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Billy Paultz

William Edward Paultz (Billy, The Whopper)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-11    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: July 30, 1948 in River Edge, New Jersey
High School: River Dell in River Edge, New Jersey
College: St. John's University

Drafted by the San Diego Rockets in the 7th round (1st pick, 103rd overall) of the 1970 NBA draft.

5
New York Nets
1971-1972		 5
New York Nets
1973-1975		 5
San Antonio Spurs
1976		 5
San Antonio Spurs
1977-1983		 5
Houston Rockets
1980-1983		 5
Atlanta Hawks
1984		 5
Utah Jazz
1985

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
1970-71 22 NYA ABA 83 2758 510 973 .524 0 2 .000 201 269 .747 239 701 940 160 206 274 1221
1971-72 23 NYA ABA 83 2824 498 1021 .488 0 3 .000 207 299 .692 263 772 1035 128 214 298 1203
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 81 2800 532 1027 .518 0 2 .000 287 405 .709 279 736 1015 189 214 213 259 1351
1973-74 25 NYA ABA 77 2596 519 1051 .494 0 1 .000 222 308 .721 211 571 782 167 60 147 175 238 1260
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 80 2826 524 1080 .485 0 3 .000 214 286 .748 174 598 772 179 59 137 149 273 1262
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 83 2958 566 1124 .504 0 2 .000 238 324 .735 210 652 862 340 61 253 231 232 1370
1976-77 28 SAS NBA 82 2694 521 1102 .473 238 320 .744 192 495 687 223 55 173 262 1280
1977-78 29 SAS NBA 80 2479 518 979 .529 230 306 .752 172 503 675 213 42 194 167 222 1266
1978-79 30 SAS NBA 79 2122 399 758 .526 114 194 .588 169 456 625 178 35 125 157 204 912
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 84 2193 327 673 .486 0 1 .000 109 182 .599 187 399 586 188 69 84 115 213 763
1979-80 31 SAS NBA 47 1213 189 381 .496 0 1 .000 66 100 .660 95 226 321 118 47 45 58 127 444
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 37 980 138 292 .473 0 0 43 82 .524 92 173 265 70 22 39 57 86 319
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 81 1659 262 517 .507 0 3 .000 75 153 .490 111 280 391 105 28 72 89 182 599
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 65 3 807 89 226 .394 0 0 34 65 .523 54 126 180 41 15 22 45 99 212
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 64 0 820 101 227 .445 0 0 27 59 .458 64 136 200 61 17 18 47 109 229
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 57 0 695 89 200 .445 0 0 26 57 .456 54 113 167 57 12 12 41 95 204
1982-83 34 SAS NBA 7 0 125 12 27 .444 0 0 1 2 .500 10 23 33 4 5 6 6 14 25
1983-84 35 ATL NBA 40 4 486 36 88 .409 0 0 17 33 .515 35 78 113 18 8 7 22 57 89
1984-85 36 UTA NBA 62 0 370 32 87 .368 0 0 18 28 .643 24 72 96 16 6 11 30 51 82
Career TOT 1124 7 30392 5434 10933 .497 0 17 .000 2231 3231 .690 2384 6575 8959 2206 455 1457 1860 2973 13099
NBA 637 7 13630 2285 4657 .491 0 4 .000 862 1340 .643 1008 2545 3553 1043 275 706 672 1399 5432
ABA 487 16762 3149 6276 .502 0 13 .000 1369 1891 .724 1376 4030 5406 1163 180 751 1188 1574 7667

