Tom Burleson C

Height: 7-2 (218cm)

Weight: 225 lbs (102kg)

Born: Feb 24, 1952 (74 years old)

Hometown: Crossnore, North Carolina

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1974 Round 1, Pick 3, Seattle SuperSonics

Pre-Draft Team: NC State (Sr)

High School: Avery County High School (Newland, North Carolina)

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Tom Burleson Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/29/1981	Bucks	0
3/27/1981	Bulls	6
3/24/1981	Pistons	2
3/22/1981	Wizards	6
3/20/1981	Nets	4

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

8 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1974-75	22	SEA	82	23.0	10.1	7.0	1.4	0.8	1.9	-	.417	-	.687
1975-76	23	SEA	82	32.3	15.6	9.0	2.2	0.9	1.8	-	.481	-	.750
1976-77	24	SEA	82	22.0	9.7	6.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	-	.442	-	.731
1977-78	25	KCK	76	20.1	8.6	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.6	.434	-	.794
1978-79	26	KCK	56	16.6	7.8	5.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.1	.459	-	.716
1979-80	27	KCK	37	7.4	2.6	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.7	.346	.000	.575
1980-81	28	ATL	31	11.7	3.3	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.8	.414	.000	.488
CAREER			446	21.1	9.4	6.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	1.2	.445	.000	.726

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1974-75	22	SEA	82	-	23.0	10.1	3.9	9.4	.417	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.687	1.9	5.1	7.0	1.4	0.8	1.9	-	2.7
1975-76	23	SEA	82	-	32.3	15.6	6.0	12.6	.481	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.750	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.2	0.9	1.8	-	3.3
1976-77	24	SEA	82	-	22.0	9.7	3.5	8.0	.442	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.731	2.2	4.5	6.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	-	3.2
1977-78	25	KCK	76	-	20.1	8.6	3.0	6.9	.434	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.794	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.4
1978-79	26	KCK	56	-	16.6	7.8	2.8	6.1	.459	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.716	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.1	3.3
1979-80	27	KCK	37	-	7.4	2.6	1.0	2.8	.346	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.1	.575	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.3
1980-81	28	ATL	31	-	11.7	3.3	1.3	3.2	.414	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.3	.488	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.4
CAREER			446	-	21.1	9.4	3.5	7.9	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.726	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	1.2	3.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1974-75	22	SEA	82	-	1,888	826	322	772	.417	-	-	-	182	265	.687	155	417	572	115	64	153	-	221
1975-76	23	SEA	82	-	2,647	1,283	496	1,032	.481	-	-	-	291	388	.750	258	484	742	180	70	150	-	273
1976-77	24	SEA	82	-	1,803	796	288	652	.442	-	-	-	220	301	.731	184	367	551	93	74	117	-	259
1977-78	25	KCK	76	-	1,525	653	228	525	.434	-	-	-	197	248	.794	170	312	482	131	62	81	123	259
1978-79	26	KCK	56	-	927	435	157	342	.459	-	-	-	121	169	.716	84	197	281	50	26	58	64	183
1979-80	27	KCK	37	-	272	95	36	104	.346	0	3	.000	23	40	.575	23	49	72	20	8	13	25	49
1980-81	28	ATL	31	-	363	102	41	99	.414	0	0	.000	20	41	.488	44	50	94	12	8	19	24	73
CAREER			446	-	9,425	4,190	1,568	3,526	.445	0	3	.000	1,054	1,452	.726	918	1,876	2,794	601	312	591	236	1,317

