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Ray Williams

Thomas Ray Williams (Ray)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: October 14, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York
High School: Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, New York
College: University of Minnesota

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1977 NBA draft.

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New York Knickerbockers
1978-1984		 13
New York Knickerbockers
1980-1981		 13
New Jersey Nets
1982-1987		 25
Kansas City Kings
1983		 20
Boston Celtics
1985		 1
Atlanta Hawks
1986		 11
San Antonio Spurs
1986

Game Logs and Splits

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Splits1986-87 

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
1977-78 23 NYK NBA 81 1550 305 689 .443 146 207 .705 85 124 209 363 108 15 242 211 756
1978-79 24 NYK NBA 81 2370 575 1257 .457 251 313 .802 104 187 291 504 128 19 285 274 1401
1979-80 25 NYK NBA 82 2582 687 1384 .496 7 37 .189 333 423 .787 149 263 412 512 167 24 256 295 1714
1980-81 26 NYK NBA 79 2742 616 1335 .461 16 68 .235 312 382 .817 122 199 321 432 185 37 235 270 1560
1981-82 27 NJN NBA 82 69 2732 639 1383 .462 9 54 .167 387 465 .832 117 208 325 488 199 43 290 302 1674
1982-83 28 KCK NBA 72 68 2170 419 1068 .392 15 74 .203 256 333 .769 93 234 327 569 120 26 335 248 1109
1983-84 29 NYK NBA 76 63 2230 418 939 .445 25 81 .309 263 318 .827 67 200 267 449 162 26 219 274 1124
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 23 5 459 55 143 .385 6 23 .261 31 46 .674 16 41 57 90 30 5 42 56 147
1985-86 31 TOT NBA 47 21 827 117 306 .382 6 19 .316 115 126 .913 35 51 86 187 61 4 101 124 355
1985-86 31 ATL NBA 19 12 367 57 143 .399 4 11 .364 41 48 .854 19 26 45 67 28 1 41 48 159
1985-86 31 SAS NBA 23 9 397 50 131 .382 2 6 .333 62 64 .969 13 24 37 111 28 3 51 64 164
1985-86 31 NJN NBA 5 0 63 10 32 .313 0 2 .000 12 14 .857 3 1 4 9 5 0 9 12 32
1986-87 32 NJN NBA 32 14 800 131 290 .452 7 28 .250 49 60 .817 26 49 75 185 38 9 94 111 318
Career NBA 655 240 18462 3962 8794 .451 91 384 .237 2143 2673 .802 814 1556 2370 3779 1198 208 2099 2165 10158

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
1977-78 23 NYK NBA 81 19.1 3.8 8.5 .443 1.8 2.6 .705 1.0 1.5 2.6 4.5 1.3 0.2 3.0 2.6 9.3
1978-79 24 NYK NBA 81 29.3 7.1 15.5 .457 3.1 3.9 .802 1.3 2.3 3.6 6.2 1.6 0.2 3.5 3.4 17.3
1979-80 25 NYK NBA 82 31.5 8.4 16.9 .496 0.1 0.5 .189 4.1 5.2 .787 1.8 3.2 5.0 6.2 2.0 0.3 3.1 3.6 20.9
1980-81 26 NYK NBA 79 34.7 7.8 16.9 .461 0.2 0.9 .235 3.9 4.8 .817 1.5 2.5 4.1 5.5 2.3 0.5 3.0 3.4 19.7
1981-82 27 NJN NBA 82 69 33.3 7.8 16.9 .462 0.1 0.7 .167 4.7 5.7 .832 1.4 2.5 4.0 6.0 2.4 0.5 3.5 3.7 20.4
1982-83 28 KCK NBA 72 68 30.1 5.8 14.8 .392 0.2 1.0 .203 3.6 4.6 .769 1.3 3.3 4.5 7.9 1.7 0.4 4.7 3.4 15.4
1983-84 29 NYK NBA 76 63 29.3 5.5 12.4 .445 0.3 1.1 .309 3.5 4.2 .827 0.9 2.6 3.5 5.9 2.1 0.3 2.9 3.6 14.8
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 23 5 20.0 2.4 6.2 .385 0.3 1.0 .261 1.3 2.0 .674 0.7 1.8 2.5 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.8 2.4 6.4
1985-86 31 TOT NBA 47 21 17.6 2.5 6.5 .382 0.1 0.4 .316 2.4 2.7 .913 0.7 1.1 1.8 4.0 1.3 0.1 2.1 2.6 7.6
1985-86 31 ATL NBA 19 12 19.3 3.0 7.5 .399 0.2 0.6 .364 2.2 2.5 .854 1.0 1.4 2.4 3.5 1.5 0.1 2.2 2.5 8.4
1985-86 31 SAS NBA 23 9 17.3 2.2 5.7 .382 0.1 0.3 .333 2.7 2.8 .969 0.6 1.0 1.6 4.8 1.2 0.1 2.2 2.8 7.1
1985-86 31 NJN NBA 5 0 12.6 2.0 6.4 .313 0.0 0.4 .000 2.4 2.8 .857 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.0 1.8 2.4 6.4
1986-87 32 NJN NBA 32 14 25.0 4.1 9.1 .452 0.2 0.9 .250 1.5 1.9 .817 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.8 1.2 0.3 2.9 3.5 9.9
Career NBA 655 240 28.2 6.0 13.4 .451 0.2 0.8 .237 3.3 4.1 .802 1.2 2.4 3.6 5.8 1.8 0.3 3.2 3.3 15.5

