Otis Birdsong 
#32 SG | 6-4, 201lbs | Rockets | Experience: 6 years
Born: 12/9/1955 (28) | College: Houston

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 84 73 50 28 43 42 34 12 21 59 66 14 93 56 65 94  
 Potential: A B C D C C D F D B B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $918,628  $987,525  $1,056,422  $1,125,319  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  Team  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL HOU 82 82 38.0 21.4 1.4 2.2 3.8 2.7 1.43 1.3 0.1 3.8 .478 .649 .255  
 1982 NPSBL HOU 82 0 20.1 10.7 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.5 1.53 0.8 0.1 2.6 .434 .639 .182  
 1981 NPSBL HOU 82 82 35.1 25.1 1.4 1.9 3.7 2.6 1.41 1.3 0.2 3.5 .481 .641 .268  
 1980 NPSBL HOU 82 82 36.5 26.1 1.3 1.7 3.7 2.9 1.28 1.8 0.2 3.6 .482 .691 .306  
 1979 NPSBL KCK 82 0 35.2 22.7 2.1 2.0 2.5 2.2 1.13 1.7 0.3 2.8 .505 .694 .278  
 1978 NPSBL KCK 82 0 34.6 21.7 2.1 2.2 3.4 2.4 1.41 1.5 0.2 3.1 .509 .725 .000  
 1977 NPSBL KCK 73 0 25.7 15.8 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.20 1.0 0.2 2.5 .492 .697 .000  
 Career     565 246 32.3 20.6 1.5 1.8 3.1 2.3 1.34 1.3 0.2 3.1 .486 .676 .260  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL HOU 8.8 18.4 .478 3.6 5.6 .649 4.3 6.7 .647 4.4 11.2 .389 0.1 0.6 .255  
 1982 NPSBL HOU 4.2 9.8 .434 2.2 3.4 .639 2.1 3.7 .578 2.0 5.7 .358 0.1 0.4 .182  
 1981 NPSBL HOU 10.3 21.4 .481 4.3 6.7 .641 4.3 6.7 .644 5.8 14.0 .413 0.2 0.7 .268  
 1980 NPSBL HOU 10.4 21.6 .482 5.2 7.5 .691 5.0 7.9 .634 5.2 13.2 .396 0.1 0.4 .306  
 1979 NPSBL KCK 9.5 18.9 .505 3.5 5.0 .694 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 .278  
 1978 NPSBL KCK 9.0 17.8 .509 3.6 5.0 .725 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL KCK 6.4 13.1 .492 3.0 4.2 .697 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     8.4 17.3 .486 3.6 5.4 .676 2.3 3.6 .632 2.5 6.4 .395 0.1 0.4 .260  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 82 3114 722 1511 298 459 12 47 1754 117 296 315 105 221 105 12 309 -311 
 1982 82 0 1652 347 800 179 280 6 33 879 68 177 183 67 120 67 9 211 -192 
 1981 82 82 2878 844 1753 353 551 15 56 2056 114 272 304 107 216 107 16 286 23 
 1980 82 82 2996 852 1769 423 612 11 36 2138 109 245 307 145 239 145 16 294 286 
 1979 82 0 2885 781 1546 286 412 10 36 1858 170 331 202 136 179 136 22 226 0 
 1978 82 0 2839 741 1456 296 408 0 0 1778 176 354 281 125 200 125 17 255 0 
 1977 73 0 1878 470 955 216 310 0 0 1156 70 175 174 74 145 74 12 179 0 
 Career 565 246 18242 4757 9790 2051 3032 54 208 11619 824 1850 1766 759 1320 759 104 1760 -194 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL HOU .512 1.16 14.0 9.8 26.9 4.5 6.7 5.6 15.2 218.1 7.3 -3.8 103.9 108.2  
 1982 NPSBL HOU .477 1.10 14.9 9.8 27.5 4.6 7.6 6.1 14.0 86.2 2.9 -2.3 99.2 104.5  
 1981 NPSBL HOU .515 1.17 12.1 8.6 32.7 4.5 6.5 5.5 19.1 370.6 12.4 0.3 105.0 104.0  
 1980 NPSBL HOU .525 1.21 11.9 9.2 31.7 4.3 5.2 4.8 20.3 438.1 14.6 3.5 106.8 101.4  
