Joe Bryant

Joseph Washington Bryant (Joe, Jellybean)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 19, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: La Salle University
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall), 1975 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 27, 1975
Relatives: Father of Kobe Bryant

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	75		1203	233	552	.422				92	147	.626	97	181	278	61	44	23		165	558
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	61		612	107	240	.446				53	70	.757	45	72	117	48	36	13		84	267
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	81		1236	190	436	.436				111	144	.771	103	177	280	129	56	24	115	185	491
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	70		1064	205	478	.429				123	170	.724	96	163	259	103	49	9	114	171	533
1979-80	25	SDC	NBA	PF	81		2328	294	682	.431	5	34	.147	161	217	.742	171	345	516	144	102	39	170	258	754
1980-81	26	SDC	NBA	PF	82		2359	379	791	.479	2	15	.133	193	244	.791	146	294	440	189	72	34	176	264	953
1981-82	27	SDC	NBA	SF	75	49	1988	341	701	.486	8	30	.267	194	247	.785	79	195	274	189	78	29	183	250	884
1982-83	28	HOU	NBA	SF	81	56	2055	344	768	.448	8	36	.222	116	165	.703	88	189	277	186	82	30	177	258	812
Career			NBA		606	105	12845	2093	4648	.450	23	115	.200	1043	1404	.743	825	1616	2441	1049	519	201	935	1635	5252

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	75		16.0	3.1	7.4	.422				1.2	2.0	.626	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.8	0.6	0.3		2.2	7.4
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	61		10.0	1.8	3.9	.446				0.9	1.1	.757	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.2		1.4	4.4
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	81		15.3	2.3	5.4	.436				1.4	1.8	.771	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.1
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	70		15.2	2.9	6.8	.429				1.8	2.4	.724	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.4	7.6
1979-80	25	SDC	NBA	PF	81		28.7	3.6	8.4	.431	0.1	0.4	.147	2.0	2.7	.742	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	2.1	3.2	9.3
1980-81	26	SDC	NBA	PF	82		28.8	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.2	.133	2.4	3.0	.791	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.2	11.6
1981-82	27	SDC	NBA	SF	75	49	26.5	4.5	9.3	.486	0.1	0.4	.267	2.6	3.3	.785	1.1	2.6	3.7	2.5	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.3	11.8
1982-83	28	HOU	NBA	SF	81	56	25.4	4.2	9.5	.448	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.0	.703	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.2	3.2	10.0
Career			NBA		606	105	21.2	3.5	7.7	.450	0.1	0.4	.200	1.7	2.3	.743	1.4	2.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.3	2.0	2.7	8.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	75		1203	7.0	16.5	.422				2.8	4.4	.626	2.9	5.4	8.3	1.8	1.3	0.7		4.9	16.7
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	61		612	6.3	14.1	.446				3.1	4.1	.757	2.6	4.2	6.9	2.8	2.1	0.8		4.9	15.7
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	81		1236	5.5	12.7	.436				3.2	4.2	.771	3.0	5.2	8.2	3.8	1.6	0.7	3.3	5.4	14.3
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	70		1064	6.9	16.2	.429				4.2	5.8	.724	3.2	5.5	8.8	3.5	1.7	0.3	3.9	5.8	18.0
1979-80	25	SDC	NBA	PF	81		2328	4.5	10.5	.431	0.1	0.5	.147	2.5	3.4	.742	2.6	5.3	8.0	2.2	1.6	0.6	2.6	4.0	11.7
1980-81	26	SDC	NBA	PF	82		2359	5.8	12.1	.479	0.0	0.2	.133	2.9	3.7	.791	2.2	4.5	6.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.7	4.0	14.5
1981-82	27	SDC	NBA	SF	75	49	1988	6.2	12.7	.486	0.1	0.5	.267	3.5	4.5	.785	1.4	3.5	5.0	3.4	1.4	0.5	3.3	4.5	16.0
1982-83	28	HOU	NBA	SF	81	56	2055	6.0	13.5	.448	0.1	0.6	.222	2.0	2.9	.703	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.3	1.4	0.5	3.1	4.5	14.2
Career			NBA		606	105	12845	5.9	13.0	.450	0.1	0.5	.200	2.9	3.9	.743	2.3	4.5	6.8	2.9	1.5	0.6	3.1	4.6	14.7

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	75	1203	13.3	.452	.422	7.8	14.5	11.2	7.5	1.6	1.0				98	0.0	1.3	1.3	.052
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	61	612	14.1	.493	.446	7.8	11.2	9.6	11.0	2.6	1.1				97	0.3	0.8	1.2	.093
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	81	1236	12.6	.492	.436	8.8	14.0	11.5	13.7	2.0	1.0	18.7	18.8	98	100	0.8	1.4	2.2	.086
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	70	1064	13.1	.482	.429	9.8	15.3	12.7	13.6	2.1	0.4	17.1	24.4	95	100	-0.1	1.6	1.5	.067
1979-80	25	SDC	NBA	PF	81	2328	11.1	.485	.435	7.7	16.6	12.0	8.1	2.1	0.9	17.9	16.3	97	108	0.1	1.7	1.8	.038
1980-81	26	SDC	NBA	PF	82	2359	12.8	.530	.480	6.9	15.2	10.9	11.1	1.5	0.8	16.4	18.6	103	108	1.7	1.7	3.4	.069
1981-82	27	SDC	NBA	SF	75	1988	12.8	.546	.492	4.6	12.0	8.2	13.1	1.9	0.8	18.4	20.3	103	114	1.0	0.5	1.5	.036
1982-83	28	HOU	NBA	SF	81	2055	10.4	.483	.453	4.3	10.5	7.2	13.3	1.9	0.8	17.4	19.8	92	109	-1.2	1.1	0.0	-0.001
Career			NBA		606	12845	12.2	.499	.453	6.8	13.8	10.2	11.3	1.9	0.8	17.6	19.2	98	106	2.6	10.3	12.9	.048