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
1977-78 23 NYK NBA 81 1550 7.1 16.0 .443 3.4 4.8 .705 2.0 2.9 4.9 8.4 2.5 0.3 5.6 4.9 17.6
1978-79 24 NYK NBA 81 2370 8.7 19.1 .457 3.8 4.8 .802 1.6 2.8 4.4 7.7 1.9 0.3 4.3 4.2 21.3
1979-80 25 NYK NBA 82 2582 9.6 19.3 .496 0.1 0.5 .189 4.6 5.9 .787 2.1 3.7 5.7 7.1 2.3 0.3 3.6 4.1 23.9
1980-81 26 NYK NBA 79 2742 8.1 17.5 .461 0.2 0.9 .235 4.1 5.0 .817 1.6 2.6 4.2 5.7 2.4 0.5 3.1 3.5 20.5
1981-82 27 NJN NBA 82 69 2732 8.4 18.2 .462 0.1 0.7 .167 5.1 6.1 .832 1.5 2.7 4.3 6.4 2.6 0.6 3.8 4.0 22.1
1982-83 28 KCK NBA 72 68 2170 7.0 17.7 .392 0.2 1.2 .203 4.2 5.5 .769 1.5 3.9 5.4 9.4 2.0 0.4 5.6 4.1 18.4
1983-84 29 NYK NBA 76 63 2230 6.7 15.2 .445 0.4 1.3 .309 4.2 5.1 .827 1.1 3.2 4.3 7.2 2.6 0.4 3.5 4.4 18.1
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 23 5 459 4.3 11.2 .385 0.5 1.8 .261 2.4 3.6 .674 1.3 3.2 4.5 7.1 2.4 0.4 3.3 4.4 11.5
1985-86 31 TOT NBA 47 21 827 5.1 13.3 .382 0.3 0.8 .316 5.0 5.5 .913 1.5 2.2 3.7 8.1 2.7 0.2 4.4 5.4 15.5
1985-86 31 ATL NBA 19 12 367 5.6 14.0 .399 0.4 1.1 .364 4.0 4.7 .854 1.9 2.6 4.4 6.6 2.7 0.1 4.0 4.7 15.6
1985-86 31 SAS NBA 23 9 397 4.5 11.9 .382 0.2 0.5 .333 5.6 5.8 .969 1.2 2.2 3.4 10.1 2.5 0.3 4.6 5.8 14.9
1985-86 31 NJN NBA 5 0 63 5.7 18.3 .313 0.0 1.1 .000 6.9 8.0 .857 1.7 0.6 2.3 5.1 2.9 0.0 5.1 6.9 18.3
1986-87 32 NJN NBA 32 14 800 5.9 13.1 .452 0.3 1.3 .250 2.2 2.7 .817 1.2 2.2 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.4 4.2 5.0 14.3
Career NBA 655 240 18462 7.7 17.1 .451 0.2 1.0 .237 4.2 5.2 .802 1.6 3.0 4.6 7.4 2.3 0.4 4.1 4.2 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 LS WSAA
1977-78 23 NYK NBA 81 1550 14.5 .485 .443 5.8 8.1 7.0 30.9 3.0 0.5 23.7 25.0 91 102 0.0 4.6 5 18 -6.5
1978-79 24 NYK NBA 81 2370 17.7 .502 .457 4.7 8.5 6.6 31.0 2.5 0.4 17.0 27.8 100 106 5.0 5.5 11 25 -7.0
1979-80 25 NYK NBA 82 2582 21.6 .546 .499 6.2 11.2 8.7 28.5 2.9 0.5 14.0 27.2 111 107 16.9 6.7 23 13 5.0
1980-81 26 NYK NBA 79 2742 19.0 .519 .467 4.9 8.6 6.7 23.9 3.2 0.8 13.5 25.7 106 104 12.9 11.7 25 14 5.5
1981-82 27 NJN NBA 82 2732 19.0 .527 .465 4.8 8.7 6.7 27.4 3.4 0.9 15.4 27.4 106 101 8.7 14.2 23 16 3.5
1982-83 28 KCK NBA 72 2170 14.4 .457 .399 4.6 11.7 8.1 35.1 2.5 0.7 21.6 27.5 93 104 0.0 7.3 7 28 -10.5
1983-84 29 NYK NBA 76 2230 17.4 .521 .458 3.7 10.9 7.3 30.3 3.5 0.7 16.9 24.3 105 101 5.5 11.5 17 13 2.0
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 23 459 10.9 .450 .406 4.0 9.4 6.9 23.8 3.1 0.6 20.5 18.2 95 105 0.0 2.2 2 3 -0.5
1985-86 31 TOT NBA 47 827 13.5 .491 .392 4.8 6.8 5.8 30.0 3.5 0.3 21.8 22.6 99 106 0.5 3.0 4 8 -2.0
1985-86 31 ATL NBA 19 367 13.7 .484 .413 5.7 7.8 6.8 25.5 3.7 0.2 20.0 22.8 98 104 0.0 1.6 2 3 -0.5
1985-86 31 SAS NBA 23 397 14.2 .515 .389 3.8 6.7 5.3 35.8 3.3 0.4 24.3 21.3 102 108 0.5 1.1 2 4 -1.0
1985-86 31 NJN NBA 5 63 7.8 .419 .313 5.3 1.8 3.6 19.4 3.7 0.0 19.1 29.9 85 107 0.0 0.2 0 1 -0.5
1986-87 32 NJN NBA 32 800 11.9 .503 .464 3.7 6.9 5.3 33.7 2.2 0.7 22.9 20.7 98 111 0.0 1.3 1 10 -4.5
Career NBA 655 18462 17.3 .509 .456 4.9 9.4 7.1 29.4 3.0 0.6 17.4 25.9 102 104 49.4 68.1 118 148 -15.0

