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Billy Paultz

Age 77 · USA · 211 cm (6'11") · 107 kg · Born Jul 30, 1948 · St. John's (NY)

7.3 PPG 5.2 RPG 1.5 APG 703 games 8 seasons
Billy Paultz

Career snapshot

8seasons
703games
5,140career pts
11.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Houston Rockets · 240 games · 1979-80–1982-83

Position rank · 1984-85

#69PPG rank
#52PER rank
#52WS rank
Among 69 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.8 1977-78 · SAS
RPG 8.4 1977-78 · SAS
APG 2.7 1977-78 · SAS
PER 19.8 1977-78 · SAS
WS 8.6 1977-78 · SAS

Draft

1970
Round 7 · Pick 103
from St. John's (NY)

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1975, 1974, 1973, 1972

Career by team

Utah Jazz
1984-85 – 1984-85 · 1 seasons
1.3 PPG 1.5 RPG 0.3 APG
62 games
Atlanta Hawks
1983-84 – 1983-84 · 1 seasons
2.2 PPG 2.8 RPG 0.5 APG
40 games
Houston Rockets
1979-80 – 1982-83 · 4 seasons
5.6 PPG 4.2 RPG 1.1 APG
240 games
San Antonio Spurs
1977-78 – 1982-83 · 4 seasons
12.4 PPG 7.7 RPG 2.4 APG
213 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 SAS 80 0 31.0 15.8 8.4 2.7 0.5 2.4 52.9 0.0 75.2 19.8 8.6
1978-79 SAS 79 0 26.9 11.5 7.9 2.3 0.4 1.6 52.6 0.0 58.8 15.5 5.1
1979-80 NBA 84 0 26.1 9.1 7.0 2.2 0.8 1.0 48.6 0.0 59.9 — —
1979-80 HOU 37 0 26.5 8.6 7.2 1.9 0.6 1.1 47.3 0.0 52.4 12.8 1.4
1979-80 SAS 47 0 25.8 9.4 6.8 2.5 1.0 1.0 49.6 0.0 66.0 14.7 2.6
1980-81 HOU 81 0 20.5 7.4 4.8 1.3 0.3 0.9 50.7 0.0 49.0 12.9 2.7
1981-82 HOU 65 3 12.4 3.3 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 39.4 0.0 52.3 7.7 0.1
1982-83 NBA 64 0 12.8 3.6 3.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 44.5 0.0 45.8 — —
1982-83 HOU 57 0 12.2 3.6 2.9 1.0 0.2 0.2 44.5 0.0 45.6 9.6 0.2
1982-83 SAS 7 0 17.9 3.6 4.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 44.4 0.0 50.0 9.4 0.1
1983-84 ATL 40 4 12.2 2.2 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 40.9 0.0 51.5 6.6 0.3
1984-85 UTA 62 0 6.0 1.3 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 36.8 0.0 64.3 5.0 0.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1984 Atlanta Hawks Utah Jazz
Jul 1983 Houston Rockets Atlanta Hawks
Jul 1983 San Antonio Spurs Atlanta Hawks
Jul 1982 Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs
Jul 1979 San Antonio Spurs Houston Rockets

All entries are season change.

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About Billy Paultz

William Edward Paultz is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the now defunct American Basketball Association (ABA). Nicknamed "the Whopper", He was a 4-time ABA All-Star and led the ABA in blocks in 1976.