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Bill Laimbeer

William Laimbeer Jr. (Bill, Lambs)

Position: Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: May 19, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts
High School: Palos Verdes in Palos Verdes, California
College: University of Notre Dame

Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (21st pick, 65th overall) of the 1979 NBA draft.

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Cleveland Cavaliers
1981		 41
Cleveland Cavaliers
1982		 40
Detroit Pistons
1982-1994

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87Finder
Splits1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

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
1980-81 23 CLE NBA 81 2460 337 670 .503 0 0 117 153 .765 266 427 693 216 56 78 132 332 791
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 80 1829 265 536 .494 4 13 .308 184 232 .793 234 383 617 100 39 64 121 296 718
1981-82 24 CLE NBA 50 894 119 253 .470 3 6 .500 93 120 .775 124 153 277 45 22 30 61 170 334
1981-82 24 DET NBA 30 935 146 283 .516 1 7 .143 91 112 .813 110 230 340 55 17 34 60 126 384
1982-83 25 DET NBA 82 82 2871 436 877 .497 2 13 .154 245 310 .790 282 711 993 263 51 118 176 320 1119
1983-84 26 DET NBA 82 82 2864 553 1044 .530 0 11 .000 316 365 .866 329 674 1003 149 49 84 151 273 1422
1984-85 27 DET NBA 82 82 2892 595 1177 .506 4 18 .222 244 306 .797 295 718 1013 154 69 71 129 308 1438
1985-86 28 DET NBA 82 82 2891 545 1107 .492 4 14 .286 266 319 .834 305 770 1075 146 59 65 133 291 1360
1986-87 29 DET NBA 82 82 2854 506 1010 .501 6 21 .286 245 274 .894 243 712 955 151 72 69 120 283 1263
1987-88 30 DET NBA 82 82 2897 455 923 .493 13 39 .333 187 214 .874 165 667 832 199 66 78 136 284 1110
1988-89 31 DET NBA 81 81 2640 449 900 .499 30 86 .349 178 212 .840 138 638 776 177 51 100 129 259 1106
1989-90 32 DET NBA 81 81 2675 380 785 .484 57 158 .361 164 192 .854 166 614 780 171 57 84 98 278 981
1990-91 33 DET NBA 82 81 2668 372 778 .478 37 125 .296 123 147 .837 173 564 737 157 38 56 98 242 904
1991-92 34 DET NBA 81 46 2234 342 727 .470 32 85 .376 67 75 .893 104 347 451 160 51 54 102 225 783
1992-93 35 DET NBA 79 41 1933 292 574 .509 10 27 .370 93 104 .894 110 309 419 127 46 40 59 212 687
1993-94 36 DET NBA 11 5 248 47 90 .522 3 9 .333 11 13 .846 9 47 56 14 6 4 10 30 108
Career NBA 1068 827 33956 5574 11198 .498 202 619 .326 2440 2916 .837 2819 7581 10400 2184 710 965 1594 3633 13790

