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Gene Shue

Eugene William Shue (Gene)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland
High School: Catholic in Towson, Maryland
College: University of Maryland

Drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1954 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

4
Philadelphia Warriors
1955		 6
New York Knickerbockers
1955		 7
New York Knickerbockers
1955-1956		 7
Fort Wayne Pistons
1957		 21
Detroit Pistons
1958-1962		 21
New York Knickerbockers
1963		 12
Baltimore Bullets
1964

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
1954-55 23 TOT NBA 62 947 100 289 .346 59 78 .756 154 89 64 259
1954-55 23 PHW NBA 6 65 3 15 .200 5 6 .833 10 11 4 11
1954-55 23 NYK NBA 56 882 97 274 .354 54 72 .750 144 78 60 248
1955-56 24 NYK NBA 72 1750 240 625 .384 181 237 .764 212 179 111 661
1956-57 25 FTW NBA 72 2470 273 710 .385 241 316 .763 421 238 137 787
1957-58 26 DET NBA 63 2333 353 919 .384 276 327 .844 333 172 150 982
1958-59 27 DET NBA 72 2745 464 1197 .388 338 421 .803 335 231 129 1266
1959-60 28 DET NBA 75 3338 620 1501 .413 472 541 .872 409 295 146 1712
1960-61 29 DET NBA 78 3361 650 1545 .421 465 543 .856 334 530 207 1765
1961-62 30 DET NBA 80 3143 580 1422 .408 362 447 .810 372 465 192 1522
1962-63 31 NYK NBA 78 2288 354 894 .396 208 302 .689 191 259 171 916
1963-64 32 BAL NBA 47 963 81 276 .293 36 61 .590 94 150 98 198
Career NBA 699 23338 3715 9378 .396 2638 3273 .806 2855 2608 1405 10068

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
1954-55 23 TOT NBA 62 15.3 1.6 4.7 .346 1.0 1.3 .756 2.5 1.4 1.0 4.2
1954-55 23 PHW NBA 6 10.8 0.5 2.5 .200 0.8 1.0 .833 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.8
1954-55 23 NYK NBA 56 15.8 1.7 4.9 .354 1.0 1.3 .750 2.6 1.4 1.1 4.4
1955-56 24 NYK NBA 72 24.3 3.3 8.7 .384 2.5 3.3 .764 2.9 2.5 1.5 9.2
1956-57 25 FTW NBA 72 34.3 3.8 9.9 .385 3.3 4.4 .763 5.8 3.3 1.9 10.9
1957-58 26 DET NBA 63 37.0 5.6 14.6 .384 4.4 5.2 .844 5.3 2.7 2.4 15.6
1958-59 27 DET NBA 72 38.1 6.4 16.6 .388 4.7 5.8 .803 4.7 3.2 1.8 17.6
1959-60 28 DET NBA 75 44.5 8.3 20.0 .413 6.3 7.2 .872 5.5 3.9 1.9 22.8
1960-61 29 DET NBA 78 43.1 8.3 19.8 .421 6.0 7.0 .856 4.3 6.8 2.7 22.6
1961-62 30 DET NBA 80 39.3 7.3 17.8 .408 4.5 5.6 .810 4.7 5.8 2.4 19.0
1962-63 31 NYK NBA 78 29.3 4.5 11.5 .396 2.7 3.9 .689 2.4 3.3 2.2 11.7
1963-64 32 BAL NBA 47 20.5 1.7 5.9 .293 0.8 1.3 .590 2.0 3.2 2.1 4.2
Career NBA 699 33.4 5.3 13.4 .396 3.8 4.7 .806 4.1 3.7 2.0 14.4

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
1954-55 23 TOT NBA 62 947 3.8 11.0 .346 2.2 3.0 .756 5.9 3.4 2.4 9.8
1954-55 23 PHW NBA 6 65 1.7 8.3 .200 2.8 3.3 .833 5.5 6.1 2.2 6.1
1954-55 23 NYK NBA 56 882 4.0 11.2 .354 2.2 2.9 .750 5.9 3.2 2.4 10.1
1955-56 24 NYK NBA 72 1750 4.9 12.9 .384 3.7 4.9 .764 4.4 3.7 2.3 13.6
1956-57 25 FTW NBA 72 2470 4.0 10.3 .385 3.5 4.6 .763 6.1 3.5 2.0 11.5
1957-58 26 DET NBA 63 2333 5.4 14.2 .384 4.3 5.0 .844 5.1 2.7 2.3 15.2
1958-59 27 DET NBA 72 2745 6.1 15.7 .388 4.4 5.5 .803 4.4 3.0 1.7 16.6
1959-60 28 DET NBA 75 3338 6.7 16.2 .413 5.1 5.8 .872 4.4 3.2 1.6 18.5
1960-61 29 DET NBA 78 3361 7.0 16.5 .421 5.0 5.8 .856 3.6 5.7 2.2 18.9
1961-62 30 DET NBA 80 3143 6.6 16.3 .408 4.1 5.1 .810 4.3 5.3 2.2 17.4
1962-63 31 NYK NBA 78 2288 5.6 14.1 .396 3.3 4.8 .689 3.0 4.1 2.7 14.4
1963-64 32 BAL NBA 47 963 3.0 10.3 .293 1.3 2.3 .590 3.5 5.6 3.7 7.4
Career NBA 699 23338 5.7 14.5 .396 4.1 5.0 .806 4.4 4.0 2.2 15.5

