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Bernard King

Bernard King (B)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 4, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York
High School: Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York
College: University of Tennessee

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1977 NBA draft.

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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
1977-78 21 NJN NBA 79 3092 798 1665 .479 313 462 .677 265 486 751 193 122 36 311 302 1909
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 82 2859 710 1359 .522 349 619 .564 251 418 669 295 118 39 323 326 1769
1979-80 23 UTA NBA 19 419 71 137 .518 0 0 34 63 .540 24 64 88 52 7 4 50 66 176
1980-81 24 GSW NBA 81 2914 731 1244 .588 2 6 .333 307 437 .703 178 373 551 287 72 34 265 304 1771
1981-82 25 GSW NBA 79 77 2861 740 1307 .566 1 5 .200 352 499 .705 140 329 469 282 78 23 267 285 1833
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 68 68 2207 603 1142 .528 0 6 .000 280 388 .722 99 227 326 195 90 13 197 233 1486
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 77 76 2667 795 1391 .572 0 4 .000 437 561 .779 123 271 394 164 75 17 197 273 2027
1984-85 28 NYK NBA 55 55 2063 691 1303 .530 1 10 .100 426 552 .772 114 203 317 204 71 15 204 191 1809
1986-87 30 NYK NBA 6 4 214 52 105 .495 0 0 32 43 .744 13 19 32 19 2 0 15 14 136
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 69 38 2044 470 938 .501 1 6 .167 247 324 .762 86 194 280 192 49 10 211 202 1188
1988-89 32 WSB NBA 81 81 2559 654 1371 .477 5 30 .167 361 441 .819 133 251 384 294 64 13 227 219 1674
1989-90 33 WSB NBA 82 82 2687 711 1459 .487 3 23 .130 412 513 .803 129 275 404 376 51 7 248 230 1837
1990-91 34 WSB NBA 64 64 2401 713 1511 .472 8 37 .216 383 485 .790 114 205 319 292 56 16 255 187 1817
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 32 2 430 91 177 .514 2 7 .286 39 57 .684 35 41 76 18 11 3 21 53 223
Career NBA 874 547 29417 7830 15109 .518 23 134 .172 3972 5444 .730 1704 3356 5060 2863 866 230 2791 2885 19655

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
1977-78 21 NJN NBA 79 39.1 10.1 21.1 .479 4.0 5.8 .677 3.4 6.2 9.5 2.4 1.5 0.5 3.9 3.8 24.2
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 82 34.9 8.7 16.6 .522 4.3 7.5 .564 3.1 5.1 8.2 3.6 1.4 0.5 3.9 4.0 21.6
1979-80 23 UTA NBA 19 22.1 3.7 7.2 .518 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.3 .540 1.3 3.4 4.6 2.7 0.4 0.2 2.6 3.5 9.3
1980-81 24 GSW NBA 81 36.0 9.0 15.4 .588 0.0 0.1 .333 3.8 5.4 .703 2.2 4.6 6.8 3.5 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.8 21.9
1981-82 25 GSW NBA 79 77 36.2 9.4 16.5 .566 0.0 0.1 .200 4.5 6.3 .705 1.8 4.2 5.9 3.6 1.0 0.3 3.4 3.6 23.2
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 68 68 32.5 8.9 16.8 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.7 .722 1.5 3.3 4.8 2.9 1.3 0.2 2.9 3.4 21.9
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 77 76 34.6 10.3 18.1 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 7.3 .779 1.6 3.5 5.1 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.6 3.5 26.3
1984-85 28 NYK NBA 55 55 37.5 12.6 23.7 .530 0.0 0.2 .100 7.7 10.0 .772 2.1 3.7 5.8 3.7 1.3 0.3 3.7 3.5 32.9
1986-87 30 NYK NBA 6 4 35.7 8.7 17.5 .495 0.0 0.0 5.3 7.2 .744 2.2 3.2 5.3 3.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 2.3 22.7
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 69 38 29.6 6.8 13.6 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 3.6 4.7 .762 1.2 2.8 4.1 2.8 0.7 0.1 3.1 2.9 17.2
1988-89 32 WSB NBA 81 81 31.6 8.1 16.9 .477 0.1 0.4 .167 4.5 5.4 .819 1.6 3.1 4.7 3.6 0.8 0.2 2.8 2.7 20.7
1989-90 33 WSB NBA 82 82 32.8 8.7 17.8 .487 0.0 0.3 .130 5.0 6.3 .803 1.6 3.4 4.9 4.6 0.6 0.1 3.0 2.8 22.4
1990-91 34 WSB NBA 64 64 37.5 11.1 23.6 .472 0.1 0.6 .216 6.0 7.6 .790 1.8 3.2 5.0 4.6 0.9 0.3 4.0 2.9 28.4
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 32 2 13.4 2.8 5.5 .514 0.1 0.2 .286 1.2 1.8 .684 1.1 1.3 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.7 7.0
Career NBA 874 547 33.7 9.0 17.3 .518 0.0 0.2 .172 4.5 6.2 .730 1.9 3.8 5.8 3.3 1.0 0.3 3.2 3.3 22.5

