Tom Abernethy

Seasons

Season G PPG RPG NBA
Title
1976-77 (#5) 70 6.3 4.2
1977-78 73 6.8 3.6

Forward, #5

 

A forward selected by the Lakers in the third round of the 1976 NBA draft, the Indiana graduate played in 143 games with the Lakers over two seasons. He was traded to the Buffalo Braves in June 1978 and signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors a month later. He went on to play four more seasons in the NBA and in Italy before retiring from professional basketball in 1983. His three sons went on to play college basketball.

— Austin Knoblauch
Feb. 12, 2011