Wayne Hightower F

Height: 6-8 (203cm)

Weight: 230 lbs (104kg)

Born: Jan 14, 1940 (Passed away Apr 18, 2002, aged 62)

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1962 Round 1, Pick 5, Golden State Warriors

Pre-Draft Team: Kansas (Sr)

Wayne Hightower Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
3/19/1967	Warriors	0
3/18/1967	Hawks	4
3/16/1967	Celtics	18
3/15/1967	Bulls	0
3/13/1967	Warriors	1

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

5 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1962-63	22	GOS	66	21.0	7.4	5.4	0.8	-	-	-	.350	-	.669
1963-64	23	GOS	79	32.1	13.2	7.2	1.7	-	-	-	.385	-	.790
1964-65	24	GOS, WAS	75	20.6	7.8	5.6	0.7	-	-	-	.344	-	.768
1965-66	25	WAS	24	19.2	7.6	5.5	1.5	-	-	-	.339	-	.731
1966-67	26	WAS, DET	72	18.2	7.5	5.6	0.9	-	-	-	.344	-	.729
CAREER			316	22.9	9.0	5.9	1.1	-	-	-	.359	-	.749

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	GOS	66	-	21.0	7.4	2.9	8.3	.350	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.669	-	-	5.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.7
1963-64	23	GOS	79	-	32.1	13.2	5.0	12.9	.385	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.790	-	-	7.2	1.7	-	-	-	3.4
1964-65 *	24	All Teams	75	-	20.6	7.8	2.6	7.6	.344	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	.768	-	-	5.6	0.7	-	-	-	2.7
1964-65 *	24	GOS	48	-	21.6	8.4	2.8	8.2	.343	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.769	-	-	5.1	0.8	-	-	-	3.0
1964-65 *	24	WAS	27	-	18.9	6.7	2.2	6.4	.345	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.765	-	-	6.4	0.6	-	-	-	2.3
1965-66	25	WAS	24	-	19.2	7.6	2.6	7.8	.339	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.731	-	-	5.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.5
1966-67 *	26	All Teams	72	-	18.2	7.5	2.7	7.9	.344	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.729	-	-	5.6	0.9	-	-	-	2.6
1966-67 *	26	WAS	43	-	17.3	6.9	2.4	7.2	.334	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.718	-	-	5.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.6
1966-67 *	26	DET	29	-	19.4	8.6	3.2	8.9	.355	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.744	-	-	5.7	1.0	-	-	-	2.8
CAREER			316	-	22.9	9.0	3.3	9.2	.359	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.749	-	-	5.9	1.1	-	-	-	2.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1962-63	22	GOS	66	-	1,387	489	192	548	.350	-	-	-	105	157	.669	-	-	354	51	-	-	-	181
1963-64	23	GOS	79	-	2,536	1,046	393	1,022	.385	-	-	-	260	329	.790	-	-	566	133	-	-	-	269
1964-65 *	24	All Teams	75	-	1,547	587	196	570	.344	-	-	-	195	254	.768	-	-	420	54	-	-	-	204
1964-65 *	24	GOS	48	-	1,037	405	136	396	.343	-	-	-	133	173	.769	-	-	247	38	-	-	-	143
1964-65 *	24	WAS	27	-	510	182	60	174	.345	-	-	-	62	81	.765	-	-	173	16	-	-	-	61
1965-66	25	WAS	24	-	460	183	63	186	.339	-	-	-	57	78	.731	-	-	131	35	-	-	-	61
1966-67 *	26	All Teams	72	-	1,310	543	195	567	.344	-	-	-	153	210	.729	-	-	405	64	-	-	-	190
1966-67 *	26	WAS	43	-	746	295	103	308	.334	-	-	-	89	124	.718	-	-	241	36	-	-	-	110
1966-67 *	26	DET	29	-	564	248	92	259	.355	-	-	-	64	86	.744	-	-	164	28	-	-	-	80
CAREER			316	-	7,240	2,848	1,039	2,893	.359	-	-	-	770	1,028	.749	-	-	1,876	337	-	-	-	905

