Duke Welch 
#31 PF | 6-5, 242lbs | Breakers | Experience: 3 years
Born: 12/15/1948 (26) | College: North Carolina Tech | Tampa, FL

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: C+ B C A- C C- B+ A+ C+ C- C A+ D- B C- B+  
 Potential: C B C A C C B A B C C A          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL SD 78 78 27.5 12.4 2.4 6.3 1.6 2.4 0.67 0.6 1.1 4.7 .429 .577 .321  
 1973 CBL SD 75 75 25.5 13.0 1.9 5.1 1.4 2.4 0.59 0.6 0.9 4.4 .462 .634 .374  
 1972 CBL SD 64 63 24.1 9.1 1.7 4.7 1.6 2.0 0.79 0.5 0.5 4.7 .414 .622 .336  
 1971 CBL SD 42 0 6.0 2.2 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.87 0.2 0.2 1.2 .395 .578 .182  
 Career     259 216 22.6 10.1 1.8 4.7 1.3 2.0 0.68 0.5 0.8 4.0 .436 .606 .339  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL SD 5.0 11.7 .429 1.5 2.7 .577 2.7 4.6 .578 1.5 4.4 .339 0.9 2.7 .321  
 1973 CBL SD 5.2 11.3 .462 1.6 2.5 .634 2.4 3.9 .600 1.8 4.5 .396 1.1 2.8 .374  
 1972 CBL SD 3.7 8.9 .414 1.2 1.9 .622 1.9 3.6 .522 1.1 3.3 .341 0.6 1.9 .336  
 1971 CBL SD 0.8 1.9 .395 0.6 1.1 .578 0.5 0.7 .710 0.1 0.7 .214 0.1 0.5 .182  
 Career     4.0 9.3 .436 1.3 2.2 .606 2.0 3.5 .575 1.3 3.6 .357 0.7 2.2 .339  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 78 78 2142 391 912 120 208 68 212 970 185 673 126 50 188 50 87 369 165 
 1973 75 75 1912 390 844 118 186 79 211 977 146 531 105 44 179 44 69 327 241 
 1972 64 63 1545 235 568 74 119 41 122 585 108 409 100 30 126 30 34 301 148 
 1971 42 0 252 32 81 26 45 4 22 94 24 64 13 7 15 7 9 50 -55 
 Career 259 216 5851 1048 2405 338 558 192 567 2626 463 1677 344 131 508 131 199 1047 499 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL SD .483 1.06 9.6 14.3 23.3 8.6 22.8 15.7 13.3 56.4 1.9 2.1 95.8 91.0  
 1973 CBL SD .527 1.16 8.7 14.8 24.4 7.9 20.4 14.3 15.1 102.6 3.4 3.2 98.7 91.8  
 1972 CBL SD .471 1.03 11.8 14.9 20.5 7.3 21.0 14.0 9.4 -47.3 -1.6 2.3 98.3 92.1  
 1971 CBL SD .465 1.16 10.1 11.6 19.9 10.7 17.8 14.2 11.9 1.5 0.1 -1.3 90.4 103.0  
 Career     .495 1.09 9.8 14.5 22.8 8.1 21.4 14.7 12.8 113.2 3.8 1.9 97.2 92.1  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL SD 4 4 30.8 12.0 3.0 6.5 1.3 3.5 0.36 0.3 0.5 3.8 .368 .333 .286  
 1972 CBL SD 2 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 .000 .000  
 1971 CBL SD 13 0 9.5 4.4 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.7 0.78 0.6 0.2 2.5 .490 .600 .333  
