| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1955-12-20)December 20, 1955 (age 69) San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | UCLA (1974–1978) |
| NBA draft | 1978: 1st round, 22nd overall pick |
| Selected by theGolden State Warriors | |
| Playing career | 1978–1985 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 11 |
| Career history | |
| 1978–1980 | Golden State Warriors |
| 1980–1981 | Alberta Dusters |
| 1981–1982 | Indiana Pacers |
| 1982–1983 | E.C. Sirio |
| 1983–1984 | C.A. Monte Libano |
| 1984–1985 | Virtus Roma |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 745 (4.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 157 (1.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 217 (1.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Raymond Anthony Townsend (born December 20, 1955) is an American former professionalbasketball player. He played three seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) with theGolden State Warriors and theIndiana Pacers. Townsend playedcollege basketball with theUCLA Bruins, earningall-conference honors in the Pacific-8 (known later as thePac-12). He was selected by the Warriors in the first round of the1978 NBA draft, with the 22nd overall pick, and became the firstFilipino-American to play in the NBA. He played at thepoint guard position.
Townsend attendedCamden High School andArchbishop Mitty High School, inSan Jose, California, where he played high school basketball. As a high school senior, he averaged close to 28 points a game for the Camden High Cougars. This was prior to the 3 point shot line being regulated years later. After graduating from high school, he playedcollege basketball atUCLA.
Townsend playedcollege basketball atUCLA, with theUCLA Bruins. He was a member of the1975 UCLA National Basketball Championship team, which was the 10th and final NCAA championship team of the school'shead coach,John Wooden. He earned first-teamAll-Pac-8 honors as a senior, in 1978.
Townsend was selected with the last pick in the first round (22nd overall), of the1978 NBA draft, by theGolden State Warriors. He was the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA.[1][2] He concluded hisNBA career in1982, as a member of theIndiana Pacers. He also played in Italy'sLBA withBanco Roma, during the 1984–85 season.[3] With Roma, he won the1984 edition of theFIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Townsend was born inSan Jose, California. He is half-Filipino through his mother.[4][5] A 1976Sports Illustrated issue featured Townsend's father, Ray Sr., in its "Faces in the Crowd" section. He was recognized as "the oldest junior college basketball player in history." At age 39, he was the second man off the bench.[6]
Townsend's brother,Kurtis,[4] is an assistant coach for theKansas Jayhawks team that won the2008 and2022NCAA Championships. After his basketball playing career, Townsend worked as youth sports development coordinator inSan Jose, California.
The Philippines, a hoops hotbed in the Far East, has yet to send a player to the NBA although a US-born half-Filipino, half-American guard Raymond Townsend saw action for the Golden State Warriors in 1978–79 and 1979–80 and the Indiana Pacers in 1981–82.
Raymond Townsend and Rex Walters followed more recently, their stories begun when born to Asian mothers but hard to read from their bi-racial faces.
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