Danny Vranes
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| Born | October 29, 1958 Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| 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 (Greece) | ||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Aresium Milan (Italy) | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | Cagiva Varese (Italy) | ||||||||||||
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| Points | 2,613 (5.1 ppg) | ||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,998 (3.9 rpg) | ||||||||||||
| Assists | 594 (1.2 apg) | ||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Daniel LaDrew "Danny" Vranes (born October 29, 1958) is a retired American 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, Teorematour Arese and Breeze Milano.
His ancestors emigrated to the United States from Croatia in the early 1900s.[1] Vranes is a member of the LDS Church.[2]
References
- ↑ Shelly Gledhill: Colby Vranes, awaiting his mission in life
- ↑ LDS Church Almanac, 2009 Edition, p. 326
External links
- nba.com historical playerfile
- Danny Vranes at Basketball-Reference.com
- basketpedya.com[dead link]
- Articles with dead external links from October 2012
- 1958 births
- Living people
- A.E.K. Athens B.C. players
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American Latter Day Saints
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Croatian descent
- Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Utah
- Greek Basket League players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Pallacanestro Varese players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Utah Utes men's basketball players