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
1980-81 23 CLE NBA 81 30.4 4.2 8.3 .503 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 .765 3.3 5.3 8.6 2.7 0.7 1.0 1.6 4.1 9.8
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 80 22.9 3.3 6.7 .494 0.1 0.2 .308 2.3 2.9 .793 2.9 4.8 7.7 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 3.7 9.0
1981-82 24 CLE NBA 50 17.9 2.4 5.1 .470 0.1 0.1 .500 1.9 2.4 .775 2.5 3.1 5.5 0.9 0.4 0.6 1.2 3.4 6.7
1981-82 24 DET NBA 30 31.2 4.9 9.4 .516 0.0 0.2 .143 3.0 3.7 .813 3.7 7.7 11.3 1.8 0.6 1.1 2.0 4.2 12.8
1982-83 25 DET NBA 82 82 35.0 5.3 10.7 .497 0.0 0.2 .154 3.0 3.8 .790 3.4 8.7 12.1 3.2 0.6 1.4 2.1 3.9 13.6
1983-84 26 DET NBA 82 82 34.9 6.7 12.7 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.5 .866 4.0 8.2 12.2 1.8 0.6 1.0 1.8 3.3 17.3
1984-85 27 DET NBA 82 82 35.3 7.3 14.4 .506 0.0 0.2 .222 3.0 3.7 .797 3.6 8.8 12.4 1.9 0.8 0.9 1.6 3.8 17.5
1985-86 28 DET NBA 82 82 35.3 6.6 13.5 .492 0.0 0.2 .286 3.2 3.9 .834 3.7 9.4 13.1 1.8 0.7 0.8 1.6 3.5 16.6
1986-87 29 DET NBA 82 82 34.8 6.2 12.3 .501 0.1 0.3 .286 3.0 3.3 .894 3.0 8.7 11.6 1.8 0.9 0.8 1.5 3.5 15.4
1987-88 30 DET NBA 82 82 35.3 5.5 11.3 .493 0.2 0.5 .333 2.3 2.6 .874 2.0 8.1 10.1 2.4 0.8 1.0 1.7 3.5 13.5
1988-89 31 DET NBA 81 81 32.6 5.5 11.1 .499 0.4 1.1 .349 2.2 2.6 .840 1.7 7.9 9.6 2.2 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.2 13.7
1989-90 32 DET NBA 81 81 33.0 4.7 9.7 .484 0.7 2.0 .361 2.0 2.4 .854 2.0 7.6 9.6 2.1 0.7 1.0 1.2 3.4 12.1
1990-91 33 DET NBA 82 81 32.5 4.5 9.5 .478 0.5 1.5 .296 1.5 1.8 .837 2.1 6.9 9.0 1.9 0.5 0.7 1.2 3.0 11.0
1991-92 34 DET NBA 81 46 27.6 4.2 9.0 .470 0.4 1.0 .376 0.8 0.9 .893 1.3 4.3 5.6 2.0 0.6 0.7 1.3 2.8 9.7
1992-93 35 DET NBA 79 41 24.5 3.7 7.3 .509 0.1 0.3 .370 1.2 1.3 .894 1.4 3.9 5.3 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 2.7 8.7
1993-94 36 DET NBA 11 5 22.5 4.3 8.2 .522 0.3 0.8 .333 1.0 1.2 .846 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.7 9.8
Career NBA 1068 827 31.8 5.2 10.5 .498 0.2 0.6 .326 2.3 2.7 .837 2.6 7.1 9.7 2.0 0.7 0.9 1.5 3.4 12.9

