Mel Counts Profile: Information, Highlights and Stats with the Lakers

Lakers players: Mel Counts basketball profile with complete information including full name, position, height, weight, years as a Laker, career stats, NBA titles won and more.

Mel Counts Profile

NBA Career:
Seasons Games Titles
NBA 12 Season
789
Playoffs
85		 NBA Titles2
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 8.3 6.0 1.4
Playoffs 7.6 6.1 1.2

Lakers Career:
Seasons Games Titles
LAL 6 Season
375
Playoffs
71		 NBA Trophy0
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 9.7 6.9 1.5
Playoffs 8.4 6.6 1.4

* Stats updated on Mar 20, 2023 *

Full Name: Mel Grant Counts
Position: Center / Forward
Jersey Number: 11 (Celtics), 31 (Bullets, Lakers, Suns, 76ers, Jazz)
Height: 7-0 / 2.13 mt
Weight: 230 lbs / 104.3 kg
Nickname: -
All-Star: none
Born: October 16, 1941 in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
High-School: Marshfield in Coos Bay, Oregon
College: Oregon State University
Drafted: by the Boston Celtics with No. 7 overall pick, in round 1 of the 1964 NBA Draft
NBA Teams: Boston Celtics, 1964-65 to 1965-66
Baltimore Bullets, 1966-67
Los Angeles Lakers, 1966-67 to 1969-70
Phoenix Suns, 1970-71 to 1971-72
Philadelphia 76ers, 1972-73
Los Angeles Lakers, 1972-73 to 1973-74
New Orleans Jazz, 1974-75 to 1975-76
Lakers Seasons: 1966-67 to 1969-70, 1972-73 to 1973-74

Mel Counts in Lakers History - Timeline
Mel Counts

1949
2023
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Mel Counts Highlights

NBA Championships Details:
NBA Champion
1964-65 with Boston Celtics
NBA Champion
1965-66 with Boston Celtics

Career Totals:
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 6,516 4,756 1,100
Playoffs 648 519 100

Mel Counts Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Season
 Team Gm GS Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1964-65Celtics54 10.6 .368 .784 4.9 0.4 2.5 4.8
1965-66Celtics67 15.2 .403 .828 6.4 0.7 3.1 8.4
1966-67combined teams56 15.4 .422 .734 6.1 0.9 3.3 7.6
1966-67Bullets25 13.7 .389 .725 6.2 1.2 3.2 6.4
1966-67Lakers31 16.7 .444 .741 6.1 0.7 3.3 8.5
1967-68Lakers82 21.2 .475 .748 8.9 1.7 3.8 11.7
1968-69Lakers77 24.2 .450 .805 7.8 1.4 2.9 12.4
1969-70Lakers81 27.1 .427 .776 8.4 2.0 3.8 12.6
1970-71Suns80 20.9 .457 .753 6.3 1.7 3.5 11.0
1971-72Suns76 11.9 .427 .721 3.4 1.3 2.1 5.2
1972-73combined teams66 10.0 .449 .672 3.8 1.0 1.6 4.6
1972-7376ers7 6.7 .313 - 2.3 0.4 1.1 1.4
1972-73Lakers59 10.4 .457 .672 4.0 1.1 1.7 5.0
1973-74Lakers45 11.1 .365 .727 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.2 0.4 0.5 1.9 3.2
1974-75Jazz75 18.9 .438 .761 1.4 4.5 5.9 2.4 0.7 0.6 2.6 6.9
1975-76Jazz30 10.6 .407 .762 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.3 0.5 0.3 2.5 3.0
Career: 789 17.4 .435 - .764 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 - 2.9 8.3

Playoffs Stats:
Playoffs Team Gm Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1965Celtics4 7.5 .267 1.000 2.8 0.3 2.5 2.3
1966Celtics10 8.2 .359 .882 4.0 0.3 2.6 4.3
1967Lakers3 9.7 .263 1.000 2.7 0.0 2.0 4.7
1968Lakers15 20.4 .535 .677 8.9 1.6 3.5 8.6
1969Lakers18 24.6 .385 .761 7.9 1.4 3.7 11.2
1970Lakers14 15.1 .420 .846 5.3 1.1 3.4 6.1
1973Lakers17 19.2 .459 .780 6.1 1.6 3.0 9.1
1974Lakers4 8.5 .500 - 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 3.0
Career: 85 17.2 .426 - .775 0.5 1.0 6.1 1.2 0.5 0.5 - 3.1 7.6

* Stats updated on Mar 20, 2023 *

More Information: Links
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