Gene Ward 
#43 C | 6-9, 264lbs | Outlaws | Experience: 6 years
Born: 4/15/1946 (29) | College: North Carolina Tech | Junction City, KS

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- F C F+ D- C- C- B+ B C- C A C A C A+  
 Potential: A F C F D D D B B C C A          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL SA 78 78 28.3 16.4 1.7 6.1 2.2 3.3 0.66 0.7 1.4 4.7 .528 .575 .179  
 1973 CBL SA 78 78 29.8 15.8 1.3 7.0 2.3 3.6 0.62 0.6 1.3 4.6 .535 .600 .250  
 1972 CBL TPA 78 78 30.4 17.9 1.8 7.1 1.8 3.7 0.49 0.6 1.5 4.6 .543 .594 .282  
 1971 CBL TPA 78 78 28.6 17.4 1.8 7.2 2.1 3.8 0.55 0.6 1.3 4.8 .515 .604 .212  
 1970 CBL TPA 74 74 27.5 17.1 1.5 6.4 1.8 3.9 0.46 0.6 1.1 4.8 .525 .582 .107  
 1969 CBL TPA 78 78 25.6 14.6 1.6 5.2 1.3 3.6 0.36 0.4 1.2 4.8 .508 .619 .000  
 1968 CBL TPA 78 78 26.3 13.7 1.2 4.4 1.4 3.2 0.45 0.4 1.0 4.8 .514 .647 .000  
 Career     542 542 28.1 16.1 1.6 6.2 1.8 3.6 0.51 0.5 1.3 4.7 .524 .602 .192  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL SA 6.3 11.9 .528 3.7 6.4 .575 5.3 8.8 .608 0.9 2.8 .323 0.1 0.4 .179  
 1973 CBL SA 6.0 11.3 .535 3.6 6.1 .600 5.2 8.1 .639 0.7 2.8 .265 0.1 0.4 .250  
 1972 CBL TPA 6.9 12.7 .543 3.9 6.6 .594 6.0 9.4 .632 0.8 2.8 .292 0.1 0.5 .282  
 1971 CBL TPA 6.6 12.9 .515 4.1 6.7 .604 5.7 9.5 .601 0.8 3.0 .283 0.1 0.4 .212  
 1970 CBL TPA 6.9 13.2 .525 3.2 5.5 .582 5.9 9.8 .608 1.0 3.1 .313 0.0 0.4 .107  
 1969 CBL TPA 5.4 10.7 .508 3.8 6.1 .619 4.8 8.0 .598 0.6 2.5 .255 0.0 0.2 .000  
 1968 CBL TPA 5.3 10.3 .514 3.2 4.9 .647 4.6 7.8 .589 0.7 2.4 .274 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.2 11.8 .524 3.6 6.0 .602 5.4 8.8 .611 0.8 2.8 .287 0.1 0.3 .192  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 78 78 2205 492 932 289 503 5 28 1278 136 613 170 52 257 52 110 366 440 
 1973 78 78 2322 470 878 283 472 7 28 1230 105 652 176 44 284 44 98 361 425 
 1972 78 78 2373 540 994 307 517 11 39 1398 140 694 141 45 285 45 119 359 98 
 1971 78 78 2234 518 1006 316 523 7 33 1359 137 696 164 44 297 44 103 376 57 
 1970 74 74 2034 513 977 235 404 3 28 1264 112 583 134 44 292 44 85 357 121 
 1969 78 78 1997 422 831 294 475 0 15 1138 126 533 102 35 280 35 90 377 -54 
 1968 78 78 2051 412 802 247 382 0 1 1071 90 437 111 34 248 34 81 377 -99 
 Career 542 542 15216 3367 6420 1971 3276 33 172 8738 846 4208 998 298 1943 298 686 2573 988 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL SA .554 1.37 10.8 16.3 26.5 6.3 21.3 14.0 18.2 251.2 8.4 5.6 99.5 90.0  
 1973 CBL SA .566 1.40 11.4 18.4 24.7 4.9 22.9 14.4 16.2 193.5 6.4 5.4 99.6 90.8  
 1972 CBL TPA .572 1.41 8.6 17.3 26.0 6.0 23.1 14.7 18.6 285.0 9.5 1.3 96.3 93.4  
 1971 CBL TPA .550 1.35 9.7 17.5 28.1 6.1 23.9 15.2 18.6 268.2 8.9 0.7 92.5 90.3  
 1970 CBL TPA .547 1.29 8.5 18.5 29.7 5.6 23.8 14.7 17.6 211.2 7.0 1.6 93.8 90.0  
 1969 CBL TPA .547 1.37 7.2 19.7 27.5 6.3 21.0 13.5 15.7 152.2 5.1 -0.7 90.1 89.5  