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	3	43	9	12	.750	5	7	.714	3	10	13	1	1	1		11	23
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	10	74	12	31	.387	5	8	.625	2	13	15	7	6	2		13	29
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	10	122	21	47	.447	8	11	.727	7	18	25	9	6	1	5	22	50
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	7	35	10	26	.385	1	2	.500	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	8	21
Career			NBA		30	274	52	116	.448	19	28	.679	12	42	54	21	14	4	7	54	123

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	3	14.3	3.0	4.0	.750	1.7	2.3	.714	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.3		3.7	7.7
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	10	7.4	1.2	3.1	.387	0.5	0.8	.625	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.2		1.3	2.9
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	10	12.2	2.1	4.7	.447	0.8	1.1	.727	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.2	5.0
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	7	5.0	1.4	3.7	.385	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	3.0
Career			NBA		30	9.1	1.7	3.9	.448	0.6	0.9	.679	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.8	4.1

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	3	43	7.5	10.0	.750	4.2	5.9	.714	2.5	8.4	10.9	0.8	0.8	0.8		9.2	19.3
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	10	74	5.8	15.1	.387	2.4	3.9	.625	1.0	6.3	7.3	3.4	2.9	1.0		6.3	14.1
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	10	122	6.2	13.9	.447	2.4	3.2	.727	2.1	5.3	7.4	2.7	1.8	0.3	1.5	6.5	14.8
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	7	35	10.3	26.7	.385	1.0	2.1	.500	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.1	1.0	0.0	2.1	8.2	21.6
Career			NBA		30	274	6.8	15.2	.448	2.5	3.7	.679	1.6	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.8	0.5	1.6	7.1	16.2

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1975-76	21	PHI	NBA	PF	3	43	20.0	.763	.750	7.3	26.3	16.4	3.4	1.1	1.3				101	0.2	0.0	0.2	.240
1976-77	22	PHI	NBA	PF	10	74	12.2	.420	.387	2.8	17.6	10.3	13.2	3.6	1.4				95	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.015
1977-78	23	PHI	NBA	PF	10	122	12.6	.482	.447	6.0	12.9	9.8	10.1	2.2	0.4	8.8	17.6	104	98	0.1	0.2	0.3	.126
1978-79	24	PHI	NBA	PF	7	35	7.3	.391	.385	0.0	2.8	1.5	17.8	1.3	0.0	6.9	31.9	87	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.051
Career			NBA		30	274	13.0	.479	.448	4.6	15.0	9.9	10.9	2.3	0.8	8.2	20.8	99	99	0.1	0.4	0.5	.092

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Joe Bryant		3.4	2.2	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.0
Ryan Bowen	88.6	3.1	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.2
Ed Manning	84.6	4.3	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4	-0.3
Bill Willoughby	83.4	3.0	2.6	1.8	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.9
Wally Walker	83.3	3.5	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	0.9	0.5	0.1
Tim Bassett	81.2	3.7	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.1
Corky Calhoun	81.1	3.1	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.0
Steve Kuberski	80.4	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2
Mark Landsberger	79.9	3.4	2.2	2.2	1.9	1.7	0.4	0.3
Michael Curry	78.9	3.2	2.9	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.6	-0.2
Robert Traylor	78.9	2.5	2.5	2.4	1.9	1.8	1.2	1.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Joe Bryant		3.4	2.2	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.0
Ryan Bowen	85.1	3.1	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1
Damien Wilkins	84.2	2.8	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.0
Bill Willoughby	83.4	3.0	2.6	1.8	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.9
Wally Walker	83.3	3.5	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	0.9	0.5	0.1
Ed Manning	83.1	4.3	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4	0.2	-0.3
Ed Nealy	81.5	4.7	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.3
Tim Bassett	81.2	3.7	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.1
Corky Calhoun	81.1	3.1	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.0
Steve Kuberski	80.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.0
Mark Landsberger	79.9	3.4	2.2	2.2	1.9	1.7	0.4	0.3

College

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			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
1973-74	19	LASALLE	26		200	440			86	123		282						486	.455		.699		18.7	10.8
1974-75	20	LASALLE	29		256	495			120	165		330						632	.517		.727		21.8	11.4
Career			55		456	935			206	288		612						1118	.488		.715		20.3	11.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1980-81 NBA 82 (3)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (860)

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (860)

Transactions

September 3, 1974: Traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a 1975 1st round draft pick) with Clifford Ray to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond.

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

September 12, 1975: Sold by the Golden State Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers.

October 5, 1979: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers to the San Diego Clippers for a 1986 1st round draft pick (Brad Daugherty).

June 28, 1982: Traded by the San Diego Clippers with a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Taylor) to the Houston Rockets for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Richard Anderson).

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