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Buck Williams

Forward  at Brooklyn Nets
Age66
NationalityUSA
Height203 cm (6'8")
Weight102 kg
BornMar 8, 1960
CollegeMaryland
Career
12.9PPG
10.0RPG
1.3APG
1,307 games · 17 seasons

Career snapshot

17seasons
1,307games
16,805career pts
13.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Brooklyn Nets · 635 games · 1981-82–1988-89

Position rank · 1997-98

#89PPG rank
#59PER rank
#57WS rank
Among 99 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.3 1987-88 · BKN
RPG 12.5 1982-83 · BKN
APG 2.0 1984-85 · BKN
PER 15.0 1991-92 · POR
WS 9.2 1991-92 · POR

Draft

1981
Round 1 · Pick 3
from Maryland

Honors & awards

4×
All-Defense Team
1991, 1990, 1989, 1987
3×
All-Star Selection
1985, 1982, 1981
1×
All-NBA Team
1982
1×
All-Rookie Team
1981
1×
NBA Rookie of the Year
1981

Career by team

New York Knicks
1996-97 – 1997-98 · 2 seasons
5.8 PPG 5.1 RPG 0.6 APG
115 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1989-90 – 1995-96 · 7 seasons
10.2 PPG 8.7 RPG 1.1 APG
557 games
Brooklyn Nets
1981-82 – 1988-89 · 8 seasons
16.5 PPG 11.9 RPG 1.5 APG
635 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1981-82 BKN 82 82 34.5 15.5 12.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 58.2 0.0 62.4 — —
1982-83 BKN 82 82 36.1 17.0 12.5 1.5 1.1 1.3 58.8 0.0 62.0 — —
1983-84 BKN 81 81 37.1 15.7 12.3 1.6 1.0 1.5 53.5 0.0 57.0 — —
1984-85 BKN 82 82 38.8 18.2 12.3 2.0 0.8 1.3 53.0 25.0 62.5 — —
1985-86 BKN 82 82 37.4 15.9 12.0 1.6 0.9 1.2 52.3 0.0 67.6 — —
1986-87 BKN 82 82 36.3 18.0 12.5 1.6 1.0 1.1 55.7 0.0 73.1 — —
1987-88 BKN 70 70 37.7 18.3 11.9 1.6 1.0 0.6 56.0 100.0 66.8 — —
1988-89 BKN 74 72 33.1 13.0 9.4 1.1 0.8 0.5 53.1 0.0 66.6 — —
1989-90 POR 82 82 34.2 13.6 9.8 1.4 0.8 0.5 54.8 0.0 70.6 14.3 8.7
1990-91 POR 80 80 32.3 11.7 9.4 1.2 0.6 0.6 60.2 0.0 70.5 14.3 8.5
1991-92 POR 80 80 31.5 11.3 8.8 1.4 0.8 0.5 60.4 0.0 75.4 15.0 9.2
1992-93 POR 82 82 30.5 8.3 8.4 0.9 1.0 0.7 51.1 0.0 64.5 11.9 6.1
1993-94 POR 81 81 32.5 9.7 10.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 55.5 0.0 67.9 14.0 7.9
1994-95 POR 82 82 29.5 9.2 8.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 51.2 50.0 67.3 13.6 6.1
1995-96 POR 70 10 23.9 7.3 5.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 50.0 66.7 66.8 12.3 3.9
1996-97 NYK 74 4 20.2 6.3 5.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 53.7 0.0 64.2 13.9 4.8
1997-98 NYK 41 6 18.0 4.9 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 50.3 0.0 73.2 12.3 2.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1996 Portland Trail Blazers New York Knicks
Jul 1989 Brooklyn Nets Portland Trail Blazers

All entries are season change.

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Born on March 8

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About Buck Williams

Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. He was well known for his rebounding ability and trademark goggles.