Richard Washington
Personal information | |
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Born | Kansas City Kings | July 15, 1955
1979–1980 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1980 | Dallas Mavericks |
1980–1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,456 (9.8 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,204 (6.3 rpg) |
Assists | 409 (1.2 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Richard Lee Washington (born July 15, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player.
Early life
A 6'11" center born in Portland, Oregon, Washington played high school ball at Portland's Benson Tech. An all-around athlete and agile big man, Washington was a three-time all-state and first-team all-tournament selection and led Benson to state championships in 1971 and 1973. Benson was a combined 77-6 those three seasons.[1] Washington was also a hurdler in track and, as a defensive end-receiver, was MVP on the Techmen football team his junior year (the last year he played football).[2]
College career
Washington was highly recruited out of high school and seriously considered the
In Washington's sophomore season of 1974–75, the Bruins captured the NCAA title. The Bruins went 28-3 and, powered by the front line of future NBA players Washington, Dave Meyers and Marques Johnson, and defeated Kentucky 92-85 in the title game, which would also be coach Wooden's final game. Washington was named NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player following UCLA's 1975 championship.[2]
He earned first-team All-American honors as a junior in 1975–76.[4]
College 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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1973–74 | UCLA
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24 | - | - | .513 | - | .500 | 2.8 | 0.5 | - | - | 4.1 |
1974–75 | UCLA
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31 | - | - | .576 | - | .724 | 7.8 | 2.2 | - | - | 15.9 |
1975–76 | UCLA
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32 | - | - | .513 | - | .736 | 8.6 | 3.1 | - | - | 20.1 |
Career | 87 | - | - | .536 | - | .702 | 6.7 | 2.0 | - | - | 14.2 |
NBA career
Washington was declared eligible for the
. In his NBA career, he scored 3,456 points and grabbed 2,204 rebounds.NBA 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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1976–77 | Kansas City
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82 | - | 27.6 | .431 | - | .697 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 13.0 |
1977–78 | Kansas City
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78 | - | 28.6 | .477 | - | .754 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 12.8 |
1978–79 | Kansas City
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18 | - | 8.9 | .341 | - | .625 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
1979–80 | Milwaukee
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75 | - | 14.6 | .468 | .000 | .605 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
1980–81 | Dallas
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11 | - | 27.9 | .436 | .000 | .739 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 10.8 |
1980–81 | Cleveland
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69 | - | 21.8 | .459 | .500 | .750 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 9.9 |
1981–82 | Cleveland
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18 | 2 | 17.4 | .435 | .000 | .600 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
Career | 351 | 2 | 22.4 | .453 | .250 | .711 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1978–79 | Kansas City
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4 | - | 13.0 | .550 | - | 1.000 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
1979–80 | Milwaukee
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7 | - | 16.0 | .532 | .000 | .250 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
Career | 11 | - | 14.9 | .537 | .000 | .500 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
Personal life
Washington and his wife, Leiko, reside in Milwaukie, Oregon. They have raised two daughters. Interested in building and construction since his youth, in 1993 he founded Richard Washington Construction, a general contracting company.[2][5]
In 1988, Washington was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Oregon Sports Hall of Fame". www.oregonsportshall.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21.
- ^ a b c "Обувь".
- ^ "Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "UCLA BASKETBALL HISTORY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- ^ "RICHARD WASHINGTON". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-11-11. [self-published source]