Richard J. Snyder Jr. (born February 1, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Snyder graduated from Davidson College and was drafted by the Hawks in the second round of the 1966 NBA draft. A solid shooting guard who also played small forward on occasion, Snyder achieved his greatest basketball successes with the SuperSonics franchise.
During the early 1970s, Snyder was often among the league leaders in field goal percentage. Perhaps his best season statistically was the 1970–71 season when he averaged 19.4 points per game and was fifth in the league in both field goal and free throw percentage. Traded to Cleveland after the 1974 season, Snyder returned to the SuperSonics in his final season in 1978–79 where he earned an NBA championship ring.
Snyder was a star football, baseball, and basketball player in high school and also pitched and played outfield for Davidson's baseball team. In 2011, he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG STL BLK PPG St. Louis 55 12.3 .432 .754 1.7 1.1 6.1 St. Louis 75 21.6 .419 .772 2.6 2.2 8.6 Phoenix 81 26.0 .472 .725 4.0 2.6 12.1 Phoenix6* 24.5 .489 .875 2.5 1.5 8.5 Seattle76* 30.1 .531 .810 4.1 4.4 13.6 Seattle 82 34.4 .531 .837 3.1 4.3 19.4 Seattle 73 34.7 .529 .842 3.1 3.9 16.6 Seattle82* 37.3 .463 .861 3.9 3.8 13.8 Seattle 74 36.1 .481 .866 4.1 3.6 1.2 .4 18.1 Cleveland 82 31.6 .504 .846 2.9 3.4 .8 .5 14.2 Cleveland 82 82 27.7 .501 .824 2.4 2.7 .7 .4 12.6 Cleveland 82 20.5 .456 .852 1.8 2.0 .5 .4 9.3 Cleveland 58 11.4 .444 .875 .8 1.0 .4 .3 4.8 † Seattle 56 9.6 .433 .843 .9 1.1 .3 .1 3.7Career 964 82 26.6 .488 .824 2.8 2.9 .7 .4 12.2
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG STL BLK PPG 1967 St. Louis 1 2.0 – – .0 .0 .0 1968 St. Louis 4 15.5 .455 .800 1.3 1.0 6.0 1976 Cleveland 13 28.0 .451 .818 2.2 2.4 .8 .5 12.0 1977 Cleveland 3 17.7 .296 .400 1.7 1.3 .3 .7 6.0 1978 Cleveland 1 3.0 – – .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 1979† Seattle 9 9.8 .323 .667 1.2 1.1 .4 .3 2.9Career 31 18.5 .416 .732 1.6 1.6 .6 .4 7.2
References
External links Career statistics Dick Snyder statistics at NBA.COM Dick Snyder: Still the Standard in North Canton Dick Snyder's Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Speech