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
1980-81 23 CLE NBA 81 2460 4.9 9.8 .503 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .765 3.9 6.2 10.1 3.2 0.8 1.1 1.9 4.9 11.6
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 80 1829 5.2 10.6 .494 0.1 0.3 .308 3.6 4.6 .793 4.6 7.5 12.1 2.0 0.8 1.3 2.4 5.8 14.1
1981-82 24 CLE NBA 50 894 4.8 10.2 .470 0.1 0.2 .500 3.7 4.8 .775 5.0 6.2 11.2 1.8 0.9 1.2 2.5 6.8 13.4
1981-82 24 DET NBA 30 935 5.6 10.9 .516 0.0 0.3 .143 3.5 4.3 .813 4.2 8.9 13.1 2.1 0.7 1.3 2.3 4.9 14.8
1982-83 25 DET NBA 82 82 2871 5.5 11.0 .497 0.0 0.2 .154 3.1 3.9 .790 3.5 8.9 12.5 3.3 0.6 1.5 2.2 4.0 14.0
1983-84 26 DET NBA 82 82 2864 7.0 13.1 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.6 .866 4.1 8.5 12.6 1.9 0.6 1.1 1.9 3.4 17.9
1984-85 27 DET NBA 82 82 2892 7.4 14.7 .506 0.0 0.2 .222 3.0 3.8 .797 3.7 8.9 12.6 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 3.8 17.9
1985-86 28 DET NBA 82 82 2891 6.8 13.8 .492 0.0 0.2 .286 3.3 4.0 .834 3.8 9.6 13.4 1.8 0.7 0.8 1.7 3.6 16.9
1986-87 29 DET NBA 82 82 2854 6.4 12.7 .501 0.1 0.3 .286 3.1 3.5 .894 3.1 9.0 12.0 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 3.6 15.9
1987-88 30 DET NBA 82 82 2897 5.7 11.5 .493 0.2 0.5 .333 2.3 2.7 .874 2.1 8.3 10.3 2.5 0.8 1.0 1.7 3.5 13.8
1988-89 31 DET NBA 81 81 2640 6.1 12.3 .499 0.4 1.2 .349 2.4 2.9 .840 1.9 8.7 10.6 2.4 0.7 1.4 1.8 3.5 15.1
1989-90 32 DET NBA 81 81 2675 5.1 10.6 .484 0.8 2.1 .361 2.2 2.6 .854 2.2 8.3 10.5 2.3 0.8 1.1 1.3 3.7 13.2
1990-91 33 DET NBA 82 81 2668 5.0 10.5 .478 0.5 1.7 .296 1.7 2.0 .837 2.3 7.6 9.9 2.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.3 12.2
1991-92 34 DET NBA 81 46 2234 5.5 11.7 .470 0.5 1.4 .376 1.1 1.2 .893 1.7 5.6 7.3 2.6 0.8 0.9 1.6 3.6 12.6
1992-93 35 DET NBA 79 41 1933 5.4 10.7 .509 0.2 0.5 .370 1.7 1.9 .894 2.0 5.8 7.8 2.4 0.9 0.7 1.1 3.9 12.8
1993-94 36 DET NBA 11 5 248 6.8 13.1 .522 0.4 1.3 .333 1.6 1.9 .846 1.3 6.8 8.1 2.0 0.9 0.6 1.5 4.4 15.7
Career NBA 1068 827 33956 5.9 11.9 .498 0.2 0.7 .326 2.6 3.1 .837 3.0 8.0 11.0 2.3 0.8 1.0 1.7 3.9 14.6

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 CLE NBA 81 2460 14.2 .536 .503 11.4 20.2 15.6 11.5 1.1 1.8 15.2 14.2 112 107 3.3 2.0 5.3
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 80 1829 15.4 .563 .498 13.6 24.3 18.7 7.4 1.0 2.0 15.9 16.6 113 107 2.8 1.9 4.7
1981-82 24 CLE NBA 50 894 14.2 .546 .476 14.8 20.6 17.5 6.9 1.2 1.9 16.6 16.9 110 110 1.1 0.6 1.7
1981-82 24 DET NBA 30 935 16.5 .578 .518 12.5 27.8 19.9 7.9 0.8 2.0 15.3 16.4 116 104 1.7 1.3 3.0
1982-83 25 DET NBA 82 2871 16.6 .552 .498 10.0 26.3 18.0 12.1 0.8 2.2 14.8 16.0 113 103 5.0 3.7 8.7
1983-84 26 DET NBA 82 2864 19.2 .590 .530 11.8 26.0 18.6 6.8 0.8 1.6 11.1 18.2 122 106 7.5 3.6 11.1
1984-85 27 DET NBA 82 2892 18.0 .548 .507 10.2 27.0 18.3 7.0 1.1 1.4 9.0 19.1 117 105 5.8 4.2 10.0
1985-86 28 DET NBA 82 2891 17.6 .545 .494 10.9 28.9 19.7 6.6 0.9 1.3 9.6 18.7 115 105 5.5 3.9 9.4
1986-87 29 DET NBA 82 2854 17.4 .559 .504 9.4 26.1 18.0 7.4 1.2 1.4 9.6 17.7 119 103 5.6 4.9 10.5
1987-88 30 DET NBA 82 2897 15.1 .546 .500 6.5 25.1 16.0 9.6 1.1 1.6 11.8 16.5 113 102 3.7 5.0 8.7
1988-89 31 DET NBA 81 2640 16.6 .557 .516 6.2 26.1 16.6 9.8 1.0 2.3 11.5 18.2 114 101 3.8 4.7 8.6
1989-90 32 DET NBA 81 2675 15.8 .564 .520 7.1 26.0 16.6 9.1 1.1 2.0 10.1 15.6 119 100 4.5 5.2 9.7
1990-91 33 DET NBA 82 2668 14.2 .536 .502 7.4 24.2 15.8 8.8 0.7 1.3 10.4 15.5 114 103 3.4 4.2 7.5
1991-92 34 DET NBA 81 2234 12.6 .515 .492 5.3 17.4 11.4 11.0 1.2 1.5 11.8 16.9 107 104 1.5 3.1 4.6
1992-93 35 DET NBA 79 1933 14.3 .554 .517 6.0 18.5 12.0 9.7 1.2 1.3 8.7 15.1 118 108 3.1 2.0 5.2
1993-94 36 DET NBA 11 248 15.6 .564 .539 4.0 21.3 12.5 9.2 1.2 1.0 9.5 18.7 111 109 0.4 0.2 0.5
Career NBA 1068 33956 16.1 .552 .507 8.9 24.6 16.7 8.9 1.0 1.7 11.3 16.9 115 104 55.9 48.7 104.6

