Ken Charles
Trinidad and Tobago basketball player
Kenneth M. Charles (born July 10, 1951) is a Trinidadian retired basketball player who played guard for the Buffalo Braves (1973-1976) and Atlanta Hawks (1976-1978). He was a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m), 180 pounds (82 kg) guard.
Charles was born on the island of Trinidad and moved to the United States when he was aged six. He played collegiately for Fordham University before being selected by the Braves in the third round (38th pick overall) of the 1973 NBA draft.
In 5 seasons he played in 322 games and played 7,637 minutes (23.7 per game), had a .441 field goal percentage (1,083 for 2,458), .789 free throw percentage (581 for 736), 640 rebounds (2.0 per game), 806 assists (2.5 per game), 407 steals (1.3 per game), 128 blocked shots (.4 per game) and 2,747 points (8.5 per game).
Charles was head coach of the Brooklyn Kings of the United States Basketball League (USBL) from 2000 to 2007. He won the USBL Coach of the Year Award in 2005.
01Career statistics
| GP | Games 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
Source
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | Buffalo | 59 | 11.7 | .476 | .671 | 1.1 | .9 | .5 | .2 | 3.9 |
| 1974-75 | Buffalo | 79 | 21.4 | .466 | .822 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .5 | 7.6 |
| 1975-76 | Buffalo | 81 | 27.7 | .456 | .785 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .6 | 10.1 |
| 1976-77 | Atlanta | 82 | 30.3 | .414 | .801 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 1.7 | .5 | 11.1 |
| 1977-78 | Atlanta | 21 | 24.8 | .397 | .840 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | .2 | 9.0 |
| Career | 322 | 23.7 | .441 | .789 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | .4 | 8.5 | |
Playoffs
Sources and credits
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