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Charlie Criss
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Birthdate: 11/6/1948    
Height / Weight: 5' 8"  /  165 lbs. Position: G
College: New Mexico State

Basketball Historian Biography

A tough basketball player, Charlie Criss, 5-ft, 8 inch, 165-pounds, made his hustle work in a positive way and was a big part of Atlanta's head coach Hubie Brown's youth movement after television mogul Ted Turner bought the Atlanta Hawks in 1977.

As a rookie in 1977-1978, Charlie Criss paired up at the guard positions with 6-ft 4 inch Armond Hill, and the two played along-side each other for four seasons, 1977-78 thru 1980-1981.

Charlie Criss career stats 3534 points in 418 games, 1315 FGM, 3045 FGA, .432 pct, 885 FTM, 1065 FTA, a very fine .831 pct, 589 assists. Playoff numbers: 177 points, a 7.1 ppg average in 25 games, spanning 4 NBA postseasons.  

 

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
77-78 ATL (NBA) 77 25.13 4.1-9.75 .425 0.0-0.0 .000 3.1-3.8 .797 1.4 0.1 1.9 1.6 3.8 11.35
78-79 ATL (NBA) 54 16.28 2.0-5.35 .377 0.0-0.0 .000 1.2-1.6 .779 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.1 2.6 5.28
79-80 ATL (NBA) 81 22.15 3.1-7.14 .431 0.0-0.2 .59 2.1-2.6 .811 0.9 0.0 1.6 1.4 3.0 8.28
80-81 ATL (NBA) 66 25.88 3.3-7.35 .454 0.0-0.3 .48 2.8-3.2 .864 0.9 0.0 2.0 1.5 4.3 9.49
81-82 ATL (NBA) 27 20.44 3.1-7.78 .400 0.1-0.3 .250 2.4-2.7 .890 0.9 0.1 1.1 1.4 2.8 8.70
81-82 SDC (NBA) 28 30.00 4.9-10.29 .479 0.3-0.8 .381 2.7-3.1 .884 0.8 0.1 1.9 1.6 4.0 12.86
81-82 total (NBA) 55 25.31 4.0-9.06 .446 0.2-0.5 .345 2.6-2.9 .887 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.5 3.4 10.82
82-83 MIL (NBA) 66 13.97 2.6-5.68 .451 0.1-0.5 .194 1.0-1.2 .895 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.2 1.9 6.24
83-84 ATL (NBA) 9 12.00 1.0-2.44 .409 0.0-0.0 .000 0.6-0.6 .1000 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.2 2.3 2.56
83-84 MIL (NBA) 6 17.83 1.8-5.00 .367 0.2-1.0 .167 1.2-1.8 .636 0.8 0.0 0.7 1.5 2.8 5.00
83-84 total (NBA) 15 14.33 1.3-3.47 .385 0.1-0.4 .167 0.8-1.1 .750 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.3 2.5 3.53
84-85 ATL (NBA) 4 28.75 1.8-4.25 .412 0.0-0.5 .000 1.0-1.5 .667 0.8 0.0 2.8 3.5 5.5 4.50
12 years   418 21.44 3.1-7.3 .432 0.0-0.3 .179 2.1-2.5 .831 0.9 0.1 1.5 1.4 3.2 8.46



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