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Zelmo Beaty

Zelmo Beaty Jr. (Big Z)

Position: Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: October 25, 1939 in Hillister, Texas
High School: Woodville in Woodville, Texas
College: Prairie View A&M University

Drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1962 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 80 1918 297 677 .439 220 307 .717 665 85 312 814
1963-64 24 STL NBA 59 1922 287 647 .444 200 270 .741 633 79 262 774
1964-65 25 STL NBA 80 2916 505 1047 .482 341 477 .715 966 111 328 1351
1965-66 26 STL NBA 80 3072 616 1301 .473 424 559 .758 1086 125 344 1656
1966-67 27 STL NBA 48 1661 328 694 .473 197 260 .758 515 60 189 853
1967-68 28 STL NBA 82 3068 639 1310 .488 455 573 .794 959 174 295 1733
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 72 2578 588 1251 .470 370 506 .731 798 131 272 1546
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 76 2915 661 1192 .555 2 4 .500 420 531 .791 407 783 1190 148 196 299 1744
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 84 3133 729 1353 .539 0 7 .000 522 630 .829 355 755 1110 125 223 315 1980
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 82 2804 521 1002 .520 0 1 .000 306 381 .803 261 540 801 125 79 197 269 1348
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 77 2476 417 796 .524 0 1 .000 194 244 .795 170 445 615 128 62 64 110 229 1028
1974-75 35 LAL NBA 69 1213 136 310 .439 108 135 .800 93 234 327 74 45 29 130 380
Career TOT 889 29676 5724 11580 .494 2 13 .154 3757 4873 .771 1286 2757 9665 1365 107 172 726 3244 15207
NBA 570 18348 3396 7237 .469 2315 3087 .750 93 234 5949 839 45 29 2132 9107
ABA 319 11328 2328 4343 .536 2 13 .154 1442 1786 .807 1193 2523 3716 526 62 143 726 1112 6100

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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 80 24.0 3.7 8.5 .439 2.8 3.8 .717 8.3 1.1 3.9 10.2
1963-64 24 STL NBA 59 32.6 4.9 11.0 .444 3.4 4.6 .741 10.7 1.3 4.4 13.1
1964-65 25 STL NBA 80 36.5 6.3 13.1 .482 4.3 6.0 .715 12.1 1.4 4.1 16.9
1965-66 26 STL NBA 80 38.4 7.7 16.3 .473 5.3 7.0 .758 13.6 1.6 4.3 20.7
1966-67 27 STL NBA 48 34.6 6.8 14.5 .473 4.1 5.4 .758 10.7 1.3 3.9 17.8
1967-68 28 STL NBA 82 37.4 7.8 16.0 .488 5.5 7.0 .794 11.7 2.1 3.6 21.1
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 72 35.8 8.2 17.4 .470 5.1 7.0 .731 11.1 1.8 3.8 21.5
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 76 38.4 8.7 15.7 .555 0.0 0.1 .500 5.5 7.0 .791 5.4 10.3 15.7 1.9 2.6 3.9 22.9
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 84 37.3 8.7 16.1 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 6.2 7.5 .829 4.2 9.0 13.2 1.5 2.7 3.8 23.6
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 82 34.2 6.4 12.2 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.6 .803 3.2 6.6 9.8 1.5 1.0 2.4 3.3 16.4
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 77 32.2 5.4 10.3 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.2 .795 2.2 5.8 8.0 1.7 0.8 0.8 1.4 3.0 13.4
1974-75 35 LAL NBA 69 17.6 2.0 4.5 .439 1.6 2.0 .800 1.3 3.4 4.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.9 5.5
Career TOT 889 33.4 6.4 13.0 .494 0.0 0.0 .154 4.2 5.5 .771 3.3 7.1 10.9 1.5 0.7 0.8 2.3 3.6 17.1
NBA 570 32.2 6.0 12.7 .469 4.1 5.4 .750 1.3 3.4 10.4 1.5 0.7 0.4 3.7 16.0
ABA 319 35.5 7.3 13.6 .536 0.0 0.0 .154 4.5 5.6 .807 3.7 7.9 11.6 1.6 0.8 0.9 2.3 3.5 19.1

