Don Buse G

Height: 6-4 (193cm)

Weight: 190 lbs (86kg)

Born: Aug 20, 1950 (74 years old)

Hometown: Huntingburg, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1972 Round 3, Pick 4, Phoenix Suns

Pre-Draft Team: Evansville (Sr)

High School: Holland High School (Holland, Indiana)

4x All-NBA Defensive 1st, All-Star

Don Buse Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	AST
4/14/1985	Lakers	2	0
4/12/1985	Spurs	0	0
4/11/1985	Rockets	2	0
4/5/1985	Lakers	0	0
3/28/1985	Nuggets	2	7

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

9 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77 ☆	26	IND	81	36.4	8.0	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	-	.416	-	.786
1977-78	27	PHX	82	31.1	8.4	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	1.5	.458	-	.824
1978-79	28	PHX	82	31.0	7.8	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	.495	-	.769
1979-80	29	PHX	81	30.9	7.7	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	.443	.241	.664
1980-81	30	IND	58	18.9	5.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	0.7	.397	.328	.769
1981-82	31	IND	82	30.8	9.7	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	1.2	.455	.386	.813
1982-83	32	POR	41	15.7	4.7	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	.396	.257	.891
1983-84	33	KCK	76	17.5	5.0	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	1.1	.426	.305	.788
1984-85	34	KCK	65	14.4	3.4	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	.404	.356	.767
CAREER			648	26.3	6.9	2.3	4.5	1.8	0.1	1.1	.442	.333	.780

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77 ☆	26	IND	81	-	36.4	8.0	3.3	7.9	.416	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.786	0.8	2.5	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	-	1.6
1977-78	27	PHX	82	-	31.1	8.4	3.5	7.6	.458	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.824	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	1.5	1.8
1978-79	28	PHX	82	-	31.0	7.8	3.5	7.0	.495	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.769	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	1.8
1979-80	29	PHX	81	-	30.9	7.7	3.2	7.3	.443	0.2	1.0	.241	1.0	1.6	.664	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	1.4
1980-81	30	IND	58	-	18.9	5.1	2.0	4.9	.397	0.3	1.0	.328	0.9	1.1	.769	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	0.7	1.1
1981-82	31	IND	82	78	30.8	9.7	3.8	8.4	.455	0.9	2.3	.386	1.2	1.5	.813	0.6	2.2	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	1.2	2.1
1982-83	32	POR	41	1	15.7	4.7	1.8	4.4	.396	0.2	0.9	.257	1.0	1.1	.891	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	1.5
1983-84	33	KCK	76	10	17.5	5.0	2.0	4.6	.426	0.2	0.8	.305	0.8	1.1	.788	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.8
1984-85	34	KCK	65	14	14.4	3.4	1.3	3.1	.404	0.5	1.3	.356	0.4	0.5	.767	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.2
CAREER			648	103	26.3	6.9	2.8	6.4	.442	0.4	1.3	.333	1.0	1.3	.780	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.8	0.1	1.1	1.5

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77 ☆	26	IND	81	-	2,947	646	266	639	.416	-	-	-	114	145	.786	66	204	270	685	281	16	-	129
1977-78	27	PHX	82	-	2,547	686	287	626	.458	-	-	-	112	136	.824	59	190	249	391	185	14	124	144
1978-79	28	PHX	82	-	2,544	640	285	576	.495	-	-	-	70	91	.769	44	173	217	356	156	18	96	149
1979-80	29	PHX	81	-	2,499	626	261	589	.443	19	79	.241	85	128	.664	70	163	233	320	132	10	91	111
1980-81	30	IND	58	-	1,095	297	114	287	.397	19	58	.328	50	65	.769	19	65	84	140	74	8	38	61
1981-82	31	IND	82	78	2,529	797	312	685	.455	73	189	.386	100	123	.813	46	177	223	407	164	27	95	176
1982-83	32	POR	41	1	643	194	72	182	.396	9	35	.257	41	46	.891	19	35	54	115	44	2	25	60
1983-84	33	KCK	76	10	1,327	381	150	352	.426	18	59	.305	63	80	.788	29	87	116	303	86	1	87	62
1984-85	34	KCK	65	14	939	218	82	203	.404	31	87	.356	23	30	.767	21	40	61	203	38	1	45	75
CAREER			648	103	17,070	4,485	1,829	4,139	.442	169	507	.333	658	844	.780	373	1,134	1,507	2,920	1,160	97	601	967

