Mobile Site You Are Here > BBR > Players > W > Paul Walther

News: s-r blog:Ny Times: Taking Ineptness to New Lows

Paul Walther

Paul G. Walther (Lefty)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 160 lbs.
Born: March 23, 1927
College: University of Tennessee
Draft: Minneapolis Lakers, 1949 BAA Draft
NBA Debut: November 2, 1949

14  5   5   5 


All-Star

Totals

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
1949-50 22 TOT NBA 53 114 290 .393 63 109 .578 56 123 291
1949-50 22 MNL NBA 22 32 80 .400 11 21 .524 10 39 75
1949-50 22 INO NBA 31 82 210 .390 52 88 .591 46 84 216
1950-51 23 INO NBA 63 213 634 .336 145 209 .694 226 225 201 571
1951-52 24 INO NBA 55 1903 220 549 .401 231 308 .750 246 137 171 671
1952-53 25 INO NBA 67 2468 227 645 .352 264 354 .746 284 205 260 718
1953-54 26 PHW NBA 64 2067 138 392 .352 145 206 .704 257 220 199 421
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 68 820 56 161 .348 54 88 .614 155 131 115 166
Career NBA 370 7258 968 2671 .362 902 1274 .708 1168 974 1069 2838

Per Game

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
1949-50 22 TOT NBA 53 2.2 5.5 .393 1.2 2.1 .578 1.1 2.3 5.5
1949-50 22 MNL NBA 22 1.5 3.6 .400 0.5 1.0 .524 0.5 1.8 3.4
1949-50 22 INO NBA 31 2.6 6.8 .390 1.7 2.8 .591 1.5 2.7 7.0
1950-51 23 INO NBA 63 3.4 10.1 .336 2.3 3.3 .694 3.6 3.6 3.2 9.1
1951-52 24 INO NBA 55 34.6 4.0 10.0 .401 4.2 5.6 .750 4.5 2.5 3.1 12.2
1952-53 25 INO NBA 67 36.8 3.4 9.6 .352 3.9 5.3 .746 4.2 3.1 3.9 10.7
1953-54 26 PHW NBA 64 32.3 2.2 6.1 .352 2.3 3.2 .704 4.0 3.4 3.1 6.6
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 68 12.1 0.8 2.4 .348 0.8 1.3 .614 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.4
Career NBA 370 28.6 2.6 7.2 .362 2.4 3.4 .708 3.7 2.6 2.9 7.7

Per 36 Minutes

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
1949-50 22 TOT NBA 53 .393 .578
1949-50 22 MNL NBA 22 .400 .524
1949-50 22 INO NBA 31 .390 .591
1950-51 23 INO NBA 63 .336 .694
1951-52 24 INO NBA 55 1903 4.2 10.4 .401 4.4 5.8 .750 4.7 2.6 3.2 12.7
1952-53 25 INO NBA 67 2468 3.3 9.4 .352 3.9 5.2 .746 4.1 3.0 3.8 10.5
1953-54 26 PHW NBA 64 2067 2.4 6.8 .352 2.5 3.6 .704 4.5 3.8 3.5 7.3
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 68 820 2.5 7.1 .348 2.4 3.9 .614 6.8 5.8 5.0 7.3
Career NBA 370 7258 3.2 8.7 .362 3.4 4.7 .708 4.7 3.4 3.7 9.8

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
1949-50 22 TOT NBA 53 .431 .393 1.3 0.9 2.2
1949-50 22 MNL NBA 22 .420 .400 0.2 0.5 0.8
1949-50 22 INO NBA 31 .434 .390 1.0 0.4 1.4
1950-51 23 INO NBA 63 .393 .336 0.3 1.7 2.0
1951-52 24 INO NBA 55 1903 15.5 .490 .401 4.5 2.1 6.6 .167
1952-53 25 INO NBA 67 2468 13.2 .448 .352 2.7 2.4 5.2 .100
1953-54 26 PHW NBA 64 2067 10.8 .436 .352 1.5 1.5 3.1 .071
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 68 820 10.8 .416 .348 0.2 1.1 1.3 .074
Career NBA 370 7258 12.8 .439 .362 10.5 9.8 20.3 .107

