Bill Keller

William Curry Keller (Billy, Bill)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 5-10 ▪ Weight: 177 lbs.
Born: August 30, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana
High School: Washington in Indianapolis, Indiana
College: Purdue University
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 7th round (2nd pick, 87th overall), 1969 NBA Draft
ABA Debut: October 17, 1969

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	82	1482	252	634	.397	42	154	.273	164	193	.850	75	99	174	235			115	153	710
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	83	2490	417	980	.426	84	230	.365	267	308	.867	81	159	240	437			196	170	1185
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	76	1729	264	619	.426	56	169	.331	153	174	.879	62	102	164	264			131	118	737
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	83	2251	421	973	.433	71	222	.320	234	269	.870	82	122	204	361			171	162	1147
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	75	1428	279	615	.454	50	131	.382	107	123	.870	44	84	128	172	37	3	100	83	715
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	79	1918	397	908	.437	80	240	.333	113	128	.883	90	121	211	204	59	3	109	101	987
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	78	2311	410	1011	.406	123	349	.352	164	183	.896	81	147	228	307	59	5	148	116	1107
Career			ABA	556	13609	2440	5740	.425	506	1495	.338	1202	1378	.872	515	834	1349	1980	155	11	970	903	6588

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	82	18.1	3.1	7.7	.397	0.5	1.9	.273	2.0	2.4	.850	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.9			1.4	1.9	8.7
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	83	30.0	5.0	11.8	.426	1.0	2.8	.365	3.2	3.7	.867	1.0	1.9	2.9	5.3			2.4	2.0	14.3
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	76	22.8	3.5	8.1	.426	0.7	2.2	.331	2.0	2.3	.879	0.8	1.3	2.2	3.5			1.7	1.6	9.7
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	83	27.1	5.1	11.7	.433	0.9	2.7	.320	2.8	3.2	.870	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.3			2.1	2.0	13.8
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	75	19.0	3.7	8.2	.454	0.7	1.7	.382	1.4	1.6	.870	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.1	9.5
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	79	24.3	5.0	11.5	.437	1.0	3.0	.333	1.4	1.6	.883	1.1	1.5	2.7	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.3	12.5
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	78	29.6	5.3	13.0	.406	1.6	4.5	.352	2.1	2.3	.896	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.9	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.5	14.2
Career			ABA	556	24.5	4.4	10.3	.425	0.9	2.7	.338	2.2	2.5	.872	0.9	1.5	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.6	11.8

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	82	1482	6.1	15.4	.397	1.0	3.7	.273	4.0	4.7	.850	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.7			2.8	3.7	17.2
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	83	2490	6.0	14.2	.426	1.2	3.3	.365	3.9	4.5	.867	1.2	2.3	3.5	6.3			2.8	2.5	17.1
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	76	1729	5.5	12.9	.426	1.2	3.5	.331	3.2	3.6	.879	1.3	2.1	3.4	5.5			2.7	2.5	15.3
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	83	2251	6.7	15.6	.433	1.1	3.6	.320	3.7	4.3	.870	1.3	2.0	3.3	5.8			2.7	2.6	18.3
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	75	1428	7.0	15.5	.454	1.3	3.3	.382	2.7	3.1	.870	1.1	2.1	3.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	18.0
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	79	1918	7.5	17.0	.437	1.5	4.5	.333	2.1	2.4	.883	1.7	2.3	4.0	3.8	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.9	18.5
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	78	2311	6.4	15.7	.406	1.9	5.4	.352	2.6	2.9	.896	1.3	2.3	3.6	4.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.8	17.2
Career			ABA	556	13609	6.5	15.2	.425	1.3	4.0	.338	3.2	3.6	.872	1.4	2.2	3.6	5.2	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.4	17.4

