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Willie Naulls

William Dean Naulls (Willie, The Whale)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-6    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: October 7, 1934 in Dallas, Texas
High School: San Pedro in San Pedro, California
College: University of California, Los Angeles

Drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1956 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
1956-57 22 TOT NBA 71 1778 293 820 .357 132 195 .677 617 84 186 718
1956-57 22 STL NBA 19 438 77 211 .365 41 60 .683 167 22 57 195
1956-57 22 NYK NBA 52 1340 216 609 .355 91 135 .674 450 62 129 523
1957-58 23 NYK NBA 68 2369 472 1189 .397 284 344 .826 799 97 220 1228
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 68 2061 405 1072 .378 258 311 .830 723 102 233 1068
1959-60 25 NYK NBA 65 2250 551 1286 .428 286 342 .836 921 138 214 1388
1960-61 26 NYK NBA 79 2976 737 1723 .428 372 456 .816 1055 191 268 1846
1961-62 27 NYK NBA 75 2978 747 1798 .415 383 455 .842 867 192 260 1877
1962-63 28 TOT NBA 70 1901 370 887 .417 166 207 .802 515 102 205 906
1962-63 28 NYK NBA 23 676 155 375 .413 78 96 .813 200 44 42 388
1962-63 28 SFW NBA 47 1225 215 512 .420 88 111 .793 315 58 163 518
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 78 1409 321 769 .417 125 157 .796 356 64 208 767
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 71 1465 302 786 .384 143 176 .813 336 72 225 747
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 71 1433 328 815 .402 104 131 .794 319 72 197 760
Career NBA 716 20620 4526 11145 .406 2253 2774 .812 6508 1114 2216 11305

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
1956-57 22 TOT NBA 71 25.0 4.1 11.5 .357 1.9 2.7 .677 8.7 1.2 2.6 10.1
1956-57 22 STL NBA 19 23.1 4.1 11.1 .365 2.2 3.2 .683 8.8 1.2 3.0 10.3
1956-57 22 NYK NBA 52 25.8 4.2 11.7 .355 1.8 2.6 .674 8.7 1.2 2.5 10.1
1957-58 23 NYK NBA 68 34.8 6.9 17.5 .397 4.2 5.1 .826 11.8 1.4 3.2 18.1
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 68 30.3 6.0 15.8 .378 3.8 4.6 .830 10.6 1.5 3.4 15.7
1959-60 25 NYK NBA 65 34.6 8.5 19.8 .428 4.4 5.3 .836 14.2 2.1 3.3 21.4
1960-61 26 NYK NBA 79 37.7 9.3 21.8 .428 4.7 5.8 .816 13.4 2.4 3.4 23.4
1961-62 27 NYK NBA 75 39.7 10.0 24.0 .415 5.1 6.1 .842 11.6 2.6 3.5 25.0
1962-63 28 TOT NBA 70 27.2 5.3 12.7 .417 2.4 3.0 .802 7.4 1.5 2.9 12.9
1962-63 28 NYK NBA 23 29.4 6.7 16.3 .413 3.4 4.2 .813 8.7 1.9 1.8 16.9
1962-63 28 SFW NBA 47 26.1 4.6 10.9 .420 1.9 2.4 .793 6.7 1.2 3.5 11.0
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 78 18.1 4.1 9.9 .417 1.6 2.0 .796 4.6 0.8 2.7 9.8
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 71 20.6 4.3 11.1 .384 2.0 2.5 .813 4.7 1.0 3.2 10.5
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 71 20.2 4.6 11.5 .402 1.5 1.8 .794 4.5 1.0 2.8 10.7
Career NBA 716 28.8 6.3 15.6 .406 3.1 3.9 .812 9.1 1.6 3.1 15.8

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
1956-57 22 TOT NBA 71 1778 5.9 16.6 .357 2.7 3.9 .677 12.5 1.7 3.8 14.5
1956-57 22 STL NBA 19 438 6.3 17.3 .365 3.4 4.9 .683 13.7 1.8 4.7 16.0
1956-57 22 NYK NBA 52 1340 5.8 16.4 .355 2.4 3.6 .674 12.1 1.7 3.5 14.1
1957-58 23 NYK NBA 68 2369 7.2 18.1 .397 4.3 5.2 .826 12.1 1.5 3.3 18.7
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 68 2061 7.1 18.7 .378 4.5 5.4 .830 12.6 1.8 4.1 18.7
1959-60 25 NYK NBA 65 2250 8.8 20.6 .428 4.6 5.5 .836 14.7 2.2 3.4 22.2
1960-61 26 NYK NBA 79 2976 8.9 20.8 .428 4.5 5.5 .816 12.8 2.3 3.2 22.3
1961-62 27 NYK NBA 75 2978 9.0 21.7 .415 4.6 5.5 .842 10.5 2.3 3.1 22.7
1962-63 28 TOT NBA 70 1901 7.0 16.8 .417 3.1 3.9 .802 9.8 1.9 3.9 17.2
1962-63 28 NYK NBA 23 676 8.3 20.0 .413 4.2 5.1 .813 10.7 2.3 2.2 20.7
1962-63 28 SFW NBA 47 1225 6.3 15.0 .420 2.6 3.3 .793 9.3 1.7 4.8 15.2
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 78 1409 8.2 19.6 .417 3.2 4.0 .796 9.1 1.6 5.3 19.6
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 71 1465 7.4 19.3 .384 3.5 4.3 .813 8.3 1.8 5.5 18.4
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 71 1433 8.2 20.5 .402 2.6 3.3 .794 8.0 1.8 4.9 19.1
Career NBA 716 20620 7.9 19.5 .406 3.9 4.8 .812 11.4 1.9 3.9 19.7

