Stan Pietkiewicz

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Stan Pietkiewicz

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|7|14}}

| birth_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 200

| high_school = Winter Park (Winter Park, Florida)

| college = Auburn (1974–1978)

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 133

| draft_team = Buffalo Braves

| career_start = 1978

| career_end = 1984

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| career_number = 22, 43

| years1 = {{nbay|1978|start}}

| team1 = San Diego Clippers

| years2 = 1978–1979

| team2 = Anchorage Northern Knights

| years3 = {{nbay|1979|start}}–{{nbay|1980|start}}

| team3 = San Diego Clippers

| years4 = 1980–1981

| team4 = Alberta Dusters

| years5 = {{nbay|1980|end}}

| team5 = Dallas Mavericks

| years6 = 1981–1984

| team6 = Basket Brescia

| years7 = 1984

| team7 = Scavolini Pesaro

| highlights =

All-CBA First Team (1979)
Second-team All-SEC (1978)

}}

Stanley Thomas Pietkiewicz (born July 14, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a {{height|ft=6|in=5}}, {{convert|200|lb|kg|abbr=on}} shooting guard and played collegiately at Auburn University. He had a brief career in the National Basketball Association.

Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Pietkiewicz was selected with the second pick of the seventh round in the 1978 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves. In 1978, the Braves moved their franchise to California, and became the San Diego Clippers. Pietkiewicz was a member of the San Diego Clippers' inaugural roster, during the 1978–79 season. After signing two 10-day contracts with the Dallas Mavericks in 1981,[http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/AllTransactions/ByYear/1981.php 1981 NBA Transactions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072816/http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/AllTransactions/ByYear/1981.php |date=September 28, 2007 }} he was signed for the remainder of the 1980–81 season, during which he played 36 games, averaging 3.9 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Pietkiewicz played for the Anchorage Northern Knights of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1978–79 season and was selected to the All-CBA First Team.{{cite web |title=Stan Pietkiewicz minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-pietksta001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}}

After his NBA career, Pietkiewicz played professionally in Italy.[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=PIE-STA Lega A Basket]

In 2007, Stan Pietkiewicz's son John signed a letter of intent to play with the Flagler College men's basketball team in 2007–08.

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pietkst01.html|title=Stan Pietkiewicz NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=29 June 2025}}

==Regular season==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego

| 4 || 8.0 || .125 || || 1.000 || 1.5 || .8 || .3 || .0 || 1.0

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1979}}

| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego

| 50 || 11.5 || .508 || .250 || .804 || .9 || 1.9 || .5 || .1 || 4.6

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego

| 6 || 5.0 || .400 || – || – || .2 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .7

| style="text-align:left;"|Dallas

| 36 || 12.0 || .414 || .396 || .786 || 1.1 || 2.1 || .4 || .1 || 3.9

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 96 || 11.1 || .458 || .333 || .806 || 1.0 || 1.8 || .4 || .1 || 3.9

References

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{{cite news |first=Al |last=Browning |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |title=Stan Pietkiewicz is hungry for a victory |page=11 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IG00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B54EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6400,5342335&dq=stan-pietkiewicz&hl=en |date=January 27, 1978 |accessdate=November 30, 2012}}

{{cite news |first=San |last=Goldaper |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Free Agents Taking New Route to N.B.A. |page=C12 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/11/archives/free-agents-taking-new-route-to-nba.html |date=December 11, 1979 |accessdate=November 30, 2012 |quote=Stan Pietkiewicz earned about $10,000 playing for the Anchorage Northern Knights last season in the Continental Basketball Association.}}

{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Cobbs |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Stan Pietkiewicz: Talent Is Lacking but Attitude Isn't for This Clipper |page=SD-B1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658306732.html?dids=658306732:658306732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+23%2C+1980&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=STAN+PIETKIEWICZ%3A&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131233657/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658306732.html?dids=658306732:658306732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+23,+1980&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=STAN+PIETKIEWICZ:&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |date=September 23, 1980 |accessdate=November 30, 2012}}

{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |title=Pietkiewicz Busts Motta |page=4B |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eVAfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xtEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2087,4410601&dq=stan-pietkiewicz&hl=en |date=February 9, 1981 |accessdate=November 30, 2012}}

{{cite press release |first=John |last=Jordan |publisher=Flagler College |title=Pietkiewicz signs with Flagler College |url=http://athletics.flagler.edu/news/2007/5/16/mbball20070516pietkiewicz.aspx |date=May 16, 2007 |accessdate=November 30, 2012}}

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