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
1949-50 22 INO NBA 6 12 41 9 19 8 17 33 .293 .474 5.5 1.3
1950-51 23 INO NBA 3 3 7 11 15 5 9 6 17 .429 .733 5.7 1.7 3.0
1951-52 24 INO NBA 2 85 8 16 16 18 7 6 8 32 .500 .889 42.5 16.0 3.5 3.0
1952-53 25 INO NBA 2 75 5 20 16 17 8 4 8 26 .250 .941 37.5 13.0 4.0 2.0
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 10 95 12 22 11 18 20 8 20 35 .545 .611 9.5 3.5 2.0 0.8
Career NBA 23 255 40 106 63 87 40 35 59 143 .377 .724 18.2 6.2 2.4 1.5

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
1949-50 22 INO NBA 6 .334 .293 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1950-51 23 INO NBA 3 .625 .429 0.2 0.0 0.3
1951-52 24 INO NBA 2 85 20.1 .669 .500 13.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 .295
1952-53 25 INO NBA 2 75 15.4 .473 .250 11.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 .147
1954-55 27 FTW NBA 10 95 14.7 .585 .545 15.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 .211
Career NBA 23 255 16.7 .496 .377 14.0 0.9 0.3 1.2 .220

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
1951-52 24 INO NBA 1 1 17:00 1 4 .250 0 0 2 2 1 2
Career NBA 1 1 17 1 4 .250 0 0 2 2 1 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 6 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6
Paul Walther 6.6 5.2 3.1 2.2 2.0 1.3
Blue Edwards 90.7 5.7 5.2 2.9 2.7 2.2 1.2
Isaiah Rider 89.3 5.8 5.0 3.4 2.5 1.9 1.7
Foots Walker 89.1 6.1 5.2 3.4 3.0 2.3 1.5
Kevin Porter 87.5 6.5 5.2 4.2 2.7 2.3 0.5
Spud Webb 86.0 5.4 4.5 3.5 2.3 2.2 1.2
Bimbo Coles 85.8 5.7 5.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 1.1
George Senesky 85.6 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.0
John Paxson 85.3 6.0 4.2 3.3 2.3 2.2 0.6
Quentin Richardson 85.1 5.8 5.6 3.0 2.4 1.0 0.7
Jim Cleamons 85.0 7.1 5.5 3.8 2.6 1.7 0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Paul Walther 6.6 5.2 3.1 2.2 2.0 1.3
Beno Udrih 87.8 7.2 5.5 3.1 2.4 1.3 1.2 1.0
Bobby Simmons 85.2 6.8 5.3 3.4 2.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.0
George Senesky 83.0 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 0.5 0.3
Raymond Felton 82.2 6.5 5.4 4.3 3.4 2.6 2.3
Larry Miller 82.2 6.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.4 1.3 0.0
Ted McClain 82.1 7.0 4.2 4.1 2.7 2.0 0.8 0.5 -0.1
Mike James 81.6 7.6 5.2 4.3 2.8 1.8 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
J.R. Smith 81.3 5.8 5.0 3.7 3.7 2.7 1.2 0.2
Ron Williams 81.3 6.1 5.8 4.4 2.6 2.6 1.9 0.1 0.0
Chris Whitney 81.1 6.5 4.0 3.2 2.7 2.3 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1952 NBA
Field Goal Pct
1951-52 NBA .401 (8)
True Shooting Pct
1951-52 NBA .490 (7)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1951-52 NBA .401 (8)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1951-52 NBA .167 (9)
     

Transactions

December 21, 1949: Sold by the Minneapolis Lakers to the Indianapolis Olympians.

May, 1953: Drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors from the Indianapolis Olympians in the dispersal draft.

October 19, 1954: Sold by the Philadelphia Warriors to the Fort Wayne Pistons.

Links

Error? Google Search WhatIfSports: Paul Walther