Sly Williams F #35

Sylvester Williams

Height: 6-7 (201cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95kg)

Born: Jan 26, 1958 (68 years old)

Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1979 Round 1, Pick 21, New York Knicks

Pre-Draft Team: Rhode Island (Jr)

High School: Richard C. Lee High School (New Haven, Connecticut)

Sly Williams Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL
11/15/1985	Wizards	0	1	0	0
11/13/1985	Pacers	3	2	0	0
11/8/1985	Suns	7	6	1	1
11/1/1985	Hawks	2	1	1	0
10/30/1985	Bucks	1	2	0	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

7 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1979-80	21	NYK	57	9.8	4.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	.390	.000	.644
1980-81	22	NYK	67	29.5	13.2	6.2	2.7	1.7	0.3	2.1	.493	.250	.690
1981-82	23	NYK	60	25.4	13.8	3.8	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	.556	.222	.757
1982-83	24	NYK	68	20.4	11.9	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.0	.485	.105	.680
1983-84	25	ATL	13	19.8	8.1	3.8	1.2	1.1	0.1	1.4	.298	.111	.783
1984-85	26	ATL	34	25.5	12.3	4.9	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	.439	.267	.642
1985-86	27	BOS	6	9.0	2.8	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	.238	.000	.583
CAREER			305	21.7	10.9	4.2	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.8	.478	.162	.692

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	21	NYK	57	-	9.8	4.7	1.8	4.7	.390	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.644	1.1	1.0	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.3
1980-81	22	NYK	67	-	29.5	13.2	5.2	10.6	.493	0.0	0.1	.250	2.8	4.0	.690	2.4	3.8	6.2	2.7	1.7	0.3	2.1	3.0
1981-82	23	NYK	60	27	25.4	13.8	5.8	10.5	.556	0.0	0.1	.222	2.2	2.9	.757	1.7	2.1	3.8	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.5
1982-83	24	NYK	68	6	20.4	11.9	4.6	9.5	.485	0.0	0.3	.105	2.6	3.8	.680	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.0	2.4
1983-84	25	ATL	13	1	19.8	8.1	2.6	8.8	.298	0.1	0.7	.111	2.8	3.5	.783	1.5	2.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	0.1	1.4	2.5
1984-85	26	ATL	34	20	25.5	12.3	4.9	11.2	.439	0.1	0.4	.267	2.3	3.6	.642	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.4
1985-86	27	BOS	6	0	9.0	2.8	0.8	3.5	.238	0.0	0.7	.000	1.2	2.0	.583	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.5
CAREER			305	54	21.7	10.9	4.3	9.1	.478	0.0	0.2	.162	2.2	3.2	.692	1.6	2.6	4.2	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	21	NYK	57	-	556	266	104	267	.390	0	4	.000	58	90	.644	65	56	121	36	19	8	49	73
1980-81	22	NYK	67	-	1,976	885	349	708	.493	2	8	.250	185	268	.690	159	257	416	180	116	18	141	199
1981-82	23	NYK	60	27	1,521	831	349	628	.556	2	9	.222	131	173	.757	100	127	227	142	77	16	114	153
1982-83	24	NYK	68	6	1,385	806	314	647	.485	2	19	.105	176	259	.680	94	196	290	133	73	3	133	166
1983-84	25	ATL	13	1	258	105	34	114	.298	1	9	.111	36	46	.783	19	31	50	16	14	1	18	33
1984-85	26	ATL	34	20	867	417	167	380	.439	4	15	.267	79	123	.642	45	123	168	94	28	8	78	83
1985-86	27	BOS	6	0	54	17	5	21	.238	0	4	.000	7	12	.583	7	8	15	2	1	1	7	15
CAREER			305	54	6,617	3,327	1,322	2,765	.478	11	68	.162	672	971	.692	489	798	1,287	603	328	55	540	722

