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1970–71 Denver Rockets Season
The 1970–71 ABA season was the fourth season of the Denver Rockets. They finished 30–54, but finished in a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot. However, they lost the tiebreaker 115–109 to the Texas Chaparrals. Roster Season standings Eastern Division Western Division Game log 1970-71 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results , Basketball-Reference.com Statistics Awards and records * ABA All-League Team: Larry Cannon Transactions References {{DEFAULTSORT:1970-71 Denver Nuggets Season Denver Nuggets seasons |
Joe Belmont
Joseph Elliott Belmont (July 12, 1934 – January 6, 2019) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League. In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, a position he held for as season and a half. He shared ABA Coach of the Year honors in 1970 with Bill Sharman of the Utah Stars. In 2005 Belmont was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. Personal life In 1959 Belmont married Helen Sanquist and then had two kids. He died on January 6, 2019. Coaching career ABA , - , align="left" , Denver Rockets, DEN , align="left" , 1969–70 Denver Rockets season, 1969–70 , 56, , 42, , 14, , .750, , align="center" , 1st in Western, , 12, , 5, , 7, , .000 , align="c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Keye
Julius Keye (September 5, 1946 – September 13, 1984) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" forward/center from South Carolina State University and Alcorn State University, Keye played six seasons (1969–1975) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Denver Rockets and the Memphis Sounds. He averaged 7.6 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game in his career and represented Denver in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game. Keye shares the ABA record (with Caldwell Jones) for blocked shots in a single game with 12, obtained against the Virginia Squires on December 14, 1972. In 1984, Keye died of head injuries suffered during an epileptic seizure A seizure is a sudden, brief disruption of brain activity caused by abnormal, excessive, or synchronous neuronal firing. Depending on the regions of the brain involved, seizures can lead to changes in movement, sensation, behavior, awareness, o .... He was 38 years old. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Wilson (basketball)
Stephen Earl Wilson (born October 16, 1948) is an American former basketball player who played the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for Hanover before playing in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Denver Rockets from 1970 to 1972. Wilson attended Brookville High School before joining Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. During his senior year, he averaged 20.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. He left the school as its fourth-leading scorer with a career total of 1,641 points for an average of 15.2 points per game and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the sixteenth round (227th overall pick) of the 1970 NBA draft The 1970 NBA draft was the 24th annual NBA draft, draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 23, 1970, before the 1970–71 NBA season, 1970–71 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amate .... References External links * 1948 births Living people Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Workman (basketball)
Thomas Edwin Workman (born November 14, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in both the National Basketball Association, NBA and American Basketball Association, ABA between 1967 and 1971. During his college career at Seattle University from 1964 to 1967, Workman scored 1,497 points. He holds career averages of 19.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in his three seasons. During his Sophomore year, sophomore season in 1965–66, Workman played a large role in Seattle upsetting 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team, Texas Western, 74–72, as their only loss of a national championship-winning season. He was twice named a First Team All-West Coast Conference player before being selected in the 1967 NBA draft as the eighth overall pick by the St. Louis Hawks. Career statistics NBA/ABA Source Regular season Playoffs References {{DEFAULTSORT:Workman, Tom 1944 births Living people American men's basketball players Anaheim Amigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hester
Dan Wayne Hester (November 8, 1948 – July 30, 2023) was an American professional basketball center who played one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Denver Rockets and the Kentucky Colonels during the 1970–71 season. He was drafted from Louisiana State University by the Atlanta Hawks during the second round of the 1970 NBA draft, but he never played for them. Retrieved 2017-02-23. Hester worked in business after his playing career and was employed by Novartis
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Lonnie Wright
Lonnie Wright (January 23, 1945 – March 23, 2012) was an American professional basketball and football player who played in the same season for the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Broncos of the American Football League before switching to basketball on a full-time basis. Education Wright was born in Newark, New Jersey and attended South Side High School (since renamed Malcolm X Shabazz High School), where he earned All-City, All-County, All-State, and All-American honors in both football and basketball. He was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.Hall of Fame , |
Wayne Chapman (basketball)
