Billy Cunningham (1965)

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Billy Cunningham(#32) Height: 6-6 Weight: 210 lbs. Position: Small Forward and Power Forward Born: June 3, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York Age Drafted: 22 College: University of North Carolina Source: Basketball Reference

Strengths

Billy Cunningham was named to the 50th Anniversary All Time Team for a reason. After moving from point guard to small forward in his rookie season, Billy really started to excel. He was called "The Kangaroo Kid" for a reason. Using his leaping ability, he was a great rebounder at 10.4 per game for his career with a season best of 13.6 in 69-70. Was not afraid to go the rim using his strength to take it to the rack and drew a lot of fouls for his effort attempting 7.1 per game for his career and hitting them a good clip of 73%. Was actually a really good scorer which was shown when Wilt was traded to LA putting up at least 23 PPG for 4 straight seasons in the NBA with a season best 26.1 in 69-70. A good passer of the ball for a forward averaging 4.3 APG for his career with a season best 6.3 in 72-73. Had a quick hands which gave him the ability to steal the ball at a good rate averaging 1.8 SPG after the stat had started to be recorded in the ABA. He is often referred to as a low efficiency player but in fact he was a solid .452% shooter from the field, for reference Rick Barry was at .456%.

Weaknesses

Did not have range out to the 3 point line for a smaller guy. Became injury prone after the age of 29 and missed big portions of seasons including a career ending injury in 75-76 forcing him to retire at the age of 32. Just an average ball handler at best. Not a good shot blocker by an means.

Notes

6x All Star
1972-73 ABA MVP
1x NBA Champion
6x ALL NBA including 5 first teams

Current Attributes

INS	JPS	FTS	3PS	HND	PAS	ORB	DRB	PSD	PRD	STL	BLK	QCK	STR	JMP	STA
3.5	3.5	3	2	2.5	3.0	3	4	2.5	3	2.5	1	4.0	3.5	4.0	4

Potential Attributes

INS	JPS	FTS	3PS	HND	PAS	ORB	DRB	PSD	PRD	STL	BLK
4	4.0	3.5	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5

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