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
1983-84 26 DET NBA 5 165 29 51 0 0 18 20 14 62 12 4 3 12 23 76 .569 .900 33.0 15.2 12.4 2.4
1984-85 27 DET NBA 9 325 48 107 0 2 36 51 36 96 15 7 7 16 32 132 .449 .000 .706 36.1 14.7 10.7 1.7
1985-86 28 DET NBA 4 168 34 68 1 1 21 23 20 56 1 2 3 8 19 90 .500 1.000 .913 42.0 22.5 14.0 0.3
1986-87 29 DET NBA 15 543 84 163 1 5 15 24 30 156 37 15 12 20 53 184 .515 .200 .625 36.2 12.3 10.4 2.5
1987-88 30 DET NBA 23 779 114 250 5 17 40 45 43 221 44 18 19 30 77 273 .456 .294 .889 33.9 11.9 9.6 1.9
1988-89 31 DET NBA 17 497 66 142 15 42 25 31 26 140 31 6 8 19 55 172 .465 .357 .806 29.2 10.1 8.2 1.8
1989-90 32 DET NBA 20 667 91 199 15 43 25 29 41 211 28 23 18 16 77 222 .457 .349 .862 33.4 11.1 10.6 1.4
1990-91 33 DET NBA 15 446 66 148 5 17 27 31 42 122 19 5 12 17 54 164 .446 .294 .871 29.7 10.9 8.1 1.3
1991-92 34 DET NBA 5 145 17 46 2 10 5 5 5 33 8 4 1 5 18 41 .370 .200 1.000 29.0 8.2 6.6 1.6
Career NBA 113 3735 549 1174 44 137 212 259 257 1097 195 84 83 143 408 1354 .468 .321 .819 33.1 12.0 9.7 1.7

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
1982-83 25 DET NBA 1 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
1983-84 26 DET NBA 1 17 6 8 .750 0 0 1 1 1.000 1 5 0 0 2 0 3 13
1984-85 27 DET NBA 1 11 2 4 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
1986-87 29 DET NBA 1 11 4 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 8
Career NBA 4 45 13 20 .650 0 0 2 3 .667 3 11 2 1 2 1 7 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
1975-76 18 notredame 10 190 32 65 18 23 79 10 82 .492 .783 19.0 8.2 7.9 1.0
1976-77 19 notredame 29 654 97 175 42 62 190 31 236 .554 .677 22.6 8.1 6.6 1.1
1977-78 20 notredame 30 614 78 145 35 50 164 30 191 .538 .700 20.5 6.4 5.5 1.0
Career 69 1458 207 385 95 135 433 71 509 .538 .704 21.1 7.4 6.3 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1983 NBA
1984 NBA
1985 NBA
1987 NBA

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1983-84 NBA 0.012 (12)

Games

1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 Career NBA 1068 (58)
Career 1068 (63)

