Swen Nater 
#41 C | 6-11, 270lbs | Celtics | Experience: 10 years
Born: 1/14/1950 (34) | College: UCLA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 44 35 71 0 27 21 64 78 54 13 17 30 25 55 38 88  
 Potential: C D B F D D B B C F D D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $220,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL BOS 38 0 10.0 2.9 0.8 2.1 0.6 0.7 0.78 0.1 0.1 0.9 .450 .563 .000  
 1982 NPSBL SEA 82 13 16.1 4.9 1.1 2.9 0.9 0.9 0.99 0.2 0.2 1.6 .466 .777 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 80 12 16.7 6.8 1.3 3.8 0.9 1.5 0.58 0.2 0.3 1.9 .475 .793 .000  
 1980 NPSBL DET 82 82 35.4 13.9 2.5 7.4 2.0 2.8 0.71 0.3 0.4 3.7 .499 .818 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SDC 81 0 35.3 13.4 4.3 10.7 2.9 3.2 0.91 0.6 0.5 3.2 .554 .718 .000  
 1978 NPSBL SDC 79 0 25.4 10.7 2.8 6.1 1.8 2.2 0.82 0.5 0.4 3.1 .569 .800 .000  
 1977 NPSBL BUF 78 0 35.6 15.5 3.6 9.6 2.8 2.9 0.96 0.5 0.6 3.5 .504 .765 .000  
 1976 NPSBL MIL 72 0 27.2 13.0 3.7 8.3 1.5 0.0 108.00 0.8 0.7 3.0 .528 .754 .000  
 1975 NPSBL NYN 76 0 23.6 9.8 3.6 6.5 0.7 2.2 0.32 0.4 0.7 3.1 .492 .697 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SAS 78 0 34.8 15.1 6.3 10.1 1.2 2.4 0.52 0.6 1.1 3.1 .542 .752 .000  
 1973 NPSBL SAS 79 0 30.1 14.1 4.4 8.2 1.6 2.5 0.65 0.4 0.8 2.7 .552 .709 .000  
 Career     825 107 27.2 11.3 3.2 7.1 1.6 2.0 0.79 0.4 0.5 2.8 .522 .757 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL BOS 1.3 2.9 .450 0.2 0.4 .563 0.9 1.5 .632 0.4 1.4 .264 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL SEA 1.9 4.1 .466 1.1 1.4 .777 1.2 2.3 .537 0.7 1.8 .375 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 2.5 5.3 .475 1.8 2.2 .793 1.8 3.0 .598 0.7 2.3 .324 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1980 NPSBL DET 5.3 10.7 .499 3.3 4.0 .818 3.7 6.4 .586 1.6 4.3 .372 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL SDC 5.5 9.9 .554 2.4 3.4 .718 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NPSBL SDC 4.5 7.9 .569 1.7 2.1 .800 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL BUF 6.4 12.7 .504 2.7 3.5 .765 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL MIL 5.3 10.1 .528 2.4 3.2 .754 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NPSBL NYN 4.2 8.6 .492 1.4 2.0 .697 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SAS 6.3 11.7 .542 2.4 3.2 .752 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 NPSBL SAS 5.9 10.7 .552 2.3 3.2 .709 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.6 8.9 .522 2.0 2.7 .757 0.7 1.2 .582 0.3 0.9 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 38 0 381 50 111 9 16 0 1 109 29 109 21 5 27 5 3 33 -98 
 1982 82 13 1318 156 335 87 112 0 1 399 93 329 70 13 71 13 14 130 -24 
 1981 80 12 1339 202 425 142 179 0 4 546 102 403 68 17 117 17 21 152 -53 
 1980 82 82 2905 437 876 269 329 0 3 1143 201 807 163 26 231 26 31 300 118 
 1979 81 0 2860 443 799 196 273 0 2 1082 352 1216 233 45 257 45 37 259
 1978 79 0 2006 357 627 132 165 0 0 846 218 701 140 38 170 38 29 244
 1977 78 0 2778 501 994 208 272 0 0 1210 278 1029 216 40 225 40 47 274
 1976 72 0 1960 383 725 172 228 0 0 938 266 865 108 54 0 54 51 214
 1975 76 0 1790 320 651 108 155 0 4 748 275 766 55 31 170 31 51 238
 1974 78 0 2713 495 914 185 246 0 1 1175 495 1279 97 43 185 43 87 240
 1973 79 0 2375 467 846 180 254 0 1 1114 351 998 129 32 200 32 63 214
 Career 825 107 22425 3811 7303 1688 2229 0 17 9310 2660 8502 1300 344 1653 344 434 2298 -57 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL BOS .458 0.98 12.7 16.3 16.8 8.1 25.7 16.2 9.4 -6.5 -0.2 -2.6 90.8 102.9  
 1982 NPSBL SEA .521 1.19 13.3 13.5 15.0 7.9 20.5 14.1 11.2 -6.1 -0.2 -0.3 99.8 101.6  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .542 1.28 9.9 17.0 19.7 8.9 25.1 17.2 13.4 56.9 1.9 -0.7 102.3 105.7  
 1980 NPSBL DET .560 1.30 11.5 16.3 17.7 7.9 23.4 15.8 13.6 129.2 4.3 1.4 104.5 102.1  
 1979 NPSBL SDC .589 1.35 16.5 18.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL SDC .604 1.35 13.9 16.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL BUF .543 1.22 13.9 14.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL MIL .568 1.29 11.6 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPSBL NYN .520 1.15 5.8 18.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NPSBL SAS .575 1.29 7.4 14.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NPSBL SAS .581 1.32 10.0 15.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .562 1.27 11.6 14.7 4.6 8.2 23.3 15.8 10.3 173.4 5.8 -0.1 102.1 102.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL SEA 1 0 11.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 4 0 15.5 5.5 0.8 2.5 0.5 1.3 0.40 0.3 0.0 2.5 .350 1.000 .000  
