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William Avery

Age 46 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 89 kg · Born Aug 8, 1979 · Duke

6.6 PPG 1.8 RPG 2.3 APG 239 games 8 seasons

Career snapshot

8seasons
239games
1,573career pts
7.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Minnesota Timberwolves · 142 games · 1999-00–2001-02

Position rank · 2000-01

#37PPG rank
#27PER rank
#26WS rank
Among 38 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 10.8 2006-2007 · ALBA
RPG 3.0 2006-2007 · ALBA
APG 3.7 2006-2007 · ALBA
PER 9.0 2000-01 · MIN
WS 0.0 2000-01 · MIN

Draft

1999
Round 1 · Pick 14
by Minnesota Timberwolves
from Duke

Career by team

ALBA Berlin
2006-2007 – 2006-2007 · 3 seasons
11.5 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.7 APG
76 games
Panionios BC
2005-2006 – 2005-2006 · 1 seasons
11.8 PPG 4.1 RPG 2.6 APG
11 games
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
2004-2005 – 2004-2005 · 1 seasons
19.3 PPG 3.5 RPG 5.2 APG
10 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
1999-00 – 2001-02 · 3 seasons
2.7 PPG 0.7 RPG 1.4 APG
142 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1999-00 MIN 59 1 8.2 2.6 0.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 30.9 28.6 66.7 6.7 -0.5
2000-01 MIN 55 0 8.4 2.8 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.1 38.2 27.1 77.8 9.0 0.0
2001-02 MIN 28 0 9.2 2.5 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 28.9 17.1 68.4 5.4 -0.4
2004-2005 HAPJ 10 0 35.6 19.3 3.5 5.2 2.2 0.0 52.0 39.7 97.6 — —
2005-2006 PAI 11 0 28.5 11.8 4.1 2.6 1.6 0.1 42.7 36.6 65.6 — —
2006-2007 ALBA 32 0 26.1 10.8 3.0 3.7 0.9 0.0 42.8 32.8 71.0 — —
2006-2007 ALBA 12 0 33.7 15.1 4.8 3.6 1.3 0.0 41.0 35.5 69.2 — —
2006-2007 ALBA 32 0 26.1 10.8 3.0 3.7 0.9 0.0 42.8 32.8 71.0 — —

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Born on August 8

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About William Avery

William Franklin Avery Jr. is an American assistant basketball coach for the Duke Blue Devils and former professional basketball player.