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Tom Owens

Thomas William Owens (Tom)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: June 28, 1949 in Bronx, New York
High School: LaSalle Academy in New York, New York
College: University of South Carolina

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 4th round (7th pick, 58th overall) of the 1971 NBA draft.

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
1971-72 22 TOT ABA 69 1118 197 402 .490 1 5 .200 109 175 .623 163 227 390 51 83 170 504
1971-72 22 MMP ABA 38 617 98 209 .469 0 2 .000 54 88 .614 86 113 199 30 51 89 250
1971-72 22 CAR ABA 31 501 99 193 .513 1 3 .333 55 87 .632 77 114 191 21 32 81 254
1972-73 23 CAR ABA 83 2209 393 727 .541 0 2 .000 193 284 .680 229 417 646 94 173 318 979
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 81 2284 444 843 .527 2 6 .333 226 294 .769 301 416 717 127 54 41 171 308 1116
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 82 2647 511 969 .527 0 2 .000 217 289 .751 296 609 905 208 36 82 153 261 1239
1974-75 25 SSL ABA 5 89 14 26 .538 0 0 5 9 .556 11 15 26 7 2 3 6 9 33
1974-75 25 MMS ABA 77 2558 497 943 .527 0 2 .000 212 280 .757 285 594 879 201 34 79 147 252 1206
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 74 1107 178 369 .482 0 0 92 129 .713 115 202 317 69 11 41 74 200 448
1975-76 26 KEN ABA 19 326 46 105 .438 0 0 26 44 .591 33 60 93 19 6 17 26 50 118
1975-76 26 INA ABA 16 243 42 82 .512 0 0 20 25 .800 28 41 69 9 2 11 19 53 104
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 39 538 90 182 .495 0 0 46 60 .767 54 101 155 41 3 13 29 97 226
1976-77 27 HOU NBA 46 462 68 135 .504 52 76 .684 47 95 142 18 4 13 96 188
1977-78 28 POR NBA 82 1714 313 639 .490 206 278 .741 195 346 541 160 33 37 152 263 832
1978-79 29 POR NBA 82 2791 600 1095 .548 320 403 .794 263 477 740 301 59 58 247 329 1520
1979-80 30 POR NBA 76 2337 518 1008 .514 1 2 .500 213 283 .753 189 384 573 194 45 53 174 270 1250
1980-81 31 POR NBA 79 1843 322 630 .511 0 4 .000 191 250 .764 165 291 456 140 36 47 130 273 835
1981-82 32 IND NBA 74 40 1599 299 636 .470 1 2 .500 181 226 .801 142 230 372 127 41 37 137 259 780
1982-83 33 DET NBA 49 4 725 81 192 .422 0 0 45 66 .682 66 120 186 44 12 14 48 115 207
Career TOT 877 44 20836 3924 7645 .513 5 23 .217 2045 2753 .743 2171 3814 5985 1533 331 423 1542 2862 9898
NBA 488 44 11471 2201 4335 .508 2 8 .250 1208 1582 .764 1067 1943 3010 984 230 259 888 1605 5612
ABA 389 9365 1723 3310 .521 3 15 .200 837 1171 .715 1104 1871 2975 549 101 164 654 1257 4286