 1968 CBL TPA .553 1.34 8.4 18.7 25.0 4.3 17.8 10.8 14.7 126.9 4.2 -1.3 88.6 88.8  
 Career     .556 1.36 9.2 18.0 26.7 5.6 22.1 13.9 17.2 1488.2 49.6 1.8 94.6 90.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL SA 19 19 28.3 17.6 1.6 6.9 2.1 4.0 0.51 0.8 1.3 4.2 .560 .664 .125  
 1973 CBL SA 12 12 29.9 15.3 1.4 7.7 2.1 3.9 0.53 0.8 1.2 4.6 .458 .619 .250  
 Career     31 31 28.9 16.7 1.5 7.2 2.1 4.0 0.52 0.8 1.3 4.3 .520 .646 .167  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL SA 6.6 11.8 .560 4.3 6.4 .664 5.6 8.3 .671 1.0 3.1 .322 0.1 0.4 .125  
 1973 CBL SA 5.4 11.8 .458 4.3 7.0 .619 4.2 7.8 .532 1.2 3.7 .318 0.1 0.3 .250  
 Career     6.2 11.8 .520 4.3 6.6 .646 5.0 8.1 .619 1.1 3.3 .320 0.1 0.4 .167  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 19 19 537 126 225 81 122 1 8 334 30 162 39 15 76 15 25 79 99 
 1973 12 12 359 65 142 52 84 1 4 183 17 109 25 9 47 9 14 55 65 
 Career 31 31 896 191 367 133 206 2 12 517 47 271 64 24 123 24 39 134 164 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL SA .599 1.48 9.9 19.3 26.5 5.8 22.5 14.7 16.0 43.6 1.5 5.2 98.9 91.3  
 1973 CBL SA .514 1.29 10.0 18.7 26.2 4.9 26.1 15.5 10.8 1.1 0.0 5.4 97.6 88.9  
 Career     .563 1.41 9.9 19.1 10.5 5.4 23.9 15.0 13.9 44.7 1.5 5.3 98.4 90.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1965 NCTC 29 29 28.9 5.0 1.2 4.0 1.3 1.0 1.32 0.4 0.4 2.5 .444 .602 .000  
 1966 NCTC 33 33 29.4 8.6 1.2 4.5 1.3 1.4 0.93 0.2 1.2 2.4 .500 .598 .000  
 1967 NCTC 31 31 32.6 7.4 1.3 5.2 1.5 0.9 1.66 0.4 2.4 1.6 .455 .557 .000  
 1968 NCTC 30 30 33.4 8.6 1.3 5.1 1.6 1.5 1.04 0.5 3.0 1.8 .454 .541 .000  
 Total   123 123 31.1 7.4 1.2 4.7 1.4 1.2 1.18 0.4 1.8 2.1 .466 .574 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1965 29 29 838 48 108 50 83 0 0 146 34 151 37 13 28 13 12 72 147 
 1966 33 33 971 107 214 70 117 0 0 284 41 190 42 8 45 8 41 80 191 
 1967 31 31 1011 90 198 49 88 0 0 229 40 200 48 12 29 12 73 50 135 
 1968 30 30 1003 99 218 59 109 0 0 257 38 192 47 16 45 16 91 54 87 
 Career 123 123 3823 344 738 228 397 0 0 916 153 733 174 49 147 49 217 256 560 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 33 7 16 8 3 5 8 14 24 11 20 1 2  
 Playoff 41 5 17 8 4 4 6 12 26 17 21 1 1  
 Career 43 7 22 8 4 6 11 17 34 17 21 2 3  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 CIN L 20 5 8 2 4 0 1 12 1 8 1 2 0 0 5 -1
 10/18 SD L 36 9 16 5 6 0 0 23 2 6 4 1 1 4 4 -5
 10/19 PHM W 16 4 8 1 2 0 0 9 1 9 0 1 0 2 4 16
 10/21 POR W 20 3 10 6 8 0 1 12 0 4 1 3 0 3 6 14
 10/22 DAL W 32 10 14 2 4 0 0 22 1 9 0 2 0 1 5 8
 10/26 KCM W 28 9 11 5 9 0 0 23 1 5 2 1 0 0 4 23
 10/29 POR L 30 11 21 6 12 0 1 28 2 10 4 8 0 1 4 8
 10/30 SD W 44 11 24 7 9 0 0 29 2 12 4 3 0 2 3 13
 11/3 KCM L 21 4 6 3 6 0 0 11 1 7 2 4 3 0 5 10
 11/6 PIT L 36 6 17 1 4 0 2 13 1 10 3 5 0 1 3 -26
 11/7 DAL W 25 5 10 2 2 0 0 12 3 14 2 2 1 1 4 2
