Herb Williams 
#54 C | 6-11, 283lbs | Knicks | Experience: 8 years
Born: 2/16/1958 (32) | College: Ohio State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 79 42 60 0 38 41 55 70 74 22 29 76 11 56 44 87  
 Potential: B C B F C C C B B D D B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $3,000,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 8                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NYK 82 82 35.6 20.2 2.4 6.1 2.4 2.7 0.89 0.5 1.8 3.0 .440 .769 .000  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 82 73 38.5 17.8 2.4 5.6 2.8 2.7 1.05 0.3 2.8 3.2 .438 .755 .000  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 82 51 28.7 12.2 1.9 4.7 2.2 1.8 1.22 0.3 2.7 3.0 .446 .741 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 82 32 22.0 9.6 1.4 3.8 1.6 1.6 0.97 0.2 1.4 2.2 .437 .686 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 78 78 33.7 15.6 1.8 5.4 2.9 2.1 1.36 0.4 2.5 3.7 .477 .715 1.000  
 1984 NPBSL NJN 82 82 33.4 15.1 2.2 5.1 2.6 2.1 1.22 0.3 2.1 3.8 .470 .713 .000  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 82 38 24.9 11.4 1.5 4.0 1.5 1.7 0.86 0.3 1.0 2.7 .482 .698 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NJN 78 78 32.7 12.2 2.1 5.2 2.3 2.0 1.12 0.3 1.6 3.8 .443 .672 .000  
 1981 NPBSL NJN 82 82 34.6 12.2 1.9 5.0 2.5 2.3 1.13 0.4 2.5 3.6 .471 .647 .000  
 Career     730 596 31.5 14.0 2.0 5.0 2.3 2.1 1.09 0.3 2.0 3.2 .455 .714 .091  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL NYK 8.4 19.2 .440 3.3 4.3 .769 5.8 11.1 .518 2.7 8.0 .334 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 7.3 16.7 .438 3.2 4.2 .755 5.3 10.2 .516 2.0 6.5 .318 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 5.0 11.1 .446 2.3 3.1 .741 3.4 6.0 .570 1.5 5.1 .301 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 4.0 9.2 .437 1.5 2.3 .686 3.0 5.5 .539 1.1 3.7 .289 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 6.5 13.6 .477 2.5 3.6 .715 4.5 8.2 .551 1.9 5.4 .363 0.0 0.0 1.000  
 1984 NPBSL NJN 6.3 13.4 .470 2.5 3.4 .713 4.7 8.3 .561 1.6 5.1 .320 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 4.7 9.7 .482 2.0 2.8 .698 3.5 5.8 .611 1.1 3.9 .291 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NJN 4.8 10.9 .443 2.5 3.7 .672 3.4 6.6 .521 1.4 4.4 .327 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL NJN 5.0 10.6 .471 2.2 3.5 .647 3.2 5.6 .575 1.8 5.0 .354 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     5.8 12.7 .455 2.4 3.4 .714 4.1 7.5 .547 1.7 5.2 .324 0.0 0.0 .091  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 82 82 2919 692 1574 270 351 0 4 1654 194 695 197 44 222 44 150 243 -1033 
