Curtis Rowe

Curtis Rowe Jr. (born July 2, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA draft. Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA.

Rowe played eight seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.

At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams coached by John Wooden: 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 NCAA championship teams; the others were all teammates at UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Henry Bibby and Lynn Shackelford.

In 1993, Rowe was inducted to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
1971–72	Detroit	82	32.5	.460	.669	8.5	1.2	–	–	11.3
1972–73	Detroit	81	37.1	.519	.642	9.4	2.1	–	–	16.1
1973–74	Detroit	82	30.5	.494	.698	6.3	1.7	.6	.4	10.7
1974–75	Detroit	82	34.0	.483	.753	7.1	1.5	.6	.5	12.4
1975–76	Detroit	80	37.5	.468	.737	8.7	2.3	.6	.6	16.0
1976–77	Boston	79	27.7	.498	.708	7.1	1.4	.3	.6	10.1
1977–78	Boston	51	17.9	.451	.742	4.0	.9	.3	.2	6.1
1978–79	Boston	53	23.1	.436	.693	4.6	1.3	.3	.2	6.7
Career		590	31.0	.482	.701	7.2	1.6	.5	.5	11.6
All-Star		1	8.0	.000	.500	2.0	.0	–	–	1.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
1974	Detroit	7	32.7	.481	.615	7.4	1.6	.4	.9	8.3
1975	Detroit	3	38.3	.515	.526	8.7	5.0	.3	1.7	14.7
1976	Detroit	9	38.4	.477	.853	7.8	2.9	.7	.9	15.0
1977	Boston	9	26.3	.471	.759	8.0	1.1	.1	.4	9.6
Career		28	33.1	.481	.726	7.9	2.2	.4	.8	11.5

Personal life

Curtis Rowe is the father of comedian Cameron Rowe.