 11/9 KCM W 29 6 14 2 4 1 2 15 1 9 5 4 0 1 3 2
 11/13 DAL W 20 5 10 3 4 0 1 13 3 6 4 1 1 0 4 10
 11/14 DEN L 30 6 11 6 10 0 0 18 2 7 1 6 0 0 6 6
 11/18 DEN W 20 3 12 5 8 0 0 11 1 4 1 3 0 1 6 10
 11/22 POR W 30 4 13 9 12 0 0 17 3 14 2 3 1 2 5 13
 11/23 KCM W 46 10 18 2 4 0 0 22 3 9 2 3 1 2 4 12
 11/28 DEN W 30 7 18 0 2 0 1 14 2 6 1 2 0 1 5 4
 11/29 DAL L 39 12 22 4 6 0 0 28 7 16 2 8 1 1 5 -25
 12/2 POR L 26 4 10 2 4 0 1 10 0 7 0 5 0 0 6 -3
 12/4 NJ W 39 7 16 0 4 0 0 14 3 11 3 5 3 1 3 0
 12/7 DEN W 28 5 14 3 6 0 0 13 2 4 3 2 0 2 5 12
 12/8 KCM W 27 6 9 3 8 0 0 15 1 7 1 5 1 1 4 21
 12/10 SD W 27 4 12 4 7 0 1 12 1 9 3 5 1 2 5 6
 12/12 SD L 25 8 12 6 10 0 0 22 0 6 2 2 1 1 4 -3
 12/14 CIN L 46 11 18 11 16 0 1 33 3 9 5 8 1 4 4 -13
 12/16 DEN W 38 7 15 10 16 0 0 24 2 12 1 0 0 1 4 27
 12/17 POR L 35 5 14 2 4 0 2 12 3 12 1 5 1 2 5 -13
 12/21 POR W 20 4 8 3 6 0 1 11 1 5 2 0 2 1 4 22
 12/22 KCM W 32 9 13 9 20 0 0 27 1 10 2 2 1 1 4 22
 12/24 DEN L 32 4 15 2 4 0 1 10 2 9 0 2 1 4 6 -7
 12/26 DAL W 35 10 18 2 4 0 0 22 2 14 3 4 1 3 5 16
 12/28 BAL W 18 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 7 2 0 1 4 28
 12/30 DEN W 21 6 9 1 2 0 0 13 1 6 0 4 0 0 5 0
 12/31 DEN W 36 7 15 2 2 0 1 16 2 13 2 3 0 3 4 8
 1/3 KCM W 34 7 16 8 12 0 0 22 4 12 0 3 0 0 5 7
 1/4 DAL L 20 6 9 4 8 0 0 16 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 -11
 1/8 CIN W 29 7 10 4 8 0 0 18 7 13 8 4 0 1 6 11
 1/11 DAL W 33 9 17 4 8 0 1 22 2 8 3 4 3 2 6 6
 1/12 POR L 32 7 11 6 12 0 0 20 1 7 1 8 3 1 6 2
 1/14 KCM L 35 3 15 5 9 0 0 11 3 10 6 0 1 5 6 10
 1/16 POR W 12 2 2 2 6 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 5 1
 1/18 SD W 45 9 18 7 12 0 0 25 2 12 6 2 0 5 4 12
 1/20 DAL L 46 9 14 8 17 0 0 26 2 13 3 8 0 0 4 -9
 1/21 LOU W 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 4 4
 1/23 POR W 22 5 9 2 2 0 0 12 2 7 1 3 0 1 6 13
 1/25 DAL W 29 9 16 0 2 0 0 18 1 5 2 5 1 1 4 24
 1/27 KCM W 28 3 6 9 14 0 0 15 1 6 3 2 1 2 5 24
 1/31 POR L 27 5 10 7 10 0 0 17 1 6 1 2 1 1 5 -13
 2/1 PIT L 32 6 10 4 6 0 0 16 2 8 1 3 0 1 5 1
 2/5 SD W 39 9 13 2 5 1 1 21 0 7 0 2 1 2 4 4
 2/6 SD L 21 5 13 1 2 0 0 11 1 3 2 3 1 2 6 -10
 2/11 KCM W 20 5 7 2 2 1 1 13 0 6 2 4 2 1 4 13
 2/14 DAL W 30 4 7 7 11 0 0 15 2 5 2 5 2 5 4 12
 2/15 KCM L 14 8 9 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 -4
 2/17 SD W 38 11 20 2 5 0 1 24 1 9 1 4 1 2 5 7
 2/20 DAL W 26 8 14 3 5 0 0 19 2 10 4 1 1 1 4 20
 2/22 DEN L 40 10 18 5 11 0 0 25 4 12 2 8 1 0 6 -18
 2/23 SD W 31 8 12 0 0 0 0 16 2 12 2 4 0 0 5 -1
 2/27 KCM L 15 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 5 2 1 0 1 6 -11
 2/28 PHM W 19 2 3 3 6 0 0 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 6 3
 3/4 KCM W 38 9 14 4 8 0 2 22 1 14 4 4 0 3 5 8
 3/5 PHM L 30 10 18 4 9 0 0 24 2 10 2 4 0 0 6 8
 3/9 SD L 12 2 2 1 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 4 -8
 3/10 POR L 25 8 16 6 8 0 1 22 3 4 2 2 0 2 6 -13
