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Kermit Washington

Kermit Alan Washington (Special K) ▪ Twitter: @NBPAKermit

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 17, 1951 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Coolidge in Washington, District of Columbia
College: American University
Draft: Los Angeles Lakers, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1973 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 9, 1973

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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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 45 400 73 151 .483 26 49 .531 62 85 147 19 21 18 77 172
1974-75 23 LAL NBA PF 55 949 87 207 .420 72 122 .590 106 244 350 66 25 32 155 246
1975-76 24 LAL NBA PF 36 492 39 90 .433 45 66 .682 51 114 165 20 11 26 76 123
1976-77 25 LAL NBA PF 53 1342 191 380 .503 132 187 .706 182 310 492 48 43 52 183 514
1977-78 26 TOT NBA PF 57 1617 247 507 .487 170 246 .691 215 399 614 72 47 64 107 188 664
1977-78 26 LAL NBA PF 25 751 110 244 .451 68 110 .618 110 169 279 30 19 24 53 74 288
1977-78 26 BOS NBA PF 32 866 137 263 .521 102 136 .750 105 230 335 42 28 40 54 114 376
1978-79 27 SDC NBA PF 82 2764 350 623 .562 227 330 .688 296 504 800 125 85 121 185 317 927
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 80 2657 421 761 .553 0 3 .000 231 360 .642 325 517 842 167 73 131 170 307 1073
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 73 2120 325 571 .569 0 1 .000 181 288 .628 236 450 686 149 85 86 144 258 831
1981-82 30 POR NBA PF 20 4 418 38 78 .487 0 0 24 41 .585 40 77 117 29 9 16 19 56 100
1987-88 36 GSW NBA PF 6 1 56 7 14 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 9 10 19 0 4 4 4 13 16
Career NBA 507 5 12815 1778 3382 .526 0 4 .000 1110 1691 .656 1522 2710 4232 695 403 550 629 1630 4666

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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 45 8.9 1.6 3.4 .483 0.6 1.1 .531 1.4 1.9 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.7 3.8
1974-75 23 LAL NBA PF 55 17.3 1.6 3.8 .420 1.3 2.2 .590 1.9 4.4 6.4 1.2 0.5 0.6 2.8 4.5
1975-76 24 LAL NBA PF 36 13.7 1.1 2.5 .433 1.3 1.8 .682 1.4 3.2 4.6 0.6 0.3 0.7 2.1 3.4
1976-77 25 LAL NBA PF 53 25.3 3.6 7.2 .503 2.5 3.5 .706 3.4 5.8 9.3 0.9 0.8 1.0 3.5 9.7
1977-78 26 TOT NBA PF 57 28.4 4.3 8.9 .487 3.0 4.3 .691 3.8 7.0 10.8 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.9 3.3 11.6
1977-78 26 LAL NBA PF 25 30.0 4.4 9.8 .451 2.7 4.4 .618 4.4 6.8 11.2 1.2 0.8 1.0 2.1 3.0 11.5
1977-78 26 BOS NBA PF 32 27.1 4.3 8.2 .521 3.2 4.3 .750 3.3 7.2 10.5 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.7 3.6 11.8
1978-79 27 SDC NBA PF 82 33.7 4.3 7.6 .562 2.8 4.0 .688 3.6 6.1 9.8 1.5 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.9 11.3
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 80 33.2 5.3 9.5 .553 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.5 .642 4.1 6.5 10.5 2.1 0.9 1.6 2.1 3.8 13.4
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 73 29.0 4.5 7.8 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.9 .628 3.2 6.2 9.4 2.0 1.2 1.2 2.0 3.5 11.4
1981-82 30 POR NBA PF 20 4 20.9 1.9 3.9 .487 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.1 .585 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 2.8 5.0
1987-88 36 GSW NBA PF 6 1 9.3 1.2 2.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.5 1.7 3.2 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.2 2.7
Career NBA 507 5 25.3 3.5 6.7 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.3 .656 3.0 5.3 8.3 1.4 0.8 1.1 2.0 3.2 9.2

