- Winford Boynes
Winford Gladstone Boynes III [ [http://basketball-reference.com/players/b/boynewi01.html Winford Boynes profile] , "Basketball-Reference.com"] (born
May 17 1957 , inGreenville, South Carolina ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player. He was a 6'6" (198 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) guard and played collegiately at theUniversity of San Francisco from 1975–1978. [ [http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1456&Itemid=5 Winford Boynes profile] , "thedraftreview.com"]Boynes was the 13th selection in the
1978 NBA Draft by theNew Jersey Nets . [ [http://www.basketballreference.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1978&lg=N 1978 NBA Draft] , "basketballreference.com"] The Nets had acquired the pick from theNew York Knicks , along withPhil Jackson on June 8, 1978 in exchange for theHouston Rockets ' 1978 1st round draft choice (Micheal Ray Richardson ) and the Nets' 1979 1st round draft choice (Vinnie Johnson ). [http://www.nba.com/nets/history/trade_history.html New Jersey Nets: Trade History] , "nba.com"] In two seasons from 1978 to 1980, he played 133 games for the Nets, averaging 9.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. In 1980, Boynes was made available in the NBAexpansion draft in which he was selected by theDallas Mavericks . He was part of thestarting lineup for the Mavs' first NBA game in 1980, in which he top-scored with 21 points in a 103-92 victory over theSan Antonio Spurs . [ [http://www.nba.com/mavericks/history/mavs_history.html MAVERICKS: Mavs History] , "nba.com"]References
External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOYNEWI01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://mavswiki.com/images/thumb/d/da/Winford_boynes.jpg/250px-Winford_boynes.jpg Photo of Winford Boynes playing for the Dallas Mavericks] @ mavswiki.com
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