Foots Walker

Clarence Walker (Foots)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 172 lbs.
Born: May 21, 1951 in Southampton, New York
High School: Southampton in Southampton, New York
College: State University of West Georgia
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 3rd round (2nd pick, 38th overall), 1974 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1974

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 18, 2013 6:17 PM

All-Time Rank: #535. Lester Conner… #536. Randy Breuer… #537. Howard Eisley… #538. FOOTS WALKER… #539. Mike Gale… #540. Greg Anderson… #541. Steve Blake…

All-Time Rank: #535. Lester Conner… #536. Randy Breuer… #537. Howard Eisley… #538. FOOTS WALKER… #539. Mike Gale… #540. Greg Anderson… #541. Steve Blake…

Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PG	72		1070	111	275	.404				80	117	.684	47	99	146	192	80	7		126	302
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	81		1280	143	369	.388				84	108	.778	53	129	182	288	98	5		136	370
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	62		1216	157	349	.450				89	115	.774	55	105	160	254	83	4		124	403
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	81		2496	287	641	.448				159	221	.719	76	218	294	453	176	24	181	218	733
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PG	55		1753	208	448	.464				137	175	.783	59	139	198	321	130	18	127	153	553
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	PG	76		2422	258	568	.454	1	9	.111	195	243	.802	78	209	287	607	155	12	157	202	712
1980-81	29	NJN	NBA	PG	41		1172	72	169	.426	2	9	.222	88	111	.793	22	80	102	253	52	1	85	105	234
1981-82	30	NJN	NBA	PG	77	54	1861	156	378	.413	3	9	.333	141	194	.727	31	119	150	398	120	6	107	179	456
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	79	10	1388	114	250	.456	2	12	.167	116	149	.779	30	106	136	264	78	3	104	134	346
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	34	0	378	32	90	.356	2	5	.400	24	27	.889	8	23	31	81	20	3	31	37	90
Career			NBA		658	64	15036	1538	3537	.435	10	44	.227	1113	1460	.762	459	1227	1686	3111	992	83	792	1414	4199

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PG	72		14.9	1.5	3.8	.404				1.1	1.6	.684	0.7	1.4	2.0	2.7	1.1	0.1		1.8	4.2
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	81		15.8	1.8	4.6	.388				1.0	1.3	.778	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.6	1.2	0.1		1.7	4.6
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	62		19.6	2.5	5.6	.450				1.4	1.9	.774	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.1		2.0	6.5
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	81		30.8	3.5	7.9	.448				2.0	2.7	.719	0.9	2.7	3.6	5.6	2.2	0.3	2.2	2.7	9.0
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PG	55		31.9	3.8	8.1	.464				2.5	3.2	.783	1.1	2.5	3.6	5.8	2.4	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.1
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	PG	76		31.9	3.4	7.5	.454	0.0	0.1	.111	2.6	3.2	.802	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.1	2.7	9.4
1980-81	29	NJN	NBA	PG	41		28.6	1.8	4.1	.426	0.0	0.2	.222	2.1	2.7	.793	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.2	1.3	0.0	2.1	2.6	5.7
1981-82	30	NJN	NBA	PG	77	54	24.2	2.0	4.9	.413	0.0	0.1	.333	1.8	2.5	.727	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.2	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.9
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	79	10	17.6	1.4	3.2	.456	0.0	0.2	.167	1.5	1.9	.779	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	4.4
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	34	0	11.1	0.9	2.6	.356	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.889	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.6
Career			NBA		658	64	22.9	2.3	5.4	.435	0.0	0.1	.227	1.7	2.2	.762	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.7	1.5	0.1	1.8	2.1	6.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PG	72		1070	3.7	9.3	.404				2.7	3.9	.684	1.6	3.3	4.9	6.5	2.7	0.2		4.2	10.2
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	81		1280	4.0	10.4	.388				2.4	3.0	.778	1.5	3.6	5.1	8.1	2.8	0.1		3.8	10.4
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	62		1216	4.6	10.3	.450				2.6	3.4	.774	1.6	3.1	4.7	7.5	2.5	0.1		3.7	11.9
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	81		2496	4.1	9.2	.448				2.3	3.2	.719	1.1	3.1	4.2	6.5	2.5	0.3	2.6	3.1	10.6
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PG	55		1753	4.3	9.2	.464				2.8	3.6	.783	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.6	2.7	0.4	2.6	3.1	11.4
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	PG	76		2422	3.8	8.4	.454	0.0	0.1	.111	2.9	3.6	.802	1.2	3.1	4.3	9.0	2.3	0.2	2.3	3.0	10.6
1980-81	29	NJN	NBA	PG	41		1172	2.2	5.2	.426	0.1	0.3	.222	2.7	3.4	.793	0.7	2.5	3.1	7.8	1.6	0.0	2.6	3.2	7.2
1981-82	30	NJN	NBA	PG	77	54	1861	3.0	7.3	.413	0.1	0.2	.333	2.7	3.8	.727	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.7	2.3	0.1	2.1	3.5	8.8
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	79	10	1388	3.0	6.5	.456	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.9	.779	0.8	2.7	3.5	6.8	2.0	0.1	2.7	3.5	9.0
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	34	0	378	3.0	8.6	.356	0.2	0.5	.400	2.3	2.6	.889	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.0	3.5	8.6
Career			NBA		658	64	15036	3.7	8.5	.435	0.0	0.2	.227	2.7	3.5	.762	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.4	2.4	0.2	2.5	3.4	10.1