 Career     5 0 14.6 4.8 1.0 2.6 0.4 1.2 0.33 0.2 0.0 2.0 .364 1.000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL SEA 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 1.8 5.0 .350 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.3 2.8 .455 0.5 2.3 .222 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.6 4.4 .364 1.6 1.6 1.000 1.2 2.6 .462 0.4 1.8 .222 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 1 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
 1981 4 0 62 7 20 8 8 0 0 22 3 13 2 1 5 1 0 10 -6 
 Career 5 0 73 8 22 8 8 0 0 24 5 18 2 1 6 1 0 10 -6 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL SEA .500 1.00 0.0 33.3 11.2 13.3 23.1 17.9 7.8 -0.6 0.0 0.0 88.9 92.3  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .458 1.10 6.5 16.1 20.2 5.4 19.6 12.1 4.5 -5.6 -0.2 -1.5 102.2 106.5  
 Career     .462 1.09 5.9 17.6 18.8 7.0 20.3 13.3 5.0 -6.2 -0.2 -1.2 100.0 104.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 14 5 10 3 1 1 4 6 9 2 2 0 1  
 Playoff 10 2 5 1 1 0 4 3 8 4 4 0 0  
 Career 31 10 19 6 2 2 8 14 23 11 11 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/22 GSW L 25 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 1 6 1 1 0 0 4 -24
 10/26 ATL L 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 10/29 SAS W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
 11/1 CLE L 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
 11/4 POR W 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0
 11/8 WAS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/10 PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/12 SDC L 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 -6
 11/14 CHI L 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
 11/20 GSW L 20 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 -23
 11/24 NYK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/25 ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 12/1 CLE W 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 -7
 12/5 ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 12/9 MIL L 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 -9
 12/11 LAL L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/15 PHI L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
 2/2 MIL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 2/17 DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1
 3/3 NJN L 11 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
 3/4 CHI L 22 3 9 0 0 0 0 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 2 -16
 3/6 HOU L 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 -6
 3/7 DET L 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 3
 3/10 IND L 8 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4
 3/11 SDC L 11 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 -4
 3/13 MIL L 12 1 4 2 2 0 1 4 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 -3
 3/15 UTA L 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 -8
 3/17 NJN L 13 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -7
 3/19 DET L 12 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 -2
 3/21 SEA L 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 4
 3/23 CLE L 16 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 3/24 IND L 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 -6
 3/27 LAL L 19 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
 3/28 CLE L 10 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
 3/30 UTA L 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 4 1 0 2 -12
 4/1 NJN L 11 3 4 1 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 4 3
 4/4 DEN W 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -4
 4/6 DET W 21 4 9 1 2 0 0 9 5 10 0 1 1 0 1 5
 4/7 CLE L 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 -12
 4/10 GSW L 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 -9
 4/18 HOU L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Detroit with pick #8 of round 4 of the creation draft.
 10/1/1981 Traded to the Bulls
 7/26/1982 Signed with the Supersonics for $660,000 over 3 years.
 7/20/1983 Traded to the Celtics
 4/1/1984 Team option declined by Celtics


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