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Wayne Embry

Wayne Richard Embry (Goose, The Wall)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1937 in Springfield, Ohio
High School: Tecumseh in New Carlisle, Ohio
College: Miami University
Draft: St. Louis Hawks, 3rd round (7th pick, 22nd overall), 1958 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1958
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Contributor in 1999 (Full List)
As Executive: MIL/CLE/TOR franchises, 1972-2006 (Full Record)

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All-Star

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:48AM
All-Time Rank: #318. Derek Fisher… #319. Calvin Natt… #320. WAYNE EMBRY… #320. K.C. Jones… #322. Mike Mitchell… 

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
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 1590 272 702 .387 206 314 .656 597 96 232 750
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 1594 303 690 .439 167 325 .514 692 83 226 773
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 2233 458 1015 .451 221 331 .668 864 127 286 1137
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 2623 564 1210 .466 356 516 .690 977 182 286 1484
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 2511 534 1165 .458 343 514 .667 936 177 286 1411
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 2915 556 1213 .458 271 417 .650 925 113 325 1383
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 2243 352 772 .456 239 371 .644 741 92 297 943
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 1882 232 564 .411 141 234 .603 525 81 287 605
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 729 147 359 .409 82 144 .569 294 42 137 376
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 1088 193 483 .400 109 185 .589 321 52 174 495
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 2355 382 894 .427 259 390 .664 672 149 302 1023
Career NBA 831 21763 3993 9067 .440 2394 3741 .640 7544 1194 2838 10380

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
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 24.1 4.1 10.6 .387 3.1 4.8 .656 9.0 1.5 3.5 11.4
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 21.8 4.2 9.5 .439 2.3 4.5 .514 9.5 1.1 3.1 10.6
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 28.3 5.8 12.8 .451 2.8 4.2 .668 10.9 1.6 3.6 14.4
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 35.0 7.5 16.1 .466 4.7 6.9 .690 13.0 2.4 3.8 19.8
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 33.0 7.0 15.3 .458 4.5 6.8 .667 12.3 2.3 3.8 18.6
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 36.4 7.0 15.2 .458 3.4 5.2 .650 11.6 1.4 4.1 17.3
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 30.3 4.8 10.4 .456 3.2 5.0 .644 10.0 1.2 4.0 12.7
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 23.5 2.9 7.1 .411 1.8 2.9 .603 6.6 1.0 3.6 7.6
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 10.1 2.0 5.0 .409 1.1 2.0 .569 4.1 0.6 1.9 5.2
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 13.9 2.5 6.2 .400 1.4 2.4 .589 4.1 0.7 2.2 6.3
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 30.2 4.9 11.5 .427 3.3 5.0 .664 8.6 1.9 3.9 13.1
Career NBA 831 26.2 4.8 10.9 .440 2.9 4.5 .640 9.1 1.4 3.4 12.5

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
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 1590 6.2 15.9 .387 4.7 7.1 .656 13.5 2.2 5.3 17.0
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 1594 6.8 15.6 .439 3.8 7.3 .514 15.6 1.9 5.1 17.5
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 2233 7.4 16.4 .451 3.6 5.3 .668 13.9 2.0 4.6 18.3
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 2623 7.7 16.6 .466 4.9 7.1 .690 13.4 2.5 3.9 20.4
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 2511 7.7 16.7 .458 4.9 7.4 .667 13.4 2.5 4.1 20.2
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 2915 6.9 15.0 .458 3.3 5.1 .650 11.4 1.4 4.0 17.1
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 2243 5.6 12.4 .456 3.8 6.0 .644 11.9 1.5 4.8 15.1
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 1882 4.4 10.8 .411 2.7 4.5 .603 10.0 1.5 5.5 11.6
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 729 7.3 17.7 .409 4.0 7.1 .569 14.5 2.1 6.8 18.6
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 1088 6.4 16.0 .400 3.6 6.1 .589 10.6 1.7 5.8 16.4
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 2355 5.8 13.7 .427 4.0 6.0 .664 10.3 2.3 4.6 15.6
Career NBA 831 21763 6.6 15.0 .440 4.0 6.2 .640 12.5 2.0 4.7 17.2

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
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 1590 16.3 .446 .387 1.2 0.7 1.9 .057
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 1594 16.1 .464 .439 1.6 0.5 2.0 .061
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 2233 16.2 .490 .451 3.3 0.1 3.4 .073
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 2623 17.9 .516 .466 5.4 1.4 6.7 .123
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 2511 18.2 .507 .458 3.8 1.8 5.6 .108
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 2915 15.1 .495 .458 3.5 2.8 6.3 .104
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 2243 14.2 .504 .456 5.5 3.1 1.4 4.5 .097
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 1882 9.2 .454 .411 5.3 0.2 1.3 1.5 .038
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 729 14.4 .445 .409 7.7 -0.2 1.5 1.2 .082
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 1088 11.7 .439 .400 6.3 -0.7 1.8 1.1 .050
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 2355 13.5 .480 .427 8.6 1.6 1.8 3.4 .069
Career NBA 831 21763 15.1 .484 .440 6.6 22.7 15.0 37.8 .083

