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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Charlie Scott
Career at a glance
Charlie Scott played 10 professional regular seasons (2 in the ABA, 8 in the NBA) between 1970 and 1980. He played for 8 teams: Virginia (ABA) (1970–72, 157 games), Phoenix (1971–75, 208 games), Boston (1975–78, 156 games), L.A. Lakers (1977–78, 48 games), Denver (1978–80, 148 games), ABA Career (1979–80, 157 games), NBA Career (1979–80, 560 games), Total Career (1979–80, 717 games). His best scoring season was 1971–72 with Virginia (ABA): 34.6 points per game over 73 games.
Championship season: 1975–76 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 5 postseason runs (45 games, 18.3 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 44,500 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Charlie Scott
Charles Thomas Scott, also known as Shaheed Abdul-Aleem, (born December 15, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Scott was an Olympic Gold Medalist and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. Scott is the leader in most points per game with 24.8 in Suns franchise history.
- Born
- December 15, 1948 (age 77) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 175 lb (79 kg)
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- High school
- Stuyvesant (New York City, New York) Laurinburg Institute (Laurinburg, North Carolina)
- College
- North Carolina (1967–1970)
- NBA draft
- 1970: 7th round, 106th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1970–1980
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1976)
- 3× NBA All-Star (1973–1975)
- 2× ABA All-Star (1971, 1972)
- All-ABA First Team (1971)
- All-ABA Second Team (1972)
- ABA Rookie of the Year (1971)
- ABA All-Rookie First Team (1971)
- ABA All-Time Team
- 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1969, 1970)
- ACC Athlete of the Year (1970)
- 3× First-team All-ACC (1968–1970)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Virginia (ABA) | 84 | – | 37.9 | .463 | .246 | .746 | 5.2 | 5.6 | – | – | 27.1 |
| 1971–72 | Virginia (ABA) | 73 | – | 41.9 | .449 | .264 | .803 | 5.1 | 4.8 | – | – | 34.6‡ |
| 1971–72 | Phoenix | 6 | – | 29.5 | .425 | – | .810 | 3.8 | 4.3 | – | – | 18.8 |
| 1972–73 | Phoenix | 81 | – | 37.8 | .446 | – | .784 | 4.2 | 6.1 | – | – | 25.3 |
| 1973–74 | Phoenix | 52 | – | 38.5 | .459 | – | .781 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 25.4 |
| 1974–75 | Phoenix | 69 | – | 37.6 | .441 | – | .781 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 24.3 |
| 1975–76† | Boston | 82 | – | 35.5 | .449 | – | .797 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17.6 |
| 1976–77 | Boston | 43 | – | 36.8 | .444 | – | .746 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 18.2 |
| 1977–78 | Boston | 31 | – | 34.8 | .433 | – | .712 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
| 1977–78 | L.A. Lakers | 48 | – | 29.0 | .442 | – | .775 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.7 |
| 1978–79 | Denver | 79 | – | 29.0 | .442 | – | .775 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.0 |
| 1979–80 | Denver | 69 | – | 33.1 | .460 | .182 | .749 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| 1979–80 | ABA Career | 157 | – | 39.8 | .456 | .257 | .775 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 30.6‡ | ||
| 1979–80 | NBA Career | 560 | – | 34.4 | .444 | .772 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17.9 | |
| 1979–80 | Total Career | 717 | – | 35.6 | .448 | .773 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 20.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Virginia (ABA) | 12 | – | 42.0 | .409 | .258 | .755 | 6.6 | 6.8 | – | – | 26.8 |
| 1976† | Boston | 18 | – | 35.1 | .391 | – | .764 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 15.4 |
| 1977 | Boston | 9 | – | 37.6 | .406 | – | .846 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 16.4 |
| 1978 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | – | 34.3 | .300 | – | .750 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 1979 | Denver | 3 | – | 34.7 | .476 | – | .571 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| Career | 45 | – | 37.4 | .400 | .258 | .766 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 18.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an ABA or NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ league record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 5″
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1970
- Draft pick
- Round 7 · Pick 106
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