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Nate Archibald

“Tiny”

Career (regular season)

GP
876
PTS
18.8
REB
2.3
AST
7.4

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) · 68 kg (150 lb)
Born
September 2, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Nueva York, Estados Unidos
School / club
Texas-El Paso
Draft
1970: round 2, pick 19
NBA career
1970-1983 · 13 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1970-71 CIN 82 1,308 242 450 2,867 — — — 44.4 — 75.7
1971-72 CIN 76 2,145 222 701 3,272 — — — 48.6 — 82.2
1972-73 KCK 80 2,719 223 910 3,681 — — — 48.8 — 84.7
1973-74 KCK 35 617 85 266 1,272 56 7 — 45.1 — 82.0
1974-75 KCK 82 2,170 222 557 3,244 119 7 — 45.6 — 87.2
1975-76 KCK 78 1,935 213 615 3,184 126 15 — 45.3 — 80.2
1976-77 NYN 34 697 80 254 1,277 59 11 — 44.6 — 78.5
1978-79 BOS 69 760 103 324 1,662 55 6 197 45.2 — 78.8
1979-80 BOS 80 1,131 197 671 2,864 106 10 242 48.2 22.2 83.0
1980-81 BOS 80 1,106 176 618 2,820 75 18 265 49.9 0.0 81.6
1981-82 BOS 68 858 116 541 2,167 52 3 178 47.2 37.5 74.7
1982-83 BOS 66 695 91 409 1,811 38 4 163 42.5 20.8 74.3
1983-84 MIL 46 340 76 160 1,038 33 0 78 48.7 22.2 63.4
Career 876 16,481 2,046 6,476 31,159 719 81 1,123 46.7 22.4 81.0

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1974-75 KCK 6 121 11 32 242 4 0 — 36.4 — 81.4
1979-80 BOS 9 128 11 71 332 10 0 38 50.6 50.0 88.1
1980-81 BOS 17 266 28 107 630 13 0 50 45.0 0.0 80.9
1981-82 BOS 8 85 17 52 277 5 2 23 42.9 0.0 89.3
1982-83 BOS 7 67 10 44 161 2 0 11 32.4 16.7 75.9
Career 47 667 77 306 1,642 34 2 122 42.3 11.8 82.6

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1991 (as a player)
  • NBA champion: 1980-81
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1980-81
  • All-NBA First Team (3): 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76
  • All-NBA Second Team (2): 1971-72, 1980-81
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Scoring leader: 1972-73
  • Assists leader: 1972-73
  • All-Star (6): 1973 (starter), 1975 (starter), 1976 (starter), 1980, 1981, 1982 (starter)

Championship rings (1)

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1980-8119811980-81

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates con un diamante central rodeado de una piedra verde y el punzón «Balfour 14K» en el interior (según la casa de subastas).

    Description source

    Boston Celtics

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Retired number

  • Sacramento Kings: No. 1 (1970-1976 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Kansas City Kings traded Tiny Archibald to the New York Nets for Jim Eakins, Brian Taylor, a 1977 1st round draft pick (Otis Birdsong was later selected) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Phil Ford was later selected).

  2. · Trade

    The Buffalo Braves traded George Johnson, a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson was later selected) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Cliff Robinson was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets for Tiny Archibald.

  3. · Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington, Sidney Wicks and Freeman Williams to the San Diego Clippers for Tiny Archibald, Marvin Barnes, Billy Knight, a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Danny Ainge was later selected) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster was later selected).

  4. · Waived

    The Boston Celtics waived Tiny Archibald.

  5. · Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Tiny Archibald as a free agent.

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