Wes Unseld

Westley Sissel Unseld (Wes)
Position: C
Height: 6' 7'' Weight: 245
Born: 3/14/1946, in Louisville, KY, USA
High School:Seneca, in Louisville, KY
College:University of Louisville

About bio info

Draft History
1968 NBA - Round 1 by BAL
1968 ABA - Round 0 by KEN

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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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1968-69	22	BAL	NBA	82	2970	1131	13.8	427	897	.476	277	458	.605	0	0	.000	0	0	1491	18.2	213	2.6	0	0	0	276	M N A	?
1969-70	23	BAL	NBA	82	3234	1325	16.2	526	1015	.518	273	428	.638	0	0	.000	0	0	1370	16.7	291	3.5	0	0	0	250	??	?
1970-71	24	BAL	NBA	74	2904	1047	14.1	424	846	.501	199	303	.657	0	0	.000	0	0	1253	16.9	293	4.0	0	0	0	235	A	?
1971-72	25	BAL	NBA	76	3171	989	13.0	409	822	.498	171	272	.629	0	0	.000	0	0	1336	17.6	278	3.7	0	0	0	218	A	?
1972-73	26	BAL	NBA	79	3085	991	12.5	421	854	.493	149	212	.703	0	0	.000	0	0	1260	15.9	347	4.4	0	0	0	168	A	?
1973-74	27	CAP	NBA	56	1727	328	5.9	146	333	.438	36	55	.655	0	0	.000	152	365	517	9.2	159	2.8	56	16	0	121	??	?
1974-75	28	WA1	NBA	73	2904	672	9.2	273	544	.502	126	184	.685	0	0	.000	318	759	1077	14.8	297	4.1	115	68	0	180	A	?
1975-76	29	WA1	NBA	78	2922	750	9.6	318	567	.561	114	195	.585	0	0	.000	271	765	1036	13.3	404	5.2	84	59	0	203	??	?
1976-77	30	WA1	NBA	82	2860	640	7.8	270	551	.490	100	166	.602	0	0	.000	243	634	877	10.7	363	4.4	87	45	0	253	??	?
1977-78	31	WA1	NBA	80	2644	607	7.6	257	491	.523	93	173	.538	0	0	.000	286	669	955	11.9	326	4.1	98	45	173	234	??	?
1978-79	32	WA1	NBA	77	2406	843	10.9	346	600	.577	151	235	.643	0	0	.000	274	556	830	10.8	315	4.1	71	37	156	204	??	?
1979-80	33	WA1	NBA	82	2973	794	9.7	327	637	.513	139	209	.665	1	2	.500	334	760	1094	13.3	366	4.5	65	61	153	249	??	?
1980-81	34	WA1	NBA	63	2032	507	8.0	225	429	.524	55	86	.640	2	4	.500	207	466	673	10.7	170	2.7	52	36	97	171	??	?
13 Season Totals		?	?	984	35832	10624	10.8	4369	8586	.509	1883	2976	.633	3	6	.500	2085	4974	13769	14.0	3822	3.9	628	367	579	2762	?	?

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
1968-69	22	BAL	NBA	82	36.2	13.8	26.63	15.2	8.7	1.030	0.00	0.0
1969-70	23	BAL	NBA	82	39.4	16.2	28.56	16.0	9.8	1.101	0.00	0.0
1970-71	24	BAL	NBA	74	39.2	14.1	27.93	14.6	9.8	1.069	0.00	19.1
1971-72	25	BAL	NBA	76	41.7	13.0	27.49	14.7	9.5	1.050	0.00	19.9
1972-73	26	BAL	NBA	79	39.1	12.5	26.61	14.8	9.6	1.046	0.00	19.2
1973-74	27	CAP	NBA	56	30.8	5.9	15.54	7.6	5.3	0.918	0.00	14.3
1974-75	28	WA1	NBA	73	39.8	9.2	26.03	13.7	8.2	1.075	0.00	18.6
1975-76	29	WA1	NBA	78	37.5	9.6	25.68	14.2	8.7	1.149	0.00	18.4
1976-77	30	WA1	NBA	82	34.9	7.8	20.30	12.4	7.2	1.026	0.00	15.9
1977-78	31	WA1	NBA	80	33.1	7.6	19.30	11.7	7.2	1.070	1.68	17.9
1978-79	32	WA1	NBA	77	31.2	10.9	20.81	12.0	7.8	1.198	2.24	17.6
1979-80	33	WA1	NBA	82	36.3	9.7	22.52	13.4	8.3	1.089	3.06	18.4
1980-81	34	WA1	NBA	63	32.3	8.0	17.56	9.1	6.1	1.086	0.80	17.5
13 Season Totals		?	?	984	36.4	10.8	23.70	89.9	8.4	1.074	5.42	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1968-69	BAL	NBA	4	165	75	18.8	30	57	.526	15	19	.789	0	.000	0	0	74	18.5	5	1.3	0	0	0
1969-70	BAL	NBA	7	289	73	10.4	29	70	.414	15	19	.789	0	.000	0	0	165	23.6	24	3.4	0	0	0
1970-71	BAL	NBA	18	759	238	13.2	96	208	.462	46	81	.568	0	.000	0	0	339	18.8	69	3.8	0	0	0
1971-72	BAL	NBA	6	266	74	12.3	32	65	.492	10	19	.526	0	.000	0	0	75	12.5	25	4.2	0	0	0
1972-73	BAL	NBA	5	201	49	9.8	20	48	.417	9	19	.474	0	.000	0	0	76	15.2	17	3.4	0	0	0
1973-74	CAP	NBA	7	297	71	10.1	31	63	.492	9	15	.600	0	.000	0	0	85	12.1	27	3.9	0	0	0
1974-75	WA1	NBA	17	734	182	10.7	71	130	.546	40	61	.656	0	.000	0	0	276	16.2	64	3.8	0	0	0
1975-76	WA1	NBA	7	310	49	7.0	18	39	.462	13	24	.542	0	.000	0	0	85	12.1	28	4.0	0	0	0
1976-77	WA1	NBA	9	368	67	7.4	30	54	.556	7	12	.583	0	.000	0	0	105	11.7	44	4.9	0	0	0
1977-78	WA1	NBA	18	677	169	9.4	71	134	.530	27	46	.587	0	.000	0	0	216	12.0	79	4.4	17	7	0
1978-79	WA1	NBA	19	736	195	10.3	78	158	.494	39	64	.609	0	.000	0	0	253	13.3	64	3.4	17	14	0
1979-80	WA1	NBA	2	87	18	9.0	7	14	.500	4	6	.667	1	.000	7	21	28	14.0	7	3.5	0	3	3
Totals		?	119	4889	1260	10.6	513	1040	.493	234	385	.608	1	.000	7	21	1777	14.9	453	3.8	34	24	3

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	?
1968-69	BAL	NBA	1	14	11	5	7	1	3	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-
1970-71	BAL	NBA	1	21	8	4	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-
1971-72	BAL	NBA	1	16	2	1	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-
1972-73	BAL	NBA	1	11	4	2	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-
1974-75	WA1	NBA	1	15	6	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-
Totals		NBA	5	?	31	14	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	36	6	0	0	0	0	?

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