Minutes Played

1985-86 NBA 2891 (10)
Career NBA 33956 (59)
Career 33956 (65)

Free Throw Pct

1983-84 NBA .866 (3)
1986-87 NBA .894 (3)
Career NBA .837 (67)
Career .837 (71)

Offensive Rebounds

1980-81 NBA 266 (6)
1982-83 NBA 282 (7)
1983-84 NBA 329 (3)
1984-85 NBA 295 (5)
1985-86 NBA 305 (7)
Career NBA 2819 (26)
Career 2819 (32)

Defensive Rebounds

1982-83 NBA 711 (2)
1983-84 NBA 674 (2)
1984-85 NBA 718 (2)
1985-86 NBA 770 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 712 (2)
1987-88 NBA 667 (3)
1988-89 NBA 638 (3)
1989-90 NBA 614 (6)
1990-91 NBA 564 (9)
Career NBA 7581 (16)
Career 7581 (18)

Total Rebounds

1982-83 NBA 993 (3)
1983-84 NBA 1003 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 1013 (2)
1985-86 NBA 1075 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 955 (5)
1987-88 NBA 832 (10)
1988-89 NBA 776 (9)
Career NBA 10400 (30)
Career 10400 (34)

Blocks

Career NBA 965 (78)
Career 965 (80)

Personal Fouls

1980-81 NBA 332 (2)
1982-83 NBA 320 (7)
1984-85 NBA 308 (8)
Career NBA 3633 (19)
Career 3633 (21)

Rebounds Per Game

1982-83 NBA 12.1 (3)
1983-84 NBA 12.2 (4)
1984-85 NBA 12.4 (2)
1985-86 NBA 13.1 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 11.6 (5)
1987-88 NBA 10.1 (10)
1988-89 NBA 9.6 (9)
Career NBA 9.7 (52)
Career 9.7 (56)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1980-81 NBA 11.4 (7)
1983-84 NBA 11.8 (6)
Career NBA 8.9 (80)
Career 8.9 (89)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1982-83 NBA 26.3 (2)
1983-84 NBA 26.0 (3)
1984-85 NBA 27.0 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 28.9 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 26.1 (4)
1987-88 NBA 25.1 (3)
1988-89 NBA 26.1 (3)
1989-90 NBA 26.0 (2)
Career NBA 24.6 (12)
Career 24.6 (14)

Total Rebound Pct

1982-83 NBA 18.0 (6)
1983-84 NBA 18.6 (3)
1984-85 NBA 18.3 (5)
1985-86 NBA 19.7 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 18.0 (6)
1988-89 NBA 16.6 (10)
Career NBA 16.7 (32)
Career 16.7 (32)

Turnover Pct

1984-85 NBA 9.0 (6)
1985-86 NBA 9.6 (6)
1986-87 NBA 9.6 (8)
Career NBA 11.3 (70)
Career 11.3 (76)

Offensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 122.4 (2)
Career NBA 115.3 (36)
Career 115.3 (35)

Defensive Rating

1987-88 NBA 102.2 (7)
1988-89 NBA 100.6 (4)
1989-90 NBA 99.8 (4)

Offensive Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 7.5 (9)
Career NBA 55.9 (62)
Career 55.9 (62)

Defensive Win Shares

1984-85 NBA 4.2 (7)
1986-87 NBA 4.9 (4)
1987-88 NBA 5.0 (7)
1988-89 NBA 4.7 (8)
1989-90 NBA 5.2 (5)
Career NBA 48.7 (30)
Career 48.7 (33)

Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 11.1 (6)
1986-87 NBA 10.5 (10)
Career NBA 104.6 (38)
Career 104.6 (40)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.060 (157)
      

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $600,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $630,000
1986-87 Detroit Pistons NBA *$630,000
1987-88 Detroit Pistons NBA $630,000
1988-89 Detroit Pistons NBA $630,000
1989-90 Detroit Pistons NBA *$1,070,000
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,510,000
1991-92 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,369,000
1992-93 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,319,000
1993-94 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $9,688,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).