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
1977-78 21 NJN NBA 79 3092 9.3 19.4 .479 3.6 5.4 .677 3.1 5.7 8.7 2.2 1.4 0.4 3.6 3.5 22.2
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 82 2859 8.9 17.1 .522 4.4 7.8 .564 3.2 5.3 8.4 3.7 1.5 0.5 4.1 4.1 22.3
1979-80 23 UTA NBA 19 419 6.1 11.8 .518 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.4 .540 2.1 5.5 7.6 4.5 0.6 0.3 4.3 5.7 15.1
1980-81 24 GSW NBA 81 2914 9.0 15.4 .588 0.0 0.1 .333 3.8 5.4 .703 2.2 4.6 6.8 3.5 0.9 0.4 3.3 3.8 21.9
1981-82 25 GSW NBA 79 77 2861 9.3 16.4 .566 0.0 0.1 .200 4.4 6.3 .705 1.8 4.1 5.9 3.5 1.0 0.3 3.4 3.6 23.1
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 68 68 2207 9.8 18.6 .528 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.3 .722 1.6 3.7 5.3 3.2 1.5 0.2 3.2 3.8 24.2
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 77 76 2667 10.7 18.8 .572 0.0 0.1 .000 5.9 7.6 .779 1.7 3.7 5.3 2.2 1.0 0.2 2.7 3.7 27.4
1984-85 28 NYK NBA 55 55 2063 12.1 22.7 .530 0.0 0.2 .100 7.4 9.6 .772 2.0 3.5 5.5 3.6 1.2 0.3 3.6 3.3 31.6
1986-87 30 NYK NBA 6 4 214 8.7 17.7 .495 0.0 0.0 5.4 7.2 .744 2.2 3.2 5.4 3.2 0.3 0.0 2.5 2.4 22.9
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 69 38 2044 8.3 16.5 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 4.4 5.7 .762 1.5 3.4 4.9 3.4 0.9 0.2 3.7 3.6 20.9
1988-89 32 WSB NBA 81 81 2559 9.2 19.3 .477 0.1 0.4 .167 5.1 6.2 .819 1.9 3.5 5.4 4.1 0.9 0.2 3.2 3.1 23.5
1989-90 33 WSB NBA 82 82 2687 9.5 19.5 .487 0.0 0.3 .130 5.5 6.9 .803 1.7 3.7 5.4 5.0 0.7 0.1 3.3 3.1 24.6
1990-91 34 WSB NBA 64 64 2401 10.7 22.7 .472 0.1 0.6 .216 5.7 7.3 .790 1.7 3.1 4.8 4.4 0.8 0.2 3.8 2.8 27.2
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 32 2 430 7.6 14.8 .514 0.2 0.6 .286 3.3 4.8 .684 2.9 3.4 6.4 1.5 0.9 0.3 1.8 4.4 18.7
Career NBA 874 547 29417 9.6 18.5 .518 0.0 0.2 .172 4.9 6.7 .730 2.1 4.1 6.2 3.5 1.1 0.3 3.4 3.5 24.1