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1974-75	22	SEA	82	-	.465	.417	8.4	22.7	15.5	8.6	-	1.5	4.2	-	110.4	-	1.1	-	93.1	16.4
1975-76	23	SEA	82	-	.533	.481	9.8	19.4	14.5	9.6	-	1.2	3.0	-	123.1	-	1.2	-	96.8	17.5
1976-77	24	SEA	82	-	.507	.442	10.1	21.8	15.7	7.3	-	1.8	3.5	-	117.3	-	1.2	-	94.5	16.4
1977-78	25	KCK	76	-	.515	.434	11.4	21.0	16.2	11.3	16.2	1.8	2.8	18.9	122.9	-2.3	1.2	104.4	98.5	16.5
1978-79	26	KCK	56	-	.522	.459	9.6	23.7	16.5	6.9	13.3	1.3	3.5	19.9	117.5	-3.3	1.3	105.4	98.4	15.3
1979-80	27	KCK	37	-	.391	.346	8.7	20.0	14.2	9.5	17.1	1.4	2.8	21.5	92.1	-4.3	0.9	81.5	99.0	7.8
1980-81	28	ATL	31	-	.436	.414	13.7	16.0	14.9	4.6	17.0	1.1	3.1	16.1	90.2	-4.5	1.0	92.1	106.1	8.5
CAREER			446	-	.503	.445	10.1	21.5	15.7	8.8	15.5	1.5	3.4	19.5	117.1	-3.0	1.2	101.6	97.5	16.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1974-75	22	SEA	82	-	.125	-	-	0.3	43	39	.524	0.2	3.1	3.3
1975-76	23	SEA	82	-	.191	-	-	0.4	43	39	.524	5.0	3.2	8.2
1976-77	24	SEA	82	-	.111	-	-	0.5	40	42	.488	1.4	3.0	4.4
1977-78	25	KCK	76	-	.100	1.1	0.5	0.5	31	45	.408	2.2	2.0	4.3
1978-79	26	KCK	56	-	.055	0.8	0.4	0.5	35	21	.625	1.1	1.6	2.7
1979-80	27	KCK	37	-	.016	0.8	0.3	0.4	20	13	.606	-0.6	0.5	-0.1
1980-81	28	ATL	31	-	.016	0.5	0.3	0.4	10	21	.323	-0.2	0.3	0.2
CAREER			446	-	.088	0.9	0.4	0.4	222	220	.502	9.1	13.7	23.0

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NBA Playoff Stats

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1974-75	22	SEA	9	40.4	20.7	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.0	-	.513	-	.750
1975-76	23	SEA	6	34.7	20.8	9.5	1.7	1.0	1.3	-	.600	-	.761
CAREER			15	38.1	20.7	10.2	1.5	0.9	1.7	-	.542	-	.756

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1974-75	22	SEA	9	-	40.4	20.7	8.7	16.9	.513	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.750	3.3	7.3	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.0	-	3.2
1975-76	23	SEA	6	-	34.7	20.8	7.5	12.5	.600	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.761	2.5	7.0	9.5	1.7	1.0	1.3	-	4.2
CAREER			15	-	38.1	20.7	8.2	15.1	.542	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.5	0.9	1.7	-	3.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1974-75	22	SEA	9	-	364	186	78	152	.513	-	-	-	30	40	.750	30	66	96	13	7	18	-	29
1975-76	23	SEA	6	-	208	125	45	75	.600	-	-	-	35	46	.761	15	42	57	10	6	8	-	25
CAREER			15	-	572	311	123	227	.542	-	-	-	65	86	.756	45	108	153	23	13	26	-	54

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1974-75	22	SEA	9	-	.548	.513	8.7	18.5	13.7	5.7	-	0.9	2.6	-	126.3	-	1.2	-	98.9	18.2
1975-76	23	SEA	6	-	.656	.600	8.3	24.3	16.2	7.5	-	1.3	2.1	-	136.1	-	1.7	-	104.8	22.1
CAREER			15	-	.587	.542	8.2	20.9	14.4	6.5	-	1.0	2.5	-	129.8	-	1.4	-	101.0	19.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1974-75	22	SEA	9	-	.252	-	-	0.3	4	5	.444	0.7	0.3	1.1
1975-76	23	SEA	6	-	.223	-	-	0.6	2	4	.333	0.7	0.1	0.8
CAREER			15	-	.158	-	-	0.4	6	9	.400	1.4	0.4	1.9

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
May 27, 1974	The Seattle SuperSonics selected Tom Burleson in Round 1 with Pick 3 in the 1974 NBA Draft.
Jun 10, 1974	Tom Burleson signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics.
May 24, 1977	Tom Burleson was acquired by the Denver Nuggets from the Seattle SuperSonics in a trade.
May 25, 1977	Tom Burleson was acquired by the Kansas City Kings from the Denver Nuggets in a trade.
Jun 30, 1980	The Kansas City Kings tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Tom Burleson a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 1980	Tom Burleson, previously with the Kansas City Kings, became a free agent.
Jul 5, 1980	Tom Burleson signed a multi-year offer sheet with the Atlanta Hawks. Since he is a restricted free agent, the Kansas City Kings can match.
Jul 8, 1980	Tom Burleson signed a multi-year contract with the Atlanta Hawks.
Oct 22, 1982	Tom Burleson was acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Atlanta Hawks in a trade.
Oct 28, 1982	The Chicago Bulls placed the contract of Tom Burleson on waivers.
Oct 30, 1982	Tom Burleson, previously with the Chicago Bulls, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Rookie First Team	1975

NCAA Career

College: NC State (1974)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Consensus All-American Second Team	1973
2x NABC All-American Third Team	1973, 1974
1x AP All-American Third Team	1974
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1973
1x UPI All-American Second Team	1974
1x UPI All-American Third Team	1973
1x NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP)	1974

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