Otis Birdsong 
#4 SG | 6-4, 211lbs | Knicks | Experience: 12 years
Born: 12/9/1955 (34) | College: Houston

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 77 66 48 24 48 39 32 16 21 55 62 15 66 52 45 88  
 Potential: B B C D C D D F D C B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $281,249  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NYK 70 0 24.9 12.5 1.1 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.35 1.3 0.1 2.3 .435 .639 .203  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 82 0 11.0 5.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.42 0.5 0.1 1.1 .410 .640 .115  
 1987 NPBSL NYK 88 8 18.2 9.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.16 1.0 0.1 1.7 .427 .611 .211  
 1986 NPBSL HOU 34 34 36.5 19.3 2.0 2.2 4.7 2.7 1.75 1.1 0.1 3.8 .431 .593 .227  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 82 82 36.3 20.3 1.4 2.2 4.4 3.2 1.36 1.5 0.2 3.8 .443 .600 .271  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 82 82 34.0 19.5 1.3 2.4 3.4 2.7 1.25 1.1 0.1 3.8 .461 .644 .302  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     1003 452 29.4 17.6 1.3 1.8 2.9 2.2 1.34 1.2 0.2 2.9 .469 .656 .244  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NYK 5.4 12.4 .435 1.5 2.4 .639 2.5 4.0 .612 2.8 7.6 .367 0.2 0.8 .203  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 2.0 4.9 .410 1.3 2.1 .640 1.1 1.9 .561 0.9 2.6 .335 0.0 0.3 .115  
 1987 NPBSL NYK 3.9 9.1 .427 1.7 2.8 .611 2.1 3.5 .592 1.7 5.1 .330 0.1 0.4 .211  
 1986 NPBSL HOU 7.8 18.0 .431 3.6 6.1 .593 3.9 6.7 .579 3.7 10.7 .350 0.1 0.6 .227  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 8.4 18.9 .443 3.4 5.7 .600 4.2 7.0 .602 4.0 11.3 .353 0.2 0.6 .271  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 8.1 17.6 .461 3.0 4.7 .644 4.0 6.6 .601 3.9 10.3 .380 0.2 0.6 .302  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     7.2 15.4 .469 3.1 4.7 .656 2.5 4.1 .614 2.6 6.9 .377 0.1 0.5 .244  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 70 0 1744 378 869 108 169 12 59 876 78 238 148 89 110 89 7 159 -396 
 1988 82 0 901 163 398 110 172 3 26 439 51 128 94 43 66 43 7 90 -91 
 1987 88 8 1605 340 797 149 244 8 38 837 80 197 149 88 128 88 11 151 -152 
 1986 34 34 1240 264 613 124 209 5 22 657 68 144 161 36 92 36 5 130 -34 
 1985 82 82 2975 686 1550 279 465 13 48 1664 114 298 357 119 262 119 14 308 -55 
 1984 82 82 2792 665 1444 250 388 16 53 1596 107 300 279 89 224 89 10 308 -349 
 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 1003 452 29499 7253 15461 3071 4679 111 454 17688 1322 3155 2954 1223 2202 1223 158 2906 -1271 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL NYK .464 1.01 12.3 9.2 25.5 4.5 10.3 7.2 13.1 68.1 2.3 -5.7 95.3 105.7  
 1988 NPBSL KCK .464 1.10 14.8 10.4 24.8 5.6 8.5 7.1 13.0 33.8 1.1 -1.1 94.2 100.2  
 1987 NPBSL NYK .462 1.05 12.6 10.8 27.1 5.2 8.0 6.6 14.0 84.0 2.8 -1.7 99.4 103.7  
 1986 NPBSL HOU .465 1.07 16.8 9.6 27.0 5.8 6.5 6.2 12.8 41.8 1.4 -1.0 103.6 104.2  
 1985 NPBSL HOU .474 1.07 15.0 11.0 28.1 4.1 6.7 5.4 12.9 106.2 3.5 -0.7 106.1 106.2  
 1984 NPBSL HOU .494 1.11 13.2 10.6 28.7 4.6 8.3 6.5 14.0 147.3 4.9 -4.3 101.8 107.0  
