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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Howard Komives
| name = Howard Komives
| image =
| image =
| width =
| width =
| caption =
| caption =
| number = 16, 30, 5, 15
| position = [[Point guard]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 185
| weight_lb = 185
| league = NBA
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|5|9}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|5|9}}
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Ohio]]
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|22|1941|5|9}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|22|1941|5|9}}
| death_place = Toledo, Ohio
| death_place = Toledo, Ohio
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| nationality = American
| high_school = [[Woodward High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Woodward]] (Toledo, Ohio)
| high_school = [[Woodward High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Woodward]] (Toledo, Ohio)
| college = [[Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball|Bowling Green]]
| college = [[Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball|Bowling Green]] (1961–1964)
| draft_year = 1964
| draft_year = 1964
| draft_round = 2
| draft_round = 2
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| career_start = 1964
| career_start = 1964
| career_end = 1974
| career_end = 1974
| career_number = 16, 30, 5, 15
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| years1 = {{nbay|1964|start}}–{{nbay|1968|start}}
| years1 = {{nbay|1964|start}}–{{nbay|1968|start}}
| team1 = New York Knicks
| team1 = [[New York Knicks]]
| years2 = 1968–{{nbay|1971|end}}
| years2 = {{nbay|1968|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}}
| team2 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| team2 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1972|full=y}}
| years3 = {{nbay|1972|full=y}}
| team3 = [[Los Angeles Clippers|Buffalo Braves]]
| team3 = [[Buffalo Braves]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}
| years4 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}
| team4 = [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City-Omaha Kings]]
| team4 = [[Kansas City-Omaha Kings]]
| highlights = <nowiki></nowiki>
| highlights =
* [[NBA All-Rookie Team|NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1964|end}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1964|end}})
* Third-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] – [[Associated Press|AP]], [[United Press International|UPI]] ([[1964 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1964]])
* 3× First-team All-[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] (1962–1964)
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA season scoring leader]] (1964)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 7,550 (10.2 ppg)
| stat1value = 7,550 (10.2 ppg)
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| stat3value = 2,941 (4.0 apg)
| stat3value = 2,941 (4.0 apg)
| bbr = komivho01
| bbr = komivho01
| letter = k
}}
}}


'''Howard K. "Butch" Komives''' (pronounced KO-myvz<ref name=goldstein>{{citation |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Howard Komives, Ex-Knick, Dies at 67 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 23, 2009 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/sports/basketball/24komives.html?_r=1&hpw}}</ref>) (May 9, 1941 – March 22, 2009) was an [[United States|American]] professional [[basketball]] player who spent ten seasons in the [[National Basketball Association|National Basketball Association (NBA)]] with the [[New York Knicks|New York Knickerbockers]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[Los Angeles Clippers|Buffalo Braves]] and [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City-Omaha Kings]].
'''Howard K. "Butch" Komives''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|oʊ|m|aɪ|v|z}} {{Respell|KOH|myvze}};<ref name=goldstein>{{citation |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Howard Komives, Ex-Knick, Dies at 67 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 23, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/sports/basketball/24komives.html?_r=1&hpw}}</ref> May 9, 1941 – March 22, 2009) was an American professional [[basketball]] player who spent ten seasons in the [[National Basketball Association|National Basketball Association (NBA)]] with the [[New York Knicks]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[Buffalo Braves]] and [[Kansas City-Omaha Kings]].


Born in [[Toledo, Ohio]], he graduated from [[Woodward High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Woodward High School (Toledo)]] in 1960.
Born in [[Toledo, Ohio]], he graduated from [[Woodward High School (Toledo, Ohio)|Woodward High School (Toledo)]] in 1960.
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Komives played [[college basketball]] at [[Bowling Green State University|Bowling Green State University (BGSU)]], where he led the team in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons. As a starting [[shooting guard]], he teamed with [[Nate Thurmond]], the school's all-time leading [[rebound (basketball)|rebounder]], to lead the Falcons to back-to-back [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American Conference (MAC)]] championships and [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] appearances in 1962 and 1963.
Komives played [[college basketball]] at [[Bowling Green State University|Bowling Green State University (BGSU)]], where he led the team in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons. As a starting [[shooting guard]], he teamed with [[Nate Thurmond]], the school's all-time leading [[rebound (basketball)|rebounder]], to lead the Falcons to back-to-back [[Mid-American Conference|Mid-American Conference (MAC)]] championships and [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] appearances in 1962 and 1963.