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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 80 1918 5.6 12.7 .439 4.1 5.8 .717 12.5 1.6 5.9 15.3
1963-64 24 STL NBA 59 1922 5.4 12.1 .444 3.7 5.1 .741 11.9 1.5 4.9 14.5
1964-65 25 STL NBA 80 2916 6.2 12.9 .482 4.2 5.9 .715 11.9 1.4 4.0 16.7
1965-66 26 STL NBA 80 3072 7.2 15.2 .473 5.0 6.6 .758 12.7 1.5 4.0 19.4
1966-67 27 STL NBA 48 1661 7.1 15.0 .473 4.3 5.6 .758 11.2 1.3 4.1 18.5
1967-68 28 STL NBA 82 3068 7.5 15.4 .488 5.3 6.7 .794 11.3 2.0 3.5 20.3
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 72 2578 8.2 17.5 .470 5.2 7.1 .731 11.1 1.8 3.8 21.6
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 76 2915 8.2 14.7 .555 0.0 0.0 .500 5.2 6.6 .791 5.0 9.7 14.7 1.8 2.4 3.7 21.5
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 84 3133 8.4 15.5 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 6.0 7.2 .829 4.1 8.7 12.8 1.4 2.6 3.6 22.8
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 82 2804 6.7 12.9 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 4.9 .803 3.4 6.9 10.3 1.6 1.0 2.5 3.5 17.3
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 77 2476 6.1 11.6 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.5 .795 2.5 6.5 8.9 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 3.3 14.9
1974-75 35 LAL NBA 69 1213 4.0 9.2 .439 3.2 4.0 .800 2.8 6.9 9.7 2.2 1.3 0.9 3.9 11.3
Career TOT 889 29676 6.9 14.0 .494 0.0 0.0 .154 4.6 5.9 .771 3.7 7.9 11.7 1.7 1.0 1.0 2.3 3.9 18.4
NBA 570 18348 6.7 14.2 .469 4.5 6.1 .750 2.8 6.9 11.7 1.6 1.3 0.9 4.2 17.9
ABA 319 11328 7.4 13.8 .536 0.0 0.0 .154 4.6 5.7 .807 3.8 8.0 11.8 1.7 0.9 1.0 2.3 3.5 19.4

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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 80 1918 14.3 .501 .439 2.1 3.1 5.2
1963-64 24 STL NBA 59 1922 14.0 .505 .444 2.5 2.4 4.8
1964-65 25 STL NBA 80 2916 17.2 .537 .482 5.6 6.8 4.0 10.8
1965-66 26 STL NBA 80 3072 18.5 .535 .473 6.0 7.3 3.0 10.3
1966-67 27 STL NBA 48 1661 16.5 .528 .473 5.1 3.1 1.4 4.5
1967-68 28 STL NBA 82 3068 19.3 .555 .488 8.4 8.2 3.6 11.8
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 72 2578 19.1 .525 .470 7.4 5.8 2.6 8.4
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 76 2915 25.2 .612 .555 17.4 7.2 12.1 20.4 10.1 6.0 16.0
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 84 3133 24.6 .607 .539 10.9 20.9 16.1 5.8 12.0 22.8 11.6 3.5 15.1
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 82 2804 17.9 .576 .520 9.7 17.9 14.0 6.2 1.5 14.4 19.1 5.9 3.0 9.0
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 77 2476 17.2 .569 .524 7.4 17.9 12.9 7.2 1.2 1.4 10.9 17.1 115 104 5.4 2.2 7.7
1974-75 35 LAL NBA 69 1213 12.8 .514 .439 7.4 18.3 12.9 8.2 1.7 1.2 98 1.1 1.2 2.3
Career TOT 889 29676 18.7 .554 .494 9.2 18.9 15.0 6.7 1.4 1.4 12.4 20.0 115 102 70.0 36.0 106.0
NBA 570 18348 17.1 .530 .469 7.4 18.3 12.9 6.8 1.7 1.2 98 37.0 21.2 58.2
ABA 319 11328 21.5 .595 .536 9.4 19.0 15.2 6.6 1.2 1.5 12.4 20.0 115 104 33.0 14.8 47.8

