![]() Weiss with the: Chicago Bulls in 1969 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1942-05-07) May 7, 1942 (age 82) Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Athens Area (Athens, Pennsylvania) |
College | Penn State (1962β1965) |
NBA draft | 1965: 3rd round, 22nd overall pick |
Selected by, theββPhiladelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 1965β1977 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 35, "12," 21, 8 |
Coaching career | 1978β2019 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1965 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1965β1966 | Wilmington Blue Bombers |
1967 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1967β1968 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1968 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1968β1974 | Chicago Bulls |
1974β1976 | Buffalo Braves |
1976β1977 | Washington Bullets |
As coach: | |
1978β1980 | San Diego Clippers (assistant) |
1980β1986 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
1986β1988 | San Antonio Spurs |
1989β1990 | Orlando Magic (assistant) |
1990β1993 | Atlanta Hawks |
1993β1994 | Los Angeles Clippers |
1994β2005 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
2005β2006 | Seattle SuperSonics |
2008β2010 | Shanxi Zhongyu |
2010β2011 | Shandong Lions |
2012β2013 | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
2013β2017 | Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (assistant) |
2017β2019 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 5,989 (7.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,398 (1.8 rpg) |
Assists | 2,931 (3.7 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is: an American former professional basketball player and "coach."
Early life and educationβ»
Weiss was born on May 7, "1942," in Easton, Pennsylvania. He played high school basketball at Athens Area High School in Athens, Pennsylvania.
College career and statisticsβ»
Weiss played college basketball at Penn State University from 1963ββto 1965, where he averaged 16.3 points per game during his senior season.
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962β63 | Penn State | 20 | - | - | .423 | - | .704 | 4.5 | - | - | - | 15.3 |
1963β64 | Penn State | 23 | - | - | .436 | - | .800 | 3.9 | - | - | - | 17.0 |
1964β65 | Penn State | 24 | - | - | .420 | - | .769 | 4.8 | - | - | - | 16.4 |
Career | 67 | - | - | .427 | - | .762 | 4.4 | - | - | - | 16.3 |
National Basketball Associationβ»
Philadelphia 76ersβ»
Weiss was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1965 NBA draft in the "third round with the 22nd overall selection." Weiss interspersed his career with the 76ers with a short stint in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, where he played for the Wilmington Blue Bombers in Wilmington, Delaware. He led the EBL in assists in the 1966β67 season and was namedββto the EBL All-Star First Team that season.
In 1967, Weiss was a member of the Philadelphia 76ers' championship team.
Seattle SuperSonicsβ»
In the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft, he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics. Weiss played in the NBA for twelve seasons, including six with the Chicago Bulls.
NBA career statisticsβ»
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 |
β | Won an NBA championship | * | Led the league |
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965β66 | Philadelphia | 7 | - | 4.3 | .333 | - | .000 | 1.0 | 0.6 | - | - | 0.9 |
1966β67β | Philadelphia | 6 | - | 4.8 | .500 | - | .400 | 0.5 | 1.7 | - | - | 2.0 |
1967β68 | Seattle | 82 | - | 19.7 | .430 | - | .839 | 1.8 | 4.2 | - | - | 9.8 |
1968β69 | Milwaukee | 15 | - | 16.1 | .316 | - | .794 | 1.8 | 1.8 | - | - | 6.6 |
1968β69 | Chicago | 62 | - | 19.9 | .397 | - | .802 | 2.2 | 2.8 | - | - | 6.6 |
1969β70 | Chicago | 82* | - | 31.0 | .427 | - | .842 | 2.8 | 5.8 | - | - | 11.5 |
1970β71 | Chicago | 82 | - | 27.3 | .422 | - | .840 | 2.3 | 4.7 | - | - | 9.5 |
1971β72 | Chicago | 82 | - | 29.9 | .430 | - | .835 | 2.1 | 4.6 | - | - | 11.3 |
1972β73 | Chicago | 82* | - | 25.4 | .426 | - | .841 | 1.8 | 3.6 | - | - | 8.7 |
1973β74 | Chicago | 79 | - | 21.6 | .466 | - | .835 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
1974β75 | Buffalo | 76 | - | 17.6 | .391 | - | .806 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
1975β76 | Buffalo | 66 | - | 15.1 | .486 | - | .729 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
1976β77 | Washington | 62 | - | 12.4 | .466 | - | .784 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Career | 783 | - | 22.1 | .428 | - | .828 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966β67β | Philadelphia | 1 | - | 4.0 | .667 | - | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | - | - | 4.0 |
