Swen Nater 
#45 C | 6-11, 278lbs | FA | Experience: 12 years
Born: 1/14/1950 (37) | College: UCLA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 37 29 71 0 31 18 53 65 45 10 18 24 21 44 31 68  
 Potential: D D B F D F C B C F D D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 11 0 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.67 0.0 0.2 0.4 .286 1.000 .000  
 1984 NPBSL ATL 45 0 6.2 1.6 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.71 0.0 0.0 0.9 .397 .895 .000  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     881 107 25.8 10.7 3.0 6.7 1.5 1.9 0.79 0.4 0.5 2.7 .520 .759 .000  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 0.4 1.3 .286 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.5 .333 0.2 0.7 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL ATL 0.6 1.5 .397 0.4 0.4 .895 0.3 0.6 .483 0.3 0.8 .342 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     4.4 8.4 .520 1.9 2.6 .759 0.7 1.2 .578 0.3 0.9 .351 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 +/- 
 1986 11 0 42 4 14 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 3 0 2 4 -17 
 1984 45 0 277 27 68 17 19 0 1 71 17 62 15 2 21 2 1 40 -62 
 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 0 
 1978 79 0 2006 357 627 132 165 0 0 846 218 701 140 38 170 38 29 244 0 
 1977 78 0 2778 501 994 208 272 0 0 1210 278 1029 216 40 225 40 47 274 0 
 1976 72 0 1960 383 725 172 228 0 0 938 266 865 108 54 0 54 51 214 0 
 1975 76 0 1790 320 651 108 155 0 4 748 275 766 55 31 170 31 51 238 0 
 1974 78 0 2713 495 914 185 246 0 1 1175 495 1279 97 43 185 43 87 240 0 
 1973 79 0 2375 467 846 180 254 0 1 1114 351 998 129 32 200 32 63 214 0 
 Career 881 107 22744 3842 7385 1707 2250 0 18 9391 2679 8572 1317 346 1677 346 437 2342 -136 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL UTA .333 0.71 10.0 15.0 0.0 4.3 13.6 8.9 0.0 -6.6 -0.2 -1.5 96.3 121.2  
 1984 NPBSL ATL .474 1.04 13.4 18.8 15.1 6.4 17.5 11.9 5.6 -20.5 -0.7 -1.4 97.0 110.6  
 1983 NPBSL BOS .458 0.98 12.7 16.3 16.8 8.1 25.7 16.2 9.4 -6.7 -0.2 -2.6 90.8 102.9  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL SDC .589 1.35 16.5 18.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL SDC .604 1.35 13.9 16.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPBSL BUF .543 1.22 13.9 14.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPBSL MIL .568 1.29 11.6 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPBSL NYN .520 1.15 5.8 18.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NPBSL SAS .575 1.29 7.4 14.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NPBSL SAS .581 1.32 10.0 15.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .561 1.27 11.6 14.8 4.8 8.0 23.0 15.5 3.4 146.2 4.9 -0.2 101.8 103.3  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0  
 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 +/-
 11/6 HOU W 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
 11/21 BOS L 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
 11/30 CHI W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 12/3 PHX W 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -9
 12/4 CLE L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 -5
 12/12 SAS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 12/13 DAL L 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 12/20 SAS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/28 KCK L 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 1/3 DAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 1/22 HOU L 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Awards and 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
 7/29/1984 Signed with the Knicks for $108,876 over one year.
 2/14/1985 Traded to the Hawks
 7/22/1986 Signed with the Jazz for $157,505 over one year.
 2/1/1987 Released by the Jazz

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