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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 11 307 43 97 27 36 84 11 47 113 .443 .750 27.9 10.3 7.6 1.0
1963-64 24 STL NBA 12 436 63 121 46 77 114 12 56 172 .521 .597 36.3 14.3 9.5 1.0
1964-65 25 STL NBA 4 154 29 59 19 25 55 1 19 77 .492 .760 38.5 19.3 13.8 0.3
1965-66 26 STL NBA 10 418 73 148 44 58 131 22 38 190 .493 .759 41.8 19.0 13.1 2.2
1966-67 27 STL NBA 9 318 46 104 51 65 89 12 34 143 .442 .785 35.3 15.9 9.9 1.3
1967-68 28 STL NBA 6 239 43 92 43 55 81 15 26 129 .467 .782 39.8 21.5 13.5 2.5
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 11 473 102 236 43 64 142 25 47 247 .432 .672 43.0 22.5 12.9 2.3
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 18 698 157 293 0 0 104 123 95 263 43 28 75 418 .536 .846 38.8 23.2 14.6 2.4
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 11 443 74 134 0 0 73 88 154 24 31 43 221 .552 .830 40.3 20.1 14.0 2.2
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 10 387 58 105 0 0 43 52 31 116 14 25 36 159 .552 .827 38.7 15.9 11.6 1.4
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 13 472 80 159 0 0 33 40 42 141 21 18 12 26 38 193 .503 .825 36.3 14.8 10.8 1.6
Career TOT 115 4345 768 1548 0 0 526 683 168 1370 200 18 12 110 459 2062 .496 .770 37.8 17.9 11.9 1.7
NBA 63 2345 399 857 273 380 696 98 267 1071 .466 .718 37.2 17.0 11.0 1.6
ABA 52 2000 369 691 0 0 253 303 168 674 102 18 12 110 192 991 .534 .835 38.5 19.1 13.0 2.0

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
1962-63 23 STL NBA 11 307 11.4 .501 .443 4.8 0.3 0.4 0.7
1963-64 24 STL NBA 12 436 13.8 .555 .521 4.0 1.0 0.2 1.2
1964-65 25 STL NBA 4 154 17.6 .550 .492 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.6
1965-66 26 STL NBA 10 418 16.1 .547 .493 7.3 0.8 0.3 1.1
1966-67 27 STL NBA 9 318 15.1 .539 .442 5.5 0.7 0.3 1.0
1967-68 28 STL NBA 6 239 18.9 .555 .467 9.5 0.6 0.2 0.8
1968-69 29 ATL NBA 11 473 17.2 .468 .432 8.4 0.4 0.7 1.1
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 18 698 27.1 .602 .536 8.2 7.5 2.4 0.9 3.3
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 11 443 21.8 .640 .552 16.9 7.5 15.2 19.3 1.6 0.2 1.7
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 10 387 18.4 .622 .552 14.3 5.1 16.4 15.9 1.1 0.3 1.5
1973-74 34 UTS ABA 13 472 17.4 .546 .503 9.0 19.8 14.6 6.1 1.9 1.4 12.8 17.9 110 98 0.7 0.8 1.6
Career TOT 115 4345 18.5 .558 .496 9.0 19.8 15.3 6.5 1.9 1.4 11.8 17.8 110 98 10.0 4.6 14.6
NBA 63 2345 15.5 .523 .466 6.1 4.2 2.4 6.5
ABA 52 2000 21.9 .601 .534 9.0 19.8 15.3 6.9 1.9 1.4 11.8 17.8 110 98 5.8 2.2 8.1

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
1965-66 26 STL NBA 1 0 24 0 11 .000 10 13 .769 18 1 2 10
1967-68 28 STL NBA 1 1 30 2 11 .182 2 2 1.000 10 1 4 6
1970-71 31 UTS ABA 1 27 5 11 .455 0 0 2 3 .667 2 8 3 4 4 12
1971-72 32 UTS ABA 1 27 7 11 .636 0 0 1 1 1.000 3 7 0 4 4 15
1972-73 33 UTS ABA 1 15 3 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 6
Career TOT 5 1 123 17 50 .340 0 0 15 19 .789 5 47 6 1 2 9 15 49
ABA 3 69 15 28 .536 0 0 3 4 .750 5 19 4 1 2 9 9 33
NBA 2 1 54 2 22 .091 12 15 .800 28 2 6 16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1966 NBA
1968 NBA
1971 ABA
1972 ABA
1973 ABA

Awards

1970-71 ABA Playoffs MVP

Honors

1962-63 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1970-71 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1971-72 ABA All-ABA (2nd)

Games

1962-63 NBA 80 (1)
 1964-65 NBA 80 (1)
 1965-66 NBA 80 (1)
 1967-68 NBA 82 (2)
1971-72 ABA 84 (2)
Career ABA 319 (72)

Minutes Played

1964-65 NBA 2916 (10)
1965-66 NBA 3072 (8)
1967-68 NBA 3068 (8)
Career ABA 11328 (51)

Field Goals

1970-71 ABA 661 (10)
1971-72 ABA 729 (8)
Career ABA 2328 (41)

Field Goal Attempts

1971-72 ABA 1353 (8)
Career ABA 4343 (51)

Field Goal Pct

1964-65 NBA .482 (8)
1965-66 NBA .473 (9)
1970-71 ABA .554 (1)
 1971-72 ABA .539 (5)
1973-74 ABA .524 (6)
Career ABA .536 (4)

