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John Block
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Birthdate: 4/16/1944
Height / Weight: 6' 9"  /  207 lbs.
Position: F
College: USC

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1972-73 T.C.G. Basketball Card

A leading basketball player at the University of Southern California (USC) during the mid-1960s, John Block was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1966. After playing mostly off the bench as a rookie he was drafted by the new expansion team - San Diego Rockets in 1967-68. He helped the Rockets reach the playoffs ithe next season, 1968-69 and averaged 12.4 points per game in 5 playoff games.   

A highly rated 6th man and top rebounder, 3,965 total rebounds in 597 regular season games, John Block was also a very fine shooter, .433 pct.


Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
66-67 LAL (NBA) 22 5.36 0.9-2.36 .385 0.0-0.0 .000 1.1-1.5 .706 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 2.91
67-68 SDR (NBA) 52 34.71 7.0-16.64 .423 0.0-0.0 .000 6.1-7.6 .802 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 1.4 20.15
68-69 SDR (NBA) 78 31.91 5.7-13.60 .422 0.0-0.0 .000 3.8-5.1 .748 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.8 15.32
69-70 SDR (NBA) 82 26.24 5.5-12.50 .442 0.0-0.0 .000 3.5-4.5 .782 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 1.7 14.55
70-71 SDR (NBA) 73 20.06 3.4-8.00 .420 0.0-0.0 .000 2.9-3.7 .785 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 1.3 9.62
71-72 MIL (NBA) 79 19.29 2.9-6.71 .440 0.0-0.0 .000 2.6-3.5 .749 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 1.2 8.51
72-73 KCK (NBA) 25 19.32 3.2-7.20 .444 0.0-0.0 .000 2.6-3.0 .842 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 0.8 8.96
72-73 PHI (NBA) 48 32.46 6.5-14.71 .441 0.0-0.0 .000 4.9-6.3 .781 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 2.0 17.88
72-73 total (NBA) 73 27.96 5.4-12.14 .441 0.0-0.0 .000 4.1-5.2 .794 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 1.5 14.82
73-74 KCK (NBA) 82 21.67 3.4-7.73 .434 0.0-0.0 .000 2.0-2.5 .796 0.8 0.4 0.0 4.7 1.1 8.71
74-75 CHI (NBA) 50 17.64 3.0-6.34 .473 0.0-0.0 .000 2.1-2.7 .784 0.8 0.6 0.0 4.3 0.9 8.10
74-75 NOJ (NBA) 4 14.25 2.3-7.25 .310 0.0-0.0 .000 2.3-2.5 .900 1.0 0.3 0.0 4.5 1.8 6.75
74-75 total (NBA) 54 17.39 2.9-6.41 .460 0.0-0.0 .000 2.1-2.7 .792 0.8 0.6 0.0 4.3 0.9 8.00
75-76 CHI (NBA) 2 3.50 1.0-2.00 .500 0.0-0.0 .000 0.0-1.0 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.00
14 years   597 23.98 4.3-10.0 .433 0.0-0.0 .0 3.2-4.1 .778 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.6 1.3 11.90



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