John Barry Clemens (born May 1, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player. The 6' 6" Clemens attended Xenia High School and Ohio Wesleyan University before being drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks in the 1965 NBA draft, and he went on to have a productive 11-year career with five teams: the Knicks, the Chicago Bulls, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Portland Trail Blazers. He retired in 1976 with career totals of 5,312 points and 2,532 rebounds.
Clemens made it to the 1973 championship game of ABC television's one-on-one NBA basketball tournament, where he was defeated by Portland All-Star guard Geoff Petrie at Madison Square Garden on May 6, 1973.
In 2009, Clemens was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG New York 70 3 12.5 .412 .692 2.6 1.0 5.4 Chicago 60 16.4 .419 .756 3.4 .7 7.3 Chicago 78 20.9 .449 .724 4.8 1.3 9.3 Chicago 75 19.3 .374 .656 4.2 1.7 7.4 Seattle 78 19.1 .454 .793 4.1 1.5 8.3 Seattle 78 16.5 .470 .728 3.1 1.2 7.4 Seattle 82 17.6 .521 .844 3.5 .8 7.1 Cleveland 72 15.5 .516 .779 2.9 1.6 6.5 Cleveland 71 12.9 .471 .849 2.3 1.1 .5 .0 5.5 Portland 77 12.4 .473 .750 2.1 1.0 .9 .0 4.9 Portland 49 9.0 .490 .886 1.4 .7 .6 .1 3.5Career 790 3 15.9 .454 .756 3.2 1.1 .7 .1 6.7
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1967 Chicago 3 6.7 .000 .857 1.0 .7 2.0 1971 Baltimore 4 11.3 .500 1.000 .5 1.3 5.0Career 7 9.3 .400 .909 .7 1.0 3.7
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