 Career     19 4 13.1 5.5 1.0 2.6 0.6 1.3 0.50 0.5 0.3 2.6 .425 .500 .304  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL SD 5.3 14.3 .368 0.5 1.5 .333 2.8 4.5 .611 1.5 6.3 .240 1.0 3.5 .286  
 1972 CBL SD 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 CBL SD 1.8 3.8 .490 0.5 0.8 .600 0.8 1.5 .526 0.8 1.6 .524 0.2 0.7 .333  
 Career     2.4 5.6 .425 0.4 0.8 .500 1.1 1.9 .568 0.9 2.4 .370 0.4 1.2 .304  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 4 4 123 21 57 2 6 4 14 48 12 38 5 1 14 1 2 15
 1972 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -3 
 1971 13 0 123 24 49 6 10 3 9 57 7 30 7 8 9 8 3 33 49 
 Career 19 4 249 45 106 8 16 7 23 105 19 68 12 9 24 9 5 49 50 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL SD .400 0.84 6.3 17.7 23.3 9.0 21.8 15.0 4.9 -12.1 -0.4 1.0 91.9 90.1  
 1972 CBL SD .000 0.00 0.0 100.0 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 -18.4 -1.3 0.0 -1.5 100.0 137.5  
 1971 CBL SD .528 1.16 10.1 13.0 21.3 7.4 19.3 14.0 11.7 0.3 0.0 3.8 104.2 87.2  
 Career     .460 0.99 8.1 16.1 10.7 8.2 20.5 14.4 7.9 -13.1 -0.4 2.6 98.0 89.3  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1967 NCTC 30 0 12.3 2.1 0.9 2.4 0.4 0.3 1.10 0.3 0.6 1.2 .448 .688 .000  
 1968 NCTC 29 0 17.9 4.2 1.1 2.7 0.6 0.8 0.71 0.4 0.9 1.4 .476 .641 .000  
 1969 NCTC 29 2 26.7 6.6 2.2 5.2 2.0 1.1 1.84 0.7 1.6 1.7 .431 .656 .000  
 1970 NCTC 33 33 26.9 9.2 1.7 4.5 2.1 1.5 1.36 0.5 1.0 1.9 .450 .627 .000  
 Total   121 35 21.1 5.6 1.5 3.7 1.3 1.0 1.34 0.5 1.0 1.6 .449 .647 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1967 30 0 370 26 58 11 16 0 0 63 27 98 11 9 10 9 17 35 -29 
 1968 29 0 519 49 103 25 39 0 0 123 31 109 17 12 24 12 25 41 -9 
 1969 29 2 774 75 174 40 61 0 0 190 65 216 59 20 32 20 47 48 91 
 1970 33 33 889 135 300 32 51 0 0 302 55 205 68 18 50 18 34 64 161 
 Career 121 35 2552 285 635 108 167 0 0 678 178 628 155 59 116 59 123 188 214 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 27 8 17 5 3 4 7 10 28 8 12 4 9  
 Playoff 17 5 13 3 3 2 9 8 21 2 4 2 8  
 Career 33 8 18 6 3 5 9 15 28 8 12 4 9  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/15 POR W 35 8 16 2 2 0 2 18 5 12 3 3 0 3 4 39
 10/18 SA W 25 4 12 3 4 1 2 12 0 3 1 4 0 1 5 19
 10/20 PIT W 20 3 6 3 4 1 2 10 1 7 1 3 0 1 6 19
 10/22 KCM L 21 4 9 0 0 0 1 8 1 8 1 2 0 0 6 -6
 10/23 BAL W 39 6 11 2 6 2 5 16 3 16 1 5 0 0 4 12
 10/27 PHM W 19 2 5 0 0 1 3 5 0 4 3 4 0 2 6 -2
 10/29 DEN W 27 6 15 2 6 1 5 15 2 5 1 1 0 2 5 10