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
1971-72 22 TOT ABA 69 16.2 2.9 5.8 .490 0.0 0.1 .200 1.6 2.5 .623 2.4 3.3 5.7 0.7 1.2 2.5 7.3
1971-72 22 MMP ABA 38 16.2 2.6 5.5 .469 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.3 .614 2.3 3.0 5.2 0.8 1.3 2.3 6.6
1971-72 22 CAR ABA 31 16.2 3.2 6.2 .513 0.0 0.1 .333 1.8 2.8 .632 2.5 3.7 6.2 0.7 1.0 2.6 8.2
1972-73 23 CAR ABA 83 26.6 4.7 8.8 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.4 .680 2.8 5.0 7.8 1.1 2.1 3.8 11.8
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 81 28.2 5.5 10.4 .527 0.0 0.1 .333 2.8 3.6 .769 3.7 5.1 8.9 1.6 0.7 0.5 2.1 3.8 13.8
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 82 32.3 6.2 11.8 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.5 .751 3.6 7.4 11.0 2.5 0.4 1.0 1.9 3.2 15.1
1974-75 25 SSL ABA 5 17.8 2.8 5.2 .538 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.8 .556 2.2 3.0 5.2 1.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.8 6.6
1974-75 25 MMS ABA 77 33.2 6.5 12.2 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.6 .757 3.7 7.7 11.4 2.6 0.4 1.0 1.9 3.3 15.7
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 74 15.0 2.4 5.0 .482 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.7 .713 1.6 2.7 4.3 0.9 0.1 0.6 1.0 2.7 6.1
1975-76 26 KEN ABA 19 17.2 2.4 5.5 .438 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.3 .591 1.7 3.2 4.9 1.0 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.6 6.2
1975-76 26 INA ABA 16 15.2 2.6 5.1 .512 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .800 1.8 2.6 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.2 3.3 6.5
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 39 13.8 2.3 4.7 .495 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.5 .767 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.5 5.8
1976-77 27 HOU NBA 46 10.0 1.5 2.9 .504 1.1 1.7 .684 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.1 4.1
1977-78 28 POR NBA 82 20.9 3.8 7.8 .490 2.5 3.4 .741 2.4 4.2 6.6 2.0 0.4 0.5 1.9 3.2 10.1
1978-79 29 POR NBA 82 34.0 7.3 13.4 .548 3.9 4.9 .794 3.2 5.8 9.0 3.7 0.7 0.7 3.0 4.0 18.5
1979-80 30 POR NBA 76 30.8 6.8 13.3 .514 0.0 0.0 .500 2.8 3.7 .753 2.5 5.1 7.5 2.6 0.6 0.7 2.3 3.6 16.4
1980-81 31 POR NBA 79 23.3 4.1 8.0 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .764 2.1 3.7 5.8 1.8 0.5 0.6 1.6 3.5 10.6
1981-82 32 IND NBA 74 40 21.6 4.0 8.6 .470 0.0 0.0 .500 2.4 3.1 .801 1.9 3.1 5.0 1.7 0.6 0.5 1.9 3.5 10.5
1982-83 33 DET NBA 49 4 14.8 1.7 3.9 .422 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .682 1.3 2.4 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.3 1.0 2.3 4.2
Career TOT 877 44 23.8 4.5 8.7 .513 0.0 0.0 .217 2.3 3.1 .743 2.5 4.3 6.8 1.7 0.5 0.6 1.9 3.3 11.3
NBA 488 44 23.5 4.5 8.9 .508 0.0 0.0 .250 2.5 3.2 .764 2.2 4.0 6.2 2.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 3.3 11.5
ABA 389 24.1 4.4 8.5 .521 0.0 0.0 .200 2.2 3.0 .715 2.8 4.8 7.6 1.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 3.2 11.0

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
1971-72 22 TOT ABA 69 1118 6.3 12.9 .490 0.0 0.2 .200 3.5 5.6 .623 5.2 7.3 12.6 1.6 2.7 5.5 16.2
1971-72 22 MMP ABA 38 617 5.7 12.2 .469 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 5.1 .614 5.0 6.6 11.6 1.8 3.0 5.2 14.6
1971-72 22 CAR ABA 31 501 7.1 13.9 .513 0.1 0.2 .333 4.0 6.3 .632 5.5 8.2 13.7 1.5 2.3 5.8 18.3
1972-73 23 CAR ABA 83 2209 6.4 11.8 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.6 .680 3.7 6.8 10.5 1.5 2.8 5.2 16.0
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 81 2284 7.0 13.3 .527 0.0 0.1 .333 3.6 4.6 .769 4.7 6.6 11.3 2.0 0.9 0.6 2.7 4.9 17.6
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 82 2647 6.9 13.2 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.9 .751 4.0 8.3 12.3 2.8 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.5 16.9
1974-75 25 SSL ABA 5 89 5.7 10.5 .538 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.6 .556 4.4 6.1 10.5 2.8 0.8 1.2 2.4 3.6 13.3
1974-75 25 MMS ABA 77 2558 7.0 13.3 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.9 .757 4.0 8.4 12.4 2.8 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.5 17.0
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 74 1107 5.8 12.0 .482 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.2 .713 3.7 6.6 10.3 2.2 0.4 1.3 2.4 6.5 14.6
1975-76 26 KEN ABA 19 326 5.1 11.6 .438 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 .591 3.6 6.6 10.3 2.1 0.7 1.9 2.9 5.5 13.0
1975-76 26 INA ABA 16 243 6.2 12.1 .512 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 .800 4.1 6.1 10.2 1.3 0.3 1.6 2.8 7.9 15.4
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 39 538 6.0 12.2 .495 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.0 .767 3.6 6.8 10.4 2.7 0.2 0.9 1.9 6.5 15.1
1976-77 27 HOU NBA 46 462 5.3 10.5 .504 4.1 5.9 .684 3.7 7.4 11.1 1.4 0.3 1.0 7.5 14.6
1977-78 28 POR NBA 82 1714 6.6 13.4 .490 4.3 5.8 .741 4.1 7.3 11.4 3.4 0.7 0.8 3.2 5.5 17.5
1978-79 29 POR NBA 82 2791 7.7 14.1 .548 4.1 5.2 .794 3.4 6.2 9.5 3.9 0.8 0.7 3.2 4.2 19.6
1979-80 30 POR NBA 76 2337 8.0 15.5 .514 0.0 0.0 .500 3.3 4.4 .753 2.9 5.9 8.8 3.0 0.7 0.8 2.7 4.2 19.3
1980-81 31 POR NBA 79 1843 6.3 12.3 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.9 .764 3.2 5.7 8.9 2.7 0.7 0.9 2.5 5.3 16.3
1981-82 32 IND NBA 74 40 1599 6.7 14.3 .470 0.0 0.0 .500 4.1 5.1 .801 3.2 5.2 8.4 2.9 0.9 0.8 3.1 5.8 17.6
1982-83 33 DET NBA 49 4 725 4.0 9.5 .422 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.3 .682 3.3 6.0 9.2 2.2 0.6 0.7 2.4 5.7 10.3
Career TOT 877 44 20836 6.8 13.2 .513 0.0 0.1 .217 3.5 4.8 .743 3.8 6.6 10.3 2.6 0.7 0.9 2.7 4.9 17.1
NBA 488 44 11471 6.9 13.6 .508 0.0 0.0 .250 3.8 5.0 .764 3.3 6.1 9.4 3.1 0.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 17.6
ABA 389 9365 6.6 12.7 .521 0.0 0.1 .200 3.2 4.5 .715 4.2 7.2 11.4 2.1 0.6 1.0 2.5 4.8 16.5

