Walter L. Budko Jr. (July 30, 1925 – May 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.
He played collegiately for Columbia University.
He was selected by the Baltimore Bullets with the sixth overall pick of the 1948 BAA draft. He played for the Bullets (1948–51) and Philadelphia Warriors (1951–52) in the BAA and NBA for 253 games. He coached the Bullets in the NBA (1950–51).
BAA/NBA career statistics Legend GP Games played MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1948–49 Baltimore 60 – .348 .790 – 1.7 11.5 Baltimore 66 – .304 .757 – 2.2 9.0 Baltimore 64 – .356 .744 7.1 2.1 7.8 Philadelphia 63 17.9 .404 .674 3.7 1.4 4.0Career 253 17.9 .342 .757 5.4 1.9 8.1
Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1949 Baltimore 3 – .423 .789 – 1.3 12.3 Philadelphia 3 19.3 .429 .571 4.0 1.7 5.3Career 6 19.3 .425 .731 4.0 1.5 8.8
Head coaching record
| style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | style="text-align:left;"| | 29||10||19|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Eastern||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 29||10||19|||| ||0||0||0||||
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