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Billy Thompson

Age 62 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 88 kg · Born Dec 1, 1963 · Louisville

8.5 PPG 5.4 RPG 1.7 APG 300 games 6 seasons

Career snapshot

6seasons
300games
2,563career pts
8.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Miami Heat · 231 games · 1988-89–1990-91

Position rank · 1990-91

#64PPG rank
#55PER rank
#50WS rank
Among 96 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.0 1989-90 · MIA
RPG 7.2 1988-89 · MIA
APG 2.2 1988-89 · MIA
PER 14.7 1989-90 · MIA
WS 3.6 1989-90 · MIA

Draft

1986
Round 1 · Pick 19
from Louisville

Career by team

Golden State Warriors
1991-92 – 1991-92 · 1 seasons
0.0 PPG 0.0 RPG 0.0 APG
1 games
Miami Heat
1988-89 – 1990-91 · 3 seasons
9.6 PPG 6.2 RPG 1.9 APG
231 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1986-87 – 1987-88 · 2 seasons
5.1 PPG 2.6 RPG 0.9 APG
68 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1986-87 LAL 59 0 12.9 5.6 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.5 54.4 0.0 64.9 12.8 1.6
1987-88 LAL 9 0 4.2 1.6 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 23.1 0.0 80.0 -0.8 -0.1
1988-89 MIA 79 58 28.8 10.8 7.2 2.2 0.7 1.3 48.7 0.0 69.6 13.4 2.8
1989-90 MIA 79 45 27.1 11.0 7.0 2.1 0.7 1.1 51.6 50.0 62.2 14.7 3.6
1990-91 MIA 73 46 20.3 6.8 4.3 1.5 0.4 0.7 49.9 0.0 71.8 11.3 1.7
1991-92 GSW 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1991 Miami Heat Golden State Warriors
Jul 1988 Los Angeles Lakers Miami Heat

All entries are season change.

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Born on December 1

Bill Kenville 1930 · Philadelphia 76ers James Hardy 1956 · Utah Jazz Roberto Chiacig 1974 Kendall Dartez 1980 Dan Mavraides 1988 Rakeem Christmas 1991 · Indiana Pacers Gary Payton II 1992 · Golden State Warriors Linos Chrysikopoulos 1992

About Billy Thompson

William Stansbury Thompson is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. He spent a 5-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, and registered one minute of court time with the Golden State Warriors in late 1991.