Bill Nowell 
#20 PF | 6-6, 230lbs | Pioneers | Experience: 5 years
Born: 5/22/1947 (28) | College: Noble Jones College | Atlanta, GA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- C- C+ F C- D B- C+ A+ F F+ C+ C A C A-  
 Potential: A D B F C D B B A F F B          
 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 POR 78 78 26.9 17.5 2.0 5.4 1.5 2.4 0.63 0.3 0.3 4.7 .479 .728 .000  
 1973 CBL POR 78 78 27.5 18.2 2.5 5.4 1.5 3.0 0.50 0.3 0.3 4.8 .469 .687 .000  
 1972 CBL POR 66 6 16.3 10.3 1.2 3.4 1.0 1.5 0.70 0.2 0.4 3.5 .525 .710 .000  
 1971 CBL POR 78 33 19.2 9.9 1.3 3.7 1.0 1.6 0.61 0.2 0.3 3.6 .461 .667 .000  
 1970 CBL POR 78 0 13.8 7.2 1.0 3.0 0.6 1.4 0.44 0.2 0.3 3.5 .455 .750 .000  
 1969 CBL POR 29 0 3.2 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.83 0.1 0.1 0.7 .563 .650 .000  
 Career     407 195 19.6 12.0 1.5 3.9 1.1 1.9 0.57 0.2 0.3 3.8 .477 .706 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL POR 6.4 13.4 .479 4.6 6.4 .728 5.0 8.5 .587 1.4 4.9 .293 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 CBL POR 6.8 14.6 .469 4.6 6.6 .687 5.2 9.2 .566 1.7 5.4 .306 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 CBL POR 3.8 7.3 .525 2.6 3.6 .710 2.8 4.7 .592 1.1 2.6 .405 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 CBL POR 3.8 8.2 .461 2.4 3.6 .667 2.9 5.1 .568 0.9 3.0 .283 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 CBL POR 2.6 5.7 .455 2.0 2.7 .750 2.1 3.4 .603 0.5 2.3 .237 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1969 CBL POR 0.9 1.7 .563 0.4 0.7 .650 0.8 1.0 .759 0.2 0.6 .278 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.5 9.3 .477 3.1 4.3 .706 3.4 5.9 .582 1.0 3.5 .302 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 +/- 
 1974 78 78 2095 502 1047 362 497 0 1 1366 157 578 117 23 185 23 22 369 -9 
 1973 78 78 2147 533 1137 356 518 0 2 1422 197 617 119 24 237 24 27 374 201 
 1972 66 6 1076 254 484 169 238 0 0 677 78 302 69 13 99 13 25 229 68 
 1971 78 33 1494 293 636 188 282 0 1 774 103 394 76 17 124 17 24 283 51 
 1970 78 0 1073 203 446 159 212 0 2 565 78 313 49 15 112 15 22 271 -58 
 1969 29 0 93 27 48 13 20 0 1 67 4 16 5 2 6 2 2 19 -3 
 Career 407 195 7978 1812 3798 1247 1767 0 7 4871 617 2220 435 94 763 94 122 1545 250 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL POR .539 1.30 7.5 11.8 28.1 7.3 20.3 13.7 18.6 220.9 7.4 -0.1 94.6 93.7  
 1973 CBL POR .521 1.25 6.9 13.8 30.1 8.7 19.6 14.0 17.7 199.1 6.6 2.6 97.7 92.5  
 1972 CBL POR .574 1.40 9.1 13.1 26.1 7.4 20.4 14.0 19.2 123.0 4.1 1.0 98.9 98.0  
 1971 CBL POR .509 1.22 7.9 12.9 24.2 7.1 19.2 13.3 13.8 52.1 1.7 0.7 92.5 90.9  
 1970 CBL POR .523 1.27 7.0 16.0 24.7 7.2 20.6 14.1 13.0 24.0 0.8 -0.7 92.7 96.1  