 1988 82 73 3161 599 1367 259 343 0 2 1457 200 662 232 28 222 28 231 262 216 
 1987 82 51 2355 408 914 186 251 0 0 1002 152 538 182 28 149 28 221 242 46 
 1986 82 32 1802 330 756 127 185 0 3 787 116 426 130 19 134 19 112 182 -40 
 1985 78 78 2631 507 1062 198 277 1 1 1213 143 567 225 28 166 28 194 286 348 
 1984 82 82 2740 517 1099 201 282 0 0 1235 183 604 213 22 175 22 174 310 227 
 1983 82 38 2038 385 799 162 232 0 0 932 120 450 122 21 142 21 82 225 13 
 1982 78 78 2547 378 854 193 287 0 0 949 162 570 178 22 159 22 121 300 -189 
 1981 82 82 2836 410 871 183 283 0 1 1003 157 571 209 29 185 29 206 298 -194 
 Career 730 596 23029 4226 9296 1779 2491 1 11 10232 1427 5083 1688 241 1554 241 1491 2348 -606 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL NYK .479 1.05 9.2 10.3 27.9 6.7 19.5 12.7 15.8 228.4 7.6 -12.6 94.3 110.5  
 1988 NPBSL NJN .480 1.07 11.8 11.3 22.7 6.3 15.7 10.8 14.2 170.3 5.7 2.6 103.2 100.0  
 1987 NPBSL NJN .489 1.10 13.4 11.0 21.1 6.6 17.4 11.9 15.7 181.0 6.0 0.6 104.8 103.7  
 1986 NPBSL NJN .471 1.04 11.8 12.2 22.5 6.5 18.5 12.3 12.6 54.5 1.8 -0.5 100.6 101.4  
 1985 NPBSL NJN .512 1.14 14.3 10.5 21.7 6.0 17.3 11.7 15.6 195.6 6.5 4.5 109.9 103.4  
 1984 NPBSL NJN .505 1.12 13.2 10.9 21.4 7.4 16.9 12.2 14.6 162.2 5.4 2.8 106.5 102.3  
 1983 NPBSL NJN .517 1.17 10.5 12.2 21.5 6.6 18.0 12.3 13.6 63.0 2.1 0.2 103.1 103.4  
 1982 NPBSL NJN .484 1.11 13.5 12.1 19.0 6.9 17.4 12.1 12.2 62.4 2.1 -2.4 101.7 103.8  
 1981 NPBSL NJN .504 1.15 15.0 13.3 18.4 6.5 16.8 11.7 13.5 122.0 4.1 -2.4 100.7 103.3  
 Career     .492 1.10 12.4 11.4 21.9 6.6 17.4 11.9 14.3 1239.4 41.3 -0.8 102.7 103.6  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 11 11 36.6 13.9 2.7 4.5 2.6 3.1 0.85 0.5 2.7 3.5 .351 .674 .000  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 5 2 24.8 8.4 0.6 4.2 1.6 1.8 0.89 0.2 2.2 2.6 .353 .600 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 5 5 39.4 16.2 3.0 7.6 3.6 4.2 0.86 1.4 3.0 2.4 .467 .786 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 16 16 30.9 13.5 1.7 4.1 2.9 2.1 1.35 0.0 1.9 3.4 .416 .537 .000  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 6 6 43.2 21.8 3.0 9.3 3.8 3.5 1.10 0.8 2.0 3.5 .478 .700 .000  
