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Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams (born March 8, 1960) is an American former professional
After three years at Maryland, Williams decided to leave for the NBA. The
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basketball
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player and former assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers
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. He was well known for his rebounding ability and trademark goggles
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.
Williams, a power forward
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born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, ranks 16th all-time in National Basketball Association
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(NBA) career rebounds. His 17-year NBA career was highlighted by three All-Star Game
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appearances, a Rookie of the Year award
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, an All-Rookie team selection, an All-NBA second team selection and four selections to the first and second NBA All-Defensive teams. Williams led the Nets in rebounding for most of the 1980s and as of the beginning of 2017, he remains the Nets’ all-time leader in total rebounds (7,576), games played (635), minutes played (23,100), rebounds per game (11.9), and free throws made (2,476).
High school and college career
Williams attendedRocky Mount High School
Rocky Mount High School is a public high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Established in 1927, the school is in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools.
History
Public education in Rocky Mount began in 1901. High school programs were established ...
(then called Rocky Mount Senior High) in Rocky Mount before going off to play collegiately at the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
. Williams had immediate success at Maryland, capturing the ACC
ACC most often refers to:
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*American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ...
Rookie of the Year Award in 1979. He led the ACC in rebounding twice (1979 and 1981), while averaging 15.5 points per game in his sophomore and junior years. He earned All-ACC honors in 1980 and 1981. National recognition of his performances came when he was selected to the 1980 USA Olympic
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basketball team, alongside such players as later two-time NBA champions Isiah Thomas and Mark Aguirre
Mark Anthony Aguirre (born December 10, 1959) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the 1981 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing thre ...
; he, however, never got to represent the national colors in Moscow
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due to the United States’ boycott. In 2002, Williams was one of eight former Maryland players to be named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team During the 2002–03 school year, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) celebrated its 50th anniversary by selecting the top players in its respective sports. Fifty players were selected for the men's basketball team, which was voted on by a 120-mem ...
. In 2001, he became a member of the University of Maryland's Athletic Hall of Fame.
NBA career
New Jersey Nets (1981–1989)
After three years at Maryland, Williams decided to leave for the NBA. The New Jersey Nets
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selected him third overall in the 1981 NBA draft
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, behind Olympic teammates Aguirre and Thomas. In his first season with the Nets, he averaged 15.5 points and led the team with 12.3 rebounds per game, helping New Jersey win 20 more games (a 44–38 win–loss record) than the previous year and earning 1982 Rookie of the Year honors. Williams established himself as a premier player at the power forward
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position over the next eight seasons with the Nets; in six of those he was ranked among the best three rebounders in the league, never averaging less than twelve rebounds per game. 1983–84 featured the Nets’ first playoff
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second-round appearance since the ABA–NBA merger
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in 1976, when they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks
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, and the Nets failed to subsequently get past the first round until 2002 when Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest point guards a ...
led them to an unsuccessful NBA Finals date.
Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1996)
On June 24, 1989, the Nets traded Williams to thePortland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Con ...
in exchange for Sam Bowie
Samuel Paul Bowie (born March 17, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries ...
and a draft pick. In Portland, Williams would continue his solid play and take a complementary frontcourt role to established guard duo Clyde Drexler
Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player and the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association ...
and Terry Porter
Terry Porter (born April 8, 1963) is an American former college basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Portland. A native of Wis ...
. The Blazers’ post-season campaigns ended in the first round four consecutive seasons prior to 1990; contrastingly, Williams’ first three seasons with the Blazers were marked by three Western Conference Finals appearances and two NBA Finals. In 1990 the Blazers succumbed to the powerhouse Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...
in five games, while in 1992 they fell to the Chicago Bulls in six. Williams was regularly in the starting lineup for the first six of his seven seasons with the Blazers. He is 5th all-time on the franchise career list for both field goal percentage (55.0%) and total rebounds (4861) as of September 2018.
New York Knicks (1996–1998)
In the twilight of his career, after the 1995–96 season, Williams moved back to the Atlantic Division, signing with the New York Knicks, where he played in a much more limited capacity, behind the frontcourt duo ofPatrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Georgetown University men's team. He played most of his career as the starting center for the N ...
