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Billy McKinney

William Mervin McKinney (Billy)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0    Weight: 160 lbs.
Born: June 5, 1955 in Waukegan, Illinois
High School: Zion-Benton in Zion, Illinois
College: Northwestern University

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 6th round (5th pick, 115th 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
1978-79 23 KCK NBA 78 1242 240 477 .503 129 162 .796 20 65 85 253 58 3 124 121 609
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 76 1333 206 459 .449 1 10 .100 107 133 .805 20 66 86 248 58 5 89 87 520
1980-81 25 TOT NBA 84 2166 327 645 .507 2 12 .167 162 188 .862 36 148 184 360 99 11 158 231 818
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 35 1032 124 233 .532 1 2 .500 44 48 .917 12 62 74 157 38 4 70 107 293
1980-81 25 DEN NBA 49 1134 203 412 .493 1 10 .100 118 140 .843 24 86 110 203 61 7 88 124 525
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 81 27 1963 369 699 .528 0 17 .000 137 170 .806 29 113 142 338 69 16 115 186 875
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 68 38 1559 266 546 .487 0 7 .000 136 167 .814 21 100 121 288 39 5 101 142 668
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 80 0 843 136 305 .446 0 2 .000 39 46 .848 7 47 54 161 27 0 48 84 311
1985-86 30 CHI NBA 9 0 83 10 23 .435 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 13 3 0 2 9 22
Career NBA 476 65 9189 1554 3154 .493 3 48 .063 712 868 .820 134 543 677 1661 353 40 637 860 3823

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
1978-79 23 KCK NBA 78 15.9 3.1 6.1 .503 1.7 2.1 .796 0.3 0.8 1.1 3.2 0.7 0.0 1.6 1.6 7.8
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 76 17.5 2.7 6.0 .449 0.0 0.1 .100 1.4 1.8 .805 0.3 0.9 1.1 3.3 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.1 6.8
1980-81 25 TOT NBA 84 25.8 3.9 7.7 .507 0.0 0.1 .167 1.9 2.2 .862 0.4 1.8 2.2 4.3 1.2 0.1 1.9 2.8 9.7
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 35 29.5 3.5 6.7 .532 0.0 0.1 .500 1.3 1.4 .917 0.3 1.8 2.1 4.5 1.1 0.1 2.0 3.1 8.4
1980-81 25 DEN NBA 49 23.1 4.1 8.4 .493 0.0 0.2 .100 2.4 2.9 .843 0.5 1.8 2.2 4.1 1.2 0.1 1.8 2.5 10.7
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 81 27 24.2 4.6 8.6 .528 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.1 .806 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.2 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.3 10.8
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 68 38 22.9 3.9 8.0 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.5 .814 0.3 1.5 1.8 4.2 0.6 0.1 1.5 2.1 9.8
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 80 0 10.5 1.7 3.8 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .848 0.1 0.6 0.7 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.1 3.9
1985-86 30 CHI NBA 9 0 9.2 1.1 2.6 .435 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.4
Career NBA 476 65 19.3 3.3 6.6 .493 0.0 0.1 .063 1.5 1.8 .820 0.3 1.1 1.4 3.5 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.8 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
1978-79 23 KCK NBA 78 1242 7.0 13.8 .503 3.7 4.7 .796 0.6 1.9 2.5 7.3 1.7 0.1 3.6 3.5 17.7
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 76 1333 5.6 12.4 .449 0.0 0.3 .100 2.9 3.6 .805 0.5 1.8 2.3 6.7 1.6 0.1 2.4 2.3 14.0
1980-81 25 TOT NBA 84 2166 5.4 10.7 .507 0.0 0.2 .167 2.7 3.1 .862 0.6 2.5 3.1 6.0 1.6 0.2 2.6 3.8 13.6
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 35 1032 4.3 8.1 .532 0.0 0.1 .500 1.5 1.7 .917 0.4 2.2 2.6 5.5 1.3 0.1 2.4 3.7 10.2
1980-81 25 DEN NBA 49 1134 6.4 13.1 .493 0.0 0.3 .100 3.7 4.4 .843 0.8 2.7 3.5 6.4 1.9 0.2 2.8 3.9 16.7
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 81 27 1963 6.8 12.8 .528 0.0 0.3 .000 2.5 3.1 .806 0.5 2.1 2.6 6.2 1.3 0.3 2.1 3.4 16.0
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 68 38 1559 6.1 12.6 .487 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 3.9 .814 0.5 2.3 2.8 6.7 0.9 0.1 2.3 3.3 15.4
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 80 0 843 5.8 13.0 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.0 .848 0.3 2.0 2.3 6.9 1.2 0.0 2.0 3.6 13.3
1985-86 30 CHI NBA 9 0 83 4.3 10.0 .435 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.4 1.7 2.2 5.6 1.3 0.0 0.9 3.9 9.5
Career NBA 476 65 9189 6.1 12.4 .493 0.0 0.2 .063 2.8 3.4 .820 0.5 2.1 2.7 6.5 1.4 0.2 2.5 3.4 15.0