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1976-77 ☆	26	IND	81	-	.460	.416	2.1	6.9	4.4	29.0	-	4.3	0.3	-	120.2	-	1.0	-	99.1	14.1
1977-78	27	PHX	82	-	.500	.458	2.3	7.8	5.0	18.5	15.3	3.1	0.3	11.8	128.2	5.1	1.1	104.5	97.7	12.4
1978-79	28	PHX	82	-	.519	.495	2.0	7.4	4.7	16.3	13.5	2.7	0.4	10.8	126.4	5.4	1.1	109.8	103.3	11.7
1979-80	29	PHX	81	-	.485	.459	3.1	7.0	5.1	16.0	12.4	2.4	0.2	11.7	134.8	4.8	1.1	106.0	104.4	11.1
1980-81	30	IND	58	-	.471	.430	1.8	6.7	4.2	16.4	10.7	3.2	0.4	12.9	149.4	5.1	1.0	107.0	105.1	12.2
1981-82	31	IND	82	78	.539	.509	1.9	7.8	4.8	22.5	11.4	3.2	0.6	13.7	165.5	7.1	1.2	115.3	104.0	14.8
1982-83	32	POR	41	1	.480	.420	3.3	6.1	4.7	23.4	11.0	3.3	0.2	14.4	154.4	8.2	1.1	111.8	103.9	13.9
1983-84	33	KCK	76	10	.492	.452	2.4	7.6	5.0	29.4	18.3	3.0	-	14.4	151.9	8.5	1.1	105.8	107.5	13.8
1984-85	34	KCK	65	14	.504	.480	2.6	4.8	3.7	25.7	17.2	1.9	0.1	11.0	152.7	9.4	1.1	113.7	114.4	10.5
CAREER			648	103	.497	.462	2.3	7.3	4.8	21.5	13.6	3.1	0.3	12.4	155.5	6.2	1.1	109.2	103.9	12.7

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77 ☆	26	IND	81	-	0	.270	-	-	0.2	36	45	.444	1.5	3.1	4.7
1977-78	27	PHX	82	-	0	.182	3.2	1.5	0.2	49	33	.598	2.4	3.6	6.0
1978-79	28	PHX	82	-	0	.167	3.7	1.6	0.2	50	32	.610	2.6	2.8	5.4
1979-80	29	PHX	81	-	0	.163	3.5	1.5	0.2	55	26	.679	1.7	2.9	4.6
1980-81	30	IND	58	-	0	.073	3.7	1.9	0.2	30	27	.526	0.9	1.2	2.0
1981-82	31	IND	82	78	1	.216	4.3	1.7	0.2	35	47	.427	3.7	3.4	7.1
1982-83	32	POR	41	1	1	.054	4.6	1.8	0.3	23	17	.575	0.9	0.7	1.7
1983-84	33	KCK	76	10	1	.129	3.5	1.0	0.2	35	41	.461	0.8	1.4	2.2
1984-85	34	KCK	65	14	0	.078	4.5	0.8	0.1	26	38	.406	1.0	0.2	1.3
CAREER			648	103	3	.148	3.7	1.5	0.2	339	306	.526	15.5	19.3	35.0

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977-78	27	PHX	2	38.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	.364	-	.000
1978-79	28	PHX	15	34.1	7.9	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	.405	-	.727
1979-80	29	PHX	8	29.5	8.5	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	.438	.385	.636
1980-81	30	IND	2	17.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	.125	.250	1.000
1982-83	32	POR	5	6.2	1.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	.250	.000	.750
1983-84	33	KCK	3	16.7	7.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.438	.500	.667
CAREER			35	26.9	6.5	2.6	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.0	.399	.391	.714

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	27	PHX	2	-	38.0	4.0	2.0	5.5	.364	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.5
1978-79	28	PHX	15	-	34.1	7.9	3.1	7.7	.405	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727	1.1	2.5	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	2.1
1979-80	29	PHX	8	-	29.5	8.5	3.5	8.0	.438	0.6	1.6	.385	0.9	1.4	.636	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9
1980-81	30	IND	2	-	17.5	2.5	0.5	4.0	.125	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.0
1982-83	32	POR	5	0	6.2	1.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.750	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4
1983-84	33	KCK	3	0	16.7	7.0	2.3	5.3	.438	1.0	2.0	.500	1.3	2.0	.667	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.7
CAREER			35	0	26.9	6.5	2.5	6.4	.399	0.5	1.3	.391	1.1	1.6	.714	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.0	1.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977-78	27	PHX	2	-	76	8	4	11	.364	-	-	-	0	0	.000	0	5	5	4	4	0	1	3
1978-79	28	PHX	15	-	512	118	47	116	.405	-	-	-	24	33	.727	17	38	55	52	23	5	15	31
1979-80	29	PHX	8	-	236	68	28	64	.438	5	13	.385	7	11	.636	8	13	21	44	6	0	13	15
1980-81	30	IND	2	-	35	5	1	8	.125	1	4	.250	2	2	1.000	0	5	5	7	3	0	2	4
1982-83	32	POR	5	0	31	7	2	8	.250	0	0	.000	3	4	.750	0	2	2	7	0	0	2	2
1983-84	33	KCK	3	0	50	21	7	16	.438	3	6	.500	4	6	.667	0	3	3	11	1	1	3	5
CAREER			35	0	940	227	89	223	.399	9	23	.391	40	56	.714	25	66	91	125	37	6	36	60

