Bill Laimbeer

William Laimbeer (Bill)
Position: C
Height: 6' 11'' Weight: 245
Born: 5/19/1957, in Boston, MA, USA
High School:Palos Verdes, in Palos Verdes, CA
College:?University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame/Owens Tech

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Draft History
1979 NBA - Round 3 by CLE

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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	?	?
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1980-81	23	CLE	NBA	81	2460	791	9.8	337	670	.503	117	153	.765	0	0	.000	266	427	693	8.6	216	2.7	56	78	132	332	??	?
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	30	935	384	12.8	146	283	.516	91	112	.813	1	7	.143	110	230	340	11.3	55	1.8	17	34	60	126	??	?
1981-82	24	CLE	NBA	50	894	334	6.7	119	253	.470	93	120	.775	3	6	.500	124	153	277	5.5	45	0.9	22	30	61	170	??	?
1982-83	25	DET	NBA	82	2871	1119	13.6	436	877	.497	245	310	.790	2	13	.154	282	711	993	12.1	263	3.2	51	118	176	320	A	?
1983-84	26	DET	NBA	82	2864	1422	17.3	553	1044	.530	316	365	.866	0	11	.000	329	674	1003	12.2	149	1.8	49	84	151	273	A	?
1984-85	27	DET	NBA	82	2892	1438	17.5	595	1177	.506	244	306	.797	4	18	.222	295	718	1013	12.4	154	1.9	69	71	129	308	A	?
1985-86	28	DET	NBA	82	2891	1360	16.6	545	1107	.492	266	319	.834	4	14	.286	305	770	1075	13.1	146	1.8	59	65	133	291	??	?
1986-87	29	DET	NBA	82	2854	1263	15.4	506	1010	.501	245	274	.894	6	21	.286	243	712	955	11.6	151	1.8	72	69	120	283	A	?
1987-88	30	DET	NBA	82	2897	1110	13.5	455	923	.493	187	214	.874	13	39	.333	165	667	832	10.1	199	2.4	66	78	136	284	??	?
1988-89	31	DET	NBA	81	2640	1106	13.7	449	900	.499	178	212	.840	30	86	.349	138	638	776	9.6	177	2.2	51	100	129	259	??	?
1989-90	32	DET	NBA	81	2675	981	12.1	380	785	.484	164	192	.854	57	158	.361	166	614	780	9.6	171	2.1	57	84	98	278	??	?
1990-91	33	DET	NBA	82	2668	904	11.0	372	778	.478	123	147	.837	37	125	.296	173	564	737	9.0	157	1.9	38	56	98	242	??	?
1991-92	34	DET	NBA	81	2234	783	9.7	342	727	.470	67	75	.893	32	85	.376	104	347	451	5.6	160	2.0	51	54	102	225	??	Log
1992-93	35	DET	NBA	79	1933	687	8.7	292	574	.509	93	104	.894	10	27	.370	110	309	419	5.3	127	1.6	46	40	59	212	??	Log
1993-94	36	DET	NBA	11	248	108	9.8	47	90	.522	11	13	.846	3	9	.333	9	47	56	5.1	14	1.3	6	4	10	30	??	Log
14 Season Totals		?	?	1068	33956	13790	12.9	5574	11198	.498	2440	2916	.837	202	619	.326	2819	7581	10400	9.7	2184	2.0	710	965	1594	3633	?	?

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
1980-81	23	CLE	NBA	81	30.4	9.8	16.46	10.5	6.1	1.073	0.49	15.6
1981-82	24	DET	NBA	30	31.2	12.8	20.40	5.9	6.4	1.156	-2.53	0.0
1981-82	24	CLE	NBA	50	17.9	6.7	9.72	4.9	3.2	1.092	-3.50	0.0
1982-83	25	DET	NBA	82	35.0	13.6	22.71	13.5	8.1	1.104	-0.02	17.9
1983-84	26	DET	NBA	82	34.9	17.3	24.59	14.3	7.2	1.180	-1.80	18.6
1984-85	27	DET	NBA	82	35.3	17.5	24.05	14.0	7.4	1.096	-0.91	18.3
1985-86	28	DET	NBA	82	35.3	16.6	23.87	14.0	7.3	1.090	-1.23	19.8
1986-87	29	DET	NBA	82	34.8	15.4	22.65	13.4	6.9	1.117	-0.68	18.0
1987-88	30	DET	NBA	82	35.3	13.5	20.17	12.3	6.9	1.091	-0.11	16.1
1988-89	31	DET	NBA	81	32.6	13.7	19.70	12.0	6.6	1.113	-0.42	16.6
1989-90	32	DET	NBA	81	33.0	12.1	19.04	11.7	6.2	1.128	0.60	16.6
1990-91	33	DET	NBA	82	32.5	11.0	16.63	10.7	5.7	1.073	0.25	15.8
1991-92	34	DET	NBA	81	27.6	9.7	12.40	8.5	4.8	1.030	0.21	11.4
1992-93	35	DET	NBA	79	24.5	8.7	12.24	8.2	4.2	1.108	1.33	12.0
1993-94	36	DET	NBA	11	22.5	9.8	12.09	1.9	4.0	1.128	-0.27	12.6
14 Season Totals		?	?	1068	31.8	12.9	19.06	81.1	6.4	1.105	-0.45	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
1983-84	DET	NBA	5	165	76	15.2	29	51	.569	18	20	.900	0	0	.000	14	48	62	12.4	12	2.4	4	3	12
1984-85	DET	NBA	9	325	132	14.7	48	107	.449	36	51	.706	0	2	.000	36	60	96	10.7	15	1.7	7	7	16
1985-86	DET	NBA	4	168	90	22.5	34	68	.500	21	23	.913	1	1	1.000	20	36	56	14.0	1	0.3	2	3	8
1986-87	DET	NBA	15	543	184	12.3	84	163	.515	15	24	.625	1	5	.200	30	126	156	10.4	37	2.5	15	12	20
1987-88	DET	NBA	23	779	273	11.9	114	250	.456	40	45	.889	5	17	.294	43	178	221	9.6	44	1.9	18	19	30
1988-89	DET	NBA	17	497	172	10.1	66	142	.465	25	31	.806	15	42	.357	26	114	140	8.2	31	1.8	6	8	19
1989-90	DET	NBA	20	667	222	11.1	91	199	.457	25	29	.862	15	43	.349	41	170	211	10.6	28	1.4	23	18	16
1990-91	DET	NBA	15	446	164	10.9	66	148	.446	27	31	.871	5	17	.294	42	80	122	8.1	19	1.3	5	12	17
1991-92	DET	NBA	5	145	41	8.2	17	46	.370	5	5	1.000	2	10	.200	5	28	33	6.6	8	1.6	4	1	5
Totals		?	113	3735	1354	12.0	549	1174	.468	212	259	.819	44	137	.321	257	840	1097	9.7	195	1.7	84	83	143

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	?
1982-83	DET	NBA	1	6	2	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	-	-
1983-84	DET	NBA	1	17	13	6	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	5	0	-	-	-	-
1984-85	DET	NBA	1	11	5	2	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
1986-87	DET	NBA	1	11	8	4	7	0	0	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
Totals		NBA	4	?	28	13	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	?

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Updated 24 October 2026