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
1971-72 22 TOT ABA 69 1118 15.6 .526 .491 12.4 19.2 15.6 6.3 14.8 18.5
1971-72 22 MMP ABA 38 617 13.2 .505 .469 11.4 17.0 14.0 6.9 17.1 17.7
1971-72 22 CAR ABA 31 501 18.6 .549 .516 13.6 22.0 17.6 5.6 12.2 19.4
1972-73 23 CAR ABA 83 2209 14.3 .575 .541 10.7 19.5 15.0 5.6 16.9 17.5
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 81 2284 18.0 .574 .528 13.8 19.4 16.6 7.7 1.1 1.0 15.0 19.6 114 102 15.4 7.1 22 7 7.5
1974-75 25 TOT ABA 82 2647 19.4 .565 .527 11.0 24.2 17.4 11.4 0.7 1.7 12.2 19.6 114 106 13.7 6.9 21 9 6.0
1974-75 25 SSL ABA 5 89 15.0 .551 .538 12.1 17.2 14.6 10.2 1.0 1.8 16.7 15.3 110 107 0.3 0.2 1 0 0.5
1974-75 25 MMS ABA 77 2558 19.5 .566 .527 11.0 24.5 17.5 11.5 0.6 1.7 12.1 19.8 114 105 13.5 6.7 20 9 5.5
1975-76 26 TOT ABA 74 1107 12.8 .526 .482 10.1 17.4 13.8 8.0 0.4 1.9 14.8 17.2 107 104 3.6 3.4 6 5 0.5
1975-76 26 KEN ABA 19 326 11.2 .474 .438 9.9 17.3 13.7 7.5 0.8 2.8 17.3 17.6 96 101 0.0 1.4 1 2 -0.5
1975-76 26 INA ABA 16 243 12.4 .559 .512 9.9 16.2 12.9 5.0 0.4 2.3 17.0 17.1 106 105 0.7 0.6 1 1 0.0
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 39 538 13.9 .542 .495 10.4 18.0 14.3 9.6 0.3 1.3 12.2 17.0 114 105 2.9 1.4 4 2 1.0
1976-77 27 HOU NBA 46 462 13.8 .558 .504 11.5 21.7 16.8 5.2 0.4 1.5 102
1977-78 28 POR NBA 82 1714 17.4 .546 .490 12.1 20.6 16.4 13.0 0.9 1.2 16.6 21.1 107 97 10.7 8.3 19 4 7.5
1978-79 29 POR NBA 82 2791 19.9 .597 .548 10.3 19.2 14.7 15.9 1.0 1.2 16.3 21.5 115 104 21.7 9.2 31 8 11.5
1979-80 30 POR NBA 76 2337 18.1 .552 .514 8.8 18.3 13.5 13.0 0.9 1.3 13.3 22.9 110 104 10.3 7.8 18 10 4.0
1980-81 31 POR NBA 79 1843 15.1 .564 .511 9.7 17.2 13.5 9.9 0.9 1.4 14.9 18.7 111 106 9.3 5.5 15 7 4.0
1981-82 32 IND NBA 74 1599 14.9 .530 .471 9.4 16.0 12.6 12.2 1.2 1.3 15.7 22.7 103 105 2.3 5.9 8 12 -2.0
1982-83 33 DET NBA 49 725 8.7 .468 .422 9.3 17.6 13.3 7.6 0.8 1.0 17.8 14.3 96 106 0.0 1.7 2 6 -2.0
Career TOT 877 20836 16.7 .559 .514 10.8 19.4 15.0 10.5 0.9 1.3 15.1 19.9 111 104 87.1 55.8 142 68 37.0
NBA 488 11471 16.7 .558 .508 10.0 18.5 14.2 12.4 0.9 1.3 15.4 21.0 109 103 54.3 38.4 93 47 23.0
ABA 389 9365 16.6 .560 .521 11.7 20.5 16.0 8.1 0.8 1.5 14.6 18.7 113 104 32.7 17.3 49 21 14.0