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 23 KCK NBA 78 1242 15.6 .555 .503 1.7 5.8 3.7 27.0 2.1 0.1 18.4 20.8 106 104 1.7 1.2 3.0
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 76 1333 13.4 .502 .450 1.6 5.5 3.5 24.8 2.0 0.2 14.7 18.2 104 104 1.1 1.6 2.7
1980-81 25 TOT NBA 84 2166 13.3 .562 .509 1.7 7.4 4.6 22.2 2.1 0.3 17.8 16.1 109 111 2.6 0.8 3.4
1980-81 25 UTA NBA 35 1032 11.0 .576 .534 1.3 6.8 4.1 21.0 1.8 0.2 21.6 13.5 106 112 0.8 0.3 1.1
1980-81 25 DEN NBA 49 1134 15.5 .554 .494 2.1 7.9 4.9 23.3 2.4 0.3 15.7 18.4 111 110 1.8 0.5 2.3
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 81 1963 14.4 .565 .528 1.6 6.0 3.9 21.1 1.5 0.4 12.9 17.2 115 116 3.4 -0.1 3.3
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 68 1559 13.2 .539 .487 1.4 6.5 3.9 22.2 1.1 0.2 14.0 17.1 110 113 2.3 0.0 2.3
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 80 843 11.7 .478 .446 0.9 6.3 3.6 25.1 1.5 0.0 12.9 17.6 107 115 0.7 0.1 0.9
1985-86 30 CHI NBA 9 83 9.9 .461 .435 1.3 5.7 3.4 20.7 1.7 0.0 7.7 12.7 111 115 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 476 9189 13.7 .541 .493 1.5 6.3 3.9 23.3 1.7 0.2 15.3 17.5 109 111 11.9 3.7 15.6

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 23 KCK NBA 5 96 15 40 6 7 4 7 24 5 0 12 5 36 .375 .857 19.2 7.2 1.4 4.8
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 3 34 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 3 2 4 .400 .000 11.3 1.3 1.0 2.7
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 3 91 16 27 0 1 10 12 2 6 10 3 0 5 9 42 .593 .000 .833 30.3 14.0 2.0 3.3
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 8 113 26 46 0 0 10 18 5 13 18 2 0 7 15 62 .565 .556 14.1 7.8 1.6 2.3
Career NBA 19 334 59 118 0 2 26 37 13 29 60 10 0 27 31 144 .500 .000 .703 17.6 7.6 1.5 3.2

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 23 KCK NBA 5 96 11.7 .418 .375 3.8 3.6 3.7 39.1 2.3 0.0 21.8 21.6 87 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 3 34 6.6 .400 .400 5.9 3.4 4.7 29.1 0.0 0.0 37.5 9.7 90 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981-82 26 DEN NBA 3 91 15.3 .651 .593 2.3 5.0 3.6 13.3 1.5 0.0 13.4 15.9 125 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 8 113 15.4 .575 .565 4.2 7.2 5.6 21.9 0.8 0.0 11.5 20.9 111 114 0.2 0.0 0.2
Career NBA 19 334 13.4 .536 .500 3.8 5.2 4.5 25.2 1.3 0.0 16.7 18.6 105 112 0.3 0.1 0.4

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
1973-74 18 NWESTERN 24 861 165 348 48 60 85 378 .474 .800 35.9 15.8 3.5
1974-75 19 NWESTERN 26 921 199 422 75 102 85 473 .472 .735 35.4 18.2 3.3
1975-76 20 NWESTERN 27 912 199 426 135 163 63 533 .467 .828 33.8 19.7 2.3
1976-77 21 NWESTERN 25 868 205 449 106 136 70 516 .457 .779 34.7 20.6 2.8
Career 102 3562 768 1645 364 461 303 1900 .467 .790 34.9 18.6 3.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1980-81 NBA 84 (1)

Free Throw Pct

1980-81 NBA .862 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (661)

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 6th round (115th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

August 23, 1977: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

September 14, 1978: Signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Kings.

May 28, 1980: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks from the Kansas City Kings in the NBA expansion draft.

September 11, 1980: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Utah Jazz for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Mark West) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Anthony Teachey).

December 22, 1980: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Denver Nuggets for Carl Nicks.

October 4, 1983: Traded by the Denver Nuggets to the San Diego Clippers for Richard Anderson.

July 24, 1985: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

September 25, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

December 17, 1985: Waived by the Chicago Bulls.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $125,000
Career (may be incomplete) $125,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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