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Bill Cartwright

American basketball player and coach

PersonAge 69humanQ862011

Also known as James William Cartwright · Mr. Bill · Teach · Dollar Bill · Medical Bill · Billy Idle

Born: July 30, 1957
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Birthplace: Lodi
Citizenship: United States
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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, basketball coach
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-24
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Education: Elk Grove High School
, University of San Francisco
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Height: 216 cm

Overview

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James William Cartwright is an American former professional basketball player and a former coach. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics, helping the Bulls capture consecutive championships in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons. He attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California, and played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons. Following his playing career, he served as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, the Osaka Evessa of the bj League and the Mexico men's national basketball team as well as an assistant coach for several years in the NBA.

Overview

NBA stats — season by season

15 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1979–80	NYK	82	82	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	54.700	79.700	21.7	8.9	2.0
1980–81	NYK	82	81	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	55.400	78.800	20.1	7.5	1.4
1981–82	NYK	72	50	2,060	1,037	421	87	48	65	56.200	76.300	14.4	5.8	1.2
1982–83	NYK	82	82	2,468	1,290	590	136	41	127	56.600	74.400	15.7	7.2	1.7
1983–84	NYK	77	77	2,487	1,310	649	107	44	97	56.100	80.500	17.0	8.4	1.4
1985–86	NYK	2	0	36	12	10	5	1	1	42.900	60.000	6.0	5.0	2.5
1986–87	NYK	58	50	1,989	1,016	445	96	40	26	53.100	79.000	17.5	7.7	1.7
1987–88	NYK	82	4	1,676	914	384	85	43	43	54.400	79.800	11.1	4.7	1.0
1988–89	CHI	78	76	2,333	966	521	90	21	41	47.500	76.600	12.4	6.7	1.2
1989–90	CHI	71	71	2,160	811	465	145	38	34	48.800	81.100	11.4	6.5	2.0
1990–91	CHI	79	79	2,273	760	486	126	32	15	49.000	69.700	9.6	6.2	1.6
1991–92	CHI	64	64	1,471	512	324	87	22	14	46.700	60.400	8.0	5.1	1.4
1992–93	CHI	63	63	1,253	354	233	83	20	10	41.100	73.500	5.6	3.7	1.3
1993–94	CHI	42	41	780	235	152	57	8	8	51.300	68.400	5.6	3.6	1.4
1994–95	SEA	29	19	430	69	87	10	6	3	39.100	62.500	2.4	3.0	0.3
Career		963	839	27,491	12,713	6,106	1,390	460	668	.525	.771	13.2	6.3	1.4

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Osaka Evessa
Seattle SuperSonics
Chicago Bulls
New York Knicks
San Francisco Dons men's basketball(1975–1979)
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Position played on team / speciality: center
Given name: William
James
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Drafted by: New York Knicks
Mass: 111 kg
Website: coachcartwright.com
Nickname: Mr. Bill
Teach different from: Adrian Dantley
Dollar Bill
Medical Bill
Billy Idle named after: Billy Idol
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1.newspapers.com/clip/12350706/bill_cartwright_nickname/
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Different from: Adrian Dantley criterion used: nickname
Billy Idol criterion used: nickname
Country for sport: United States
Family name: Cartwright
Influenced by: doo-wop
Billy Idol
End of work period: 1995
Start of work period: 1979
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1975–1979)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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National Basketball Association
Native language: English

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