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Keith Closs

Keith Closs stats, teams and career impact

#2414 all-timeCareer averages · 3.9 PPG · 2.9 RPG · 0.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Los Angeles Clippers
Height / weight: 7 ft 3 in (221 cm) · 212 lb (96 kg)
Born: April 3, 1976 (50 yrs old)
College: Central Connecticut State University
NBA seasons: 3 seasons · 1997–98 to 1999–00

Career or season view

Career summaryKeith Closs was a center who played 3 NBA seasons, from 1997–98 through 1999–00.

Career PPG: 3.9
Career RPG: 2.9
Career APG: 0.3; #179 in 1999–00; #2414 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Keith Closs ranks #2414 all time

Keith Closs ranks #2414 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #241.5. His full-career value ranks #1879, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#179 in 1999–00

Best league finish

Sustained excellence2 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth3 seasons

130 games · Career Value Rank #1879

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Los Angeles Clippers
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 47.1%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 60.6%FT%

130 career games · 1,647 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Keith Closs stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
1999–00	4.2	3.1	0.4	-0.78	LAC	57	6	14.4	48.7%	0.0%	59.0%	#179	19.6
1998–99	2.1	1.7	0.0	-7.17	LAC	15	0	5.8	52.2%	0.0%	80.0%	—	-8.4
1997–98	4.0	2.9	0.3	-1.81	LAC	58	1	12.8	44.9%	—	59.7%	#225	2.6
Career	3.9	2.9	0.3	—	LAC	130	—	12.7	47.1%	0.0%	60.6%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#2414

262.0 composite · lower is better

Best 5#2420

273.1 average league finish

Career Value Rank#1879

14 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Keith Closs ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score262.0

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 320.5
Qualified seasons: 2
All-time rank: #2414

Strongest seasons

Every season

Keith Closs advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
1999–00Historical Defense Estimate	LAC	23	57	820	-0.78	44.4	#179	19.6	41st	Standard
1998–99Historical Defense Estimate	LAC	22	15	87	-7.17	—	—	-8.4	—	Limited
1997–98Historical Defense Estimate	LAC	21	58	740	-1.81	29.3	#225	2.6	30th	Standard

Career movement

Keith Closs's box impact by season

Peak box impact -0.78 points per 100 possessions in 1999–00 · 3 seasons · 1,647 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

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Early-career comparison

Compare the first 3 seasons

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Keith ClossMeyers Leonard

Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Keith Closs and Meyers Leonard era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Keith Closs	Meyers Leonard
1	-1.8	-3.5
2	-7.2	-5.2
3	-0.8	-0.2

NBA season number · first 3 seasons only

Similar starts

Players with starts similar to Keith Closs

The start-similarity percentile compares era-relative impact, season-relative workload, trajectory, debut age, and role across exactly 3 seasons and 2,104 eligible starts. Higher means closer; it is not a probability or forecast.

C · All-Time Career #1993

Meyers Leonard

99.1

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: very close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1999–00 ↔ 2014–15 PF · All-Time Career #1995

Russ Schoene

98.5

start similarity percentile

Impact: very closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1999–00 ↔ 1987–88 PF · All-Time Career #1494

Jon Leuer

98.4

start similarity percentile

Impact: closeWorkload: very closeTrend: closeAge: very closeRole: close

Medium evidence · first 3 seasonsClosest early-season pairing · 1999–00 ↔ 2011–12

How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →