Campy Russell should not be confused with Cazzie Russell.
| Campy Russell | |
| Width: | 165 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 215 |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. |
| High School: | Pontiac Central (Pontiac, Michigan) |
| College: | Michigan (1972–1974) |
| Draft Year: | 1974 |
| Draft Round: | 1 |
| Draft Pick: | 8 |
| Draft Team: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Career Start: | 1974 |
| Career End: | 1985 |
| Career Number: | 20, 21, 4 |
| Career Position: | Small forward |
| Years1: | – |
| Team1: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Years2: | – |
| Team2: | New York Knicks |
| Team3: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Years4: | 1984–1985 |
| Team4: | Detroit Spirits |
| Highlights: |
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| Stats League: | NBA |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 8,953 (15.8 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Rebounds |
| Stat2value: | 2,696 (4.8 rpg) |
| Stat3label: | Assists |
| Stat3value: | 1,684 (3.0 apg) |
Michael Campanella "Campy" Russell (born January 12, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years (1975–1982, 1985) and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.[1]
Before joining the NBA, Russell was a star player at the University of Michigan. Russell played three seasons at Michigan, and in his junior year he averaged 23.7 points per game. He was named an All American that year.[2]
During his All Star season in the NBA in 1978–1979, Russell averaged 21.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game for the Cavaliers.
Today, Russell works in the Cavaliers' front office as Director of Alumni Relations.[3] He is also a co-host of the Cavaliers' pregame and postgame show (Cavaliers Live, alongside Cayleigh Griffin) on Bally Sports Ohio.[4] On March 26, 2022, Russell was honored with a spot on the Cavaliers Wall of Honor along with former players World B. Free and Lenny Wilkens and former owner Gordon Gund.[5]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 68 || || 11.1 || .411 || – || .752 || 2.2 || .7 || .3 || .0 || 6.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 82 || || 23.9 || .482 || – || .773 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 15.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 70 || || 30.1 || .434 || – || .778 || 6.0 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .3 || 16.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 72 || || 35.0 || .448 || – || .751 || 6.4 || 3.9 || 1.2 || .2 || 19.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 74 || || 38.6 || .476 || – || .797 || 6.8 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .3 || 21.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 41 || || 32.5 || .451 || .111 || .745 || 5.5 || 4.2 || 1.8 || .5 || 18.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York| 79 || || 36.3 || .464 || .308 || .781 || 4.5 || 3.3 || 1.3 || .1 || 16.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York| 77 || 63 || 30.6 || .478 || style="background:#cfecec;"|.439* || .776 || 3.1 || 3.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 13.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland| 3 || 0 || 8.0 || .286 || .000 || .667 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 566 || 63 || 29.6 || .459 || .366 || .772 || 4.8 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .2 || 15.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star| 1 || 0 || 13.0 || .250 || – || – || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 4.0
|-|style="text-align:left;"|1976|style="text-align:left;”|Cleveland|13||||25.2||.404||–||.855||5.5||1.1||.6||.5||13.6|-|style="text-align:left;"|1977|style="text-align:left;”|Cleveland|3|| ||33.3||.389||–||.733||8.7||3.3||1.0||.3||17.7|-|style="text-align:left;"|1978|style="text-align:left;”|Cleveland|2|| ||44.0||.487||–||.810||7.5||5.5||1.5||.5||27.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|1981|style="text-align:left;”|New York|2|| ||44.5||.441||.000||.941||4.5||4.5||2.0||.5||23.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 20 || || 30.3 || .417 || .000 || .843 || 6.1 || 2.2 || .9 || .5 || 16.6