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Randy Smith

Randolph Smith (Randy)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-3    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: December 12, 1948 in Bellport, New York
Died: June 4, 2009
High School: Bellport in Brookhaven, New York
College: Buffalo State College

Drafted by the Buffalo Braves in the 7th round (2nd pick, 104th overall) of the 1971 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
1971-72 23 BUF NBA 76 2094 432 896 .482 158 254 .622 368 189 202 1022
1972-73 24 BUF NBA 82 2603 511 1154 .443 192 264 .727 391 422 247 1214
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 82 2745 531 1079 .492 205 288 .712 87 228 315 383 203 4 261 1267
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 82 3001 610 1261 .484 236 295 .800 95 249 344 534 137 3 247 1456
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 82 3167 702 1422 .494 383 469 .817 104 313 417 484 153 4 274 1787
1976-77 28 BUF NBA 82 3094 702 1504 .467 294 386 .762 134 323 457 441 176 8 264 1698
1977-78 29 BUF NBA 82 3314 789 1697 .465 443 554 .800 110 200 310 458 172 11 286 224 2021
1978-79 30 SDC NBA 82 3111 693 1523 .455 292 359 .813 102 193 295 395 177 5 255 177 1678
1979-80 31 CLE NBA 82 2677 599 1326 .452 10 53 .189 233 283 .823 93 163 256 363 125 7 200 190 1441
1980-81 32 CLE NBA 82 2199 486 1043 .466 1 28 .036 221 271 .815 46 147 193 357 113 14 195 132 1194
1981-82 33 NYK NBA 82 40 2033 348 748 .465 3 11 .273 122 151 .808 53 102 155 255 91 1 124 199 821
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 80 16 1406 273 565 .483 3 18 .167 114 131 .870 37 59 96 206 56 0 98 139 663
1982-83 34 SDC NBA 65 16 1264 244 499 .489 3 16 .188 101 117 .863 35 53 88 192 54 0 89 122 592
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 15 0 142 29 66 .439 0 2 .000 13 14 .929 2 6 8 14 2 0 9 17 71
Career NBA 976 56 31444 6676 14218 .470 17 110 .155 2893 3705 .781 861 1977 3597 4487 1403 57 1158 2556 16262

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 23 BUF NBA 76 27.6 5.7 11.8 .482 2.1 3.3 .622 4.8 2.5 2.7 13.4
1972-73 24 BUF NBA 82 31.7 6.2 14.1 .443 2.3 3.2 .727 4.8 5.1 3.0 14.8
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 82 33.5 6.5 13.2 .492 2.5 3.5 .712 1.1 2.8 3.8 4.7 2.5 0.0 3.2 15.5
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 82 36.6 7.4 15.4 .484 2.9 3.6 .800 1.2 3.0 4.2 6.5 1.7 0.0 3.0 17.8
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 82 38.6 8.6 17.3 .494 4.7 5.7 .817 1.3 3.8 5.1 5.9 1.9 0.0 3.3 21.8
1976-77 28 BUF NBA 82 37.7 8.6 18.3 .467 3.6 4.7 .762 1.6 3.9 5.6 5.4 2.1 0.1 3.2 20.7
1977-78 29 BUF NBA 82 40.4 9.6 20.7 .465 5.4 6.8 .800 1.3 2.4 3.8 5.6 2.1 0.1 3.5 2.7 24.6
1978-79 30 SDC NBA 82 37.9 8.5 18.6 .455 3.6 4.4 .813 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.8 2.2 0.1 3.1 2.2 20.5
1979-80 31 CLE NBA 82 32.6 7.3 16.2 .452 0.1 0.6 .189 2.8 3.5 .823 1.1 2.0 3.1 4.4 1.5 0.1 2.4 2.3 17.6
1980-81 32 CLE NBA 82 26.8 5.9 12.7 .466 0.0 0.3 .036 2.7 3.3 .815 0.6 1.8 2.4 4.4 1.4 0.2 2.4 1.6 14.6
1981-82 33 NYK NBA 82 40 24.8 4.2 9.1 .465 0.0 0.1 .273 1.5 1.8 .808 0.6 1.2 1.9 3.1 1.1 0.0 1.5 2.4 10.0
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 80 16 17.6 3.4 7.1 .483 0.0 0.2 .167 1.4 1.6 .870 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.6 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.7 8.3
1982-83 34 SDC NBA 65 16 19.4 3.8 7.7 .489 0.0 0.2 .188 1.6 1.8 .863 0.5 0.8 1.4 3.0 0.8 0.0 1.4 1.9 9.1
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 15 0 9.5 1.9 4.4 .439 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 0.9 .929 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.6 1.1 4.7
Career NBA 976 56 32.2 6.8 14.6 .470 0.1 0.3 .155 3.0 3.8 .781 1.1 2.4 3.7 4.6 1.7 0.1 2.4 2.6 16.7

