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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American basketball player and coach</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the baseball player, see <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Williams" title="Bucky Williams">Bucky Williams</a>. For the fictional character from <i>Left Behind</i>, see <a href="/wiki/Cameron_%22Buck%22_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameron "Buck" Williams">Cameron "Buck" Williams</a>. For the Aboriginal Australian singer, see <a href="/wiki/Harry_and_Wilga_Williams" title="Harry and Wilga Williams">Harry and Wilga Williams</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:26em"><caption class="infobox-title fn summary">Buck Williams</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Buck_Williams_-_Defense.gov_News_Photo_060406-N-0696M-015_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Buck_Williams_-_Defense.gov_News_Photo_060406-N-0696M-015_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Buck_Williams_-_Defense.gov_News_Photo_060406-N-0696M-015_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Buck_Williams_-_Defense.gov_News_Photo_060406-N-0696M-015_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="364" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Buck Williams in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-03-08</span>) </span>March 8, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">215 lb (98 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount_High_School" title="Rocky Mount High School">Rocky Mount</a><br />(Rocky Mount, North Carolina)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball" title="Maryland Terrapins men's basketball">Maryland</a> (1978–1981)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981</a>: 1st round, 3rd overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1981–1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">Power forward</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">52</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1989</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989</a>–<a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1996</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996</a>–<a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1998</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1991</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive Second Team">NBA All-Defensive Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1992</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">NBA Rookie of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (1982)</li> <li>No. 52 <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets#Retired_numbers" title="Brooklyn Nets">retired by Brooklyn Nets</a></li> <li>2× Second-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Atlantic_Coast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_teams" title="List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams">All-ACC</a> (1980, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Rookie_of_the_Year" title="Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year">ACC Rookie of the Year</a> (1979)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">16,784 (12.8 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">13,017 (10.0 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,646 (1.3 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/433">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742119#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willibu01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742119#P2685" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Linwood</b> "<b>Buck</b>" <b>Williams</b> (born March 8, 1960) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player and former assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>. He was well known for his <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounding</a> ability and trademark <a href="/wiki/Goggles" title="Goggles">goggles</a>. </p><p>Williams, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a> born in <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount, North Carolina</a>, ranks 16th all-time in <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) career rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 17-year NBA career was highlighted by three <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> appearances, a <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year award</a>, an All-Rookie team selection, an All-NBA second team selection and four selections to the first and second NBA All-Defensive teams. Williams led the Nets in rebounding for most of the 1980s <sup id="cite_ref-1989–90_Buck_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989–90_Buck-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of the beginning of 2017, he remains the Nets’ all-time leader in total rebounds (7,576), games played (635), minutes played (23,100), rebounds per game (11.9), and free throws made (2,476).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High_school_and_college_career">High school and college career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: High school and college career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams attended <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount_High_School" title="Rocky Mount High School">Rocky Mount High School</a> (then called Rocky Mount Senior High) in <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount, North Carolina</a> before going off to play collegiately at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland</a>. Williams had immediate success at Maryland, capturing the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> Rookie of the Year Award in 1979. He led the ACC in rebounding twice (1979 and 1981), while averaging 15.5 points per game in his sophomore and junior years. He earned All-ACC honors in 1980 and 1981. National recognition of his performances came when he was selected to the 1980 USA <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> basketball team, alongside such players as later two-time NBA champions <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Mark Aguirre</a>; he, however, never got to represent the national colors in <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">Moscow</a> due to the United States’ <a href="/wiki/American-led_boycott_of_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics">boycott</a>. In 2002, Williams was one of eight former Maryland players to be named to the <a href="/wiki/ACC_50th_Anniversary_men%27s_basketball_team" title="ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team">ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, he became a member of the University of Maryland's Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career">NBA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: NBA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Jersey_Nets_(1981–1989)"><span id="New_Jersey_Nets_.281981.E2.80.931989.29"></span>New Jersey Nets (1981–1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: New Jersey Nets (1981–1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Jersey_Nets_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-12-09_(ticket)_(Buck_Williams_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/New_Jersey_Nets_at_Charlotte_Hornets_1988-12-09_%28ticket%29_%28Buck_Williams_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="231" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="231" /></a><figcaption>Williams (<i>center</i>) dunking the ball for the New Jersey Nets, circa 1987.