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William Averitt

William Rodney Averitt (Bird)
Position: G
Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 170
Born: 7/22/1952, in Hopkinsville, KY, USA
High School: Hopkinsville, in Hopkinsville, KY
College: Pepperdine University

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Draft History
1973 NBA - Round 4 by POR
1973 ABA - Round 2 by SDQ (Special Circumstance Draft)
1976 NBA - Round 0 by BUF (ABA Dispersal Draft)

Regular Season Stats
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Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF
1973-74 21 SAS ABA 74 1639 851 11.5 343 912 .376 156 224 .696 9 50 .180 0 121 121 1.6 132 1.8 63 6 137 166
1974-75 22 KEN ABA 84 2031 1100 13.1 422 1014 .416 249 320 .778 7 47 .149 0 185 185 2.2 319 3.8 87 13 232 212
1975-76 23 KEN ABA 78 2272 1398 17.9 546 1274 .429 266 346 .769 40 128 .313 0 213 213 2.7 297 3.8 106 22 221 208
1976-77 24 BUF NBA 75 1136 589 7.9 234 619 .378 121 169 .716 0 0 .000 20 58 78 1.0 134 1.8 30 5 0 127
1977-78 25 NJN NBA 21 409 174 8.3 69 188 .367 36 45 .800 0 0 .000 7 26 33 1.6 68 3.2 17 1 55 37
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 34 676 322 9.5 129 296 .436 64 96 .667 0 0 .000 10 40 50 1.5 128 3.8 22 8 88 86
3 Season Totals 236 5942 3349 14.2 1311 3200 .410 671 890 .754 56 225 .249 0 519 519 2.2 748 3.2 256 41 590 586
2 Season Totals 130 2221 1085 8.3 432 1103 .392 221 310 .713 0 0 .000 37 124 161 1.2 330 2.5 69 14 143 250

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year Age Team Lg G MPG PPG EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
1973-74 21 SAS ABA 74 22.1 11.5 5.39 4.2 3.2 0.842 0.00 0.0
1974-75 22 KEN ABA 84 24.2 13.1 9.63 7.2 4.8 0.953 0.00 0.0
1975-76 23 KEN ABA 78 29.1 17.9 12.91 8.5 5.7 0.980 0.00 0.0
1976-77 24 BUF NBA 75 15.1 7.9 5.37 4.2 2.4 0.849 0.00 3.5
1977-78 25 NJN NBA 21 19.5 8.3 5.24 1.6 3.5 0.837 -2.47 0.0
1977-78 25 BUF NBA 34 19.9 9.5 7.15 2.9 3.7 0.952 -0.52 0.0
3 Season Totals 236 25.2 14.2 9.39 15.4 4.6 0.932 -1.62 0.0
2 Season Totals 130 17.1 8.3 5.82 6.9 3.0 0.875 3.37 0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1973-74 SAS ABA 6 104 53 8.8 19 51 .373 15 19 .789 0 0 .000 0 0 11 1.8 2 0.3 0 0 0
1974-75 KEN ABA 14 265 137 9.8 56 154 .364 25 31 .806 0 0 .000 0 0 22 1.6 30 2.1 0 0 0
1975-76 KEN ABA 10 358 197 19.7 80 198 .404 37 42 .881 0 0 .000 0 0 22 2.2 61 6.1 0 0 0
Totals 30 727 387 12.9 155 403 .385 77 92 .837 0 0 .000 0 0 55 1.8 93 3.1 0 0 0

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*In Hall of Fame

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