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
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 4 128 14 30 28 36 45 8 17 56 .467 .778 32.0 14.0 11.3 2.0
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 12 394 76 169 49 74 162 16 55 201 .450 .662 32.8 16.8 13.5 1.3
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 10 363 53 139 28 45 124 21 46 134 .381 .622 36.3 13.4 12.4 2.1
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 4 123 21 48 9 11 25 8 20 51 .438 .818 30.8 12.8 6.3 2.0
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 5 139 16 38 7 12 34 2 23 39 .421 .583 27.8 7.8 6.8 0.4
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 5 38 12 31 2 4 13 3 9 26 .387 .500 7.6 5.2 2.6 0.6
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 16 162 23 59 13 29 45 6 36 59 .390 .448 10.1 3.7 2.8 0.4
Career NBA 56 1347 215 514 136 211 448 64 206 566 .418 .645 24.1 10.1 8.0 1.1

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
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 4 128 17.6 .611 .467 7.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 .157
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 12 394 15.9 .499 .450 5.7 0.4 0.2 0.6 .070
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 10 363 12.4 .422 .381 8.4 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .016
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 4 123 11.0 .483 .438 9.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .039
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 5 139 7.4 .451 .421 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .008
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 5 38 13.3 .397 .387 12.5 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.038
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 16 162 7.9 .411 .390 4.8 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.005
Career NBA 56 1347 12.8 .466 .418 6.6 0.5 0.7 1.2 .042

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
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 1 0 8:00 2 4 .500 0 0 3 0 0 4
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 1 0 16:00 2 6 .333 0 0 4 1 4 4
1962-63 25 CIN NBA
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 1 0 21:00 6 14 .429 1 1 1.000 7 1 1 13
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 1 0 19:00 5 10 .500 1 1 1.000 4 0 5 11
Career NBA 4 0 64 15 34 .441 2 2 1.000 18 2 10 32

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Wayne Embry 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1
Steve Hawes 90.4 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0
Mark West 88.0 8.2 6.5 5.5 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.4 1.9 1.1 0.9 -0.1
Ervin Johnson 87.8 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.7
Olden Polynice 87.6 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.5
Joe Barry Carroll 86.1 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.0
Danny Schayes 85.8 8.8 6.8 5.6 4.6 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.2 0.9
LaSalle Thompson 84.8 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.9
Greg Ostertag 83.9 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
James Edwards 83.9 7.1 7.0 6.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.0 1.5 1.4 1.0
Shawn Bradley 83.6 7.4 6.3 5.1 4.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.3 -1.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Wayne Embry 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1
Steve Hawes 90.4 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0
Mark West 87.1 8.2 6.5 5.5 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.1
Ervin Johnson 87.0 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
Joe Barry Carroll 86.1 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.0
Shawn Bradley 84.7 7.4 6.3 5.1 4.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.9 -1.1
LaSalle Thompson 84.0 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.3
Greg Ostertag 83.9 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Jim Fox 83.4 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6
Kent Benson 82.9 6.4 5.2 4.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.0
Brendan Haywood 82.8 6.8 6.7 5.2 5.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA
MVP Award Shares
1963-64 NBA 0.002 (9)
Career 0.002 (215)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1968 Boston Celtics (NBA)
Games
1960-61 NBA 79 (1)
1963-64 NBA 80 (2)
1965-66 NBA 80 (1)
Field Goal Pct
1960-61 NBA .451 (9)
1961-62 NBA .466 (9)
Free Throw Attempts
1961-62 NBA 516 (10)
1962-63 NBA 514 (10)
Total Rebounds
1960-61 NBA 864 (10)
1961-62 NBA 977 (9)
1962-63 NBA 936 (8)
1963-64 NBA 925 (10)
Career NBA 7544 (69)
Career 7544 (81)
Personal Fouls
1960-61 NBA 286 (8)
1961-62 NBA 286 (10)
1962-63 NBA 286 (7)
1963-64 NBA 325 (1)
1964-65 NBA 297 (7)
Career NBA 2838 (91)
Rebounds Per Game
1960-61 NBA 10.9 (10)
1961-62 NBA 13.0 (7)
1962-63 NBA 12.3 (7)
1963-64 NBA 11.6 (10)
Career NBA 9.1 (77)
Career 9.1 (90)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1960-61 NBA .451 (9)
1961-62 NBA .466 (9)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.134 (156)
NBA Elo Player Rating
320th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:48AM

Transactions

April 22, 1958: Drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 3rd round (23rd pick) of the 1958 NBA Draft.

August 5, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Hawks with Jim Palmer, Darrell Floyd, Gerry Calvert and Ken Sidle to the Cincinnati Royals for Clyde Lovellette. Lovellette was sent as player to be named later on 16 September 1958.

September 15, 1966: Traded by the Cincinnati Royals to the Boston Celtics for a 1967 3rd round draft pick (Sam Smith).

May 6, 1968: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks from the Boston Celtics in the NBA expansion draft.

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