Merlin Lavery 
#51 C | 6-9, 250lbs | Ironmen | Experience: 4 years
Born: 3/2/1948 (27) | College: Mississippi A&M | New Iberia, LA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: B D+ C C+ D+ D+ C A- C F D C C A B+ A  
 Potential: B D C C D D C A C F D D          
 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 PIT 40 39 33.9 19.6 2.4 7.9 2.8 4.7 0.61 0.5 0.3 4.1 .482 .675 .333  
 1973 CBL PIT 58 58 36.5 21.1 2.1 9.4 2.9 4.7 0.61 0.4 0.3 3.8 .487 .680 .275  
 1972 CBL PIT 62 61 33.8 17.2 2.2 8.2 2.3 4.1 0.58 0.7 0.3 4.2 .494 .676 .331  
 1971 CBL PIT 76 73 32.5 15.3 2.2 7.0 1.9 3.9 0.50 0.6 0.1 4.1 .486 .658 .364  
 1970 CBL PIT 60 0 26.0 11.0 1.5 5.3 1.5 3.0 0.52 0.4 0.1 4.1 .483 .675 .211  
 Career     296 231 32.4 16.5 2.1 7.5 2.2 4.0 0.56 0.5 0.2 4.1 .487 .672 .305  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL PIT 6.9 14.2 .482 4.9 7.3 .675 4.5 6.8 .657 1.5 4.6 .315 1.0 2.9 .333  
 1973 CBL PIT 7.7 15.9 .487 4.8 7.1 .680 5.2 8.1 .641 1.7 4.8 .356 0.8 2.9 .275  
 1972 CBL PIT 6.4 12.9 .494 3.7 5.5 .676 4.3 6.6 .657 1.2 3.9 .318 0.8 2.4 .331  
 1971 CBL PIT 5.6 11.6 .486 3.3 5.0 .658 3.9 6.0 .643 1.0 3.6 .293 0.7 2.0 .364  
 1970 CBL PIT 4.2 8.7 .483 2.2 3.3 .675 2.9 4.4 .658 0.9 2.4 .373 0.4 1.9 .211  
 Career     6.1 12.5 .487 3.7 5.5 .672 4.1 6.3 .650 1.2 3.8 .328 0.7 2.4 .305  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 40 39 1354 274 569 197 292 38 114 783 97 414 113 19 186 19 12 164 181 
 1973 58 58 2118 448 920 281 413 47 171 1224 122 670 166 25 273 25 17 219 240 
 1972 62 61 2097 394 798 229 339 50 151 1067 139 650 145 44 252 44 18 260 158 
 1971 76 73 2470 428 880 250 380 56 154 1162 169 702 146 46 294 46 11 315 -112 
 1970 60 0 1560 252 522 133 197 24 114 661 89 408 92 25 177 25 7 244 -379 
 Career 296 231 9599 1796 3689 1090 1621 215 704 4897 616 2844 662 159 1182 159 65 1202 88 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL PIT .562 1.38 11.3 18.7 27.1 7.0 23.5 15.2 16.7 123.2 4.1 4.5 95.4 89.7  
 1973 CBL PIT .555 1.33 10.8 17.7 26.8 5.7 25.0 15.4 17.3 183.6 6.1 4.1 95.1 90.0  
 1972 CBL PIT .564 1.34 10.8 18.8 23.7 6.3 23.6 14.9 15.5 125.9 4.2 2.5 95.4 91.5  
 1971 CBL PIT .555 1.32 9.8 19.8 22.2 6.5 22.3 14.1 13.4 103.8 3.5 -1.5 94.1 95.4  
 1970 CBL PIT .542 1.27 10.5 20.2 20.7 5.5 21.2 13.1 10.9 6.5 0.2 -6.3 90.5 101.3  
 Career     .556 1.33 10.6 18.9 24.0 6.2 23.2 14.6 14.8 543.1 18.1 0.3 94.2 93.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 CBL PIT 4 4 32.8 21.3 2.3 5.3 1.5 4.0 0.38 0.5 0.5 4.3 .596 .704 .500  
