Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is an American professional

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coach and former player.

College career

Weiss played

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from 1963 to 1965 and averaged 16.3 points per game during his senior season.

College statistics

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, 23 , , - , , - , , .436 , , - , , .800 , , 3.9 , , - , , - , , - , , 17.0 , - , align="left" , 1964–65 , align="left" ,

, 24 , , - , , - , , .420 , , - , , .769 , , 4.8 , , - , , - , , - , , 16.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 67 , , - , , - , , .427 , , - , , .762 , , 4.4 , , - , , - , , - , , 16.3

Professional career

The NBA's

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selected Weiss in the 1965 NBA Draft. Weiss interspersed his career with the 76ers with a short stint in the

Eastern Professional Basketball League The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball mi ...

, playing for the Wilmington Blue Bombers. He led the EBL in assists in the 1966–67 season and was named to the EBL All-Star First Team. Weiss was a member of the 76ers' 1967

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team, after which he was taken by the

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in the

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. Weiss played in the NBA for twelve seasons, including six with the

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 6 , , - , , 4.8 , , .500 , , - , , .400 , , 0.5 , , 1.7 , , - , , - , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1967–68 , align="left" ,

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, 82 , , - , , 19.7 , , .430 , , - , , .839 , , 1.8 , , 4.2 , , - , , - , , 9.8 , - , align="left" , 1968–69 , align="left" ,

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, 15 , , - , , 16.1 , , .316 , , - , , .794 , , 1.8 , , 1.8 , , - , , - , , 6.6 , - , align="left" , 1968–69 , align="left" ,

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, style="background:#cfecec;" , 82* , , - , , 25.4 , , .426 , , - , , .841 , , 1.8 , , 3.6 , , - , , - , , 8.7 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

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, 79 , , - , , 21.6 , , .466 , , - , , .835 , , 1.3 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , 0.2 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , 1974–75 , align="left" , Buffalo , 76 , , - , , 17.6 , , .391 , , - , , .806 , , 1.4 , , 3.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 3.4 , - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" , Buffalo , 66 , , - , , 15.1 , , .486 , , - , , .729 , , 1.0 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.2 , , 3.2 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

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Playoffs

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, 7 , , - , , 35.7 , , .457 , , - , , .867 , , 2.6 , , 8.1 , , - , , - , , 15.7 , - , align="left" , 1971–72 , align="left" ,

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, 4 , , - , , 8.5 , , .600 , , - , , .000 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 1.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 53 , , - , , 20.8 , , .426 , , - , , .802 , , 1.7 , , 3.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 7.7

Coaching career

NBA

After retiring as a player in 1977, Weiss briefly worked for an investment firm in

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. In 1978, he joined the

San Diego Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

as an assistant coach. In 1980, he moved to the

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, an expansion franchise. After six years in Dallas, Weiss accepted his first head coaching job in 1986 with the

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

. He coached the Spurs for two seasons, never posting a winning record. He did, however, lead them to the

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in 1988. After one year as an assistant with the

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, Weiss moved to the

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as head coach. In three seasons, his Hawks teams posted a record of 124–122 and made the playoffs twice. Weiss left the Hawks in 1993. He spent one year as head coach of the

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before joining the SuperSonics as an assistant coach. He served in that post for 12 years under both

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and

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, going to the NBA Finals in 1996. He was promoted to head coach in 2005 after McMillan left for the

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. However, Weiss did not last even one season, as the Sonics struggled to a losing record. After a 13–17 start to the 2005–06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3, 2006 and he was replaced with

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China

In 2008, Weiss went to China to coach the

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Brave Dragons in the

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. He also coached for the

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Return to NBA

In 2012, Weiss joined the

' coaching staff. The next year, he became an assistant with the

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. In 2017, he was hired by the

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as an assistant coach.

Head coaching record

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References

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