Lloyd Walton

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Lloyd Walton
Personal information
Born (1953-11-23) November 23, 1953 (age 71)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois)
College
NBA draft 1976: 3rd round, 40th overall pick
Drafted by Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career1976–1981
Position Point guard
Number11, 12
Career history
19761980 Milwaukee Bucks
1980–1981 Kansas City Kings
Career highlights
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,443 (4.2 ppg)
Rebounds 370 (1.1 rpg)
Assists 1,243 (3.6 apg)
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Lloyd Walton (born November 23, 1953) is an American former basketball player. He grew up in Chicago Heights, Illinois and played basketball for Mount Carmel High School, where he was named a Parade Magazine All American, and Marquette University, playing for legendary Marquette coach Al McGuire, named 2nd team All American. Walton, a 6'1' (1.83 m) point guard, was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1976 and played for the Bucks from 1976 to 1980, and for the Kansas City Kings in 1980–81.

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Since retiring as a player, he has served in various volunteer and professional capacities related to prep, collegiate and professional basketball, including: Assistant Coach under Rick Majerus at Marquette University, a Regional Collegiate Scout for the New York Knicks, Assistant Coach for the LaCrosse Bobcats of the Continental League, and Assistant Coach at the NBA Pre-Draft. He has also held several positions in the public sector, including Bureau Chief for the Illinois Department of Human Services and Executive Director of both The James Jordan Boys & Girls Club & Family Life Center and the Washington Park YMCA both in Chicago.

Lloyd is currently senior career counselor for the National Basketball Players Association, where he has logged over 2,000 counseling hours with NBA players. In 2009, he created Life Long Winners LLC Consulting. The Company is designed specifically for servicing Athletes with Life Coaching, Transition Planning, Motivational Speaking, and the Life Long Winners personal development model. Lloyd received his Doctoral Degree in Organizational Leadership from Argosy University in 2015, which makes him only the third player in NBA history to achieve this level of education. In 2018 Lloyd became a certified life coach from World Coach Institute.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1976–77 Milwaukee 5312.8.468.8151.02.70.80.04.3
1977–78 Milwaukee 7616.6.448.6511.03.31.00.24.8
1978–79 Milwaukee 7518.4.480.6781.44.71.00.15.0
1979–80 Milwaukee 7616.4.455.333.6901.23.80.60.03.6
1980–81 Kansas City 6113.5.413.000.7880.83.40.50.03.4
Career34115.8.454.250.7111.13.60.80.14.2

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1977–78 Milwaukee 913.8.486.6150.44.10.90.34.7
1979–80 Milwaukee 14.0.000.000.0001.01.00.01.00.0
1980–81 Kansas City 89.1.267.000.7500.92.40.50.01.4
Career1811.2.412.000.6470.73.20.70.22.9

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1973–74 Marquette 31.422.7832.54.59.4
1974–75 Marquette 27.455.7892.75.915.1
1975–76 Marquette 2936.3.425.7892.46.310.6
Career8736.3.436.7872.65.511.6