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Gus Williams

Gus Williams (The Wizard)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: October 10, 1953 in Mount Vernon, New York
High School: Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, New York
College: University of Southern California

Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (2nd pick, 20th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft.

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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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 77 1728 365 853 .428 173 233 .742 62 97 159 240 140 26 143 903
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 82 1930 325 701 .464 112 150 .747 72 161 233 292 121 19 218 762
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 79 2572 602 1335 .451 227 278 .817 83 173 256 294 185 41 189 198 1431
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 76 2266 606 1224 .495 245 316 .775 111 134 245 307 158 29 190 162 1457
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 82 2969 739 1533 .482 7 36 .194 331 420 .788 127 148 275 397 200 37 181 160 1816
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 80 80 2876 773 1592 .486 9 40 .225 320 436 .734 92 152 244 549 172 36 197 163 1875
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 80 80 2761 660 1384 .477 2 43 .047 278 370 .751 72 133 205 643 182 26 230 117 1600
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 80 80 2818 598 1306 .458 4 25 .160 297 396 .750 67 137 204 675 189 25 232 151 1497
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 79 78 2960 638 1483 .430 51 176 .290 251 346 .725 72 123 195 608 178 32 213 159 1578
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 77 67 2284 434 1013 .428 30 116 .259 138 188 .734 52 114 166 453 96 15 160 113 1036
1986-87 33 ATL NBA 33 0 481 53 146 .363 5 18 .278 27 40 .675 8 32 40 139 17 5 54 53 138
Career NBA 825 385 25645 5793 12570 .461 108 454 .238 2399 3173 .756 818 1404 2222 4597 1638 291 1646 1637 14093

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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 77 22.4 4.7 11.1 .428 2.2 3.0 .742 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.1 1.8 0.3 1.9 11.7
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 82 23.5 4.0 8.5 .464 1.4 1.8 .747 0.9 2.0 2.8 3.6 1.5 0.2 2.7 9.3
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 79 32.6 7.6 16.9 .451 2.9 3.5 .817 1.1 2.2 3.2 3.7 2.3 0.5 2.4 2.5 18.1
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 76 29.8 8.0 16.1 .495 3.2 4.2 .775 1.5 1.8 3.2 4.0 2.1 0.4 2.5 2.1 19.2
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 82 36.2 9.0 18.7 .482 0.1 0.4 .194 4.0 5.1 .788 1.5 1.8 3.4 4.8 2.4 0.5 2.2 2.0 22.1
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 80 80 36.0 9.7 19.9 .486 0.1 0.5 .225 4.0 5.5 .734 1.2 1.9 3.1 6.9 2.2 0.5 2.5 2.0 23.4
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 80 80 34.5 8.3 17.3 .477 0.0 0.5 .047 3.5 4.6 .751 0.9 1.7 2.6 8.0 2.3 0.3 2.9 1.5 20.0
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 80 80 35.2 7.5 16.3 .458 0.1 0.3 .160 3.7 5.0 .750 0.8 1.7 2.6 8.4 2.4 0.3 2.9 1.9 18.7
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 79 78 37.5 8.1 18.8 .430 0.6 2.2 .290 3.2 4.4 .725 0.9 1.6 2.5 7.7 2.3 0.4 2.7 2.0 20.0
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 77 67 29.7 5.6 13.2 .428 0.4 1.5 .259 1.8 2.4 .734 0.7 1.5 2.2 5.9 1.2 0.2 2.1 1.5 13.5
1986-87 33 ATL NBA 33 0 14.6 1.6 4.4 .363 0.2 0.5 .278 0.8 1.2 .675 0.2 1.0 1.2 4.2 0.5 0.2 1.6 1.6 4.2
Career NBA 825 385 31.1 7.0 15.2 .461 0.2 0.9 .238 2.9 3.8 .756 1.0 1.7 2.7 5.6 2.0 0.4 2.5 2.0 17.1

