Danny Vranes
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| Born | October 29, 1958 Salt Lake City, Utah | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||
| High school | Skyline (Salt Lake City, Utah) | |||||||||||||
| College | Utah (1977–1981) | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | |||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1981–1992 | |||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
| Number | 23, 20 | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1986 | Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | AEK Athens | |||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Aresium Milan | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Cagiva Varese | |||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Points | 2,613 (5.1 ppg) | |||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,998 (3.9 rpg) | |||||||||||||
| Assists | 594 (1.2 apg) | |||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel LaDrew Vranes (born October 29, 1958) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Vranes led Skyline High School, in Salt Lake City, to the state basketball championship in his senior year (1977). A 6'7" small forward from the University of Utah, he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1981 NBA draft. Vranes played in 7 NBA seasons with the SuperSonics and Philadelphia 76ers from 1981 to 1988.
In his NBA career, Vranes played in 510 games and scored a total of 2,613 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1983–84 season as a member of the SuperSonics, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.4 ppg. In the 1984–85 season, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.
He played in Europe for AEK BC, and .
His ancestors emigrated to the United States from Croatia in the early 1900s.[1] Vranes is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2] He is a cousin of Jeff Judkins, his teammate at Utah.[3]
References[]
- ^ Shelly Gledhill: Colby Vranes, awaiting his mission in life Archived July 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LDS Church Almanac, 2009 Edition, p. 326
- ^ Jares, Joe. "A double Danny dandy," Sports Illustrated, January 29, 1979. Retrieved December 24, 2020
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- nba.com historical playerfile
- 1958 births
- Living people
- AEK B.C. players
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Salt Lake City
- Greek Basket League players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Small forwards
- Utah Utes men's basketball players