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
1956-57 22 TOT NBA 71 1778 13.8 .396 .357
1956-57 22 STL NBA 19 438 15.5 .411 .365
1956-57 22 NYK NBA 52 1340 13.3 .391 .355
1957-58 23 NYK NBA 68 2369 17.1 .458 .397
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 68 2061 16.5 .442 .378
1959-60 25 NYK NBA 65 2250 20.0 .483 .428
1960-61 26 NYK NBA 79 2976 19.1 .480 .428
1961-62 27 NYK NBA 75 2978 17.7 .470 .415
1962-63 28 TOT NBA 70 1901 13.4 .463 .417
1962-63 28 NYK NBA 23 676 17.3 .465 .413
1962-63 28 SFW NBA 47 1225 11.2 .462 .420
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 78 1409 14.4 .458 .417
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 71 1465 12.4 .433 .384 6.8
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 71 1433 12.5 .435 .402 7.4
Career NBA 716 20620 16.3 .457 .406 7.1

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
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 2 63 14 42 6 8 21 3 11 34 .333 .750 31.5 17.0 10.5 1.5
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 10 167 37 95 17 23 46 8 31 91 .389 .739 16.7 9.1 4.6 0.8
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 12 180 39 95 10 15 51 9 27 88 .411 .667 15.0 7.3 4.3 0.8
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 11 75 9 35 17 21 16 1 23 35 .257 .810 6.8 3.2 1.5 0.1
Career NBA 35 485 99 267 50 67 134 21 92 248 .371 .746 13.9 7.1 3.8 0.6

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
1958-59 24 NYK NBA 2 63 10.0 .373 .333 6.7
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 10 167 14.2 .433 .389 7.8
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 12 180 12.4 .433 .411 6.8
1965-66 31 BOS NBA 11 75 5.2 .396 .257 1.7
Career NBA 35 485 11.6 .418 .371 6.3

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
1957-58 23 NYK NBA 1 15 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 3 0 0 8
1959-60 25 NYK NBA 1 26 5 19 .263 3 4 .750 10 0 1 13
1960-61 26 NYK NBA 1 16 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 6 2 2 8
1961-62 27 NYK NBA 1 21 5 16 .313 1 1 1.000 7 0 5 11
Career NBA 4 78 17 50 .340 6 8 .750 26 2 8 40

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1958 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA

Honors

1955-56 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

MVP Award Shares

1959-60 NBA 0.008 (12)
1960-61 NBA 0.003 (15)
Career 0.011 (150)

Games

1960-61 NBA 79 (1)

Minutes Played

1960-61 NBA 2976 (9)

Field Goals

1957-58 NBA 472 (9)
1960-61 NBA 737 (6)
1961-62 NBA 747 (7)

Field Goal Attempts

1957-58 NBA 1189 (9)
1960-61 NBA 1723 (3)
1961-62 NBA 1798 (6)

Free Throw Pct

1957-58 NBA .826 (8)
1958-59 NBA .830 (5)
1959-60 NBA .836 (6)
1961-62 NBA .842 (2)

Total Rebounds

1957-58 NBA 799 (10)
1958-59 NBA 723 (10)
1959-60 NBA 921 (6)
1960-61 NBA 1055 (6)

Points

1960-61 NBA 1846 (7)
1961-62 NBA 1877 (7)

Minutes Per Game

1960-61 NBA 37.7 (10)
1961-62 NBA 39.7 (8)

Points Per Game

1957-58 NBA 18.1 (10)
1960-61 NBA 23.4 (8)
1961-62 NBA 25.0 (7)

Rebounds Per Game

1957-58 NBA 11.8 (9)
1958-59 NBA 10.6 (10)
1959-60 NBA 14.2 (5)
1960-61 NBA 13.4 (7)
1961-62 NBA 11.6 (10)
Career NBA 9.1 (71)
Career 9.1 (76)

Player Efficiency Rating

1960-61 NBA 19.1 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.555 (92)
  

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