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Clifford Ray

Age 77 · USA · 206 cm (6'9") · 104 kg · Born Jan 21, 1949 · Oklahoma

7.4 PPG 8.9 RPG 2.4 APG 625 games 8 seasons
Clifford Ray

Career snapshot

8seasons
625games
4,622career pts
13.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Golden State Warriors · 390 games · 1974-75–1980-81

Position rank · 1980-81

#58PPG rank
#43PER rank
#61WS rank
Among 62 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 9.4 1974-75 · GSW
RPG 12.2 1973-74 · CHI
APG 3.7 1972-73 · CHI
PER 17.4 1972-73 · CHI
WS 8.7 1971-72 · CHI

Draft

1971
Round 3 · Pick 40
from Oklahoma

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1971

Career by team

Golden State Warriors
1974-75 – 1980-81 · 5 seasons
6.9 PPG 7.5 RPG 1.8 APG
390 games
Chicago Bulls
1971-72 – 1973-74 · 3 seasons
8.3 PPG 11.2 RPG 3.3 APG
235 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 CHI 82 0 22.8 7.0 10.6 3.1 0.0 0.0 49.9 0.0 61.5 17.3 8.7
1972-73 CHI 73 0 27.5 8.6 10.9 3.7 0.0 0.0 49.2 0.0 61.9 17.4 8.1
1973-74 CHI 80 0 32.9 9.3 12.2 3.1 0.7 2.2 51.1 0.0 60.8 15.7 8.2
1974-75 GSW 82 0 30.7 9.4 10.6 2.2 1.2 1.4 52.2 0.0 60.2 15.0 6.7
1977-78 GSW 79 0 28.7 8.8 9.6 1.9 0.9 1.1 57.1 0.0 60.9 14.9 6.9
1978-79 GSW 82 0 23.4 6.9 7.4 1.7 0.6 0.6 52.6 0.0 55.8 12.5 3.8
1979-80 GSW 81 0 20.8 6.0 5.8 2.3 0.6 0.4 53.0 0.0 56.4 11.3 1.9
1980-81 GSW 66 0 12.7 2.4 3.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 42.1 0.0 46.8 4.7 -0.3

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1974 Chicago Bulls Golden State Warriors

All entries are season change.

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Born on January 21

Jack Eskridge 1924 Tom Stith 1939 · New York Knicks Chuck Osborne 1939 · Philadelphia 76ers Kenny McIntosh 1949 · Oklahoma City Thunder Sidney Lowe 1960 · Minnesota Timberwolves Detlef Schrempf 1963 · Oklahoma City Thunder Hakeem Olajuwon 1963 · Toronto Raptors Doug Edwards 1971 · Atlanta Hawks

About Clifford Ray

Clifford Ray is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played three of his ten seasons in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls from 1971 to 1974, and the other seven with the Golden State Warriors from 1974 to 1981.