Curtis R. Perry is a retired American basketball

Basketball

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 player. He attended Southwest Missouri State University and played at forward.

Perry was selected by the San Diego Rockets in the third round of the 1970 NBA Draft

1970 NBA Draft

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 and by the Virginia Squires

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 in the 1970 ABA

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 Draft.

Perry played for the NBA's San Diego Rockets

Houston Rockets

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/Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...

 (1970–71), Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks

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 (1971–74) and Phoenix Suns

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 (1974–78).

He helped the Bucks win the 1971-72 and 1972-73 NBA Midwest Division and 1973-74 NBA Western Conference and the Suns win the 1975-76 NBA Western Conference.

He currently ranks 96th on the NBA All-Time Rebounds Per Game List (8.8).

In 8 seasons he played in 480 games and had 13,656 Minutes Played, a .455 Field Goal Percentage (1,904 for 4,188), .699 Free Throw Percentage (770 for 1,101), 4,239 rebounds, 906 assists, 1,670 Personal Fouls and 4,578 points. He averaged 9.5 points, 8.8 Rebounds and 1.9 Assists Per Game.

Personal life

Perry is the father of former NBA player Byron Houston

Byron Houston

Byron Dwight Houston is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'5", 250-pound power forward, he played collegiately for Oklahoma State University and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft...

. He currently is an aftercare teacher in St. Peters Interparish School. He coached a junior varsity team in 07-08.

External links

• Career NBA statistics @ basketballreference.com