John Block

Before the Jazz existed, Block was already a veteran — a USC product who led the expansion San Diego Rockets in scoring at 20.2 points a game in 1967-68 and made the 1973 All-Star Game. His most treasured night came off the Bucks' bench in January 1972, when his 17 points and 10 rebounds helped end the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

The 1974-75 New Orleans Jazz were the sixth of his seven NBA stops in ten seasons — a career of 7,106 points that began with a rookie year spent studying Jerry West up close as a Laker, on the advice of teammate Rudy LaRusso.

HOW HE CAME & WENTNew Orleans took him in the 1974 expansion draft, making him an original Jazzman, but a hamstring limited him to four games before the club traded him to Chicago that November for Rick Adelman.

Full name

John William Block Jr.

New Orleans Jazz tenure

1974–75

Position

Forward/Center

Born

1944, Los Angeles

Height

6′9″ (206 cm)

Weight

207 lb (94 kg)

College

USC

Drafted

1966, 2nd round, Los Angeles Lakers

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