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1979-80	21	NYK	57	-	.434	.390	12.6	11.1	11.9	8.4	13.8	1.5	0.8	24.6	103.4	-4.4	1.0	92.5	109.3	10.7
1980-81	22	NYK	67	-	.536	.494	8.9	15.4	12.0	12.9	14.6	2.8	0.5	19.9	143.3	-1.1	1.2	107.0	102.7	17.2
1981-82	23	NYK	60	27	.590	.557	7.4	9.7	8.5	14.2	13.9	2.4	0.6	22.2	153.5	-1.3	1.3	113.1	108.4	18.6
1982-83	24	NYK	68	6	.530	.487	7.9	16.8	12.3	16.0	14.9	2.6	0.1	27.5	127.0	-3.4	1.2	101.8	98.0	18.3
1983-84	25	ATL	13	1	.391	.303	8.3	13.9	11.1	9.1	11.8	2.7	0.2	25.5	119.2	-3.0	0.9	87.0	105.1	9.3
1984-85	26	ATL	34	20	.480	.445	5.8	15.3	10.6	16.1	15.2	1.6	0.5	24.3	134.8	-1.8	1.1	95.8	107.2	12.9
1985-86	27	BOS	6	0	.323	.238	13.6	15.5	14.5	4.5	21.0	0.8	1.0	23.4	82.1	-9.9	0.8	69.7	100.4	-0.6
CAREER			305	54	.521	.480	8.2	13.8	11.0	13.5	14.5	2.4	0.5	23.2	133.2	-2.1	1.2	103.2	104.9	16.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1979-80	21	NYK	57	-	0	.037	0.7	0.4	0.3	24	33	.421	-0.4	0.3	-0.1
1980-81	22	NYK	67	-	0	.151	1.3	0.8	0.4	42	25	.627	2.4	2.7	5.1
1981-82	23	NYK	60	27	0	.139	1.2	0.7	0.3	28	32	.467	2.9	1.3	4.2
1982-83	24	NYK	68	6	3	.137	1.0	0.5	0.4	38	30	.559	1.2	2.6	3.8
1983-84	25	ATL	13	1	0	.015	0.9	0.8	0.4	6	7	.462	-0.5	0.3	-0.1
1984-85	26	ATL	34	20	3	.076	1.2	0.4	0.3	13	21	.382	-0.4	1.0	0.5
1985-86	27	BOS	6	0	0	.027	0.3	0.1	0.6	6	0	1.000	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
CAREER			305	54	6	.092	1.1	0.6	0.4	157	148	.515	5.0	8.3	13.3

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
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Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1980-81	22	NYK	2	28.0	13.0	4.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	.722	.000	.000
1982-83	24	NYK	5	16.4	7.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	2.4	.390	1.000	1.000
CAREER			7	19.7	8.9	4.3	1.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	.492	1.000	1.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	22	NYK	2	-	28.0	13.0	6.5	9.0	.722	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.5
1982-83	24	NYK	5	0	16.4	7.2	3.2	8.2	.390	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.6	0.6	1.000	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	2.4	0.8
CAREER			7	0	19.7	8.9	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	22	NYK	2	-	56	26	13	18	.722	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	4	5	9	5	3	0	3	7
1982-83	24	NYK	5	0	82	36	16	41	.390	1	1	1.000	3	3	1.000	10	11	21	6	3	1	12	4
CAREER			7	0	138	62	29	59	.492	1	1	1.000	3	3	1.000	14	16	30	11	6	1	15	11

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1980-81	22	NYK	2	-	.722	.722	7.4	10.9	9.0	17.5	14.3	2.8	-	15.7	72.2	0.6	1.4	130.1	102.7	22.1
1982-83	24	NYK	5	0	.425	.402	14.3	15.6	14.9	11.6	22.1	1.8	0.7	28.2	239.0	-10.4	0.9	81.3	106.6	10.5
CAREER			7	0	.514	.500	11.5	13.6	12.5	13.4	19.9	2.2	0.4	23.2	249.2	-5.9	1.1	95.0	105.6	15.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1980-81	22	NYK	2	-	.240	1.7	1.0	0.0	0	2	.000	0.2	0.1	0.3
1982-83	24	NYK	5	0	.092	0.5	0.2	0.1	2	3	.400	-0.2	0.1	-0.2
CAREER			7	0	.128	0.7	0.4	0.1	2	5	.286	-	0.2	0.1

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 25, 1979	The New York Knicks selected Sly Williams in Round 1 with Pick 21 in the 1979 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1979	Sly Williams signed a multi-year contract with the New York Knicks.
Jun 1, 1983	The New York Knicks tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Sly Williams a Restricted FA.
Jun 20, 1983	Sly Williams signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Boston Celtics. Since he is a restricted free agent, the New York Knicks can match.
Jun 27, 1983	The New York Knicks matched the offer sheet that Sly Williams signed with the Boston Celtics.
Jun 27, 1983	Sly Williams signed a multi-year contract with the New York Knicks.
Jun 29, 1983	Sly Williams was acquired by the Atlanta Hawks from the New York Knicks in a trade.
Jul 1, 1983	Sly Williams, previously with the Atlanta Hawks, became a free agent.
Sep 23, 1985	The Atlanta Hawks placed the contract of Sly Williams on waivers.
Sep 25, 1985	Sly Williams, previously with the Atlanta Hawks, became a free agent.
Sep 26, 1985	Sly Williams signed a contract with the Boston Celtics.
Dec 2, 1985	The Boston Celtics placed the contract of Sly Williams on waivers.
Dec 4, 1985	Sly Williams, previously with the Boston Celtics, became a free agent.

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NCAA Career

College: Rhode Island (1979)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Consensus All-American Second Team	1979
1x AP All-American Third Team	1979
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1979
1x UPI All-American Third Team	1979

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