Joel Kramer Explained

Joel Kramer
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lb:203
Birth Date:30 November 1955
Birth Place:San Diego, California, U. S.
College:San Diego State (1974–1978)
Draft Year:1978
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:63
Draft Team:Phoenix Suns
Career Start:1978
Career End:1984
Career Number:50
Career Position:Power forward / center
Years1:
Team1:Phoenix Suns
Years2:1983–1984
Team2:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Highlights:
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,257 (3.8 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:916 (2.8 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:343 (1.0 apg)

Joel Bruce Kramer (born October 30, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6feet and 203lb, he played the power forward and center positions. After playing college basketball at San Diego State University, he had a five-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 19781983 with the Phoenix Suns.

Early life

Kramer was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish.[1] [2] [3] He attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego. There, he played for the basketball team and was League Player of the Year and All-California Interscholastic Federation his senior season.[4]

Basketball career

Kramer played college basketball on a basketball scholarship at San Diego State University, during which he averaged 9.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while shooting .521 from the field. After recovering from a broken foot, he averaged over 9 rebounds per game his last two seasons.[5] In 1977–78, he set a school consecutive free throw record of 33.[6] As a senior, he was named 1978 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year.

He played basketball for Team USA at the 1977 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.

Kramer was selected with the 19th pick of the third round by the Phoenix Suns in the 1978 NBA draft. He had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 19781983, primarily at center and power forward. In his rookie season, he played in 82 games, tying for the NBA lead, and in 1980–81 he was third in the NBA with 82 games played.

After playing for the Suns, Kramer continued his playing career in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv, for whom he played for just a few months after signing for a reported $100,000 a year.[7] [8] He was released in January 1984.

Post-playing career

Kramer was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. He was inducted into the San Diego Aztecs Hall of Fame in 1997.

Kramer has held executive roles with CBIZ, an American accounting and financial services firm, working as the managing director of the Phoenix office's tax division .[9]

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Notes

  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kramejo01.html Joel Kramer Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Joel+Kramer+jewish&pg=PA335 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=QNaczbX4f78C&dq=Joel+Kramer+jewish&pg=PA134 The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement – B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman
  4. http://scjewishsportshof.com/kramer-joel.html Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home
  5. http://www.goaztecs.com/genrel/kramer_joel00.html GoAztecs.com
  6. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-04-sp-7979-story.html "BYU Hands the Aztecs a Bitter Loss: College basketball: SDSU's conference opener slips away in the second half. Cougars win, 73–61." – latimes
  7. http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010105/athletes.shtml AJHS honors state's Jewish athletes
  8. https://www.jta.org/1984/01/25/archive/tel-aviv-basketball-team-releases-highly-touted-player-from-the-u-s "Tel Aviv Basketball Team Releases Highly Touted Player from the U.S." | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  9. Web site: Joel B. Kramer . cbiz.com . October 31, 2022.

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