</figcaption></figure> <p>After three years at Maryland, Williams decided to leave for the NBA. The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> selected him third overall in the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981 NBA draft</a>, behind Olympic teammates Aguirre and Thomas. In his first season with the Nets, he averaged 15.5 points and led the team with 12.3 rebounds per game, helping New Jersey win 20 more games (a 44–38 win–loss record) than the previous year and earning 1982 Rookie of the Year honors. Williams established himself as a premier player at the <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a> position over the next eight seasons with the Nets; in six of those he was ranked among the best three rebounders in the league, never averaging less than twelve rebounds per game. 1983–84 featured the Nets’ first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Playoffs">playoff</a> second-round appearance since the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a> in 1976, when they lost to the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, and the Nets failed to subsequently get past the first round until 2002 when <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> led them to an unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portland_Trail_Blazers_(1989–1996)"><span id="Portland_Trail_Blazers_.281989.E2.80.931996.29"></span>Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 24, 1989, the Nets traded Williams to the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bowie" title="Sam Bowie">Sam Bowie</a> and a draft pick. In Portland, Williams would continue his solid play and take a complementary frontcourt role to established guard duo <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Terry Porter</a>. The Blazers’ post-season campaigns ended in the first round four consecutive seasons prior to 1990; contrastingly, Williams’ first three seasons with the Blazers were marked by three Western Conference Finals appearances and two NBA Finals. In <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a> the Blazers succumbed to the powerhouse <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1989–90 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a> in five games, while in 1992 they fell to <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1991–92 Chicago Bulls season">the Chicago Bulls</a> in six. Williams was regularly in the starting lineup for the first six of his seven seasons with the Blazers. He is 5th all-time on the franchise career list for both field goal percentage (55.0%) and total rebounds (4861) as of September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Knicks_(1996–1998)"><span id="New_York_Knicks_.281996.E2.80.931998.29"></span>New York Knicks (1996–1998)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: New York Knicks (1996–1998)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the twilight of his career, after the 1995–96 season, Williams moved back to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a>, signing with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>, where he played in a much more limited capacity, behind the frontcourt duo of <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Oakley" title="Charles Oakley">Charles Oakley</a>. He spent two years with the Knicks, but was forced to miss 41 games during <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1997–98 New York Knicks season">the 1997–98 season</a> due to knee surgery (the first time in his career he missed more than 12 games in a season). Williams announced his retirement on January 27, 1999, holding career averages of 12.8 points and ten rebounds per game and a field goal average of 54.9 percent. During the course of his 17-year NBA career, Williams racked up more than 16,000 points and 13,000 rebounds — the seventh NBA player to reach both marks.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1981–82 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>34.5</td> <td>.582</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.624</td> <td>12.3</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1982–83 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.588</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.620</td> <td><b>12.5</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td><b>1.1</b></td> <td>1.3</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1983–84 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>81</td> <td>37.1</td> <td>.535</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.570</td> <td>12.3</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>1.5</b></td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1984–85 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>38.8</b></td> <td>.530</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.625</td> <td>12.3</td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>18.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1985–86 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>37.4</td> <td>.523</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.676</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>15.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1986–87 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>36.3</td> <td>.557</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.731</td> <td><b>12.5</b></td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1987–88 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>70</td> <td>70</td> <td>37.7</td> <td>.560</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.668</td> <td>11.9</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td><b>18.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1988–89 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>74</td> <td>72</td> <td>33.1</td> <td>.531</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.666</td> <td>9.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.5</td> <td>13.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1989–90 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>34.2</td> <td>.548</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.706</td> <td>9.8</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.5</td> <td>13.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1990–91 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>32.3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">.602*</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.705</td> <td>9.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>11.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1991–92 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>31.5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>.604</b>*</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>.754</b></td> <td>8.8</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.5</td> <td>11.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1992–93 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>30.5</td> <td>.511</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.645</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.7</td> <td>8.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1993–94 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>81</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>.555</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.679</td> <td>10.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.6</td> <td>9.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1994–95 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td>29.5</td> <td>.512</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.673</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1995–96 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>70</td> <td>10</td> <td>23.9</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.667</td> <td>.668</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>7.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1996–97 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>74</td> <td>4</td> <td>20.2</td> <td>.537</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.642</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.5</td> <td>6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1997–98 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>41</td> <td>6</td> <td>18.0</td> <td>.503</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>732</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.4</td> <td>4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>1,307</td> <td>1,140</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>.549</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.664</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>12.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>20.3</td> <td>.526</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.455</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.7</td> <td>8.