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
1970-71 22 NYA ABA 83 33.2 6.1 11.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.2 .747 2.9 8.4 11.3 1.9 2.5 3.3 14.7
1971-72 23 NYA ABA 83 34.0 6.0 12.3 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.6 .692 3.2 9.3 12.5 1.5 2.6 3.6 14.5
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 81 34.6 6.6 12.7 .518 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 5.0 .709 3.4 9.1 12.5 2.3 2.6 2.6 3.2 16.7
1973-74 25 NYA ABA 77 33.7 6.7 13.6 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.0 .721 2.7 7.4 10.2 2.2 0.8 1.9 2.3 3.1 16.4
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 80 35.3 6.6 13.5 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.6 .748 2.2 7.5 9.7 2.2 0.7 1.7 1.9 3.4 15.8
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 83 35.6 6.8 13.5 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.9 .735 2.5 7.9 10.4 4.1 0.7 3.0 2.8 2.8 16.5
1976-77 28 SAS NBA 82 32.9 6.4 13.4 .473 2.9 3.9 .744 2.3 6.0 8.4 2.7 0.7 2.1 3.2 15.6
1977-78 29 SAS NBA 80 31.0 6.5 12.2 .529 2.9 3.8 .752 2.2 6.3 8.4 2.7 0.5 2.4 2.1 2.8 15.8
1978-79 30 SAS NBA 79 26.9 5.1 9.6 .526 1.4 2.5 .588 2.1 5.8 7.9 2.3 0.4 1.6 2.0 2.6 11.5
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 84 26.1 3.9 8.0 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .599 2.2 4.8 7.0 2.2 0.8 1.0 1.4 2.5 9.1
1979-80 31 SAS NBA 47 25.8 4.0 8.1 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .660 2.0 4.8 6.8 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 9.4
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 37 26.5 3.7 7.9 .473 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.2 .524 2.5 4.7 7.2 1.9 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.3 8.6
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 81 20.5 3.2 6.4 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.9 .490 1.4 3.5 4.8 1.3 0.3 0.9 1.1 2.2 7.4
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 65 3 12.4 1.4 3.5 .394 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .523 0.8 1.9 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.5 3.3
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 64 0 12.8 1.6 3.5 .445 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .458 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.7 3.6
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 57 0 12.2 1.6 3.5 .445 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .456 0.9 2.0 2.9 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.6
1982-83 34 SAS NBA 7 0 17.9 1.7 3.9 .444 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 1.4 3.3 4.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 2.0 3.6
1983-84 35 ATL NBA 40 4 12.2 0.9 2.2 .409 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 .515 0.9 2.0 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.4 2.2
1984-85 36 UTA NBA 62 0 6.0 0.5 1.4 .368 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .643 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.3
Career TOT 1124 7 27.0 4.8 9.7 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.9 .690 2.1 5.8 8.0 2.0 0.5 1.5 1.8 2.6 11.7
NBA 637 7 21.4 3.6 7.3 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .643 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.6 0.4 1.1 1.2 2.2 8.5
ABA 487 34.4 6.5 12.9 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.9 .724 2.8 8.3 11.1 2.4 0.8 2.3 2.4 3.2 15.7

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
1970-71 22 NYA ABA 83 2758 6.7 12.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.5 .747 3.1 9.2 12.3 2.1 2.7 3.6 15.9
1971-72 23 NYA ABA 83 2824 6.3 13.0 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.8 .692 3.4 9.8 13.2 1.6 2.7 3.8 15.3
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 81 2800 6.8 13.2 .518 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 5.2 .709 3.6 9.5 13.1 2.4 2.8 2.7 3.3 17.4
1973-74 25 NYA ABA 77 2596 7.2 14.6 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.3 .721 2.9 7.9 10.8 2.3 0.8 2.0 2.4 3.3 17.5
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 80 2826 6.7 13.8 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.6 .748 2.2 7.6 9.8 2.3 0.8 1.7 1.9 3.5 16.1
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 83 2958 6.9 13.7 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.9 .735 2.6 7.9 10.5 4.1 0.7 3.1 2.8 2.8 16.7
1976-77 28 SAS NBA 82 2694 7.0 14.7 .473 3.2 4.3 .744 2.6 6.6 9.2 3.0 0.7 2.3 3.5 17.1
1977-78 29 SAS NBA 80 2479 7.5 14.2 .529 3.3 4.4 .752 2.5 7.3 9.8 3.1 0.6 2.8 2.4 3.2 18.4
1978-79 30 SAS NBA 79 2122 6.8 12.9 .526 1.9 3.3 .588 2.9 7.7 10.6 3.0 0.6 2.1 2.7 3.5 15.5
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 84 2193 5.4 11.0 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.0 .599 3.1 6.5 9.6 3.1 1.1 1.4 1.9 3.5 12.5
1979-80 31 SAS NBA 47 1213 5.6 11.3 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .660 2.8 6.7 9.5 3.5 1.4 1.3 1.7 3.8 13.2
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 37 980 5.1 10.7 .473 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.0 .524 3.4 6.4 9.7 2.6 0.8 1.4 2.1 3.2 11.7
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 81 1659 5.7 11.2 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 3.3 .490 2.4 6.1 8.5 2.3 0.6 1.6 1.9 3.9 13.0
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 65 3 807 4.0 10.1 .394 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.9 .523 2.4 5.6 8.0 1.8 0.7 1.0 2.0 4.4 9.5
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 64 0 820 4.4 10.0 .445 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.6 .458 2.8 6.0 8.8 2.7 0.7 0.8 2.1 4.8 10.1
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 57 0 695 4.6 10.4 .445 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.0 .456 2.8 5.9 8.7 3.0 0.6 0.6 2.1 4.9 10.6
1982-83 34 SAS NBA 7 0 125 3.5 7.8 .444 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .500 2.9 6.6 9.5 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.7 4.0 7.2
1983-84 35 ATL NBA 40 4 486 2.7 6.5 .409 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.4 .515 2.6 5.8 8.4 1.3 0.6 0.5 1.6 4.2 6.6
1984-85 36 UTA NBA 62 0 370 3.1 8.5 .368 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .643 2.3 7.0 9.3 1.6 0.6 1.1 2.9 5.0 8.0
Career TOT 1124 7 30392 6.4 13.0 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.8 .690 2.8 7.8 10.6 2.6 0.7 2.1 2.4 3.5 15.5
NBA 637 7 13630 6.0 12.3 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.5 .643 2.7 6.7 9.4 2.8 0.7 1.9 2.2 3.7 14.3
ABA 487 16762 6.8 13.5 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.1 .724 3.0 8.7 11.6 2.5 0.8 2.4 2.6 3.4 16.5

