Freeman Williams

Freeman Williams Jr.

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 15, 1956 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Manual Arts in Los Angeles, California
College: Portland State University
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 13, 1978

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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
1978-79	22	SDC	NBA	72		1195	335	683	.490				76	98	.776	48	50	98	83	42	2	99	88	746
1979-80	23	SDC	NBA	82		2118	645	1343	.480	42	128	.328	194	238	.815	103	89	192	166	72	9	171	145	1526
1980-81	24	SDC	NBA	82		1976	642	1381	.465	48	141	.340	253	297	.852	75	54	129	164	91	5	166	157	1585
1981-82	25	TOT	NBA	60	10	997	276	623	.443	28	94	.298	140	166	.843	23	39	62	86	29	0	107	103	720
1981-82	25	SDC	NBA	37	10	808	234	513	.456	24	74	.324	118	140	.843	21	29	50	67	23	0	89	85	610
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	23	0	189	42	110	.382	4	20	.200	22	26	.846	2	10	12	19	6	0	18	18	110
1982-83	26	UTA	NBA	18	3	210	36	101	.356	2	7	.286	18	25	.720	3	14	17	10	6	1	12	30	92
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	9	0	110	25	67	.373	7	14	.500	12	17	.706	4	8	12	7	7	1	13	10	69
Career			NBA	323	13	6606	1959	4198	.467	127	384	.331	693	841	.824	256	254	510	516	247	18	568	533	4738

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
1978-79	22	SDC	NBA	72		16.6	4.7	9.5	.490				1.1	1.4	.776	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.2	10.4
1979-80	23	SDC	NBA	82		25.8	7.9	16.4	.480	0.5	1.6	.328	2.4	2.9	.815	1.3	1.1	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.8	18.6
1980-81	24	SDC	NBA	82		24.1	7.8	16.8	.465	0.6	1.7	.340	3.1	3.6	.852	0.9	0.7	1.6	2.0	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.9	19.3
1981-82	25	TOT	NBA	60	10	16.6	4.6	10.4	.443	0.5	1.6	.298	2.3	2.8	.843	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.0	1.8	1.7	12.0
1981-82	25	SDC	NBA	37	10	21.8	6.3	13.9	.456	0.6	2.0	.324	3.2	3.8	.843	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.4	2.3	16.5
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	23	0	8.2	1.8	4.8	.382	0.2	0.9	.200	1.0	1.1	.846	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	4.8
1982-83	26	UTA	NBA	18	3	11.7	2.0	5.6	.356	0.1	0.4	.286	1.0	1.4	.720	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.7	5.1
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	9	0	12.2	2.8	7.4	.373	0.8	1.6	.500	1.3	1.9	.706	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.1	7.7
Career			NBA	323	13	20.5	6.1	13.0	.467	0.5	1.5	.331	2.1	2.6	.824	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	14.7

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
1978-79	22	SDC	NBA	72		1195	10.1	20.6	.490				2.3	3.0	.776	1.4	1.5	3.0	2.5	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	22.5
1979-80	23	SDC	NBA	82		2118	11.0	22.8	.480	0.7	2.2	.328	3.3	4.0	.815	1.8	1.5	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.5	25.9
1980-81	24	SDC	NBA	82		1976	11.7	25.2	.465	0.9	2.6	.340	4.6	5.4	.852	1.4	1.0	2.4	3.0	1.7	0.1	3.0	2.9	28.9
1981-82	25	TOT	NBA	60	10	997	10.0	22.5	.443	1.0	3.4	.298	5.1	6.0	.843	0.8	1.4	2.2	3.1	1.0	0.0	3.9	3.7	26.0
1981-82	25	SDC	NBA	37	10	808	10.4	22.9	.456	1.1	3.3	.324	5.3	6.2	.843	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	3.8	27.2
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	23	0	189	8.0	21.0	.382	0.8	3.8	.200	4.2	5.0	.846	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.6	1.1	0.0	3.4	3.4	21.0
1982-83	26	UTA	NBA	18	3	210	6.2	17.3	.356	0.3	1.2	.286	3.1	4.3	.720	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.7	1.0	0.2	2.1	5.1	15.8
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	9	0	110	8.2	21.9	.373	2.3	4.6	.500	3.9	5.6	.706	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.3	2.3	0.3	4.3	3.3	22.6
Career			NBA	323	13	6606	10.7	22.9	.467	0.8	2.6	.331	3.8	4.6	.824	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.8	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.9	25.8

