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Willie Smith

Age 72 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 77 kg · Born Oct 26, 1953 · Missouri

4.7 PPG 1.8 RPG 3.7 APG 76 games 3 seasons

Career snapshot

3seasons
76games
356career pts
9.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 62 games · 1979-80–1979-80

Position rank · 1979-80

#70PPG rank
#30PER rank
#34WS rank
Among 76 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 4.8 1979-80 · CLE
RPG 2.0 1979-80 · CLE
APG 4.2 1979-80 · CLE
PER 12.2 1979-80 · CLE
WS 1.0 1979-80 · CLE

Draft

1976
Round 2 · Pick 18
from Missouri

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
4.8 PPG 2.0 RPG 4.2 APG
62 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1978-79 – 1978-79 · 1 seasons
4.5 PPG 1.0 RPG 1.3 APG
13 games
Indiana Pacers
1977-78 – 1977-78 · 1 seasons
0.0 PPG 0.0 RPG 1.0 APG
1 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 IND 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
1978-79 POR 13 0 10.1 4.5 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.1 52.3 0.0 70.6 14.6 0.3
1979-80 CLE 62 0 17.0 4.8 2.0 4.2 1.2 0.0 38.4 23.9 76.9 12.2 1.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1979 Portland Trail Blazers Cleveland Cavaliers
Jul 1978 Indiana Pacers Portland Trail Blazers

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 26

Frido Frey 1921 · New York Knicks Joe Fulks 1921 · Golden State Warriors Dick Dickey 1926 · Boston Celtics Ralph Polson 1929 · Golden State Warriors Rod Hundley 1934 Tom Meschery 1938 · Oklahoma City Thunder Joe Meriweather 1953 · Sacramento Kings Walker Russell 1960 · Detroit Pistons

About Willie Smith

William C. Smith is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m), 170-pound (77 kg) point guard and played collegiately at Seminole Junior College and the University of Missouri, where he earned All-America honors. Smith, nicknamed "Mister Magic", averaged 25.3 points per game during the 1976 season as he led Mizzou to a Big Eight Conference basketball championship.