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_playoffs" title="1982 NBA playoffs">1982</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1981–82 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>39.5</td> <td>.538</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.467</td> <td>10.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1982–83 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>42.5</td> <td>.500</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.800</td> <td>11.5</td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1983–84 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>43.0</b></td> <td>.485</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.556</td> <td><b>14.1</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">1985</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1984–85 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>41.0</td> <td>.650</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.733</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>1.7</b></td> <td><b>24.7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1985–86 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>42.0</td> <td><b>.724</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.769</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>.7</td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>.3</td> <td>20.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_playoffs" title="1990 NBA playoffs">1990</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1989–90 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.508</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.676</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.3</td> <td>13.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_playoffs" title="1991 NBA playoffs">1991</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1990–91 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.500</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.603</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.3</td> <td>10.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_playoffs" title="1992 NBA playoffs">1992</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1991–92 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.508</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.758</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>9.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_playoffs" title="1993 NBA playoffs">1993</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1992–93 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.478</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.684</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>8.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_playoffs" title="1994 NBA playoffs">1994</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1993–94 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.679</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>.867</b></td> <td>8.8</td> 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NBA playoffs">1997</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1996–97 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>19.3</td> <td>.486</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.529</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.4</td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_playoffs" title="1998 NBA playoffs">1998</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1997–98 New York Knicks season">New York</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>15.0</td> <td>.444</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.750</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.0</td> <td>.3</td> <td>4.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>108</td> <td>77</td> <td>34.4</td> <td>.520</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.672</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.6</td> <td>11.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_basketball">After basketball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: After basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams served as the president of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Players_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Players Association">NBA Players Association</a> from 1994 to 1997. The Nets retired his #52 jersey in April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he was named as an inductee into the Rocky Mount Twin County Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, he was named to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-GTAug18_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GTAug18-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2010, Williams was hired by <a href="/wiki/Nate_McMillan" title="Nate McMillan">Nate McMillan</a> as an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-quick_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quick-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_games_played_leaders" title="List of NBA career games played leaders">List of NBA career games played leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NBA career rebounding leaders">List of NBA career rebounding leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_turnovers_leaders" title="List of NBA career turnovers leaders">List of NBA career turnovers leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_personal_fouls_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NBA career personal fouls leaders">List of NBA career personal fouls leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_minutes_played_leaders" title="List of NBA career minutes played leaders">List of NBA career minutes played leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_field_goal_percentage_leaders" title="List of NBA career field goal percentage leaders">List of NBA career field goal percentage leaders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buck_Williams&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">First round</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Mark Aguirre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buck Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Wood" title="Al Wood">Al Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Vranes" title="Danny Vranes">Danny Vranes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Woolridge" title="Orlando Woolridge">Orlando Woolridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Steve Johnson (basketball)">Steve Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Tom Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolando_Blackman" title="Rolando Blackman">Rolando Blackman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_King_(basketball)" title="Albert King (basketball)">Albert King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Frank Johnson (basketball)">Frank Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Tripucka" title="Kelly Tripucka">Kelly Tripucka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Schayes" title="Danny Schayes">Danny Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Williams" title="Herb Williams">Herb Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lamp" title="Jeff Lamp">Jeff Lamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Valentine" title="Darnell Valentine">Darnell Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loder" title="Kevin Loder">Kevin Loder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Tolbert" title="Ray Tolbert">Ray Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGee_(basketball)" title="Mike McGee (basketball)">Mike McGee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Nance" title="Larry Nance">Larry Nance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Lister" title="Alton Lister">Alton Lister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Edwards" title="Franklin Edwards">Franklin 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Don_Meineke" title="Don Meineke">Meineke</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Felix" title="Ray Felix">Felix</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Woody_Sauldsberry" title="Woody Sauldsberry">Sauldsberry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar 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