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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 77 1728 7.6 17.8 .428 3.6 4.9 .742 1.3 2.0 3.3 5.0 2.9 0.5 3.0 18.8
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 82 1930 6.1 13.1 .464 2.1 2.8 .747 1.3 3.0 4.3 5.4 2.3 0.4 4.1 14.2
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 79 2572 8.4 18.7 .451 3.2 3.9 .817 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.1 2.6 0.6 2.6 2.8 20.0
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 76 2266 9.6 19.4 .495 3.9 5.0 .775 1.8 2.1 3.9 4.9 2.5 0.5 3.0 2.6 23.1
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 82 2969 9.0 18.6 .482 0.1 0.4 .194 4.0 5.1 .788 1.5 1.8 3.3 4.8 2.4 0.4 2.2 1.9 22.0
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 80 80 2876 9.7 19.9 .486 0.1 0.5 .225 4.0 5.5 .734 1.2 1.9 3.1 6.9 2.2 0.5 2.5 2.0 23.5
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 80 80 2761 8.6 18.0 .477 0.0 0.6 .047 3.6 4.8 .751 0.9 1.7 2.7 8.4 2.4 0.3 3.0 1.5 20.9
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 80 80 2818 7.6 16.7 .458 0.1 0.3 .160 3.8 5.1 .750 0.9 1.8 2.6 8.6 2.4 0.3 3.0 1.9 19.1
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 79 78 2960 7.8 18.0 .430 0.6 2.1 .290 3.1 4.2 .725 0.9 1.5 2.4 7.4 2.2 0.4 2.6 1.9 19.2
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 77 67 2284 6.8 16.0 .428 0.5 1.8 .259 2.2 3.0 .734 0.8 1.8 2.6 7.1 1.5 0.2 2.5 1.8 16.3
1986-87 33 ATL NBA 33 0 481 4.0 10.9 .363 0.4 1.3 .278 2.0 3.0 .675 0.6 2.4 3.0 10.4 1.3 0.4 4.0 4.0 10.3
Career NBA 825 385 25645 8.1 17.6 .461 0.2 1.0 .238 3.4 4.5 .756 1.1 2.0 3.1 6.5 2.3 0.4 2.7 2.3 19.8

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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 77 1728 17.0 .473 .428 3.5 5.3 4.4 19.3 3.6 0.8 95 1.6 2.6 4.2
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 82 1930 14.2 .497 .464 3.7 8.5 6.1 19.6 2.8 0.5 100 1.6 1.9 3.6
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 79 2572 18.1 .491 .451 3.1 7.1 5.1 18.0 3.3 0.9 11.5 24.4 103 97 3.8 3.9 7.7
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 76 2266 21.1 .534 .495 5.1 6.2 5.7 21.9 3.2 0.7 12.2 26.9 108 100 4.7 3.5 8.3
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 82 2969 20.6 .529 .484 4.5 5.3 4.9 20.7 3.2 0.7 9.5 25.2 113 102 7.2 4.4 11.6
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 80 2876 21.8 .526 .488 3.6 5.5 4.6 31.0 2.9 0.7 9.9 28.5 111 103 5.9 4.3 10.2
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 80 2761 20.5 .517 .478 2.9 4.9 4.0 34.8 3.1 0.5 12.9 25.8 108 104 5.2 3.3 8.5
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 80 2818 18.9 .506 .459 2.7 5.5 4.1 36.2 3.2 0.5 13.5 25.2 106 108 3.0 2.9 5.9
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 79 2960 17.3 .482 .447 2.6 4.7 3.6 30.5 2.9 0.6 11.5 26.0 102 105 1.2 3.9 5.1
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 77 2284 15.0 .473 .443 2.5 5.4 3.9 30.8 2.0 0.4 12.7 23.0 101 108 0.7 2.2 2.8
1986-87 33 ATL NBA 33 481 9.6 .422 .380 1.8 7.1 4.5 38.0 1.7 0.6 24.8 18.6 92 108 -0.4 0.5 0.1
Career NBA 825 25645 18.5 .505 .465 3.4 5.8 4.6 27.1 3.0 0.6 11.9 25.5 106 102 34.5 33.4 67.9

