John Thomas Duren (born October 30, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-3-inch (191 cm) point guard from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., he played college basketball with his high school teammate Craig Shelton at Georgetown University from 1976 to 1980.[1] He was a gold medalist as a member of the United States basketball team at the 1979 Pan American Games. During his senior year, he was chosen for the 1979–80 All-Big East First Team and was the Big East Conference Player of the Year.[2]

Duren was selected with the 19th overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He played for the Jazz for two seasons before signing as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers[3] for 1982–83, his final NBA season. His final professional season was in 1983–84 with the Lancaster Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association.

Career statistics

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

NBA

Source[4]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980–81 Utah 40 11.5 .327 .000 .556 .9 1.4 .5 .1 1.8
1981–82 Utah 79 9 13.4 .451 .273 .730 1.1 2.0 .3 .1 3.4
1982–83 Indiana 82 24 17.5 .453 .000 .796 1.3 2.4 .8 .1 4.5
Career 201 33 14.7 .435 .120 .750 1.1 2.0 .5 .1 3.5

References

  1. ^ "Georgetown Men's Basketball – Records and Awards". Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
  2. ^ "1979-80 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary". sportsreference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "Pacers Media Guide: NBA Years 1976–Present" (PDF). NBA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2007. (653 KiB); retrieved April 13, 2007
  4. ^ "John Duren NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duren