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Quinn Buckner

William Quinn Buckner (Quinn)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 20, 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois
High School: Thornridge in Dolton, Illinois
College: Indiana University

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1976 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

21 28 25

Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

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
1976-77 22 MIL NBA 79 2095 299 689 .434 83 154 .539 91 173 264 372 192 21 291 681
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 82 2072 314 671 .468 131 203 .645 78 169 247 456 188 19 228 287 759
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 81 1757 251 553 .454 79 125 .632 57 153 210 468 156 17 208 224 581
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 67 1690 306 655 .467 2 5 .400 105 143 .734 69 169 238 383 135 4 149 202 719
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 82 2384 471 956 .493 1 6 .167 149 203 .734 88 210 298 384 197 3 236 271 1092
1981-82 27 MIL NBA 70 70 2156 396 822 .482 4 15 .267 110 168 .655 77 173 250 328 174 3 180 218 906
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 72 56 1565 248 561 .442 0 4 .000 74 117 .632 62 125 187 275 108 5 159 195 570
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 79 0 1249 138 323 .427 0 6 .000 48 74 .649 41 96 137 214 84 3 100 187 324
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 75 6 858 74 193 .383 0 1 .000 32 50 .640 26 61 87 148 63 2 67 142 180
1985-86 31 IND NBA 32 3 419 49 104 .471 0 1 .000 19 27 .704 9 42 51 86 40 3 55 80 117
Career NBA 719 135 16245 2546 5527 .461 7 38 .184 830 1264 .657 598 1371 1969 3114 1337 80 1382 2097 5929

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
1976-77 22 MIL NBA 79 26.5 3.8 8.7 .434 1.1 1.9 .539 1.2 2.2 3.3 4.7 2.4 0.3 3.7 8.6
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 82 25.3 3.8 8.2 .468 1.6 2.5 .645 1.0 2.1 3.0 5.6 2.3 0.2 2.8 3.5 9.3
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 81 21.7 3.1 6.8 .454 1.0 1.5 .632 0.7 1.9 2.6 5.8 1.9 0.2 2.6 2.8 7.2
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 67 25.2 4.6 9.8 .467 0.0 0.1 .400 1.6 2.1 .734 1.0 2.5 3.6 5.7 2.0 0.1 2.2 3.0 10.7
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 82 29.1 5.7 11.7 .493 0.0 0.1 .167 1.8 2.5 .734 1.1 2.6 3.6 4.7 2.4 0.0 2.9 3.3 13.3
1981-82 27 MIL NBA 70 70 30.8 5.7 11.7 .482 0.1 0.2 .267 1.6 2.4 .655 1.1 2.5 3.6 4.7 2.5 0.0 2.6 3.1 12.9
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 72 56 21.7 3.4 7.8 .442 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.6 .632 0.9 1.7 2.6 3.8 1.5 0.1 2.2 2.7 7.9
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 79 0 15.8 1.7 4.1 .427 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.9 .649 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.7 1.1 0.0 1.3 2.4 4.1
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 75 6 11.4 1.0 2.6 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .640 0.3 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 1.9 2.4
1985-86 31 IND NBA 32 3 13.1 1.5 3.3 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .704 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.7 1.3 0.1 1.7 2.5 3.7
Career NBA 719 135 22.6 3.5 7.7 .461 0.0 0.1 .184 1.2 1.8 .657 0.8 1.9 2.7 4.3 1.9 0.1 2.2 2.9 8.2

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
1976-77 22 MIL NBA 79 2095 5.1 11.8 .434 1.4 2.6 .539 1.6 3.0 4.5 6.4 3.3 0.4 5.0 11.7
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 82 2072 5.5 11.7 .468 2.3 3.5 .645 1.4 2.9 4.3 7.9 3.3 0.3 4.0 5.0 13.2
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 81 1757 5.1 11.3 .454 1.6 2.6 .632 1.2 3.1 4.3 9.6 3.2 0.3 4.3 4.6 11.9
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 67 1690 6.5 14.0 .467 0.0 0.1 .400 2.2 3.0 .734 1.5 3.6 5.1 8.2 2.9 0.1 3.2 4.3 15.3
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 82 2384 7.1 14.4 .493 0.0 0.1 .167 2.3 3.1 .734 1.3 3.2 4.5 5.8 3.0 0.0 3.6 4.1 16.5
1981-82 27 MIL NBA 70 70 2156 6.6 13.7 .482 0.1 0.3 .267 1.8 2.8 .655 1.3 2.9 4.2 5.5 2.9 0.1 3.0 3.6 15.1
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 72 56 1565 5.7 12.9 .442 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.7 .632 1.4 2.9 4.3 6.3 2.5 0.1 3.7 4.5 13.1
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 79 0 1249 4.0 9.3 .427 0.0 0.2 .000 1.4 2.1 .649 1.2 2.8 3.9 6.2 2.4 0.1 2.9 5.4 9.3
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 75 6 858 3.1 8.1 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.1 .640 1.1 2.6 3.7 6.2 2.6 0.1 2.8 6.0 7.6
1985-86 31 IND NBA 32 3 419 4.2 8.9 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.3 .704 0.8 3.6 4.4 7.4 3.4 0.3 4.7 6.9 10.1
Career NBA 719 135 16245 5.6 12.2 .461 0.0 0.1 .184 1.8 2.8 .657 1.3 3.0 4.4 6.9 3.0 0.2 3.5 4.6 13.1