 1979 NPSBL KCK .538 1.20 9.6 8.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL KCK .543 1.22 13.3 9.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL KCK .530 1.21 12.3 10.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .522 1.19 12.4 9.3 17.5 4.4 6.4 5.4 16.5 1113.0 37.1 -0.3 104.2 104.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 Career     0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 Career     0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 Career     .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 40 6 10 12 6 2 6 17 31 11 19 2 4  
 Playoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Career 49 6 10 12 6 2 8 21 34 16 24 2 4  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 CHI L 35 7 15 2 2 0 1 16 2 3 3 4 0 0 5 -14
 10/21 IND W 41 17 24 6 8 0 2 40 2 5 5 2 0 0 6 4
 10/22 DET W 43 7 15 3 4 0 0 17 0 3 10 1 2 0 3 9
 10/25 UTA L 39 12 24 0 2 0 0 24 0 1 6 2 0 0 4 -15
 10/26 IND L 44 12 21 6 8 0 0 30 2 3 4 2 3 0 5 -2
 10/28 NJN W 37 8 17 1 2 0 0 17 0 3 4 3 1 0 5 15
 11/1 DEN L 47 8 22 2 4 0 0 18 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 -10
 11/4 KCK L 41 11 20 3 8 1 2 26 0 2 7 2 0 0 4 -8
 11/5 PHI W 39 12 16 6 6 0 0 30 1 6 5 2 2 0 3 17
 11/7 UTA W 45 9 16 11 19 0 1 29 3 3 2 6 0 1 5 -1
 11/9 POR W 46 10 19 4 7 0 1 24 0 1 7 4 1 0 2 17
 11/11 DEN W 46 10 18 7 10 0 0 27 2 7 4 4 1 0 3 13
 11/14 IND W 38 10 14 3 4 1 2 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 5 21
 11/15 DET L 25 13 16 2 4 2 2 30 2 5 1 3 2 0 4 14
 11/19 LAL L 46 7 18 5 6 0 0 19 0 2 6 5 0 0 5 -3
 11/20 PHI L 37 10 18 2 2 0 0 22 0 2 3 2 1 0 4 -21
 11/22 KCK W 48 12 26 5 6 0 0 29 1 2 4 2 2 0 2 8
 11/26 SAS W 41 11 15 0 0 1 1 23 0 2 2 0 3 0 4 9
 11/27 SDC W 42 8 19 4 4 0 0 20 2 2 5 1 0 0 2 6
 11/30 SEA L 39 13 21 5 6 2 3 33 1 4 1 2 1 1 5 0
 12/2 UTA L 48 11 30 2 6 0 0 24 5 9 12 6 2 0 3 -8
 12/3 NJN L 37 2 10 2 4 0 0 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 4 -35
 12/7 MIL W 43 12 19 1 3 0 0 25 3 4 5 2 2 0 2 11
 12/8 DEN L 45 16 20 8 14 0 1 40 0 2 3 4 5 0 4 -3
 12/11 SEA L 43 9 16 2 6 0 0 20 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 -26
 12/13 SDC L 43 7 20 2 4 0 0 16 0 1 3 4 1 0 3 -30
 12/15 DAL W 45 12 20 7 8 1 1 32 1 3 5 2 6 0 5 34
 12/17 DET W 43 10 16 1 3 0 0 21 0 2 4 2 1 0 4 2
 12/20 SEA L 25 7 14 2 2 0 1 16 2 2 3 3 2 0 4 -12
 12/21 KCK W 31 12 21 3 4 0 1 27 2 4 2 5 1 0 4 -2
 12/25 SEA L 31 2 8 5 6 0 0 9 1 2 5 5 0 0 5 -21
 12/26 WAS L 33 9 18 0 1 0 0 18 0 1 5 5 1 0 5 -13
 12/29 SEA L 43 9 21 2 4 0 0 20 0 1 5 3 1 0 5 -26
 12/30 NYK L 41 6 16 2 4 0 1 14 2 5 2 3 3 0 3 -9
 1/2 SAS W 32 5 16 5 6 0 0 15 4 6 3 2 1 0 4 21
 1/5 UTA L 45 7 18 6 7 0 0 20 4 6 2 3 2 0 3 -14
 1/6 KCK L 26 6 16 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 3 3 2 0 5 -15
 1/8 ATL L 39 6 17 0 0 0 0 12 3 6 8 2 0 0 4 -6
 1/10 PHX L 47 9 16 5 12 0 1 23 0 2 5 6 1 0 2 -6
 1/12 UTA L 46 17 28 2 3 0 0 36 1 7 5 3 0 0 3 -7
