Louie Nelson

Louie Nelson
Personal information
Born	(1951-05-28) May 28, 1951 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Compton (Compton, California)
College	Washington (1970–1973)
NBA draft	1973 / Round: 2 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Capital Bullets
Position	Guard
Number	15, 14, 21, 20, 11
Career history
1973–1974	Capital Bullets
1974–1976	New Orleans Jazz
1976–1977	San Antonio Spurs
1977	Kansas City Kings
1977–1978	New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-8 (1973)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Louie Nelson (born May 28, 1951) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nelson was drafted with the first pick in the second round of the 1973 NBA Draft by the Baltimore Bullets. Before the 1974-75 NBA season, Nelson was taken by the New Orleans Jazz in the NBA Expansion Draft. After playing two seasons with the Jazz, the Jazz waived him. Nelson was signed by the San Antonio Spurs before the 1976-77 NBA season, but was waived after four games. In the 1977-78 NBA season, Nelson's final NBA season, he played for the Kansas City Kings and New Jersey Nets. In his NBA career, Nelson averaged 9.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.^[1] Louie is now a Math teacher in LA Jordan High School. He coaches the girls basketball team.

References

↑ "Louie Nelson NBA statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

1973 NBA Draft

First round	Doug Collins Jim Brewer Ernie DiGregorio Mike Green Kermit Washington Ed Ratleff Ron Behagen Mike Bantom Dwight Jones John Brown Kevin Joyce Kevin Kunnert Nick Weatherspoon Mel Davis Barry Parkhill Swen Nater Steve Downing Raymond Lewis

Second round	Louie Nelson Mike D'Antoni Allan Bristow George McGinnis Billy Schaeffer Kevin Stacom Larry McNeill Allan Hornyak Tom Ingelsby Patrick McFarland Derrek Dickey Wendell Hudson Jim Chones Caldwell Jones Gary Melchionni John Perry Phil Hankinson

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