 1969 CBL POR .596 1.40 7.4 8.8 27.3 3.8 15.0 8.6 22.0 14.6 0.5 -0.1 97.9 100.0  
 Career     .532 1.28 7.5 13.2 27.2 7.6 19.9 13.7 16.8 633.6 21.1 0.6 95.4 93.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 CBL POR 5 5 25.8 16.8 1.4 5.2 1.0 2.8 0.36 0.0 0.4 4.8 .449 .611 .000  
 1972 CBL POR 11 0 15.3 8.8 0.8 2.5 0.6 1.6 0.39 0.2 0.4 4.3 .421 .846 .000  
 1971 CBL POR 9 0 16.7 8.6 1.3 3.0 1.3 1.2 1.09 0.0 0.3 3.8 .404 .714 .000  
 1970 CBL POR 12 0 13.3 6.3 1.0 3.1 0.5 1.9 0.26 0.5 0.3 3.5 .392 .750 .000  
 1969 CBL POR 3 0 3.0 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000  
 Career     40 5 15.4 8.5 1.1 3.0 0.8 1.7 0.45 0.2 0.3 3.7 .418 .730 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 CBL POR 6.2 13.8 .449 4.4 7.2 .611 4.4 7.0 .629 1.8 6.8 .265 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 CBL POR 2.9 6.9 .421 3.0 3.5 .846 2.4 4.1 .578 0.5 2.8 .194 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 CBL POR 2.3 5.8 .404 3.9 5.4 .714 2.2 4.0 .556 0.1 1.8 .063 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 CBL POR 2.4 6.2 .392 1.5 2.0 .750 1.8 3.7 .477 0.7 2.4 .276 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1969 CBL POR 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .667 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.9 6.9 .418 2.7 3.7 .730 2.3 4.1 .558 0.6 2.8 .216 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 +/- 
 1973 5 5 129 31 69 22 36 0 0 84 7 33 5 0 14 0 2 24 -37 
 1972 11 0 168 32 76 33 39 0 0 97 9 36 7 2 18 2 4 47 -30 
 1971 9 0 150 21 52 35 49 0 0 77 12 39 12 0 11 0 3 34 3 
 1970 12 0 159 29 74 18 24 0 1 76 12 49 6 6 23 6 4 42 -34 
 1969 3 0 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 
 Career 40 5 615 115 275 108 148 0 1 338 42 162 30 8 67 8 13 147 -94 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 CBL POR .494 1.22 4.8 13.5 30.6 5.5 21.3 13.2 11.1 -0.6 0.0 -7.4 95.8 104.7  
 1972 CBL POR .516 1.28 5.9 15.3 26.6 5.0 14.4 9.8 9.6 -4.7 -0.2 -2.7 88.1 97.4  
 1971 CBL POR .514 1.48 12.4 11.3 23.9 8.3 19.6 13.8 12.2 1.6 0.1 0.3 92.2 92.6  
 1970 CBL POR .447 1.03 5.3 20.2 27.3 6.9 18.0 12.9 6.7 -11.4 -0.4 -2.8 86.4 96.0  
 1969 CBL POR .500 1.00 0.0 20.0 22.2 13.3 37.5 21.7 18.0 0.9 0.0 1.3 111.1 92.9  
 Career     .497 1.23 6.9 15.3 26.9 6.6 18.2 12.4 9.9 -14.3 -0.5 -2.4 90.7 97.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1968 NJC 34 34 29.8 15.4 1.9 4.6 1.6 1.8 0.88 0.3 1.5 2.3 .528 .681 .000  
 1969 NJC 34 34 31.6 12.8 2.6 5.1 1.6 1.7 0.90 0.2 1.7 2.0 .474 .671 .000  
 Total   68 68 30.7 14.1 2.2 4.9 1.6 1.8 0.89 0.3 1.6 2.2 .502 .676 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1968 34 34 1014 197 373 130 191 0 0 524 64 220 53 11 60 11 52 79 258 