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
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	82	1482	15.3	.494	.431			5.3	22.2			13.8	21.5			1.2	1.5	2.7	.087
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	83	2490	15.4	.531	.468			4.3	22.9			14.9	19.8			3.5	2.6	6.1	.118
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	76	1729	14.3	.530	.472	3.4	5.2	4.3	20.9			15.8	18.5			2.1	1.9	4.0	.111
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	83	2251	15.9	.525	.469	3.4	4.8	4.1	22.5			13.5	21.1			2.5	2.9	5.4	.114
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	75	1428	15.4	.534	.494	2.9	5.5	4.2	17.8	1.2	0.1	13.0	21.0	109	106	2.6	1.0	3.6	.120
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	79	1918	15.3	.512	.481	4.3	6.4	5.3	14.1	1.4	0.1	10.2	21.0	111	110	3.6	0.8	4.4	.109
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	78	2311	13.6	.507	.466	3.0	6.1	4.5	17.9	1.1	0.1	11.9	19.9	107	109	3.0	1.0	4.1	.084
Career			ABA	556	13609	15.0	.519	.469	3.4	5.6	4.6	19.9	1.2	0.1	13.3	20.3	109	108	18.5	11.6	30.1	.106

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
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	15	527	75	177	3	23	42	46		51	68			29	41	195	.424	.130	.913	35.1	13.0	3.4	4.5
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	11	448	82	190	23	58	50	58	15	42	59			45	23	237	.432	.397	.862	40.7	21.5	3.8	5.4
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	20	532	84	188	19	48	53	63		35	84			26	47	240	.447	.396	.841	26.6	12.0	1.8	4.2
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	17	348	57	149	8	36	31	38	18	52	63			16	35	153	.383	.222	.816	20.5	9.0	3.1	3.7
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	12	194	41	93	15	40	16	19	9	18	25	5	0	16	12	113	.441	.375	.842	16.2	9.4	1.5	2.1
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	17	405	68	162	17	43	30	30	8	24	29	7	0	22	24	183	.420	.395	1.000	23.8	10.8	1.4	1.7
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	3	50	8	16	2	7	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	2	2	18	.500	.286	.000	16.7	6.0	1.0	2.0
Career			ABA	95	2504	415	975	87	255	222	255	50	225	334	13	0	156	184	1139	.426	.341	.871	26.4	12.0	2.4	3.5

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
1969-70	22	INA	ABA	15	527	11.4	.494	.432			4.2	17.7			12.8	16.1			0.2	0.9	1.1	.101
1970-71	23	INA	ABA	11	448	16.6	.550	.492				20.0			17.3				1.0	0.5	1.6	.168
1971-72	24	INA	ABA	20	532	16.7	.556	.497			3.1	22.7			10.8	18.4			0.9	0.6	1.6	.144
1972-73	25	INA	ABA	17	348	17.9	.462	.409			7.1	28.3			8.8	21.1			-0.1	0.7	0.6	.085
1973-74	26	INA	ABA	12	194	18.7	.557	.522	4.6	4.8	4.7	22.5	1.3	0.0	13.6	26.1	111	112	0.5	0.0	0.5	.114
1974-75	27	INA	ABA	17	405	11.1	.522	.472	2.0	3.8	2.9	10.1	0.8	0.0	11.2	19.7	107	113	0.4	0.1	0.5	.062
1975-76	28	INA	ABA	3	50	11.5	.547	.563	0.0	5.5	2.9	17.3	1.0	0.0	10.8	15.2	109	110	0.0	0.0	0.1	.076
Career			ABA	95	2504	14.9	.524	.470	2.6	4.2	4.2	19.8	1.0	0.0	12.5	19.2	108	112	3.0	2.9	5.9	.114

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 7 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Bill Keller		6.1	5.4	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.6	2.7
Nate McMillan	94.1	6.5	5.6	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.7	2.8
Johnny Davis	92.6	5.7	5.2	5.1	4.4	4.3	3.5	2.5
Odie Spears	89.8	5.6	5.2	4.7	3.8	3.3	3.1	2.0
Paul Neumann	87.5	6.5	5.8	4.6	4.2	4.0	3.3
Brian Winters	87.4	6.2	6.0	5.1	5.0	4.2	3.5	1.1
Adrian Smith	86.4	6.1	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.4	1.9	1.8
Pooh Richardson	85.5	5.9	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.8	2.1	1.4
Jameer Nelson	85.0	6.6	6.0	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.0	2.5
K.C. Jones	85.0	6.7	5.8	4.9	3.7	3.6	3.0	0.8
Greg Anthony	84.8	5.5	4.8	4.6	3.5	2.9	2.7	2.2