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
1972-73 23 CAR ABA 12 377 65 127 0 0 45 60 53 137 19 19 49 175 .512 .750 31.4 14.6 11.4 1.6
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 4 78 15 36 0 0 1 3 7 15 5 1 0 4 18 31 .417 .333 19.5 7.8 3.8 1.3
1974-75 25 MMS ABA 5 207 48 87 0 0 13 19 19 62 10 3 1 7 20 109 .552 .684 41.4 21.8 12.4 2.0
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 7 89 8 24 0 1 7 14 11 24 2 2 2 3 15 23 .333 .000 .500 12.7 3.3 3.4 0.3
1976-77 27 HOU NBA 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .000 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
1977-78 28 POR NBA 6 200 38 69 15 21 13 39 26 5 7 7 30 91 .551 .714 33.3 15.2 6.5 4.3
1978-79 29 POR NBA 3 80 15 31 5 8 9 19 5 4 1 7 16 35 .484 .625 26.7 11.7 6.3 1.7
1979-80 30 POR NBA 3 83 14 26 0 0 5 8 13 21 2 1 2 5 14 33 .538 .625 27.7 11.0 7.0 0.7
1980-81 31 POR NBA 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Career TOT 44 1126 203 401 0 1 91 133 125 320 69 17 13 52 164 497 .506 .000 .684 25.6 11.3 7.3 1.6
ABA 28 751 136 274 0 1 66 96 90 238 36 6 3 33 102 338 .496 .000 .688 26.8 12.1 8.5 1.3
NBA 16 375 67 127 0 0 25 37 35 82 33 11 10 19 62 159 .528 .676 23.4 9.9 5.1 2.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
Career ABA 389 (50)

Minutes Played

Career ABA 9365 (63)

Field Goals

Career ABA 1723 (62)

Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 3310 (74)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 ABA .527 (3)
1978-79 NBA .548 (10)
Career NBA .508 (69)
Career .513 (54)

Free Throws

Career ABA 837 (68)

Free Throw Attempts

Career ABA 1171 (67)

Offensive Rebounds

1973-74 ABA 301 (6)
1974-75 ABA 296 (7)
Career ABA 1104 (32)
Career 2171 (62)

Defensive Rebounds

1974-75 ABA 609 (10)
Career ABA 1871 (36)

Total Rebounds

1974-75 ABA 905 (8)
Career ABA 2975 (37)

Assists

Career ABA 549 (97)

Steals

Career ABA 101 (79)

Blocks

Career ABA 164 (21)

Turnovers

Career ABA 654 (71)

Personal Fouls

1972-73 ABA 318 (3)
1973-74 ABA 308 (5)
1978-79 NBA 329 (5)
Career ABA 1257 (40)
Career 2862 (90)

Points

Career ABA 4286 (63)

Rebounds Per Game

1974-75 ABA 11.0 (7)

Player Efficiency Rating

1974-75 ABA 19.4 (7)

True Shooting Pct

1972-73 ABA .575 (9)
1973-74 ABA .574 (4)
1978-79 NBA .597 (9)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1972-73 ABA 10.7 (6)
1973-74 ABA 13.8 (1)
1974-75 ABA 11.0 (9)
Career 10.8 (41)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1974-75 ABA 24.2 (6)
Career 19.4 (83)

Total Rebound Pct

1972-73 ABA 15.0 (9)
1973-74 ABA 16.6 (7)
1974-75 ABA 17.4 (6)
Career 15.0 (73)

Offensive Rating

1973-74 ABA 113.8 (4)
1974-75 ABA 114.2 (6)
1978-79 NBA 115.0 (7)

Offensive Win Shares

1973-74 ABA 15.4 (8)
1978-79 NBA 21.7 (8)
Career ABA 32.7 (12)

Defensive Win Shares

Career ABA 17.3 (35)

Win Shares

1978-79 NBA 31 (6)
Career ABA 49 (21)

Loss Shares

Career ABA 21 (65)

Win Shares Above Average

1973-74 ABA 7.5 (10)
1978-79 NBA 11.5 (5)
Career ABA 14.0 (17)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (536)