Butch Komives
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 9, 1941 Toledo, Ohio |
| Died | March 22, 2009 (aged 67) Toledo, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Woodward (Toledo, Ohio) |
| College | Bowling Green (1961–1964) |
| NBA draft | 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13th overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 1964–1974 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 16, 30, 5, 15 |
| Career history | |
| 1964–1968 | New York Knicks |
| 1968–1972 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1972–1973 | Buffalo Braves |
| 1973–1974 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 7,550 (10.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,804 (2.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,941 (4.0 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Howard K. "Butch" Komives (pronounced KO-myvz) (May 9, 1941 – March 22, 2009) was an American professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Buffalo Braves and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Woodward High School (Toledo) in 1960.
Komives played college basketball at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), where he led the team in scoring in each of his three varsity seasons. As a starting shooting guard, he teamed with Nate Thurmond, the school's all-time leading rebounder, to lead the Falcons to back-to-back Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships and NCAA tournament appearances in 1962 and 1963.
Despite Thurmond's graduation and the team's fall to third place in the conference, Komives led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in scoring during the 1963–64 season with 36.7 points per game, still BGSU and MAC records. Even though he no longer is the school's all-time leading scorer (his 1,834 total points is currently third), his 25.8 scoring average is still a Falcons record.
He was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. His son Shane was a four-year basketball letterman at the same school from 1993 to 1996.
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