Dorie Murrey

Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a , power forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, his hometown team.

Murray was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967, he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970, he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. He was traded three games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher). During his six-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games.

Career statistics

NBA Source

Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Detroit 35 8.9 .402 .593 2.9 .3 2.8 Seattle 81 18.4 .436 .689 7.4 .8 7.3 Seattle 38 12.2 .387 .639 3.9 .6 5.6 Seattle 81 13.3 .446 .731 4.4 .9 5.5 Portland 2 10.0 .167 .818 3.5 .5 5.5 Baltimore 69 10.1 .448 .653 3.1 .4 3.2 Baltimore 51 8.3 .381 .615 2.5 .3 2.2Career 357 12.6 .425 .679 4.4 .6 4.7

Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1971 Baltimore 16 5.8 .481 .636 2.1 .1 2.1 1972 Baltimore 1 1.0 – – .0 .0 .0Career 17 5.5 .481 .636 1.9 .1 1.9