Dorie Murrey Explained

Dorie Murrey
Width:120px
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:215
Birth Date:7 September 1943
Nationality:American
High School:Cass Technical
(Detroit, Michigan)
College:Detroit Mercy (1963–1966)
Draft Year:1966
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:12
Draft Team:Detroit Pistons
Career Start:1966
Career End:1972
Career Number:25, 41, 40
Career Position:Power forward / center
Team1:Detroit Pistons
Years2:
Team2:Seattle SuperSonics
Team3:Portland Trail Blazers
Years4:
Team4:Baltimore Bullets
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,683 (4.7 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:1,555 (4.4 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:226 (0.6 apg)
Bbr:murredo01

Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (2.03 m) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the NBA from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.[1] He was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967 he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970 he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers.[2] He was traded 3 games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher).[3] During his six-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games.

Career statistics

NBA

Source[4]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
Detroit35 8.9 .402 .593 2.9 .3 2.8
Seattle81 18.4 .436 .689 7.4 .8 7.3
Seattle38 12.2 .387 .639 3.9 .6 5.6
Seattle81 13.3 .446 .731 4.4 .9 5.5
Portland2 10.0 .167 .818 3.5 .5 5.5
Baltimore69 10.1 .448 .653 3.1 .4 3.2
Baltimore51 8.3 .381 .615 2.5 .3 2.2
Career357 12.6 .425 .679 4.4 .6 4.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1971Baltimore16 5.8 .481 .636 2.1 .1 2.1
1972Baltimore1 1.0  -  - .0 .0 .0
Career17 5.5 .481 .636 1.9 .1 1.9

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1966&lg=N 1966 NBA Draft
  2. http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/draft_central_expansion_alltime_results.html All-Time NBA Expansion Draft Results
  3. http://www.nba.com/blazers/history/Player_HistoryDorie_Murrey-72774-41.html Dorie Murrey, Blazers History
  4. Web site: Dorie Murrey NBA stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 17 May 2024.