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Billy Knight

William R. Knight (Billy, Bill, Mooney)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: June 9, 1952 in Braddock, Pennsylvania
High School: Braddock in Braddock, Pennsylvania
College: University of Pittsburgh

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (3rd pick, 21st overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1974-75 22 INA ABA 80 2559 580 1087 .534 4 16 .250 207 259 .799 284 348 632 168 115 29 236 194 1371
1975-76 23 INA ABA 70 2775 774 1567 .494 6 15 .400 415 501 .828 294 414 708 259 92 23 299 206 1969
1976-77 24 IND NBA 78 3117 831 1687 .493 413 506 .816 223 359 582 260 117 19 197 2075
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 53 2155 457 926 .494 301 372 .809 126 257 383 161 82 13 167 137 1215
1978-79 26 TOT NBA 79 2095 441 835 .528 249 296 .841 94 253 347 152 63 8 225 160 1131
1978-79 26 BOS NBA 40 1119 219 436 .502 118 146 .808 41 132 173 66 31 3 129 86 556
1978-79 26 IND NBA 39 976 222 399 .556 131 150 .873 53 121 174 86 32 5 96 74 575
1979-80 27 IND NBA 75 1910 385 722 .533 4 15 .267 212 262 .809 136 225 361 155 82 9 132 96 986
1980-81 28 IND NBA 82 2385 546 1025 .533 3 19 .158 341 410 .832 191 219 410 157 84 12 177 155 1436
1981-82 29 IND NBA 81 19 1803 378 764 .495 9 32 .281 233 282 .826 97 160 257 118 63 14 137 132 998
1982-83 30 IND NBA 80 54 2262 512 984 .520 3 19 .158 343 408 .841 152 172 324 192 66 8 193 143 1370
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 75 39 1885 358 729 .491 4 14 .286 243 283 .859 89 166 255 160 54 6 155 122 963
1984-85 32 TOT NBA 68 1 800 156 354 .441 11 25 .440 64 73 .877 50 68 118 80 16 2 70 62 387
1984-85 32 KCK NBA 16 0 189 31 69 .449 1 1 1.000 13 16 .813 10 12 22 21 2 1 13 14 76
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 52 1 611 125 285 .439 10 24 .417 51 57 .895 40 56 96 59 14 1 57 48 311
Career TOT 821 113 23746 5418 10680 .507 44 155 .284 3021 3652 .827 1736 2641 4377 1862 834 143 1791 1604 13901
NBA 671 113 18412 4064 8026 .506 34 124 .274 2399 2892 .830 1158 1879 3037 1435 627 91 1256 1204 10561
ABA 150 5334 1354 2654 .510 10 31 .323 622 760 .818 578 762 1340 427 207 52 535 400 3340

