Belus Smawley
Guard
Career
321 games · 6 seasons
12.6PPG
1.2RPG
2.4APG
Career snapshot
6seasons
321games
4,048career pts
0.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Philadelphia 76ers
· 16 games · 1950-51–1950-51
Position rank · 1950-51
#3PPG rank
#3PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 29 Guard players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
15.5
1948-49 · —
RPG
3.0
1950-51 · —
APG
3.5
1949-50 · —
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | NBA | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 76.6 | — | — |
| 1947-48 | NBA | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 0.0 | 74.0 | — | — |
| 1948-49 | NBA | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 74.7 | — | — |
| 1949-50 | NBA | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 82.8 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | NBA | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.9 | 0.0 | 85.9 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | NBA | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 85.0 | — | — |
| 1950-51 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.9 | 0.0 | 81.5 | — | — |
| 1951-52 | NBA | 11 | 0 | 12.6 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 82.4 | — | — |
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Born on March 20
About Belus Smawley
Belus Van Smawley was an American basketball player and coach. He formerly held the record for longest game-winning buzzer-beater in NBA history, hitting one from 50 feet on November 25, 1948.