Gene Wiley (born November 12, 1937) is an American former

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(NBA) player for the

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. He attended Carver High School in

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and

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. 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

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in 1961–62. 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

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. In one ABA season, he played for the

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and the

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. His ABA statistics were 2.0 points per game and 2.2 rebounds per game.

Career statistics

NBA/ABA

Source

Regular season

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(ABA) , 8 , , 8.0 , , .368 , , – , , .600 , , 2.1 , , .3 , , 2.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 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

Playoffs

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

, style="text-align:left;", L.A. Lakers , 9 , , 30.9 , , .400 , , .133 , , 10.8 , , 1.2 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

, style="text-align:left;", L.A. Lakers , 5 , , 9.6 , , .625 , , 1.000 , , 3.2 , , .0 , , 2.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

, style="text-align:left;", L.A. Lakers , 11 , , 34.5 , , .559 , , .579 , , 14.4 , , 2.1 , , 7.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

, 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

References

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