 3/13 DAL W 9 2 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 2
 3/14 SD W 30 11 13 6 13 0 0 28 3 10 3 4 0 2 3 9
 3/16 SD W 19 6 7 1 4 0 0 13 3 5 1 3 0 1 5 24
 3/18 POR W 21 4 6 2 4 1 1 11 2 7 5 2 0 2 5 24
 3/20 POR W 38 2 8 5 8 0 0 9 3 14 5 3 1 0 4 11
 3/21 DEN W 31 5 13 4 5 0 0 14 1 11 2 4 1 3 6 16
 3/25 POR L 24 7 15 10 14 1 1 25 1 7 1 2 0 1 6 12
 3/26 DEN L 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 -14
 3/29 BAL W 42 10 20 1 2 0 0 21 5 14 2 5 0 3 4 10
 3/31 DAL W 12 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 5 0 2 1 0 4 10
 4/2 POR W 33 9 14 4 7 0 1 22 2 6 0 3 1 0 5 15
 4/3 DEN W 18 6 9 2 6 0 0 14 0 5 1 2 0 3 3 17
 4/5 DAL L 25 5 12 5 7 0 0 15 2 11 0 7 0 1 5 -8
 4/7 SD W 17 7 8 3 5 0 0 17 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 24
 4/9 NJ W 14 1 3 3 4 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 -3
 4/10 SD W 36 8 14 4 4 0 0 20 2 6 4 5 2 3 3 35
 4/14 LOU W 36 14 18 3 4 0 1 31 2 7 3 4 1 4 4 -5
 4/15 DEN W 28 5 10 11 14 0 0 21 2 8 4 2 0 1 5 5
 4/17 KCM W 36 4 13 1 2 0 0 9 1 5 7 1 1 2 4 2
 4/19 KCM W 31 5 8 7 12 0 0 17 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 36
 4/20 KCM L 15 4 6 2 4 0 0 10 1 3 1 3 0 0 5 -14
 4/22 KCM W 20 4 8 1 2 0 0 9 0 7 2 4 0 0 5 11
 4/23 KCM L 22 3 8 0 0 0 1 6 1 8 1 5 0 0 5 -7
 4/25 KCM W 28 8 15 5 10 0 0 21 4 10 1 1 1 1 4 35
 4/27 DEN L 29 5 12 2 2 0 0 12 0 5 1 6 2 0 6 -7
 4/28 DEN W 34 11 19 6 8 0 1 28 1 9 0 6 4 2 4 32
 4/30 DEN W 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 2 3 0 0 5 7
 5/1 DEN W 19 3 4 3 3 0 0 9 1 5 1 6 0 1 4 27
 5/3 DEN L 38 10 18 5 9 0 0 25 5 17 1 6 0 1 4 -12
 5/5 DEN L 34 3 13 5 6 0 0 11 2 9 0 4 3 0 3 -32
 5/7 DEN W 38 12 20 17 21 0 1 41 3 15 3 2 2 1 3 8
 5/9 CIN L 38 8 15 4 6 0 1 20 3 11 3 3 0 2 6 -3
 5/10 CIN W 27 4 13 5 8 0 1 13 2 8 2 5 0 2 4 3
 5/12 CIN L 34 8 12 2 4 0 1 18 1 11 2 6 2 4 2 -28
 5/13 CIN W 30 9 12 8 9 1 1 27 2 7 8 2 0 2 3 30
 5/14 CIN W 20 8 12 6 12 0 1 22 3 11 1 3 0 3 4 22
 5/16 CIN L 31 9 12 2 4 0 0 20 0 5 3 1 0 2 5 12
 5/17 CIN L 31 8 14 1 2 0 0 17 1 9 5 5 0 2 5 -21

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 32
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 Total Blocks Leader: 4
 1964 High School: Rated **** and #30 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1964 High School: All-State (Kansas)
 1964 High School: Mr. Basketball (Kansas)
 1967 2nd Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1968 2nd Team All-Conference (South Atlantic Conference)
 1968 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1968 CBL All-Rookie First Team
 1969 CBL Blocks Leader
 1970 CBL Blocks Leader
 1972 CBL All-Star
 1972 CBL Blocks Leader
 1973 CBL All-Star
 1974 CBL Blocks Leader

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/26/1968 Drafted by the Suns with pick #3 of round 1.

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