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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 11 178 30 85 14 21 5 14 26 11 0 22 74 .353 .667 16.2 6.7 1.3 2.4
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 10 184 35 70 18 21 9 15 25 8 1 30 88 .500 .857 18.4 8.8 1.5 2.5
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 22 701 163 342 77 106 30 86 88 45 12 54 70 403 .477 .726 31.9 18.3 3.9 4.0
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 17 619 182 382 90 127 36 70 63 34 11 42 42 452 .476 .709 36.4 26.6 4.1 3.7
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 15 564 146 284 1 5 62 86 30 60 84 34 7 47 38 355 .514 .200 .721 37.6 23.7 4.0 5.6
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 8 315 82 186 2 6 44 56 12 26 65 13 5 18 13 210 .441 .333 .786 39.4 26.3 3.3 8.1
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 2 81 26 47 0 2 13 15 4 7 8 5 0 6 5 65 .553 .000 .867 40.5 32.5 3.5 4.0
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 5 215 50 98 2 6 15 21 2 12 57 8 3 14 7 117 .510 .333 .714 43.0 23.4 2.4 11.4
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 4 159 30 71 3 10 9 12 4 8 20 5 1 13 5 72 .423 .300 .750 39.8 18.0 2.0 5.0
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 5 199 38 79 1 10 14 18 4 10 33 11 0 7 11 91 .481 .100 .778 39.8 18.2 2.0 6.6
Career NBA 99 3215 782 1644 9 39 356 483 136 308 469 174 40 201 243 1927 .476 .231 .737 32.5 19.5 3.1 4.7

Playoffs 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
1975-76 22 GSW NBA 11 178 11.4 .393 .353 2.8 5.4 4.1 19.4 2.8 0.0 102 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1976-77 23 GSW NBA 10 184 15.8 .555 .500 4.5 3.3 4.0 18.8 2.0 0.3 104 0.4 0.1 0.5
1977-78 24 SEA NBA 22 701 20.4 .518 .477 4.3 8.2 6.3 21.2 3.1 0.9 12.2 25.4 107 101 1.4 0.9 2.3
1978-79 25 SEA NBA 17 619 23.8 .516 .476 6.3 6.1 6.2 17.9 2.6 1.0 8.8 31.1 112 101 2.0 0.7 2.7
1979-80 26 SEA NBA 15 564 21.7 .552 .516 5.7 5.9 5.8 25.9 3.0 0.7 12.7 26.9 112 104 1.4 0.6 2.0
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 8 315 22.3 .498 .446 4.1 4.5 4.3 38.5 2.1 0.9 7.9 30.7 111 106 0.7 0.4 1.1
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 2 81 27.1 .606 .553 4.2 4.0 4.1 19.7 3.1 0.0 10.1 29.4 121 110 0.3 0.0 0.4
1983-84 30 SEA NBA 5 215 23.0 .546 .520 1.1 4.8 3.0 42.7 2.0 0.8 11.5 25.6 114 108 0.5 0.2 0.7
1984-85 31 WSB NBA 4 159 11.1 .472 .444 2.7 3.0 2.8 19.4 1.6 0.4 14.6 23.6 96 113 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1985-86 32 WSB NBA 5 199 16.8 .523 .487 2.1 3.4 2.7 25.8 2.8 0.0 7.5 19.9 115 114 0.3 0.1 0.4
Career NBA 99 3215 20.4 .519 .478 4.4 5.7 5.1 24.4 2.6 0.7 10.7 27.2 110 104 6.7 3.4 10.1

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 28 SEA NBA 1 1 26 9 19 .474 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 2 2 9 1 0 0 1 22
1982-83 29 SEA NBA 1 0 15 3 9 .333 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 3 1 6
Career NBA 2 1 41 12 28 .429 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 3 3 13 2 0 3 2 28

