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Dick McGuire

Career (regular season)

GP
738
PTS
8.0
REB
4.2
AST
5.7

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) · 82 kg (181 lb)
Born
January 26, 1926
Died
† February 3, 2010 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Huntington, Estados Unidos
School / club
St. John's (NY)
Draft
1949: round 1, pick 7
NBA career
1949-1959 · 11 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1949-50 NYK 68 584 — 386 — — — — 33.7 — 65.2
1950-51 NYK 64 537 334 400 — — — — 37.1 — 64.9
1951-52 NYK 64 591 332 388 2,018 — — — 43.0 — 63.1
1952-53 NYK 61 437 280 296 1,783 — — — 38.1 — 56.9
1953-54 NYK 68 622 310 354 2,343 — — — 40.8 — 63.8
1954-55 NYK 71 647 322 542 2,310 — — — 38.9 — 64.4
1955-56 NYK 62 425 220 362 1,685 — — — 34.7 — 62.7
1956-57 NYK 72 385 146 222 1,191 — — — 38.3 — 64.4
1957-58 DET 69 556 291 454 2,311 — — — 37.3 — 66.7
1958-59 DET 71 655 285 443 2,063 — — — 42.7 — 74.0
1959-60 DET 68 482 264 358 1,466 — — — 44.5 — 61.7
Career 738 5,921 2,784 4,205 17,170 — — — 38.9 — 64.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1949-50 NYK 5 63 — 27 — — — — 42.3 — 73.1
1950-51 NYK 14 74 83 78 — — — — 31.3 — 45.3
1951-52 NYK 14 145 71 90 546 — — — 44.9 — 57.0
1952-53 NYK 11 83 63 70 360 — — — 40.7 — 63.6
1953-54 NYK 4 11 4 5 68 — — — 25.0 — 60.0
1954-55 NYK 3 20 9 12 75 — — — 31.6 — 66.7
1957-58 DET 7 67 33 40 236 — — — 41.7 — 70.8
1958-59 DET 3 47 17 19 109 — — — 62.5 — 63.6
1959-60 DET 2 11 4 9 42 — — — 41.7 — 33.3
Career 63 521 284 350 1,436 — — — 41.0 — 59.3

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1993 (as a player)
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1950-51
  • Assists leader: 1949-50
  • All-Star (7): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 (starter), 1958, 1959

Retired number

  • New York Knicks: No. 15 (1949-1957 with the team)
    And was the coach from 1965 to 1968

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Dick McGuire to the Fort Wayne Pistons for a 1958 1st round draft pick (Mike Farmer was later selected).

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