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Frankie Brian

Frank Sands Brian (Frankie, Flash)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1923 in Zachary, Louisiana
High School: Zachary in Zachary, Louisiana
College: Louisiana State University
NBA Debut: November 3, 1949

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All-Star

Totals

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
1949-50 26 AND NBA 64 368 1156 .318 402 488 .824 189 192 1138
1950-51 27 TRI NBA 68 363 1127 .322 418 508 .823 244 266 215 1144
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 66 2672 342 972 .352 367 433 .848 232 233 220 1051
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 68 1910 245 699 .351 236 297 .795 133 142 205 726
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 64 973 132 352 .375 137 182 .753 79 92 100 401
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 71 1381 237 623 .380 217 255 .851 127 142 133 691
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 37 680 78 263 .297 72 88 .818 88 74 62 228
Career NBA 438 7616 1765 5192 .340 1849 2251 .821 903 1138 1127 5379

Per Game

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
1949-50 26 AND NBA 64 5.8 18.1 .318 6.3 7.6 .824 3.0 3.0 17.8
1950-51 27 TRI NBA 68 5.3 16.6 .322 6.1 7.5 .823 3.6 3.9 3.2 16.8
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 66 40.5 5.2 14.7 .352 5.6 6.6 .848 3.5 3.5 3.3 15.9
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 68 28.1 3.6 10.3 .351 3.5 4.4 .795 2.0 2.1 3.0 10.7
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 64 15.2 2.1 5.5 .375 2.1 2.8 .753 1.2 1.4 1.6 6.3
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 71 19.5 3.3 8.8 .380 3.1 3.6 .851 1.8 2.0 1.9 9.7
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 37 18.4 2.1 7.1 .297 1.9 2.4 .818 2.4 2.0 1.7 6.2
Career NBA 438 24.9 4.0 11.9 .340 4.2 5.1 .821 2.4 2.6 2.6 12.3

Per 36 Minutes

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
1949-50 26 AND NBA 64 .318 .824
1950-51 27 TRI NBA 68 .322 .823
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 66 2672 4.6 13.1 .352 4.9 5.8 .848 3.1 3.1 3.0 14.2
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 68 1910 4.6 13.2 .351 4.4 5.6 .795 2.5 2.7 3.9 13.7
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 64 973 4.9 13.0 .375 5.1 6.7 .753 2.9 3.4 3.7 14.8
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 71 1381 6.2 16.2 .380 5.7 6.6 .851 3.3 3.7 3.5 18.0
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 37 680 4.1 13.9 .297 3.8 4.7 .818 4.7 3.9 3.3 12.1
Career NBA 438 7616 4.9 13.8 .340 4.9 5.9 .821 3.1 3.2 3.4 14.6

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1949-50 26 AND NBA 64 .415 .318 3.6 5.6 9.2
1950-51 27 TRI NBA 68 .424 .322 2.9 2.7 5.6
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 66 2672 14.8 .452 .352 4.3 1.8 6.1 .110
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 68 1910 12.1 .438 .351 1.6 1.4 3.0 .076
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 64 973 15.5 .464 .375 2.0 0.8 2.7 .135
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 71 1381 15.7 .470 .380 2.5 1.2 3.6 .127
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 37 680 9.4 .378 .297 -0.8 0.6 -0.2 -0.016
Career NBA 438 7616 13.9 .435 .340 16.1 14.0 30.1 .096

Playoffs

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
1949-50 26 AND NBA 8 26 96 43 48 19 24 95 .271 .896 11.9 2.4
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 2 81 6 24 5 6 6 9 10 17 .250 .833 40.5 8.5 3.0 4.5
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 8 146 13 42 19 25 9 11 23 45 .310 .760 18.3 5.6 1.1 1.4
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 4 106 15 36 11 16 12 10 7 41 .417 .688 26.5 10.3 3.0 2.5
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 11 269 48 120 31 38 22 27 26 127 .400 .816 24.5 11.5 2.0 2.5
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 10 166 26 68 17 21 12 17 15 69 .382 .810 16.6 6.9 1.2 1.7
Career NBA 43 768 134 386 126 154 61 93 105 394 .347 .818 21.9 9.2 1.7 2.2

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1949-50 26 AND NBA 8 .406 .271 0.1 0.7 0.9
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 2 81 4.0 .319 .250 19.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.109
1952-53 29 FTW NBA 8 146 9.7 .425 .310 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 .019
1953-54 30 FTW NBA 4 106 17.1 .476 .417 22.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 .111
1954-55 31 FTW NBA 11 269 14.5 .464 .400 20.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 .096
1955-56 32 FTW NBA 10 166 13.0 .447 .382 19.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 .094
Career NBA 43 768 12.5 .434 .347 20.6 0.6 1.3 1.8 .061

