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Gene Shue

Career (regular season)

GP
699
PTS
14.4
REB
4.1
AST
3.7

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) · 77 kg (170 lb)
Born
December 18, 1931
Died
† April 4, 2022 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Estados Unidos
School / club
Maryland
Draft
1954: round 1, pick 3
NBA career
1954-1963 · 10 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1954-55 NYK 62 259 154 89 947 — — — 34.6 — 75.6
1955-56 NYK 72 661 212 179 1,750 — — — 38.4 — 76.4
1956-57 FTW 72 787 421 238 2,470 — — — 38.5 — 76.3
1957-58 DET 63 982 333 172 2,333 — — — 38.4 — 84.4
1958-59 DET 72 1,266 335 231 2,745 — — — 38.8 — 80.3
1959-60 DET 75 1,712 409 295 3,338 — — — 41.3 — 87.2
1960-61 DET 78 1,765 334 530 3,361 — — — 42.1 — 85.6
1961-62 DET 80 1,522 372 465 3,143 — — — 40.8 — 81.0
1962-63 NYK 78 916 191 259 2,288 — — — 39.6 — 68.9
1963-64 BLT 47 198 94 150 963 — — — 29.3 — 59.0
Career 699 10,068 2,855 2,608 23,338 — — — 39.6 — 80.6

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1954-55 NYK 3 22 12 4 49 — — — 47.1 — 85.7
1956-57 FTW 2 32 7 8 79 — — — 51.9 — 100.0
1957-58 DET 7 130 46 33 281 — — — 36.6 — 93.0
1958-59 DET 3 83 14 10 118 — — — 46.7 — 81.8
1959-60 DET 2 48 12 6 89 — — — 39.5 — 90.0
1960-61 DET 5 93 12 22 186 — — — 48.6 — 79.3
1961-62 DET 10 161 30 49 369 — — — 41.1 — 77.1
Career 32 569 133 132 1,171 — — — 42.4 — 84.2

Awards and titles

  • All-NBA First Team: 1959-60
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1960-61
  • All-Star (5): 1958, 1959 (starter), 1960 (starter), 1961 (starter), 1962

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Philadelphia Warriors sold the player rights to Gene Shue to the New York Knicks.

  2. · Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Gene Shue to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Ron Sobie.

  3. · Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Darrall Imhoff and cash to the Detroit Pistons for Gene Shue.

  4. · Trade

    The Baltimore Bullets traded Bill McGill to the New York Knicks for Paul Hogue and Gene Shue.

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