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Billy Owens

Billy Owens
Personal information
Born (1969-05-01) May 1, 1969 (age 47)
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Carlisle (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
College Syracuse (1988–1991)
NBA draft 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career 1991–2001
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
Number 30, 32, 5
Career history
19911994 Golden State Warriors
19941996 Miami Heat
19961998 Sacramento Kings
1999 Seattle SuperSonics
1999–2000 Philadelphia 76ers
2000 Golden State Warriors
2000–2001 Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 7,026 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds 4,016 (6.7 rpg)
Assists 1,704 (2.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player playing for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Syracuse. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Owens played for Carlisle High School.

As a high school senior, Owens averaged 34 points per game, and helped lead Carlisle High School (Pennsylvania) to four consecutive state titles. He was considered to be the second best prep player of 1988, behind Alonzo Mourning. Owens and Mourning were co-MVP's in the McDonald's' Game. Throughout his career, Owens drew some comparisons to Magic Johnson due to his great versatility, ball handling and passing skills for his height.

In his three seasons with Syracuse he averaged 17.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game out of 103 games. In his junior season he was named Big East Player of the Year.

As a 6'8" small forward/shooting guard from Syracuse University, he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1991 NBA draft. However, after Owens remained a holdout beyond the start of the regular season, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for high-scoring guard Mitch Richmond. The trade broke up the popular "Run TMC" trio of Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway, and Chris Mullin; Owens' additional height compared to Richmond was the size that coach and general manager Don Nelson believed would complete the team. Nelson said he "was under pressure to get [the team] bigger" to improve the Warriors from a good team to a great one.


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