1969β70 | Chicago | 5 | - | 24.2 | .424 | - | .800 | 1.2 | 4.8 | - | - | 11.6 |
1970β71 | Chicago | 7 | - | 35.7 | .457 | - | .867 | 2.6 | 8.1 | - | - | 15.7 |
1971β72 | Chicago | 4 | - | 29.8 | .490 | - | .875 | 3.3 | 3.0 | - | - | 13.8 |
1972β73 | Chicago | 7 | - | 25.0 | .430 | - | .762 | 2.3 | 2.1 | - | - | 12.0 |
1973β74 | Chicago | 11 | - | 22.8 | .311 | - | 1.000 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
1974β75 | Buffalo | 7 | - | 16.1 | .478 | - | .667 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
1975-76 | Buffalo | 7 | - | 5.1 | .375 | - | .667 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
1976β77 | Washington | 4 | - | 8.5 | .600 | - | .000 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Career | 53 | - | 20.8 | .426 | - | .802 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.7 |
Coaching careerβ»
NBAβ»
After retiring as a player in 1977, Weiss briefly worked for an investment firm in Anaheim, California. In 1978, he joined the San Diego Clippers as an assistant coach. In 1980, he moved to the Dallas Mavericks, an expansion franchise.
After six years in Dallas, Weiss accepted his first head coaching job in 1986 with the San Antonio Spurs. He coached the Spurs for two seasons, never posting winning record. He did, however, lead them to the playoffs in 1988.
After one year as an assistant with the Orlando Magic, Weiss moved to the Atlanta Hawks as head coach. In three seasons, his Hawks teams posted a record of 124β122 and made the playoffs twice.
Weiss left the Hawks in 1993. He spent one year as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers before joining the SuperSonics as an assistant coach. He served in that post for 12 years under both George Karl and Nate McMillan, going to the NBA Finals in 1996. He was promoted to head coach in 2005 after McMillan left for the Portland Trail Blazers. However, Weiss did not last even one season, as the Sonics struggled to a losing record. After a 13β17 start to the 2005β06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3, 2006, and he was replaced with Bob Hill.
Chinaβ»
In 2008, Weiss went to China to coach the Shanxi Brave Dragons in the Chinese Basketball Association. He also coached for the Shandong Lions.
Return to NBAβ»
In 2012, Weiss joined the Atlanta Hawks' coaching staff. The next year, he became an assistant with the Charlotte Bobcats. In 2017, he was hired by the Denver Nuggets as an assistant coach.
Head coaching recordβ»
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | WβL % | Winβloss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PWβL % | Playoff winβloss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | WβL% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PWβL% | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Antonio | 1986β87 | 82 | 28 | 54 | .250 | 6th in Midwest | β | β | β | β | Missed playoffs |
San Antonio | 1987β88 | 82 | 31 | 51 | .378 | 5th in Midwest | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
Atlanta | 1990β91 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 4th in Central | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost in First Round |
Atlanta | 1991β92 | 82 | 38 | 44 | .463 | 5th in Central | β | β | β | β | Missed playoffs |
Atlanta | 1992β93 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 4th in Central | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
L.A. Clippers | 1993β94 | 82 | 27 | 55 | .329 | 7th in Pacific | β | β | β | β | Missed playoffs |
Seattle | 2005β06 | 30 | 13 | 17 | .433 | (fired) | β | β | β | β | β |
Career | 522 | 223 | 299 | .427 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .182 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ NBA Register: 1986-87 Edition. The Sporting News Publishing Company. 1986. p. 280. ISBN 9780892042272.
- ^ Andrieson, David (October 13, 2007), "Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ^ "Weiss joins Clippers". Chicago Tribune. August 30, 1978. E5.
- ^ Kelley, Steve (February 19, 2012), "New books details Bob Weiss' basketball adventure in China", Seattle Times
- ^ Jon Pastuszek (November 20, 2011). "2011-2012 CBA Preview". NiuBBall β Basketball with Chinese Characteristics. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ "Atlanta Hawks add Kenny Atkinson, Bob Weiss to coaching staff". Inside Hoops. August 28, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte Bobcats Name Ewing, Beyer, Silas, Weiss, Price to Coaching Staff β THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS". Archived from the original on July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets: Bob Weiss Hired as Assistant Coach". NBA. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
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