Gene Wiley
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Gene Wiley
| image =
| width =
| caption =
| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 210
| number = 12, 30
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|11|12}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| death_date =
| high_school = Carver (Amarillo, Texas)
| college = Wichita State (1959–1962)
| draft_year = 1962
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 8
| draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers
| career_start = 1962
| career_end = 1966
| years1 = {{nbay|1962|start}}–{{nbay|1965|end}}
| team1 = Los Angeles Lakers
| years2 = 1967–1968
| team2 = Oakland Oaks
| years3 = 1967–1968
| team3 = Dallas Chaparrals
| bbr = wileyge01
| highlights =
- First-team All-MVC (1962)
}}
Gene Wiley (born November 12, 1937) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Los Angeles Lakers. He attended Carver High School in Amarillo, Texas{{cite web|title=Amarillo's Finest|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/030905/hss_finest.shtml}} and Wichita State University. He was drafted in 1962 with the eighth pick in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Playing career
Wiley played for the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the AAU National Industrial Basketball League in 1961–62.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/ABA/Players/W/Wiley.Gene.htm|title = ABA-Gene Wiley}}
Wiley played four seasons in the NBA, with the Lakers. He averaged 4.2 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game. In 1967, Wiley returned to professional basketball to play in the ABA. In one ABA season, he played for the Oakland Oaks and the Dallas Chaparrals. His ABA statistics were 2.0 points per game and 2.2 rebounds per game.{{cite web|title=Gene Wiley NBA & ABA Statistics|website=Basketball Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wileyge01.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=24 February 2024}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
=NBA/ABA=
==Regular season==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! 3P%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1962}}
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 75 || 19.8 || .462 || || .338 || 6.7 || .5 || 3.2
|-
| style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1963}}
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 78 || 19.4 || .535 || || .600 || 6.5 || .6 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1964}}
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| style="background:#cfecec;"|80* || 25.0 || .465 || || .505 || 8.6 || 1.3 || 5.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965}}
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 67 || 20.7 || .426 || || .566 || 7.3 || .9 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1967}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Oakland (ABA)
| 8 || 8.0 || .368 || – || .600 || 2.1 || .3 || 2.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1968}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Dalals (ABA)
| 1 || 21.0 || .000 || – || .333 || 3.0 || .0 || 1.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
| 300 || 21.3 || .471 || || .506 || 7.3 || .8 || 4.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
| 9 || 9.4 || .350 || – || .500 || 2.2 || .2 || 2.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall)
| 309 || 20.9 || .469 || – || .506 || 7.2 || .8 || 4.2
{{s-end}}
==Playoffs==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1963
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 9 || 30.9 || .400 || .133 || 10.8 || 1.2 || 3.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1964
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 5 || 9.6 || .625 || 1.000 || 3.2 || .0 || 2.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1965
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 11 || 34.5 || .559 || .579 || 14.4 || 2.1 || 7.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1966
| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers
| 2 || 2.5 || .000 || – || .5 || .0 || .0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 27 || 26.3 || .505 || .432 || 10.1 || 1.3 || 4.4
{{s-end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{1962 NBA draft}}
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Category:Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
Category:American men's basketball players
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Category:Dallas Chaparrals players
Category:Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
Category:Los Angeles Lakers players