Sly Williams

Sylvester Williams (Sly)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
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
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (21st pick, 21st overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1979

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	PF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1979-80	22	NYK	NBA	SF	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	-0.006
1980-81	23	NYK	NBA	PF	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	.124
1981-82	24	NYK	NBA	SF	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	.133
1982-83	25	NYK	NBA	PF	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	.132
1983-84	26	ATL	NBA	SF	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	-0.021
1984-85	27	ATL	NBA	SF	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	.030
1985-86	28	BOS	NBA	SF	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	-0.136
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	.097

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	23	NYK	NBA	PF	2	56	13	18	.722	0	0		0	0		4	5	9	5	3	0	3	7	26
1982-83	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	82	16	41	.390	1	1	1.000	3	3	1.000	10	11	21	6	3	1	12	4	36
Career			NBA		7	138	29	59	.492	1	1	1.000	3	3	1.000	14	16	30	11	6	1	15	11	62

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	23	NYK	NBA	PF	2	28.0	6.5	9.0	.722	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	4.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.5	13.0
1982-83	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	16.4	3.2	8.2	.390	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.6	0.6	1.000	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	2.4	0.8	7.2
Career			NBA		7	19.7	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.6	8.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	23	NYK	NBA	PF	2	56	8.4	11.6	.722	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		2.6	3.2	5.8	3.2	1.9	0.0	1.9	4.5	16.7
1982-83	25	NYK	NBA	PF	5	82	7.0	18.0	.390	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.3	1.3	1.000	4.4	4.8	9.2	2.6	1.3	0.4	5.3	1.8	15.8
Career			NBA		7	138	7.6	15.4	.492	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.8	0.8	1.000	3.7	4.2	7.8	2.9	1.6	0.3	3.9	2.9	16.2

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1980-81	23	NYK	NBA	PF	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	.222
1982-83	25	NYK	NBA	PF	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	-0.089
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	.037

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 7 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sly Williams		5.1	4.2	3.8	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Ed Davis	90.1	5.4	4.0	3.9
Tyler Hansbrough	87.6	4.4	3.9	3.8	0.7
Wayne Hightower	87.5	5.8	4.2	4.0	0.7	0.0	-0.2	-0.8
Leo Barnhorst	86.8	4.7	4.6	3.6	1.3
George Stone	84.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	0.2
Dino Radja	84.1	5.9	4.5	4.0	-0.2
Chuck Gilmur	81.9	4.6	4.5	4.3	1.7	-0.1
DeJuan Blair	81.4	4.8	4.6	4.0	2.2
Bob Harris	80.2	5.0	4.3	3.4	1.9	1.0
Jamario Moon	78.2	5.7	4.9	2.9	1.1	-0.3

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sly Williams		5.1	4.2	3.8	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Ed Davis	90.1	5.4	4.0	3.9
Tyler Hansbrough	87.6	4.4	3.9	3.8	0.7
Leo Barnhorst	86.8	4.7	4.6	3.6	1.3
George Stone	84.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	0.2
Dino Radja	84.1	5.9	4.5	4.0	-0.2
Chuck Gilmur	81.9	4.6	4.5	4.3	1.7	-0.1
DeJuan Blair	81.4	4.8	4.6	4.0	2.2
Bob Harris	80.2	5.0	4.3	3.4	1.9	1.0
Jamario Moon	78.2	5.7	4.9	2.9	1.1	-0.3
Michael Brooks	78.1	4.9	4.7	4.5	2.4	0.0	0.0

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
1976-77	19	RHODEISLE	26	919	212	496			96	135		210						520	.427		.711	35.3	20.0	8.1
1977-78	20	RHODEISLE	29	906	225	416			114	168		255						564	.541		.679	31.2	19.4	8.8
1978-79	21	RHODEISLE	29	1025	279	532			135	186		244						693	.524		.726	35.3	23.9	8.4
Career			84	2850	716	1444			345	489		709						1777	.496		.706	33.9	21.2	8.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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

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 Knicks for Bob McAdoo.

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

June 29, 1983: Traded by the New York Knicks 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

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Boston Celtics	NBA	$450,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$450,000

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