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 23 BUF NBA 76 2094 7.4 15.4 .482 2.7 4.4 .622 6.3 3.2 3.5 17.6
1972-73 24 BUF NBA 82 2603 7.1 16.0 .443 2.7 3.7 .727 5.4 5.8 3.4 16.8
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 82 2745 7.0 14.2 .492 2.7 3.8 .712 1.1 3.0 4.1 5.0 2.7 0.1 3.4 16.6
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 82 3001 7.3 15.1 .484 2.8 3.5 .800 1.1 3.0 4.1 6.4 1.6 0.0 3.0 17.5
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 82 3167 8.0 16.2 .494 4.4 5.3 .817 1.2 3.6 4.7 5.5 1.7 0.0 3.1 20.3
1976-77 28 BUF NBA 82 3094 8.2 17.5 .467 3.4 4.5 .762 1.6 3.8 5.3 5.1 2.0 0.1 3.1 19.8
1977-78 29 BUF NBA 82 3314 8.6 18.4 .465 4.8 6.0 .800 1.2 2.2 3.4 5.0 1.9 0.1 3.1 2.4 22.0
1978-79 30 SDC NBA 82 3111 8.0 17.6 .455 3.4 4.2 .813 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.6 2.0 0.1 3.0 2.0 19.4
1979-80 31 CLE NBA 82 2677 8.1 17.8 .452 0.1 0.7 .189 3.1 3.8 .823 1.3 2.2 3.4 4.9 1.7 0.1 2.7 2.6 19.4
1980-81 32 CLE NBA 82 2199 8.0 17.1 .466 0.0 0.5 .036 3.6 4.4 .815 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.8 1.8 0.2 3.2 2.2 19.5
1981-82 33 NYK NBA 82 40 2033 6.2 13.2 .465 0.1 0.2 .273 2.2 2.7 .808 0.9 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.6 0.0 2.2 3.5 14.5
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 80 16 1406 7.0 14.5 .483 0.1 0.5 .167 2.9 3.4 .870 0.9 1.5 2.5 5.3 1.4 0.0 2.5 3.6 17.0
1982-83 34 SDC NBA 65 16 1264 6.9 14.2 .489 0.1 0.5 .188 2.9 3.3 .863 1.0 1.5 2.5 5.5 1.5 0.0 2.5 3.5 16.9
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 15 0 142 7.4 16.7 .439 0.0 0.5 .000 3.3 3.5 .929 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 2.3 4.3 18.0
Career NBA 976 56 31444 7.6 16.3 .470 0.1 0.5 .155 3.3 4.2 .781 1.2 2.7 4.1 5.1 1.9 0.1 2.8 2.9 18.6

