Eugene Timothy Bassett (April 1, 1951 – December 9, 2018) was an American

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player. He was a staff member for the charitable group Heroes and Cool Kids.

Playing career

Bassett played for the

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. He was selected by the

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in the seventh round (106th pick overall) of the

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, and by the

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in the second round of the 1973 ABA Supplemental Draft. He played for the

(1973–1975) and

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(1975–1976) in the

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(ABA). After the 1976

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, he played for the Nets (1976–1979) and the

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(1979–1980) in the

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(NBA) for 473 games.

Post-playing career

Bassett was a staff member for the charitable group Heroes and Cool Kids centered in the New Jersey-New York urban area. The program focuses on spreading positive messages to young students in the fifth and sixth grades and uses high-school students to help carry out its program. Their website specifically states of its goals being to spread skills such as "sportsmanship, conflict resolution, and positive lifestyle choices highlighting drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention." Bassett died from cancer on December 9, 2018.

ABA/NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 5 , , – , , 14.4 , , .333 , , – , , .667 , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 473 , , – , , 23.7 , , .423 , , .286 , , .588 , , 6.7 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 6.2

Playoffs

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1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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, 2, , –, , 8.5, , .400, , –, , 1.000, , 1.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 3.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

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References

External links

*
Hine, Chris. "From His Manhattan Nightspot, Bassett Recalls Old Days," ''The New York Times'', Sunday, September 27, 2009.
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