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Joe Pace (basketball)

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Joe Pace
Personal information
Born (1953-12-18) December 18, 1953 (age 71)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolFranklin (Somerset, New Jersey)
College
NBA draft1976: 2nd round, 31st overall pick
Drafted byWashington Bullets
Playing career1976–1981
PositionCenter
Number44
Career history
1976–1978Washington Bullets
1978–1979Baltimore Metros
1979–1981Scavolini Pesaro
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Joe Pace (born December 18, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA for the Washington Bullets and in Italy for Scavolini Pesaro.

College career

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Pace played college basketball at Maryland Eastern Shore and Coppin State.

Professional career

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Pace won a league championship with the Washington Bullets in 1977–78.

On August 8, 1978, he signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics, but walked out of pre-season training camp and was subsequently placed on waivers. In October 1978, he signed with the Baltimore Metros of the Continental Basketball Association.[1] He appeared in 12 games for Baltimore and averaged 17.6 points per game, 2.4 blocks and 8.4 rebounds in 30.8 minutes. Pace played in the Italian top league for Scavolini Pesaro in 1979–1981.[2]

Personal life

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In May 2008, he resided at a homeless shelter in Seattle.[3] Shortly after The Seattle Post-Intelligencer documented his troubles, he received an outpouring of support from within the NBA community, and subsequently found a home.[4]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

NBA

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Source[5]

Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1976–77 Washington 30 4.0 .436 .552 1.1 .1 .1 .6 2.1
1977–78† Washington 49 8.9 .479 .613 2.7 .5 .2 .4 3.9
Career 79 7.1 .467 .598 2.1 .3 .2 .5 3.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978† Washington 9 5.8 .700 .733 2.2 .1 .1 .7 2.8

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-Celtics Signs With Metros Five". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. October 24, 1978. p. 40. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Joe Pace minor league basketball statistics". StatsCrew.com. Stats Crew. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Raley, Dan (May 15, 2008), "From NBA glory to homeless shelter", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  4. ^ Raley, Dan (June 30, 2008), "Benefactors unite to lift former player from the streets", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  5. ^ "Joe Pace NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
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