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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1957)}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Calvin Natt
| name = Calvin Natt
| image =
| image =
| width =
| width =
| caption =
| caption =
| number = 43, 33, 7, 42
| position = [[Small forward]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 220
| weight_lb = 220
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|01|08}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|01|08}}
| birth_place = [[Monroe, Louisiana]]
| birth_place = [[Monroe, Louisiana]], U.S.
| nationality = American
| high_school = [[Bastrop High School (Louisiana)|Bastrop]] ([[Bastrop, Louisiana]])
| high_school = [[Bastrop High School (Louisiana)|Bastrop]] ([[Bastrop, Louisiana]])
| college = [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|Louisiana–Monroe]] (1975–1979)
| college = [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball|Louisiana–Monroe]] (1975–1979)
| draft_year = 1979
| draft_year = 1979
| draft_round = 1
| draft_round = 1
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| career_start = 1979
| career_start = 1979
| career_end = 1990
| career_end = 1990
| career_number = 43, 33, 7, 42
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| years1 = {{nbay|1979|full=y}}
| years1 = {{nbay|1979|full=y}}
| team1 = New Jersey Nets
| team1 = [[New Jersey Nets]]
| years2 = 1980–{{nbay|1983|end}}
| years2 = {{nbay|1979|end}}–{{nbay|1983|end}}
| team2 = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| team2 = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1984|start}}–{{nbay|1988|end}}
| years3 = {{nbay|1984|start}}–{{nbay|1988|end}}
| team3 = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| team3 = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years4 = 1989
| years4 = {{nbay|1988|end}}
| team4 = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| team4 = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| years5 = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}
| years5 = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}
| team5 = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| team5 = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1985}})
* [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1985}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie Team|NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1979|end}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1979|end}})
* Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1979]])
* Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1979]])
* [[Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|TAAC Player of the Year]] (1979)
* [[Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|TAAC Player of the Year]] (1979)
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| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,306 (2.2 apg)
| stat3value = 1,306 (2.2 apg)
| bbr = nattca01
| letter = n
}}
}}

'''Calvin Leon Natt''' (born January 8, 1957) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player. A 6'6" (1.98 m) [[forward (basketball)|forward]], Natt played at [[University of Louisiana at Monroe|Northeast Louisiana University]] under coach [[Lenny Fant]]. After college, he played 11 NBA seasons ([[1979-80 NBA season|1979]]-[[1989-90 NBA season|1990]]), spending time with the [[New Jersey Nets]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]], [[Denver Nuggets]], [[San Antonio Spurs]], and [[Indiana Pacers]]. He represented the [[Denver Nuggets|Nuggets]] in the 1985 [[NBA All-Star Game]], and retired with 10,291 career points. He is the older brother of former NBA player [[Kenny Natt]].<ref name=bastrop>[http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/06/05/sports/sports3.txt An exciting time for Natt] by Marq Mitcham - June 5, 2007</ref> Natt's nickname was "'''Pit Bull'''".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2008-12-26-4288898189_x.htm|title=Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals|date=December 26, 2008|first=Pat|last=Graham|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=October 2, 2013}}</ref>
'''Calvin Leon Natt''' (born January 8, 1957) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. A 6'6" (1.98 m) [[forward (basketball)|forward]], Natt played at [[University of Louisiana at Monroe|Northeast Louisiana University]] under coach [[Lenny Fant]]. After college, he played 11 NBA seasons ([[1979–80 NBA season|1979]]&ndash;[[1989–90 NBA season|1990]]), spending time with the [[New Jersey Nets]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]], [[Denver Nuggets]], [[San Antonio Spurs]], and [[Indiana Pacers]]. He represented the [[Denver Nuggets|Nuggets]] in the 1985 [[NBA All-Star Game]], and retired with 10,291 career points. He is the older brother of former NBA player [[Kenny Natt]].<ref name=bastrop>[http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/06/05/sports/sports3.txt An exciting time for Natt]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by Marq Mitcham – June 5, 2007</ref> Natt's nickname was "'''Pit Bull'''".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2008-12-26-4288898189_x.htm|title=Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals|date=December 26, 2008|first=Pat|last=Graham|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=October 2, 2013}}</ref>