 Career     43 40 34.3 14.5 2.2 5.3 2.9 2.8 1.04 0.4 2.3 3.2 .410 .645 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL NJN 5.5 15.8 .351 2.8 4.2 .674 3.8 9.8 .389 1.7 5.9 .292 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1987 NPBSL NJN 3.6 10.2 .353 1.2 2.0 .600 2.6 5.4 .481 1.0 4.6 .217 0.0 0.2 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NJN 7.0 15.0 .467 2.2 2.8 .786 5.0 8.8 .568 2.0 6.2 .323 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL NJN 6.1 14.6 .416 1.4 2.6 .537 4.4 8.8 .500 1.7 5.8 .290 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL NJN 9.2 19.2 .478 3.5 5.0 .700 7.0 10.8 .646 2.2 8.3 .260 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.2 15.1 .410 2.1 3.3 .645 4.5 8.9 .500 1.7 6.1 .282 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 +/- 
 1988 11 11 403 61 174 31 46 0 1 153 30 79 29 5 34 5 30 38 -65 
 1987 5 2 124 18 51 6 10 0 1 42 3 24 8 1 9 1 11 13 -21 
 1986 5 5 197 35 75 11 14 0 0 81 15 53 18 7 21 7 15 12 -37 
 1985 16 16 494 97 233 22 41 0 0 216 27 93 46 0 34 0 31 54 -35 
 1983 6 6 259 55 115 21 30 0 0 131 18 74 23 5 21 5 12 21 -23 
 Career 43 40 1477 266 648 91 141 0 2 623 93 323 124 18 119 18 99 138 -181 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL NJN .392 0.88 11.3 13.2 23.2 7.0 12.7 9.7 6.6 -23.3 -0.8 -5.9 95.8 102.4  
 1987 NPBSL NJN .382 0.82 11.1 12.5 21.9 2.6 16.0 9.8 5.9 -8.8 -0.3 -4.2 97.2 108.0  
 1986 NPBSL NJN .494 1.08 15.0 17.5 21.5 7.1 19.5 13.1 12.9 6.7 0.2 -7.4 97.4 105.2  
 1985 NPBSL NJN .430 0.93 13.9 10.3 24.4 5.4 14.0 9.5 8.5 -15.2 -0.5 -2.2 104.7 106.9  
 1983 NPBSL NJN .516 1.14 13.4 12.2 24.7 6.6 24.9 14.9 12.5 4.0 0.1 -3.8 101.2 105.5  
 Career     .439 0.96 13.0 12.5 23.5 6.1 16.3 11.0 9.1 -36.5 -1.2 -4.2 100.1 105.3  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 - 38 0 27.3 26.1 3.3 10.5 2.3 2.4 0.96 0.8 2.2 1.8 .576 .685 .000  
 Total   38 0 27.3 26.1 3.3 10.5 2.3 2.4 0.96 0.8 2.2 1.8 .576 .685 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 38 0 1037 337 585 319 466 0 1 993 124 524 89 32 93 32 85 67 0 
 Career 38 0 1037 337 585 319 466 0 1 993 124 524 89 32 93 32 85 67 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 42 6 14 8 3 6 8 19 38 9 12 0 1  
 Playoff 36 7 17 10 2 7 8 16 27 10 13 0 1  
 Career 42 10 19 10 3 9 8 19 38 11 14 1 1  

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 36 15 25 1 2 0 0 31 1 6 3 0 1 5 4 -26
 10/21 HOU L 39 12 25 2 2 0 0 26 4 7 2 0 0 0 3 -13
