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Dick McGuire

Richard Joseph McGuire (Dick, Tricky Dick, Dick the Knick)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1926 in Huntington, New York
High School: LaSalle Academy in New York, New York
College: St. John's University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1993

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1949 BAA draft.

Coaching Record

15
New York Knickerbockers
1950-1957		 15
Detroit Pistons
1958-1960

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
1949-50 24 NYK NBA 68 190 563 .337 204 313 .652 386 160 584
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 64 179 482 .371 179 276 .649 334 400 154 537
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 64 2018 204 474 .430 183 290 .631 332 388 181 591
1952-53 27 NYK NBA 61 1783 142 373 .381 153 269 .569 280 296 172 437
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 68 2343 201 493 .408 220 345 .638 310 354 190 622
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 71 2310 226 581 .389 195 303 .644 322 542 143 647
1955-56 30 NYK NBA 62 1685 152 438 .347 121 193 .627 220 362 146 425
1956-57 31 NYK NBA 72 1191 140 366 .383 105 163 .644 146 222 103 385
1957-58 32 DET NBA 69 2311 203 544 .373 150 225 .667 291 454 178 556
1958-59 33 DET NBA 71 2063 232 543 .427 191 258 .740 285 443 147 655
1959-60 34 DET NBA 68 1466 179 402 .445 124 201 .617 264 358 112 482
Career NBA 738 17170 2048 5259 .389 1825 2836 .644 2784 4205 1686 5921

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
1949-50 24 NYK NBA 68 2.8 8.3 .337 3.0 4.6 .652 5.7 2.4 8.6
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 64 2.8 7.5 .371 2.8 4.3 .649 5.2 6.3 2.4 8.4
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 64 31.5 3.2 7.4 .430 2.9 4.5 .631 5.2 6.1 2.8 9.2
1952-53 27 NYK NBA 61 29.2 2.3 6.1 .381 2.5 4.4 .569 4.6 4.9 2.8 7.2
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 68 34.5 3.0 7.3 .408 3.2 5.1 .638 4.6 5.2 2.8 9.1
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 71 32.5 3.2 8.2 .389 2.7 4.3 .644 4.5 7.6 2.0 9.1
1955-56 30 NYK NBA 62 27.2 2.5 7.1 .347 2.0 3.1 .627 3.5 5.8 2.4 6.9
1956-57 31 NYK NBA 72 16.5 1.9 5.1 .383 1.5 2.3 .644 2.0 3.1 1.4 5.3
1957-58 32 DET NBA 69 33.5 2.9 7.9 .373 2.2 3.3 .667 4.2 6.6 2.6 8.1
1958-59 33 DET NBA 71 29.1 3.3 7.6 .427 2.7 3.6 .740 4.0 6.2 2.1 9.2
1959-60 34 DET NBA 68 21.6 2.6 5.9 .445 1.8 3.0 .617 3.9 5.3 1.6 7.1
Career NBA 738 28.3 2.8 7.1 .389 2.5 3.8 .644 4.2 5.7 2.3 8.0

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
1949-50 24 NYK NBA 68 .337 .652
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 64 .371 .649
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 64 2018 3.6 8.5 .430 3.3 5.2 .631 5.9 6.9 3.2 10.5
1952-53 27 NYK NBA 61 1783 2.9 7.5 .381 3.1 5.4 .569 5.7 6.0 3.5 8.8
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 68 2343 3.1 7.6 .408 3.4 5.3 .638 4.8 5.4 2.9 9.6
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 71 2310 3.5 9.1 .389 3.0 4.7 .644 5.0 8.4 2.2 10.1
1955-56 30 NYK NBA 62 1685 3.2 9.4 .347 2.6 4.1 .627 4.7 7.7 3.1 9.1
1956-57 31 NYK NBA 72 1191 4.2 11.1 .383 3.2 4.9 .644 4.4 6.7 3.1 11.6
1957-58 32 DET NBA 69 2311 3.2 8.5 .373 2.3 3.5 .667 4.5 7.1 2.8 8.7
1958-59 33 DET NBA 71 2063 4.0 9.5 .427 3.3 4.5 .740 5.0 7.7 2.6 11.4
1959-60 34 DET NBA 68 1466 4.4 9.9 .445 3.0 4.9 .617 6.5 8.8 2.8 11.8
Career NBA 738 17170 3.5 8.8 .389 3.0 4.7 .644 5.1 7.2 2.9 10.1

