Louie Dampier

louie dampier

Dampier was a sharpshooter with a deadly three-point shot. He was ahead of his time, utilizing the long-range weapon to score at will. Dampier's shooting prowess and ability to create space revolutionized the game, foreshadowing the importance of the three-point shot in modern basketball.

A 6-foot-tall guard, Dampier is one of only a handful of men to play all nine seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) (1967–1976), all with the Kentucky Colonels. He also was one of just two players to play all nine ABA seasons with the same team; the other was Byron Beck of the Denver Rockets, later renamed the Nuggets.

After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 Dampier also played three seasons (1976–1979) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs. Dampier was inducted as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.