Linton Townes

Linton Townes
Personal information
Born (1959-11-30) November 30, 1959
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolCovington (Covington, Virginia)
CollegeJames Madison (1978–1982)
NBA draft1982: 2nd round, 33rd overall pick
Drafted byPortland Trail Blazers
Playing career1982–1999
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
Number2, 22, 9
Career history
1982–1983Portland Trail Blazers
1983Milwaukee Bucks
1983Lancaster Lightning
1983–1984San Diego Clippers
1984–1985Tampa Bay Thrillers
1985San Antonio Spurs
1985–1986Real Madrid
1986–1987BSC Saturn Köln
1987–1989Hapoel Tel Aviv
1989-1991ALM Evreux
1991–1992Saint-Quentin
1992–1993Maccabi Rishon LeZion
1993–1994OAR Ferrol
1994–1997TDK Manresa
1997–1998Breogán Lugo
1998–1999Cabitel Gijón
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Linton Rodney Townes (born November 30, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-7-inch (201 cm) 190 pounds (86 kg) swingman from Richmond, Virginia, he played collegiately at James Madison University from 1978 to 1982. At James Madison, he helped lead the Dukes to their first NCAA tournament in program history. He played for four National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He also starred in high school at Covington High School in Covington, Virginia. Covington is also the same city where fellow NBA alum Bimbo Coles was born.

After college, Townes was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the second round of the 1982 NBA draft.[1] In his first season (1982–83) he played 55 games for the Blazers, averaging 4.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. His final two seasons were split between Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, and San Antonio Spurs.

After being waived from the Spurs early in the 1984–85 season, he played for the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1985.[2] He won a CBA championship with the Thrillers in 1985.[3] Townes moved to Europe and Israel where he played the remainder of his career, notably in Germany, Spain, France and Israel before retiring in 1999. In France he played for two years for the ALM Évreux in Pro B and in Israel he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Portland 55 0 9.4 .449 .360 .737 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 4.5
1983-84 Milwaukee 2 0 1.0 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
1983–84 San Diego 2 0 8.5 .429 .000 .000 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 3.0
1984–85 San Antonio 1 0 8.0 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Career 60 0 9.1 .440 .360 .750 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 4.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982-83 Portland 6 - 10.0 .481 .333 .857 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.5
1984–85 San Antonio 2 0 3.0 .500 .000 .000 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Career 8 0 8.3 .486 .250 .857 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 5.1

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978–79 James Madison 26 25 29.4 .563 - .743 4.2 1.9 0.9 0.3 11.6
1979–80 James Madison 10 10 32.2 .558 - .667 5.2 2.5 0.7 1.2 14.6
1980–81 James Madison 29 29 32.6 .558 - .718 5.8 2.0 0.8 0.9 15.3
1981–82 James Madison 30 30 35.5 .552 - .797 5.9 2.0 1.1 0.6 16.3
Career 95 94 32.6 .557 - .749 5.3 2.0 0.9 0.7 14.5

References

  1. ^ 1982 NBA draft Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com
  2. ^ "Linton Townes minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  3. ^ "1984-85 Tampa Bay Thrillers Statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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