Billy Ray Bates 
#6 SF | 6-4, 212lbs | Cavaliers | Experience: 4 years
Born: 5/31/1956 (28) | College: Kentucky State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 49 51 76 22 34 21 26 14 20 52 66 12 88 58 50 82  
 Potential: C C B D D D D F D C B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $51,811  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CLE 75 0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.80 0.1 0.0 0.3 .417 .846 .000  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 82 7 13.8 5.4 0.5 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.79 0.5 0.1 1.9 .470 .790 .000  
 1981 NPSBL SEA 82 45 27.2 12.4 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.11 1.0 0.0 2.0 .431 .804 .182  
 1980 NPSBL SEA 78 78 33.1 15.0 1.4 2.2 2.5 2.2 1.14 0.9 0.1 3.3 .469 .806 .188  
 1979 NPSBL POR 16 0 14.7 11.3 0.8 1.0 1.9 1.3 1.55 0.9 0.1 1.6 .493 .718 .421  
 Career     333 130 19.0 8.6 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.07 0.6 0.1 1.9 .456 .800 .191  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CLE 0.3 0.6 .417 0.3 0.3 .846 0.2 0.3 .600 0.1 0.3 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 1.9 4.0 .470 1.6 2.0 .790 1.2 1.7 .674 0.7 2.1 .347 0.0 0.2 .000  
 1981 NPSBL SEA 4.5 10.4 .431 3.3 4.1 .804 2.4 4.0 .594 2.0 5.7 .344 0.1 0.7 .182  
 1980 NPSBL SEA 5.6 12.0 .469 3.6 4.5 .806 3.0 4.8 .635 2.5 6.6 .375 0.1 0.6 .188  
 1979 NPSBL POR 4.5 9.1 .493 1.8 2.4 .718 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.2 .421  
 Career     3.2 6.9 .456 2.2 2.8 .800 1.6 2.6 .625 1.3 3.5 .356 0.1 0.4 .191  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 75 0 154 20 48 22 26 0 3 62 2 10 12 4 15 4 0 23 -71 
 1982 82 7 1135 155 330 132 167 0 16 442 42 155 73 45 92 45 5 152 -75 
 1981 82 45 2233 366 850 271 337 10 55 1013 113 266 180 82 162 82 4 166 -921 
 1980 78 78 2584 438 933 283 351 9 48 1168 109 284 196 70 172 70 8 257 -337 
 1979 16 0 235 72 146 28 39 8 19 180 13 29 31 14 20 14 2 26 0 
 Career 333 130 6341 1051 2307 736 920 27 141 2865 279 744 492 215 461 215 19 624 -1404 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL CLE .525 1.29 14.0 17.4 20.6 1.7 5.8 4.0 7.0 -8.1 -0.3 -0.9 91.0 118.0  
 1982 NPSBL CLE .548 1.34 12.9 16.2 18.1 4.2 10.6 7.5 10.6 1.1 0.0 -0.9 99.1 103.5  
 1981 NPSBL SEA .507 1.19 13.4 12.1 22.3 5.3 8.1 6.6 13.6 104.7 3.5 -11.2 95.4 114.3  
 1980 NPSBL SEA .537 1.25 13.5 11.8 21.0 4.8 8.1 6.4 13.9 131.1 4.4 -4.3 100.5 106.1  
 1979 NPSBL POR .552 1.23 14.5 9.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .528 1.24 13.4 12.6 20.2 4.8 8.6 6.6 12.8 228.7 7.6 -4.2 98.1 108.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CLE 11 0 4.9 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.40 0.4 0.0 0.6 .438 .750 .000  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 4 0 12.0 5.3 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.00 1.0 0.3 0.8 .429 .900 .000  
 Career     15 0 6.8 2.5 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.75 0.5 0.1 0.7 .433 .857 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL CLE 0.6 1.5 .438 0.3 0.4 .750 0.5 0.7 .625 0.2 0.7 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL CLE 1.5 3.5 .429 2.3 2.5 .900 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.3 2.0 .125 0.0 0.3 .000  
 Career     0.9 2.0 .433 0.8 0.9 .857 0.7 0.9 .769 0.2 1.1 .188 0.0 0.1 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 11 0 54 7 16 3 4 0 0 17 2 6 2 4 5 4 0 7 -4 
 1982 4 0 48 6 14 9 10 0 1 21 1 7 7 4 7 4 1 3 7 
 Career 15 0 102 13 30 12 14 0 1 38 3 13 9 8 12 8 1 10 3 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL CLE .444 1.06 8.0 20.0 20.6 4.3 6.8 5.7 4.8 -4.6 -0.2 -0.4 97.5 96.8  
 1982 NPSBL CLE .556 1.50 21.9 21.9 23.4 2.0 13.0 7.4 12.3 1.3 0.0 1.8 96.6 89.9  
 Career     .528 1.27 15.8 21.1 11.0 3.2 9.5 6.5 8.4 -3.3 -0.1 0.2 97.1 93.5  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 12 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 6 4 4 0 1  
 Playoff 10 1 3 4 1 1 4 3 6 6 6 0 1  
 Career 30 7 11 8 4 1 7 12 27 12 14 2 5  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 POR W 15 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2
 10/19 SAS L 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
 10/21 NYK W 10 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
 10/22 CHI L 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 10/24 POR L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 10/30 NJN L 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -6
 11/1 BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
 11/2 DET L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/5 DEN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
 11/6 NJN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 11/8 NJN W 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 11/9 PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 11/11 SAS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6
 11/13 WAS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/17 CHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
 11/18 POR L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/22 SAS W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -5
