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Spencer Haywood

Spencer Haywood
Position: F
Height: 6' 8'' Weight: 225
Born: 4/22/1949, in Silver City, MS, USA
High School:McNair/Pershing, in Belzoni/Detroit, MS
College:?University of Detroit Mercy, Trinidad State JC

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Draft History
1970 ABA - Round 0 by DEN
1971 NBA - Round 2 by BUF

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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 ? ?
1969-70 20 DEN ABA 84 3808 2519 30.0 986 1998 .493 547 705 .776 0 11 .000 0 0 1637 19.5 190 2.3 0 0 221 A ?
1970-71 21 SEA NBA 33 1162 680 20.6 260 579 .449 160 218 .734 0 0 .000 0 0 396 12.0 48 1.5 0 0 0 84 ?? ?
1971-72 22 SEA NBA 73 3167 1914 26.2 717 1557 .461 480 586 .819 0 0 .000 0 0 926 12.7 148 2.0 0 0 0 208 N A ?
1972-73 23 SEA NBA 77 3259 2251 29.2 889 1868 .476 473 564 .839 0 0 .000 0 0 995 12.9 196 2.5 0 0 0 213 N A ?
1973-74 24 SEA NBA 75 3039 1761 23.5 694 1520 .457 373 458 .814 0 0 .000 318 689 1007 13.4 240 3.2 65 106 0 198 A ?
1974-75 25 SEA NBA 68 2529 1525 22.4 608 1325 .459 309 381 .811 0 0 .000 198 432 630 9.3 137 2.0 54 108 0 173 A ?
1975-76 26 NYK NBA 78 2892 1549 19.9 605 1360 .445 339 448 .757 0 0 .000 234 644 878 11.3 92 1.2 53 80 0 255 ?? ?
1976-77 27 NYK NBA 31 1021 513 16.5 202 449 .450 109 131 .832 0 0 .000 77 203 280 9.0 50 1.6 14 29 0 72 ?? ?
1977-78 28 NYK NBA 67 1765 920 13.7 412 852 .484 96 135 .711 0 0 .000 141 301 442 6.6 126 1.9 37 72 140 188 ?? ?
1978-79 29 NYK NBA 34 1023 605 17.8 249 509 .489 107 146 .733 0 0 .000 66 140 206 6.1 56 1.6 10 29 87 108 ?? ?
1978-79 29 NOJ NBA 34 1338 816 24.0 346 696 .497 124 146 .849 0 0 .000 106 221 327 9.6 71 2.1 30 53 113 128 ?? ?
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 76 1544 736 9.7 288 591 .487 159 206 .772 1 4 .250 132 214 346 4.6 93 1.2 35 57 134 197 ?? ?
1981-82 32 WA1 NBA 76 2086 1009 13.3 395 829 .476 219 260 .842 0 3 .000 144 278 422 5.6 64 0.8 45 68 175 249 ?? ?
1982-83 33 WA1 NBA 38 775 313 8.2 125 312 .401 63 87 .724 0 1 .000 77 106 183 4.8 30 0.8 12 27 67 94 ?? ?
1 Season Totals ? ? 84 3808 2519 30.0 986 1998 .493 547 705 .776 0 11 .000 0 0 1637 19.5 190 2.3 0 0 0 221 ? ?
12 Season Totals ? ? 760 25600 14592 19.2 5790 12447 .465 3011 3766 .800 1 8 .125 1493 3228 7038 9.3 1351 1.8 355 629 716 2167 ? ?

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
1969-70 20 DEN ABA 84 45.3 30.0 37.81 20.1 11.0 1.091 0.00 0.0
1970-71 21 SEA NBA 33 35.2 20.6 22.64 6.8 7.2 1.008 0.00 15.7
1971-72 22 SEA NBA 73 43.4 26.2 27.97 14.4 8.7 1.055 0.00 14.0
1972-73 23 SEA NBA 77 42.3 29.2 30.81 16.1 9.8 1.064 0.00 14.6
1973-74 24 SEA NBA 75 40.5 23.5 30.24 15.6 10.0 1.023 0.00 16.2
1974-75 25 SEA NBA 68 37.2 22.4 24.49 12.4 7.5 1.022 0.00 12.7
1975-76 26 NYK NBA 78 37.1 19.9 22.92 13.0 6.5 0.995 0.00 15.6
1976-77 27 NYK NBA 31 32.9 16.5 19.90 5.9 6.2 1.013 0.00 14.4
1977-78 28 NYK NBA 67 26.3 13.7 14.60 8.3 5.6 1.009 -3.17 12.8
1978-79 29 NYK NBA 34 30.1 17.8 15.29 5.2 5.6 1.055 -4.89 0.0
1978-79 29 NOJ NBA 34 39.4 24.0 23.88 7.2 7.8 1.073 -4.94 0.0
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 76 20.3 9.7 10.30 7.0 3.8 1.080 -4.66 12.2
1981-82 32 WA1 NBA 76 27.4 13.3 12.61 8.2 3.9 1.070 -6.34 11.1
1982-83 33 WA1 NBA 38 20.4 8.2 7.55 3.3 3.2 0.894 -6.06 13.1
1 Season Totals ? ? 84 45.3 30.0 0.00 0.0 11.0 1.091 0.00 0.0
12 Season Totals ? ? 760 33.7 19.2 20.84 67.2 6.8 1.035 0.69 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
1969-70 DEN ABA 12 568 439 36.6 185 362 .511 69 83 .831 0 0 .000 0 0 237 19.8 39 3.3 0 0 0
1974-75 SEA NBA 9 337 141 15.7 47 131 .359 47 61 .770 0 0 .000 0 0 81 9.0 18 2.0 0 0 0
1977-78 NYK NBA 6 177 97 16.2 43 85 .506 11 11 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 42 7.0 12 2.0 2 5 0
1979-80 LAL NBA 11 145 63 5.7 25 53 .472 13 16 .813 0 1 .000 14 12 26 2.4 4 0.4 0 6 20
1981-82 WA1 NBA 7 231 140 20.0 57 115 .496 26 35 .743 0 0 .000 16 23 39 5.6 7 1.0 4 14 15
Totals ? 12 568 439 36.6 185 362 .511 69 83 .831 0 0 .000 0 0 237 19.8 39 3.3 0 0 0
Totals ? 33 890 441 13.4 172 384 .448 97 123 .789 0 1 .000 30 35 188 5.7 41 1.2 6 25 35

All Star Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA OREB DREB TREB AST STL BLK TO PF ?
1969-70 ABA 1 39 23 10 19 3 4 0 0 - - 19 2 - - - 4 MVP
1971-72 SEA NBA 1 25 11 4 10 3 4 - - - - 7 1 - - - -
1972-73 SEA NBA 1 22 12 5 10 2 2 - - - - 10 0 - - - -
1973-74 SEA NBA 1 33 23 10 17 3 3 - - - - 11 5 - - - -
1974-75 SEA NBA 1 17 2 1 9 0 0 - - - - 3 0 - - - -
Totals ABA 1 ? 23 10 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 4 ?
Totals NBA 4 ? 48 20 46 8 9 0 0 0 0 31 6 0 0 0 0 ?

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