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One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Otto Moore: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
Few big men logged more games without a single playoff appearance — 682, second only to Tom Van Arsdale. The 6-foot-11 center from Texas-Pan American gave nine seasons to Detroit, Phoenix, Houston, Kansas City-Omaha, and the New Orleans Jazz, twice averaging a double-double and ranking eighth in the league in blocks in 1975-76 as a Jazzman.
The Miami native finally found his championship abroad. In 1979 he joined Royal Tru-Orange in the Philippines, and paired with high-scoring Larry Pounds, the tandem carried the club to the 1979 Open Conference title.
HOW HE CAME & WENTKansas City-Omaha cut him in July 1974 and Detroit in November, so New Orleans signed him as a free agent on January 21, 1975. He finished eighth in the league in blocks the next season and was waived in October 1977, then moved to Italy.
- Full name
- Otto George Moore
- New Orleans Jazz tenure
- 1974–77
- Position
- Center
- Born
- 1946, Miami, Florida
- Height
- 6′11″ (211 cm)
- Weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- College
- Pan American
- Drafted
- 1968, 1st round, Detroit
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
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With the Jazz
OTTO MOORE · 1974–77 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | NOJ | 40 | 26.4 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .453 | — | .672 |
| 1975–76 | NOJ | 81 | 29.7 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .436 | — | .637 |
| 1976–77 | NOJ | 81 | 25.7 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | .405 | — | .679 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 3 SEASONS | 202 | 27.5 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .429 | — | .656 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
OTTO MOORE · 5 NOTES- Joined the first-year 1974–75 New Orleans Jazz in January 1975.
- In 1975-76 he finished eighth in the entire NBA in blocked shots per game while playing for a struggling expansion club.
- He averaged a double-double twice, including 11.9 points and 11.1 rebounds for Detroit in 1969-70.
- The 6-foot-11 center came out of the University of Texas-Pan American, hardly a basketball factory.
- After the Jazz he played a season in Italy for Virtus Roma and then for the Maine Lumberjacks of the CBA, never appearing in the NBA again.