Personal information | |
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Born | December 6, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 14, 2018 84) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | (aged
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Thomas Jefferson (Brooklyn, New York) |
College | NYU (1951–1954) |
NBA draft | 1954: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
Selected by the Rochester Royals | |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 17 |
Career history | |
1954 | Rochester Royals |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Boris Alexander Nachamkin (December 6, 1933 – February 14, 2018) was an American former professional basketball player.[1]
Nachamkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish.[2] He played basketball for Thomas Jefferson High School.[3][4] He then played college basketball for the New York University Violets men's basketball team.[1]
He played in the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal with the US team.[5]
Nachamkin was selected in the 1954 NBA draft (second round, 16th overall) by the Rochester Royals.[1] He played for the Royals in 1954 as a forward and averaged 3.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per contest in six career games.[1]
Career statistics
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
Source[1]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1954–55 | Rochester | 6 | 9.8 | .300 | .615 | 3.2 | .5 | 3.3 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Boris Nachamkin NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ↑ Wechsler, Bob (August 4, 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Friedland, Stan (December 26, 2007). The Judo Twins. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781463482893 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 7, 1950 · Page 16". Newspapers.com. 7 April 1950.
- ↑ "78 LOCAL ATHLETES ON MACCABIAH LIST; 102 From Metropolitan Area Will Compete in Games at Tel Aviv This Month". The New York Times.
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