Joel Kramer

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Joel Bruce Kramer (born October 30, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert"., he played the power forward and center positions. After playing college basketball at San Diego State University,[1] he had a five-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978–1983 with the Phoenix Suns.

Early life

Kramer was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish.[2][3][4] He attended Patrick Henry High School in San Diego.[2][5] There, he played for the basketball team and was League Player of the Year and All-California Interscholastic Federation his senior season.[6]

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.[2] After recovering from a broken foot, he averaged over 9 rebounds per game his last two seasons.[7] In 1977–78, he set a school consecutive free throw record of 33.[8] As a senior, he was named 1978 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year.[6][7]

He played basketball for Team USA at the 1977 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.[6]

Kramer was selected with the 19th pick of the third round by the Phoenix Suns in the 1978 NBA draft.[2] He had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978–1983, primarily at center and power forward.[2] 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.[2]

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.[9][10] He was released in January 1984.[10]

Post-playing career

Kramer was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[6] He was inducted into the San Diego Aztecs Hall of Fame in 1997.[7]

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 since October 2022Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Joel Kramer Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
  4. ↑ The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement – B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman
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  6. ↑ a b c d Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home
  7. ↑ a b c GoAztecs.com
  8. ↑ "BYU Hands the Aztecs a Bitter Loss: College basketball: SDSU's conference opener slips away in the second half. Cougars win, 73–61." – latimes
  9. ↑ AJHS honors state's Jewish athletes Template:Webarchive, January 5, 2001
  10. ↑ a b "Tel Aviv Basketball Team Releases Highly Touted Player from the U.S." | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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