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1974-75 22 INA ABA 80 32.0 7.3 13.6 .534 0.1 0.2 .250 2.6 3.2 .799 3.6 4.4 7.9 2.1 1.4 0.4 3.0 2.4 17.1
1975-76 23 INA ABA 70 39.6 11.1 22.4 .494 0.1 0.2 .400 5.9 7.2 .828 4.2 5.9 10.1 3.7 1.3 0.3 4.3 2.9 28.1
1976-77 24 IND NBA 78 40.0 10.7 21.6 .493 5.3 6.5 .816 2.9 4.6 7.5 3.3 1.5 0.2 2.5 26.6
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 53 40.7 8.6 17.5 .494 5.7 7.0 .809 2.4 4.8 7.2 3.0 1.5 0.2 3.2 2.6 22.9
1978-79 26 TOT NBA 79 26.5 5.6 10.6 .528 3.2 3.7 .841 1.2 3.2 4.4 1.9 0.8 0.1 2.8 2.0 14.3
1978-79 26 BOS NBA 40 28.0 5.5 10.9 .502 3.0 3.7 .808 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.7 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.2 13.9
1978-79 26 IND NBA 39 25.0 5.7 10.2 .556 3.4 3.8 .873 1.4 3.1 4.5 2.2 0.8 0.1 2.5 1.9 14.7
1979-80 27 IND NBA 75 25.5 5.1 9.6 .533 0.1 0.2 .267 2.8 3.5 .809 1.8 3.0 4.8 2.1 1.1 0.1 1.8 1.3 13.1
1980-81 28 IND NBA 82 29.1 6.7 12.5 .533 0.0 0.2 .158 4.2 5.0 .832 2.3 2.7 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.1 2.2 1.9 17.5
1981-82 29 IND NBA 81 19 22.3 4.7 9.4 .495 0.1 0.4 .281 2.9 3.5 .826 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.5 0.8 0.2 1.7 1.6 12.3
1982-83 30 IND NBA 80 54 28.3 6.4 12.3 .520 0.0 0.2 .158 4.3 5.1 .841 1.9 2.2 4.1 2.4 0.8 0.1 2.4 1.8 17.1
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 75 39 25.1 4.8 9.7 .491 0.1 0.2 .286 3.2 3.8 .859 1.2 2.2 3.4 2.1 0.7 0.1 2.1 1.6 12.8
1984-85 32 TOT NBA 68 1 11.8 2.3 5.2 .441 0.2 0.4 .440 0.9 1.1 .877 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.9 5.7
1984-85 32 KCK NBA 16 0 11.8 1.9 4.3 .449 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.8 1.0 .813 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.9 4.8
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 52 1 11.8 2.4 5.5 .439 0.2 0.5 .417 1.0 1.1 .895 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.9 6.0
Career TOT 821 113 28.9 6.6 13.0 .507 0.1 0.3 .284 3.7 4.4 .827 2.1 3.2 5.3 2.3 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.0 16.9
NBA 671 113 27.4 6.1 12.0 .506 0.1 0.3 .274 3.6 4.3 .830 1.7 2.8 4.5 2.1 0.9 0.1 2.1 1.8 15.7
ABA 150 35.6 9.0 17.7 .510 0.1 0.2 .323 4.1 5.1 .818 3.9 5.1 8.9 2.8 1.4 0.3 3.6 2.7 22.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1974-75 22 INA ABA 80 2559 8.2 15.3 .534 0.1 0.2 .250 2.9 3.6 .799 4.0 4.9 8.9 2.4 1.6 0.4 3.3 2.7 19.3
1975-76 23 INA ABA 70 2775 10.0 20.3 .494 0.1 0.2 .400 5.4 6.5 .828 3.8 5.4 9.2 3.4 1.2 0.3 3.9 2.7 25.5
1976-77 24 IND NBA 78 3117 9.6 19.5 .493 4.8 5.8 .816 2.6 4.1 6.7 3.0 1.4 0.2 2.3 24.0
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 53 2155 7.6 15.5 .494 5.0 6.2 .809 2.1 4.3 6.4 2.7 1.4 0.2 2.8 2.3 20.3
1978-79 26 TOT NBA 79 2095 7.6 14.3 .528 4.3 5.1 .841 1.6 4.3 6.0 2.6 1.1 0.1 3.9 2.7 19.4
1978-79 26 BOS NBA 40 1119 7.0 14.0 .502 3.8 4.7 .808 1.3 4.2 5.6 2.1 1.0 0.1 4.2 2.8 17.9
1978-79 26 IND NBA 39 976 8.2 14.7 .556 4.8 5.5 .873 2.0 4.5 6.4 3.2 1.2 0.2 3.5 2.7 21.2
1979-80 27 IND NBA 75 1910 7.3 13.6 .533 0.1 0.3 .267 4.0 4.9 .809 2.6 4.2 6.8 2.9 1.5 0.2 2.5 1.8 18.6
1980-81 28 IND NBA 82 2385 8.2 15.5 .533 0.0 0.3 .158 5.1 6.2 .832 2.9 3.3 6.2 2.4 1.3 0.2 2.7 2.3 21.7
1981-82 29 IND NBA 81 19 1803 7.5 15.3 .495 0.2 0.6 .281 4.7 5.6 .826 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.4 1.3 0.3 2.7 2.6 19.9
1982-83 30 IND NBA 80 54 2262 8.1 15.7 .520 0.0 0.3 .158 5.5 6.5 .841 2.4 2.7 5.2 3.1 1.1 0.1 3.1 2.3 21.8
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 75 39 1885 6.8 13.9 .491 0.1 0.3 .286 4.6 5.4 .859 1.7 3.2 4.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 3.0 2.3 18.4
1984-85 32 TOT NBA 68 1 800 7.0 15.9 .441 0.5 1.1 .440 2.9 3.3 .877 2.3 3.1 5.3 3.6 0.7 0.1 3.2 2.8 17.4
1984-85 32 KCK NBA 16 0 189 5.9 13.1 .449 0.2 0.2 1.000 2.5 3.0 .813 1.9 2.3 4.2 4.0 0.4 0.2 2.5 2.7 14.5
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 52 1 611 7.4 16.8 .439 0.6 1.4 .417 3.0 3.4 .895 2.4 3.3 5.7 3.5 0.8 0.1 3.4 2.8 18.3
Career TOT 821 113 23746 8.2 16.2 .507 0.1 0.3 .284 4.6 5.5 .827 2.6 4.0 6.6 2.8 1.3 0.2 3.1 2.4 21.1
NBA 671 113 18412 7.9 15.7 .506 0.1 0.4 .274 4.7 5.7 .830 2.3 3.7 5.9 2.8 1.2 0.2 3.0 2.4 20.6
ABA 150 5334 9.1 17.9 .510 0.1 0.2 .323 4.2 5.1 .818 3.9 5.1 9.0 2.9 1.4 0.4 3.6 2.7 22.5

