Elden Campbell

Elden Campbell

180px Campbell in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1968-07-23) July 23, 1968 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	279 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school	Morningside (Inglewood, California)
College	Clemson (1986–1990)
NBA draft	1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1990–2005
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	41, 5
Career history
1990–1999	Los Angeles Lakers
1999–2003	Charlotte / New Orleans Hornets
2003	Seattle SuperSonics
2003–2005	Detroit Pistons
2005	New Jersey Nets
2005	Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2004) First-team All-ACC (1990)
Career NBA statistics
Points	10,805 (10.3 ppg)
Rebounds	6,116 (5.9 rpg)
Blocks	1,602 (1.5 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Elden Jerome Campbell (born July 23, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player who played as a power forward and center in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Playing career

Campbell attended Morningside High School in Inglewood, California before playing college basketball at Clemson University. During his four years at Clemson, he averaged 15.3 points per game, 6.8 rebounds per game and 2.7 blocks. His college team was involved in one of the most notable plays in college basketball history - a one-point loss in the 1990 NCAA Tournament to a Connecticut team following a miraculous full-court catch-and-shoot play by Tate George with one second on the clock. That same year, the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Campbell with the 27th pick in the 1990 NBA draft.

On March 10, 1999, Campbell was traded by the Lakers along with Eddie Jones to the Charlotte Hornets for Glen Rice, J.R. Reid and B.J. Armstrong.

Campbell's longest tenures were with the Lakers and the Hornets (in both Charlotte and New Orleans); he would also play with the Seattle SuperSonics and briefly for the New Jersey Nets, spending most of the final two seasons of his career as a member of the Detroit Pistons, being on roster in the 2004 NBA Championship team. During Campbell's tenure with the Pistons, perhaps his most important contribution was his defense against center Shaquille O'Neal in the two playoff series in which the Pistons engaged O'Neal's teams (against the Lakers in the 2004 Finals and against the Miami Heat in the 2005 NBA Eastern Conference Finals); because of his enormous bulk and strength, he presented a unique challenge to O'Neal in the low post and was one of the few NBA players who could pose a serious physical challenge to O'Neal on defense.

Campbell's 15-year career comprised 1,044 games, of which he started 671, and 106 playoff games, of which he started 53. In 15 seasons, Campbell averaged 10.3 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game and 1.5 blocks. He was especially known for his shot-blocking ability, with 1,602 career blocks; he is 31st all time in blocks. Notably, Campbell was the Los Angeles Lakers' leading scorer in the 1990s. He was mainly known for playing on the Lakers, Hornets and Pistons. His nicknames were 'Easy', 'Big E', 'Big Homie' and 'The Janitor', which he received for his ability to clean up the boards.

Personal life

Campbell was arrested for drunk driving in California in 1995.

See also

• List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Elden Campbell at Basketball-Reference.com
• NBA all-time blocks standings