The second player chosen in the 2nd round of the 1974 NBA draft, Jan Van Breda Kolff chose to sign with Denver of the American Basketball Association after a starlight college career for Vanderbilt. After three solid years in the ABA he joined the New York Nets/ New Jersey Nets of the NBA where he played from 1976-77 thru the end of his career in 1982-83.
A fine off-the-bench defensive ballhawk, Jan Van Breda Kolff scored a career-best 10.2 points per game in 1976-77 and averaged 23.4 minutes per game during his career in the National Baskertball Association. In 2 postseason playoffs in the ABA and 2 in the NBA he tallied 137 points and 99 rebounds in 26 games. |