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
1971-72 23 BUF NBA 76 2094 15.5 .507 .482 8.5 13.8 2.5 0.5 3.0
1972-73 24 BUF NBA 82 2603 15.0 .478 .443 7.0 23.2 1.6 0.7 2.2
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 82 2745 15.9 .525 .492 3.2 8.0 5.7 18.7 3.2 0.1 99 3.4 2.3 5.7
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 82 3001 17.1 .523 .484 3.4 8.1 5.8 25.5 2.0 0.0 100 5.0 2.3 7.2
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 82 3167 18.7 .549 .494 3.5 10.0 6.9 23.1 2.1 0.1 99 6.5 2.9 9.4
1976-77 28 BUF NBA 82 3094 17.6 .507 .467 4.3 10.6 7.4 22.8 2.5 0.1 101 3.9 2.5 6.4
1977-78 29 BUF NBA 82 3314 19.1 .521 .465 3.6 6.4 5.0 22.2 2.4 0.2 12.8 26.8 104 105 6.1 1.7 7.9
1978-79 30 SDC NBA 82 3111 16.6 .499 .455 3.5 6.6 5.0 17.6 2.6 0.1 13.2 23.6 106 109 4.5 1.3 5.8
1979-80 31 CLE NBA 82 2677 15.2 .497 .456 3.5 6.7 5.0 18.5 2.1 0.1 12.1 23.7 103 108 2.4 1.8 4.2
1980-81 32 CLE NBA 82 2199 17.0 .514 .466 2.2 7.8 4.9 23.9 2.4 0.4 14.4 24.8 103 109 2.1 1.3 3.3
1981-82 33 NYK NBA 82 2033 12.2 .504 .467 2.9 5.9 4.4 17.5 2.2 0.0 13.2 19.0 104 111 1.2 1.2 2.4
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 80 1406 14.5 .532 .486 2.8 5.1 3.9 20.5 1.9 0.0 13.6 20.1 109 112 2.2 0.3 2.5
1982-83 34 SDC NBA 65 1264 14.9 .538 .492 2.9 5.2 4.0 21.1 2.0 0.0 13.9 19.7 111 112 2.2 0.2 2.4
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 15 142 11.5 .492 .439 1.5 4.5 3.0 15.3 0.7 0.0 11.1 23.8 100 109 0.1 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 976 31444 16.5 .513 .470 3.4 7.7 5.9 20.8 2.4 0.1 13.1 23.6 104 104 41.4 18.6 60.1

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
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 6 227 36 90 13 20 5 26 27 10 1 21 85 .400 .650 37.8 14.2 4.3 4.5
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 7 286 50 105 26 30 8 30 49 18 1 23 126 .476 .867 40.9 18.0 4.3 7.0
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 9 386 81 161 41 49 5 52 77 14 0 35 203 .503 .837 42.9 22.6 5.8 8.6
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 2 15 1 5 0 0 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 6 .200 1.000 7.5 3.0 0.5 2.0
Career NBA 24 914 168 361 0 0 84 103 18 109 157 43 2 0 80 420 .465 .816 38.1 17.5 4.5 6.5

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
1973-74 25 BUF NBA 6 227 11.2 .430 .400 2.1 8.6 5.4 15.8 1.9 0.2 97 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1974-75 26 BUF NBA 7 286 17.7 .533 .476 2.9 8.5 5.6 24.8 2.9 0.2 101 0.5 0.2 0.7
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 9 386 19.2 .556 .503 1.5 12.6 7.3 31.0 1.7 0.0 103 0.8 0.2 1.0
1982-83 34 ATL NBA 2 15 19.4 .444 .200 0.0 6.7 3.4 39.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 19.9 116 100 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 24 914 16.7 .517 .465 2.0 10.2 6.2 25.4 2.1 0.1 0.0 19.9 116 101 1.2 0.7 1.9

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
1975-76 27 BUF NBA 1 0 15 4 7 .571 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 8
1977-78 29 BUF NBA 1 0 29 11 14 .786 5 6 .833 3 7 6 2 0 3 5 27
Career NBA 2 0 44 15 21 .714 5 6 .833 4 8 9 3 1 3 5 35