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
1977-78 21 NJN NBA 79 3092 17.3 .511 .479 7.9 16.0 11.8 9.9 1.7 0.6 14.3 26.0 98 101 2.6 3.3 5.9
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 82 2859 17.9 .542 .522 8.9 16.0 12.3 16.4 1.8 0.7 16.5 25.6 102 102 2.8 3.6 6.5
1979-80 23 UTA NBA 19 419 11.4 .534 .518 7.0 17.2 12.3 18.1 0.8 0.5 23.3 22.0 94 111 -0.2 0.1 0.0
1980-81 24 GSW NBA 81 2914 19.9 .617 .588 6.7 14.4 10.5 15.1 1.2 0.7 15.6 23.2 116 110 7.7 1.4 9.1
1981-82 25 GSW NBA 79 2861 19.8 .600 .567 5.2 12.8 8.9 14.9 1.3 0.4 14.9 25.3 114 109 6.6 2.2 8.7
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 68 2207 20.3 .566 .528 5.2 12.2 8.7 16.0 2.0 0.4 13.0 29.1 107 100 4.0 3.5 7.5
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 77 2667 22.7 .619 .572 5.6 12.3 9.0 11.1 1.4 0.4 10.7 28.7 119 105 8.6 3.5 12.1
1984-85 28 NYK NBA 55 2063 25.2 .585 .531 6.2 11.8 8.9 18.6 1.7 0.4 11.7 35.1 113 111 5.7 1.5 7.1
1986-87 30 NYK NBA 6 214 17.7 .549 .495 6.8 10.1 8.4 14.8 0.5 0.0 10.8 27.1 110 115 0.3 0.0 0.4
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 69 2044 15.0 .550 .502 4.7 10.7 7.7 15.3 1.2 0.3 16.3 26.1 103 110 1.2 1.6 2.8
1988-89 32 WSB NBA 81 2559 17.7 .535 .479 5.4 11.2 8.2 18.2 1.2 0.3 12.7 28.1 107 111 3.3 1.7 4.9
1989-90 33 WSB NBA 82 2687 18.8 .545 .488 5.1 11.1 8.1 21.8 0.9 0.1 12.8 29.4 108 112 4.1 1.4 5.5
1990-91 34 WSB NBA 64 2401 19.1 .527 .475 5.2 9.4 7.3 21.8 1.1 0.4 12.9 34.4 103 111 1.9 1.6 3.5
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 32 430 15.7 .552 .520 8.9 10.5 9.7 6.8 1.3 0.4 9.4 21.8 114 108 0.7 0.4 1.2
Career NBA 874 29417 19.2 .561 .519 6.2 12.7 9.4 16.0 1.4 0.4 13.8 27.8 108 107 49.5 25.8 75.4

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
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 2 81 21 42 10 24 5 11 7 4 0 6 10 52 .500 .417 40.5 26.0 5.5 3.5
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 6 184 56 97 1 3 28 35 8 24 13 2 0 10 16 141 .577 .333 .800 30.7 23.5 4.0 2.2
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 12 477 162 282 0 1 93 123 28 74 36 14 6 31 48 417 .574 .000 .756 39.8 34.8 6.2 3.0
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 5 168 26 53 0 0 17 21 3 11 9 3 0 14 17 69 .491 .810 33.6 13.8 2.2 1.8
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 3 24 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 .571 8.0 2.7 0.3 0.0
Career NBA 28 934 269 481 1 4 148 203 45 121 65 24 6 62 94 687 .559 .250 .729 33.4 24.5 4.3 2.3

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
1978-79 22 NJN NBA 2 81 16.8 .495 .500 5.3 7.6 6.4 13.4 2.2 0.0 10.2 25.7 102 109 0.1 0.0 0.1
1982-83 26 NYK NBA 6 184 24.0 .627 .582 5.1 10.1 7.6 13.5 0.5 0.0 8.2 28.4 124 111 0.8 0.1 0.8
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 12 477 27.6 .620 .574 6.7 10.8 8.8 14.8 1.4 0.7 8.4 31.9 125 113 2.1 0.3 2.3
1987-88 31 WSB NBA 5 168 9.5 .554 .491 2.1 5.6 3.9 9.1 1.0 0.0 18.4 20.5 100 115 0.0 0.1 0.1
1992-93 36 NJN NBA 3 24 8.6 .571 .571 5.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 12.5 15.3 102 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 28 934 22.2 .602 .560 5.4 9.2 7.3 13.0 1.2 0.4 9.8 28.2 119 113 2.9 0.4 3.4

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 25 GSW NBA 1 0 14 2 7 .286 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 4 1 3 1 2 2 6
1983-84 27 NYK NBA 1 0 22 8 13 .615 0 0 2 5 .400 2 3 4 0 0 0 2 18
1984-85 28 NYK NBA 1 0 22 6 10 .600 0 0 1 2 .500 4 7 1 0 0 1 4 13
1990-91 34 WSB NBA 1 1 26 2 8 .250 0 0 4 4 1.000 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 8
Career NBA 4 1 84 18 38 .474 0 0 9 13 .692 8 17 9 3 2 4 9 45

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
1974-75 18 TENNESSEE 25 273 439 115 147 308 39 661 .622 .782 26.4 12.3 1.6
1975-76 19 TENNESSEE 25 260 454 109 163 325 40 629 .573 .669 25.2 13.0 1.6
1976-77 20 TENNESSEE 26 278 481 116 163 371 82 672 .578 .712 25.8 14.3 3.2
Career 76 811 1374 340 473 1004 161 1962 .590 .719 25.8 13.2 2.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1984 NBA
1985 NBA
1991 NBA