 1972 CBL PIT 10 10 36.4 20.8 2.5 10.6 2.0 4.6 0.43 0.9 0.5 4.0 .535 .642 .500  
 Career     14 14 35.4 20.9 2.4 9.1 1.9 4.4 0.42 0.8 0.5 4.1 .552 .660 .500  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 CBL PIT 7.8 13.0 .596 4.8 6.8 .704 5.0 6.5 .769 1.8 4.5 .389 1.0 2.0 .500  
 1972 CBL PIT 7.6 14.2 .535 4.3 6.7 .642 4.8 7.2 .667 1.5 4.4 .341 1.3 2.6 .500  
 Career     7.6 13.9 .552 4.4 6.7 .660 4.9 7.0 .694 1.6 4.4 .355 1.2 2.4 .500  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1973 4 4 131 31 52 19 27 4 8 85 9 30 6 2 16 2 2 17 19 
 1972 10 10 364 76 142 43 67 13 26 208 25 131 20 9 46 9 5 40 27 
 Career 14 14 495 107 194 62 94 17 34 293 34 161 26 11 62 11 7 57 46 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 CBL PIT .656 1.63 7.0 18.6 25.3 6.9 17.1 11.9 16.3 9.4 0.3 4.8 96.1 88.8  
 1972 CBL PIT .608 1.46 8.4 19.4 24.3 6.6 26.9 17.0 15.6 22.5 0.7 2.7 94.4 91.3  
 Career     .621 1.51 8.0 19.2 24.6 6.7 24.6 15.7 15.8 31.8 1.1 3.3 94.8 90.6  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1966 MSAM 30 0 4.6 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.20 0.1 0.0 0.5 .591 .400 .000  
 1967 MSAM 31 0 10.1 1.9 0.5 2.1 0.4 0.4 0.92 0.2 0.2 1.1 .387 .579 .000  
 1968 MSAM 30 30 23.7 5.6 1.2 4.5 0.8 0.9 0.92 0.2 0.4 2.0 .486 .733 .000  
 1969 MSAM 34 34 29.5 9.3 1.6 5.9 1.9 1.2 1.54 0.6 0.2 2.2 .462 .658 .000  
 Total   125 64 17.3 4.6 0.9 3.4 0.8 0.7 1.24 0.3 0.2 1.5 .465 .662 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1966 30 0 139 13 22 2 5 0 0 28 7 29 6 2 5 2 0 16 -37 
 1967 31 0 313 24 62 11 19 0 0 59 17 82 12 6 13 6 5 35 35 
 1968 30 30 712 68 140 33 45 0 0 169 35 170 24 7 26 7 11 60 301 
 1969 34 34 1002 133 288 50 76 0 0 316 54 254 63 20 41 20 8 76 484 
 Career 125 64 2166 238 512 96 145 0 0 572 113 535 105 35 85 35 24 187 783 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 46 7 19 7 3 2 9 15 24 14 18 5 9  
 Playoff 35 5 22 5 2 2 8 15 23 10 13 3 6  
 Career 46 8 24 9 3 3 11 18 25 15 22 5 10  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/15 CIN W 30 8 15 5 9 0 1 21 4 15 2 3 0 0 3 38
 10/20 SD L 7 2 4 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -4
 10/29 NJ W 15 2 4 3 4 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 6
 10/31 CIN W 35 10 15 6 11 0 0 26 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 25
 11/2 POR L 45 11 16 7 8 3 6 32 7 14 7 7 0 0 2 2
 11/4 LOU L 28 3 10 5 5 0 3 11 3 7 1 5 0 0 6 -12