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
1976-77 22 MIL NBA 79 2095 13.5 .450 .434 4.5 8.6 6.5 22.5 4.1 0.5 100 -0.5 2.0 1.5
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 82 2072 14.4 .499 .468 3.9 8.8 6.3 27.5 4.0 0.5 23.1 18.1 96 100 0.8 2.3 3.2
1978-79 24 MIL NBA 81 1757 13.6 .478 .454 3.6 9.6 6.6 31.7 4.0 0.5 25.5 18.0 94 101 -0.4 2.4 2.0
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 67 1690 16.5 .501 .469 4.6 10.5 7.6 30.2 3.7 0.1 17.2 20.4 105 101 1.7 2.7 4.4
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 82 2384 15.1 .522 .493 4.2 9.5 6.9 21.6 3.8 0.1 18.4 21.1 102 100 1.4 4.0 5.4
1981-82 27 MIL NBA 70 2156 14.4 .506 .484 4.3 8.9 6.6 21.4 3.9 0.1 16.7 20.5 101 101 0.7 3.9 4.6
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 72 1565 11.5 .465 .442 4.3 8.5 6.4 22.6 3.2 0.2 20.6 19.3 93 102 -0.7 2.2 1.6
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 79 1249 9.4 .456 .427 3.9 8.4 6.2 21.5 3.2 0.1 22.0 15.0 94 104 -0.6 1.9 1.3
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 75 858 7.5 .419 .383 3.5 7.5 5.6 20.1 3.5 0.1 23.8 13.4 90 105 -0.7 1.2 0.5
1985-86 31 IND NBA 32 419 9.9 .505 .471 2.3 10.8 6.6 27.2 4.5 0.4 32.2 16.7 87 101 -0.6 0.7 0.2
Career NBA 719 16245 13.4 .487 .461 4.1 9.1 6.6 24.6 3.8 0.3 20.6 18.8 98 101 1.4 23.3 24.7

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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 9 257 43 86 15 23 3 27 62 18 1 39 30 101 .500 .652 28.6 11.2 3.0 6.9
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 7 165 18 53 0 1 7 11 6 16 31 15 0 13 20 43 .340 .000 .636 23.6 6.1 2.3 4.4
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 7 183 26 60 0 0 11 16 5 20 35 11 0 14 26 63 .433 .688 26.1 9.0 2.9 5.0
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 7 98 16 37 0 2 0 2 1 10 2 1 0 5 18 32 .432 .000 .000 14.0 4.6 1.4 0.3
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 23 268 32 79 0 1 12 22 12 35 28 13 0 18 52 76 .405 .000 .545 11.7 3.3 1.5 1.2
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 15 86 13 22 0 0 5 8 2 7 12 6 0 6 24 31 .591 .625 5.7 2.1 0.5 0.8
Career NBA 68 1057 148 337 0 4 50 82 29 115 170 64 1 95 170 346 .439 .000 .610 15.5 5.1 1.7 2.5

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
1977-78 23 MIL NBA 9 257 12.6 .525 .500 1.3 9.7 5.6 30.3 3.1 0.2 28.9 20.5 89 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1979-80 25 MIL NBA 7 165 9.8 .372 .340 4.2 6.7 5.5 26.4 4.5 0.0 18.4 18.0 85 100 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1980-81 26 MIL NBA 7 183 12.3 .470 .433 3.1 9.9 6.4 26.3 3.0 0.0 17.3 18.1 102 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
1982-83 28 BOS NBA 7 98 2.7 .422 .432 1.1 9.9 5.5 3.2 0.5 0.0 11.7 18.3 79 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1983-84 29 BOS NBA 23 268 6.8 .429 .405 5.0 10.0 7.5 14.3 2.4 0.0 16.9 16.3 91 108 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 15 86 10.3 .607 .591 2.6 6.4 4.5 18.6 3.3 0.0 19.0 14.8 111 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
Career NBA 68 1057 9.5 .464 .439 3.1 9.1 6.1 21.5 2.9 0.0 20.3 18.0 92 105 -0.6 1.2 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1977-78 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1979-80 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1980-81 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1981-82 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1980-81 NBA 0.001 (30)
Career 0.001 (218)

Games

1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Assists

1977-78 NBA 456 (8)
1978-79 NBA 468 (9)

Steals

1976-77 NBA 192 (4)
1977-78 NBA 188 (2)
1978-79 NBA 156 (9)
1980-81 NBA 197 (2)
1981-82 NBA 174 (6)
Career NBA 1337 (48)
Career 1337 (52)

Assists Per Game

1977-78 NBA 5.6 (9)
1978-79 NBA 5.8 (10)

Steals Per Game

1976-77 NBA 2.4 (4)
1977-78 NBA 2.3 (3)
1978-79 NBA 1.9 (10)
1980-81 NBA 2.4 (3)
1981-82 NBA 2.5 (4)
Career NBA 1.9 (19)
Career 1.9 (22)

Assist Pct

1977-78 NBA 27.5 (7)
1978-79 NBA 31.7 (4)
Career NBA 24.6 (99)

Steal Pct

1976-77 NBA 4.1 (2)
1977-78 NBA 4.0 (3)
1978-79 NBA 4.0 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 3.7 (4)
1980-81 NBA 3.8 (4)
1981-82 NBA 3.9 (2)
Career NBA 3.8 (2)
Career 3.8 (2)

Defensive Rating

Career NBA 101.1 (72)
Career 101.1 (75)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (499)
  

Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1976 NBA Draft.

September 9, 1982: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Boston Celtics for Dave Cowens.

September 3, 1985: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Indiana Pacers for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Cross).

January 15, 1986: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $239,000
1985-86 Indiana Pacers NBA $223,000
Career (may be incomplete) $462,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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