Bob Cousy PG

Born: Aug 9, 1928 (91 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Manhattan, New York

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-1 (185cm)     Weight: 175 (79kg)

Current Team: Boston Celtics

Job Title: Marketing Consultant

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1950 NBA Draft, 1950 NBA Draft

Drafted: Round 1, Pick 4, Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1950);
Round 1, Pick 3, Boston Celtics (1950)

Draft Rights Trade: TCB to CHI, Sep 1, 1950

Pre-Draft Team: Holy Cross (Sr)

High School: Andrew Jackson High School [Queens, New York]

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NBA

14 Years Of Service - NBA's Top 50, Hall of Fame Player, MVP, 10x All-NBA 1st, 13x All-Star, #14 retired by BOS

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1950-51 ☆ BOS 69 - 0.0 5.81 16.49 .352 - - - 4.00 5.29 .756 - - 6.87 4.94 - - 2.68 - 15.62
1951-52 ☆ BOS 66 - 40.6 7.76 21.03 .369 - - - 6.20 7.67 .808 - - 6.38 6.68 - - 2.88 - 21.71
1952-53 ☆ BOS 71 - 41.5 6.54 18.59 .352 - - - 6.75 8.27 .816 - - 6.32 7.70 - - 3.20 - 19.82
1953-54 ☆ BOS 72 - 39.7 6.75 17.53 .385 - - - 5.71 7.25 .787 - - 5.47 7.19 - - 2.79 - 19.21
1954-55 ☆ BOS 71 - 38.7 7.35 18.54 .397 - - - 6.48 8.03 .807 - - 5.97 7.85 - - 2.32 - 21.18
1955-56 ☆ BOS 72 - 38.4 6.11 16.99 .360 - - - 6.61 7.83 .844 - - 6.83 8.92 - - 2.86 - 18.83
1956-57 ★ BOS 64 - 36.9 7.47 19.75 .378 - - - 5.67 6.91 .821 - - 4.83 7.47 - - 2.09 - 20.61
1957-58 ☆ BOS 65 - 34.2 6.85 19.42 .353 - - - 4.26 5.02 .850 - - 4.95 7.12 - - 2.09 - 17.95
1958-59 ☆ BOS 65 - 37.0 7.45 19.38 .384 - - - 5.06 5.92 .855 - - 5.52 8.57 - - 2.08 - 19.95
1959-60 ☆ BOS 75 - 34.5 7.57 19.75 .384 - - - 4.25 5.37 .792 - - 4.69 9.53 - - 1.95 - 19.40
1960-61 ☆ BOS 76 - 32.5 6.75 18.18 .371 - - - 4.63 5.95 .779 - - 4.36 7.72 - - 2.58 - 18.13
1961-62 ☆ BOS 75 - 28.2 6.16 15.75 .391 - - - 3.35 4.44 .754 - - 3.48 7.79 - - 1.80 - 15.67
1962-63 ☆ BOS 76 - 26.0 5.16 13.00 .397 - - - 2.88 3.92 .735 - - 2.54 6.78 - - 2.30 - 13.20
1969-70 CIN 7 - 4.9 0.14 0.43 .333 - - - 0.43 0.43 1.000 - - 0.71 1.43 - - 1.57 - 0.71
CAREER   924 - 35.3 6.68 17.82 .375 - - - 5.00 6.23 .803 - - 5.18 7.53 - - 2.43 - 18.35

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1950-51 ☆ BOS 69 - 0 401 1138 .352 - - - 276 365 .756 - - 474 341 - - 185 - 1078
1951-52 ☆ BOS 66 - 2681 512 1388 .369 - - - 409 506 .808 - - 421 441 - - 190 - 1433
1952-53 ☆ BOS 71 - 2945 464 1320 .352 - - - 479 587 .816 - - 449 547 - - 227 - 1407
1953-54 ☆ BOS 72 - 2857 486 1262 .385 - - - 411 522 .787 - - 394 518 - - 201 - 1383
1954-55 ☆ BOS 71 - 2747 522 1316 .397 - - - 460 570 .807 - - 424 557 - - 165 - 1504
1955-56 ☆ BOS 72 - 2767 440 1223 .360 - - - 476 564 .844 - - 492 642 - - 206 - 1356
1956-57 ★ BOS 64 - 2364 478 1264 .378 - - - 363 442 .821 - - 309 478 - - 134 - 1319
1957-58 ☆ BOS 65 - 2222 445 1262 .353 - - - 277 326 .850 - - 322 463 - - 136 - 1167
1958-59 ☆ BOS 65 - 2403 484 1260 .384 - - - 329 385 .855 - - 359 557 - - 135 - 1297
1959-60 ☆ BOS 75 - 2588 568 1481 .384 - - - 319 403 .792 - - 352 715 - - 146 - 1455
1960-61 ☆ BOS 76 - 2468 513 1382 .371 - - - 352 452 .779 - - 331 587 - - 196 - 1378
1961-62 ☆ BOS 75 - 2114 462 1181 .391 - - - 251 333 .754 - - 261 584 - - 135 - 1175
1962-63 ☆ BOS 76 - 1975 392 988 .397 - - - 219 298 .735 - - 193 515 - - 175 - 1003
1969-70 CIN 7 - 34 1 3 .333 - - - 3 3 1.000 - - 5 10 - - 11 - 5
CAREER   924 - 30165 6168 16468 .375 - - - 4624 5756 .803 - - 4786 6955 - - 2242 - 16960