 1/13 UTA L 21 4 11 5 6 0 0 13 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 17
 1/16 UTA L 45 14 30 4 6 0 1 32 2 3 6 3 0 0 4 -18
 1/17 CHI W 43 9 27 7 8 0 2 25 2 4 6 1 1 0 3 7
 1/19 CLE L 41 5 24 7 12 0 1 17 1 4 2 2 1 1 4 -13
 1/20 DEN L 42 6 16 3 10 0 0 15 2 4 2 4 5 1 3 -6
 1/23 GSW L 39 7 17 8 10 0 1 22 2 2 5 6 0 0 4 -19
 1/24 GSW L 23 7 13 2 2 0 0 16 1 4 3 0 0 0 6 -1
 1/26 SDC W 29 6 11 5 8 0 0 17 3 7 4 2 0 1 5 15
 1/27 DEN L 28 8 18 1 1 0 0 17 0 0 5 2 3 0 5 -8
 1/30 SDC L 32 5 16 5 6 0 4 15 1 1 3 2 0 0 4 -7
 1/31 DAL L 45 7 20 1 3 0 2 15 2 7 5 2 2 0 3 -15
 2/2 ATL W 39 6 17 2 2 0 1 14 1 4 5 1 0 0 6 1
 2/4 PHX W 36 7 17 1 2 0 0 15 1 4 4 5 1 0 4 -5
 2/6 SAS L 42 9 21 5 6 0 1 23 0 3 6 2 4 1 5 -23
 2/8 POR L 43 10 22 0 0 0 0 20 4 4 2 2 2 0 3 -16
 2/9 IND L 37 7 14 4 4 0 0 18 2 4 5 5 0 0 4 -6
 2/16 GSW L 29 10 25 0 0 0 1 20 0 4 3 3 2 0 6 -11
 2/17 DAL W 37 10 19 2 4 0 0 22 3 5 5 3 1 0 4 0
 2/19 SAS W 47 16 23 8 8 0 1 40 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 12
 2/21 POR L 45 6 23 2 5 0 0 14 2 6 2 4 0 0 3 -25
 2/23 NYK L 25 7 12 7 8 0 0 21 1 1 2 1 0 0 6 4
 2/25 DEN W 40 8 18 0 0 0 1 16 1 3 3 3 2 0 3 6
 2/26 PHX W 41 10 22 4 10 0 0 24 4 6 8 4 1 0 1 5
 3/1 PHX W 36 8 20 5 7 1 1 22 2 6 4 0 1 1 4 17
 3/2 SAS W 19 7 9 4 6 0 0 18 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 21
 3/5 MIL L 31 6 18 2 2 0 1 14 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 -34
 3/6 BOS W 41 10 20 9 14 0 0 29 1 10 2 1 0 0 2 20
 3/10 LAL L 34 11 18 3 4 0 0 25 6 9 3 5 4 0 3 -24
 3/11 POR W 36 11 16 5 6 0 0 27 1 1 3 4 2 0 3 6
 3/15 KCK L 18 4 8 2 6 0 0 10 2 4 1 2 3 1 4 -26
 3/16 CHI L 44 9 21 5 10 0 2 23 2 5 5 4 2 0 4 -8
 3/18 DAL W 28 5 11 3 6 0 0 13 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 6
 3/19 GSW W 36 4 17 3 4 0 0 11 2 4 3 1 1 0 5 3
 3/22 LAL W 38 14 18 4 5 0 0 32 4 9 2 2 2 2 3 23
 3/23 GSW L 33 11 23 3 4 0 0 25 2 5 3 4 3 0 2 -27
 3/26 GSW L 46 14 31 9 14 0 2 37 3 8 5 3 3 0 2 -6
 3/27 POR L 36 9 19 5 12 0 0 23 0 1 4 4 0 0 6 -13
 3/30 SDC L 38 9 19 2 4 0 0 20 1 3 5 1 0 1 4 6
 3/31 DAL L 38 8 17 7 8 0 0 23 0 1 4 3 0 0 4 -13
 4/3 CLE L 38 6 18 5 6 0 0 17 0 4 4 4 1 0 4 -9
 4/4 SAS W 42 14 23 4 7 0 1 32 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 26
 4/8 LAL L 38 9 20 0 0 0 0 18 1 2 1 1 2 0 5 -26
 4/9 DAL L 44 12 21 1 2 1 2 26 1 6 5 3 0 0 4 -14
 4/13 LAL L 45 13 19 7 12 1 1 34 1 2 5 4 1 0 4 -15
 4/14 KCK W 42 12 28 5 6 0 0 29 6 6 5 2 1 0 3 3
 4/16 NJN L 33 3 15 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 2 2 2 0 2 -23
 4/18 BOS W 19 2 5 1 2 1 1 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 4 4
 4/19 WAS W 46 9 23 5 8 0 1 23 1 5 3 2 3 0 4 1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 30

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Houston with pick #2 of round 3 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1983 Re-signed with the Rockets for $4,087,894 over 4 years.

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