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 27 TRI NBA 1 5 14 .357 4 5 .800 6 3 2 14
1951-52 28 FTW NBA 1 0 25:00 4 10 .400 5 6 .833 7 4 2 13
Career NBA 2 0 25 9 24 .375 9 11 .818 13 7 4 27

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frankie Brian 9.2 6.1 5.6 3.6 3.0 2.7 -0.2
Chuck Williams 89.9 10.0 6.1 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.0 0.6
George King 89.2 8.1 6.4 6.3 3.8 3.8 3.0
Flynn Robinson 89.0 9.3 6.7 4.9 3.6 3.3 2.2 1.3
Vinny Del Negro 87.2 8.3 6.8 5.7 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.2
Ron Harper 87.2 10.2 6.0 5.6 4.2 3.9 3.5 0.9
Mo Williams 86.5 9.8 6.7 4.5 3.2 2.5 2.2 0.2
Kendall Gill 85.3 8.8 6.7 4.7 4.6 3.2 2.9 1.8
Allan Houston 85.1 8.6 7.1 6.1 4.7 3.8 2.9 -1.2
Latrell Sprewell 84.5 8.1 8.0 5.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 0.4
Vinnie Johnson 84.4 7.7 5.9 4.7 4.2 4.1 2.7 0.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frankie Brian 9.2 6.1 5.6 3.6 3.0 2.7 -0.2
George King 89.2 8.1 6.4 6.3 3.8 3.8 3.0
Chuck Williams 87.0 10.0 6.1 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.0 1.3 0.6
Flynn Robinson 86.4 9.3 6.7 4.9 3.6 3.3 2.2 1.3 1.2
Fred Scolari 86.3 8.5 5.6 5.4 4.5 3.1 1.2 -0.7
Mo Williams 84.2 9.8 6.7 4.5 3.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.2
Warren Jabali 83.8 10.7 7.3 5.8 3.5 3.2 2.6 2.1
Ben Gordon 83.5 8.6 6.9 5.1 4.4 3.5 2.1 1.7
Johnny Moore 83.2 7.2 6.6 5.8 3.8 3.2 2.1 1.2 0.3 -0.1
Micheal Ray Richardson 81.9 8.7 6.9 6.0 5.5 3.3 2.4 2.0 0.3
Jose Calderon 81.9 10.2 7.5 5.4 4.2 3.7 0.9

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant
Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1942-43 19 LSU 15 77 56 210 14.0
1946-47 23 LSU 21 127 86 340 16.2
Career 36 204 142 550 15.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1951 NBA
1952 NBA
Honors
1949-50 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1950-51 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
Games
1950-51 NBA 68 (3)
1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
Minutes Played
1951-52 NBA 2672 (4)
Field Goals
1949-50 NBA 368 (6)
1950-51 NBA 363 (9)
Field Goal Attempts
1949-50 NBA 1156 (3)
1950-51 NBA 1127 (4)
1951-52 NBA 972 (8)
Free Throws
1949-50 NBA 402 (3)
1950-51 NBA 418 (5)
1951-52 NBA 367 (6)
Free Throw Attempts
1949-50 NBA 488 (4)
1950-51 NBA 508 (6)
1951-52 NBA 433 (5)
Free Throw Pct
1949-50 NBA .824 (6)
1950-51 NBA .823 (8)
1951-52 NBA .848 (4)
1954-55 NBA .851 (2)
Assists
1950-51 NBA 266 (7)
Points
1949-50 NBA 1138 (3)
1950-51 NBA 1144 (5)
1951-52 NBA 1051 (6)
Minutes Per Game
1951-52 NBA 40.5 (5)
Points Per Game
1949-50 NBA 17.8 (3)
1950-51 NBA 16.8 (8)
1951-52 NBA 15.9 (6)
Assists Per Game
1950-51 NBA 3.9 (8)
Defensive Win Shares
1949-50 NBA 5.6 (2)
Win Shares
1949-50 NBA 9.2 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.072 (187)
     

Transactions

April 25, 1950: Drafted by the Chicago Stags from the Anderson Packers in the dispersal draft.

May 21, 1950: Sold by the Chicago Stags to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.

May 31, 1951: Traded by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Dick Mehen, Howie Schultz and cash.

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