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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 7:43 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Carl Braun
Career at a glance
Carl Braun played 13 NBA regular seasons between 1947 and 1962, appearing in 788 games and averaging 13.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: New York (12 seasons between 1947 and 1961, 740 games), Boston (1961–62, 48 games). His best scoring season was 1957–58 with New York: 16.5 points per game over 71 games.
Championship season: 1961–62 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 8 postseason runs (40 games, 14.0 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 10,600 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Carl Braun
Carl August Braun Jr. (September 25, 1927 – February 10, 2010) was an American professional basketball and baseball player and professional basketball coach.
- Born
- September 25, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- High school
- Garden City (Garden City, New York)
- College
- Colgate (1945–1947)
- Playing career
- 1947–1962
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1962)
- 5× NBA All-Star (1953–1957)
- All-BAA Second Team (1948)
- All-NBA Second Team (1954)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–48 | New York | 47 | – | .323 | .650 | – | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 1948–49 | New York | 57 | – | .330 | .760 | – | 3.0 | 14.2 |
| 1949–50 | New York | 67 | – | .364 | .762 | – | 3.7 | 15.4 |
| 1952–53 | New York | 70 | 33.1 | .400 | .825 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 14.0 |
| 1953–54 | New York | 72 | 33.0 | .400 | .825 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 14.8 |
| 1954–55 | New York | 71 | 34.9 | .388 | .801 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 15.1 |
| 1955–56 | New York | 72 | 32.2 | .372 | .838 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 15.4 |
| 1956–57 | New York | 72 | 32.6 | .381 | .809 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 13.9 |
| 1957–58 | New York | 71 | 34.9 | .418 | .849 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 16.5 |
| 1958–59 | New York | 72 | 27.2 | .420 | .826 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 10.5 |
| 1959–60 | New York | 54 | 28.0 | .432 | .838 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 12.9 |
| 1960–61 | New York | 15 | 14.5 | .468 | .786 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.7 |
| 1961–62† | Boston | 48 | 8.6 | .377 | .741 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 |
| Career | 788 | 29.8 | .383 | .804 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 13.5 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 18.0 | .481 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | New York | 3 | – | .293 | .600 | – | .7 | 10.0 |
| 1949 | New York | 6 | – | .324 | .806 | – | 3.2 | 19.3 |
| 1950 | New York | 5 | – | .412 | .763 | – | 3.8 | 17.0 |
| 1953 | New York | 11 | 34.0 | .324 | .806 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| 1954 | New York | 4 | 31.3 | .346 | .875 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 17.8 |
| 1955 | New York | 3 | 34.3 | .409 | .900 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 18.0 |
| 1959 | New York | 2 | 31.0 | .375 | .889 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 |
| 1962† | Boston | 6 | 7.0 | .393 | .750 | 1.2 | .3 | 4.2 |
| Career | 40 | 27.2 | .350 | .812 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 14.0 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 5″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
Height, Weight, Position, Country: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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