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1974-75 22 INA ABA 80 2559 18.5 .571 .535 10.2 13.7 11.9 8.9 2.1 0.6 16.4 21.1 110 106 4.7 2.4 7.1 0.133
1975-76 23 INA ABA 70 2775 21.1 .551 .496 9.1 14.3 11.6 14.6 1.5 0.4 14.3 27.9 108 105 5.7 2.5 8.3 0.143
1976-77 24 IND NBA 78 3117 20.1 .543 .493 6.8 11.5 9.1 13.4 1.7 0.3 103 8.8 1.9 10.7 0.164
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 53 2155 18.7 .558 .494 6.3 12.7 9.5 11.5 1.8 0.3 13.3 23.3 108 104 4.7 1.3 6.0 0.133
1978-79 26 TOT NBA 79 2095 15.3 .586 .528 4.8 13.0 8.9 10.5 1.4 0.2 18.9 22.2 104 107 2.3 1.4 3.7 0.085
1978-79 26 BOS NBA 40 1119 12.1 .556 .502 4.0 13.2 8.6 8.4 1.2 0.1 20.5 22.0 96 108 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.029
1978-79 26 IND NBA 39 976 19.0 .618 .556 5.6 12.8 9.2 13.0 1.5 0.3 17.1 22.5 112 105 2.2 0.8 3.0 0.149
1979-80 27 IND NBA 75 1910 18.0 .589 .536 7.2 12.6 9.8 11.4 2.0 0.3 13.6 19.7 116 107 4.2 1.5 5.8 0.145
1980-81 28 IND NBA 82 2385 19.9 .596 .534 8.5 10.3 9.4 10.0 1.7 0.3 12.8 23.2 117 107 6.5 1.9 8.4 0.170
1981-82 29 IND NBA 81 1803 16.7 .562 .501 5.7 9.8 7.7 10.4 1.7 0.4 13.4 23.7 108 107 2.4 1.9 4.3 0.115
1982-83 30 IND NBA 80 2262 18.7 .589 .522 6.9 8.6 7.7 12.0 1.3 0.2 14.2 23.6 114 112 5.5 0.3 5.8 0.123
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 75 1885 14.3 .564 .494 5.3 10.2 7.7 12.1 1.3 0.2 15.4 21.5 108 110 2.0 1.4 3.4 0.086
1984-85 32 TOT NBA 68 800 11.7 .501 .456 7.3 9.4 8.4 13.5 0.9 0.1 15.3 22.8 100 113 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.025
1984-85 32 KCK NBA 16 189 10.2 .500 .457 6.1 7.2 6.6 14.6 0.5 0.3 14.6 18.6 103 116 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.021
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 52 611 12.2 .501 .456 7.6 10.1 8.9 13.2 1.1 0.1 15.5 24.1 100 112 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.027
Career TOT 821 23746 18.2 .566 .509 7.2 11.7 9.4 11.7 1.6 0.3 14.7 23.1 110 107 47.0 16.9 63.9 0.129
NBA 671 18412 17.7 .568 .508 6.5 11.0 8.7 11.6 1.6 0.3 14.5 22.5 110 107 36.5 12.0 48.5 0.126
ABA 150 5334 19.9 .559 .512 9.6 14.0 11.7 11.9 1.8 0.5 15.2 24.6 109 105 10.5 4.9 15.4 0.139

