Bill Melton 
#45 PF | 6-8, 261lbs | Rockets | Experience: 2 years
Born: 1/19/1935 (28) | College: Coastal California | Los Angeles, CA

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

 Contract
  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 
 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%  
 1962 FBL STL 28 28 35.7 20.2 2.0 7.1 1.8 2.3 0.75 0.3 0.1 3.2 .417 .675 .000  
 1961 FBL STL 80 80 38.3 23.4 2.0 7.3 2.0 2.6 0.74 0.3 0.2 3.4 .437 .749 .000  
 1960 FBL STL 70 33 22.7 14.4 1.5 4.0 1.2 1.5 0.79 0.3 0.1 1.6 .457 .753 .000  
 Career     178 141 31.7 19.4 1.8 6.0 1.6 2.2 0.75 0.3 0.2 2.7 .439 .739 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL STL 9.1 21.8 .417 2.0 3.0 .675 6.3 10.4 .605 2.8 11.4 .247 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL STL 10.3 23.7 .437 2.7 3.6 .749 6.5 10.9 .594 3.9 12.8 .302 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1960 FBL STL 6.4 14.0 .457 1.7 2.2 .753 4.3 6.6 .644 2.1 7.3 .288 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     8.6 19.6 .439 2.2 2.9 .739 5.6 9.2 .610 3.0 10.4 .289 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1962 28 28 999 255 611 56 83 0 0 566 57 256 49 9 65 9 2 90 -34 
 1961 80 80 3060 827 1894 215 287 0 0 1869 161 745 156 26 211 26 16 275 -82 
 1960 70 33 1588 447 978 116 154 0 0 1010 108 387 84 19 107 19 10 109 192 
 Career 178 141 5647 1529 3483 387 524 0 0 3445 326 1388 289 54 383 54 28 474 76 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL STL .437 0.93 6.4 8.5 29.3 5.6 21.0 13.0 19.7 122.0 4.1 -1.2 80.8 82.2  
 1961 FBL STL .462 0.99 6.5 8.8 29.8 5.2 19.1 12.1 23.3 539.1 18.0 -1.0 82.3 83.5  
 1960 FBL STL .483 1.03 6.8 8.6 29.5 6.5 17.8 12.0 27.4 376.2 12.5 2.7 83.3 78.2  
 Career     .464 0.99 6.6 8.7 29.6 5.6 19.1 12.2 23.8 1037.3 34.6 0.4 82.3 81.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1961 FBL STL 4 4 41.3 19.8 2.8 8.3 2.3 3.3 0.69 0.3 0.3 2.5 .326 .679 .000  
 1960 FBL STL 10 0 6.4 4.3 0.1 2.5 0.2 1.0 0.20 0.2 0.1 0.8 .488 .750 .000  
 1958 FBL STL 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 Career     15 4 15.3 8.1 0.8 3.9 0.7 1.5 0.48 0.2 0.1 1.2 .376 .688 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1961 FBL STL 7.5 23.0 .326 4.8 7.0 .679 4.8 9.8 .487 2.8 13.3 .208 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1960 FBL STL 2.0 4.1 .488 0.3 0.4 .750 1.7 2.7 .630 0.3 1.4 .214 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL STL 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.3 8.9 .376 1.5 2.1 .688 2.4 4.4 .545 0.9 4.5 .209 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1961 4 4 165 30 92 19 28 0 0 79 11 44 9 1 13 1 1 10 -43 
 1960 10 0 64 20 41 3 4 0 0 43 1 26 2 2 10 2 1 8
 1958 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 
 Career 15 4 230 50 133 22 32 0 0 122 12 70 11 3 23 3 2 18 -36 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1961 FBL STL .385 0.86 7.1 10.3 28.8 6.3 22.0 13.5 13.1 3.6 0.1 -10.8 73.0 85.1  
 1960 FBL STL .512 1.05 3.6 18.2 33.1 1.8 34.7 20.5 20.2 8.3 0.3 0.9 76.6 74.4  
 1958 FBL STL .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -2.0 0.0 -  
 Career     .415 0.92 6.1 12.7 29.9 5.2 26.0 15.4 15.0 11.7 0.4 -2.4 73.9 82.5  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1958 - 37 0 29.3 28.4 1.5 8.2 2.4 2.1 1.12 0.3 0.7 2.4 .530 .712 .365  
 Total   37 0 29.3 28.4 1.5 8.2 2.4 2.1 1.12 0.3 0.7 2.4 .530 .712 .365  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1958 37 0 1083 405 764 215 302 27 74 1052 54 359 87 12 78 12 26 90
 Career 37 0 1083 405 764 215 302 27 74 1052 54 359 87 12 78 12 26 90

