Rich Niemann is a former American basketball player who played at center

Center (basketball)

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 in the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 and American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

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. Niemann was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1968 NBA Draft

1968 NBA Draft

The 1968 NBA Draft was the 22nd annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on April 3, 1968 and May 8, 1968 before the 1968–69 season. In this draft, 14 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year...

 by the Detroit Pistons

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. That season, he was traded from the Pistons to the Milwaukee Bucks

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 along with cash for Dave Gambee

Dave Gambee

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. Later that year, he was claimed by the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

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 after he was waived by the Bucks. After his time with the Celtics, he played the rest of his career in the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...

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