Bird Averitt

Bird Averitt
Personal information
Born (1952-07-22) July 22, 1952
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Hopkinsville (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
College Pepperdine (1971–1973)
NBA draft 1973 / Round: 4 / Pick: 55th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career 1973–1978
Position Guard
Number 10, 14, 15
Career history
1973–1974 San Antonio Spurs
1974–1976 Kentucky Colonels
1976–1977 Buffalo Braves
1977 New Jersey Nets
1978 Buffalo Braves
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA/NBA statistics
Points 4,434
Assists 1,078
Steals 325
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

William Rodney "Bird" Averitt (born July 22, 1952) is a retired American basketball player.

Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, he played collegiately for Pepperdine University. Afterward, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1973 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and the second round of the 1973 ABA Draft by the San Diego Conquistadors.[1]

He played for the San Antonio Spurs (1973–74) and Kentucky Colonels (1974–76) in the American Basketball Association for 236 games, winning the 1975 ABA championship with the Colonels. After the Colonels were disbanded as part of the ABA–NBA merger, Averitt joined the Buffalo Braves through the 1976 ABA dispersal draft, playing with that team for the 1976–77 season until joining the New Jersey Nets for the 1977–78 season, playing 130 games in the NBA with those two teams.

ABA/NBA career statistics

Legend
  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
† Denotes season in which Averitt's team won an ABA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1973–74 San Antonio (ABA) 74–22.1.376.180.6961.61.80.90.111.5
1974–75† Kentucky (ABA) 84–24.2.416.149.7782.23.81.00.213.1
1975–76 Kentucky (ABA) 78–29.1.429.313.7692.73.81.40.317.9
1976–77 Buffalo 75–15.1.378–.7161.01.80.40.17.9
1977–78 New Jersey 21–19.5.367–.8001.63.20.80.08.3
1977–78 Buffalo 34–19.9.436–.6671.53.80.60.29.5
Career 366–22.3.405.249.7431.92.90.90.212.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974 San Antonio (ABA) 6–17.3.373.000.7891.80.30.20.78.8
1975† Kentucky (ABA) 14–18.9.364.200.8061.62.10.50.09.9
1976 Kentucky (ABA) 10–35.8.404.154.8812.26.11.20.219.9
Career 30–24.2.385.143.8371.83.10.70.213.0

References

  1. ↑ Bird Averitt page at DatabaseBasketball.com Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine.


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