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Nick Weatherspoon

Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (Spoon)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 20, 1950 in Greenwood, Mississippi
High School: McKinley in Canton, Ohio
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Drafted by the Capital Bullets in the 1st round (13th pick, 13th overall) of the 1973 NBA draft.

12
Capital Bullets
1974		 12
Washington Bullets
1975-1977		 12
Seattle Supersonics
1977		 13
Chicago Bulls
1978		 12
San Diego Clippers
1979-1980

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
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 65 1216 199 483 .412 96 139 .691 133 264 397 38 48 16 179 494
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 82 1347 256 562 .456 103 138 .746 132 214 346 51 65 21 212 615
1975-76 25 WSB NBA 64 1083 218 458 .476 96 137 .701 85 189 274 55 46 16 172 532
1976-77 26 TOT NBA 62 1657 310 690 .449 91 144 .632 120 308 428 53 52 28 168 711
1976-77 26 WSB NBA 11 152 27 76 .355 5 8 .625 11 13 24 2 3 5 19 59
1976-77 26 SEA NBA 51 1505 283 614 .461 86 136 .632 109 295 404 51 49 23 149 652
1977-78 27 CHI NBA 41 611 86 194 .443 37 42 .881 57 68 125 32 19 10 49 74 209
1978-79 28 SDC NBA 82 2642 479 998 .480 176 238 .739 179 275 454 135 80 37 184 287 1134
1979-80 29 SDC NBA 57 1124 164 378 .434 0 0 63 91 .692 83 125 208 54 34 17 86 136 391
Career NBA 453 9680 1712 3763 .455 0 0 662 929 .713 789 1443 2232 418 344 145 319 1228 4086

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
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 65 18.7 3.1 7.4 .412 1.5 2.1 .691 2.0 4.1 6.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 2.8 7.6
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 82 16.4 3.1 6.9 .456 1.3 1.7 .746 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 2.6 7.5
1975-76 25 WSB NBA 64 16.9 3.4 7.2 .476 1.5 2.1 .701 1.3 3.0 4.3 0.9 0.7 0.3 2.7 8.3
1976-77 26 TOT NBA 62 26.7 5.0 11.1 .449 1.5 2.3 .632 1.9 5.0 6.9 0.9 0.8 0.5 2.7 11.5
1976-77 26 WSB NBA 11 13.8 2.5 6.9 .355 0.5 0.7 .625 1.0 1.2 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.7 5.4
1976-77 26 SEA NBA 51 29.5 5.5 12.0 .461 1.7 2.7 .632 2.1 5.8 7.9 1.0 1.0 0.5 2.9 12.8
1977-78 27 CHI NBA 41 14.9 2.1 4.7 .443 0.9 1.0 .881 1.4 1.7 3.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.8 5.1
1978-79 28 SDC NBA 82 32.2 5.8 12.2 .480 2.1 2.9 .739 2.2 3.4 5.5 1.6 1.0 0.5 2.2 3.5 13.8
1979-80 29 SDC NBA 57 19.7 2.9 6.6 .434 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .692 1.5 2.2 3.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 1.5 2.4 6.9
Career NBA 453 21.4 3.8 8.3 .455 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.1 .713 1.7 3.2 4.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.7 9.0

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
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 65 1216 5.9 14.3 .412 2.8 4.1 .691 3.9 7.8 11.8 1.1 1.4 0.5 5.3 14.6
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 82 1347 6.8 15.0 .456 2.8 3.7 .746 3.5 5.7 9.2 1.4 1.7 0.6 5.7 16.4
1975-76 25 WSB NBA 64 1083 7.2 15.2 .476 3.2 4.6 .701 2.8 6.3 9.1 1.8 1.5 0.5 5.7 17.7
1976-77 26 TOT NBA 62 1657 6.7 15.0 .449 2.0 3.1 .632 2.6 6.7 9.3 1.2 1.1 0.6 3.6 15.4
1976-77 26 WSB NBA 11 152 6.4 18.0 .355 1.2 1.9 .625 2.6 3.1 5.7 0.5 0.7 1.2 4.5 14.0
1976-77 26 SEA NBA 51 1505 6.8 14.7 .461 2.1 3.3 .632 2.6 7.1 9.7 1.2 1.2 0.6 3.6 15.6
1977-78 27 CHI NBA 41 611 5.1 11.4 .443 2.2 2.5 .881 3.4 4.0 7.4 1.9 1.1 0.6 2.9 4.4 12.3
1978-79 28 SDC NBA 82 2642 6.5 13.6 .480 2.4 3.2 .739 2.4 3.7 6.2 1.8 1.1 0.5 2.5 3.9 15.5
1979-80 29 SDC NBA 57 1124 5.3 12.1 .434 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .692 2.7 4.0 6.7 1.7 1.1 0.5 2.8 4.4 12.5
Career NBA 453 9680 6.4 14.0 .455 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.5 .713 2.9 5.4 8.3 1.6 1.3 0.5 2.6 4.6 15.2

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 LS WSAA
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 65 1216 13.2 .454 .412 10.3 20.9 15.5 4.4 1.8 0.7 92 0.0 7.0 7 8 -0.5
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 82 1347 14.5 .494 .456 9.8 15.9 12.9 5.4 2.2 0.8 91 3.3 8.2 11 5 3.0
1975-76 25 WSB NBA 64 1083 15.8 .513 .476 8.4 17.6 13.1 7.7 2.0 0.8 94 2.2 5.4 8 7 0.5
1976-77 26 TOT NBA 62 1657 12.8 .472 .449 7.2 19.9 13.3 4.7 1.4 0.9 98 2.1 6.9 9 11 -1.0
1976-77 26 WSB NBA 11 152 7.1 .371 .355 7.6 8.6 8.1 1.8 0.9 1.7 101 0.0 0.4 0 2 -1.0
1976-77 26 SEA NBA 51 1505 13.3 .484 .461 7.2 21.0 13.8 5.0 1.5 0.8 98 2.1 6.4 9 9 0.0
1977-78 27 CHI NBA 41 611 10.5 .492 .443 10.2 12.1 11.1 7.5 1.5 0.9 18.7 17.3 96 103 0.6 1.3 2 5 -1.5
1978-79 28 SDC NBA 82 2642 12.7 .514 .480 7.2 11.1 9.1 6.7 1.4 0.7 14.3 18.5 105 109 9.0 3.5 13 17 -2.0
1979-80 29 SDC NBA 57 1124 9.3 .468 .434 7.7 12.4 10.0 6.4 1.4 0.8 17.1 17.9 93 110 0.0 1.6 2 12 -5.0
Career NBA 453 9680 12.8 .490 .455 8.3 15.4 11.8 6.0 1.6 0.8 15.5 18.1 101 101 17.2 33.9 52 65 -6.5

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 23 CAP NBA 7 87 9 19 2 5 11 27 0 2 2 11 20 .474 .400 12.4 2.9 3.9 0.0
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 17 404 70 136 35 43 25 81 16 14 2 56 175 .515 .814 23.8 10.3 4.8 0.9
1975-76 25 WSB NBA 7 224 36 80 14 25 10 42 10 2 4 28 86 .450 .560 32.0 12.3 6.0 1.4
Career NBA 31 715 115 235 51 73 46 150 26 18 8 95 281 .489 .699 23.1 9.1 4.8 0.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1973-74 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1974-75 NBA 82 (2)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (703)

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1973-74 Capital Bullets NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).