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Bingo Smith

Age 80 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 88 kg · Born Feb 26, 1946 · Tulsa

11.8 PPG 4.0 RPG 1.8 APG 704 games 8 seasons
Bingo Smith

Career snapshot

8seasons
704games
8,327career pts
14.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 481 games · 1971-72–1979-80

Position rank · 1979-80

#36PPG rank
#60PER rank
#58WS rank
Among 74 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.9 1974-75 · CLE
RPG 6.1 1971-72 · CLE
APG 3.0 1971-72 · CLE
PER 16.3 1972-73 · CLE
WS 6.1 1974-75 · CLE

Draft

1969
Round 1 · Pick 6
from Tulsa

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1971-72 – 1979-80 · 7 seasons
12.6 PPG 4.1 RPG 2.1 APG
481 games
Los Angeles Clippers
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
11.7 PPG 3.5 RPG 1.3 APG
70 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1969-70 NBA 75 0 16.0 7.3 4.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 42.7 0.0 68.8 — —
1971-72 CLE 82 0 33.3 15.0 6.1 3.0 0.0 0.0 44.3 0.0 79.5 13.5 3.3
1972-73 CLE 73 0 14.6 8.2 2.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 79.0 16.3 1.6
1973-74 CLE 82 0 31.9 14.8 5.3 2.4 1.1 0.4 45.5 0.0 82.2 13.9 4.2
1974-75 CLE 82 0 32.1 15.9 5.0 2.8 1.0 0.3 48.3 0.0 82.5 15.9 6.1
1977-78 CLE 82 0 19.3 10.3 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 43.9 0.0 80.0 14.3 2.5
1978-79 CLE 72 0 22.9 11.2 2.9 1.7 0.6 0.1 46.0 0.0 78.3 13.4 2.1
1979-80 NBA 78 0 27.2 11.4 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.2 43.2 28.4 87.0 — —
1979-80 CLE 8 0 16.9 9.3 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 45.8 20.0 87.5 10.8 0.1
1979-80 LAC 70 0 28.4 11.7 3.5 1.3 0.8 0.2 43.0 28.9 86.9 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Clippers

All entries are season change.

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About Bingo Smith

Robert "Bingo" Smith was an American professional basketball player. He played for the San Diego Rockets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the San Diego Clippers.