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Otis Birdsong
Guard ·Brooklyn Nets ·NBA ·#12

Otis Birdsong

Age70 BornDec 9, 1955 FromUSA Height191 cm (6'3") Weight86 kg CollegeHouston Draft1977 · #2
Career averages
18.0PPG
3.0RPG
3.3APG
696 games · 12 seasons

At a glance

BKN hub
Career snapshot
12Seasons
696Games
12,549Career points
7.0PER average
Most-played franchise: Brooklyn Nets · 375 games · 1981-82 to 1987-88
Honors and awards5 total
4×
All-Star Selection1983, 1980, 1979, 1978
1×
All-NBA Team1980
All awards
Career highsSingle season
24.6PPG · 1980-81 · SAC
4.3RPG · 1978-79 · SAC
4.1APG · 1984-85 · BKN
Draft1977
1Round
2Overall pick
From Houston
Position rank1987-88
#30PPG rank
#64PER rank
#61Win shares rank
GuardPosition
Among 85 Guard players with 41+ games

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1988-89 - 1988-89 · 1 seasons
2.8 PPG 1.0 RPG 0.7 APG
13 games
Brooklyn Nets
1981-82 - 1987-88 · 7 seasons
15.9 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.6 APG
375 games
Sacramento Kings
1977-78 - 1980-81 · 4 seasons
21.2 PPG 3.6 RPG 2.9 APG
308 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 SAC 73 0 25.7 15.8 2.4 2.4 1.0 0.2 49.2 0.0 69.7 - -
1978-79 SAC 82 82 34.6 21.7 4.3 3.4 1.5 0.2 50.9 0.0 72.5 - -
1979-80 SAC 82 0 35.2 22.7 4.0 2.5 1.7 0.3 50.5 27.8 69.4 - -
1980-81 SAC 71 0 36.5 24.6 3.6 3.3 1.3 0.3 54.4 28.6 69.7 - -
1981-82 BKN 37 22 27.7 14.2 2.6 3.4 0.8 0.1 46.9 0.0 58.3 - -
1982-83 BKN 62 54 30.4 15.1 2.4 3.9 1.4 0.3 51.1 33.3 56.6 - -
1983-84 BKN 69 57 31.4 19.8 2.5 3.9 1.2 0.2 50.8 25.0 60.8 - -
1984-85 BKN 56 45 32.9 20.6 2.6 4.1 1.5 0.1 51.1 19.0 62.2 - -
1985-86 BKN 77 74 31.1 15.8 2.6 3.4 1.1 0.2 51.3 36.4 58.1 - -
1986-87 BKN 7 6 18.1 6.3 1.0 2.4 0.4 0.0 45.2 0.0 66.7 - -
1987-88 BKN 67 59 28.1 10.9 2.5 3.3 0.8 0.2 45.8 36.0 51.1 - -
1988-89 BOS 13 0 8.3 2.8 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 50.0 33.3 0.0 7.0 -0.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1988 Brooklyn Nets Boston Celtics
Jul 1981 Sacramento Kings Brooklyn Nets

All entries are season change.

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About Otis Birdsong

Otis Lee Birdsong is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons (1977–1989) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games.