 1983 NPBSL HOU .512 1.16 14.0 9.8 26.9 4.5 6.7 5.6 15.2 216.6 7.2 -3.8 103.9 108.2  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL KCK .538 1.20 9.6 8.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL KCK .543 1.22 13.3 9.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPBSL KCK .530 1.21 12.3 10.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .505 1.14 13.0 9.7 21.2 4.6 7.2 5.9 14.8 1592.7 53.1 -1.3 102.7 104.9  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 4 0 11.8 4.3 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.5 3.00 0.5 0.3 0.8 .364 .500 .000  
 Career     4 0 11.8 4.3 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.5 3.00 0.5 0.3 0.8 .364 .500 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 2.0 5.5 .364 0.3 0.5 .500 1.3 2.8 .455 0.8 2.5 .300 0.0 0.3 .000  
 Career     2.0 5.5 .364 0.3 0.5 .500 1.3 2.8 .455 0.8 2.5 .300 0.0 0.3 .000  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 4 0 47 8 22 1 2 0 1 17 0 3 6 2 2 2 1 3 2 
 Career 4 0 47 8 22 1 2 0 1 17 0 3 6 2 2 2 1 3 2 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL KCK .348 0.77 19.4 6.5 24.0 0.0 5.8 3.0 5.7 -3.3 -0.1 0.5 102.1 100.0  
 Career     .348 0.77 19.4 6.5 24.0 0.0 5.8 3.0 5.7 -3.3 -0.1 0.5 102.1 100.0  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 27 5 10 7 6 1 6 13 23 7 10 1 4  
 Playoff 6 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 9 1 2 0 1  
 Career 49 8 11 13 6 2 9 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 +/-
 10/17 ATL L 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
 10/24 CLE L 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -10
 10/26 UTA L 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
 10/28 SEA L 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4
 10/29 HOU L 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
 11/2 CLE L 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 11/3 ATL L 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
 11/5 NJN L 11 2 5 4 4 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
 11/7 SEA L 12 2 8 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 0
 11/9 DET L 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -9
 11/12 DAL L 7 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 11/16 WAS W 26 4 11 1 6 0 0 9 1 6 0 2 2 0 1 4
 11/17 LAL L 26 3 9 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 -15
 11/21 HOU L 30 13 20 0 2 0 1 26 4 7 2 2 1 0 1 -2
 11/22 MIL L 23 7 11 3 6 0 0 17 2 5 2 2 1 0 1 3
 11/25 MIN L 27 7 10 3 4 0 1 17 2 3 3 2 4 0 4 3
 11/27 PHI W 21 8 12 2 2 0 0 18 1 5 3 2 0 0 4 5
 11/29 ATL W 34 12 23 0 0 1 1 25 0 2 1 1 6 0 2 19
 11/30 WAS L 23 7 14 1 2 0 0 15 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 -8
 12/4 MIN W 25 5 10 3 4 0 0 13 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 1
 12/5 PHI L 29 8 19 0 0 0 4 16 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 -9
 12/8 PHI W 25 5 10 3 8 0 1 13 1 3 3 2 1 0 3 1
 12/10 DAL L 26 7 13 0 0 1 2 15 0 5 3 4 0 0 3 -16
 12/11 WAS L 32 8 17 5 6 1 1 22 3 6 4 2 0 0 4 3
 12/13 WAS L 25 2 9 1 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 -9
 12/15 BOS L 30 5 10 0 0 0 1 10 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 -28
 12/19 BOS L 32 11 20 4 6 1 1 27 2 5 3 5 2 0 4 -20
 12/23 LAL L 27 9 17 2 4 0 1 20 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 -21
 12/24 CHA W 25 8 18 0 0 0 1 16 2 8 2 1 0 0 1 8
 12/27 CHI L 32 3 10 2 2 1 1 9 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 -8