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	PG	72	1070	14.2	.463	.404	4.7	9.8	7.2	23.8	3.6	0.4				95	0.1	1.4	1.5	.067
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	81	1280	15.3	.444	.388	4.1	10.7	7.3	29.2	3.6	0.2				95	0.4	1.9	2.3	.088
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	62	1216	16.0	.504	.450	4.4	9.1	6.7	28.1	3.2	0.2				98	1.5	1.6	3.0	.120
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	81	2496	14.2	.496	.448	3.1	8.9	6.0	23.7	3.3	0.5	19.7	14.6	100	98	1.9	3.4	5.2	.101
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	PG	55	1753	15.0	.527	.464	3.5	9.2	6.2	23.3	3.5	0.6	19.5	14.8	106	105	1.9	1.5	3.4	.093
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	PG	76	2422	15.3	.527	.455	3.3	9.5	6.3	29.5	2.9	0.3	18.9	13.2	113	106	3.7	2.4	6.1	.120
1980-81	29	NJN	NBA	PG	41	1172	10.1	.537	.432	2.1	7.9	4.9	26.4	2.0	0.0	28.1	10.2	105	108	0.7	0.8	1.5	.060
1981-82	30	NJN	NBA	PG	77	1861	11.8	.492	.417	1.9	7.3	4.6	26.7	3.0	0.2	18.8	12.2	108	103	1.4	2.8	4.2	.108
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	79	1388	11.4	.548	.460	2.5	8.5	5.5	23.5	2.6	0.1	24.8	11.9	107	101	1.3	2.2	3.4	.118
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	34	378	9.4	.442	.367	2.4	7.1	4.7	25.9	2.5	0.5	23.3	14.0	96	106	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.043
Career			NBA		658	15036	13.7	.502	.436	3.2	8.9	6.0	26.1	3.1	0.3	20.7	13.2	106	102	12.6	18.4	31.0	.099

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	13	125	11	27	.407			8	10	.800	5	11	16	23	7	1		17	30
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	3	95	18	37	.486			11	15	.733	4	8	12	20	4	1		12	47
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	2	70	10	26	.385			5	5	1.000	5	2	7	10	3	2	6	7	25
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	2	36	2	6	.333	0	0	3	3	1.000	0	0	0	11	0	0	2	1	7
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	2	4	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career			NBA		22	330	41	97	.423	0	0	27	33	.818	14	21	35	64	14	4	8	37	109

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	13	9.6	0.8	2.1	.407			0.6	0.8	.800	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.1		1.3	2.3
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	3	31.7	6.0	12.3	.486			3.7	5.0	.733	1.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	1.3	0.3		4.0	15.7
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	2	35.0	5.0	13.0	.385			2.5	2.5	1.000	2.5	1.0	3.5	5.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	3.5	12.5
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	2	18.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	3.5
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	2	2.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA		22	15.0	1.9	4.4	.423	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.5	.818	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	13	125	3.2	7.8	.407			2.3	2.9	.800	1.4	3.2	4.6	6.6	2.0	0.3		4.9	8.6
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	3	95	6.8	14.0	.486			4.2	5.7	.733	1.5	3.0	4.5	7.6	1.5	0.4		4.5	17.8
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	2	70	5.1	13.4	.385			2.6	2.6	1.000	2.6	1.0	3.6	5.1	1.5	1.0	3.1	3.6	12.9
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	2	36	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	7.0
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	2	4	0.0	9.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA		22	330	4.5	10.6	.423	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	.818	1.5	2.3	3.8	7.0	1.5	0.4	2.6	4.0	11.9

