Dave Budd

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Dave Budd
Position Power forward
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Team New York Knicks
Nationality Flag of United States United States
Born October 28, 1938
Woodbury, New Jersey
College Wake Forest University
Draft 10th overall, 1960
New York Knicks
Pro career 1960–1965

David L. Budd, born October 28, 1938 in Woodbury, New Jersey, was an NBA player for the New York Knicks.

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[edit] High School

Budd grew up in Woodbury and attended Woodbury Junior-Senior High School. By sophomore year, it was evident that basketball was his true calling. Standing at 6'6" and weighing close to 200 pounds[1], Budd was a very imposing player. He possessed technical skills comparable to a point guard and blossomed into a star. He earned two first team All-Colonial Conference selections during his junior and senior years as well as an All-South Jersey selection during senior year. His talent interested many colleges, one of whom was Wake Forest University.

[edit] Wake Forest University

[edit] Freshman

Budd's WFU basketball playerfile picture.
Budd's WFU basketball playerfile picture.
  • After graduating high school in 1956, Budd went on to play for Division I Wake Forest University. Due to NCAA rules (circa 1971 and earlier), freshmen in college were not allowed to play varsity basketball. [2]

[edit] Sophomore

  • When he became an eligible sophomore during the 1957-58 season, he played in 23 games, averaging 15.8 ppg on a 47.5 field goal % as a forward. He also grabbed 8.5 rpg and shot 66.8% from the charity stripe (free throw line).[3] Assists were not yet tracked in college.

[edit] Junior

  • Played in 24 games and averaged 14.6 ppg on 43.2% shooting. Snatched 8.6 rebounds per game and had a 66.8 free throw %.

[edit] Senior

  • Played in all 28 games while averaging 10.7 ppg and a career-high 10.0 rpg. Shot 49.7% from the field and 72.7% from the free throw line.

Cumulative Division I Statistics 
 75 games played
 13.5 points per game
 9.1 rebounds per game
 46.6 FG%
 69.2 FT%

[edit] Achievements

  • Second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a sophomore (1958) and senior (1960).
  • Named the team's Most Valuable Player following both his sophomore and junior campaigns.
  • Voted team captain for sophomore season.
  • As a senior, led the Deamon Deacons to win the first of two consecutive ACC conference titles.
  • Currently the 16th all-time leading rebounder (682) at WFU.[4]

[edit] Trivia

[edit] NBA

The official logo of the New York Knicks, c. 1946-1964.
The official logo of the New York Knicks, c. 1946-1964.

After enjoying success at the college level, Budd was drafted after his senior year by the New York Knicks in 1960.[6] He was the 10th overall selection in the second round (back then there were fewer teams in the league and each round only had eight selections). He was drafted the same year that Oscar Robertson and Jerry West were picked #1 and #2, respectively. Though never an All-Star, Budd did enjoy moderate success while playing at the highest level. One of his claims to fame was that he was one of the five starters for the Knicks that attempted to guard Wilt Chamberlain on the night of his record-setting 100-point performance. He is the only person from Woodbury, NJ to ever play in the NBA.

I had played him before and had moderate success for short periods of time. You couldn't play him conventionally because he was so big. The only thing you could attempt to do was either front him, and in that case they'd try to lob it in to him, or beat him down the floor and set up where he wanted to get and force him out a couple of extra steps. The guy weighed 300 or 270, so that wasn't easy, either.

– Dave Budd (on guarding Wilt Chamberlain)[7]

[edit] Career Stats

Year Age Team Games Mins. Points PPG FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% ORB DRB TRB RPG Assists APG Steals Blocks Turnovers PF
1960-61 22 NYK 61 1,075 399 6.5 156 361 .432 87 134 .649 0 0 .000 0 0 297 4.9 45 .7 0 0 0 171
1961-62 23 NYK 79 1,370 514 6.5 188 431 .436 138 231 .597 0 0 .000 0 0 345 4.4 86 1.1 0 0 0 162
1962-63 24 NYK 78 1,725 739 9.5 294 596 .493 151 202 .748 0 0 .000 0 0 395 5.1 87 1.1 0 0 0 204
1963-64 25 NYK 73 1,031 340 4.7 128 297 .431 84 115 .730 0 0 .000 0 0 276 3.8 57 .8 0 0 0 130
1964-65 26 NYK 62 1,188 513 8.3 196 407 .482 121 170 .712 0 0 .000 0 0 310 5.0 62 1.0 0 0 0 147
Career Totals 353 6,389 2,505 7.1 962 2,092 .460 581 852 .682 0 0 .000 0 0 1,623 4.6 337 1.0 0 0 0 814

[edit] Achievements

  • Ranked #9 in the league in true shooting percentage (.540) during the 1962-63 season.

[edit] Trivia

  • On the night Chamberlain scored 100 points against New York, Budd was the only opponent who mustered a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in 27 minutes. Also on that same night, Budd was the only other player in the game to collect a double digit number of rebounds (Chamberlain had 25). [9]
  • Wore 10 as his jersey number.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Draft Review, accessed December 15, 2006
  2. ^ ERIC Education Resources Information Center, accessed December 15, 2006
  3. ^ The Draft Review, accessed December 15, 2006
  4. ^ WFU Game Notes
  5. ^ Tales from the Wake Forest Hardwood excerpt.
  6. ^ 1960 NBA Draft Pick Transactions, accessed December 15, 2006
  7. ^ Online Exhibit: Quotes from Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game, accessed December 16, 2006
  8. ^ Dave Budd Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com, accessed December 16, 2006
  9. ^ Box score: Wilt's 100-point game, accessed December 20, 2006
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