 12/28 POR L 30 1 15 2 2 0 2 4 2 4 4 0 2 0 2 -12
 12/30 ATL L 30 9 17 0 0 0 0 18 1 4 1 3 3 0 2 -10
 12/31 CHI L 19 3 9 4 4 0 0 10 1 5 2 2 1 0 4 9
 1/3 POR L 25 5 10 1 2 0 0 11 1 8 1 0 2 0 2 -13
 1/4 HOU L 19 2 7 1 2 0 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 -6
 1/6 BOS L 23 8 14 4 4 0 0 20 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 -7
 1/8 UTA L 24 7 11 1 2 0 1 15 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1
 1/10 CHA L 26 8 12 3 4 0 2 19 2 3 2 2 0 1 2 -2
 1/12 WAS L 18 7 13 0 0 0 0 14 1 3 3 0 1 0 3 4
 1/13 MIL L 22 6 16 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7
 1/16 IND L 26 3 9 2 2 1 2 9 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 -24
 1/17 WAS L 30 7 19 2 2 0 2 16 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 -16
 1/21 PHX W 32 8 13 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 -2
 1/22 DET L 29 4 10 0 0 1 1 9 1 4 3 4 4 0 2 -10
 1/25 PHI W 18 5 13 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 3
 1/26 DET L 24 5 12 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 -6
 1/28 BOS L 27 5 15 0 2 0 1 10 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 -16
 1/30 IND L 31 7 14 3 6 0 1 17 1 5 1 3 2 0 3 -13
 1/31 MIL L 28 3 9 1 2 0 1 7 0 2 3 4 1 0 3 -6
 2/2 DET W 23 4 10 7 10 0 0 15 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 7
 2/4 PHX L 17 4 7 1 2 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 -17
 2/7 NJN L 27 5 19 1 2 0 1 11 3 5 4 2 2 0 5 -15
 2/8 DEN L 33 3 11 2 2 0 2 8 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 -14
 2/13 NJN L 31 3 11 0 0 1 1 7 2 7 5 3 1 0 2 -9
 2/16 ATL L 19 6 10 0 0 0 1 12 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 -10
 3/14 BOS L 31 4 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 3 3 4 0 4 -19
 3/15 KCK W 22 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 1
 3/17 CHI L 27 8 18 1 1 0 1 17 2 5 1 2 2 0 1 -11
 3/18 CHI L 34 9 18 4 4 0 1 22 1 3 7 6 4 0 2 -19
 3/22 PHI L 26 9 23 0 0 0 3 18 2 3 1 0 3 0 2 -12
 3/23 CLE L 27 3 10 3 4 0 1 9 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 -14
 3/26 NJN L 30 3 11 5 6 0 1 11 0 3 2 2 2 0 5 -7
 3/27 DEN L 27 3 10 1 4 0 1 7 1 4 3 1 2 0 3 -3
 3/30 PHI W 23 7 13 4 6 0 0 18 3 6 3 0 1 1 1 6
 3/31 BOS L 28 5 11 3 6 1 1 14 2 3 3 3 0 0 2 -26
 4/4 UTA L 25 6 17 1 2 0 0 13 2 7 1 1 2 0 0 -5
 4/5 GSW W 28 8 13 7 8 0 0 23 2 10 3 1 0 1 0 25
 4/8 CLE L 27 5 11 0 2 1 1 11 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 -12
 4/9 ATL L 26 5 14 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 4 4
 4/11 CHA W 36 4 14 4 6 0 0 12 1 5 3 5 3 1 1 25
 4/12 SAS L 22 4 17 0 0 0 3 8 3 4 4 1 1 0 6 -10
 4/15 NJN L 24 3 18 2 2 0 0 8 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 -2
 4/16 DET L 25 7 12 0 2 1 2 15 3 6 1 1 0 1 2 -10
 4/18 CHI L 28 5 16 0 2 1 3 11 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 -26
 4/19 CHA L 27 5 11 1 2 0 0 11 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 -12

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 37

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.
 7/20/1987 Signed with the Mavericks for $1,500,000 over one year.
 12/16/1987 Traded to the Knicks
 8/1/1988 Signed with the Kings for $1,201,000 over one year.
 7/25/1989 Signed with the Knicks for $281,249 over one year.

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