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1962-63	22	GOS	66	-	.396	.350	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101.9	-	0.9	-	-	8.3
1963-64	23	GOS	79	-	.448	.385	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.5	-	1.0	-	-	14.8
1964-65 *	24	All Teams	75	-	.431	.344	-	-	-	4.7	-	-	-	-	111.2	-	1.0	-	-	10.5
1964-65 *	24	GOS	48	-	.429	.343	-	-	-	5.0	-	-	-	-	111.2	-	1.0	-	-	9.8
1964-65 *	24	WAS	27	-	.434	.345	-	-	-	4.1	-	-	-	-	111.0	-	1.0	-	-	11.6
1965-66	25	WAS	24	-	.415	.339	-	-	-	9.5	-	-	-	-	106.9	-	1.0	-	-	10.8
1966-67 *	26	All Teams	72	-	.412	.344	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	107.2	-	1.0	-	-	10.7
1966-67 *	26	WAS	43	-	.407	.334	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	105.2	-	1.0	-	-	10.2
1966-67 *	26	DET	29	-	.418	.355	-	-	-	6.7	-	-	-	-	109.9	-	1.0	-	-	11.1
CAREER			316	-	.426	.359	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	110.8	-	1.0	-	-	10.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1962-63	22	GOS	66	-	.064	-	-	0.3	27	39	.409	-1.9	1.1	-0.8
1963-64	23	GOS	79	-	.154	-	-	0.3	47	32	.595	-	4.0	4.0
1964-65 *	24	All Teams	75	-	.079	-	-	0.4	24	51	.320	-0.5	1.2	0.7
1964-65 *	24	GOS	48	-	.052	-	-	0.4	11	37	.229	-0.4	1.1	0.7
1964-65 *	24	WAS	27	-	.022	-	-	0.5	13	14	.481	-0.1	0.1	-
1965-66	25	WAS	24	-	.027	-	-	0.4	9	15	.375	-0.4	0.3	-
1966-67 *	26	All Teams	72	-	.081	-	-	0.4	21	50	.296	-1.5	1.3	-0.2
1966-67 *	26	WAS	43	-	.038	-	-	0.4	11	31	.262	-0.9	0.6	-0.3
1966-67 *	26	DET	29	-	.034	-	-	0.3	10	19	.345	-0.6	0.7	0.1
CAREER			316	-	.056	-	-	0.4	128	187	.406	-2.3	5.4	3.2

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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%
1963-64	23	GOS	12	23.8	6.8	4.2	1.5	-	-	-	.259	-	.697
1964-65	24	WAS	10	19.6	6.8	5.7	0.8	-	-	-	.422	-	.636
CAREER			22	21.9	6.8	4.9	1.2	-	-	-	.318	-	.673

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1963-64	23	GOS	12	-	23.8	6.8	2.4	9.3	.259	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.697	-	-	4.2	1.5	-	-	-	3.5
1964-65	24	WAS	10	-	19.6	6.8	2.7	6.4	.422	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.636	-	-	5.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.5
CAREER			22	-	21.9	6.8	2.5	8.0	.318	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.673	-	-	4.9	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
1963-64	23	GOS	12	-	286	81	29	112	.259	-	-	-	23	33	.697	-	-	50	18	-	-	-	42
1964-65	24	WAS	10	-	196	68	27	64	.422	-	-	-	14	22	.636	-	-	57	8	-	-	-	25
CAREER			22	-	482	149	56	176	.318	-	-	-	37	55	.673	-	-	107	26	-	-	-	67

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1963-64	23	GOS	12	-	.320	.259	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	95.6	-	0.7	-	-	4.5
1964-65	24	WAS	10	-	.461	.422	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	-	105.8	-	1.1	-	-	11.4
CAREER			22	-	.372	.318	-	-	-	5.3	-	-	-	-	99.1	-	0.8	-	-	3.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1963-64	23	GOS	12	-	.093	-	-	0.3	5	7	.417	-0.9	0.4	-0.5
1964-65	24	WAS	10	-	.081	-	-	0.3	5	5	.500	-	0.2	0.2
CAREER			22	-	.077	-	-	0.3	10	12	.455	-0.9	0.4	-0.5

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 26, 1962	The San Francisco Warriors selected Wayne Hightower in Round 1 with Pick 5 in the 1962 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1962	Wayne Hightower signed a multi-year contract with the San Francisco Warriors.
Feb 3, 1965	Wayne Hightower was acquired by the Baltimore Bullets from the San Francisco Warriors in a trade.
Jan 29, 1967	Wayne Hightower was acquired by the Detroit Pistons from the Baltimore Bullets in a trade.
Oct 2, 1967	The Detroit Pistons placed the contract of Wayne Hightower on waivers.
Oct 4, 1967	Wayne Hightower, previously with the Detroit Pistons, became a free agent.
Apr 18, 2002	Wayne Hightower passed away. He was 62 years old at the time of his death.

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NCAA Career

College: Kansas (1962)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NABC All-American Third Team	1961

PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
9.0	5.9	1.1	0.0	0.0

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