Calvin Natt later became an ordained [[Christian ministry|minister]]. He owns a [[funeral home]] in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name=bastrop/>
Calvin Natt later became an ordained [[Christian ministry|minister]]. He owns a [[funeral home]] in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name=bastrop/>

== NBA career statistics ==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=== Regular season ===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1979}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1979–80 New Jersey Nets season|New Jersey]]
| 53 || || '''38.6''' || .479 || .200 || .711 || '''9.7''' || 2.1 || '''1.5''' || .4 || 19.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1979}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 25 || || 32.4 || .480 || '''.500''' || .770 || 7.1 || 2.3 || 1.0 || '''.5''' || 20.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1980}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 74 || || 28.5 || .497 || '''.500''' || .707 || 5.8 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .2 || 13.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1981}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 75 || 71 || 34.7 || .576 || .250 || .750 || 8.2 || 2.0 || .8 || '''.5''' || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1982}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1982–83 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| '''80''' || '''80''' || 36.0 || .543 || .150 || .792 || 7.5 || 2.1 || .8 || .4 || 20.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1983}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1983–84 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 79 || 74 || 33.4 || .583 || .118 || .797 || 6.0 || 2.3 || .9 || .3 || 16.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1984}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 78 || 76 || 34.1 || .546 || .000 || .793 || 7.8 || '''3.1''' || 1.0 || .4 || '''23.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1985}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1985–86 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 69 || 62 || 29.1 || .504 || .333 || .801 || 6.3 || 2.4 || .8 || .2 || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1986}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1986–87 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 1 || 1 || 20.0 || .400 || – || '''1.000''' || 5.0 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1987}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987–88 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 27 || 7 || 19.7 || .490 || .000 || .740 || 3.6 || 1.7 || .5 || .1 || 9.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 14 || 0 || 12.0 || .440 || .000 || .710 || 3.3 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 10 || 0 || 18.5 || .379 || – || .729 || 3.2 || 1.1 || .2 || .2 || 8.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 14 || 0 || 11.7 || '''.645''' || – || .773 || 2.5 || .6 || .1 || .0 || 4.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 599 || 371 || 31.4 || .528 || .219 || .768 || 6.8 || 2.2 || .9 || .3 || 17.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star
| 1 || 0 || 11.0 || .333 || – || .500 || 3.0 || 1.0 || – || – || 3.0
{{S-end}}

=== Playoffs ===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1980 NBA Playoffs|1980]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1979–80 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
|3||–||'''41.7'''||.438||.000||.600||8.0||.7||.7||'''.3'''||16.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1981 NBA Playoffs|1981]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1980–81 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
|3||–||31.7||.452||–||.500||6.7||.3||.3||'''.3'''||10.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1983 NBA Playoffs|1983]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1982–83 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
|7||–||39.1||.490||'''.500'''||.646||'''9.1'''||1.6||1.1||.1||18.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1984 NBA Playoffs|1984]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1983–84 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
|5||–||39.0||.514||.000||.694||7.6||1.8||'''1.2'''||.2||19.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1985 NBA Playoffs|1985]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1984–85 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
|'''15'''||'''15'''||33.9||'''.550'''||–||'''.809'''||6.6||'''3.8'''||.5||'''.3'''||'''22.3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1986 NBA Playoffs|1986]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1985–86 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
|10||6||29.3||.465||.500||.780||7.9||2.8||.2||'''.3'''||17.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[1990 NBA Playoffs|1990]]
|style="text-align:left;”|[[1989–90 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
|2||0||7.0||.333||–||–||1.0||.5||.0||.0||1.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 45 || 21 || 33.4 || .503 || .222 || .736 || 7.2 || 2.4 || .6 || .3 || 18.4
{{S-end}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Basketballstats|bbr=n/nattca01}}
*[http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nattca01.html Career Stats]


