Billy Knight

SG · 2TM

Seasons 1974-75–1984-85 · 11 on record · Ht 6-6 · b. 1952

3× All-Star

Player info

Nickname	Bill, Mooney, TWA, Smooth
Position	SG
Number	#25 (also #35)
Height	6-6
Weight	195 lb
Born	1952-06-09
College	Pitt
Drafted	1974 · Round 2, Pick 21 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	1974-75–1984-85 (11)

16.9 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 2.3 APG · 821 games · .507 FG% · .284 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1974-75	INA	22	80	32.0	.534	.250	.799	7.9	2.1	1.4	0.4	17.1	18.5	.571
1975-76	INA	23	70	39.6	.494	.400	.828	10.1	3.7	1.3	0.3	28.1	21.1	.551
1976-77	IND	24	78	40.0	.493	—	.816	7.5	3.3	1.5	0.2	26.6	20.1	.543
1977-78	BUF	25	53	40.7	.494	—	.809	7.2	3.0	1.5	0.2	22.9	18.7	.558
1978-79	2TM	26	79	26.5	.528	—	.841	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.1	14.3	15.3	.586
	BOS	26	40	28.0	.502	—	.808	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	13.9	12.1	.556
	IND	26	39	25.0	.556	—	.873	4.5	2.2	0.8	0.1	14.7	19.0	.618
1979-80	IND	27	75	25.5	.533	.267	.809	4.8	2.1	1.1	0.1	13.1	18.0	.589
1980-81	IND	28	82	29.1	.533	.158	.832	5.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	17.5	19.9	.596
1981-82	IND	29	81	22.3	.495	.281	.826	3.2	1.5	0.8	0.2	12.3	16.7	.562
1982-83	IND	30	80	28.3	.520	.158	.841	4.1	2.4	0.8	0.1	17.1	18.7	.589
1983-84	KCK	31	75	25.1	.491	.286	.859	3.4	2.1	0.7	0.1	12.8	14.3	.564
1984-85	2TM	32	68	11.8	.441	.440	.877	1.7	1.2	0.2	0.0	5.7	11.7	.501
	KCK	32	16	11.8	.449	1.000	.813	1.4	1.3	0.1	0.1	4.8	10.2	.500
	SAS	32	52	11.8	.439	.417	.895	1.8	1.1	0.3	0.0	6.0	12.2	.501

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1974-75	INA	80	45	2,559	580	1,087	.534	4	16	207	259	632	168	115	29	236	1,371
1975-76	INA	70	70	2,775	774	1,567	.494	6	15	415	501	708	259	92	23	299	1,969
1976-77	IND	78	77	3,117	831	1,687	.493	—	—	413	506	582	260	117	19	—	2,075
1977-78	BUF	53	—	2,155	457	926	.494	—	—	301	372	383	161	82	13	167	1,215
1978-79	2TM	79	3	2,095	441	835	.528	—	—	249	296	347	152	63	8	225	1,131
	BOS	40	—	1,119	219	436	.502	—	—	118	146	173	66	31	3	129	556
	IND	39	3	976	222	399	.556	—	—	131	150	174	86	32	5	96	575
1979-80	IND	75	43	1,910	385	722	.533	4	15	212	262	361	155	82	9	132	986
1980-81	IND	82	70	2,385	546	1,025	.533	3	19	341	410	410	157	84	12	177	1,436
1981-82	IND	81	19	1,803	378	764	.495	9	32	233	282	257	118	63	14	137	998
1982-83	IND	80	54	2,262	512	984	.520	3	19	343	408	324	192	66	8	193	1,370
1983-84	KCK	75	39	1,885	358	729	.491	4	14	243	283	255	160	54	6	155	963
1984-85	2TM	68	1	800	156	354	.441	11	25	64	73	118	80	16	2	70	387
	KCK	16	0	189	31	69	.449	1	1	13	16	22	21	2	1	13	76
	SAS	52	1	611	125	285	.439	10	24	51	57	96	59	14	1	57	311
Career		821	—	—	5,418	10,680	.507	44	155	3021	3652	4377	1862	834	143	1791	13,901

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1974-75	INA	80	32.0	8.2	15.3	.534	0.1	0.2	2.9	3.6	8.9	2.4	1.6	0.4	3.3	19.3
1975-76	INA	70	39.6	10.0	20.3	.494	0.1	0.2	5.4	6.5	9.2	3.4	1.2	0.3	3.9	25.5
1976-77	IND	78	40.0	9.6	19.5	.493	—	—	4.8	5.8	6.7	3.0	1.4	0.2	—	24.0
1977-78	BUF	53	40.7	7.6	15.5	.494	—	—	5.0	6.2	6.4	2.7	1.4	0.2	2.8	20.3
1978-79	2TM	79	26.5	7.6	14.3	.528	—	—	4.3	5.1	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	3.9	19.4
	BOS	40	28.0	7.0	14.0	.502	—	—	3.8	4.7	5.6	2.1	1.0	0.1	4.2	17.9
	IND	39	25.0	8.2	14.7	.556	—	—	4.8	5.5	6.4	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.5	21.2
1979-80	IND	75	25.5	7.3	13.6	.533	0.1	0.3	4.0	4.9	6.8	2.9	1.5	0.2	2.5	18.6
1980-81	IND	82	29.1	8.2	15.5	.533	0.0	0.3	5.1	6.2	6.2	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	21.7
1981-82	IND	81	22.3	7.5	15.3	.495	0.2	0.6	4.7	5.6	5.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	2.7	19.9
1982-83	IND	80	28.3	8.1	15.7	.520	0.0	0.3	5.5	6.5	5.2	3.1	1.1	0.1	3.1	21.8
1983-84	KCK	75	25.1	6.8	13.9	.491	0.1	0.3	4.6	5.4	4.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	3.0	18.4
1984-85	2TM	68	11.8	7.0	15.9	.441	0.5	1.1	2.9	3.3	5.3	3.6	0.7	0.1	3.1	17.4
	KCK	16	11.8	5.9	13.1	.449	0.2	0.2	2.5	3.0	4.2	4.0	0.4	0.2	2.5	14.5
	SAS	52	11.8	7.4	16.8	.439	0.6	1.4	3.0	3.4	5.7	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.4	18.3