Despite Thurmond's [[graduation]] and the team's fall to third place in the conference, Komives led the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)]] in scoring during the 1963–64 season with 36.7 points per game, still BGSU and MAC records.<ref>[http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm].</ref> Even though he no longer is the school's all-time leading scorer (his 1,834 total points is currently third), his 25.8 scoring average is still a Falcons record.
Despite Thurmond's [[graduation]] and the team's fall to third place in the conference, Komives led the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)]] in scoring during the 1963–64 season with 36.7 points per game, still BGSU and MAC records.<ref>Komives still holds the single game scoring record of 66 points, and in this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney. [http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm] Komives scored 66 points in one game, which is still a Bowling Green single game record. In this game, Komives was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314072255/http://hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm |date=2008-03-14 }}.</ref> Even though he no longer is the school's all-time leading scorer (his 1,834 total points is currently third), his 25.8 scoring average is still a Falcons record. Komives still holds the Bowling Green single game scoring record of sixty six points. In this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.


He was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. His son Shane was a four-year basketball [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] at the same school from 1993 to 1996.
He was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. His son Shane was a four-year basketball [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] at the same school from 1993 to 1996.


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Komives was selected thirteenth overall in the second round by the New York Knicks in the [[1964 NBA Draft]].<ref>[http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1964.html 1964 NBA Draft &ndash; Basketball-Reference.com.]</ref> He was named to the [[NBA All-Rookie Team|All-Rookie Team]] in [[1964&ndash;65 NBA season|1965]], after starting in every regular-season match and averaging 12.2 points per game. After the Knicks acquired [[Dick Barnett]] prior to the [[1965&ndash;66 NBA season|1965&ndash;66 season]], Komives was shifted to [[point guard]], a position with which he struggled, drawing the wrath of Knicks fans. The most productive campaign of his professional career was in [[1966–67 NBA season|1967]], when his averages per contest were 15.7 points and 6.2 assists.<ref name=goldstein/>
Komives was selected thirteenth overall in the second round by the New York Knicks in the [[1964 NBA draft]].<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1964.html 1964 NBA Draft &ndash; Basketball-Reference.com.]</ref> He was named to the [[NBA All-Rookie Team|All-Rookie Team]] in [[1964&ndash;65 NBA season|1965]], after starting in every regular-season match and averaging 12.2 points per game. After the Knicks acquired [[Dick Barnett]] prior to the [[1965&ndash;66 NBA season|1965&ndash;66 season]], Komives was shifted to [[point guard]], a position with which he struggled, drawing the wrath of Knicks fans. The most productive campaign of his professional career was in [[1966–67 NBA season|1967]], when his averages per contest were 15.7 points and 6.2 assists.<ref name=goldstein/>


By the time [[Red Holzman]] became the Knicks' [[coach (sport)|coach]] midway through the [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–68 season]], Komives was involved in a personal feud with [[Cazzie Russell]] that negatively affected the rest of the team.<ref>Kalinsky, George. ''The New York Knicks: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration''. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1996.</ref> With the emergence of [[Walt Frazier]] as the starting point guard, Komives was traded along with [[Walt Bellamy]] to the Pistons for [[Dave DeBusschere]] on December 19, 1968. This was what Komives is most remembered for, but only because DeBusschere was the last major addition to the Knicks before it won its first [[1970 NBA Finals|NBA Championship]] in [[1969&ndash;70 NBA season|1970]].
By the time [[Red Holzman]] became the Knicks' [[coach (sport)|coach]] midway through the [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–68 season]], Komives was involved in a personal feud with [[Cazzie Russell]] that negatively affected the rest of the team. Russell was an ardent supporter of Richard Nixon in the 1968 Presidential election, while Komives worked for the Hubert Humphrey campaign.<ref>Kalinsky, George. ''The New York Knicks: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration''. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1996.</ref> With the emergence of [[Walt Frazier]] as the starting point guard, Komives was traded along with [[Walt Bellamy]] to the Pistons for [[Dave DeBusschere]] on December 19, 1968. DeBusschere would become the last major addition to the Knicks before it won its first [[1970 NBA Finals|NBA Championship]] in [[1969&ndash;70 NBA season|1970]].