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1950-51 ☆ BOS 69 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .359 - - 0.32 39 30 .565 - - -
1951-52 ☆ BOS 66 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .447 - - 0.36 39 27 .591 - - -
1952-53 ☆ BOS 71 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .464 - - 0.44 46 25 .648 - - -
1953-54 ☆ BOS 72 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .450 - - 0.41 42 30 .583 6.50 1.60 8.10
1954-55 ☆ BOS 71 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .414 - - 0.43 36 35 .507 6.30 1.50 7.80
1955-56 ☆ BOS 72 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .394 - - 0.46 39 33 .542 4.30 2.60 6.80
1956-57 ★ BOS 64 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 - - 0.35 41 23 .641 4.00 4.70 8.80
1957-58 ☆ BOS 65 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 - - 0.26 44 21 .677 0.80 4.60 5.40
1958-59 ☆ BOS 65 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325 - - 0.31 48 17 .738 3.30 5.40 8.70
1959-60 ☆ BOS 75 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .343 - - 0.27 59 16 .787 1.90 5.90 7.80
1960-61 ☆ BOS 76 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 - - 0.33 56 20 .737 0.90 6.30 7.20
1961-62 ☆ BOS 75 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 - - 0.28 56 19 .747 0.70 5.60 6.30
1962-63 ☆ BOS 76 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 - - 0.30 55 21 .724 0.10 5.10 5.20
1969-70 CIN 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .003 - - 1.00 5 2 .714 - - 0.10
CAREER   924 - 0 0 3 0 0 0 .314 - - 0.35 605 319 .655 28.80 43.30 72.20

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1950-51 ☆ BOS 69 - .415 .352 - - - - - - - - 110.85 - 0.95 - - -
1951-52 ☆ BOS 66 - .445 .369 - - - - - - - - 117.72 - 1.03 - - 25.66
1952-53 ☆ BOS 71 - .446 .352 - - - - - - - - 116.75 - 1.07 - - 29.30
1953-54 ☆ BOS 72 - .464 .385 - - - - - - - - 117.25 - 1.10 - - 26.87
1954-55 ☆ BOS 71 - .480 .397 - - - - - - - - 120.37 - 1.14 - - 25.51
1955-56 ☆ BOS 72 - .461 .360 - - - - - - - - 120.37 - 1.11 - - 22.63
1956-57 ★ BOS 64 - .452 .378 - - - - - - - - 119.94 - 1.04 - - 22.60
1957-58 ☆ BOS 65 - .415 .353 - - - - - - - - 120.23 - 0.92 - - 22.39
1958-59 ☆ BOS 65 - .454 .384 - - - - - - - - 123.87 - 1.03 - - 21.24
1959-60 ☆ BOS 75 - .439 .384 - - - - - - - - 117.51 - 0.98 - - 23.41
1960-61 ☆ BOS 76 - .436 .371 - - - - - - - - 115.00 - 1.00 - - 20.65
1961-62 ☆ BOS 75 - .443 .391 - - - - - - - - 114.49 - 0.99 - - 22.42
1962-63 ☆ BOS 76 - .448 .397 - - - - - - - - 113.17 - 1.02 - - 19.16
1969-70 CIN 7 - .579 .333 - - - 32.04 - - - - 133.33 - 1.67 - - 8.64
CAREER   924 - .446 .375 - - - 32.04 - - - - 117.79 - 1.03 - - 19.90

★ MVP Season☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Transactions

Apr 25, 1950 - The Tri-Cities Blackhawks selected Bob Cousy in Round 1 with Pick 4 in the 1950 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1950 - The Chicago Stags acquired the Draft Rights to Bob Cousy from the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in a trade.
Oct 5, 1950 - Bob Cousy was selected by the Boston Celtics in the Dispersal Draft from the Chicago Stags.
Nov 1, 1950 - Bob Cousy signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics.
Jul 1, 1963 - Bob Cousy, previously with the Boston Celtics, became a free agent.
Nov 18, 1969 - Bob Cousy was acquired by the Cincinnati Royals from the Boston Celtics in a sign-and-trade.
Nov 18, 1969 - Bob Cousy signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics as part of an eventual sign and trade to Cincinnati Royals.
Jul 1, 1970 - Bob Cousy, previously with the Cincinnati Royals, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Top 50 Greatest Player
Most Valuable Player - 1957
All-NBA First Team - 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
All-NBA Second Team - 1962, 1963

