Blair Rasmussen

Blair Rasmussen

Personal information
Born	(1962-11-13) November 13, 1962 Auburn, Washington, U.S.
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Auburn (Auburn, Washington)
College	Oregon (1981–1985)
NBA draft	1985: 1st round, 15th overall pick
Drafted by	Denver Nuggets
Playing career	1985–1993
Position	Center
Number	41
Career history
1985–1991	Denver Nuggets
1991–1993	Atlanta Hawks
Career highlights
3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1983–1985) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1981)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,119 (9.6 ppg)
Rebounds	3,006 (5.7 rpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Blair Allen Rasmussen (born November 13, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1985 NBA draft. A 7'0" center from the University of Oregon, Rasmussen played for eight seasons in the NBA, from 1985 to 1993.

He played for the Nuggets from 1985 to 1991 and for the Atlanta Hawks from 1991 to 1993. The best year of Rasmussen's professional career came during the 1990–91 season as a member of the Nuggets, when he appeared in 70 games (69 starts), and averaged 12.5 points per game and 1.9 blocks per game.

Career statistics

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

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1985–86	Denver	48	1	6.9	.407	–	.795	2.0	.3	.1	.2	3.2
1986–87	Denver	74	23	19.2	.470	–	.732	6.3	.8	.3	.8	9.5
1987–88	Denver	79	45	22.5	.492	–	.776	5.5	1.0	.3	1.0	12.7
1988–89	Denver	77	22	17.0	.445	–	.852	3.7	.6	.4	.5	7.6
1989–90	Denver	81	55	24.6	.497	.000	.828	7.3	1.0	.5	1.3	12.4
1990–91	Denver	70	69	33.2	.458	.400	.677	9.7	1.0	.7	1.9	12.5
1991–92	Atlanta	81	61	24.3	.478	.217	.750	4.9	1.3	.4	.6	9.0
1992–93	Atlanta	22	3	12.9	.375	.333	.692	2.5	.2	.2	.5	3.2
Career		532	282	21.4	.472	.257	.767	5.7	.9	.4	.9	9.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1986	Denver	10	4	17.5	.406	–	.805	6.0	1.0	.5	.9	11.1
1987	Denver	3	3	30.7	.489	–	.500	7.7	2.3	.7	.7	16.3
1988	Denver	11	11	25.2	.472	–	.900	6.5	.6	.1	1.1	12.5
1989	Denver	2	.0	2.0	–	–	–	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
1990	Denver	3	0	28.0	.396	–	.900	'8.7	.3	.7	1.3	15.3
Career		29	18	21.8	.443	–	.802	6.2	.9	.3	.9	11.9

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com · Basketball Reference