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
1954-55 23 TOT NBA 62 947 10.2 .401 .346
1954-55 23 PHW NBA 6 65 8.9 .312 .200
1954-55 23 NYK NBA 56 882 10.3 .406 .354
1955-56 24 NYK NBA 72 1750 13.0 .453 .384
1956-57 25 FTW NBA 72 2470 13.8 .463 .385
1957-58 26 DET NBA 63 2333 13.6 .462 .384
1958-59 27 DET NBA 72 2745 14.6 .458 .388
1959-60 28 DET NBA 75 3338 15.6 .492 .413
1960-61 29 DET NBA 78 3361 15.9 .495 .421
1961-62 30 DET NBA 80 3143 14.7 .470 .408
1962-63 31 NYK NBA 78 2288 10.7 .446 .396
1963-64 32 BAL NBA 47 963 6.0 .327 .293
Career NBA 699 23338 13.7 .465 .396

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
1954-55 23 NYK NBA 3 49 8 17 6 7 12 4 5 22 .471 .857 16.3 7.3 4.0 1.3
1956-57 25 FTW NBA 2 79 14 27 4 4 7 8 3 32 .519 1.000 39.5 16.0 3.5 4.0
1957-58 26 DET NBA 7 281 45 123 40 43 46 33 15 130 .366 .930 40.1 18.6 6.6 4.7
1958-59 27 DET NBA 3 118 28 60 27 33 14 10 7 83 .467 .818 39.3 27.7 4.7 3.3
1959-60 28 DET NBA 2 89 15 38 18 20 12 6 5 48 .395 .900 44.5 24.0 6.0 3.0
1960-61 29 DET NBA 5 186 35 72 23 29 12 22 11 93 .486 .793 37.2 18.6 2.4 4.4
1961-62 30 DET NBA 10 363 62 151 37 48 30 49 29 161 .411 .771 36.3 16.1 3.0 4.9
Career NBA 32 1165 207 488 155 184 133 132 75 569 .424 .842 36.4 17.8 4.2 4.1

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 26 DET NBA 1 25 8 11 .727 2 3 .667 2 0 3 18
1958-59 27 DET NBA 1 31 6 11 .545 1 2 .500 4 3 4 13
1959-60 28 DET NBA 1 34 6 13 .462 1 2 .500 6 6 0 13
1960-61 29 DET NBA 1 23 6 10 .600 3 4 .750 3 6 1 15
1961-62 30 DET NBA 1 17 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 5 4 3 7
Career NBA 5 130 29 51 .569 8 12 .667 20 19 11 66

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
1951-52 20 maryland 22 91 243 53 75 205 .374 .707 9.3
1952-53 21 maryland 23 176 375 156 223 508 .469 .700 22.1
1953-54 22 maryland 30 237 469 180 228 654 .505 .789 21.8
Career 75 504 1087 389 526 1367 .464 .740 18.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA

Honors

1959-60 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1960-61 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1958-59 NBA 0.002 (14)
1959-60 NBA 0.019 (7)
1960-61 NBA 0.021 (9)

Games

1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 75 (2)
1961-62 NBA 80 (1)

Minutes Played

1958-59 NBA 2745 (6)
1959-60 NBA 3338 (1)
 1960-61 NBA 3361 (3)
1961-62 NBA 3143 (7)

Field Goals

1959-60 NBA 620 (7)
1960-61 NBA 650 (8)

Field Goal Attempts

1958-59 NBA 1197 (10)
1959-60 NBA 1501 (7)
1960-61 NBA 1545 (9)

Free Throws

1959-60 NBA 472 (6)
1960-61 NBA 465 (9)

Free Throw Attempts

1959-60 NBA 541 (7)
1960-61 NBA 543 (10)

Free Throw Pct

1957-58 NBA .844 (7)
1958-59 NBA .803 (9)
1959-60 NBA .873 (2)
1960-61 NBA .856 (3)

Assists

1956-57 NBA 238 (7)
1960-61 NBA 530 (4)
1961-62 NBA 465 (5)

Points

1959-60 NBA 1712 (6)
1960-61 NBA 1765 (10)

Minutes Per Game

1957-58 NBA 37.0 (8)
1958-59 NBA 38.1 (6)
1959-60 NBA 44.5 (2)
1960-61 NBA 43.1 (3)
1961-62 NBA 39.3 (9)

Points Per Game

1959-60 NBA 22.8 (6)
1960-61 NBA 22.6 (10)

Assists Per Game

1956-57 NBA 3.3 (9)
1960-61 NBA 6.8 (4)
1961-62 NBA 5.8 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.037 (177)