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Don Kojis

Don Kojis

American basketball player (1939–2021)

Donald R. Kojis (January 15, 1939 – November 19, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)..

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Career

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he attended Marquette University and was drafted by the Chicago Packers in the second round (12th pick) of the 1961 NBA draft. He played forward for the Baltimore Bullets (1963–64), Detroit Pistons (1964–66), Chicago Bulls (1966–67) (acquired prior to the season via the expansion draft), San Diego Rockets (1967–70) (acquired prior to the 1967–68 season via the expansion draft), Seattle SuperSonics (1970–72) and Kansas City-Omaha Kings (1972–75).

Kojis was one of three players ever selected in expansion drafts held in consecutive years (Bob Weiss and George Wilson being the other two). Kojis was also one of a small number of players who played for three expansion teams (Kojis playing for the 1961–62 Packers, the 1966–67 Bulls, and the 1967–68 Rockets).

He was named to the 1968 and 1969 NBA West All-Star Teams.

He holds the Pistons' record for most field goal attempts per 48 minutes (25.35).

In 12 seasons he played in 814 Games, had 19,241 Minutes Played, 3,947 Field Goals Made, 8,853 Field Goals Attempted, .446 Field Goal Percentage, 2,054 Free Throws Made, 2,853 Free Throws Attempted, .720 Free Throw Percentage, 4,555 Rebounds, 1,112 Assists, 1,937 Personal Fouls and 9,948 Points.

He played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship.[1]

Personal life

Kojis resided in the San Diego County community of Julian, California and was the director of Whispering Winds Catholic Conference Center. He died on November 19, 2021, at the age of 82.[2]

Career statistics

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  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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References

  1. [1]
    1963 USA Basketball Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Steele, Ben (November 19, 2021). "Milwaukee native Don Kojis, Marquette's all-time leading rebounder dies at 82". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Don Kojis NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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