Dick Snyder

Richard J. Snyder Jr. (born February 1, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Snyder graduated from Davidson College and was drafted by the Hawks in the second round of the 1966 NBA draft. A solid shooting guard who also played small forward on occasion, Snyder achieved his greatest basketball successes with the SuperSonics franchise.

During the early 1970s, Snyder was often among the league leaders in field goal percentage. Perhaps his best season statistically was the 1970–71 season when he averaged 19.4 points per game and was fifth in the league in both field goal and free throw percentage.

Career statistics

NBA Source

Regular season

Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG STL BLK PPG 1967 St. Louis 1 2.0 – – .0 .0 .0 1968 St. Louis 4 15.5 .455 .800 1.3 1.0 6.0 1976 Cleveland 13 28.0 .451 .818 2.2 2.4 .8 .5 12.0 1977 Cleveland 3 17.7 .296 .400 1.7 1.3 .3 .7 6.0 1978 Cleveland 1 3.0 – – .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 1979† Seattle 9 9.8 .323 .667 1.2 1.1 .4 .3 2.9Career 31 18.5 .416 .732 1.6 1.6 .6 .4 7.2