 10/24 CLE L 34 15 21 4 4 0 0 34 3 9 3 5 0 0 1 -34
 10/26 UTA L 27 9 16 4 4 0 0 22 3 8 1 3 0 3 4 -23
 10/28 SEA L 28 4 13 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 4 2 1 1 3 -17
 10/29 HOU L 35 8 20 0 0 0 0 16 2 6 2 1 0 1 3 -16
 11/2 CLE L 26 5 11 3 6 0 0 13 1 6 3 3 0 1 4 -13
 11/3 ATL L 33 7 17 4 6 0 0 18 2 5 2 2 2 1 1 -15
 11/5 NJN L 32 4 15 3 4 0 0 11 2 7 0 2 0 0 3 -26
 11/7 SEA L 33 10 19 2 2 0 0 22 2 6 3 4 0 4 2 -32
 11/9 DET L 30 8 15 2 4 0 0 18 3 10 2 7 0 1 4 -40
 11/11 GSW W 43 9 21 3 4 0 0 21 5 11 5 1 1 5 3 11
 11/12 DAL L 30 6 9 4 6 0 0 16 0 4 3 3 0 2 4 -17
 11/16 WAS W 39 11 18 9 12 0 0 31 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 10
 11/17 LAL L 43 13 24 4 4 0 1 30 4 13 2 2 1 3 1 0
 11/21 HOU L 31 7 21 4 4 0 0 18 3 4 8 2 1 2 2 -15
 11/22 MIL L 43 9 23 2 2 0 0 20 4 10 2 2 0 4 3 -18
 11/25 MIN L 28 8 17 0 0 0 0 16 3 8 1 3 0 0 4 -10
 11/27 PHI W 41 8 18 3 4 0 0 19 3 12 4 1 2 2 2 5
 11/29 ATL W 31 11 25 2 2 0 0 24 5 8 3 0 2 0 1 12
 11/30 WAS L 39 8 17 7 8 0 0 23 1 12 6 2 0 1 4 -3
 12/4 MIN W 41 7 16 4 4 0 0 18 1 9 1 4 1 6 4 16
 12/5 PHI L 36 7 14 2 2 0 0 16 4 9 2 2 0 0 3 -8
 12/8 PHI W 40 11 17 6 10 0 0 28 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 21
 12/10 DAL L 35 9 18 2 4 0 0 20 4 9 3 1 1 0 3 4
 12/11 WAS L 32 4 12 2 2 0 0 10 0 8 1 3 0 2 3 -14
 12/13 WAS L 39 5 13 9 10 0 0 19 4 14 4 2 1 1 2 8
 12/15 BOS L 44 7 20 0 0 0 0 14 3 13 7 2 0 2 4 -15
 12/19 BOS L 26 4 12 2 2 0 0 10 2 6 2 4 1 1 4 -29
 12/23 LAL L 23 7 16 2 2 0 0 16 0 5 1 2 0 0 4 -23
 12/24 CHA W 40 11 25 2 2 0 0 24 1 11 3 1 3 2 3 4
 12/27 CHI L 39 7 20 4 6 0 0 18 3 9 2 1 2 2 2 -13
 12/28 POR L 32 5 18 3 4 0 0 13 1 9 1 2 2 0 3 -29
 12/30 ATL L 32 8 22 9 10 0 0 25 2 8 0 1 0 2 2 -21
 12/31 CHI L 38 9 21 1 2 0 0 19 4 9 6 4 1 0 3 -11
 1/3 POR L 39 10 29 7 8 0 0 27 5 14 2 5 1 4 3 -17
 1/4 HOU L 28 7 16 3 4 0 0 17 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 -18
 1/6 BOS L 40 3 21 1 1 0 1 7 2 10 3 3 1 3 2 -2
 1/8 UTA L 36 10 18 6 8 0 0 26 5 11 1 0 0 2 3 6
 1/10 CHA L 30 6 12 1 2 0 0 13 1 5 2 4 1 2 1 -41
 1/12 WAS L 42 18 23 3 4 0 0 39 2 11 5 4 0 2 4 -12
 1/13 MIL L 39 8 21 7 8 0 0 23 6 14 3 1 0 5 5 -12
 1/16 IND L 33 8 19 6 8 0 0 22 2 10 1 3 1 5 2 -20
 1/17 WAS L 28 12 20 0 0 0 0 24 2 5 0 3 1 1 3 -24
 1/21 PHX W 38 6 20 5 6 0 0 17 3 8 4 2 2 2 5 -2
 1/22 DET L 18 5 8 2 2 0 0 12 0 3 1 2 0 0 4 -12
 1/25 PHI W 36 12 27 2 4 0 0 26 3 12 2 2 0 2 4 2
 1/26 DET L 29 9 24 6 8 0 0 24 3 8 0 4 0 3 4 -19
