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Walker Russell

Age 65 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 88 kg · Born Oct 26, 1960 · Western Michigan

3.0 PPG 1.2 RPG 2.2 APG 183 games 7 seasons
Walker Russell

Career snapshot

7seasons
183games
551career pts
5.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 114 games · 1982-83–2011-12

Position rank · 1986-87

#83PPG rank
#64PER rank
#84WS rank
Among 86 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 4.0 1984-85 · ATL
RPG 1.9 1984-85 · ATL
APG 3.1 1984-85 · ATL
PER 9.5 1986-87 · IND
WS 0.2 1984-85 · ATL

Draft

1982
Round 4 · Pick 78
from Western Michigan

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1982-83 – 2011-12 · 5 seasons
2.7 PPG 1.0 RPG 1.9 APG
114 games
Indiana Pacers
1986-87 – 1986-87 · 1 seasons
3.3 PPG 1.1 RPG 2.7 APG
48 games
Atlanta Hawks
1984-85 – 1984-85 · 1 seasons
4.0 PPG 1.9 RPG 3.1 APG
21 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1982-83 DET 68 1 11.1 2.7 1.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 36.4 11.1 81.0 5.3 -0.8
1983-84 DET 16 0 7.4 2.6 1.2 1.4 0.3 0.0 33.3 50.0 92.3 9.0 0.1
1984-85 ATL 21 2 18.0 4.0 1.9 3.1 0.8 0.2 54.0 100.0 82.4 9.0 0.2
1985-86 DET 1 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.0
1986-87 IND 48 0 10.6 3.3 1.1 2.7 0.4 0.1 38.8 12.5 73.0 9.5 -0.2
1987-88 DET 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.8 0.0
2011-12 DET 28 0 12.8 3.0 0.9 2.1 0.6 0.0 34.7 30.8 63.6 7.2 -0.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1987 Indiana Pacers Detroit Pistons
Jul 1986 Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers
Jul 1985 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons
Jul 1984 Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 26

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