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Willie Naulls

Age 91 · USA · 198 cm (6'6") · 102 kg · Born Oct 7, 1934 · UCLA

13.1 PPG 8.1 RPG 1.3 APG 703 games 8 seasons
Willie Naulls

Career snapshot

8seasons
703games
9,205career pts
15.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 276 games · 1956-57–1962-63

Position rank · 1965-66

#10PPG rank
#6PER rank
#7WS rank
Among 19 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.4 1959-60 · NYK
RPG 14.2 1959-60 · NYK
APG 2.1 1959-60 · NYK
PER 20.1 1959-60 · NYK
WS 5.3 1959-60 · NYK

Draft

1956
Round 2 · Pick 10
by Atlanta Hawks
from UCLA

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1961, 1960, 1959, 1957

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1963-64 – 1965-66 · 3 seasons
10.3 PPG 4.6 RPG 0.9 APG
220 games
Golden State Warriors
1962-63 – 1962-63 · 1 seasons
11.0 PPG 6.7 RPG 1.2 APG
47 games
New York Knicks
1956-57 – 1962-63 · 5 seasons
16.7 PPG 11.2 RPG 1.6 APG
276 games
Atlanta Hawks
1956-57 – 1956-57 · 1 seasons
10.3 PPG 8.8 RPG 1.2 APG
19 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1956-57 NBA 71 0 25.0 10.1 8.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 35.7 0.0 67.7 — —
1956-57 ATL 19 0 23.1 10.3 8.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 36.5 0.0 68.3 — —
1956-57 NYK 52 0 25.8 10.1 8.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 35.5 0.0 67.4 13.3 0.0
1957-58 NYK 68 0 34.8 18.1 11.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 39.7 0.0 82.6 17.1 4.6
1958-59 NYK 68 0 30.3 15.7 10.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.8 0.0 83.0 16.5 2.6
1959-60 NYK 65 0 34.6 21.4 14.2 2.1 0.0 0.0 42.8 0.0 83.6 20.1 5.3
1962-63 NBA 70 0 27.2 12.9 7.4 1.5 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 80.2 — —
1962-63 GSW 47 0 26.1 11.0 6.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.0 0.0 79.3 — —
1962-63 NYK 23 0 29.4 16.9 8.7 1.9 0.0 0.0 41.3 0.0 81.3 17.3 0.7
1963-64 BOS 78 0 18.1 9.8 4.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 79.6 14.4 3.9
1964-65 BOS 71 0 20.6 10.5 4.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 38.4 0.0 81.3 12.4 2.6
1965-66 BOS 71 0 20.2 10.7 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.2 0.0 79.4 12.5 1.8

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1963 Golden State Warriors Boston Celtics season change
Jul 1963 New York Knicks Boston Celtics season change
Oct 1962 Golden State Warriors New York Knicks mid season trade From 1962-63 to 1962-63
Oct 1962 New York Knicks Golden State Warriors offseason From 1959-60 to 1962-63
Jul 1957 Atlanta Hawks New York Knicks season change

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About Willie Naulls

William Dean Naulls was an American professional basketball player for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a four-time NBA All-Star with the New York Knicks and won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics.