Rich Kelley

Who is Rich Kelley?

Richard Ryland Kelley is a retired American basketball player.

A center/power forward, a graduate of Woodside High School, Kelley played college basketball for Stanford.

The 7-foot, 235-pound Kelley was drafted as an underclassman in the second round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the New York Nets, but he opted to stay in college for another year. The following season Kelley was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the first round of the 1975 NBA Draft and by the Memphis Sounds in the second round of the 1975 ABA Draft.

In the NBA Kelley played for the New Orleans Jazz/Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings.

He helped the Suns win the 1980-81 NBA Pacific Division and the Jazz win the 1983-84 NBA Midwest Division.

He currently ranks 94th on the NBA's career offensive rebounds list.

In 11 seasons he played in 814 games and played 17,711 minutes, a 48.8 field goal percentage, 78.3 free throw percentage, 5,678 total rebounds, 2,092 assists, 694 steals, 749 blocked shots, 2,613 personal fouls and 6,199 points.