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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 45 400 6.6 13.6 .483 2.3 4.4 .531 5.6 7.7 13.2 1.7 1.9 1.6 6.9 15.5
1974-75 23 LAL NBA PF 55 949 3.3 7.9 .420 2.7 4.6 .590 4.0 9.3 13.3 2.5 0.9 1.2 5.9 9.3
1975-76 24 LAL NBA PF 36 492 2.9 6.6 .433 3.3 4.8 .682 3.7 8.3 12.1 1.5 0.8 1.9 5.6 9.0
1976-77 25 LAL NBA PF 53 1342 5.1 10.2 .503 3.5 5.0 .706 4.9 8.3 13.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 4.9 13.8
1977-78 26 TOT NBA PF 57 1617 5.5 11.3 .487 3.8 5.5 .691 4.8 8.9 13.7 1.6 1.0 1.4 2.4 4.2 14.8
1977-78 26 LAL NBA PF 25 751 5.3 11.7 .451 3.3 5.3 .618 5.3 8.1 13.4 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.5 3.5 13.8
1977-78 26 BOS NBA PF 32 866 5.7 10.9 .521 4.2 5.7 .750 4.4 9.6 13.9 1.7 1.2 1.7 2.2 4.7 15.6
1978-79 27 SDC NBA PF 82 2764 4.6 8.1 .562 3.0 4.3 .688 3.9 6.6 10.4 1.6 1.1 1.6 2.4 4.1 12.1
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 80 2657 5.7 10.3 .553 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.9 .642 4.4 7.0 11.4 2.3 1.0 1.8 2.3 4.2 14.5
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 73 2120 5.5 9.7 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.9 .628 4.0 7.6 11.6 2.5 1.4 1.5 2.4 4.4 14.1
1981-82 30 POR NBA PF 20 4 418 3.3 6.7 .487 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.5 .585 3.4 6.6 10.1 2.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 4.8 8.6
1987-88 36 GSW NBA PF 6 1 56 4.5 9.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.000 5.8 6.4 12.2 0.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 8.4 10.3
Career NBA 507 5 12815 5.0 9.5 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.8 .656 4.3 7.6 11.9 2.0 1.1 1.5 2.4 4.6 13.1

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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 45 400 15.6 .498 .483 14.8 18.7 16.8 6.7 2.3 2.1 93 0.2 0.7 0.8 .099
1974-75 23 LAL NBA PF 55 949 12.0 .472 .420 10.8 24.4 17.6 9.1 1.2 1.7 96 -0.2 1.2 0.9 .046
1975-76 24 LAL NBA PF 36 492 11.6 .517 .433 10.3 21.5 16.1 5.0 1.0 2.6 96 0.2 0.7 0.9 .087
1976-77 25 LAL NBA PF 53 1342 16.0 .556 .503 14.1 23.0 18.7 4.6 1.5 2.0 96 2.2 2.1 4.3 .153
1977-78 26 TOT NBA PF 57 1617 17.4 .540 .487 14.0 24.4 19.4 5.9 1.3 2.0 14.8 17.4 108 97 2.9 2.4 5.3 .158
1977-78 26 LAL NBA PF 25 751 15.1 .492 .451 15.5 22.2 19.0 5.0 1.1 1.6 15.3 18.0 101 99 0.8 1.0 1.7 .111
1977-78 26 BOS NBA PF 32 866 19.3 .582 .521 12.6 26.4 19.7 6.7 1.5 2.4 14.3 16.9 115 96 2.1 1.4 3.6 .199
1978-79 27 SDC NBA PF 82 2764 15.0 .603 .562 11.4 19.4 15.4 5.5 1.4 2.2 19.4 13.1 115 106 4.6 2.3 6.9 .120
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 80 2657 18.2 .584 .553 13.2 21.7 17.4 8.9 1.3 2.9 15.6 16.8 115 102 5.2 4.0 9.1 .165
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 73 2120 17.4 .596 .569 12.1 23.2 17.6 8.9 1.9 2.2 17.1 15.7 114 102 3.6 3.1 6.8 .153
1981-82 30 POR NBA PF 20 418 11.7 .521 .487 10.8 20.4 15.6 8.4 1.0 2.1 16.5 11.3 110 106 0.4 0.5 0.8 .095
1987-88 36 GSW NBA PF 6 56 12.9 .538 .500 17.4 20.4 18.9 0.0 3.4 4.2 21.2 13.7 103 105 0.0 0.1 0.1 .082
Career NBA 507 12815 16.0 .565 .526 12.5 22.0 17.3 7.1 1.5 2.3 16.8 15.3 113 101 19.1 16.9 36.0 .135

