Raymond Townsend

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Raymond Townsend
Personal information
Born (1955-12-20) December 20, 1955 (age 70)
San Jose, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeUCLA (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
Drafted byGolden State Warriors
Playing career1978–1985
PositionPoint guard
Number11
Career history
1978–1980Golden State Warriors
1980–1981Alberta Dusters
1981–1982Indiana Pacers
1982–1983E.C. Sirio
1983–1984C.A. Monte Libano
1984–1985Virtus Roma
Career highlights
Career NBA statistics
Points745 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds157 (1.0 rpg)
Assists217 (1.4 apg)
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Raymond Anthony Townsend (born December 20, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers. Townsend played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, earning all-conference honors in the Pacific-8 (known later as the Pac-12). He was selected by the Warriors in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft, with the 22nd overall pick, and became the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA. He played at the point guard position.

High school career

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Townsend attended Camden High School and Archbishop Mitty High School, in San Jose, California, where he played high school basketball. As a high school senior, he averaged close to 28 points a game for the Camden High Cougars. This was prior to the 3 point shot line being regulated years later. After graduating from high school, he played college basketball at UCLA.

College career

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Townsend played college basketball at UCLA, with the UCLA Bruins. He was a member of the 1975 UCLA National Basketball Championship team, which was the 10th and final NCAA championship team of the school's head coach, John Wooden. He earned first-team All-Pac-8 honors as a senior, in 1978.

Professional career

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Townsend was selected with the last pick in the first round (22nd overall), of the 1978 NBA draft, by the Golden State Warriors. He was the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA.[1][2] He concluded his NBA career in 1982, as a member of the Indiana Pacers. He also played in Italy's LBA with Banco Roma, during the 1984–85 season.[3] With Roma, he won the 1984 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Personal life

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Townsend was born in San Jose, California. He is half-Filipino through his mother.[4][5] A 1976 Sports Illustrated issue featured Townsend's father, Ray Sr., in its "Faces in the Crowd" section. He was recognized as "the oldest junior college basketball player in history." At age 39, he was the second man off the bench.[6]

Townsend's brother, Kurtis,[4] is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks team that won the 2008 and 2022 NCAA Championships. After his basketball playing career, Townsend worked as youth sports development coordinator in San Jose, California.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978–79 Golden State 65 11.9 .439 .735 .8 1.4 .4 .1 4.7
1979–80 Golden State 75 15.5 .406 .154 .714 1.2 1.5 .8 .1 5.4
1981–82 Indiana 14 0 6.8 .268 .222 .550 .9 .7 .2 .0 2.5
Career 154 0 13.1 .411 .171 .703 1.0 1.4 .6 .1 4.8

References

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  3. ^ Ray Townsend (in Italian).
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  6. ^ KUSports.com: Fathers’ examples still guide Kansas coaches
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  • Italian League profile (in Italian)
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