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 40 4 16 5 2 1 4 19 32 7 8 0 0  
 Playoff 28 4 18 4 1 1 5 12 27 9 14 0 0  
 Career 40 6 19 5 2 1 7 20 44 9 14 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 DET W 18 7 16 3 4 0 0 17 1 5 0 2 0 0 4 1
 10/17 WAS W 33 6 16 5 8 0 0 17 0 6 0 3 0 0 3 12
 10/19 PHI L 37 8 21 0 0 0 0 16 3 8 3 4 0 0 4 -10
 10/21 TOR L 26 6 15 3 4 0 0 15 0 6 1 3 0 0 4 14
 10/22 NYK W 42 19 40 1 1 0 0 39 5 8 0 1 1 0 4 3
 10/28 NYK L 43 13 29 3 4 0 0 29 1 7 3 1 1 0 2 -2
 10/30 DET L 36 12 22 1 2 0 0 25 4 10 3 4 0 0 2 -10
 10/31 DET L 43 8 29 1 2 0 0 17 1 14 3 0 1 1 3 -13
 11/2 TOR W 28 11 21 2 4 0 0 24 1 5 3 3 0 0 4 3
 11/6 WAS L 39 12 24 2 4 0 0 26 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 -11
 11/8 CHI L 29 10 23 1 2 0 0 21 1 6 0 2 0 0 5 2
 11/12 CHI L 29 4 17 1 2 0 0 9 4 8 3 2 0 0 3 -28
 11/16 CHI W 38 9 21 1 2 0 0 19 1 10 2 3 0 0 4 -4
 11/17 CHI W 30 8 18 0 0 0 0 16 2 5 2 3 0 0 5 -3
 11/19 WAS L 31 7 13 2 4 0 0 16 1 9 3 4 1 0 6 5
 11/20 TOR L 42 15 30 1 2 0 0 31 4 16 3 2 0 0 4 -3
 11/23 CHI W 41 18 29 4 4 0 0 40 2 12 1 2 1 0 3 18
 11/24 TOR L 38 11 20 2 4 0 0 24 3 9 1 2 0 0 4 2
 11/26 DET W 42 12 25 6 7 0 0 30 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 6
 11/27 CHI W 39 12 26 0 0 0 0 24 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 24
 11/30 CHI W 33 7 23 4 6 0 0 18 2 14 1 0 1 0 2 23
 12/4 TOR L 43 6 25 2 4 0 0 14 3 11 1 1 0 0 1 -22
 12/6 NYK L 34 12 22 7 8 0 0 31 2 9 2 4 0 0 3 4
 12/8 DET W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1
 12/29 TOR L 32 5 15 4 4 0 0 14 0 10 1 3 0 0 3 -20
 12/31 CHI L 36 9 14 0 0 0 0 18 3 11 2 3 1 0 2 -5
 1/3 DET L 43 4 17 3 6 0 0 11 1 9 1 3 0 1 1 -8
 1/4 DET L 23 1 11 3 4 0 0 5 2 8 1 2 0 0 4 -12
 1/8 TOR W 33 9 29 2 2 0 0 20 1 5 0 3 0 0 3 6
 1/9 DET L 46 11 29 2 4 0 0 24 3 10 2 3 0 0 6 -1
 1/13 CHI W 44 12 29 0 0 0 0 24 3 12 5 4 0 0 4 11
 1/14 TOR L 38 7 27 3 4 0 0 17 4 11 0 3 2 0 4 -7
 1/18 CHI W 41 19 32 0 0 0 0 38 4 10 4 2 1 0 3 13
 1/19 CHI L 44 4 19 2 2 0 0 10 2 11 4 2 0 0 2 -3

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 24
 Total Player of the Week: 5
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 Total All-Star Game MVP: 1
 Total All-League First Team: 1
 Total All-Star Game MVP: 1
 Total Championships: 1
 Total Scoring Leader: 1
 1959 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1959 FBL Rookie Game MVP
 1959 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1960 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1960 FBL All-Star
 1960 FBL All-Rookie First Team
 1961 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1961 FBL All-Star
 1961 FBL All-Star Game MVP
 1961 FBL All-League First Team
 1961 FBL Scoring Leader

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/25/1958 Drafted by the Rockets with pick #7 of round 1.


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