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Neal Walk
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Birthdate: 7/29/1948
Height / Weight: 6' 10"  /  220 lbs.
Position: C
College: Florida

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1970 TOPPS BASKETBALL CARD 

A star at the center position for the Florida University basketball team, Neal Walk had a fantastic junior year, 1967-1968. He led the country with 19.8 rebounds per game and was the only major college player to finish in the top ten in scoring and in rebounding. Against LSU he scored a college career-high 39 points and had a career-high 31 rebounds. Neal Walk was chosen unanimously during his junior and senior years as All-Southeast Conference.

 

A rugged but quick performer under-and-near the backboards Neal Walk joined the NBA with the Phoenix Suns in 1969-70 and had five very solid seasons, including career-bests 20.9 points per game and 12.4 rebounds per game in 1972-73. 

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
69-70 PHO (NBA) 82 17.00 3.1-6.67 .470 0.0-0.0 .000 1.9-3.0 .640 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 1.0 8.16
70-71 PHO (NBA) 82 24.79 5.2-11.52 .451 0.0-0.0 .000 2.5-3.3 .765 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 1.4 12.89
71-72 PHO (NBA) 81 26.44 6.2-13.05 .479 0.0-0.0 .000 3.2-4.2 .744 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 1.9 15.65
72-73 PHO (NBA) 81 38.44 8.4-17.96 .466 0.0-0.0 .000 3.4-4.4 .786 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 3.5 20.19
73-74 PHO (NBA) 82 31.09 7.0-15.18 .460 0.0-0.0 .000 2.9-3.6 .791 0.9 0.7 0.0 10.2 4.0 16.84
74-75 NOJ (NBA) 37 23.00 4.1-9.68 .422 0.0-0.0 .000 1.7-2.2 .800 0.8 0.5 0.0 7.1 2.7 9.89
74-75 NYK (NBA) 30 9.13 1.6-3.83 .409 0.0-0.0 .000 0.7-0.8 .880 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.6 0.7 3.87
74-75 total (NBA) 67 16.79 3.0-7.06 .419 0.0-0.0 .000 1.3-1.6 .819 0.6 0.3 0.0 5.1 1.8 7.19
75-76 NYK (NBA) 82 16.34 3.2-7.40 .432 0.0-0.0 .000 1.0-1.2 .798 0.3 0.3 0.0 4.7 1.5 7.35
76-77 NYK (NBA) 11 12.27 2.5-5.18 .491 0.0-0.0 .000 0.5-0.6 .857 0.4 0.3 0.0 2.5 0.5 5.64
10 years   568 24.35 5.2-11.2 .459 0.0-0.0 .0 2.3-3.0 .758 0.3 0.2 0.0 7.7 2.1 12.60



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