Kevin Restani | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1951 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California |
Death Place: | San Francisco, California |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco, California) |
College: | San Francisco (1971–1974) |
Draft Year: | 1974 |
Draft Round: | 3 |
Draft Pick: | 39 |
Draft Team: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Career Start: | 1974 |
Career End: | 1988 |
Career Number: | 18, 31, 24 |
Career Position: | Power forward / center |
Coach Start: | 1988 |
Coach End: | 1991 |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Milwaukee Bucks |
Team2: | Kansas City Kings |
Team3: | Milwaukee Bucks |
Years4: | – |
Team4: | San Antonio Spurs |
Team5: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Years6: | 1982–1986 |
Team6: | Libertas Livorno |
Years7: | 1986–1987 |
Team7: | Libertas Forlì |
Years8: | 1987–1988 |
Team8: | AMG Sebastiani Rieti |
Cyears1: | 1988–1989 |
Cteam1: | Libertas Livorno |
Cyears2: | 1989–1991 |
Cteam2: | Rovereto Basket |
Highlights: |
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Stats League: | NBA |
Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 3,386 (6.2 ppg) |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 2,206 (4.0 rpg) |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 747 (1.4 apg) |
Bbr: | restake01 |
Kevin Gilbert "Big Bird" Restani (December 23, 1951 - April 25, 2010[1]) was an American professional basketball player from San Francisco, California.[2]
After being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1974 NBA draft, Restani played in eight seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, and Cavaliers. While with the Spurs, he was a member of the "Bruise Brothers" along with George Johnson, Paul Griffin, Dave Corzine, and Mark Olberding.
Restani was a Catholic.[3]
In more recent years he was a high school counselor at Balboa High School in San Francisco.[2]
Restani died of a heart attack on April 25, 2010.[4]
|-| align="left" | 1974–75| align="left" | Milwaukee| 76 || - || 23.1 || .440 || - || .714 || 5.3 || 1.6 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 5.4|-| align="left" | 1975–76| align="left" | Milwaukee| 82 || - || 20.1 || .475 || - || .571 || 4.6 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 6.0|-| align="left" | 1976–77| align="left" | Milwaukee| 64 || - || 17.4 || .518 || - || .500 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 5.6|-| align="left" | 1977–78| align="left" | Milwaukee| 8 || - || 10.5 || .464 || - || .000 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 3.3|-| align="left" | 1977–78| align="left" | Kansas City| 46 || - || 10.1 || .424 || - || .818 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 2.8|-| align="left" | 1978–79| align="left" | Milwaukee| 81 || - || 19.7 || .495 || - || .699 || 4.8 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 7.1|-| align="left" | 1979–80| align="left" | San Antonio| 82 || - || 24.0 || .508 || .172 || .814 || 4.7 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 10.7|-| align="left" | 1980–81| align="left" | San Antonio| 64 || - || 15.6 || .520 || .375 || .705 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 7.0|-| align="left" | 1981–82| align="left" | San Antonio| 13 || 0 || 11.2 || .321 || .000 || .750 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 1.6|-| align="left" | 1981–82| align="left" | Cleveland| 34 || 0 || 9.9 || .383 || .000 || .583 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 1.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 550 || 0 || 18.4 || .486 || .205 || .717 || 4.0 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 6.2|}
|-| align="left" | 1975–76| align="left" | Milwaukee| 3 || - || 11.0 || .200 || - || .000 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.7|-| align="left" | 1979–80| align="left" | San Antonio| 3 || - || 24.7 || .607 || .000 || .444 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 12.7|-| align="left" | 1980–81| align="left" | San Antonio| 3 || - || 3.7 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 9 || - || 13.1 || .528 || .000 || .444 || 2.6 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 4.7|}