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 A consensus
All-American forward in his
sophomore and junior years at Notre
Dame, Dantley scored 2,223 points,
second in school history only to
Austin Carr. He was named player of
the year by the U. S. Basketball
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Dantley led
the gold medal U. S. Olympic team in
scoring with 19.3 points per game.
Passing up his senior year at Notre
Dame, he then joined the Buffalo
Braves of the NBA. He was named
rookie of the year for the 1976-77
season, when he averaged 20.3 points
a game.
Buffalo traded Dantley to the
Indiana Pacers, who sent him to the
Los Angeles Lakers in mid-season.
After a season and a half with Los
Angeles, he was traded again, this
time to the Utah Jazz. With Utah,
Dantley twice led the NBA in
scoring, averaging 30.7 points per
game in 1980-81 and 30.6 in 1983-84.
He also averaged more than 30 points
a game in 1981-82 and 1982-83 but
lost the scoring title to George
Gervin and Alex English,
respectively.
A good friend of Detroit Piston star
Isiah Thomas, Dantley joined the
Pistons in 1986. He became Detroit's
sixth man, coming off the bench to
add scoring punch. As a result, his
per-game averages declined, but he
still led the team with 20.0 points
a game in 1987-88.
Dantley was traded to the Dallas
Mavericks during the 1989-90 season
and he played just 10 games with the
Milwaukee Bucks in 1990-91. He
played professional basketball in
Italy in 1991-92.
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