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1974-75 22 INA ABA 18 763 176 310 0 2 82 97 64 160 43 17 1 55 45 434 .568 .000 .845 42.4 24.1 8.9 2.4
1975-76 23 INA ABA 3 143 41 74 0 1 19 22 10 32 12 2 0 20 9 101 .554 .000 .864 47.7 33.7 10.7 4.0
1980-81 28 IND NBA 2 71 16 30 0 0 5 8 6 12 5 1 0 5 5 37 .533 .625 35.5 18.5 6.0 2.5
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 3 37 8 24 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 18 .333 1.000 12.3 6.0 1.0 0.7
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 5 45 8 15 0 4 0 0 3 6 3 2 0 2 2 16 .533 .000 9.0 3.2 1.2 0.6
Career TOT 31 1059 249 453 0 7 108 129 85 213 65 22 1 84 63 606 .550 .000 .837 34.2 19.5 6.9 2.1
ABA 21 906 217 384 0 3 101 119 74 192 55 19 1 75 54 535 .565 .000 .849 43.1 25.5 9.1 2.6
NBA 10 153 32 69 0 4 7 10 11 21 10 3 0 9 9 71 .464 .000 .700 15.3 7.1 2.1 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1974-75 22 INA ABA 18 763 19.1 .615 .568 8.3 12.0 10.2 8.7 1.1 0.1 13.5 21.6 118 109 2.0 0.6 2.6 0.163
1975-76 23 INA ABA 3 143 19.5 .603 .554 7.1 14.2 10.8 14.8 0.7 0.0 19.3 29.8 106 107 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.112
1980-81 28 IND NBA 2 71 15.2 .552 .533 7.7 10.1 8.7 12.7 0.7 0.0 13.0 21.2 107 110 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.081
1983-84 31 KCK NBA 3 37 4.6 .362 .333 5.3 3.5 4.5 8.8 0.0 0.0 7.4 29.1 81 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.141
1984-85 32 SAS NBA 5 45 11.9 .533 .533 8.3 7.3 7.8 9.8 2.0 0.0 11.8 15.5 107 117 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.036
Career TOT 31 1059 18.1 .594 .550 8.0 11.7 9.9 9.8 1.0 0.1 14.1 22.7 114 109 2.2 0.8 3.0 0.135
ABA 21 906 19.2 .613 .565 8.1 12.4 10.3 9.7 1.0 0.1 14.7 22.9 116 108 2.1 0.8 2.9 0.155
NBA 10 153 11.7 .484 .464 7.3 7.7 7.4 10.9 0.9 0.0 10.9 21.4 99 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.014