 10/30 SA L 38 6 17 1 2 2 4 15 3 11 1 3 1 0 5 2
 11/2 CIN L 20 3 9 3 4 1 5 10 2 11 1 4 0 3 4 -12
 11/5 KCM L 18 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 -7
 11/6 POR W 26 4 10 3 4 1 3 12 1 6 3 1 0 2 4 18
 11/10 DEN L 38 8 21 0 0 3 6 19 1 10 2 6 2 0 5 -15
 11/11 DAL L 36 4 13 2 2 2 6 12 4 12 2 3 2 1 4 -8
 11/15 KCM L 19 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 6 0
 11/16 KCM L 23 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 3 8 0 3 0 2 5 -7
 11/18 DAL L 43 9 22 3 4 0 3 21 2 17 5 3 1 0 4 -5
 11/22 DEN W 35 5 10 3 4 1 2 14 3 6 3 3 1 1 4 3
 11/23 POR W 36 8 13 0 0 1 2 17 1 4 2 1 0 1 4 1
 11/27 KCM L 29 5 17 0 0 0 3 10 3 6 2 1 0 1 6 -10
 11/28 KCM W 23 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 11 1 2 1 1 5 7
 12/2 DEN W 37 7 13 2 2 0 3 16 2 11 0 2 0 1 3 16
 12/4 DAL L 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 7 2 3 1 2 2 1 5 7
 12/6 PIT L 38 5 16 2 4 2 6 14 4 11 2 3 0 0 5 -6
 12/8 DAL W 31 6 11 6 6 2 3 20 2 8 1 4 1 0 2 21
 12/10 SA L 16 3 7 0 0 0 1 6 3 7 0 3 0 0 5 -8
 12/12 SA W 18 5 7 1 4 2 2 13 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 2
 12/16 KCM L 27 5 12 0 2 1 1 11 1 13 1 2 1 1 4 0
 12/18 KCM L 23 8 17 1 2 2 5 19 3 8 2 3 0 2 6 5
 12/19 DEN W 37 3 14 3 8 0 4 9 5 13 0 2 0 3 4 12
 12/22 DEN L 35 7 18 0 0 0 2 14 6 13 4 4 0 0 5 -12
 12/26 POR L 22 2 5 1 3 0 0 5 2 9 1 3 0 2 6 2
 12/30 DAL W 34 6 11 1 2 1 1 14 2 11 2 4 0 1 5 -4
 12/31 POR W 25 8 14 0 0 3 4 19 1 4 1 1 2 2 6 3
 1/4 NJ W 35 9 14 1 2 1 2 20 3 10 3 2 1 1 5 21
 1/5 DAL W 30 8 17 0 0 1 3 17 2 10 1 0 0 0 5 9
 1/8 NJ W 34 4 14 1 2 0 4 9 4 9 4 1 2 0 4 13
 1/9 DAL L 16 1 6 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 -6
 1/11 PHM L 26 5 10 4 4 1 3 15 1 5 1 3 1 2 6 0
 1/12 DEN L 30 5 13 1 3 0 2 11 1 7 3 3 0 1 6 -5
 1/15 POR L 21 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 7 2 3 1 0 5 2
 1/16 DEN L 38 1 9 0 0 1 1 3 4 12 1 2 0 2 4 -5
 1/18 SA L 18 4 8 2 6 0 1 10 0 4 0 2 1 1 5 -8
 1/20 DEN L 27 3 12 2 2 0 4 8 2 6 1 5 2 1 6 15
 1/23 CIN L 41 9 19 5 8 1 6 24 8 14 1 7 1 2 4 -6
 1/24 PHM L 22 3 13 4 6 1 5 11 4 7 1 1 0 0 6 -10
 1/26 DEN W 20 8 13 1 2 0 1 17 1 6 1 1 1 1 4 11
 1/27 PIT W 29 9 16 3 6 4 5 25 2 6 2 3 2 1 6 13
 1/31 DEN W 32 4 13 2 3 1 4 11 4 10 1 3 1 4 4 10
 2/1 DAL W 31 4 8 3 4 2 3 13 4 12 3 1 0 1 5 1
 2/5 SA L 37 8 13 1 2 1 4 18 5 10 1 1 1 1 4 -6
 2/6 SA W 22 2 9 3 3 0 1 7 2 9 0 2 0 0 5 -1
 2/11 DAL W 12 3 6 1 2 0 2 7 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 14
 2/14 POR W 16 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 0 2 0 0 5 10
 2/15 BAL L 29 5 12 1 2 2 3 13 2 6 5 2 2 0 5 5
 2/17 SA L 22 5 9 1 2 2 4 13 2 11 1 4 0 0 6 16
 2/19 KCM L 21 3 5 0 0 0 1 6 2 8 2 1 1 1 5 9
 2/21 KCM W 23 3 4 5 8 1 2 12 2 7 0 1 0 0 5 -16
 2/23 SA L 28 8 15 1 2 1 4 18 4 12 3 4 0 1 4 -6
 2/25 KCM L 36 9 28 0 2 2 9 20 3 14 3 6 2 1 4 -2
 2/27 POR W 39 6 15 5 6 1 4 18 3 14 3 2 3 1 4 -5
 2/28 POR W 25 7 13 0 0 1 3 15 6 14 1 1 1 3 4 20
 3/3 POR W 29 7 16 3 5 0 2 17 3 10 4 2 0 4 3 21
 3/4 DEN L 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3
 3/8 KCM W 21 3 9 1 2 1 2 8 0 5 2 1 0 1 5 11
 3/9 SA W 26 6 10 1 2 1 2 14 2 8 1 4 0 0 3 12
 3/12 POR W 30 3 9 2 4 2 2 10 1 10 3 3 1 3 6 7
 3/14 SA L 21 6 10 0 2 2 3 14 3 11 1 2 0 2 5 -12
 3/16 SA L 22 3 7 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 3 0 2 6 0
 3/18 DAL L 44 6 16 0 0 2 4 14 2 17 0 5 3 3 5 -11
 3/20 KCM W 32 9 22 3 7 0 5 21 2 10 3 0 0 2 6 2
 3/22 DEN L 20 8 13 0 0 0 1 16 0 8 0 2 0 0 4 -12
 3/24 KCM W 14 3 7 0 2 1 2 7 0 4 1 2 1 1 4 7
 3/25 DAL W 40 9 23 8 12 1 4 27 3 15 3 2 1 1 5 3
 3/28 DAL W 37 3 13 3 6 0 2 9 6 16 4 3 1 1 5 17
 3/30 POR W 27 6 11 3 6 0 1 15 4 11 4 4 0 2 4 12
 4/2 KCM L 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 -3
 4/3 POR L 30 3 13 0 0 0 1 6 2 8 1 3 0 1 5 -11
 4/6 DAL L 39 3 9 4 6 1 3 11 2 16 1 6 0 1 4 -5
 4/7 SA L 9 2 3 2 4 1 1 7 1 5 0 2 0 1 4 -7
 4/10 SA L 34 5 16 1 2 1 3 12 3 9 3 1 0 2 5 -29
 4/11 LOU W 37 7 16 3 4 0 5 17 2 15 3 4 1 0 5 8
 4/14 BAL W 16 5 8 0 0 1 3 11 2 4 1 2 1 1 5 6
 4/15 LOU W 33 10 22 3 4 1 3 24 7 13 2 1 2 0 5 7
 4/17 POR W 29 4 13 1 2 0 3 9 2 8 3 3 0 2 3 31
 4/19 DEN L 38 6 15 0 2 2 3 14 4 12 1 2 0 0 4 -10
 4/20 DEN W 44 7 21 2 4 1 3 17 3 11 3 9 0 0 4 12
 4/22 DEN L 37 8 21 0 0 1 8 17 5 13 1 3 1 2 5 4
 4/23 DEN L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 -2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 4
 1966 High School: Rated ***** and #9 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1966 High School: All-State (Florida)
 1967 Freshman All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1969 1st Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1970 2nd Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1972 CBL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/30/1971 Drafted by the Breakers with pick #7 of round 2.


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