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
1967-68 19 BUFFALOST 19 190 87 290 467 24.6 15.3
1968-69 20 BUFFALOST 24 178 396 100 158 341 456 .449 .633 19.0 14.2
1969-70 21 BUFFALOST 27 290 562 136 203 391 716 .516 .670 26.5 14.5
1970-71 22 BUFFALOST 23 228 443 84 126 250 540 .515 .667 23.5 10.9
Career 74 696 1401 320 487 982 1712 .497 .657 23.1 13.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1976 NBA
1978 NBA

Awards

1977-78 NBA All-Star Game MVP

Honors

1975-76 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1975-76 NBA 0.001 (24)
Career 0.001 (228)

Games

1972-73 NBA 82 (1)
 1973-74 NBA 82 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 82 (2)
1975-76 NBA 82 (2)
1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)

Minutes Played

1975-76 NBA 3167 (5)
1976-77 NBA 3094 (6)
1977-78 NBA 3314 (2)
1978-79 NBA 3111 (6)
Career NBA 31444 (89)
Career 31444 (97)

Field Goals

1975-76 NBA 702 (6)
1977-78 NBA 789 (7)
Career NBA 6676 (67)
Career 6676 (71)

Field Goal Attempts

1975-76 NBA 1422 (9)
1976-77 NBA 1504 (8)
1977-78 NBA 1697 (2)
1978-79 NBA 1523 (3)
Career NBA 14218 (70)
Career 14218 (74)

Free Throws

1975-76 NBA 383 (8)
1977-78 NBA 443 (6)

Free Throw Attempts

1975-76 NBA 469 (8)
1977-78 NBA 554 (10)

Assists

1974-75 NBA 534 (4)
1975-76 NBA 484 (7)
1977-78 NBA 458 (7)
Career NBA 4487 (64)
Career 4487 (67)

Steals

1973-74 NBA 203 (3)
1975-76 NBA 153 (9)
1976-77 NBA 176 (8)
1977-78 NBA 172 (6)
1978-79 NBA 177 (4)
Career NBA 1403 (40)
Career 1403 (42)

Points

1975-76 NBA 1787 (4)
1977-78 NBA 2021 (4)
Career NBA 16262 (84)
Career 16262 (90)

Minutes Per Game

1975-76 NBA 38.6 (9)
1976-77 NBA 37.7 (9)
1977-78 NBA 40.4 (5)
1978-79 NBA 37.9 (8)

Points Per Game

1975-76 NBA 21.8 (7)
1977-78 NBA 24.6 (7)

Assists Per Game

1974-75 NBA 6.5 (4)
1975-76 NBA 5.9 (7)
1977-78 NBA 5.6 (8)

Steals Per Game

1973-74 NBA 2.5 (3)
1976-77 NBA 2.1 (10)
1977-78 NBA 2.1 (8)
1978-79 NBA 2.2 (6)
Career NBA 1.7 (26)
Career 1.7 (29)

Assist Pct

1972-73 NBA 23.2 (10)
1974-75 NBA 25.5 (7)
1975-76 NBA 23.1 (10)

Steal Pct

1973-74 NBA 3.2 (3)
Career NBA 2.4 (36)
Career 2.4 (40)

Offensive Win Shares

1975-76 NBA 6.5 (10)

Win Shares

1975-76 NBA 9.4 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.024 (209)
    

Transactions

May 29, 1971: Drafted by the Buffalo Braves in the 7th round (104th pick) of the 1971 NBA Draft.

May 13, 1979: Sent to the Portland Trail Blazers with Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Mike Gminski) as compensation for the San Diego Clippers signing Bill Walton as a veteran free agent.

September 21, 1979: Traded by the San Diego Clippers to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1980 1st round draft pick (Michael Brooks).

May 20, 1981: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the New York Knickerbockers for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Kevin Loder).

October 28, 1982: Signed as a veteran free agent with the San Diego Clippers.

March 15, 1983: Waived by the San Diego Clippers.

March 18, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1972-73 Buffalo Braves NBA $50,000
Career (may be incomplete) $50,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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