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1974-75	INA	80	2,559	18.5	.571	21.1	4.7	2.4	7.1	.133	+2.1	-0.7	+1.4	+2.2
1975-76	INA	70	2,775	21.1	.551	27.9	5.7	2.6	8.3	.143	+3.8	-1.0	+2.8	+3.4
1976-77	IND	78	3,117	20.1	.543	—	8.8	1.9	10.7	.164	+3.9	-1.3	+2.7	+3.7
1977-78	BUF	53	2,155	18.7	.558	23.3	4.7	1.3	6.0	.133	+2.5	-0.9	+1.6	+2.0
1978-79	2TM	79	2,095	15.3	.586	22.2	2.3	1.4	3.7	.085	+0.3	-1.0	-0.7	+0.7
	BOS	40	1,119	12.1	.556	22.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	.029	-1.5	-1.6	-3.2	-0.3
	IND	39	976	19.0	.618	22.5	2.2	0.8	3.0	.149	+2.4	-0.4	+2.0	+1.0
1979-80	IND	75	1,910	18.0	.589	19.7	4.2	1.5	5.8	.145	+2.2	-0.8	+1.4	+1.6
1980-81	IND	82	2,385	19.9	.596	23.2	6.5	1.9	8.4	.170	+3.4	-1.2	+2.2	+2.5
1981-82	IND	81	1,803	16.7	.562	23.7	2.4	1.9	4.3	.115	+1.1	-0.5	+0.6	+1.2
1982-83	IND	80	2,262	18.7	.589	23.6	5.5	0.3	5.8	.123	+2.8	-2.2	+0.6	+1.5
1983-84	KCK	75	1,885	14.3	.564	21.5	2.0	1.4	3.4	.086	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+0.6
1984-85	2TM	68	800	11.7	.501	22.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	.025	-0.8	-2.6	-3.4	-0.3
	KCK	16	189	10.2	.500	18.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	.021	-0.2	-1.7	-2.0	+0.0
	SAS	52	611	12.2	.501	24.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	.027	-1.0	-2.8	-3.8	-0.3
Career		821	—	—	—	—	—	—	63.9	—	—	—	—	+19.1

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1980-81	2	35.5	18.5	6.0	2.5	0.0	.533	—	.552
1983-84	3	12.3	6.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	.333	—	.362
1984-85	5	9.0	3.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	.533	0.000	.533
Career	10	15.3	7.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	.464	0.000	.484

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	334	16.4	4.7	2.2	192–142
Away	337	15.1	4.3	2.0	88–249
In wins	280	16.8	4.6	2.2	280–0
In losses	391	15.0	4.5	2.1	0–391

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	37	17.4	4.5	1.9	20–17
BOS Boston Celtics	32	18.2	4.9	2.3	11–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	37	12.9	4.7	1.8	20–17
CHI Chicago Bulls	31	16.5	3.1	2.1	17–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	34	16.7	5.3	1.7	20–14
DAL Dallas Mavericks	16	11.4	4.3	1.3	7–9
DEN Denver Nuggets	30	17.0	5.1	2.5	12–18
DET Detroit Pistons	35	17.0	4.7	2.4	19–16
GSW Golden State Warriors	28	14.8	4.9	2.0	9–19
HOU Houston Rockets	36	16.9	3.9	2.8	14–22
IND Indiana Pacers	8	14.2	7.0	2.2	6–2
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	17	13.3	3.6	2.1	9–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	27	14.4	4.9	2.1	3–24
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	32	14.9	4.5	2.3	5–27
NYK New York Knicks	35	18.3	5.0	1.9	19–16
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	35	17.0	5.1	2.4	6–29
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	13.6	3.7	1.8	10–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	27	14.0	3.1	1.9	8–19
SAC Sacramento Kings	24	11.5	4.2	1.1	12–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	28	19.9	4.7	2.5	15–13
UTA Utah Jazz	27	15.1	4.9	2.6	14–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Billy Knight has averaged 16.9 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 2.3 APG over 11 seasons (1974-75–1984-85).

Billy Knight is 6-6 (195 lb).

Billy Knight was drafted in 1974, round 2, pick 21, by the Los Angeles Lakers.