Cornell Warner (born August 12, 1948) is an American former professional

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player. A 6'9"

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from

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, Warner played seven seasons (1970–1977) in the

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as a member of the

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, and

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. He averaged 6.4

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and 7.5

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in his NBA career. Warner's statistically strongest season was 1974–75, during which he averaged 7.6 points and 10.3 rebounds for the Bucks. In October 1977, he signed with

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. Warner played until 1979 for the club, winning the Swiss national championship in 1978 and 1979.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1970–71 , align="left" , Buffalo , 65 , , – , , 19.9 , , .415 , , – , , .552 , , 7.0 , , 0.8 , , – , , – , , 6.0 , - , align="left" , 1971–72 , align="left" , Buffalo , 62 , , – , , 20.0 , , .443 , , – , , .744 , , 6.1 , , 0.9 , , – , , – , , 6.2 , - , align="left" ,

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, align="left" , Buffalo , 4 , , – , , 11.8 , , .471 , , – , , .500 , , 3.8 , , 1.5 , , – , , – , , 4.3 , - , align="left" ,

, align="left" ,

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, 68 , , – , , 19.5 , , .411 , , – , , .659 , , 7.5 , , 1.0 , , – , , – , , 5.7 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , – , , 9.8 , , .154 , , – , , 1.000 , , 3.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 0.4 , , 1.6 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

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, 67 , , – , , 20.2 , , .512 , , – , , .736 , , 5.7 , , 1.0 , , 0.4 , , 0.6 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" , 1974–75 , align="left" ,

, 79 , , – , , 31.9 , , .458 , , – , , .684 , , 10.3 , , 1.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.7 , , 7.6 , - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" ,

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, 81 , , – , , 31.0 , , .479 , , – , , .695 , , 8.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 7.3 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

, 14 , , – , , 12.1 , , .472 , , – , , .667 , , 4.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 3.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 445 , , – , , 23.6 , , .452 , , – , , .672 , , 7.5 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , 6.4

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

, 16 , , – , , 31.6 , , .423 , , – , , .684 , , 10.2 , , 1.3 , , 0.4 , , 0.9 , , 6.7 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , – , , 11.2 , , .583 , , – , , .000 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 2.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 21 , , – , , 26.7 , , .439 , , – , , .684 , , 8.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.7 , , 5.8

References

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