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1950-51 BOS 2 - 0.0 4.50 21.00 .214 - - - 5.00 6.00 .833 - - 7.50 6.00 - - 4.00 - 14.00
1951-52 BOS 3 - 46.0 8.67 21.67 .400 - - - 13.67 14.67 .932 - - 4.00 6.33 - - 4.33 - 31.00
1952-53 BOS 6 - 45.0 7.67 20.00 .383 - - - 10.17 12.17 .836 - - 4.17 6.17 - - 3.50 - 25.50
1953-54 BOS 6 - 43.3 5.50 19.33 .284 - - - 10.00 12.50 .800 - - 5.33 6.33 - - 3.33 - 21.00
1954-55 BOS 7 - 42.7 7.57 19.86 .381 - - - 6.57 6.86 .958 - - 6.14 9.29 - - 3.71 - 21.71
1955-56 BOS 3 - 41.3 9.33 18.67 .500 - - - 7.67 8.33 .920 - - 8.00 8.67 - - 1.33 - 26.33
1956-57 BOS 10 - 44.0 6.70 20.70 .324 - - - 6.80 9.10 .747 - - 6.10 9.30 - - 2.70 - 20.20
1957-58 BOS 11 - 41.5 6.09 17.82 .342 - - - 5.82 6.82 .853 - - 6.45 7.45 - - 1.82 - 18.00
1958-59 BOS 11 - 41.8 6.55 20.09 .326 - - - 6.36 8.55 .745 - - 6.91 10.82 - - 2.55 - 19.45
1959-60 BOS 13 - 36.0 6.15 20.15 .305 - - - 3.00 3.92 .765 - - 3.69 8.92 - - 2.08 - 15.31
1960-61 BOS 10 - 33.7 5.00 14.70 .340 - - - 6.70 8.80 .761 - - 4.30 9.10 - - 3.30 - 16.70
1961-62 BOS 14 - 33.9 6.14 17.21 .357 - - - 3.71 5.43 .684 - - 4.57 8.79 - - 3.07 - 16.00
1962-63 BOS 13 - 30.2 5.54 15.69 .353 - - - 3.00 3.62 .830 - - 2.46 8.92 - - 3.38 - 14.08
CAREER   109 - 38.5 6.32 18.50 .342 - - - 5.87 7.33 .801 - - 5.01 8.60 - - 2.88 - 18.51

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1950-51 BOS 2 - 0 9 42 .214 - - - 10 12 .833 - - 15 12 - - 8 - 28
1951-52 BOS 3 - 138 26 65 .400 - - - 41 44 .932 - - 12 19 - - 13 - 93
1952-53 BOS 6 - 270 46 120 .383 - - - 61 73 .836 - - 25 37 - - 21 - 153
1953-54 BOS 6 - 260 33 116 .284 - - - 60 75 .800 - - 32 38 - - 20 - 126
1954-55 BOS 7 - 299 53 139 .381 - - - 46 48 .958 - - 43 65 - - 26 - 152
1955-56 BOS 3 - 124 28 56 .500 - - - 23 25 .920 - - 24 26 - - 4 - 79
1956-57 BOS 10 - 440 67 207 .324 - - - 68 91 .747 - - 61 93 - - 27 - 202
1957-58 BOS 11 - 457 67 196 .342 - - - 64 75 .853 - - 71 82 - - 20 - 198
1958-59 BOS 11 - 460 72 221 .326 - - - 70 94 .745 - - 76 119 - - 28 - 214
1959-60 BOS 13 - 468 80 262 .305 - - - 39 51 .765 - - 48 116 - - 27 - 199
1960-61 BOS 10 - 337 50 147 .340 - - - 67 88 .761 - - 43 91 - - 33 - 167
1961-62 BOS 14 - 474 86 241 .357 - - - 52 76 .684 - - 64 123 - - 43 - 224
1962-63 BOS 13 - 393 72 204 .353 - - - 39 47 .830 - - 32 116 - - 44 - 183
CAREER   109 - 4120 689 2016 .342 - - - 640 799 .801 - - 546 937 - - 314 - 2018

