Dick Van Arsdale

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Dick Van Arsdale
Van Arsdale in 1961
Personal information
Born (1943-02-22) February 22, 1943 (age 81)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolEmmerich Manual
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
CollegeIndiana (1962–1965)
NBA draft1965: 2nd round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1965–1977
PositionShooting guard
Number5
Career history
As player:
1965–1968New York Knicks
1968–1977Phoenix Suns
As coach:
1987Phoenix Suns
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points15,079 (16.4 ppg)
Rebounds3,807 (4.1 rpg)
Assists3,057 (3.3 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Richard Albert Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive.

College career[edit]

A graduate of Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis, Van Arsdale played collegiately at Indiana University under longtime head coach Branch McCracken. At Indiana, Van Arsdale averaged 17.2 points and 10 rebounds per game over his collegiate career. In 1963-64, he was named to the All-Big Ten team after averaging 22.3 points and 12.4 rebounds per game in his second year with the Hoosiers.

Professional career[edit]

He was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 1965 NBA draft, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1966, together with his identical twin brother Tom.

Van Arsdale played in the NBA for twelve seasons; three with the Knicks and the remainder with the Phoenix Suns (their first selection in the 1968 expansion draft).[1] Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently one of the best free throw shooters in professional basketball. He retired from the NBA in 1977 and is remembered in Phoenix basketball lore as the "original Sun".[2]

Post-playing career[edit]

Van Arsdale later became the Suns' general manager; he is currently the team's senior vice president of player personnel.[2] Following the firing of John MacLeod in February 1987, he was the interim head coach for that season's final 26 games.[1]

Personal life[edit]

He is the identical twin brother of Tom Van Arsdale.[3] The twins played together through college and again in Phoenix during the 1976–77 season,[4] the final for both.

Career statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

NBA[edit]

Source[5]

Regular season[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1965–66 New York 79 69 29.0 .428 .715 4.8 2.3 12.3
1966–67 New York 79 79 36.6 .449 .729 7.0 3.1 15.1
1967–68 New York 78 50 30.1 .436 .670 5.4 2.9 11.0
1968–69 Phoenix 80 42.4 .442 .705 6.9 4.8 21.0
1969–70 Phoenix 77 38.5 .508 .798 3.4 4.4 21.3
1970–71 Phoenix 81 39.0 .452 .811 3.9 4.1 21.9
1971–72 Phoenix 82 37.8 .463 .845 4.1 3.6 19.7
1972–73 Phoenix 81 36.8 .476 .859 4.0 3.3 18.4
1973–74 Phoenix 78 36.3 .500 .853 2.8 4.2 1.2 .2 17.8
1974–75 Phoenix 70 34.6 .470 .832 2.7 2.8 1.2 .2 16.1
1975–76 Phoenix 58 32.2 .484 .830 2.4 2.4 .9 .2 12.9
1976–77 Phoenix 78 19.7 .456 .873 1.5 1.5 .4 .1 7.7
Career 921 198 34.5 .464 .790 4.1 3.3 .9 .2 16.4
All-Star 3 0 12.7 .500 .000 2.7 1.7 5.3

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1967 New York 4 38.3 .319 .727 6.3 3.5 11.5
1968 New York 4 22.0 .227 .750 4.0 3.3 3.3
1970 Phoenix 7 36.4 .430 .879 2.6 4.1 16.4
1976 Phoenix 19* 24.8 .488 .870 1.2 2.0 .7 .1 8.5
Career 34 28.5 .422 .838 2.4 2.8 .7 .1 9.9

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Van Arsdale chosen Phoenix head coach". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). combined reports. February 27, 1987. p. 21 – via Google News.
  2. ^ a b "Dick Van Arsdale". nba.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Petersen, Matt (May 29, 2014). "Suns Throwback: Dick and Tom Van Arsdale". nba.com. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Van Arsdales 'one' again; Both delighted in Phoenix". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 14, 1976. p. 20 – via Google News.
  5. ^ "Dick Van Arsdale NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

External links[edit]

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