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	PG	13	125	13.3	.478	.407	4.1	9.8	6.8	26.4	2.8	0.5				94	0.0	0.2	0.3	.098
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	PG	3	95	18.2	.539	.486	3.6	9.0	6.0	31.7	1.9	0.6				96	0.2	0.2	0.3	.170
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	PG	2	70	11.9	.443	.385	7.7	3.6	5.8	19.2	2.0	1.5	17.5	18.8	96	117	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.027
1982-83	31	NJN	NBA	PG	2	36	10.5	.478	.333	0.0	0.0	0.0	37.3	0.0	0.0	21.5	10.6	115	122	0.1	0.0	0.0	.024
1983-84	32	NJN	NBA	PG	2	4	-8.1	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.2	0	111	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.176
Career			NBA		22	330	13.8	.489	.423	4.2	7.1	5.5	27.3	2.0	0.7	18.0	15.8	99	103	0.3	0.3	0.6	.081

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 10 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Foots Walker		6.1	5.2	4.2	3.4	3.4	3.0	2.3	1.5	1.5	0.3
Gerald Henderson	90.8	6.2	5.3	3.7	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.3	1.1
Derek Fisher	89.8	5.8	5.5	5.2	3.8	3.7	3.1	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.1
Travis Best	89.6	7.2	5.1	4.1	3.4	3.3	2.5	2.1	1.8	0.7	0.7
John Long	89.5	5.3	4.7	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	0.2
Raymond Felton	89.2	6.5	5.4	4.3	4.2	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.7
Adrian Smith	88.5	6.1	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.4	2.6	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.5
Charlie Ward	88.3	7.1	5.5	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	-0.2
Bonzi Wells	87.9	6.0	5.9	4.0	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.1	-0.1
Guy Rodgers	87.7	6.2	4.8	4.3	4.0	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	-0.2
Hubert Davis	87.6	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.4	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.2	0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Foots Walker		6.1	5.2	4.2	3.4	3.4	3.0	2.3	1.5	1.5	0.3
Travis Best	89.6	7.2	5.1	4.1	3.4	3.3	2.5	2.1	1.8	0.7	0.7
Raymond Felton	89.2	6.5	5.4	4.3	4.2	3.4	2.6	2.3	1.7
Charlie Ward	88.8	7.1	5.5	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.5	-0.2
Adrian Smith	88.5	6.1	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.4	2.6	1.9	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.5
John Long	88.5	5.3	4.7	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Bob Weiss	88.0	5.6	4.7	4.4	4.3	3.6	2.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.1	0.0
Bonzi Wells	87.9	6.0	5.9	4.0	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.1	-0.1
Gerald Henderson	87.7	6.2	5.3	3.7	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.0
Hubert Davis	87.4	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.4	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	-0.1
Craig Hodges	87.3	6.0	5.3	4.3	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.5

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
1972-73	21	WGEORGIA	28		226	450			112	148		232						564	.502		.757		20.1	8.3
1973-74	22	WGEORGIA	33		290	598			132	173		222						712	.485		.763		21.6	6.7
Career			61		516	1048			244	321		454						1276	.492		.760		20.9	7.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Assists 1977-78 NBA 453 (9) 1979-80 NBA 607 (5)	Steals 1977-78 NBA 176 (5) 1979-80 NBA 155 (10)	Assists Per Game 1977-78 NBA 5.6 (7) 1979-80 NBA 8.0 (3)	Steals Per Game 1977-78 NBA 2.2 (6) 1978-79 NBA 2.4 (4) 1979-80 NBA 2.0 (9)
Assist Pct 1979-80 NBA 29.5 (6) Career NBA 26.1 (87) Career 26.1 (90)	Steal Pct 1977-78 NBA 3.3 (5) 1978-79 NBA 3.5 (3) 1979-80 NBA 2.9 (9) Career NBA 3.1 (16) Career 3.1 (20)	Defensive Rating Career NBA 101.6 (68) Career 101.6 (82)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (681)
NBA Elo Player Rating 538th (overall) as of Jun 18, 2013, 5:10AM

Transactions

October 24, 1972: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers (as a 1974 3rd round draft pick) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Charlie Davis.

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (38th pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

September 24, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the New Jersey Nets for Roger Phegley.

August 12, 1983: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tom Sluby) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Bill Wennington) to the Dallas Mavericks for Kelvin Ransey.

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