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Jan Vanbredakolff
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Birthdate: 12/16/1951    
Height / Weight: 6' 7"  /  195 lbs. Position: F
College: Vanderbilt

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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.


Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
74-75 DEN (ABA) 84 19.51 1.8-4.07 .453 0.0-0.0 .000 2.1-2.5 .839 0.6 0.5 1.5 4.3 2.2 5.80
75-76 KEN (ABA) 80 24.73 2.8-6.10 .457 0.0-0.1 .333 2.1-2.5 .833 0.8 1.2 1.8 5.5 2.3 7.66
76-77 NYN (NBA) 72 33.31 3.8-8.46 .445 0.0-0.0 .000 2.7-3.2 .855 1.0 0.9 0.0 6.4 1.6 10.24
77-78 NJN (NBA) 68 20.87 1.6-4.29 .366 0.0-0.0 .000 1.3-1.8 .707 0.8 0.7 1.1 3.6 1.5 4.43
78-79 NJN (NBA) 80 24.98 2.5-5.29 .463 0.0-0.0 .000 1.8-2.3 .798 1.1 0.9 1.7 4.8 2.3 6.73
79-80 NJN (NBA) 82 29.26 2.6-5.59 .463 0.1-0.2 .350 1.6-1.9 .839 1.2 0.9 1.9 5.2 3.0 6.84
80-81 NJN (NBA) 78 18.28 1.3-3.14 .408 0.0-0.1 .250 1.3-1.5 .838 0.5 0.6 1.4 2.6 1.7 3.85
81-82 NJN (NBA) 41 11.02 1.0-2.00 .500 0.0-0.0 .000 1.5-1.9 .816 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.2 0.8 3.51
82-83 NJN (NBA) 13 4.85 0.4-1.08 .357 0.0-0.0 .000 0.4-0.5 .833 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.15
9 years   598 23.03 2.2-4.9 .444 0.0-0.1 .282 1.8-2.2 .821 0.8 0.8 1.3 4.3 2.0 6.18



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