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Alvan Adams

Alvan Leigh Adams (Double A, The Oklahoma Kid)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: July 19, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas
High School: Putnam City in Warr Acres, Oklahoma
College: University of Oklahoma

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall) of the 1975 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 80 2656 629 1341 .469 261 355 .735 215 512 727 450 121 116 274 1519
1976-77 22 PHO NBA 72 2278 522 1102 .474 252 334 .754 180 472 652 322 95 87 260 1296
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 70 1914 434 895 .485 214 293 .730 158 407 565 225 86 63 234 242 1082
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 77 2364 569 1073 .530 231 289 .799 220 485 705 360 110 63 279 246 1369
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 75 2168 465 875 .531 0 2 .000 188 236 .797 158 451 609 322 108 55 218 237 1118
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 75 2054 458 870 .526 0 0 199 259 .768 157 389 546 344 106 69 226 226 1115
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 79 75 2393 507 1027 .494 0 1 .000 182 233 .781 138 448 586 356 114 78 196 269 1196
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 80 75 2447 477 981 .486 1 3 .333 180 217 .829 161 387 548 376 114 74 242 287 1135
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 70 13 1452 269 582 .462 0 4 .000 132 160 .825 118 201 319 219 73 31 117 195 670
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 82 69 2136 476 915 .520 0 0 250 283 .883 153 347 500 308 115 48 197 254 1202
1985-86 31 PHO NBA 78 45 2005 341 679 .502 0 2 .000 159 203 .783 148 329 477 324 103 46 206 272 841
1986-87 32 PHO NBA 68 40 1690 311 618 .503 0 1 .000 134 170 .788 91 247 338 223 62 37 139 207 756
1987-88 33 PHO NBA 82 25 1646 251 506 .496 1 2 .500 108 128 .844 118 247 365 183 82 41 140 245 611
Career NBA 988 342 27203 5709 11464 .498 2 15 .133 2490 3160 .788 2015 4922 6937 4012 1289 808 2194 3214 13910

