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Walter Dukes

Walter F. Dukes (Walt, Wally)

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: June 23, 1930 in Rochester, New York
High School: East in Rochester, New York
College: Seton Hall University
Draft: New York Knicks, 1953 NBA Draft (territorial selection)
NBA Debut: November 19, 1955

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All-Star

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:44AM
All-Time Rank: #455. Ruben Patterson… #456. Bingo Smith… #457. WALTER DUKES… #458. Larry Drew… #459. Ervin Johnson… 

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
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 60 1290 149 370 .403 167 236 .708 443 39 211 465
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 71 1866 228 626 .364 264 383 .689 794 54 273 720
1957-58 27 DET NBA 72 2184 278 796 .349 247 366 .675 954 52 311 803
1958-59 28 DET NBA 72 2338 318 904 .352 297 452 .657 958 64 332 933
1959-60 29 DET NBA 66 2140 314 871 .361 376 508 .740 883 80 310 1004
1960-61 30 DET NBA 73 2044 286 706 .405 281 400 .703 1028 139 313 853
1961-62 31 DET NBA 77 1896 256 647 .396 208 291 .715 803 125 327 720
1962-63 32 DET NBA 62 913 83 255 .325 101 137 .737 360 55 183 267
Career NBA 553 14671 1912 5175 .369 1941 2773 .700 6223 608 2260 5765

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
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 60 21.5 2.5 6.2 .403 2.8 3.9 .708 7.4 0.7 3.5 7.8
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 71 26.3 3.2 8.8 .364 3.7 5.4 .689 11.2 0.8 3.8 10.1
1957-58 27 DET NBA 72 30.3 3.9 11.1 .349 3.4 5.1 .675 13.3 0.7 4.3 11.2
1958-59 28 DET NBA 72 32.5 4.4 12.6 .352 4.1 6.3 .657 13.3 0.9 4.6 13.0
1959-60 29 DET NBA 66 32.4 4.8 13.2 .361 5.7 7.7 .740 13.4 1.2 4.7 15.2
1960-61 30 DET NBA 73 28.0 3.9 9.7 .405 3.8 5.5 .703 14.1 1.9 4.3 11.7
1961-62 31 DET NBA 77 24.6 3.3 8.4 .396 2.7 3.8 .715 10.4 1.6 4.2 9.4
1962-63 32 DET NBA 62 14.7 1.3 4.1 .325 1.6 2.2 .737 5.8 0.9 3.0 4.3
Career NBA 553 26.5 3.5 9.4 .369 3.5 5.0 .700 11.3 1.1 4.1 10.4

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
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 60 1290 4.2 10.3 .403 4.7 6.6 .708 12.4 1.1 5.9 13.0
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 71 1866 4.4 12.1 .364 5.1 7.4 .689 15.3 1.0 5.3 13.9
1957-58 27 DET NBA 72 2184 4.6 13.1 .349 4.1 6.0 .675 15.7 0.9 5.1 13.2
1958-59 28 DET NBA 72 2338 4.9 13.9 .352 4.6 7.0 .657 14.8 1.0 5.1 14.4
1959-60 29 DET NBA 66 2140 5.3 14.7 .361 6.3 8.5 .740 14.9 1.3 5.2 16.9
1960-61 30 DET NBA 73 2044 5.0 12.4 .405 4.9 7.0 .703 18.1 2.4 5.5 15.0
1961-62 31 DET NBA 77 1896 4.9 12.3 .396 3.9 5.5 .715 15.2 2.4 6.2 13.7
1962-63 32 DET NBA 62 913 3.3 10.1 .325 4.0 5.4 .737 14.2 2.2 7.2 10.5
Career NBA 553 14671 4.7 12.7 .369 4.8 6.8 .700 15.3 1.5 5.5 14.1

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
1955-56 25 NYK NBA 60 1290 13.8 .491 .403 1.9 0.9 2.8 .104
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 71 1866 15.7 .453 .364 1.8 2.4 4.2 .108
1957-58 27 DET NBA 72 2184 13.6 .420 .349 0.2 2.2 2.4 .052
1958-59 28 DET NBA 72 2338 13.9 .423 .352 -0.1 3.3 3.2 .066
1959-60 29 DET NBA 66 2140 15.5 .459 .361 1.8 2.1 3.9 .087
1960-61 30 DET NBA 73 2044 16.3 .484 .405 2.4 1.4 3.7 .088
1961-62 31 DET NBA 77 1896 13.6 .464 .396 1.0 2.3 3.3 .084
1962-63 32 DET NBA 62 913 10.0 .423 .325 -0.5 1.0 0.5 .027
Career NBA 553 14671 14.4 .451 .369 8.5 15.6 24.0 .079

