Bob Wilkerson

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bob Wilkerson

| image = Bob Wilkerson.jpg

| width =

| caption = Wilkerson in 1976

| position = Small forward / shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 195

| league =

| team =

| number = 33, 32

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|08|15}}

| birth_place = Anderson, Indiana, U.S.

| high_school = Madison Heights
(Anderson, Indiana)

| college = Indiana (1973–1976)

| draft_year = 1976

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 11

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1983

| years1 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}}

| team1 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years2 = {{nbay|1977|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}

| team2 = Denver Nuggets

| years3 = {{nbay|1980|full=y}}

| team3 = Chicago Bulls

| years4 = {{nbay|1981|start}}–{{nbay|1982|end}}

| team4 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| cyears1 = 1986–1990

| cteam1 = Colorado (assistant)

| cyears2 = 1990–1991

| cteam2 = Maryland Eastern Shore (assistant)

| cyears3 = 1991–1992

| cteam3 = Maryland Eastern Shore (interim HC)

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 5,424 (10.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 2,236 (4.2 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,835 (3.4 apg)

| bbr = wilkebo01

| letter = w

}}

Robert Lee Wilkerson (born August 15, 1954) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'6" guard/forward born in Anderson, Indiana, Wilkerson attended Indiana University, where he was a member of the Hoosiers' 1976 NCAA Championship team. From 1976 to 1983 he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He averaged 10.1 points per game in his NBA career.

Career playing statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wilkebo01.html|title=Bob Wilkerson NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=8 May 2025}}

==Regular season==

{{NBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1976}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Seattle

| 78 || || 19.9 || .386 || || .689 || 3.3 || 2.2 || .9 || .1 || 6.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Denver

| 81 || || 34.3 || .408 || || .748 || 5.9 || 5.4 || 1.6 || .3 || 11.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Denver

| 80 || || 30.3 || .456 || || .688 || 5.2 || 3.6 || 1.5 || .3 || 11.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1979}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Denver

| 75 || || 31.7 || .417 || .206 || .748 || 4.2 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .4 || 13.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1980}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 80 || || 28.0 || .462 || .100 || .840 || 3.5 || 3.4 || 1.3 || .3 || 10.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1981}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland

| 65 || 38 || 27.8 || .418 || .167 || .784 || 3.8 || 3.6 || 1.4 || .4 || 11.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1982}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland

| 77 || 11 || 22.1 || .417 || .000 || .750 || 3.1 || 2.5 || .9 || .2 || 6.7

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 536 || 49 || 27.8 || .425 || .167 || .751 || 4.2 || 3.4 || 1.3 || .3 || 10.1

{{s-end}}

==Playoffs==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1978

| style="text-align:left;"|Denver

| 13 || 32.8 || .370 || || .619 || 5.5 || 6.0 || 1.5 || .3 || 9.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1979

| style="text-align:left;"|Denver

| 3 || 33.7 || .412 || || .333 || 8.7 || 5.0 || 1.0 || .3 || 9.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"|1981

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 6 || 25.3 || .424 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.7 || 2.3 || .8 || .2 || 9.2

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 22 || 30.9 || .391 || .000 || .640 || 5.1 || 4.9 || 1.2 || .3 || 9.3

{{s-end}}

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks

| conference = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1991

| endyear = 1992

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1991–92

| name = Maryland Eastern Shore

| overall = 3–25

| conference = 2–14

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Maryland Eastern Shore

| overall = 3–25 ({{Winning percentage|3|25}})

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 3–25 ({{Winning percentage|3|25}})

}}

References

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