height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 9,898 -rrb- 1,533 -lrb- 1.7 apg -rrb- -lrb- 11.3 ppg -rrb- 5,985 -lrb- 6.8 rpg american 28 june 1949 1971 1971 1975 1975 1975 -- 1976 1976 1976 y 1977 start -- -- 1980 end 1981 y 1982 y 1983 -- 1985 1972 1972 -- 1974 1974 1974 -- 1971 memphis -rrb- spirits of st. louis -lrb- aba -rrb- memphis sounds pros -lrb- aba -rrb- kentucky colonels -lrb- aba -rrb- indiana pacers -lrb- -lrb- aba -rrb- san antonio spurs -lrb- aba -rrb- houston aba rockets portland trail blazers indiana pacers detroit pistons fabriano basket -rrb- -lrb- italy -rrb- carolina cougars -lrb- aba 58 24 , 26 , 44 , 52 , 14 , 25 , 42 south carolina -lrb- 1968 -- 1971 -rrb- aba and nba tom owens points rebounds assists la york -rrb- salle academy -lrb- new york city , new 215 the bronx , new york san diego rockets 1985 center / power forward 4 o 10 owensto01 tom owens

tom owens

thomas william owens -lrb- born june 28 , 1949 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 10 '' center born in the bronx , new york and from the university of south carolina , owens played five seasons -lrb- 1971 -- 1976 -rrb- in the american basketball association and seven seasons -lrb- 1976 -- 1983 -rrb- in the national basketball association as a member of the carolina cougars , memphis pros , memphis sounds , spirits of st. louis , indiana pacers , kentucky colonels , san antonio spurs , houston rockets , portland trail blazers , and detroit pistons .
he scored 9,898 points and grabbed 5,985 rebounds in his aba/nba career .
he has one son , thomas william owens jr. , born october 21 , 1972 .
late in his career , owens was involved in one of the most one-sided trades in nba history .
after the 1980-81 season , the blazers traded him to the pacers and got the pacers ' 1984 draft pick in return .
owens was traded to the pistons after the season and retired a year later .
four years later , the pacers finished with the worst record in the eastern conference .
however , because of the trade , the pacers were left as bystanders in one of the deepest drafts ever , featuring such future stars as michael jordan , sam bowie , hakeem olajuwon , sam perkins , charles barkley and john stockton .
the pick acquired from indiana turned out to be the one the blazers famously used to select bowie while jordan was still available .
owens was inducted into the university of south carolina athletic hall of fame in 2004 .
he led the acc in rebounding for all three years of his eligibility .
at that time , freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity squad .
he scored the winning basket to give the gamecocks their one and only acc tournament championship in 1971 .