 1/28 BOS L 34 5 18 2 2 0 0 12 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 -15
 1/30 IND L 41 5 14 2 2 0 0 12 1 8 3 4 0 3 3 -18
 1/31 MIL L 31 4 17 2 2 0 0 10 3 13 4 5 0 2 2 -23
 2/2 DET W 41 10 21 9 12 0 0 29 5 12 4 2 0 4 3 -5
 2/4 PHX L 40 13 23 3 4 0 0 29 1 9 5 2 0 4 2 -17
 2/7 NJN L 28 7 18 1 2 0 0 15 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 -41
 2/8 DEN L 31 7 15 5 6 0 0 19 1 6 1 3 0 0 3 -29
 2/13 NJN L 30 11 18 0 0 0 0 22 1 7 3 2 1 4 3 -29
 2/16 ATL L 40 11 16 6 10 0 0 28 0 7 2 3 0 1 3 -24
 2/17 CHA L 27 7 15 3 6 0 0 17 2 8 1 6 1 1 6 -1
 2/19 CHA L 44 11 28 1 2 0 0 23 1 8 1 3 0 0 4 -13
 2/20 IND L 43 11 28 3 4 0 0 25 4 10 3 3 0 2 3 2
 2/23 KCK W 47 9 14 2 4 0 0 20 0 13 2 1 0 3 4 11
 2/24 SEA L 48 17 29 8 9 0 0 42 6 11 4 0 1 1 2 -2
 2/27 IND L 48 15 33 4 4 0 0 34 3 13 0 5 0 1 4 -6
 2/28 NJN L 44 6 21 5 8 0 0 17 5 9 3 8 0 3 4 -16
 3/4 CLE L 34 12 23 4 4 0 0 28 2 7 2 2 0 3 1 -15
 3/5 MIL L 36 10 20 0 0 0 0 20 2 10 3 5 1 2 3 -30
 3/9 SAS L 44 17 38 6 8 0 0 40 6 10 1 2 0 2 2 -14
 3/10 MIL L 36 6 18 0 2 0 0 12 2 7 3 2 0 1 3 -18
 3/14 BOS L 32 4 14 4 6 0 0 12 1 6 2 4 0 2 1 -33
 3/15 KCK W 30 6 20 6 7 0 1 18 0 10 2 1 0 2 3 -6
 3/17 CHI L 36 5 14 0 0 0 0 10 2 6 2 2 0 1 3 -14
 3/18 CHI L 38 11 21 1 2 0 0 23 2 10 2 5 1 3 2 -5
 3/22 PHI L 38 7 17 5 6 0 0 19 1 12 2 4 0 1 3 -10
 3/23 CLE L 35 6 20 2 2 0 0 14 2 5 3 4 1 1 3 -40
 3/26 NJN L 32 5 19 0 0 0 0 10 1 5 0 3 0 1 3 -34
 3/27 DEN L 39 7 16 4 4 0 0 18 2 5 2 1 0 0 5 -15
 3/30 PHI W 43 9 18 2 2 0 0 20 3 11 2 4 0 2 3 1
 3/31 BOS L 28 5 17 2 2 0 0 12 3 9 0 5 0 2 2 -32
 4/4 UTA L 39 4 11 5 6 0 0 13 2 5 4 1 1 1 3 -13
 4/5 GSW W 24 5 10 2 4 0 0 12 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 1
 4/8 CLE L 34 9 26 5 6 0 1 23 2 8 3 3 1 2 6 8
 4/9 ATL L 34 10 18 4 4 0 0 24 3 8 1 5 1 1 6 -15
 4/11 CHA W 41 19 26 2 4 0 0 40 2 14 1 3 0 4 1 14
 4/12 SAS L 34 6 13 3 4 0 0 15 0 8 3 4 1 1 3 -24
 4/15 NJN L 36 11 28 1 2 0 0 23 4 9 2 1 1 2 1 -21
 4/16 DET L 34 12 24 4 4 0 0 28 2 6 4 2 1 2 3 -16
 4/18 CHI L 39 10 24 1 2 0 0 21 5 6 1 1 2 1 2 -29
 4/19 CHA L 31 8 19 2 2 0 0 18 4 7 6 4 0 2 4 -15

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 28
 1981 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1981 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 7/1/1981 Drafted by the Nets with pick #13 of round 1.
 7/21/1989 Re-signed with the Nets for $3,000,000 over one year.
 7/24/1989 Traded to the Knicks

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