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Campy Russell

American basketball player

Summary

American basketball player

Field	Value
name	Campy Russell
image	Campy Russell.png
width	165
caption	Russell from the 1973 Michiganensian
height_ft	6
height_in	8
weight_lb	215
birth_date
birth_place	Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
death_date
high_school	Pontiac Central (Pontiac, Michigan)
college	Michigan (1972–1974)
draft_year	1974
draft_round	1
draft_pick	8
draft_team	Cleveland Cavaliers
career_start	1974
career_end	1985
career_number	20, 21, 4
career_position	Small forward
years1	–
team1	Cleveland Cavaliers
years2	–
team2	New York Knicks
years3
team3	Cleveland Cavaliers
years4	1984–1985
team4	Detroit Spirits
stats_league	NBA
stat1label	Points
stat1value	8,953 (15.8 ppg)
stat2label	Rebounds
stat2value	2,696 (4.8 rpg)
stat3label	Assists
stat3value	1,684 (3.0 apg)

NBA All-Star ()
Consensus second-team All-American (1974)
First-team Parade All-American (1971)

Michael Campanella "Campy" Russell (born January 12, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years (1975–1982, 1985) and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.

College

Before joining the NBA, Russell was a star player at the University of Michigan. Russell played three seasons at Michigan, and in his junior year he averaged 23.7 points per game. He was named an All American that year.

Professional career

During his All Star season in the NBA in 1978–1979, Russell averaged 21.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game for the Cavaliers.

After basketball

Today, Russell works in the Cavaliers' front office as Director of Alumni Relations. He served as a co-host of the Cavaliers' pregame and postgame show (Cavaliers Live, alongside Cayleigh Griffin) on Bally Sports Ohio. ending with the 2023-2024 season. On March 26, 2022, Russell was honored with a spot on the Cavaliers Wall of Honor along with former players World B. Free and Lenny Wilkens and former owner Gordon Gund.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | 68 || || 11.1 || .411 || – || .752 || 2.2 || .7 || .3 || .0 || 6.2 |- | 82 || || 23.9 || .482 || – || .773 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 15.0 |- | 70 || || 30.1 || .434 || – || .778 || 6.0 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .3 || 16.5 |- | 72 || || 35.0 || .448 || – || .751 || 6.4 || 3.9 || 1.2 || .2 || 19.4 |- | 74 || || 38.6 || .476 || – || .797 || 6.8 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .3 || 21.9 |- | 41 || || 32.5 || .451 || .111 || .745 || 5.5 || 4.2 || 1.8 || .5 || 18.2 |- | 79 || || 36.3 || .464 || .308 || .781 || 4.5 || 3.3 || 1.3 || .1 || 16.4 |- | 77 || 63 || 30.6 || .478 || style="background:#cfecec;"|.439* || .776 || 3.1 || 3.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 13.9 |- | 3 || 0 || 8.0 || .286 || .000 || .667 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- class="sortbottom" | 566 || 63 || 29.6 || .459 || .366 || .772 || 4.8 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .2 || 15.8 |- class="sortbottom" | 1 || 0 || 13.0 || .250 || – || – || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 4.0

Playoffs

|- |13||||25.2||.404||–||.855||5.5||1.1||.6||.5||13.6 |- |3|| ||33.3||.389||–||.733||8.7||3.3||1.0||.3||17.7 |- |2|| ||44.0||.487||–||.810||7.5||5.5||1.5||.5||27.5 |- |2|| ||44.5||.441||.000||.941||4.5||4.5||2.0||.5||23.0 |- class="sortbottom" | 20 || || 30.3 || .417 || .000 || .843 || 6.1 || 2.2 || .9 || .5 || 16.6

References

"Basketball Reference".
(November 20, 2014). "Detroit Free Press".
Nason, Gerry. (October 2014). "Cleveland Cavaliers Flashback: Campy Russell". Sports Illustrated.
(October 28, 2014). "Cavs Home Opener coverage on FOX Sports Ohio". NBA.
"LaVine's 25 lead Bulls to 98-94 win over young Cavaliers".

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