Lenard Benoit Benjamin




Born: November 22, 1964
Position: Center
Height: 7-0 (2.13 m)
Jerseys worn: #00 (Clippers, Seattle, N.Jersey), #7 (Milwaukee, Toronto)


In the NBA:

Nickname: "Big Ben"

His Game:
Benoit Benjamin was a productive center for some years and a great shotblocker.

His Career:
Selected by the LA Clippers at the 3rd spot in the 1985 Draft. Led the Clippers in blocked shots every year until he was traded to Seattle in 1991. He had a nice 1992 season in Seattle and he changed several NBA teams aftwerwards but never returned to his early form.

Honors:
He is the LA Clippers all-time leader in blocked shots. Was name NBA Rookie of the Month for March 1986.

Statistics:
YEAR Team Games Pts FT % FG % 3PM 3-pt % Reb. Trn Ast St Blk Min. Star?
1986 LA Clippers 79 11.1 .746 .490 1 .333 7.6 1.8 1.0 0.8 2.6 26.4 YES
1987 LA Clippers 72 11.5 .715 .449 0 .000 8.1 2.6 1.9 0.8 2.6 31.0 YES
1988 LA Clippers 66 13.0 .706 .491 0 .000 8.0 3.4 2.6 0.8 3.4 32.9 YES
1989 LA Clippers 79 16.4 .744 .541 0 .000 8.8 3.0 2.0 0.7 2.8 32.7 YES
1990 LA Clippers 71 13.5 .732 .526 0 .000 9.3 2.6 2.2 0.8 2.6 32.6 YES
1991 LA Clippers / Seattle 70 14.0 .712 .496 0 .000 10.3 3.4 1.7 0.8 2.1 31.9 YES
1992 Seattle 63 14.0 .687 .478 0 .000 8.1 2.8 1.2 0.6 1.9 30.8 YES
1993 Seattle / LA Lakers 59 5.7 .663 .491 0 .000 3.5 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 12.8 No
1994 New Jersey 77 9.3 .710 .480 0 .000 6.5 1.3 0.6 0.5 1.2 23.6 No
1995 New Jersey 61 11.1 .760 .510 0 .000 7.2 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.0 26.2 No
1996 Vancouver / Milwaukee 83 8.8 .722 .498 0 .000 6.5 1.7 0.8 0.5 1.0 22.8 No
1997 Toronto 4 3.3 .750 .417 0 .000 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 11.0 No
1998 Philadelphia 14 4.5 .633 .537 0 .000 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 14.1 No
1999 Philadelphia 6 0.7 .000 .286 0 .000 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.5 No
2000 Cleveland 3 0.7 .000 .333 0 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.7 No
Career Career 807 11.4 .721 .497 1 .048 7.5 2.3 1.3 0.6 2.0 27.2 YES




In Europe:

Benjamin played 4 games in Greece for Peristeri in 1997-'98 and was replaced for being overweight. He averaged 9.8 points and 8.5 rebounds.



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