 11/6 SA W 36 10 15 3 5 3 5 26 1 15 1 5 1 2 3 27
 11/8 CIN L 25 2 9 2 6 0 2 6 2 8 3 2 1 0 4 -17
 11/9 LOU W 42 9 15 3 6 0 2 21 0 11 3 6 0 0 5 -4
 11/11 LOU L 41 11 15 1 5 0 3 23 1 15 4 8 1 0 5 -19
 11/13 PHM L 31 5 15 4 6 0 2 14 4 15 2 7 0 1 5 -11
 11/14 CIN W 45 15 24 14 18 2 4 46 4 19 4 9 0 0 4 17
 11/18 CIN L 39 11 24 6 6 0 4 28 5 11 3 7 0 0 3 -18
 11/19 CIN L 44 10 16 7 11 1 2 28 5 17 6 6 1 0 4 6
 11/21 CIN W 43 8 18 11 18 2 4 29 2 12 3 7 0 0 3 2
 11/22 BAL W 37 9 17 2 4 1 5 21 1 11 5 6 2 0 4 -1
 11/26 NJ W 36 9 19 8 8 0 2 26 2 9 1 7 1 1 4 5
 11/27 POR W 29 6 20 3 4 0 3 15 4 7 2 7 0 0 6 -1
 12/1 CIN L 37 5 17 1 2 1 3 12 1 6 3 8 1 0 5 4
 12/2 BAL W 37 9 10 6 11 1 1 25 3 9 5 3 1 0 3 -1
 12/6 SD W 42 12 22 8 16 2 5 34 2 12 2 4 0 2 2 17
 12/7 PHM W 42 8 13 8 10 1 2 25 6 19 4 5 0 0 5 14
 12/11 DEN L 46 8 19 5 10 1 2 22 4 12 3 6 1 1 4 -5
 12/12 NJ W 37 7 17 5 11 1 3 20 3 13 3 3 2 0 4 28
 12/15 PHM W 25 2 8 1 1 1 3 6 2 12 3 5 0 0 5 9
 12/17 PHM L 32 5 14 4 5 1 2 15 1 8 4 5 0 0 5 -5
 12/19 BAL L 26 8 16 0 0 2 3 18 1 2 2 5 1 0 5 -3
 12/20 CIN L 30 4 10 12 16 0 2 20 0 9 2 4 0 1 4 -3
 12/23 LOU W 28 4 8 1 2 2 3 11 1 11 4 2 0 0 5 7
 12/24 PHM W 43 7 16 7 9 1 6 22 5 14 5 5 0 0 1 18
 12/28 LOU L 45 13 23 6 6 2 4 34 3 8 0 4 3 0 2 -6
 12/29 PHM L 34 6 13 3 4 1 2 16 1 9 3 7 1 1 6 7
 1/2 BAL W 43 5 21 5 8 1 6 16 5 13 1 2 1 1 3 6
 1/3 PHM W 27 3 11 0 2 0 1 6 0 8 0 2 0 0 3 7
 1/7 PHM L 27 6 14 10 10 0 2 22 2 10 2 5 0 0 6 7
 1/8 KCM L 18 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 -8
 1/10 CIN L 19 2 2 6 8 0 0 10 2 6 3 3 0 0 6 -3
 1/12 BAL L 26 4 7 2 2 0 2 10 2 7 1 3 0 0 6 1
 1/13 LOU W 40 10 21 8 12 5 9 33 3 13 1 0 0 0 4 24
 1/17 LOU W 30 7 19 5 8 3 5 22 2 11 4 2 0 2 5 27
 1/18 NJ W 41 5 10 6 8 0 1 16 4 15 7 7 1 0 4 23
 1/22 PHM L 8 1 1 3 4 0 0 5 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 9

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 22
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 1965 High School: Rated *** and #83 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1965 High School: All-State (Louisiana)
 1965 High School: Mr. Basketball (Louisiana)
 1965 High School: All-American
 1970 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1970 CBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1973 CBL All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/1/1970 Drafted by the Ironmen with pick #4 of round 1.

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