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
1970-71 22 NYA ABA 83 2758 17.2 .559 .524 16.6 8.1 15.9 17.9
1971-72 23 NYA ABA 83 2824 15.3 .522 .488 9.3 25.8 17.8 6.2 15.7 18.8
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 81 2800 21.7 .560 .518 10.5 25.9 18.4 10.4 4.2 15.0 20.7
1973-74 25 NYA ABA 77 2596 18.2 .531 .494 8.2 21.3 14.9 8.6 1.1 3.1 12.9 20.3 107 96 4.1 5.0 9.1
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 80 2826 16.3 .523 .485 6.4 21.0 13.8 8.3 1.0 2.7 11.0 19.2 107 98 3.6 5.4 9.0
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 83 2958 18.6 .541 .504 7.3 21.1 14.5 15.0 0.9 4.5 15.4 19.5 108 100 4.3 4.4 8.7
1976-77 28 SAS NBA 82 2694 15.8 .515 .473 7.4 18.7 13.1 11.1 0.9 3.1 101 3.1 2.4 5.5
1977-78 29 SAS NBA 80 2479 19.8 .568 .529 7.6 20.4 14.3 11.5 0.7 3.8 13.0 20.0 111 100 5.7 3.0 8.8
1978-79 30 SAS NBA 79 2122 15.5 .541 .526 8.7 21.8 15.5 10.5 0.7 2.9 15.7 17.8 104 101 2.2 3.1 5.3
1979-80 31 TOT NBA 84 2193 13.9 .507 .486 9.2 19.8 14.5 10.7 1.4 2.0 13.2 15.3 107 107 2.2 1.9 4.2
1979-80 31 SAS NBA 47 1213 14.7 .522 .496 8.5 19.6 14.2 11.9 1.7 1.9 12.0 15.1 111 107 1.7 1.1 2.8
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 37 980 12.8 .486 .473 10.1 20.1 14.9 9.4 1.1 2.2 14.8 15.5 103 107 0.5 0.8 1.4
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 81 1659 12.9 .513 .507 7.4 19.0 13.1 8.5 0.8 2.4 13.2 16.5 103 106 1.0 1.6 2.6
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 65 807 7.7 .416 .394 7.1 17.9 12.3 6.6 0.9 1.5 15.0 15.2 90 108 -0.6 0.7 0.1
1982-83 34 TOT NBA 64 820 9.5 .453 .445 8.0 18.7 13.1 10.3 1.0 1.2 15.7 14.6 94 108 -0.2 0.6 0.3
1982-83 34 HOU NBA 57 695 9.6 .453 .445 7.8 18.6 12.9 11.4 0.8 1.0 15.4 15.3 93 108 -0.2 0.4 0.2
1982-83 34 SAS NBA 7 125 9.4 .448 .444 9.1 19.4 14.4 3.8 1.9 2.6 17.7 10.8 94 103 0.0 0.2 0.1
1983-84 35 ATL NBA 40 486 6.6 .434 .409 8.1 18.6 13.3 5.0 0.8 0.9 17.7 11.1 91 107 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1984-85 36 UTA NBA 62 370 5.0 .413 .368 6.9 19.6 13.4 5.4 0.7 1.6 23.2 13.9 79 103 -0.7 0.6 -0.1
Career TOT 1124 30392 16.3 .530 .497 8.1 21.4 15.1 9.7 0.9 3.1 14.3 18.3 105 101 24.5 29.2 53.7
NBA 637 13630 14.4 .518 .491 8.0 19.7 13.9 10.0 0.9 2.6 14.4 16.7 104 103 12.5 14.4 26.9
ABA 487 16762 17.9 .539 .502 8.3 23.0 16.0 9.5 1.0 3.7 14.3 19.4 107 98 12.0 14.8 26.8