In 2007, Komives was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref name=hof>{{cite web | title = Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: The Inductees for 2007 | url = http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/2007/index.html | date = 2007-05-21}}</ref>
In 2007, Komives was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref name=hof>{{cite web | title = Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: The Inductees for 2007 | url = http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/2007/index.html | date = 2007-05-21}}</ref>


Komives died at [[University of Toledo Medical Center]] on March 22, 2009 at age 67. His wife Marcia had found him unconscious and unresponsive in their home three days earlier.<ref name="Former NBA player">[http://www.nba.com/2009/news/03/23/obit.komies.ap/index.html Former NBA player 'Butch' Komives dies at 67]</ref>
Komives died at [[University of Toledo Medical Center]] on March 22, 2009, at age 67. His wife Marcia had found him unconscious and unresponsive in their home three days earlier.<ref name="Former NBA player">[http://www.nba.com/2009/news/03/23/obit.komies.ap/index.html Former NBA player 'Butch' Komives dies at 67] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325010919/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/03/23/obit.komies.ap/index.html |date=2009-03-25 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}

===NBA===
Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/komivho01.html|title=Howard Komives NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! GS
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! SPG
! BPG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1964}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1964-65 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 80* || 63 || 29.7 || .374 || .835 || 2.4 || 3.3 || || || 12.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1965-66 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 80* || '''79''' || 32.7 || .391 || .861 || 3.5 || 5.3 || || || 13.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1966}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1966-67 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| 65 || 4 || '''35.1''' || .404 || .858 || 2.8 || '''6.2''' || || || '''15.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1967}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1967-68 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| 78 || 6 || 21.3 || .369 || .820 || 2.2 || 3.2 || || || 7.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1968}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1968-69 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| 32 || 26 || 26.1 || .346 || .849 || 3.0 || 4.3 || || || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1968|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1968-69 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 53 || || 32.6 || .409 || .775 || '''3.8''' || 5.0 || || || 12.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1969}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1969-70 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || || 29.5 || '''.413''' || .812 || 2.4 || 3.8 || || || 11.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1970}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1970-71 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| '''82''' || || 23.6 || .385 || .801 || 1.9 || 3.2 || || || 8.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1971}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1971-72 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 79 || || 26.2 || .373 || .808 || 2.2 || 3.7 || || || 8.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1972}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1972-73 Buffalo Braves season|Buffalo]]
| 67 || || 21.9 || .380 || .867 || 1.8 || 3.6 || || || 6.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1973}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season|Kansas City–Omaha]]
| 44 || || 18.9 || .406 || '''.868''' || 1.0 || 2.2 || .7 || .1 || 4.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 742 || 178 || 27.2 || .388 || .830 || 2.4 || 4.0 || .7 || .1 || 10.2
|}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1967 NBA playoffs|1967]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1966-67 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| 4 || '''32.0''' || .271 || '''.769''' || '''2.8''' || '''3.8''' || '''10.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1968 NBA playoffs|1968]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1967-68 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| '''6''' || 22.5 || '''.341''' || .667 || 2.3 || '''3.8''' || 5.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 10 || 26.3 || .301 || .737 || 2.5 || 3.8 || 7.6
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm Howard Komives bio and stats at Hoops Analyst website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080314072255/http://hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm Howard Komives bio and stats at Hoops Analyst website]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/komivho01.html Howard Komives NBA career stats]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/komivho01.html Howard Komives NBA career stats]
* [http://www.ohiohoopzone.com/HowardKomives07.htm Howard Komives biography at Ohio Hoop Zone website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209010723/http://www.ohiohoopzone.com/HowardKomives07.htm Howard Komives biography at Ohio Hoop Zone website]
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090323/NEWS13/903230337 "Howard 'Butch' Komives, 1941&ndash;2009: Woodward basketball star excelled for BGSU," ''The Blade'' (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090323/NEWS13/903230337 "Howard 'Butch' Komives, 1941&ndash;2009: Woodward basketball star excelled for BGSU," ''The Blade'' (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090323/SPORTS03/903230348 Hackenberg, Dave. "Komives was Woodward, BGSU basketball legend," ''The Blade'' (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]
* [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090323/SPORTS03/903230348 Hackenberg, Dave. "Komives was Woodward, BGSU basketball legend," ''The Blade'' (Toledo, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]
* [http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12675&Itemid=81 "Falcon cage standout Komives died in Toledo," ''Sentinel-Tribune'' (Bowling Green, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]
* [https://archive.today/20130202105415/http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12675&Itemid=81 "Falcon cage standout Komives died in Toledo," ''Sentinel-Tribune'' (Bowling Green, Ohio), Monday, March 23, 2009.]


