Tim Bassett

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Eugene Timothy Bassett (April 1, 1951 – December 9, 2018) was an American basketball player. He was a staff member for the charitable group Heroes and Cool Kids.

Playing career

Bassett played for the University of Georgia.

He was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the seventh round (106th pick overall) of the 1973 NBA draft, and by the San Diego Conquistadors in the second round of the 1973 ABA Supplemental Draft.[1]

He played for the San Diego Conquistadors (1973–1975) and New York Nets (1975–1976) in the American Basketball Association (ABA). After the 1976 ABA–NBA merger, he played for the Nets (1976–1979) and the San Antonio Spurs (1979–1980) in the National Basketball Association (NBA)[2] for 473 games.

Post-playing career

Bassett was a staff member for the charitable group Heroes and Cool Kids centered in the New Jersey-New York urban area.[3] The program focuses on spreading positive messages to young students in the fifth and sixth grades and uses high-school students to help carry out its program. Their website specifically states of its goals being to spread skills such as "sportsmanship, conflict resolution, and positive lifestyle choices highlighting drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention."[4]

Bassett died from cancer on December 9, 2018.[5][6]

ABA/NBA career statistics

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
† Denotes season in which Bassett's team won an ABA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Template:Abay San Diego (ABA) 82 – 22.6 .467 .000 .593 7.3 1.3 0.7 0.4 6.9
Template:Abay San Diego (ABA) 72 – 27.8 .471 .750 .562 7.3 1.6 0.6 0.5 8.0
Template:Abay† New York (ABA) 84 – 21.3 .437 .167 .592 6.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 4.8
Template:Nbay N.Y. Nets 76 – 32.1 .396 – .571 8.4 1.4 1.3 0.7 9.0
Template:Nbay New Jersey 65 – 22.7 .388 – .515 6.2 1.0 1.0 0.5 5.4
Template:Nbay New Jersey 82 – 18.4 .371 – .679 5.1 1.2 0.5 0.4 3.9
Template:Nbay New Jersey 7 – 13.1 .364 – .667 2.6 0.6 0.7 0.0 3.4
Template:Nbay San Antonio 5 – 14.4 .333 – .667 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.0 2.0
Career 473 – 23.7 .423 .286 .588 6.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 6.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974 San Diego (ABA) 6 – 40.7 .519 – .667 14.8 3.3 0.5 1.2 14.7
1976† New York (ABA) 13 – 24.0 .457 .000 .727 7.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 6.3
1979 New Jersey 2 – 8.5 .400 – 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1980 San Antonio 3 – 6.3 .500 – – 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Career 24 – 24.7 .485 .000 .720 7.7 1.2 0.4 0.6 7.4

References

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