 11/23 DEN W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 11/26 IND W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 11/27 ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 12/1 BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 12/2 KCK L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 12/6 NYK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 12/10 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/12 MIL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/13 MIL L 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
 12/15 LAL W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/19 GSW L 14 5 6 2 2 0 1 12 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 -1
 12/20 ATL W 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 -1
 12/24 ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
 12/29 ATL L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 12/31 WAS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 1/2 KCK L 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3
 1/6 MIL L 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -3
 1/7 LAL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 1/10 DET W 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2
 1/11 NJN W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 1/13 POR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/15 SEA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1/17 SDC L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/19 HOU W 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -6
 1/21 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/22 UTA W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 1/25 SDC L 7 3 3 4 4 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -10
 1/26 MIL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
 1/29 DET W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/30 WAS L 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -5
 2/3 WAS L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -10
 2/4 DAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 2/8 DAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2
 2/9 BOS W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/14 CHI L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 2/15 NYK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 2/19 PHX W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/20 CHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/22 NJN L 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -7
 2/25 ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/26 IND W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -3
 2/28 IND L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 3/1 WAS W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 3/3 CHI L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -5
 3/4 WAS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 3/7 IND W 4 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -5
 3/10 NJN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
 3/12 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 3/16 NYK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 3/18 NYK W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4
 3/23 BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
 3/24 CHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 3/27 MIL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1
 3/28 BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 3/30 NYK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
 4/1 DET L 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 4/3 HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 4/4 CHI L 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/7 BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 4/9 IND W 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 4/10 DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -2
 4/14 MIL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 4/15 PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 -2
 4/18 PHX W 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 4/21 NJN L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/22 NJN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/24 NJN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
 4/25 NJN W 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
 4/27 NJN W 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 -7
 4/29 NJN W 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
 5/3 MIL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
 5/4 MIL L 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 -2
 5/6 MIL L 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3
 5/7 MIL L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 -2
 5/9 MIL L 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Seattle with pick #20 of round 6 of the creation draft.
 7/29/1982 Signed with the Cavaliers for $328,000 over 2 years.
 4/11/1983 Team option declined by Cavaliers
 7/25/1983 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $51,811 over one year.

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