 1969 34 34 1073 163 344 108 161 0 0 434 87 262 53 8 59 8 59 69 397 
 Career 68 68 2087 360 717 238 352 0 0 958 151 482 106 19 119 19 111 148 655 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 41 6 15 5 3 2 8 14 28 15 17 0 1  
 Playoff 30 5 13 3 3 2 5 10 20 10 14 0 1  
 Career 41 8 21 7 3 2 8 14 28 15 19 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/15 SD L 34 5 14 3 4 0 0 13 0 2 1 3 0 0 5 -22
 10/17 DEN L 22 9 12 1 2 0 0 19 2 10 0 5 0 0 6 12
 10/21 SA L 35 6 12 19 26 0 0 31 2 12 2 1 0 0 4 -7
 10/23 KCM L 43 12 21 4 9 0 0 28 4 13 1 7 1 0 5 -17
 10/27 LOU W 29 4 10 0 0 0 0 8 2 10 2 2 0 0 6 6
 10/29 SA W 22 7 11 8 12 0 0 22 2 6 0 3 0 0 6 15
 10/30 DEN L 21 4 9 3 5 0 0 11 1 7 0 1 0 0 5 1
 11/2 PIT W 38 8 11 7 8 0 0 23 1 7 2 2 0 0 4 6
 11/6 SD L 35 6 13 5 6 0 0 17 2 7 0 5 1 0 4 -29
 11/7 KCM L 35 9 18 6 10 0 0 24 3 10 0 3 0 0 6 -8
 11/11 KCM L 26 5 17 5 6 0 0 15 2 6 0 2 1 0 4 -16
 11/13 LOU W 28 3 17 2 2 0 1 8 0 5 3 4 1 0 4 -6
 11/17 DAL W 22 5 9 3 5 0 0 13 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 8
 11/18 KCM L 22 6 9 0 2 0 0 12 1 6 0 2 0 0 4 -13
 11/22 SA L 23 6 16 2 2 0 0 14 1 8 3 1 1 0 6 -4
 11/23 SD L 39 7 16 4 6 0 0 18 2 6 4 6 1 0 4 3
 11/27 PIT L 35 11 22 4 6 0 0 26 0 5 0 4 0 1 5 2
 11/29 DEN W 20 3 10 2 2 0 0 8 1 7 1 4 0 1 4 8
 12/1 KCM L 34 7 19 2 4 0 0 16 4 11 2 2 0 0 5 2
 12/2 SA W 20 2 5 11 12 0 0 15 3 5 1 1 0 0 5 7
 12/6 DEN L 38 7 23 8 10 0 0 22 0 8 0 1 0 1 4 -9
 12/8 NJ L 27 8 16 5 5 0 0 21 2 9 1 2 0 0 4 -20
 12/12 DAL W 24 6 14 1 4 0 0 13 1 3 0 2 0 0 4 -2
 12/13 PHM W 31 8 15 8 10 0 0 24 2 12 1 4 1 0 4 8
 12/17 SA W 40 8 21 10 16 0 0 26 3 8 3 2 0 1 5 17
 12/19 PHM L 27 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 4 7 5 3 0 0 5 -6
 12/21 SA L 33 5 11 7 7 0 0 17 2 8 0 4 0 2 3 -30
 12/23 DAL L 38 14 21 2 2 0 0 30 3 10 2 8 1 0 5 -14
 12/26 SD W 29 5 13 7 7 0 0 17 1 6 2 2 0 0 5 14
 12/27 KCM W 39 7 13 8 8 0 0 22 0 5 2 1 0 0 4 4
 12/30 KCM W 27 9 15 5 6 0 0 23 3 6 4 2 1 1 5 11
 12/31 SD L 13 6 10 2 4 0 0 14 1 2 0 1 0 2 6 -2
 1/4 KCM W 39 13 21 15 17 0 0 41 0 8 3 2 0 1 4 19
 1/5 DEN L 32 14 23 3 4 0 0 31 4 8 2 2 0 0 6 -2
 1/8 DAL W 20 5 12 5 6 0 0 15 3 9 1 2 0 0 5 6
 1/11 KCM W 37 7 19 5 6 0 0 19 4 14 4 3 0 0 5 18
 1/12 SA W 12 4 7 2 4 0 0 10 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 8
 1/15 SD W 12 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10
 1/16 SA L 25 9 17 4 10 0 0 22 5 11 2 1 0 0 6 -9
 1/18 BAL L 20 3 8 4 6 0 0 10 0 3 1 4 1 0 4 -15
 1/20 KCM L 22 7 11 5 6 0 0 19 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 2
 1/23 SA L 31 4 13 5 6 0 0 13 2 11 0 5 0 0 5 -16
 1/24 DEN L 43 12 28 9 10 0 0 33 5 13 2 4 1 1 4 -6
 1/26 CIN L 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -18