Honors

1975-76 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1977-78 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1981-82 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1983-84 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1984-85 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1990-91 NBA All-NBA (3rd)

MVP Award Shares

1980-81 NBA 0.017 (14)
1981-82 NBA 0.014 (14)
1982-83 NBA 0.005 (16)
1983-84 NBA 0.491 (2)
1984-85 NBA 0.090 (7)
1990-91 NBA 0.007 (16)
Career 0.625 (43)

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1977-78 NBA 3092 (6)

Field Goals

1977-78 NBA 798 (6)
1980-81 NBA 731 (10)
1981-82 NBA 740 (10)
1983-84 NBA 795 (5)
1990-91 NBA 713 (9)
Career NBA 7830 (31)
Career 7830 (35)

Field Goal Attempts

1977-78 NBA 1665 (5)
1990-91 NBA 1511 (6)
Career NBA 15109 (48)
Career 15109 (51)

Field Goal Pct

1980-81 NBA .588 (4)
1981-82 NBA .566 (7)
1983-84 NBA .572 (10)
Career NBA .518 (45)
Career .518 (45)

Free Throws

1983-84 NBA 437 (7)
Career NBA 3972 (59)
Career 3972 (65)

Free Throw Attempts

1978-79 NBA 619 (6)
1983-84 NBA 561 (7)
1984-85 NBA 552 (9)
Career NBA 5444 (52)
Career 5444 (58)

Turnovers

1977-78 NBA 311 (7)
1978-79 NBA 323 (4)
1980-81 NBA 265 (7)
1981-82 NBA 267 (9)
1990-91 NBA 255 (8)
Career NBA 2791 (23)
Career 2791 (27)

Personal Fouls

1978-79 NBA 326 (7)
Career NBA 2885 (78)
Career 2885 (88)

Points

1977-78 NBA 1909 (8)
1980-81 NBA 1771 (10)
1981-82 NBA 1833 (8)
1983-84 NBA 2027 (5)
Career NBA 19655 (37)
Career 19655 (41)

Minutes Per Game

1977-78 NBA 39.1 (8)
1984-85 NBA 37.5 (8)

Points Per Game

1977-78 NBA 24.2 (10)
1981-82 NBA 23.2 (8)
1983-84 NBA 26.3 (5)
1984-85 NBA 32.9 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 28.4 (3)
Career NBA 22.5 (27)
Career 22.5 (30)

Player Efficiency Rating

1983-84 NBA 22.7 (6)
1984-85 NBA 25.2 (3)
Career NBA 19.2 (80)
Career 19.2 (83)

True Shooting Pct

1980-81 NBA .617 (5)
1983-84 NBA .619 (9)
Career NBA .561 (98)
Career .561 (99)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1980-81 NBA .588 (3)
1981-82 NBA .567 (7)
1983-84 NBA .572 (10)
Career NBA .519 (74)
Career .519 (74)

Usage Pct

1982-83 NBA 29.1 (3)
1983-84 NBA 28.7 (4)
1984-85 NBA 35.1 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 29.4 (4)
1990-91 NBA 34.4 (1)
 Career NBA 27.8 (21)
Career 27.8 (21)

Offensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 119.4 (10)

Offensive Win Shares

1980-81 NBA 7.7 (8)
1983-84 NBA 8.6 (3)

Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 12.1 (4)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.791 (78)
  

Transactions

February 1, 1977: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 1977 1st round draft pick) with Darnell Hillman to the New York Nets for John Williamson.

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the New York Nets in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

October 2, 1979: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with John Gianelli and Jim Boylan to the Utah Jazz for Rich Kelley.

September 11, 1980: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Golden State Warriors for Wayne Cooper and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ken Green).

October 22, 1982: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the New York Knickerbockers for Micheal Ray Richardson and a 1984 5th round draft pick (Scott McCollum).

October 16, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

January 22, 1993: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

February 6, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 New Jersey Nets NBA $400,000
1979-80 Utah Jazz NBA $400,000
1980-81 Golden State Warriors NBA *$494,800
1981-82 Golden State Warriors NBA *$589,600
1982-83 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$684,400
1983-84 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$779,200
1984-85 New York Knickerbockers NBA $874,000
1985-86 New York Knickerbockers NBA $874,000
1986-87 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$937,000
1987-88 Washington Bullets NBA $1,000,000
1988-89 Washington Bullets NBA $1,100,000
1989-90 Washington Bullets NBA *$1,350,000
1990-91 Washington Bullets NBA $1,600,000
1991-92 Washington Bullets NBA $2,525,000
1992-93 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $16,108,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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