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
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 5 177 24 57 20 27 74 5 26 68 .421 .741 35.4 13.6 14.8 1.0
1957-58 27 DET NBA 7 286 37 101 37 56 97 4 38 111 .366 .661 40.9 15.9 13.9 0.6
1958-59 28 DET NBA 3 113 15 30 13 17 40 3 15 43 .500 .765 37.7 14.3 13.3 1.0
1959-60 29 DET NBA 2 78 16 31 16 22 33 2 9 48 .516 .727 39.0 24.0 16.5 1.0
1960-61 30 DET NBA 5 152 20 53 10 18 49 11 25 50 .377 .556 30.4 10.0 9.8 2.2
1961-62 31 DET NBA 10 347 39 91 46 61 138 24 52 124 .429 .754 34.7 12.4 13.8 2.4
1962-63 32 DET NBA 3 8 0 0 3 3 1 2 3 3 1.000 2.7 1.0 0.3 0.7
Career NBA 35 1161 151 363 145 204 432 51 168 447 .416 .711 33.2 12.8 12.3 1.5

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
1956-57 26 MNL NBA 5 177 15.1 .494 .421 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 .095
1957-58 27 DET NBA 7 286 12.7 .442 .366 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 .054
1958-59 28 DET NBA 3 113 16.5 .574 .500 4.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 .138
1959-60 29 DET NBA 2 78 24.1 .590 .516 4.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 .284
1960-61 30 DET NBA 5 152 9.5 .410 .377 9.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .000
1961-62 31 DET NBA 10 347 14.6 .526 .429 8.5 0.6 0.1 0.7 .093
1962-63 32 DET NBA 3 8 18.6 1.136 31.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 .414
Career NBA 35 1161 14.4 .494 .416 5.8 1.8 0.4 2.2 .091

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
1959-60 29 DET NBA 1 1 26:00 2 10 .200 0 1 .000 15 1 3 4
1960-61 30 DET NBA 1 0 17:00 3 6 .500 2 2 1.000 4 1 4 8
Career NBA 2 1 43 5 16 .313 2 3 .667 19 2 7 12

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Walter Dukes 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.4 0.5
George Johnson 88.9 5.0 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.0 0.3
Zaza Pachulia 88.5 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.1 0.3
Joe Meriweather 87.4 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 0.8
Clemon Johnson 86.3 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.2
Jon Koncak 85.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.1 2.5 2.3 1.4 1.1
Wayne Cooper 85.4 5.1 4.1 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 1.5 1.2
Eddy Curry 85.3 4.7 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0
Greg Ostertag 83.1 5.9 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4
Leroy Ellis 82.6 6.4 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 1.6
Steve Johnson 81.7 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.1 2.4 1.7 1.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Walter Dukes 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.4 0.5
Zaza Pachulia 88.5 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.1 0.3
Eddy Curry 84.2 4.7 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0 -0.3
John Gianelli 81.4 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.2 -0.4
Steve Johnson 81.2 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.1 2.4 1.7 1.3 0.2 0.0
Coby Dietrick 80.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Will Perdue 80.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.5
Clemon Johnson 80.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.2 0.9
Jon Koncak 79.4 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.1
Joe Meriweather 79.4 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 0.8
Jim Davis 79.3 4.3 3.8 3.5 2.3 2.3 1.8 0.9 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
Honors
1952-53 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1957-58 NBA 0.010 (9)
1959-60 NBA 0.011 (11)
Career 0.021 (135)
Games
1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
Free Throw Attempts
1958-59 NBA 452 (9)
1959-60 NBA 508 (10)
Total Rebounds
1956-57 NBA 794 (8)
1957-58 NBA 954 (6)
1958-59 NBA 958 (6)
1959-60 NBA 883 (8)
1960-61 NBA 1028 (7)
Personal Fouls
1956-57 NBA 273 (8)
1957-58 NBA 311 (1)
1958-59 NBA 332 (1)
1959-60 NBA 310 (2)
1960-61 NBA 313 (3)
1961-62 NBA 327 (2)
Rebounds Per Game
1956-57 NBA 11.2 (8)
1957-58 NBA 13.2 (6)
1958-59 NBA 13.3 (6)
1959-60 NBA 13.4 (7)
1960-61 NBA 14.1 (6)
Career NBA 11.3 (22)
Career 11.3 (27)
Defensive Win Shares
1958-59 NBA 3.3 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.006 (332)
NBA Elo Player Rating
457th (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:44AM
 

Transactions

April 24, 1953: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1953 NBA Draft.

October 26, 1956: Traded by the New York Knicks with Burdette Haldorson to the Minneapolis Lakers for Jerry Bird, Phil Jordon and Slater Martin.

September 12, 1957: Traded by the Minneapolis Lakers to the Detroit Pistons for Larry Foust.

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