Playoffs 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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 3 14 5 11 .455 5 7 .714 9 1 10 1 1 0 0 15
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 3 121 13 26 .500 0 1 .000 5 8 .625 12 19 31 6 1 4 4 9 31
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 3 128 12 23 .522 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 14 38 52 7 8 2 7 9 26
Career NBA 9 263 30 60 .500 0 2 .000 12 17 .706 35 58 93 14 10 6 11 18 72

Playoffs 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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 3 4.7 1.7 3.7 .455 1.7 2.3 .714 3.0 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.0
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 3 40.3 4.3 8.7 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.7 2.7 .625 4.0 6.3 10.3 2.0 0.3 1.3 1.3 3.0 10.3
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 3 42.7 4.0 7.7 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 4.7 12.7 17.3 2.3 2.7 0.7 2.3 3.0 8.7
Career NBA 9 29.2 3.3 6.7 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 1.9 .706 3.9 6.4 10.3 1.6 1.1 0.7 1.8 2.0 8.0

Playoffs 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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 3 14 12.9 28.3 .455 12.9 18.0 .714 23.1 2.6 25.7 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 38.6
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 3 121 3.9 7.7 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.5 2.4 .625 3.6 5.7 9.2 1.8 0.3 1.2 1.2 2.7 9.2
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 3 128 3.4 6.5 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 0.6 0.6 1.000 3.9 10.7 14.6 2.0 2.3 0.6 2.0 2.5 7.3
Career NBA 9 263 4.1 8.2 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.6 2.3 .706 4.8 7.9 12.7 1.9 1.4 0.8 1.6 2.5 9.9

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
1973-74 22 LAL NBA PF 3 14 48.8 .533 .455 55.5 7.5 33.9 17.4 3.3 0.0 102 0.1 0.0 0.1 .272
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 3 121 13.6 .525 .500 10.9 18.4 14.6 6.7 0.4 1.9 11.9 11.9 116 109 0.2 0.1 0.2 .099
1980-81 29 POR NBA PF 3 128 15.9 .544 .522 12.1 35.4 23.3 7.0 3.1 0.9 22.7 10.3 106 98 0.1 0.2 0.3 .122
Career NBA 9 263 16.6 .533 .500 13.9 26.1 19.9 7.4 1.9 1.3 17.1 11.1 111 103 0.4 0.3 0.7 .119

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 28 POR NBA PF 1 0 14:00 1 6 .167 0 0 2 4 .500 4 8 1 0 1 1 4 4
Career NBA 1 0 14 1 6 .167 0 0 2 4 .500 4 8 1 0 1 1 4 4