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 LS WSAA
1949-50 24 NYK NBA 68 .417 .337
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 64 .445 .371
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 64 2018 18.8 .491 .430
1952-53 27 NYK NBA 61 1783 15.5 .445 .381
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 68 2343 16.0 .482 .408
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 71 2310 16.8 .453 .389
1955-56 30 NYK NBA 62 1685 12.7 .406 .347
1956-57 31 NYK NBA 72 1191 14.3 .440 .383
1957-58 32 DET NBA 69 2311 12.2 .432 .373
1958-59 33 DET NBA 71 2063 16.5 .499 .427
1959-60 34 DET NBA 68 1466 16.4 .491 .445
Career NBA 738 17170 15.5 .455 .389

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
1949-50 24 NYK NBA 5 22 52 19 26 27 21 63 .423 .731 12.6 5.4
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 14 25 80 24 53 83 78 50 74 .313 .453 5.3 5.9 5.6
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 14 546 48 107 49 86 71 90 46 145 .449 .570 39.0 10.4 5.1 6.4
1952-53 27 NYK NBA 11 360 24 59 35 55 63 70 25 83 .407 .636 32.7 7.5 5.7 6.4
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 4 68 4 16 3 5 4 5 12 11 .250 .600 17.0 2.8 1.0 1.3
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 3 75 6 19 8 12 9 12 7 20 .316 .667 25.0 6.7 3.0 4.0
1957-58 32 DET NBA 7 236 25 60 17 24 33 40 13 67 .417 .708 33.7 9.6 4.7 5.7
1958-59 33 DET NBA 3 109 20 32 7 11 17 19 10 47 .625 .636 36.3 15.7 5.7 6.3
1959-60 34 DET NBA 2 42 5 12 1 3 4 9 3 11 .417 .333 21.0 5.5 2.0 4.5
Career NBA 63 1436 179 437 163 275 284 350 187 521 .410 .593 32.6 8.3 4.9 5.6

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
1950-51 25 NYK NBA 1 3 4 .750 0 0 5 10 2 6
1951-52 26 NYK NBA 1 18 0 0 1 3 .333 1 4 0 1
1953-54 28 NYK NBA 1 24 2 5 .400 0 0 4 2 1 4
1954-55 29 NYK NBA 1 25 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 3 6 1 3
1955-56 30 NYK NBA 1 29 2 9 .222 2 5 .400 0 3 1 6
1957-58 32 DET NBA 1 31 2 4 .500 0 0 7 10 4 4
1958-59 33 DET NBA 1 24 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 3 3 2 5
Career NBA 7 151 12 31 .387 5 12 .417 23 38 11 29

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
1943-44 18 stjohns 16 43 20 106 6.6
1946-47 21 stjohns 21 63 37 163 7.8
1947-48 22 stjohns 22 75 72 115 222 .626 10.1
1948-49 23 stjohns 25 121 72 125 314 .576 12.6
Career 84 302 201 240 805 .838 9.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1954 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA

Honors

1950-51 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1958-59 NBA 0.007 (11)

Games

1949-50 NBA 68 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)

Assists

1949-50 NBA 386 (1)
 1950-51 NBA 400 (2)
1951-52 NBA 388 (4)
1952-53 NBA 296 (4)
1953-54 NBA 354 (4)
1954-55 NBA 542 (2)
1955-56 NBA 362 (7)
1957-58 NBA 454 (2)
1958-59 NBA 443 (2)
1959-60 NBA 358 (6)
Career NBA 4205 (75)
Career 4205 (79)

Assists Per Game

1949-50 NBA 5.7 (2)
1950-51 NBA 6.2 (2)
1951-52 NBA 6.1 (3)
1952-53 NBA 4.9 (4)
1953-54 NBA 5.2 (3)
1954-55 NBA 7.6 (3)
1955-56 NBA 5.8 (6)
1957-58 NBA 6.6 (2)
1958-59 NBA 6.2 (2)
1959-60 NBA 5.3 (6)
Career NBA 5.7 (56)
Career 5.7 (57)

True Shooting Pct

1951-52 NBA .491 (6)
1953-54 NBA .482 (10)
1958-59 NBA .499 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.562 (87)