and Charles Oakley
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. He spent two years with the Knicks, but was forced to miss 41 games during the 1997–98 season due to knee surgery (the first time in his career he missed more than 12 games in a season). Williams announced his retirement on January 27, 1999, holding career averages of 12.8 points and ten rebounds per game and a field goal average of 54.9 percent. During the course of his 17-year NBA career, Williams racked up more than 16,000 points and 13,000 rebounds — the seventh NBA player to reach both marks.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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, 81 , , 81 , , 37.1 , , .535 , , .000 , , .570 , , 12.3 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 1.5 , , 15.7
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, 82 , , 82 , , 38.8 , , .530 , , .250 , , .625 , , 12.3 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , 1.3 , , 18.2
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, 82 , , 82 , , 37.4 , , .523 , , .000 , , .676 , , 12.0 , , 1.6 , , .9 , , 1.2 , , 15.9
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 36.3 , , .557 , , .000 , , .731 , , 12.5 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 1.1 , , 18.0
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 70 , , 70 , , 37.7 , , .560 , , 1.000 , , .668 , , 11.9 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , 18.3
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 74 , , 72 , , 33.1 , , .531 , , .000 , , .666 , , 9.4 , , 1.1 , , .8 , , .5 , , 13.0
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, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 34.2 , , .548 , , .000 , , .706 , , 9.8 , , 1.4 , , .8 , , .5 , , 13.6
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 80 , , 80 , , 32.3 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .602* , , , , .705 , , 9.4 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .6 , , 11.7
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 80 , , 80 , , 31.5 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .604* , , .000 , , .754 , , 8.8 , , 1.4 , , .8 , , .5 , , 11.3
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 30.5 , , .511 , , .000 , , .645 , , 8.4 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , 8.3
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 81 , , 81 , , 32.5 , , .555 , , .000 , , .679 , , 10.4 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .6 , , 9.7
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 82 , , 82 , , 29.5 , , .512 , , .500 , , .673 , , 8.2 , , 1.0 , , .8 , , .8 , , 9.2
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Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 70 , , 10 , , 23.9 , , .500 , , .667 , , .668 , , 5.8 , , .6 , , .6 , , .7 , , 7.3
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, 41 , , 6 , , 18.0 , , .503 , , , , 732 , , 4.5 , , .5 , , .4 , , .4 , , 4.9
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, 1,307 , , 1,140 , , 32.5 , , .549 , , .167 , , .664 , , 10.0 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , .8 , , 12.8
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Playoffs
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, 2 , , , , 39.5 , , .538 , , , , .467 , , 10.5 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 1.0 , , 17.5
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, style="text-align:left;", 1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
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, 2 , , , , 42.5 , , .500 , , , , .800 , , 11.5 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 19.0
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, style="text-align:left;", 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 11 , , , , 43.0 , , .485 , , , , .556 , , 14.1 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 15.5
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, style="text-align:left;", 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 3 , , 3 , , 41.0 , , .650 , , , , .733 , , 10.7 , , .3 , , 1.0 , , 1.7 , , 24.7
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, style="text-align:left;", 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, 3 , , 3 , , 42.0 , , .724 , , , , .769 , , 10.3 , , .7 , , 2.0 , , .3 , , 20.7
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, style="text-align:left;", 1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 21 , , 21 , , 37.0 , , .508 , , , , .676 , , 9.2 , , 1.9 , , .6 , , .3 , , 13.0
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, style="text-align:left;", 1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 16 , , 16 , , 37.0 , , .500 , , , , .603 , , 8.9 , , .9 , , .6 , , .3 , , 10.3
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, style="text-align:left;", 1992
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 21 , , 21 , , 36.1 , , .508 , , , , .758 , , 8.5 , , 1.0 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , 9.6
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, style="text-align:left;", 1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 4 , , 4 , , 36.1 , , .478 , , , , .684 , , 7.3 , , .3 , , .3 , , .8 , , 8.8
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, style="text-align:left;", 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 4 , , 4 , , 36.1 , , .679 , , , , .867 , , 8.8 , , .5 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 12.8
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, style="text-align:left;", 1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 3 , , 3 , , 36.1 , , .600 , , , , .636 , , 6.3 , , .3 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , 8.3
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, style="text-align:left;", 1996
, style="text-align:left;", Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, 5 , , 1 , , 26.6 , , .391 , , .500 , , .714 , , 5.0 , , .2 , , .2 , , .8 , , 4.8
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, style="text-align:left;", 1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
, style="text-align:left;", New York
, 10 , , 1 , , 19.3 , , .486 , , , , .529 , , 4.0 , , .6 , , .3 , , .4 , , 4.3
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, style="text-align:left;", 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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, 3 , , 0 , , 15.0 , , .444 , , , , .750 , , 5.3 , , .3 , , .0 , , .3 , , 4.7
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, 108 , , 77 , , 34.4 , , .520 , , .500 , , .672 , , 8.7 , , 1.0 , , .8 , , .6 , , 11.2
After basketball
Williams served as the president of theNBA Players Association
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) is a labor union that represents National Basketball Association (NBA) players. It was founded in 1954, making it the oldest trade union of the four major professional sports leagues in the Unit ...
from 1994 to 1997. The Nets retired his #52 jersey in April 1999. In 2006, he was named as an inductee into the Rocky Mount Twin County Hall of Fame.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/10/04/hall.html In 2018, he was named to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
Coaching career
In July 2010, Williams was hired byNate McMillan
Nathaniel McMillan (born August 3, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He coached the Seattle SuperSonics from 2000 to 2005, the Po ...
as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Con ...
.
See also
*List of National Basketball Association career games played leaders
This is a list of basketball players who are the leaders in career games played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
:''Statistics accurate as of January 17, 2023.''
See also
*List of National Basketball Association career minutes pla ...
* List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders
This article provides two lists:
:A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season rebounds recorded.
:A progressive list of rebound leaders showing how the record has increased through the years.
Rebounding lead ...
* List of National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders
This article provides two lists:
:A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season turnovers recorded.
:A progressive list of turnover leaders showing how the record increased through the years.
Turnovers leaders
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* List of National Basketball Association career minutes played leaders
This article provides two lists:
:A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season leaders in minutes played.
:A progressive list of leaders, and records for minutes played showing how the record has increased thro ...
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