Walter Simon

Walter J. Simon (Walt)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 1, 1939 in Delcambre, Louisiana
Died: October 10, 1997
High School: Commerce in New York, New York
College: Benedict College
ABA Debut: October 23, 1967

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All-Star

Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	28	NJA	ABA	78	2518	433	955	.453	1	15	.067	169	266	.635			524	212			173	272	1036
1968-69	29	NYA	ABA	68	2750	570	1296	.440	6	27	.222	290	417	.695	181	373	554	234			183	289	1436
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	81	2696	454	1030	.441	1	20	.050	253	338	.749	152	322	474	294			197	296	1162
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	84	1411	274	578	.474	1	11	.091	100	156	.641	102	213	315	156			128	253	649
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	67	1111	243	464	.524	1	10	.100	109	156	.699	72	161	233	137			72	157	596
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	83	2403	433	897	.483	1	17	.059	143	191	.749	122	273	395	336			156	271	1010
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	80	1164	233	492	.474	2	13	.154	57	68	.838	62	147	209	117	38	10	77	133	525
Career			ABA	541	14053	2640	5712	.462	13	113	.115	1121	1592	.704	691	1489	2704	1486	38	10	986	1671	6414

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	28	NJA	ABA	78	32.3	5.6	12.2	.453	0.0	0.2	.067	2.2	3.4	.635			6.7	2.7			2.2	3.5	13.3
1968-69	29	NYA	ABA	68	40.4	8.4	19.1	.440	0.1	0.4	.222	4.3	6.1	.695	2.7	5.5	8.1	3.4			2.7	4.3	21.1
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	81	33.3	5.6	12.7	.441	0.0	0.2	.050	3.1	4.2	.749	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.6			2.4	3.7	14.3
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	84	16.8	3.3	6.9	.474	0.0	0.1	.091	1.2	1.9	.641	1.2	2.5	3.8	1.9			1.5	3.0	7.7
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	67	16.6	3.6	6.9	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	1.6	2.3	.699	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.0			1.1	2.3	8.9
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	83	29.0	5.2	10.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.059	1.7	2.3	.749	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.0			1.9	3.3	12.2
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	80	14.6	2.9	6.2	.474	0.0	0.2	.154	0.7	0.9	.838	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	6.6
Career			ABA	541	26.0	4.9	10.6	.462	0.0	0.2	.115	2.1	2.9	.704	1.5	3.2	5.0	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.8	3.1	11.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1967-68	28	NJA	ABA	78	2518	6.2	13.7	.453	0.0	0.2	.067	2.4	3.8	.635			7.5	3.0			2.5	3.9	14.8
1968-69	29	NYA	ABA	68	2750	7.5	17.0	.440	0.1	0.4	.222	3.8	5.5	.695	2.4	4.9	7.3	3.1			2.4	3.8	18.8
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	81	2696	6.1	13.8	.441	0.0	0.3	.050	3.4	4.5	.749	2.0	4.3	6.3	3.9			2.6	4.0	15.5
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	84	1411	7.0	14.7	.474	0.0	0.3	.091	2.6	4.0	.641	2.6	5.4	8.0	4.0			3.3	6.5	16.6
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	67	1111	7.9	15.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.100	3.5	5.1	.699	2.3	5.2	7.5	4.4			2.3	5.1	19.3
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	83	2403	6.5	13.4	.483	0.0	0.3	.059	2.1	2.9	.749	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.0			2.3	4.1	15.1
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	80	1164	7.2	15.2	.474	0.1	0.4	.154	1.8	2.1	.838	1.9	4.5	6.5	3.6	1.2	0.3	2.4	4.1	16.2
Career			ABA	541	14053	6.8	14.6	.462	0.0	0.3	.115	2.9	4.1	.704	2.2	4.6	6.9	3.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	4.3	16.4

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1967-68	28	NJA	ABA	78	2518	13.8	.483	.454			9.2	12.4			13.9	18.1			2.4	2.4	4.8	.092
1968-69	29	NYA	ABA	68	2750	16.4	.485	.442			9.0	13.6			11.0	22.1			1.8	1.5	3.4	.059
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	81	2696	14.0	.493	.441			8.4	15.5			14.3	19.2			1.8	2.7	4.5	.080
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	84	1411	12.1	.502	.475			9.7	14.2			16.5	19.5			0.9	1.1	2.0	.068
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	67	1111	18.4	.559	.525	6.3	12.7	9.7	17.1			11.9	21.0			2.4	1.7	4.1	.177
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	83	2403	13.8	.515	.483	4.8	11.0	7.9	18.5			13.7	18.5			1.7	4.4	6.1	.122
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	80	1164	14.1	.503	.476	5.0	11.8	8.4	14.2	1.5	0.5	12.9	19.9	103	101	1.1	1.5	2.7	.111
Career			ABA	541	14053	14.6	.500	.463	5.2	11.6	8.8	15.0	1.5	0.5	13.3	19.7	103	101	12.3	15.3	27.6	.094

