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Sly Williams

Sylvester Williams (Sly, The Garbage Man)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-7    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: January 26, 1958 in New Haven, Connecticut
High School: Lee in New Haven, Connecticut
College: University of Rhode Island

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (21st pick, 21st overall) of the 1979 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
1979-80 22 NYK NBA 57 556 104 267 .390 0 4 .000 58 90 .644 65 56 121 36 19 8 49 73 266
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 67 1976 349 708 .493 2 8 .250 185 268 .690 159 257 416 180 116 18 141 199 885
1981-82 24 NYK NBA 60 27 1521 349 628 .556 2 9 .222 131 173 .757 100 127 227 142 77 16 114 153 831
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 68 6 1385 314 647 .485 2 19 .105 176 259 .680 94 196 290 133 73 3 133 166 806
1983-84 26 ATL NBA 13 1 258 34 114 .298 1 9 .111 36 46 .783 19 31 50 16 14 1 18 33 105
1984-85 27 ATL NBA 34 20 867 167 380 .439 4 15 .267 79 123 .642 45 123 168 94 28 8 78 83 417
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 6 0 54 5 21 .238 0 4 .000 7 12 .583 7 8 15 2 1 1 7 15 17
Career NBA 305 54 6617 1322 2765 .478 11 68 .162 672 971 .692 489 798 1287 603 328 55 540 722 3327

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
1979-80 22 NYK NBA 57 9.8 1.8 4.7 .390 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.6 .644 1.1 1.0 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.3 4.7
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 67 29.5 5.2 10.6 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 2.8 4.0 .690 2.4 3.8 6.2 2.7 1.7 0.3 2.1 3.0 13.2
1981-82 24 NYK NBA 60 27 25.4 5.8 10.5 .556 0.0 0.2 .222 2.2 2.9 .757 1.7 2.1 3.8 2.4 1.3 0.3 1.9 2.6 13.9
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 68 6 20.4 4.6 9.5 .485 0.0 0.3 .105 2.6 3.8 .680 1.4 2.9 4.3 2.0 1.1 0.0 2.0 2.4 11.9
1983-84 26 ATL NBA 13 1 19.8 2.6 8.8 .298 0.1 0.7 .111 2.8 3.5 .783 1.5 2.4 3.8 1.2 1.1 0.1 1.4 2.5 8.1
1984-85 27 ATL NBA 34 20 25.5 4.9 11.2 .439 0.1 0.4 .267 2.3 3.6 .642 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.8 0.8 0.2 2.3 2.4 12.3
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 6 0 9.0 0.8 3.5 .238 0.0 0.7 .000 1.2 2.0 .583 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.5 2.8
Career NBA 305 54 21.7 4.3 9.1 .478 0.0 0.2 .162 2.2 3.2 .692 1.6 2.6 4.2 2.0 1.1 0.2 1.8 2.4 10.9

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
1979-80 22 NYK NBA 57 556 6.7 17.3 .390 0.0 0.3 .000 3.8 5.8 .644 4.2 3.6 7.8 2.3 1.2 0.5 3.2 4.7 17.2
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 67 1976 6.4 12.9 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 3.4 4.9 .690 2.9 4.7 7.6 3.3 2.1 0.3 2.6 3.6 16.1
1981-82 24 NYK NBA 60 27 1521 8.3 14.9 .556 0.0 0.2 .222 3.1 4.1 .757 2.4 3.0 5.4 3.4 1.8 0.4 2.7 3.6 19.7
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 68 6 1385 8.2 16.8 .485 0.1 0.5 .105 4.6 6.7 .680 2.4 5.1 7.5 3.5 1.9 0.1 3.5 4.3 21.0
1983-84 26 ATL NBA 13 1 258 4.7 15.9 .298 0.1 1.3 .111 5.0 6.4 .783 2.7 4.3 7.0 2.2 2.0 0.1 2.5 4.6 14.7
1984-85 27 ATL NBA 34 20 867 6.9 15.8 .439 0.2 0.6 .267 3.3 5.1 .642 1.9 5.1 7.0 3.9 1.2 0.3 3.2 3.4 17.3
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 6 0 54 3.3 14.0 .238 0.0 2.7 .000 4.7 8.0 .583 4.7 5.3 10.0 1.3 0.7 0.7 4.7 10.0 11.3
Career NBA 305 54 6617 7.2 15.0 .478 0.1 0.4 .162 3.7 5.3 .692 2.7 4.3 7.0 3.3 1.8 0.3 2.9 3.9 18.1

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
1979-80 22 NYK NBA 57 556 10.7 .434 .390 12.6 11.1 11.9 8.4 1.5 0.8 13.8 24.6 92 109 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 67 1976 16.6 .536 .494 8.9 15.4 12.0 12.9 2.8 0.5 14.6 19.9 107 103 2.4 2.7 5.1
1981-82 24 NYK NBA 60 1521 18.6 .590 .557 7.4 9.7 8.5 14.2 2.4 0.6 13.9 22.2 113 109 2.9 1.3 4.2
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 68 1385 18.2 .530 .487 7.9 16.8 12.3 16.0 2.6 0.1 14.9 27.5 102 98 1.2 2.6 3.8
1983-84 26 ATL NBA 13 258 9.3 .391 .303 8.3 13.9 11.1 9.1 2.7 0.2 11.8 25.5 87 105 -0.5 0.3 -0.1
1984-85 27 ATL NBA 34 867 12.9 .480 .445 5.8 15.3 10.6 16.1 1.6 0.5 15.2 24.3 96 107 -0.4 1.0 0.5
1985-86 28 BOS NBA 6 54 -0.6 .323 .238 15.3 15.3 15.3 4.4 0.9 1.0 21.0 25.3 71 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Career NBA 305 6617 16.0 .521 .480 8.3 14.0 11.1 13.7 2.4 0.5 14.5 23.2 103 104 5.1 8.2 13.4

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
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 2 56 13 18 0 0 0 0 4 9 5 3 0 3 7 26 .722 28.0 13.0 4.5 2.5
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 5 82 16 41 1 1 3 3 10 21 6 3 1 12 4 36 .390 1.000 1.000 16.4 7.2 4.2 1.2
Career NBA 7 138 29 59 1 1 3 3 14 30 11 6 1 15 11 62 .492 1.000 1.000 19.7 8.9 4.3 1.6

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
1980-81 23 NYK NBA 2 56 21.3 .722 .722 7.4 10.9 9.0 17.5 2.7 0.0 14.3 15.7 130 103 0.2 0.1 0.3
1982-83 25 NYK NBA 5 82 10.1 .425 .402 14.3 15.6 14.9 11.6 1.8 0.7 22.1 28.2 81 107 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Career NBA 7 138 14.6 .514 .500 11.5 13.7 12.5 14.0 2.2 0.4 19.9 23.2 95 105 0.0 0.1 0.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Transactions

January 17, 1979: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) to the Boston Celtics for Dennis Awtrey.

February 12, 1979: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) with Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick (Bill Cartwright) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Larry Demic) to the New York Knickerbockers for Bob McAdoo.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

June 29, 1983: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers with cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Rudy Macklin.

September 23, 1985: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

September 26, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

December 2, 1985: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Atlanta Hawks NBA $450,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $450,000
Career (may be incomplete) $900,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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