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Forward · 1978–79

Ira Terrell

Dallas made him — Roosevelt High School, then SMU across town — and the 6-foot-8 power forward reached the NBA in 1976. Terrell played three seasons for the Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 7.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

His season with the Jazz came in 1977-78, while the franchise still called New Orleans home. A short career, three uniforms, and a clean line in the record book — the honest shape of most NBA lives.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed with New Orleans as a free agent on October 30, 1978 and was waived in mid-January, in the franchise's final Louisiana season.

Full name
Ira Edmondson Terrell
New Orleans Jazz tenure
1978–79
Position
Forward
Born
1954, Dallas
Height
6′8″ (203 cm)
Weight
201 lb (91 kg)
College
Southern Methodist
Drafted
1976, 1st round (No. 12), Portland
Signature in the archive 1978-79 Basketball Custom Card New Orleans Jazz B-98

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

IRA TERRELL · 1978–79 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1978–79NOJ3118.54.93.50.80.50.7.438.711
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON3118.54.93.50.80.50.7.438.711

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

IRA TERRELL · 6 NOTES
  • Was the 12th overall pick in 1976, one year before joining the New Orleans Jazz.
  • He remains the only SMU Mustang ever to average a double-double for three straight seasons.
  • SMU raised his No. 32 to the rafters at halftime on January 12, 2019, alongside Jim Krebs and Jon Koncak.
  • In 1982 he played in the Philippine Basketball Association as an import for the U/Tex Wranglers.
  • A Dallas kid from Oak Cliff, he stayed home for college and left SMU as its career rebounding leader.
  • SMU Magazine quoted him calling himself a Mustang for life, decades after his last college game.