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
1970-71 22 NYA ABA 6 239 45 76 1 1 30 40 17 90 18 25 29 121 .592 1.000 .750 39.8 20.2 15.0 3.0
1971-72 23 NYA ABA 19 809 140 276 0 2 57 90 288 29 51 74 337 .507 .000 .633 42.6 17.7 15.2 1.5
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 5 172 34 56 0 0 27 43 12 55 10 14 17 95 .607 .628 34.4 19.0 11.0 2.0
1973-74 25 NYA ABA 14 520 81 169 0 0 45 57 27 132 28 10 20 25 49 207 .479 .789 37.1 14.8 9.4 2.0
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 5 178 29 59 0 0 12 15 10 45 11 1 16 11 18 70 .492 .800 35.6 14.0 9.0 2.2
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 7 254 43 97 0 0 35 40 15 72 19 2 16 14 29 121 .443 .875 36.3 17.3 10.3 2.7
1976-77 28 SAS NBA 2 74 12 24 10 13 1 17 5 2 1 3 34 .500 .769 37.0 17.0 8.5 2.5
1977-78 29 SAS NBA 6 191 29 63 11 17 7 41 14 5 5 6 10 69 .460 .647 31.8 11.5 6.8 2.3
1978-79 30 SAS NBA 13 299 30 80 22 33 24 98 30 4 13 14 33 82 .375 .667 23.0 6.3 7.5 2.3
1979-80 31 HOU NBA 7 128 13 40 0 0 4 7 12 33 8 1 3 11 13 30 .325 .571 18.3 4.3 4.7 1.1
1980-81 32 HOU NBA 21 720 111 246 0 1 32 48 53 147 35 13 27 27 69 254 .451 .000 .667 34.3 12.1 7.0 1.7
1981-82 33 HOU NBA 3 34 3 9 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 0 2 1 4 7 .333 .333 11.3 2.3 1.3 0.3
1982-83 34 SAS NBA 11 133 13 32 0 0 4 4 11 32 11 4 2 6 18 30 .406 1.000 12.1 2.7 2.9 1.0
1983-84 35 ATL NBA 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
1984-85 36 UTA NBA 5 30 3 8 0 0 1 4 3 8 2 1 1 2 7 7 .375 .250 6.0 1.4 1.6 0.4
Career TOT 126 3788 587 1238 1 4 291 414 194 1062 221 43 106 207 373 1466 .474 .250 .703 30.1 11.6 8.4 1.8
NBA 70 1616 215 505 0 1 85 129 113 380 106 30 54 67 157 515 .426 .000 .659 23.1 7.4 5.4 1.5
ABA 56 2172 372 733 1 3 206 285 81 682 115 13 52 140 216 951 .508 .333 .723 38.8 17.0 12.2 2.1

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
1972-73 24 NYA ABA 1 15 1 3 .333 0 0 1 1 1.000 2 5 3 0 0 1 2 3
1974-75 26 NYA ABA 1 18 2 7 .286 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 3 1 2 4
1975-76 27 SAA ABA 1 20 4 6 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 1 1 10
Career ABA 3 53 7 16 .438 0 0 3 3 1.000 3 11 8 1 3 2 5 17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1973 ABA
1975 ABA
1976 ABA

Games

1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1979-80 NBA 84 (1)
 Career ABA 487 (25)
Career 1124 (42)

Minutes Played

1975-76 ABA 2958 (8)
Career ABA 16762 (21)

Field Goals

Career ABA 3149 (21)

Field Goal Attempts

Career ABA 6276 (24)

Field Goal Pct

1977-78 NBA .529 (9)
Career ABA .502 (8)

Free Throws

Career ABA 1369 (38)

Free Throw Attempts

Career ABA 1891 (35)

Free Throw Pct

Career ABA .724 (35)

Offensive Rebounds

1972-73 ABA 279 (7)
Career ABA 1376 (19)
Career 2384 (46)

Defensive Rebounds

1970-71 ABA 701 (7)
1971-72 ABA 772 (5)
1972-73 ABA 736 (4)
1973-74 ABA 571 (9)
1975-76 ABA 652 (3)
Career ABA 4030 (4)
Career 6575 (28)

Total Rebounds

1970-71 ABA 940 (10)
1971-72 ABA 1035 (6)
1972-73 ABA 1015 (4)
1973-74 ABA 782 (10)
1975-76 ABA 862 (6)
Career ABA 5406 (7)
Career 8959 (51)

Assists

1975-76 ABA 340 (9)
Career ABA 1163 (40)

Steals

Career ABA 180 (39)

Blocks

1972-73 ABA 214 (3)
1973-74 ABA 147 (6)
1974-75 ABA 137 (7)
1975-76 ABA 253 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 173 (8)
1977-78 NBA 194 (3)
Career ABA 751 (3)
Career 1457 (32)

Turnovers

Career ABA 1188 (24)