Wayne G. Chapman (born June 15, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Chapman graduated from Daviess County High School and played collegiately for Western Kentucky University. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 16th round (156th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA draft, by the Baltimore Bullets in the 9th round (110th pick overall) of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1968 American Basketball Association draft. He played for the Kentucky Colonels (1968–70), Denver Rockets (1970–71) and Indiana Pacers (1970–71 and 1971–72) in the American Basketball Association for 206 games. He coached Apollo High School basketball in the late 1970s and was the head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College from 1985 to 1990, winning two NCAA Division II National Championships. He is the father of former NBA player Rex Chapman Rex Everett Chapman (born October 5, 1967) is an American former professional b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Simpson
Ralph Derek Simpson (born August 10, 1949) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1970 to 1980. Career Simpson, a 6'6" guard/forward, was a star at Detroit's Pershing High School, where he teamed with Spencer Haywood to win the Michigan state championship in 1967. He was offered a tryout for the 1968 United States Olympic team, but turned it down. After two strong years at Michigan State University, he signed a professional contract with the ABA's Denver Rockets (later the Denver Nuggets), and he would represent the franchise in five ABA All-Star games. Simpson had his finest season in 1971–1972, in which he averaged 27.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists. After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, Simpson joined the Detroit Pistons, but his level of production dropped significantly, from 18 points per game in 1975–1976 to 11 points per game in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Brown (basketball)
Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach and former player who last served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers men's basketball, Memphis Tigers. Brown is the only coach in basketball history to win both an National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, national championship (Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an 2004 NBA Finals, NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004). He has a 1,275–965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight teams (differing franchises) to the playoffs. He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks (ABA), Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic gold medal in 1964. He is also the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season (San Antonio Spurs, Spurs and Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Hammond
Julian Crifton Hammond (May 27, 1943 – October 8, 2022) was an American professional basketball player. A small forward, Hammond played for the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1971. Career Hammond graduated from DuSable High School in Chicago, Illinois. He played for the school's basketball team, but was a bench player throughout his four years at DuSable. A small forward, Hammond began his college basketball career at Parsons Junior College. After two years at Parsons, he transferred to the University of Tulsa to continue his college basketball career with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. He was among the first group of black basketball players at Tulsa. During the 1965–66 season, Hammond led the National Collegiate Athletic Association in field goal percentage by making 65.9 percent (172 for 261) of his shot attempts, missing the record of 66.0 percent. The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) selected Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Becker
Arthur Paul Becker (born 1949/1950) is an American investor and real estate developer. He is best known as the former CEO of NaviSite and Zinio. Becker was married to Vera Wang for 23 years and was an advisor on growing her business into a global brand. He graduated from Bennington College in 1972 and earned his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Career In 1986, Becker started his business career as a stockbroker at Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., later becoming a director at the company. He developed several business ventures including Bnox, a sports binoculars company, and an investment in a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii. By the early 2000s, Becker began buying technology companies through ClearBlue Technologies and its parent investment fund, Atlantic Investors. In 2002, Becker purchased a controlling stake in NaviSite, a web hosting company. He was the company's chief executive officer until 2010 after which NaviSite was sold to Time Warner Cable for $230 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barnhill (basketball)
John Anthony "Rabbit" Barnhill (March 20, 1938 – November 11, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. Barnhill, along with Porter Meriwether, led the Evansville Lincoln High School Lions to an undefeated regular season and the city co-championship in 1954–55. Born in Sturgis, Kentucky, the 6'1" guard was raised in Evansville, Indiana; he attended Tennessee State University, where he won an NAIA championships in 1957, 1958 and 1959. Barnhill's 1957 TSU Tigers were notable as the first all-black team to win a major American basketball tournament. Meriwether joined him in time for the 1959 title. He finished his career as the #2 scorer (1,253 points) behind Dick Barnett on the all-time TSU scoring list; today, he ranks #18. He was a 3 time NAIA All-American (1957, 1958 and 1959) and helped the Tigers to a 3-year record of 94–8 (.922). After his 1st season with the Pipers, he was selected for an American All-Star that toured the Soviet Union; other members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |