Sam Tollefson 
#43 C | 6-11, 233lbs | Spirits | Experience: 2 years
Born: 8/6/1951 (23) | College: Coastal State | Durham, NC

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- D A F+ F+ D- D+ D+ A- D- D+ C D- A C- A  
 Potential: B D A F F D D D B F D C          
 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 LOU 62 0 7.7 4.6 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.1 0.38 0.2 0.0 0.8 .465 .889 .111  
 1973 CBL LOU 78 0 17.1 10.7 1.0 3.0 0.8 2.3 0.33 0.5 0.3 1.6 .565 .883 .308  
 1972 CBL LOU 78 0 16.7 10.5 0.8 3.0 0.6 1.9 0.32 0.4 0.1 1.9 .565 .898 .150  
 Career     218 0 14.3 8.9 0.7 2.5 0.6 1.9 0.34 0.4 0.1 1.5 .549 .891 .218  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL LOU 1.5 3.2 .465 1.5 1.7 .889 1.2 1.9 .661 0.3 1.2 .211 0.0 0.1 .111  
 1973 CBL LOU 4.0 7.0 .565 2.6 3.0 .883 3.1 4.7 .656 0.8 2.0 .395 0.1 0.3 .308  
 1972 CBL LOU 3.8 6.8 .565 2.8 3.2 .898 3.0 4.6 .654 0.8 2.0 .416 0.0 0.3 .150  
 Career     3.2 5.9 .549 2.4 2.7 .891 2.5 3.8 .656 0.7 1.8 .367 0.1 0.3 .218  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 62 0 477 93 200 96 108 1 9 283 25 99 26 11 69 11 1 51 -75 
 1973 78 0 1334 310 549 204 231 8 26 832 75 306 61 39 183 39 20 121 -121 
 1972 78 0 1305 299 529 221 246 3 20 822 63 295 49 34 152 34 8 152 -65 
 Career 218 0 3116 702 1278 521 585 12 55 1937 163 700 136 84 404 84 29 324 -261 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL LOU .573 1.42 7.6 20.1 27.7 5.2 15.3 10.2 15.2 32.8 1.1 -1.2 90.9 98.5  
 1973 CBL LOU .639 1.52 6.8 20.4 25.8 5.8 16.2 11.2 19.9 185.1 6.2 -1.6 91.9 96.8  
 1972 CBL LOU .645 1.55 5.8 18.1 24.8 5.0 16.7 11.1 19.6 175.0 5.8 -0.8 91.9 96.1  
 Career     .631 1.52 6.6 19.5 25.7 5.3 16.3 11.0 19.0 393.0 13.1 -1.2 91.8 96.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 CBL LOU 3 0 24.0 14.0 0.3 5.3 0.7 1.3 0.50 1.0 0.3 1.3 .500 .857 .000  
 1972 CBL LOU 3 0 21.0 11.0 1.0 2.3 1.7 1.3 1.25 0.7 0.3 2.7 .538 .833 .000  
 Career     6 0 22.5 12.5 0.7 3.8 1.2 1.3 0.88 0.8 0.3 2.0 .520 .852 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 CBL LOU 4.0 8.0 .500 6.0 7.0 .857 3.3 5.0 .667 0.7 3.0 .222 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 CBL LOU 4.7 8.7 .538 1.7 2.0 .833 4.0 5.7 .706 0.7 2.7 .250 0.0 0.3 .000  
 Career     4.3 8.3 .520 3.8 4.5 .852 3.7 5.3 .688 0.7 2.8 .235 0.0 0.2 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1973 3 0 72 12 24 18 21 0 0 42 1 17 2 3 4 3 1 4 -41 
 1972 3 0 63 14 26 5 6 0 1 33 3 10 5 2 4 2 1 8 -9 
 Career 6 0 135 26 50 23 27 0 1 75 4 27 7 5 8 5 2 12 -50 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 CBL LOU .636 1.75 5.1 10.3 21.1 1.4 19.8 11.0 17.7 7.6 0.3 -13.7 81.1 103.2  
 1972 CBL LOU .552 1.27 13.2 10.5 22.2 4.1 10.0 7.0 14.0 3.2 0.1 -3.0 90.5 97.6  
 Career     .613 1.50 9.1 10.4 21.6 2.7 15.2 9.1 15.9 10.7 0.4 -8.3 85.5 100.6  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1968 COAS 29 28 29.0 5.8 0.9 2.9 1.3 1.2 1.11 0.2 0.5 2.3 .464 .641 .000  
 1969 COAS 29 29 31.6 9.2 1.0 2.9 1.0 1.2 0.83 0.7 0.4 2.2 .433 .687 .000  
 1970 COAS 30 30 32.8 15.3 1.3 4.0 1.1 1.7 0.64 0.7 1.0 2.4 .507 .692 .000  
 1971 COAS 30 30 34.0 13.7 1.5 3.9 1.6 2.0 0.80 0.7 1.2 2.1 .473 .659 .000  
 Total   118 117 31.9 11.1 1.2 3.4 1.3 1.5 0.82 0.6 0.8 2.3 .474 .673 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1968 29 28 841 64 138 41 64 0 0 169 25 108 39 6 35 6 14 67 -18 
 1969 29 29 916 100 231 68 99 0 0 268 29 113 30 19 36 19 12 64 60 
 1970 30 30 985 174 343 110 159 0 0 458 38 158 32 20 50 20 30 73 86 
 1971 30 30 1019 147 311 116 176 0 0 410 45 162 47 22 59 22 37 63 76 
 Career 118 117 3761 485 1023 335 498 0 0 1305 137 541 148 67 180 67 93 267 204 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 27 3 7 4 2 1 7 9 14 12 15 1 3  
 Playoff 19 1 11 4 2 1 2 7 12 11 12 0 1  
 Career 32 7 13 4 3 2 8 11 20 14 15 1 3  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 5
 1967 High School: Rated *** and #94 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1967 High School: All-State (North Carolina)
 1967 High School: Mr. Basketball (North Carolina)
 1967 High School: All-American
 1968 Freshman All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1970 1st Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1971 2nd Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1972 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1972 CBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1973 CBL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/28/1972 Drafted by the Spirits with pick #11 of round 1.

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