Otis Birdsong

Otis Lee Birdsong , "Bird"
Born: December 9, 1955
Winter Haven, FL USA
Position: G
High School: Winter Haven
College: Houston
Drafted: 1977, Round 1 Pick 2, #2 Overall
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 190
Career: 1977-78-1988-89
Minor League Statistics

Otis Birdsong averaged 18.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game in his 696-game career with the Boston Celtics, Kansas City Kings and New Jersey Nets. He began playing during the 1977-78 season and last took the court during the 1988-89 campaign.

Kansas City Kings

New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1977-78	Kansas City Kings	73	20	1878	955	470	0	0	310	216	70	105	175	174	74	12	145	179	1156
1978-79	Kansas City Kings	82	82	2839	1456	741	0	0	408	296	176	178	354	281	125	17	200	255	1778
1979-80	Kansas City Kings	82	81	2885	1546	781	36	10	412	286	170	161	331	202	136	22	179	226	1858
1980-81	Kansas City Kings	71	67	2593	1306	710	35	10	455	317	119	139	258	233	93	18	173	172	1747
1981-82	New Jersey Nets	37	22	1025	480	225	10	0	127	74	30	67	97	124	30	5	64	74	524
1982-83	New Jersey Nets	62	54	1885	834	426	6	2	145	82	53	97	150	239	85	16	114	155	936
1983-84	New Jersey Nets	69	57	2168	1147	583	20	5	319	194	74	96	170	266	86	17	170	180	1365
1984-85	New Jersey Nets	56	45	1842	968	495	21	4	259	161	60	88	148	232	84	7	117	145	1155
1985-86	New Jersey Nets	77	74	2395	1056	542	22	8	210	122	88	114	202	261	85	17	179	228	1214
1986-87	New Jersey Nets	7	6	127	42	19	1	0	9	6	3	4	7	17	3	0	9	16	44
1987-88	New Jersey Nets	67	59	1882	736	337	25	9	92	47	73	94	167	222	54	11	129	143	730
1988-89	Boston Celtics	13	0	108	36	18	3	1	2	0	4	9	13	9	3	1	12	10	37
Totals		696	567	21627	10562	5347	179	49	2748	1801	920	1152	2072	2260	858	143	1491	1783	12544

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1977-78	Kansas City Kings	73	20	25.7	49.2		69.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.5	15.8
1978-79	Kansas City Kings	82	82	34.6	50.9		72.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	21.7
1979-80	Kansas City Kings	82	81	35.2	50.5	27.8	69.4	2.1	2.0	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	22.7
1980-81	Kansas City Kings	71	67	36.5	54.4	28.6	69.7	1.7	2.0	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.4	24.6
1981-82	New Jersey Nets	37	22	27.7	46.9	0.0	58.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.0	14.2
1982-83	New Jersey Nets	62	54	30.4	51.1	33.3	56.6	0.9	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	2.5	15.1
1983-84	New Jersey Nets	69	57	31.4	50.8	25.0	60.8	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.6	19.8
1984-85	New Jersey Nets	56	45	32.9	51.1	19.0	62.2	1.1	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.6	20.6
1985-86	New Jersey Nets	77	74	31.1	51.3	36.4	58.1	1.1	1.5	2.6	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	15.8
1986-87	New Jersey Nets	7	6	18.1	45.2	0.0	66.7	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.3	2.3	6.3
1987-88	New Jersey Nets	67	59	28.1	45.8	36.0	51.1	1.1	1.4	2.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	10.9
1988-89	Boston Celtics	13	0	8.3	50.0	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.8
Averages		696	567	31.1	50.6	27.4	65.5	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.6	18.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Kansas City Kings	5	168	76	39	0	0	38	27	8	10	18	9	10	0	10	13	105
1979-80	Kansas City Kings	3	112	62	30	3	0	14	6	11	12	23	7	4	0	6	5	66
1980-81	Kansas City Kings	8	234	98	56	1	1	18	11	8	13	21	27	12	0	20	13	124
1982-83	New Jersey Nets	2	37	16	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	9	3	0	1	3	13
1983-84	New Jersey Nets	11	387	171	71	1	0	48	25	7	19	26	41	20	1	22	38	167
1985-86	New Jersey Nets	3	132	55	29	3	0	19	11	5	7	12	10	6	3	9	14	69
1988-89	Boston Celtics	3	20	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2
Totals		35	1090	483	232	11	1	139	81	40	64	104	104	56	5	71	89	546

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Kansas City Kings	5	33.6	51.3		71.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.8	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	21.0
1979-80	Kansas City Kings	3	37.3	48.4	0.0	42.9	3.7	4.0	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	1.7	22.0
1980-81	Kansas City Kings	8	29.3	57.1	100.0	61.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.5	1.6	15.5
1982-83	New Jersey Nets	2	18.5	37.5	0.0	50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	4.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	6.5
1983-84	New Jersey Nets	11	35.2	41.5	0.0	52.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	3.7	1.8	0.1	2.0	3.5	15.2
1985-86	New Jersey Nets	3	44.0	52.7	0.0	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	3.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	4.7	23.0
1988-89	Boston Celtics	3	6.7	20.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.7
Averages		696	31.1	48.0	9.1	58.3	1.1	1.8	3.0	3.0	1.6	0.1	2.0	2.5	15.6

Awards

1980 - NBA All-NBA Second Team