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 23 INA ABA 1 23 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 10 2 3 20
1976-77 24 IND NBA 1 0 12 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 1 5 0 2 0 0 4
Career TOT 2 0 35 10 19 .526 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 1 15 2 2 0 3 24
NBA 1 0 12 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 1 5 0 2 0 0 4
ABA 1 23 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 10 2 3 20

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1971-72 19 PITT 24 205 381 95 131 276 505 .538 .725 21.0 11.5
1972-73 20 PITT 26 275 530 67 89 287 617 .519 .753 23.7 11.0
1973-74 21 PITT 28 270 525 69 89 375 609 .514 .775 21.8 13.4
Career 78 750 1436 231 309 938 1731 .522 .748 22.2 12.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1976 ABA
1977 NBA

Honors

1973-74 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1974-75 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1975-76 ABA All-ABA (1st)

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Minutes Played

1976-77 NBA 3117 (4)

Field Goals

1975-76 ABA 774 (3)
1976-77 NBA 831 (3)
Career ABA 1354 (85)

Field Goal Attempts

1975-76 ABA 1567 (2)
1976-77 NBA 1687 (2)
Career ABA 2654 (98)

Field Goal Pct

1974-75 ABA .534 (8)
Career ABA .510 (12)
Career NBA .506 (77)
Career .507 (74)

Free Throws

1975-76 ABA 415 (6)
1976-77 NBA 413 (7)
Career ABA 622 (95)

Free Throw Attempts

1975-76 ABA 501 (6)

Free Throw Pct

1975-76 ABA .828 (7)
1982-83 NBA .841 (8)
1983-84 NBA .859 (7)
Career ABA .818 (21)
Career NBA .830 (88)
Career .827 (100)

Offensive Rebounds

1974-75 ABA 284 (9)
1975-76 ABA 294 (6)
Career ABA 578 (71)

Defensive Rebounds

Career ABA 762 (100)

Total Rebounds

Career ABA 1340 (94)

Steals

Career ABA 207 (33)

Blocks

Career ABA 52 (57)

Turnovers

1975-76 ABA 299 (3)
Career ABA 535 (95)

Points

1975-76 ABA 1969 (5)
1976-77 NBA 2075 (4)
Career ABA 3340 (87)

Minutes Per Game

1975-76 ABA 39.6 (2)
1976-77 NBA 40.0 (4)
1977-78 NBA 40.7 (4)

Points Per Game

1975-76 ABA 28.1 (2)
1976-77 NBA 26.6 (2)

Rebounds Per Game

1975-76 ABA 10.1 (10)

Player Efficiency Rating

1975-76 ABA 21.1 (6)

True Shooting Pct

Career ABA .559 (13)
Career NBA .568 (79)
Career .566 (89)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1974-75 ABA .535 (9)
Career ABA .512 (12)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1975-76 ABA 9.1 (10)

Usage Pct

1975-76 ABA 27.9 (2)

Offensive Rating

Career ABA 108.9 (11)

Offensive Win Shares

1975-76 ABA 5.7 (8)
1976-77 NBA 8.8 (2)
Career ABA 10.5 (65)

Win Shares

1975-76 ABA 8.3 (10)
1976-77 NBA 10.7 (8)
Career ABA 15.4 (82)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.005 (331)
      

Transactions

August 31, 1972: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1974 2nd round draft pick) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jim Cleamons.

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (21st pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the Indiana Pacers.

September 1, 1977: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Buffalo Braves for Mike Bantom and Adrian Dantley.

August 4, 1978: Traded by the San Diego Clippers with Tiny Archibald, Marvin Barnes, a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Danny Ainge) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster) to the Boston Celtics for Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington, Sidney Wicks and Freeman Williams.

January 16, 1979: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Indiana Pacers for Rick Robey.

September 17, 1983: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the New York Knickerbockers for Vince Taylor and a 1984 1st round draft pick (Vern Fleming).

September 17, 1983: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers with cash to the Kansas City Kings for Ray Williams.

December 11, 1984: Traded by the Kansas City Kings to the San Antonio Spurs for Mark McNamara.

June 19, 1985: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

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