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Wilbert Bennie Frazier (born August 24, 1942 – January 19, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. Frazier played college basketball for the Grambling State Tigers[1] where he was a first-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) selection from 1963 to 1965.[2]

Professional career

Frazier was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors in second round of the 1965 NBA draft with the 12th overall draft pick.[3] He appeared in two games for the Warriors.

Frazier spent the following two seasons playing in the Eastern Professional Basketball League for the New Haven Elms and the Harrisburg Patriots.[4]

In 1967, he joined the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association. He was their third leading scorer for the 1967–68 season, averaging 12.4 points along with 8.8 rebounds per game. Following the season, he was traded to the Kentucky Colonels for Kendall Rhine.[5] In October 1968, he was again traded, this time to the New York Nets for DeWitt Menyard.[6] He played one season for the Nets and was waived in October the following year.[7][8]

Career statistics

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/ABA

Source[9]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1965–66 San Francisco 2 4.5 .000 .500 2.5 .5 .5
1967–68 Houston (ABA) 76 28.0 .411 .500 .606 8.8 1.4 12.4
1968–69 N.Y. Nets (ABA) 75 18.3 .424 – .619 5.5 .9 7.4
Career (ABA) 151 23.1 .416 .500 .611 7.2 1.1 9.9
Career (overall) 153 22.9 .415 .500 .610 7.1 1.1 9.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1968 Houston (ABA) 3 28.3 .448 .000 .429 4.0 1.3 9.7

References

  1. ^ "Wilbert Frazier". Thedraftreview.com. August 24, 1942. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Warriors sign Wilbert Frazier". The Spokesman-Review. August 24, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Don Selby (May 7, 1965). "Warriors clean up in draft". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 65, 70. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Wilbert Frazier career and yearly minor league basketball statistics at StatsCrew.com". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  5. ^ Lou Younkin (September 8, 1968). "Basketball Colonels champing at the bit". The Courier-Journal. p. C10. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Nets trade for Frazier". Longview News-Journal. October 11, 1968. p. 2C. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Frazier, Ivory waived by Nets". The Miami Herald. October 1, 1969. p. 2F. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Carolina Cougars Year-to-Year Rosters". Remember the ABA. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  9. ^ "Will Frazier NBA/ABA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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