Eldo "Dick" Garrett (born January 31, 1947) is a retired American professional

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player.

Career

A 6'3"

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from

Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois. Board of trustees The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of Tr ...

, Garrett was selected by the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

with the 27th overall pick of the

1969 NBA draft The 1969 NBA draft was the 23rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 7 and May 7, 1969, before the 1969–70 season. In this draft, fourteen NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college bas ...

. He played five seasons (1969–1974) in the

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, one with the Lakers, three with the

Buffalo Braves The Buffalo Braves were an American professional basketball franchise based in Buffalo, New York. The Braves competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division from 1970 ...

, and his final season that he split between the

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

and the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

. He earned

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honors during the

1969–70 NBA season The 1969–70 NBA Season was the 24th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the New York Knicks winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Regular season The 1969– ...

after averaging 11.6

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for the Lakers.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1969–70 , align="left" ,

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, 73 , , - , , 31.8 , , .434 , , - , , .852 , , 3.2 , , 2.5 , , - , , - , , 11.6 , - , align="left" , 1970–71 , align="left" , Buffalo , 75 , , - , , 31.7 , , .414 , , - , , .869 , , 3.9 , , 3.5 , , - , , - , , 12.9 , - , align="left" , 1971–72 , align="left" , Buffalo , 73 , , - , , 26.1 , , .442 , , - , , .866 , , 3.1 , , 2.3 , , - , , - , , 10.8 , - , align="left" , 1972–73 , align="left" , Buffalo , 78 , , - , , 23.1 , , .419 , , - , , .873 , , 2.7 , , 2.8 , , - , , - , , 10.0 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, 25 , , - , , 9.6 , , .352 , , - , , .769 , , 1.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 3.0 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

, 15 , , - , , 5.8 , , .314 , , - , , .833 , , 0.9 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 339 , , - , , 25.7 , , .423 , , - , , .863 , , 3.0 , , 2.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 10.3

Playoffs

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, 18 , , - , , 33.1 , , .510 , , - , , .875 , , 2.9 , , 2.2 , , - , , - , , 12.8 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , - , , 5.8 , , .286 , , - , , .500 , , 0.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 26 , , - , , 24.7 , , .502 , , - , , .833 , , 2.1 , , 1.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 9.1

Personal life

Following his NBA career, Garrett worked for

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as an account representative, and as a security guard at Milwaukee Bucks home games. His son

Diante Garrett Diante Maurice Garrett (born November 3, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Iowa State University. High school career Garrett atten ...

has played for the

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...

and the

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

. His son Damon played basketball at UW-Whitewater. His daughter Jermia died from a severe asthma attack.

References

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* 1947 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from Illinois Buffalo Braves expansion draft picks Buffalo Braves players Guards (basketball) Los Angeles Lakers draft picks Los Angeles Lakers players Milwaukee Bucks players New York Knicks players Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball players {{1940s-US-basketball-bio-stub