 1973.
Chaney also ranks sixth for career regular season games played at guard with the Boston Celtics (652) and eleventh for career playoff games as a guard with the C’s (59). Most of the players ahead of him belong to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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