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Louie DampierIndiana Pacers · #10

Guard · 6'2", 185 lb · 12th season

Louie Dampier is a retired guard and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Indiana Pacers. ABA icon; the Kentucky Colonels' sharpshooter. Career averages: 15.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.

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Indiana Pacers · #10 · Guard

Louie Dampier

Season avg3.9 pts · 0.9 reb · 1.8 ast · .490 fg

Career avg15.9 pts · 2.6 reb · 4.9 ast · .455 fg

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Scouting report

Louie Dampier — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Louie Dampier is a retired guard and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Indiana Pacers. ABA icon; the Kentucky Colonels' sharpshooter.

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Average creator

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Scoring

Strong scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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Athleticism

Average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Louie Dampier stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

✦ Balladex Consensus: Rotation piece tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

56Impact index

138Star score

Career scoring average15.9 ppg

Seasons in the index12

Accolades on file1

HOF Hall of Fame

Stat explorer

Louie Dampier — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

3.9 PPG

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Playmaking

1.8 APG

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Rebounding

0.9 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Louie Dampier

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 1979-80 74% confidence

3.4

pts

1.8–5.0

0.8

reb

0.1–1.5

1.6

ast

1.0–2.2

9.2

min

proj

health

.489

fg%

~base

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3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 12-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 3.9 → projected 3.4 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.6

Development (his trend)

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Age curve

+0.0

Live context

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Net vs last season-0.5 PPG

Everything it reads

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12 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

auto

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 80 / 82 / 70 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Louie Dampier career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
1967-68 (ABA, Kentucky)	72	41.1	20.7	4.6	3.6	.421	.268
1968-69 (ABA, Kentucky)	78	42.6	24.8	3.8	5.8	.420	.361
1969-70 (ABA, Kentucky)	82	40.9	26.0	3.8	5.5	.399	.361
1970-71 (ABA, Kentucky)	84	38.3	18.5	3.5	5.5	.418	.368
1971-72 (ABA, Kentucky)	83	38.7	15.9	3.1	6.2	.442	.361
1972-73 (ABA, Kentucky)	80	38.0	16.8	2.7	6.5	.451	.348
1973-74 (ABA, Kentucky)	84	35.0	17.8	2.4	5.6	.465	.387
1974-75 (ABA, Kentucky) CHIP	83	34.7	16.8	2.5	5.4	.500	.396
1975-76 (ABA, Kentucky)	82	34.6	13.0	1.9	5.7	.479	.368
1976-77 (San Antonio)	80	20.4	6.6	1.0	2.9	.460
1977-78 (San Antonio)	82	24.8	9.1	1.5	3.5	.509
1978-79 (San Antonio)	70	10.9	3.9	0.9	1.8	.490
Career	960	33.5	15.9	2.6	4.9

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Al Cervi 99%Andrew Toney 99%Bob Davies 99%Brandon Roy 99%Calvin Murphy 99%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Indiana Pacers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

22–60proj record

#13conf seed

-7.5net rtg

110.2off rtg

117.8def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard.

How his role moves

Projected 22–60, 13th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

56 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

1 accolades

HOF Hall of Fame

Act IV

The Ballad of Louie Dampier

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Indiana Pacers

Turning pro

Drafted 1967 as a Guard.

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Louie Dampier is a Basketball Hall of Famer. ABA icon; the Kentucky Colonels' sharpshooter.

Chapter

He averaged 15.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists over his career.

Where things stand

A Hall of Fame guard and Indiana Pacers name.

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Dampier's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Louie Dampier Career Highlights ▶ Louie Dampier Career Retrospective

Off the court

Measurables

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185 lb
Draft: 1967
Jersey: #10

Legacy

ABA icon; the Kentucky Colonels' sharpshooter.

The person

A Hall of Fame guard and Indiana Pacers name.

Hall of Fame

Indiana Pacers

All-Star

FAQ

Louie Dampier — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Louie Dampier, answered.

What were Louie Dampier's career averages?

Louie Dampier averaged 15.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.

Is Louie Dampier in the Hall of Fame?

Yes — Louie Dampier is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Louie Dampier career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.