{{1964 NBA Draft}}
{{1964 NBA draft}}
{{NCAA Division I men's basketball scoring champion}}
{{NCAA Division I men's basketball scoring champion}}


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Latest revision as of 21:56, 1 April 2024

Howard Komives
Personal information
Born(1941-05-09)May 9, 1941
Toledo, Ohio
DiedMarch 22, 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 67)
Toledo, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolWoodward (Toledo, Ohio)
CollegeBowling Green (1961–1964)
NBA draft1964: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1964–1974
PositionPoint guard
Number16, 30, 5, 15
Career history
1964–1968New York Knicks
1968–1972Detroit Pistons
1972–1973Buffalo Braves
1973–1974Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points7,550 (10.2 ppg)
Rebounds1,804 (2.4 rpg)
Assists2,941 (4.0 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Howard K. "Butch" Komives (/ˈkoʊmaɪvz/ KOH-myvze;[1] May 9, 1941 – March 22, 2009) was an American professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Buffalo Braves and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.

Born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Woodward High School (Toledo) in 1960.

College career[edit]

Komives played college basketball at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), where he led the team in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons. As a starting shooting guard, he teamed with Nate Thurmond, the school's all-time leading rebounder, to lead the Falcons to back-to-back Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships and NCAA tournament appearances in 1962 and 1963.

Despite Thurmond's graduation and the team's fall to third place in the conference, Komives led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in scoring during the 1963–64 season with 36.7 points per game, still BGSU and MAC records.[2] Even though he no longer is the school's all-time leading scorer (his 1,834 total points is currently third), his 25.8 scoring average is still a Falcons record. Komives still holds the Bowling Green single game scoring record of sixty six points. In this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.

He was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. His son Shane was a four-year basketball letterman at the same school from 1993 to 1996.

Professional career[edit]

Komives was selected thirteenth overall in the second round by the New York Knicks in the 1964 NBA draft.[3] He was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1965, after starting in every regular-season match and averaging 12.2 points per game. After the Knicks acquired Dick Barnett prior to the 1965–66 season, Komives was shifted to point guard, a position with which he struggled, drawing the wrath of Knicks fans. The most productive campaign of his professional career was in 1967, when his averages per contest were 15.7 points and 6.2 assists.[1]

By the time Red Holzman became the Knicks' coach midway through the 1967–68 season, Komives was involved in a personal feud with Cazzie Russell that negatively affected the rest of the team. Russell was an ardent supporter of Richard Nixon in the 1968 Presidential election, while Komives worked for the Hubert Humphrey campaign.[4] With the emergence of Walt Frazier as the starting point guard, Komives was traded along with Walt Bellamy to the Pistons for Dave DeBusschere on December 19, 1968. DeBusschere would become the last major addition to the Knicks before it won its first NBA Championship in 1970.

In 2007, Komives was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.[5]

Komives died at University of Toledo Medical Center on March 22, 2009, at age 67. His wife Marcia had found him unconscious and unresponsive in their home three days earlier.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

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
 *  Led the league

NBA[edit]

Source[7]

Regular season[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1964–65 New York 80* 63 29.7 .374 .835 2.4 3.3 12.2
1965–66 New York 80* 79 32.7 .391 .861 3.5 5.3 13.9
1966–67 New York 65 4 35.1 .404 .858 2.8 6.2 15.7
1967–68 New York 78 6 21.3 .369 .820 2.2 3.2 7.7
1968–69 New York 32 26 26.1 .346 .849 3.0 4.3 9.0
1968–69 Detroit 53 32.6 .409 .775 3.8 5.0 12.9
1969–70 Detroit 82* 29.5 .413 .812 2.4 3.8 11.2
1970–71 Detroit 82 23.6 .385 .801 1.9 3.2 8.2
1971–72 Detroit 79 26.2 .373 .808 2.2 3.7 8.7
1972–73 Buffalo 67 21.9 .380 .867 1.8 3.6 6.1
1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha 44 18.9 .406 .868 1.0 2.2 .7 .1 4.3
Career 742 178 27.2 .388 .830 2.4 4.0 .7 .1 10.2

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1967 New York 4 32.0 .271 .769 2.8 3.8 10.5
1968 New York 6 22.5 .341 .667 2.3 3.8 5.7
Career 10 26.3 .301 .737 2.5 3.8 7.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Goldstein, Richard (March 23, 2009), "Howard Komives, Ex-Knick, Dies at 67", The New York Times
  2. ^ Komives still holds the single game scoring record of 66 points, and in this game, he was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney. http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/ncaa.htm Komives scored 66 points in one game, which is still a Bowling Green single game record. In this game, Komives was guarded by Sumner Goldstein, who would later go on to become an attorney.Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ 1964 NBA Draft – Basketball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ Kalinsky, George. The New York Knicks: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1996.
  5. ^ "Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: The Inductees for 2007". 2007-05-21.
  6. ^ Former NBA player 'Butch' Komives dies at 67 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Howard Komives NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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