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	WS/48
1978-79	22	SDC	NBA	72	1195	16.1	.514	.490	4.3	4.5	4.4	10.5	1.6	0.1	12.0	26.2	105	111	1.7	0.1	1.8	.072
1979-80	23	SDC	NBA	82	2118	19.4	.527	.496	5.1	4.7	4.9	13.3	1.6	0.2	10.6	30.5	107	113	3.8	0.2	4.1	.092
1980-81	24	SDC	NBA	82	1976	20.2	.524	.482	4.2	3.3	3.8	14.9	2.2	0.1	9.9	34.6	105	110	3.1	0.9	4.0	.096
1981-82	25	TOT	NBA	60	997	15.4	.517	.465	2.7	4.7	3.7	14.3	1.4	0.0	13.3	33.2	101	115	0.4	0.0	0.4	.020
1981-82	25	SDC	NBA	37	808	16.4	.531	.480	3.0	4.4	3.7	13.6	1.3	0.0	13.4	33.4	103	117	0.6	-0.2	0.5	.028
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	23	189	11.2	.453	.400	1.2	6.0	3.6	17.2	1.6	0.0	12.9	32.0	91	108	-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.018
1982-83	26	UTA	NBA	18	210	5.9	.411	.366	1.5	6.6	4.1	6.6	1.3	0.2	9.7	23.1	84	109	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.050
1985-86	29	WSB	NBA	9	110	12.5	.463	.425	3.9	7.8	5.9	10.5	3.1	0.5	14.9	33.2	88	105	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.034
Career			NBA	323	6606	17.9	.519	.482	4.2	4.4	4.3	13.2	1.8	0.1	11.1	31.2	104	112	8.4	1.6	10.0	.072

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
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000		4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000		4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
1981-82	25	ATL	NBA	1	4	-17.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.4	0	119	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.543
Career			NBA	1	4	-17.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.4	0	119	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.543

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
Freeman Williams		4.1	4.0	1.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.2
Oliver Taylor	84.9	3.9	3.8	2.8	0.4
Kelenna Azubuike	82.4	4.1	3.4	1.2	0.7
Roger Mason	81.5	4.7	3.4	1.9	0.1	0.1	-0.1
Devean George	80.4	4.2	3.4	2.7	0.7	0.3	-0.3
Earl Boykins	80.0	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	-0.3
Eddie Robinson	78.4	4.0	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.2
Thabo Sefolosha	78.3	4.1	4.0	2.2	1.5	0.8
Rex Chapman	78.2	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	-0.2	-0.7
Al Smith	77.3	4.5	3.3	1.8	0.9	0.6
Jacque Vaughn	76.9	3.5	3.0	2.0	0.4	0.1	-0.4

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Freeman Williams		4.1	4.0	1.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.2
Oliver Taylor	84.9	3.9	3.8	2.8	0.4
Kelenna Azubuike	82.4	4.1	3.4	1.2	0.7
Roger Mason	81.0	4.7	3.4	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1
Eddie Robinson	78.4	4.0	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.2
Thabo Sefolosha	78.3	4.1	4.0	2.2	1.5	0.8
Al Smith	77.3	4.5	3.3	1.8	0.9	0.6
Martell Webster	76.3	4.4	3.5	1.8	1.3	0.9	0.0
Paul Hoffman	76.2	4.7	4.1	2.2	1.1	0.8
C.J. Watson	76.0	3.3	3.1	2.1	0.4
Rick Mount	74.6	4.6	3.5	1.1	0.7	0.6

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
1974-75	18	PORTLANDST	26		186	435			64	81		89						436	.428		.790		16.8	3.4
1975-76	19	PORTLANDST	27		356	781			122	155		111						834	.456		.787		30.9	4.1
1976-77	20	PORTLANDST	26		417	838			176	221		126						1010	.498		.796		38.8	4.8
1977-78	21	PORTLANDST	27	996	410	872			149	191		132						969	.470		.780	36.9	35.9	4.9
Career			106	996	1369	2926			511	648		458						3249	.468		.789	36.9	30.7	4.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Monthly Awards Dec 1980: Player of the Month	Honors 1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (3rd) 1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)	Games 1979-80 NBA 82 (2) 1980-81 NBA 82 (3)	3-Pt Field Goals 1979-80 NBA 42 (8) 1980-81 NBA 48 (3) 1981-82 NBA 28 (7)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1979-80 NBA 128 (8) 1980-81 NBA 141 (3) 1981-82 NBA 94 (7)	3-Pt Field Goal Pct 1979-80 NBA .328 (10) 1980-81 NBA .340 (2)	Usage Pct 1979-80 NBA 30.5 (3)

Transactions

August 5, 1976: Traded by the New Orleans Jazz (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with a 1977 1st round draft pick (Kenny Carr), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Magic Johnson) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Sam Worthen) to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Essie Hollis) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Jack Givens). This exchange was arranged as compensation for Utah signing veteran free agent Gail Goodrich on 19 July 1976.

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

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

August 4, 1978: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington and Sidney Wicks 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).

January 20, 1982: Traded by the San Diego Clippers to the Atlanta Hawks for Charlie Criss and Al Wood.

September 2, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks with John Drew to the Utah Jazz for Dominique Wilkins.

December 21, 1982: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

December 27, 1985: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Washington Bullets.

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