|| .425 || – || .715 || 3.3 || 1.2 || – || – || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 78 || – || 35.6 || .471 || – || .740 || 10.7 || 4.5 || – || – || 20.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 77 || – || 41.6 || .497 || – || .795 || 10.2 || 3.9 || – || – || 18.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 77 || – || 39.6 || .505 || – || .780 || 11.1 || 5.1 || – || – || 17.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 74 || – || 17.6 || .467 || – || .713 || 4.4 || 1.9 || .5 || .2 || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 73 || – || 10.9 || .433 || – || .702 || 2.5 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 3.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 525 || – || 25.8 || .477 || – || .749 || 7.0 || 2.7 || .4 || .1 || 11.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star | 3 || 0 || 6.7 || .400 || – || .500 || .7 || .7 || – || – || 1.7 Playoffs |- |style="text-align:left;"|1970 |style="text-align:left;"|Chicago |3||–||4.7||.333||–||.667||2.0||1.3||–||–||1.3 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1974 |style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo |2||–||5.0||.333||–||.000||.5||1.0||.0||.0||1.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 5 || – || 4.8 || .333 || – || .400 || 1.4 || 1.2 || .0 || .0 || 1.2 NBA executive/coaching career He had a short career as an NBA team executive with the Atlanta Hawks and Detroit Pistons. He spent two seasons as assistant general manager for the Hawks before Detroit hired him as the Pistons' general manager in 1977. He was with the Pistons from May 25, 1977 to July 14, 1978. He served as coach of the Detroit Pistons in 1977–1978 after Herb Brown was fired, going 29-29 in 58 games. Kauffman eventually left the Pistons after a disagreement with team owner Bill Davidson. Kauffman wanted to hire Cotton Fitzsimmons or Al Bianchi for the coaching vacancy. Davidson wanted Dick Vitale from the University of Detroit. Vitale went 34-60 in his tenure as Pistons coach. Remembering Kauffman Kauffman died at the age of 69. Although his career was not long he was able to accomplish many things. Kauffman came from a relatively small college and was one of the prominent and promising