The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Otis Birdsong

NJN · 1977-78–1988-89

1 All-NBA4 All-Star

Scoring

86th

Efficiency

57th

Playmaking

74th

Rebounding

43rd

Defense

63rd

49

Career-high PTS

3

40-pt games

0

Triple-Dbls

696

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1977-78	73	25.5	6.4	13.1	49.2%	—	—	—	—	3.0	4.2	69.7%	0.4	0.5	2.4	2.3	0.8	0.1	0.7	2.5	15.8
1978-79	82	34.6	9.0	17.8	50.9%	—	—	—	—	3.6	5.0	72.5%	0.7	0.9	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.1	3.1	21.7	AS
1979-80	82	34.7	9.5	18.9	50.5%	0.1	0.4	27.3%	50.8%	3.5	5.0	69.4%	0.8	0.7	4.0	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.3	2.7	22.6	AS
1980-81	71	36.5	10.0	18.4	54.4%	0.1	0.5	28.1%	54.8%	4.5	6.4	69.7%	0.7	0.8	3.6	3.3	1.4	0.3	1.4	2.4	24.6	NBA2 AS
1981-82	37	25.2	6.1	11.7	46.8%	0	0.1	0.0%	46.8%	2	3.4	58.3%	0.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.0	14.2
1982-83	62	30.4	6.9	13.5	51.1%	0.0	0.1	33.3%	51.2%	1.3	2.3	56.6%	0.4	1.0	2.4	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.5	15.1
1983-84	69	31.4	8.4	16.6	50.8%	0.1	0.3	25.0%	51.0%	2.8	4.6	60.8%	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.6	19.8	AS
1984-85	56	32.9	8.8	17.3	51.1%	0.1	0.4	19.0%	51.3%	2.9	4.6	62.2%	1.1	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.6	20.6
1985-86	77	31.1	7.1	13.7	51.4%	0.1	0.3	36.4%	51.8%	1.6	2.7	58.1%	1.1	1.5	2.6	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	15.8
1986-87	7	18.1	2.7	6	45.2%	0	0.1	0.0%	45.2%	0.9	1.3	66.7%	0.4	0.6	1	2.4	0.4	0	1.3	2.3	6.3
1987-88	67	28.1	5.0	11.0	45.8%	0.1	0.4	36.0%	46.4%	0.7	1.4	51.1%	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	10.9
1988-89	13	8.3	1.4	2.8	50.0%	0.1	0.2	33.3%	51.4%	0	0.2	0.0%	0.3	0.7	1	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.8
Career	696	30.9	7.7	15.1	50.6%	0.1	0.2	28.5%	51.1%	2.6	3.9	65.5%	0.8	1.0	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.6	18.0
4 yrs	308	32.9	8.8	17.1	51.3%	0.1	0.2	27.7%	52.6%	3.6	5.1	70.3%	0.6	0.7	3.6	2.9	1.2	0.2	1.1	2.7	21.2
7 yrs	375	29.9	7.0	13.9	49.9%	0.1	0.3	28.9%	50.2%	1.8	3.1	59.1%	0.9	1.3	2.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.5	15.9
1 yrs	13	8.3	1.4	2.8	50.0%	0.1	0.2	33.3%	51.4%	0	0.2	0.0%	0.3	0.7	1	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.8

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1977-78	53.0%	—	—	0.3	—	13.5%	13.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	54.4%	—	—	0.3	—	14.4%	10.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	53.7%	50.8%	0.0	0.3	—	11.0%	8.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	58.1%	54.8%	0.0	0.3	—	14.5%	10.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	49.0%	46.8%	0.0	0.3	—	18.8%	12.5%	—	—	—	12.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	52.1%	51.2%	0.0	0.2	24.0%	18.7%	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	53.0%	51.0%	0.0	0.3	26.5%	18.9%	11.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	53.4%	51.3%	0.0	0.3	24.1%	18.0%	9.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	52.9%	51.8%	0.0	0.2	22.1%	16.2%	13.3%	4.1%	5.3%	4.7%	13.5	3.2	0.1	-1.2	0.5	5.4%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	47.9%	45.2%	0.0	0.2	16.7%	20.7%	16.4%	2.3%	3.6%	2.9%	7.7	-0.0	-0.0	-3.9	-0.1	1.6%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	47.0%	46.4%	0.0	0.1	20.5%	18.5%	14.2%	4.4%	6.0%	5.2%	10.3	-0.2	-0.0	-3.3	-0.6	3.8%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	50.2%	51.4%	0.1	0.1	18.3%	11.0%	24.5%	4.3%	9.1%	6.8%	7.0	-0.1	-0.1	-5.7	-0.1	0.7%	—	—	—	—
Career	53.3%	51.1%	0.0	0.3	21.5%	15.8%	11.5%	4.2%	5.6%	4.9%	11.9	2.9	0.0	-2.2	-0.3	16.6%	—	—	—	—

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