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1950-51 BOS 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .396 - - 0.29 0 2 .000 - - -
1951-52 BOS 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .474 - - 0.68 1 2 .333 - - -
1952-53 BOS 6 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .506 - - 0.61 3 3 .500 - - -
1953-54 BOS 6 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .425 - - 0.65 2 4 .333 -0.10 0.20 0.10
1954-55 BOS 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .434 - - 0.35 3 4 .429 0.50 -0.10 0.40
1955-56 BOS 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .495 - - 0.45 1 2 .333 0.70 0.30 1.00
1956-57 BOS 10 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .392 - - 0.44 7 3 .700 0.20 1.10 1.20
1957-58 BOS 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 - - 0.38 6 5 .545 0.50 0.90 1.50
1958-59 BOS 11 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .371 - - 0.43 8 3 .727 -0.10 1.20 1.00
1959-60 BOS 13 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 - - 0.19 8 5 .615 -0.90 1.20 0.20
1960-61 BOS 10 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 - - 0.60 8 2 .800 0.40 0.80 1.20
1961-62 BOS 14 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .334 - - 0.32 8 6 .571 -0.20 1.10 0.80
1962-63 BOS 13 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 - - 0.23 8 5 .615 -0.50 0.80 0.30
CAREER   109 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 .365 - - 0.40 64 45 .587 0.50 7.50 7.70

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1950-51 BOS 2 - .296 .214 - - - - - - - - 104.76 - 0.67 - - -
1951-52 BOS 3 - .551 .400 - - - 32.13 - - - - 133.18 - 1.43 - - 27.17
1952-53 BOS 6 - .503 .383 - - - 37.85 - - - - 121.89 - 1.27 - - 26.48
1953-54 BOS 6 - .423 .284 - - - 32.99 - - - - 108.45 - 1.09 - - 18.14
1954-55 BOS 7 - .475 .381 - - - 35.04 - - - - 133.96 - 1.09 - - 20.28
1955-56 BOS 3 - .590 .500 - - - 39.48 - - - - 142.00 - 1.41 - - 29.30
1956-57 BOS 10 - .409 .324 - - - 31.84 - - - - 107.09 - 0.98 - - 16.01
1957-58 BOS 11 - .432 .342 - - - 27.49 - - - - 119.52 - 1.01 - - 18.06
1958-59 BOS 11 - .408 .326 - - - 31.59 - - - - 107.05 - 0.97 - - 16.10
1959-60 BOS 13 - .350 .305 - - - 32.68 - - - - 107.00 - 0.76 - - 12.67
1960-61 BOS 10 - .450 .340 - - - 34.13 - - - - 110.15 - 1.14 - - 17.67
1961-62 BOS 14 - .408 .357 - - - 34.98 - - - - 104.11 - 0.93 - - 15.41
1962-63 BOS 13 - .407 .353 - - - 38.80 - - - - 118.27 - 0.90 - - 14.42
CAREER   109 - .426 .342 - - - - - - - - 114.28 - 1.00 - - 14.72

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Eastern All-Star Fan Vote Selection - 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP - 1954, 1957

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA All-Star Game Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1951 East 1 - 0 2 12 .167 - - - 4 5 .800 - - 9 8 - - 3 - 8
1952 East 1 - 33 4 14 .286 - - - 1 2 .500 - - 4 13 - - 3 - 9
1953 East 1 - 36 4 11 .364 - - - 7 7 1.000 - - 5 3 - - 1 - 15
1954 East 1 - 34 6 15 .400 - - - 8 8 1.000 - - 11 4 - - 1 - 20
1955 East 1 - 35 7 14 .500 - - - 6 7 .857 - - 9 5 - - 1 - 20
1956 East 1 - 24 2 8 .250 - - - 3 4 .750 - - 7 2 - - 6 - 7
1957 East 1 - 28 4 14 .286 - - - 2 2 1.000 - - 5 7 - - 0 - 10
1958 East 1 - 31 8 20 .400 - - - 4 6 .667 - - 5 10 - - 0 - 20
1959 East 1 - 32 4 8 .500 - - - 5 6 .833 - - 5 4 - - 0 - 13
1960 East 1 - 26 1 7 .143 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 5 8 - - 2 - 2
1961 East 1 - 33 2 11 .182 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 3 8 - - 6 - 4
1962 East 1 - 31 4 13 .308 - - - 3 4 .750 - - 6 8 - - 2 - 11
1963 East 1 - 25 4 11 .364 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 4 6 - - 2 - 8
TOTAL   13 - 368 52 158 .329 - - - 43 51 .843 - - 78 86 - - 27 - 147
AVERAGES   13 - 28.3 4.00 12.15 .329 - - - 3.31 3.92 .843 - - 6.00 6.62 - - 2.08 - 11.31

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NCAA

College: Holy Cross (1950)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK PF TOV PTS
1946-47 Holy Cross Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1947-48 Holy Cross So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1948-49 Holy Cross Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1949-50 Holy Cross Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -