Howard Komives
| Personal information | |
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| Born | May 9, 1941 Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,550 (10.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,804 (2.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,941 (4.0 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Howard K. "Butch" Komives (
Born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Woodward High School (Toledo) in 1960.
College career
Komives played
Despite Thurmond's graduation and the team's fall to third place in the conference, Komives led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in scoring during the 1963–64 season with 36.7 points per game, still BGSU and MAC records.[2] Even though he no longer is the school's all-time leading scorer (his 1,834 total points is currently third), his 25.8 scoring average is still a Falcons record. Komives still holds the Bowling Green single game scoring record of sixty six points. In this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.
He was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. His son Shane was a four-year basketball letterman at the same school from 1993 to 1996.
Professional career
Komives was selected thirteenth overall in the second round by the New York Knicks in the 1964 NBA draft.[3] He was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1965, after starting in every regular-season match and averaging 12.2 points per game. After the Knicks acquired Dick Barnett prior to the 1965–66 season, Komives was shifted to point guard, a position with which he struggled, drawing the wrath of Knicks fans. The most productive campaign of his professional career was in 1967, when his averages per contest were 15.7 points and 6.2 assists.[1]
By the time Red Holzman became the Knicks' coach midway through the 1967–68 season, Komives was involved in a personal feud with Cazzie Russell that negatively affected the rest of the team. Russell was an ardent supporter of Richard Nixon in the 1968 Presidential election, while Komives worked for the Hubert Humphrey campaign.[4] With the emergence of Walt Frazier as the starting point guard, Komives was traded along with Walt Bellamy to the Pistons for Dave DeBusschere on December 19, 1968. DeBusschere would become the last major addition to the Knicks before it won its first NBA Championship in 1970.
In 2007, Komives was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.[5]
Komives died at
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
NBA
Source[7]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964–65 | New York
|
80* | 63 | 29.7 | .374 | .835 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 12.2 | ||
| 1965–66 | New York
|
80* | 79 | 32.7 | .391 | .861 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 1966–67 | New York
|
65 | 4 | 35.1 | .404 | .858 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 15.7 | ||
| 1967–68 | New York
|
78 | 6 | 21.3 | .369 | .820 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 7.7 | ||
| 1968–69 | New York
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32 | 26 | 26.1 | .346 | .849 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 9.0 | ||
| 1968–69 | Detroit
|
53 | 32.6 | .409 | .775 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 12.9 | |||
| 1969–70 | Detroit
|
82* | 29.5 | .413 | .812 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 11.2 | |||
| 1970–71 | Detroit
|
82 | 23.6 | .385 | .801 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 8.2 | |||
| 1971–72 | Detroit
|
79 | 26.2 | .373 | .808 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 8.7 | |||
| 1972–73 | Buffalo
|
67 | 21.9 | .380 | .867 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 6.1 | |||
| 1973–74 | Kansas City–Omaha | 44 | 18.9 | .406 | .868 | 1.0 | 2.2 | .7 | .1 | 4.3 | |
| Career | 742 | 178 | 27.2 | .388 | .830 | 2.4 | 4.0 | .7 | .1 | 10.2 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | New York
|
4 | 32.0 | .271 | .769 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 10.5 |
| 1968 | New York
|
6 | 22.5 | .341 | .667 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| Career | 10 | 26.3 | .301 | .737 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 7.6 | |
References
- ^ a b Goldstein, Richard (March 23, 2009), "Howard Komives, Ex-Knick, Dies at 67", The New York Times
- ^ Komives still holds the single game scoring record of 66 points, and in this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney. http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm Komives scored 66 points in one game, which is still a Bowling Green single game record. In this game, Komives was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ 1964 NBA Draft – Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ Kalinsky, George. The New York Knicks: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1996.
- ^ "Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: The Inductees for 2007". 2007-05-21.
- ^ Former NBA player 'Butch' Komives dies at 67 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
External links
- Howard Komives bio and stats at Hoops Analyst website
- Howard Komives NBA career stats
- Howard Komives biography at Ohio Hoop Zone website
- "Howard 'Butch' Komives, 1941–2009: Woodward basketball star excelled for BGSU," The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.
- Hackenberg, Dave. "Komives was Woodward, BGSU basketball legend," The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.
- "Falcon cage standout Komives died in Toledo," Sentinel-Tribune (Bowling Green, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.