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
1977-78 23 NYK NBA 6 140 41 78 23 26 6 15 31 6 0 17 25 105 .526 .885 23.3 17.5 2.5 5.2
1980-81 26 NYK NBA 2 84 18 41 1 3 6 11 3 8 9 4 0 9 10 43 .439 .333 .545 42.0 21.5 4.0 4.5
1981-82 27 NJN NBA 2 77 14 47 2 5 4 5 8 12 14 4 0 6 10 34 .298 .400 .800 38.5 17.0 6.0 7.0
1983-84 29 NYK NBA 11 310 46 130 2 12 29 39 8 39 88 17 1 41 39 123 .354 .167 .744 28.2 11.2 3.5 8.0
1984-85 30 BOS NBA 19 278 47 116 2 15 24 25 14 36 60 12 1 33 44 120 .405 .133 .960 14.6 6.3 1.9 3.2
Career NBA 40 889 166 412 7 35 86 106 39 110 202 43 2 106 128 425 .403 .200 .811 22.2 10.6 2.8 5.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1981-82 NBA 0.009 (16)

Games

1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)

3-Pt Field Goals

1983-84 NBA 25 (6)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1983-84 NBA 81 (8)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .309 (5)

Assists

1978-79 NBA 504 (6)
1982-83 NBA 569 (7)
Career NBA 3779 (98)

Steals

1979-80 NBA 167 (9)
1980-81 NBA 185 (5)
1981-82 NBA 199 (4)
1983-84 NBA 162 (7)
Career NBA 1198 (64)
Career 1198 (70)

Turnovers

1981-82 NBA 290 (5)
1982-83 NBA 335 (1)
 Career NBA 2099 (76)
Career 2099 (81)

Personal Fouls

1981-82 NBA 302 (10)

Assists Per Game

1978-79 NBA 6.2 (7)
1982-83 NBA 7.9 (7)
Career NBA 5.8 (55)
Career 5.8 (56)

Steals Per Game

1979-80 NBA 2.0 (10)
1980-81 NBA 2.3 (5)
1981-82 NBA 2.4 (5)
1983-84 NBA 2.1 (7)

Player Efficiency Rating

1979-80 NBA 21.6 (9)

Assist Pct

1978-79 NBA 31.0 (5)
1979-80 NBA 28.5 (8)
1982-83 NBA 35.1 (2)
Career NBA 29.4 (48)
Career 29.4 (48)

Steal Pct

1979-80 NBA 2.9 (8)
1980-81 NBA 3.2 (9)
1981-82 NBA 3.4 (4)
1983-84 NBA 3.5 (4)

Usage Pct

1978-79 NBA 27.8 (6)
1979-80 NBA 27.2 (8)
1981-82 NBA 27.4 (10)
1982-83 NBA 27.5 (7)
Career NBA 25.9 (37)
Career 25.9 (40)

Defensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 101.0 (3)

Defensive Win Shares

1981-82 NBA 14.2 (9)

Loss Shares

1978-79 NBA 25 (6)
1982-83 NBA 28 (3)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.007 (253)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 New York Knickerbockers NBA $150,000
1979-80 New York Knickerbockers NBA $150,000
1980-81 New York Knickerbockers NBA $250,000
Career (may be incomplete) $550,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).