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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Lou Hudson
Career at a glance
Lou Hudson played 13 NBA regular seasons between 1966 and 1979, appearing in 890 games and averaging 20.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He played for 3 teams: St. Louis (1966–68, 126 games), Atlanta (1968–77, 604 games), L.A. Lakers (1977–79, 160 games). His best scoring season was 1972–73 with Atlanta: 27.1 points per game over 75 games.
In the playoffs he appeared in 9 postseason runs (61 games, 21.3 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 18,000 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 Lou Hudson
Louis Clyde Hudson ("Sweet Lou") (July 11, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player, who was an All-American at the University of Minnesota and a six-time NBA All-Star, scoring 17,940 total points in 13 NBA seasons.
- Born
- July 11, 1944 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- High school
- James B. Dudley (Greensboro, North Carolina)
- College
- Minnesota (1963–1966)
- NBA draft
- 1966: 1st round, 4th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1966–1979
Career highlights and awards
- 6× NBA All-Star (1969–1974)
- All-NBA Second Team (1970)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1967)
- No. 23 retired by Atlanta Hawks
- Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1966)
- First-team All-Big Ten (1965)
- Second-team All-Big Ten (1966)
- No. 14 retired by Minnesota Golden Gophers
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–67 | St. Louis | 80 | – | 30.6 | .467 | – | .706 | 5.4 | 1.2 | – | – | 18.4 |
| 1967–68 | St. Louis | 46 | – | 21.0 | .454 | – | .732 | 4.2 | 1.4 | – | – | 12.5 |
| 1968–69 | Atlanta | 81 | – | 35.4 | .492 | – | .777 | 6.6 | 2.7 | – | – | 21.9 |
| 1969–70 | Atlanta | 80 | – | 38.6 | .531 | – | .824 | 4.7 | 3.5 | – | – | 25.4 |
| 1970–71 | Atlanta | 76 | – | 41.0 | .484 | – | .759 | 5.1 | 3.4 | – | – | 26.8 |
| 1971–72 | Atlanta | 77 | – | 39.5 | .503 | – | .812 | 5.0 | 4.0 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1972–73 | Atlanta | 75 | – | 40.4 | .477 | – | .825 | 6.2 | 3.4 | – | – | 27.1 |
| 1973–74 | Atlanta | 65 | – | 39.8 | .500 | – | .836 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 25.4 |
| 1974–75 | Atlanta | 11 | – | 34.5 | .431 | – | .842 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 22.0 |
| 1975–76 | Atlanta | 81 | – | 31.6 | .472 | – | .814 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 17.0 |
| 1976–77 | Atlanta | 58 | – | 30.1 | .456 | – | .840 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 16.7 |
| 1977–78 | L.A. Lakers | 82 | – | 27.8 | .497 | – | .774 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 13.7 |
| 1978–79 | L.A. Lakers | 78 | – | 21.6 | .517 | – | .887 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
| Career | 890 | – | 33.5 | .489 | – | .797 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 20.2 | |
| All-Star | 6 | 3 | 16.5 | .426 | – | .933 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | St. Louis | 9 | – | 35.2 | .430 | – | .721 | 5.3 | 1.7 | – | – | 22.6 |
| 1968 | St. Louis | 6 | – | 30.2 | .444 | – | .894 | 7.2 | 2.3 | – | – | 21.7 |
| 1969 | Atlanta | 11 | – | 38.5 | .468 | – | .769 | 5.4 | 2.9 | – | – | 22.0 |
| 1970 | Atlanta | 9 | – | 40.0 | .417 | – | .820 | 4.4 | 3.7 | – | – | 21.9 |
| 1971 | Atlanta | 5 | – | 42.6 | .454 | – | .744 | 7.0 | 3.0 | – | – | 25.4 |
| 1972 | Atlanta | 6 | – | 44.3 | .453 | – | .828 | 5.5 | 3.5 | – | – | 25.0 |
| 1973 | Atlanta | 6 | – | 42.5 | .458 | – | .897 | 7.8 | 2.8 | – | – | 29.7 |
| 1978 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | – | 31.0 | .368 | – | .875 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| 1979 | L.A. Lakers | 6 | – | 15.0 | .531 | – | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Career | 61 | – | 36.0 | .446 | – | .804 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 21.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
Profile observation date unavailable.
- Height
- 6′ 5″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1966
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 4
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