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
Kermit Washington 9.1 6.9 6.8 5.3 4.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.1
Bryon Russell 84.2 8.8 7.4 6.8 6.0 5.6 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.8
Curtis Rowe 83.6 8.3 6.2 6.1 5.2 5.2 2.3 0.9 0.0
Luis Scola 83.6 8.6 6.5 6.3 5.5 4.4 3.4
Trooper Washington 83.4 8.3 6.9 6.3 6.0 3.4 2.2
Josh Howard 82.9 8.8 8.0 6.7 6.4 3.5 3.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.2
Chris Mills 82.8 8.9 7.8 5.4 5.1 4.0 3.0 1.9 1.2 0.3 0.1
Charles Smith 82.2 9.4 7.4 6.6 4.8 4.4 4.0 2.4 1.9 0.0
Cedric Ceballos 81.8 9.8 6.2 5.5 5.2 4.0 2.8 2.4 1.3 1.3 0.4
Jamal Mashburn 81.6 9.0 7.3 6.4 6.3 4.1 3.6 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.2
Wil Jones 81.1 7.4 6.9 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.9 0.6
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Kermit Washington 9.1 6.9 6.8 5.3 4.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.1
Curtis Rowe 83.6 8.3 6.2 6.1 5.2 5.2 2.3 0.9 0.0
Luis Scola 83.6 8.6 6.5 6.3 5.5 4.4 3.4
Trooper Washington 83.4 8.3 6.9 6.3 6.0 3.4 2.2
Josh Howard 82.9 8.8 8.0 6.7 6.4 3.5 3.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.2
Chris Mills 82.8 8.9 7.8 5.4 5.1 4.0 3.0 1.9 1.2 0.3 0.1
Charles Smith 82.2 9.4 7.4 6.6 4.8 4.4 4.0 2.4 1.9 0.0
Wil Jones 81.1 7.4 6.9 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.9 0.6
Thaddeus Young 80.9 7.4 6.3 6.2 5.5 4.5 2.1
John Beasley 80.8 8.9 8.1 8.0 6.8 3.3 2.0 0.8
Jamal Mashburn 80.5 9.0 7.3 6.4 6.3 4.1 3.6 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.7 0.2

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
1969-70 18 AMERICAN 17 129 287 72 116 379 330 .449 .621 19.4 22.3
1970-71 19 AMERICAN 25 173 370 119 183 512 465 .468 .650 18.6 20.5
1971-72 20 AMERICAN 23 193 355 96 144 455 482 .544 .667 21.0 19.8
1972-73 21 AMERICAN 25 899 211 426 98 132 511 520 .495 .742 36.0 20.8 20.4
Career 73 899 577 1151 313 459 1478 1467 .501 .682 36.0 20.1 20.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1980 NBA
Honors
1972-73 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1980-81 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
Games
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
Offensive Rebounds
1978-79 NBA 296 (5)
1979-80 NBA 325 (4)
Total Rebounds
1979-80 NBA 842 (9)
Personal Fouls
1978-79 NBA 317 (10)
1979-80 NBA 307 (10)
Field Goal Pct
1978-79 NBA .562 (6)
1979-80 NBA .553 (8)
1980-81 NBA .569 (6)
Rebounds Per Game
1979-80 NBA 10.5 (9)
True Shooting Pct
1978-79 NBA .603 (8)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1978-79 NBA .562 (6)
1979-80 NBA .553 (8)
1980-81 NBA .569 (6)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1977-78 NBA 14.0 (2)
1979-80 NBA 13.2 (5)
1980-81 NBA 12.1 (7)
Total Rebound Pct
1977-78 NBA 19.4 (4)
1979-80 NBA 17.4 (8)
1980-81 NBA 17.6 (7)
Offensive Rating
1978-79 NBA 114.7 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.002 (485)
    

Transactions

October 13, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1973 1st round draft pick) with a 1972 2nd round draft pick (Jim Price) and a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Bill Schaeffer) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Rick Roberson.

April 24, 1973: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1973 NBA Draft.

December 27, 1977: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers with Don Chaney and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Freeman Williams) to the Boston Celtics for Charlie Scott.

August 4, 1978: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Kevin Kunnert, Sidney Wicks and Freeman Williams to the San Diego Clippers for Tiny Archibald, Marvin Barnes, Billy Knight, a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Danny Ainge) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster).

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

October 13, 1987: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Golden State Warriors for a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Anthony Mason).

November 25, 1987: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

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