 1/28 KCM W 40 4 12 10 14 0 0 18 1 11 1 3 0 0 4 15
 1/31 SA W 18 5 8 1 2 0 0 11 1 5 4 2 0 0 5 13
 2/1 LOU L 22 7 11 2 4 0 0 16 5 12 1 3 0 0 5 2
 2/5 DAL W 25 13 19 10 11 0 0 36 3 7 3 0 0 0 3 18
 2/6 DAL W 33 11 15 0 0 0 0 22 4 7 2 4 1 0 5 18
 2/9 EAS W 19 9 11 3 4 0 0 21 3 6 1 3 0 0 4 -1
 2/11 DEN L 26 1 8 3 4 0 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 0 4 -24
 2/12 DEN W 17 5 9 4 4 0 0 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 10
 2/14 SD L 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 1 1 0 0 6 11
 2/17 KCM L 20 3 8 4 6 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 -13
 2/19 DAL L 24 8 12 1 2 0 0 17 1 8 0 5 0 0 4 -11
 2/20 DEN L 25 5 12 10 14 0 0 20 2 6 0 2 0 0 5 -17
 2/23 DAL L 27 12 18 5 8 0 0 29 2 7 1 6 0 0 6 -1
 2/27 SD L 34 2 14 4 6 0 0 8 3 12 1 3 1 0 5 -19
 2/28 SD L 11 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 -15
 3/3 SD L 30 9 19 2 2 0 0 20 2 11 3 0 0 0 5 -7
 3/5 DAL W 24 8 15 4 5 0 0 20 1 4 2 0 0 0 5 9
 3/6 DAL L 23 7 13 4 4 0 0 18 2 5 2 0 0 0 6 1
 3/8 DEN L 27 2 14 3 8 0 0 7 2 9 2 2 1 1 6 -2
 3/10 SA W 35 9 18 8 12 0 0 26 3 11 2 1 0 1 5 13
 3/12 SD L 25 6 13 4 4 0 0 16 2 6 0 3 0 0 6 -16
 3/14 DAL L 30 8 13 6 10 0 0 22 3 10 2 2 1 1 5 4
 3/15 NJ L 34 7 20 9 12 0 0 23 5 11 0 3 1 0 6 -13
 3/18 SA L 23 2 8 8 16 0 0 12 1 6 2 2 0 0 5 -11
 3/20 SA L 25 7 16 2 4 0 0 16 2 11 0 1 0 0 5 6
 3/21 BAL W 28 9 21 2 2 0 0 20 5 9 3 0 1 1 4 8
 3/25 SA W 38 6 14 8 10 0 0 20 1 10 1 5 3 2 5 5
 3/26 KCM W 29 8 13 0 0 0 0 16 1 10 4 1 0 0 4 0
 3/29 CIN W 18 4 9 3 4 0 0 11 1 5 2 0 0 0 5 0
 3/30 SD L 26 3 13 7 10 0 0 13 3 10 3 2 1 1 6 -11
 4/2 SA L 22 3 3 7 10 0 0 13 1 6 2 4 0 0 5 -5
 4/3 SD W 30 6 14 5 11 0 0 17 6 15 4 2 0 0 5 22
 4/5 KCM W 42 13 25 7 12 0 0 33 5 13 1 2 1 1 5 3
 4/7 DEN W 13 2 5 5 8 0 0 9 4 5 1 2 0 1 4 -1
 4/9 DEN L 25 6 16 3 4 0 0 15 2 6 3 2 0 0 5 0
 4/11 DEN W 31 10 14 5 5 0 0 25 1 9 3 5 0 0 4 23
 4/12 DAL W 33 11 22 8 8 0 0 30 3 12 2 2 0 0 4 31
 4/14 DEN W 35 9 11 5 8 0 0 23 3 10 2 4 0 1 4 11
 4/16 DAL L 19 7 14 4 5 0 0 18 3 5 1 3 0 0 4 -2
 4/17 SD L 8 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 4 -8

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 19
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 1967 High School: Rated ***** and #7 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1968 1st Team All-American
 1968 1st Team All-Conference (Deep South Conference)
 1969 AIAA Champion
 1969 3rd Team All-American
 1969 1st Team All-Conference (Deep South Conference)
 1970 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1974 CBL All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/25/1969 Drafted by the Pioneers with pick #7 of round 2.

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