Playoffs

				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
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	7	222	39	78	0	6	23	28		53	21					101	.500	.000	.821	31.7	14.4	7.6	3.0
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	19	385	70	155	0	6	34	49	34	97	52			26	67	174	.452	.000	.694	20.3	9.2	5.1	2.7
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	6	99	16	39	0	0	7	8		12	3			2	21	39	.410		.875	16.5	6.5	2.0	0.5
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	19	639	92	207	0	4	27	31	19	93	79			38	67	211	.444	.000	.871	33.6	11.1	4.9	4.2
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	8	90	14	35	0	2	2	2	3	9	7	4	3	5	17	30	.400	.000	1.000	11.3	3.8	1.1	0.9
Career			ABA	59	1435	231	514	0	18	93	118	56	264	162	4	3	71	172	555	.449	.000	.788	24.3	9.4	4.5	2.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1969-70	30	NYA	ABA	7	222	21.9	.559	.500			12.0	13.8							0.4	0.1	0.6	.121
1970-71	31	KEN	ABA	19	385	13.1	.493	.452				17.8			12.8				0.2	0.6	0.8	.101
1971-72	32	KEN	ABA	6	99	8.3	.459	.410			6.6	4.6			4.5	19.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.019
1972-73	33	KEN	ABA	19	639	11.6	.478	.444			7.3	17.8			14.7	16.9			0.1	0.8	0.9	.070
1973-74	34	KEN	ABA	8	90	7.6	.418	.400	3.4	6.0	4.8	11.2	2.1	1.7	12.2	18.1	89	103	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.026
Career			ABA	59	1435	13.1	.490	.449	3.4	6.0	8.0	15.9	2.1	1.7	13.0	17.3	89	103	0.6	1.7	2.3	.077

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1968-69	29	NYA	ABA	1		21:00	8	11	.727	0	0		2	3	.667	3	4	1			2	3	18
Career			ABA	1		21	8	11	.727	0	0		2	3	.667	3	4	1			2	3	18

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 7 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Walter Simon		6.1	4.8	4.5	4.1	3.4	2.7	2.0
John Johnson	93.4	6.2	4.6	4.3	4.0	2.5	2.3	2.1
Harvey Grant	93.4	6.7	5.0	4.3	4.0	3.9	2.6	1.7
Kyle Korver	92.1	6.6	4.6	4.6	4.2	3.7	2.6	1.0
Matt Bonner	91.7	6.8	4.4	4.2	4.1	3.7	2.2	2.0
Glenn Robinson	91.4	6.7	4.8	4.7	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.1
Darnell Hillman	90.6	6.2	4.4	4.2	3.8	3.3	3.2	3.2
Robert Horry	90.2	6.6	5.9	4.9	4.2	3.6	2.9	1.7
Clyde Lee	89.9	6.1	5.1	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.2	2.1
Juwan Howard	89.7	7.0	5.6	4.6	4.4	2.8	2.8	1.9
Chris Morris	89.4	7.2	4.7	4.5	4.0	3.8	3.2	2.8

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Walter Simon		6.1	4.8	4.5	4.1	3.4	2.7	2.0
Matt Bonner	91.7	6.8	4.4	4.2	4.1	3.7	2.2	2.0
Roy Hinson	88.0	7.4	5.0	4.5	4.5	4.4	2.5	1.8	0.1
Nick Collison	87.6	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.5	3.9	3.6	2.3
Phil Hubbard	87.5	5.7	4.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.1
George Carter	87.0	6.4	4.4	4.2	4.1	2.9	2.2	0.2	0.0
Ken Norman	86.0	5.2	4.8	4.0	4.0	3.2	2.9	1.9	1.1	0.6	-0.6
Mel Hutchins	85.6	6.9	5.8	4.4	3.9	3.8	2.8	0.3
Kyle Korver	85.6	6.6	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.2	3.7	2.6	1.0
Kenny Thomas	84.9	6.6	5.5	4.6	4.4	4.3	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.1	-0.3
Gerald Govan	84.6	5.6	5.4	4.1	3.4	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 1969 ABA	Games 1967-68 ABA 78 (3) 1970-71 ABA 84 (4) Career ABA 541 (19)	Minutes Played Career ABA 14053 (34)	Field Goals Career ABA 2640 (31)
Field Goal Attempts Career ABA 5712 (32)	Field Goal Pct 1968-69 ABA .440 (10) Career ABA .462 (59)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts Career ABA 113 (71)	Free Throws Career ABA 1121 (52)
Free Throw Attempts Career ABA 1592 (46)	Free Throw Pct Career ABA .704 (78)	Offensive Rebounds Career ABA 691 (54)	Defensive Rebounds Career ABA 1489 (46)
Total Rebounds Career ABA 2704 (39)	Assists Career ABA 1486 (22)	Turnovers Career ABA 986 (40)	Personal Fouls 1968-69 ABA 289 (10) Career ABA 1671 (14)
Points Career ABA 6414 (36)	Minutes Per Game Career ABA 26.0 (70)	Points Per Game Career ABA 11.9 (51)	Rebounds Per Game Career ABA 5.0 (42)
Assists Per Game Career ABA 2.7 (30)	Player Efficiency Rating Career ABA 14.6 (55)	True Shooting Pct Career ABA .500 (88)	Effective Field Goal Pct Career ABA .463 (67)
Total Rebound Pct Career ABA 8.8 (41)	Assist Pct Career ABA 15.0 (25)	Turnover Pct Career ABA 13.3 (34)	Usage Pct Career ABA 19.7 (46)
Offensive Win Shares Career ABA 12.3 (52)	Defensive Win Shares 1972-73 ABA 4.4 (10) Career ABA 15.3 (31)	Win Shares Career ABA 27.6 (43)	Win Shares Per 48 Minutes Career ABA .094 (54)

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