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
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall), 1976 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 21, 1976
As Coach: 1 Yr, 13-69, .159 W-L% (Full Record)

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:40AM

All-Time Rank: #452. Eric Snow… #453. QUINN BUCKNER… #454. Pervis Ellison… #455. Ruben Patterson…

All-Time Rank: #452. Eric Snow… #453. QUINN BUCKNER… #454. Pervis Ellison… #455. Ruben Patterson…

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	WS/48
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	.035
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	.073
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	.055
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	.125
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	.108
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	.103
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	.048
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	.052
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	.027
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	.020
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	.073

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
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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
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	.021
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	.015
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	.064
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	-0.041
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	.012
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	.104
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	.026

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 10 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Quinn Buckner		5.4	4.6	4.4	3.2	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.2
Hubert Davis	89.6	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.4	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.2	0.1
Matt Guokas	89.4	5.2	4.7	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.3
Lucious Harris	88.2	5.1	4.7	4.1	3.1	2.8	2.1	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4
Larry Steele	86.5	5.7	5.2	4.8	3.6	3.0	2.0	1.9	1.6	0.5
Isaiah Rider	85.2	5.8	5.0	3.4	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.8	0.2
Craig Hodges	84.6	6.0	5.3	4.3	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.5
Chucky Atkins	84.5	5.1	4.9	4.5	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.3	-0.2
Darnell Valentine	84.5	5.0	3.7	3.4	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.0
Chris Childs	84.4	5.8	3.9	3.7	2.9	2.2	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.1
Eric Piatkowski	84.3	5.5	4.5	3.9	3.6	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.2	0.9

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Quinn Buckner		5.4	4.6	4.4	3.2	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.2
Matt Guokas	89.4	5.2	4.7	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.3
Hubert Davis	88.5	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.4	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	-0.1
Larry Steele	86.5	5.7	5.2	4.8	3.6	3.0	2.0	1.9	1.6	0.5
Isaiah Rider	85.2	5.8	5.0	3.4	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.8	0.2
Chucky Atkins	84.9	5.1	4.9	4.5	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.2	-0.2
Craig Hodges	84.6	6.0	5.3	4.3	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.5
Darnell Valentine	84.5	5.0	3.7	3.4	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.0
Chris Childs	84.4	5.8	3.9	3.7	2.9	2.2	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.1
Lucious Harris	84.0	5.1	4.7	4.1	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4
Jerry Sichting	83.9	5.2	4.2	3.5	2.7	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.2

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
1972-73	18	INDIANA	28		130	318			41	69		134						301	.409		.594		10.8	4.8
1973-74	19	INDIANA	28		103	273			23	41		106						229	.377		.561		8.2	3.8
1974-75	20	INDIANA	32		165	335			49	84		123						379	.493		.583		11.8	3.8
1975-76	21	INDIANA	32		123	279			40	82		91						286	.441		.488		8.9	2.8
Career			120		521	1205			153	276		454						1195	.432		.554		10.0	3.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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 (222)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1984 Boston Celtics (NBA)	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 (53) Career 1337 (57)	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 (18) Career 1.9 (23)
Assist Pct 1977-78 NBA 27.5 (7) 1978-79 NBA 31.7 (4)	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 (73) Career 101.1 (80)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.001 (533)
NBA Elo Player Rating 453rd (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:40AM

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

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$223,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$223,000

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