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Bill Keller		6.1	5.4	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.6	2.7
Jim Barnett	90.9	6.1	5.4	4.8	4.7	4.1	3.7	2.5	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Odie Spears	89.8	5.6	5.2	4.7	3.8	3.3	3.1	2.0
Luke Ridnour	87.5	6.2	5.4	4.4	4.0	3.4	2.3	1.2	0.9
Paul Neumann	87.5	6.5	5.8	4.6	4.2	4.0	3.3
Bonzi Wells	86.6	6.0	5.9	4.0	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.1	-0.1
Mike Woodson	85.3	7.8	5.7	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.5	3.1	0.9	0.9	0.7	-0.2
Jameer Nelson	85.0	6.6	6.0	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.0	2.5
Foots Walker	84.8	6.1	5.2	4.2	3.4	3.4	3.0	2.3	1.5	1.5	0.3
Allen Leavell	84.7	5.1	4.8	4.3	4.0	3.8	3.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	-0.1
Ricky Davis	84.7	5.7	5.0	4.4	4.2	3.0	2.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1970 Indiana Pacers (ABA) 1972 Indiana Pacers (ABA) 1973 Indiana Pacers (ABA)	Games Career ABA 556 (17)	Minutes Played Career ABA 13609 (37)	Field Goals Career ABA 2440 (37)
Field Goal Attempts Career ABA 5740 (31)	Field Goal Pct Career ABA .425 (94)	3-Pt Field Goals 1970-71 ABA 84 (5) 1971-72 ABA 56 (9) 1972-73 ABA 71 (1) 1973-74 ABA 50 (6) 1974-75 ABA 80 (1) 1975-76 ABA 123 (1) Career ABA 506 (2)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1970-71 ABA 230 (5) 1971-72 ABA 169 (10) 1972-73 ABA 222 (1) 1973-74 ABA 131 (7) 1974-75 ABA 240 (1) 1975-76 ABA 349 (1) Career ABA 1495 (2)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct 1970-71 ABA .365 (6) 1971-72 ABA .331 (9) 1973-74 ABA .382 (2) 1974-75 ABA .333 (5) 1975-76 ABA .352 (3) Career ABA .339 (7)	Free Throws Career ABA 1202 (43)	Free Throw Attempts Career ABA 1378 (56)	Free Throw Pct 1969-70 ABA .850 (6) 1970-71 ABA .867 (5) 1971-72 ABA .879 (2) 1972-73 ABA .870 (1) Career ABA .872 (2) Career .872 (18)
Offensive Rebounds Career ABA 515 (82)	Defensive Rebounds Career ABA 834 (93)	Total Rebounds Career ABA 1349 (92)	Assists 1970-71 ABA 437 (7) Career ABA 1980 (14)
Steals Career ABA 155 (52)	Turnovers Career ABA 970 (42)	Personal Fouls Career ABA 903 (75)	Points Career ABA 6588 (35)
Minutes Per Game Career ABA 24.5 (77)	Points Per Game Career ABA 11.8 (52)	Assists Per Game 1970-71 ABA 5.3 (8) Career ABA 3.6 (23)	Player Efficiency Rating Career ABA 15.0 (48)
True Shooting Pct Career ABA .519 (58)	Effective Field Goal Pct Career ABA .469 (57)	Assist Pct 1970-71 ABA 22.9 (3) 1972-73 ABA 22.5 (7) 1975-76 ABA 17.9 (9) Career ABA 19.9 (10)	Turnover Pct 1975-76 ABA 11.9 (6) Career ABA 13.3 (33)
Usage Pct Career ABA 20.3 (39)	Offensive Rating Career ABA 108.8 (12)	Offensive Win Shares Career ABA 18.5 (35)	Defensive Win Shares Career ABA 11.6 (46)
Win Shares Career ABA 30.1 (34)	Win Shares Per 48 Minutes Career ABA .106 (42)

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