Free Throws

1964-65 NBA 341 (9)
1965-66 NBA 424 (7)
1967-68 NBA 455 (7)
1970-71 ABA 420 (9)
1971-72 ABA 522 (5)
Career ABA 1442 (33)
Career 3757 (72)

Free Throw Attempts

1964-65 NBA 477 (9)
1965-66 NBA 559 (7)
1967-68 NBA 573 (8)
1970-71 ABA 531 (8)
1971-72 ABA 630 (6)
Career ABA 1786 (38)
Career 4873 (75)

Free Throw Pct

Career ABA .807 (30)

Offensive Rebounds

1970-71 ABA 407 (3)
1971-72 ABA 355 (6)
Career ABA 1193 (26)

Defensive Rebounds

1970-71 ABA 783 (4)
1971-72 ABA 755 (6)
Career ABA 2523 (23)

Total Rebounds

1964-65 NBA 966 (9)
1965-66 NBA 1086 (6)
1970-71 ABA 1190 (4)
1971-72 ABA 1110 (5)
Career ABA 3716 (25)
Career 9665 (40)

Assists

Career ABA 526 (98)

Blocks

1972-73 ABA 79 (10)
Career ABA 143 (24)

Turnovers

Career ABA 726 (65)

Personal Fouls

1962-63 NBA 312 (1)
 1964-65 NBA 328 (3)
1965-66 NBA 344 (1)
 1970-71 ABA 299 (10)
1971-72 ABA 315 (4)
Career ABA 1112 (55)
Career 3244 (47)

Points

1965-66 NBA 1656 (9)
1967-68 NBA 1733 (9)
1970-71 ABA 1744 (9)
1971-72 ABA 1980 (7)
Career ABA 6100 (41)

Minutes Per Game

1965-66 NBA 38.4 (10)
Career ABA 35.5 (15)

Points Per Game

1965-66 NBA 20.7 (10)
1970-71 ABA 22.9 (8)
1971-72 ABA 23.6 (9)
Career ABA 19.1 (18)

Rebounds Per Game

1964-65 NBA 12.1 (10)
1965-66 NBA 13.6 (6)
1970-71 ABA 15.7 (3)
1971-72 ABA 13.2 (5)
Career ABA 11.6 (8)
Career NBA 10.4 (33)
Career 10.9 (33)

Player Efficiency Rating

1965-66 NBA 18.5 (9)
1967-68 NBA 19.3 (7)
1968-69 NBA 19.1 (10)
1970-71 ABA 25.2 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 24.6 (2)
Career ABA 21.5 (6)
Career 18.7 (98)

True Shooting Pct

1964-65 NBA .537 (7)
1965-66 NBA .535 (10)
1967-68 NBA .555 (6)
1970-71 ABA .612 (1)
 1971-72 ABA .607 (2)
1972-73 ABA .576 (8)
1973-74 ABA .569 (5)
Career ABA .595 (1)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1964-65 NBA .482 (8)
1965-66 NBA .473 (9)
1970-71 ABA .555 (1)
 1971-72 ABA .539 (6)
1973-74 ABA .524 (6)
Career ABA .536 (4)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1971-72 ABA 10.9 (8)
Career ABA 9.4 (20)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career ABA 19.0 (16)

Total Rebound Pct

1970-71 ABA 17.4 (3)
1971-72 ABA 16.1 (9)
Career ABA 15.2 (14)

Turnover Pct

1973-74 ABA 10.9 (7)
Career ABA 12.4 (23)

Usage Pct

Career ABA 20.0 (43)

Offensive Rating

1973-74 ABA 115.5 (2)

Offensive Win Shares

1964-65 NBA 6.8 (9)
1965-66 NBA 7.3 (6)
1967-68 NBA 8.2 (4)
1970-71 ABA 10.1 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 11.6 (2)
1973-74 ABA 5.4 (9)
Career ABA 33.0 (11)
Career 70.0 (46)

Defensive Win Shares

1964-65 NBA 4.0 (9)
1970-71 ABA 6.0 (2)
Career ABA 14.8 (33)

Win Shares

1964-65 NBA 10.8 (8)
1965-66 NBA 10.3 (6)
1967-68 NBA 11.8 (3)
1970-71 ABA 16.0 (1)
 1971-72 ABA 15.1 (2)
Career ABA 47.8 (17)
Career 106.0 (55)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.019 (222)
  

Transactions

March 26, 1962: Drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1962 NBA Draft.

February 2, 1970: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the San Francisco Warriors for Clyde Lee and a 1970 1st round draft pick (Pete Maravich). Lee was player to be named later on 1974-10-04.

September 24, 1974: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Gus Williams).

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