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
1971-72 18 USC 19 113 246 46 69 78 272 .459 .667 14.3 4.1
1972-73 19 USC 28 141 324 54 72 126 336 .435 .750 12.0 4.5
1973-74 20 USC 29 191 394 67 105 100 449 .485 .638 15.5 3.4
1974-75 21 USC 25 220 460 89 120 116 529 .478 .742 21.2 4.6
Career 82 552 1178 210 297 342 1314 .469 .707 16.0 4.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1983 NBA

Honors

1974-75 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1975-76 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1979-80 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1981-82 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1979-80 NBA 0.007 (8)
1981-82 NBA 0.167 (5)
1982-83 NBA 0.004 (18)
Career 0.177 (68)

Games

1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1979-80 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1979-80 NBA 2969 (10)

Field Goals

1979-80 NBA 739 (8)
1981-82 NBA 773 (6)

Field Goal Attempts

1979-80 NBA 1533 (7)
1981-82 NBA 1592 (3)

3-Pt Field Goals

1984-85 NBA 51 (5)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1984-85 NBA 176 (3)

Assists

1982-83 NBA 643 (4)
1983-84 NBA 675 (5)
1984-85 NBA 608 (9)
Career NBA 4597 (61)
Career 4597 (64)

Steals

1977-78 NBA 185 (3)
1978-79 NBA 158 (7)
1979-80 NBA 200 (4)
1981-82 NBA 172 (7)
1982-83 NBA 182 (6)
1983-84 NBA 189 (3)
1984-85 NBA 178 (6)
Career NBA 1638 (19)
Career 1638 (21)

Points

1981-82 NBA 1875 (6)

Minutes Per Game

1984-85 NBA 37.5 (9)

Points Per Game

1981-82 NBA 23.4 (7)

Assists Per Game

1982-83 NBA 8.0 (6)
1983-84 NBA 8.4 (7)
1984-85 NBA 7.7 (10)
Career NBA 5.6 (67)
Career 5.6 (68)

Steals Per Game

1977-78 NBA 2.3 (2)
1978-79 NBA 2.1 (8)
1979-80 NBA 2.4 (4)
1981-82 NBA 2.1 (7)
1982-83 NBA 2.3 (7)
1983-84 NBA 2.4 (3)
1984-85 NBA 2.3 (7)
Career NBA 2.0 (11)
Career 2.0 (12)

Player Efficiency Rating

1978-79 NBA 21.1 (10)

Assist Pct

1981-82 NBA 31.0 (9)
1982-83 NBA 34.8 (3)
1983-84 NBA 36.2 (7)
Career NBA 27.1 (80)
Career 27.1 (81)

Steal Pct

1975-76 NBA 3.6 (3)
1977-78 NBA 3.3 (5)
1978-79 NBA 3.2 (5)
1979-80 NBA 3.2 (6)
1982-83 NBA 3.1 (7)
1983-84 NBA 3.2 (7)
Career NBA 3.0 (13)
Career 3.0 (15)

Turnover Pct

1977-78 NBA 11.5 (7)
1979-80 NBA 9.5 (6)
1981-82 NBA 9.9 (8)

Usage Pct

1981-82 NBA 28.5 (5)
Career NBA 25.5 (49)
Career 25.5 (51)

Defensive Win Shares

1979-80 NBA 4.4 (9)

Win Shares

1979-80 NBA 11.6 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.154 (135)

Transactions

September 24, 1974: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1975 2nd round draft pick) to the Atlanta Hawks for Zelmo Beaty.

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (20th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

October 17, 1977: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Seattle Supersonics; the Golden State Warriors received cash as compensation.

June 18, 1981: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Supersonics.

June 19, 1984: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the Washington Bullets for Tim McCormick and Ricky Sobers.

January 6, 1987: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Atlanta Hawks; the Washington Bullets received a 1990 2nd round draft pick (A.J. English) as compensation.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1979-80 Seattle Supersonics NBA $480,000
1981-82 Seattle Supersonics NBA *$580,000
1982-83 Seattle Supersonics NBA *$630,000
1983-84 Seattle Supersonics NBA *$680,000
1984-85 Washington Bullets NBA $730,000
1985-86 Washington Bullets NBA $790,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,890,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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