Mo Layton

Dennis "Mo" Layton (born December 24, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'1" point guard from USC, Layton played five seasons (1971–1974, 1976–1978) in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association. His most productive season was his rookie year in 1971–72 with the Phoenix Suns, when he averaged 9.1 points, 3.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 23.1 minutes a game. Layton was waived by the Suns after two seasons, then signed with the Portland Trail Blazers, appearing in 22 games before being waived. He then signed with the Memphis Tams of the ABA, where he appeared in only 3 games. He would later sign with the Detroit Pistons prior to the 1974–75 NBA season, and again with the Suns prior to the 1975–76 NBA season, but was waived by both teams before the start of the respective season. Layton would return to the NBA in the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons, playing with the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, respectively. He was waived by the Spurs on October 2, 1978.

Statistics Legend GP Games played MPG Minutes per game FG% 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

Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Phoenix 80 23.1 .424 .739 2.1 3.1 9.1 Phoenix 65 15.2 .431 .756 1.2 2.1 7.1 Portland 22 14.9 .491 .538 1.5 2.3 .4 .0 5.6 1973–74 Memphis 3 21.7 .471 1.000 1.3 2.3 .0 .3 6.3 New York 56 13.7 .484 .795 0.8 2.8 .4 .1 5.8 San Antonio 41 12.1 .506 .923 0.8 2.6 .5 .1 4.4 Career 267 16.8 .448 .749 1.3 2.6 .4 .1 6.9