Linton Townes | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1959 |
Birth Place: | Richmond, Virginia |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Covington (Covington, Virginia) |
College: | James Madison (1978–1982) |
Draft Year: | 1982 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 33 |
Draft Team: | Portland Trail Blazers |
Career Start: | 1982 |
Career End: | 1999 |
Career Number: | 2, 22, 9 |
Career Position: | Small forward / shooting guard |
Team1: | Portland Trail Blazers |
Team2: | Milwaukee Bucks |
Years3: | 1983 |
Team3: | Lancaster Lightning |
Team4: | San Diego Clippers |
Years5: | 1984–1985 |
Team5: | Tampa Bay Thrillers |
Team6: | San Antonio Spurs |
Years7: | 1985–1986 |
Team7: | Real Madrid |
Years8: | 1986–1987 |
Team8: | BSC Saturn Köln |
Years9: | 1987–1989 |
Team9: | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Years10: | 1989-1991 |
Team10: | ALM Evreux |
Years11: | 1991–1992 |
Team11: | Saint-Quentin |
Years12: | 1992–1993 |
Team12: | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
Years13: | 1993–1994 |
Team13: | OAR Ferrol |
Years14: | 1994–1997 |
Team14: | TDK Manresa |
Years15: | 1997–1998 |
Team15: | Breogán Lugo |
Years16: | 1998–1999 |
Team16: | Cabitel Gijón |
Bbr: | towneli01 |
Linton Rodney Townes (born November 30, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6 '7" (201 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) swingman from Richmond, Virginia, he played collegiately at James Madison University from 1978 to 1982. At James Madison, he helped lead the Dukes to their first NCAA tournament in program history. He played for four National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He also starred in high school at Covington High School in Covington, Virginia. Covington is also the same city where fellow NBA alum Bimbo Coles was born.
After college, Townes was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the second round of the 1982 NBA draft.[1] In his first season (1982–83) he played 55 games for the Blazers, averaging 4.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. His final two seasons were split between Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, and San Antonio Spurs.
After being waived from the Spurs early in the 1984–85 season and playing one season at the CBA, Townes moved to Europe and Israel where he played the remainder of his career, notably in Germany, Spain, France and Israel before retiring in 1999. In France he played for two years for the ALM Évreux in Pro B and in Israel he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
|-| align="left" | 1982–83| align="left" | Portland| 55 || 0 || 9.4 || .449 || .360 || .737 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 4.5|-| align="left" | 1983-84| align="left" | Milwaukee| 2 || 0 || 1.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0|-| align="left" | 1983–84| align="left" | San Diego| 2 || 0 || 8.5 || .429 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 3.0|-| align="left" | 1984–85| align="left" | San Antonio| 1 || 0 || 8.0 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 60 || 0 || 9.1 || .440 || .360 || .750 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 4.3|}
|-| align="left" | 1982-83| align="left" | Portland| 6 || - || 10.0 || .481 || .333 || .857 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.5|-| align="left" | 1984–85| align="left" | San Antonio| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 8 || 0 || 8.3 || .486 || .250 || .857 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.1|}
|-| align="left" | 1978–79| align="left" | James Madison| 26 || 25 || 29.4 || .563 || - || .743 || 4.2 || 1.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 11.6|-| align="left" | 1979–80| align="left" | James Madison| 10 || 10 || 32.2 || .558 || - || .667 || 5.2 || 2.5 || 0.7 || 1.2 || 14.6|-| align="left" | 1980–81| align="left" | James Madison| 29 || 29 || 32.6 || .558 || - || .718 || 5.8 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 15.3|-| align="left" | 1981–82| align="left" | James Madison| 30 || 30 || 35.5 || .552 || - || .797 || 5.9 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 16.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 95 || 94 || 32.6 || .557 || - || .749 || 5.3 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 14.5|}