Winford Boynes
Basketball Player
1957 –
Who is Winford Boynes?
Winford Gladstone Boynes III is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 185 lb guard and played collegiately at the University of San Francisco from 1975–1978.
Boynes was the 13th selection in the 1978 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. The Nets had acquired the pick from the New York Knicks, along with Phil Jackson on June 8, 1978 in exchange for the Houston Rockets' 1978 1st round draft choice and the Nets' 1979 1st round draft choice. In two seasons from 1978 to 1980, he played 133 games for the Nets, averaging 9.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. In 1980, Boynes was made available in the NBA expansion draft in which he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks. He was part of the starting lineup for the Mavs' first NBA game in 1980, in which he top-scored with 21 points in a 103-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
He played for Fenerbahçe Istanbul from Turkey on 1983-84 season in Turkish Basketball League.
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- Born
- May 17, 1957
Greenville - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of San Francisco
- Lived in
- Greenville
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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