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1977-78	27	PHX	2	-	.364	.364	-	9.0	3.6	6.7	8.3	2.6	-	6.4	36.4	2.3	0.7	80.1	102.1	5.6
1978-79	28	PHX	15	-	.452	.405	3.7	7.5	5.7	13.6	10.3	2.1	0.5	11.4	113.2	4.0	1.0	102.3	99.8	10.3
1979-80	29	PHX	8	-	.494	.477	3.7	6.0	4.9	23.3	15.9	1.2	-	14.3	145.8	7.1	1.1	105.1	112.6	11.5
1980-81	30	IND	2	-	.282	.188	-	17.1	7.4	26.6	18.4	3.9	-	12.1	137.5	7.5	0.6	77.2	101.5	8.4
1982-83	32	POR	5	0	.359	.250	-	7.3	3.6	28.1	17.0	-	-	16.0	100.0	9.1	0.9	86.9	113.3	6.5
1983-84	33	KCK	3	0	.563	.531	-	7.8	3.3	31.7	13.9	1.0	1.2	17.4	160.4	8.8	1.3	114.6	112.2	15.5
CAREER			35	0	.458	.419	2.8	7.7	5.2	17.4	12.7	1.9	0.4	12.3	150.5	5.2	1.0	101.5	105.5	10.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1977-78	27	PHX	2	-	.099	4.0	4.0	0.0	0	2	.000	-	0.1	-
1978-79	28	PHX	15	-	.164	3.5	1.5	0.3	9	6	.600	0.3	0.7	1.0
1979-80	29	PHX	8	-	.202	3.4	0.5	0.2	3	5	.375	0.2	-	0.2
1980-81	30	IND	2	-	.107	3.5	1.5	0.2	0	2	.000	-0.1	-	-
1982-83	32	POR	5	0	.030	3.5	0.0	0.5	2	3	.400	-	-	-
1983-84	33	KCK	3	0	.150	3.7	0.3	0.4	0	3	.000	0.1	-	0.1
CAREER			35	0	.140	3.5	1.0	0.3	14	21	.400	0.5	0.8	1.3

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Apr 10, 1972	The Phoenix Suns selected Don Buse in Round 3 with Pick 4 in the 1972 NBA Draft.
Sep 5, 1976	Don Buse signed a multi-year contract with the Indiana Pacers.
Sep 6, 1977	Don Buse was acquired by the Phoenix Suns from the Indiana Pacers in a trade.
Jul 1, 1980	Don Buse, previously with the Phoenix Suns, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1980	Don Buse signed a multi-year contract with the Phoenix Suns.
Nov 25, 1980	Don Buse was acquired by the Indiana Pacers from the Phoenix Suns in a trade.
Jun 30, 1982	The Indiana Pacers tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Don Buse a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1982	Don Buse, previously with the Indiana Pacers, became a free agent.
Jan 7, 1983	Don Buse signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Portland Trail Blazers. Since he is a restricted free agent, the Indiana Pacers can match.
Jan 9, 1983	Don Buse signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Aug 22, 1983	The Portland Trail Blazers placed the contract of Don Buse on waivers.
Aug 29, 1983	Don Buse, previously with the Portland Trail Blazers, became a free agent.
Sep 28, 1983	Don Buse signed a multi-year contract with the Kansas City Kings.
Jul 1, 1985	Don Buse, previously with the Kansas City Kings, became a free agent.
Jul 1, 1985	The Sacramento Kings renounced their free-agent exception rights to Don Buse.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
4x All-NBA Defensive First Team	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
1x All-Star	1977
1x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1977

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977	26	West	1	19.0	4.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	-	.500	-	.000
CAREER			1	19.0	4.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	-	.500	-	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977	26	West	1	-	19	4	2	4	.500	-	-	-	0	0	.000	0	2	2	5	4	0	-	0
CAREER			1	-	19	4	2	4	.500	-	-	-	0	0	.000	0	2	2	5	4	0	-	0

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
6.9	2.3	4.5	1.8	0.1

FG%	3P%	FT%
44.2%	33.3%	78.0%