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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American basketball player
| DATE OF BIRTH = January 8, 1957
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Latest revision as of 01:09, 24 March 2024

Calvin Natt
Personal information
Born (1957-01-08) January 8, 1957 (age 67)
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolBastrop (Bastrop, Louisiana)
CollegeLouisiana–Monroe (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career1979–1990
PositionSmall forward
Number43, 33, 7, 42
Career history
1979–1980New Jersey Nets
1980–1984Portland Trail Blazers
1984–1989Denver Nuggets
1989San Antonio Spurs
1989–1990Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points10,291 (17.2 ppg)
Rebounds4,070 (6.8 rpg)
Assists1,306 (2.2 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Calvin Leon Natt (born January 8, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" (1.98 m) forward, Natt played at Northeast Louisiana University under coach Lenny Fant. After college, he played 11 NBA seasons (1979–1990), spending time with the New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, and Indiana Pacers. He represented the Nuggets in the 1985 NBA All-Star Game, and retired with 10,291 career points. He is the older brother of former NBA player Kenny Natt.[1] Natt's nickname was "Pit Bull".[2]

Calvin Natt later became an ordained minister. He owns a funeral home in Denver, Colorado.[1]

NBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
  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

Regular season[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979–80 New Jersey 53 38.6 .479 .200 .711 9.7 2.1 1.5 .4 19.7
1979–80 Portland 25 32.4 .480 .500 .770 7.1 2.3 1.0 .5 20.4
1980–81 Portland 74 28.5 .497 .500 .707 5.8 2.1 1.0 .2 13.4
1981–82 Portland 75 71 34.7 .576 .250 .750 8.2 2.0 .8 .5 17.7
1982–83 Portland 80 80 36.0 .543 .150 .792 7.5 2.1 .8 .4 20.4
1983–84 Portland 79 74 33.4 .583 .118 .797 6.0 2.3 .9 .3 16.2
1984–85 Denver 78 76 34.1 .546 .000 .793 7.8 3.1 1.0 .4 23.3
1985–86 Denver 69 62 29.1 .504 .333 .801 6.3 2.4 .8 .2 17.7
1986–87 Denver 1 1 20.0 .400 – 1.000 5.0 2.0 1.0 .0 10.0
1987–88 Denver 27 7 19.7 .490 .000 .740 3.6 1.7 .5 .1 9.6
1988–89 Denver 14 0 12.0 .440 .000 .710 3.3 .5 .4 .1 4.7
1988–89 San Antonio 10 0 18.5 .379 – .729 3.2 1.1 .2 .2 8.5
1989–90 Indiana 14 0 11.7 .645 – .773 2.5 .6 .1 .0 4.1
Career 599 371 31.4 .528 .219 .768 6.8 2.2 .9 .3 17.2
All-Star 1 0 11.0 .333 – .500 3.0 1.0 – – 3.0

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980 Portland 3 – 41.7 .438 .000 .600 8.0 .7 .7 .3 16.0
1981 Portland 3 – 31.7 .452 – .500 6.7 .3 .3 .3 10.7
1983 Portland 7 – 39.1 .490 .500 .646 9.1 1.6 1.1 .1 18.9
1984 Portland 5 – 39.0 .514 .000 .694 7.6 1.8 1.2 .2 19.8
1985 Denver 15 15 33.9 .550 – .809 6.6 3.8 .5 .3 22.3
1986 Denver 10 6 29.3 .465 .500 .780 7.9 2.8 .2 .3 17.9
1990 Indiana 2 0 7.0 .333 – – 1.0 .5 .0 .0 1.0
Career 45 21 33.4 .503 .222 .736 7.2 2.4 .6 .3 18.4

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b An exciting time for Natt[permanent dead link] by Marq Mitcham – June 5, 2007
  2. ^ Graham, Pat (December 26, 2008). "Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals". USA Today. Retrieved October 2, 2013.

External links[edit]

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