Winford Boynes

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1957)}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Winford Boynes

| image =

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| position = Shooting guard / small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 185

| number = 34, 6

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|17}}

| birth_place = Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.

| nationality = American

| high_school = Capitol Hill (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

| college = San Francisco (1975–1978)

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 13

| draft_team = New Jersey Nets

| career_start = 1978

| career_end = 1987

| years1 = {{nbay|1978|start}}–{{nbay|1979|end}}

| team1 = New Jersey Nets

| years2 = {{nbay|1980|full=y}}

| team2 = Dallas Mavericks

| years3 = 1983–1984

| team3 = Fenerbahçe

| years4 = 1985–1986

| team4 =Pantterit

| years5 = 1986–1987

| team5 = Nice BC

| highlights =

• 2× Third-team All-American – NABC (1977, 1978)
• First-team Parade All-American (1975)
• Fourth-team Parade All-American (1974)

| stats_league=NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,478 (8.4 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 363 (2.1 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 207 (1.2 apg)

| bbr = boynewi01

}}

Winford Gladstone Boynes III[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boynewi01.html Winford Boynes profile], Basketball-Reference.com (born May 17, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was a {{convert|6|ft|6|in|cm|adj=on}} {{convert|185|lb|kg}} guard and played collegiately at the University of San Francisco from 1975–1978.[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1456 Winford Boynes profile], thedraftreview.com

Boynes was the 13th selection in the 1978 NBA draft by the New 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 the New York Knicks, along with Phil Jackson on June 8, 1978, in exchange for the Houston Rockets' 1978 first-round draft choice (Micheal Ray Richardson) and the Nets' 1979 first-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 NBA expansion draft in which he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks. He was part of the starting lineup for the Mavs' first NBA game in 1980, in which he top-scored with 21 points in a 103–92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.[http://www.nba.com/mavericks/history/mavs_history.html MAVERICKS: Mavs History], nba.com

He played for Fenerbahçe from Turkey in 1983–84 season in Turkish Basketball League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbl.org.tr/beko/haber_detay.asp?Haber=5746|title=Fenerbahçe-Efes Pilsen rivalry}}