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 80 33.2 7.9 16.8 .469 3.3 4.4 .735 2.7 6.4 9.1 5.6 1.5 1.5 3.4 19.0
1976-77 22 PHO NBA 72 31.6 7.3 15.3 .474 3.5 4.6 .754 2.5 6.6 9.1 4.5 1.3 1.2 3.6 18.0
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 70 27.3 6.2 12.8 .485 3.1 4.2 .730 2.3 5.8 8.1 3.2 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.5 15.5
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 77 30.7 7.4 13.9 .530 3.0 3.8 .799 2.9 6.3 9.2 4.7 1.4 0.8 3.6 3.2 17.8
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 75 28.9 6.2 11.7 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.1 .797 2.1 6.0 8.1 4.3 1.4 0.7 2.9 3.2 14.9
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 75 27.4 6.1 11.6 .526 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.5 .768 2.1 5.2 7.3 4.6 1.4 0.9 3.0 3.0 14.9
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 79 75 30.3 6.4 13.0 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .781 1.7 5.7 7.4 4.5 1.4 1.0 2.5 3.4 15.1
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 80 75 30.6 6.0 12.3 .486 0.0 0.0 .333 2.3 2.7 .829 2.0 4.8 6.9 4.7 1.4 0.9 3.0 3.6 14.2
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 70 13 20.7 3.8 8.3 .462 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .825 1.7 2.9 4.6 3.1 1.0 0.4 1.7 2.8 9.6
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 82 69 26.0 5.8 11.2 .520 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.5 .883 1.9 4.2 6.1 3.8 1.4 0.6 2.4 3.1 14.7
1985-86 31 PHO NBA 78 45 25.7 4.4 8.7 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.6 .783 1.9 4.2 6.1 4.2 1.3 0.6 2.6 3.5 10.8
1986-87 32 PHO NBA 68 40 24.9 4.6 9.1 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.5 .788 1.3 3.6 5.0 3.3 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.0 11.1
1987-88 33 PHO NBA 82 25 20.1 3.1 6.2 .496 0.0 0.0 .500 1.3 1.6 .844 1.4 3.0 4.5 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.7 3.0 7.5
Career NBA 988 342 27.5 5.8 11.6 .498 0.0 0.0 .133 2.5 3.2 .788 2.0 5.0 7.0 4.1 1.3 0.8 2.6 3.3 14.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 80 2656 8.5 18.2 .469 3.5 4.8 .735 2.9 6.9 9.9 6.1 1.6 1.6 3.7 20.6
1976-77 22 PHO NBA 72 2278 8.2 17.4 .474 4.0 5.3 .754 2.8 7.5 10.3 5.1 1.5 1.4 4.1 20.5
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 70 1914 8.2 16.8 .485 4.0 5.5 .730 3.0 7.7 10.6 4.2 1.6 1.2 4.4 4.6 20.4
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 77 2364 8.7 16.3 .530 3.5 4.4 .799 3.4 7.4 10.7 5.5 1.7 1.0 4.2 3.7 20.8
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 75 2168 7.7 14.5 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 3.9 .797 2.6 7.5 10.1 5.3 1.8 0.9 3.6 3.9 18.6
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 75 2054 8.0 15.2 .526 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.5 .768 2.8 6.8 9.6 6.0 1.9 1.2 4.0 4.0 19.5
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 79 75 2393 7.6 15.5 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .781 2.1 6.7 8.8 5.4 1.7 1.2 2.9 4.0 18.0
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 80 75 2447 7.0 14.4 .486 0.0 0.0 .333 2.6 3.2 .829 2.4 5.7 8.1 5.5 1.7 1.1 3.6 4.2 16.7
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 70 13 1452 6.7 14.4 .462 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.0 .825 2.9 5.0 7.9 5.4 1.8 0.8 2.9 4.8 16.6
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 82 69 2136 8.0 15.4 .520 0.0 0.0 4.2 4.8 .883 2.6 5.8 8.4 5.2 1.9 0.8 3.3 4.3 20.3
1985-86 31 PHO NBA 78 45 2005 6.1 12.2 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.6 .783 2.7 5.9 8.6 5.8 1.8 0.8 3.7 4.9 15.1
1986-87 32 PHO NBA 68 40 1690 6.6 13.2 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.6 .788 1.9 5.3 7.2 4.8 1.3 0.8 3.0 4.4 16.1
1987-88 33 PHO NBA 82 25 1646 5.5 11.1 .496 0.0 0.0 .500 2.4 2.8 .844 2.6 5.4 8.0 4.0 1.8 0.9 3.1 5.4 13.4
Career NBA 988 342 27203 7.6 15.2 .498 0.0 0.0 .133 3.3 4.2 .788 2.7 6.5 9.2 5.3 1.7 1.1 3.5 4.3 18.4

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 80 2656 21.7 .507 .469 8.9 20.7 14.9 27.2 2.1 2.4 95 3.3 3.9 7.2
1976-77 22 PHO NBA 72 2278 20.2 .519 .474 8.5 22.3 15.4 22.3 1.9 2.1 94 2.3 4.0 6.3
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 70 1914 17.7 .528 .485 8.4 22.2 15.2 16.4 1.9 1.7 18.6 24.5 98 95 1.5 3.4 4.9
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 77 2364 20.4 .570 .530 10.5 22.4 16.6 20.8 2.1 1.4 18.9 24.1 106 100 3.9 3.7 7.6
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 75 2168 19.2 .571 .531 8.2 22.4 15.4 21.6 2.3 1.4 18.2 21.9 107 99 3.1 3.9 7.0
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 75 2054 20.3 .567 .526 8.6 20.5 14.7 24.5 2.4 1.9 18.7 23.0 108 96 3.3 4.5 7.7
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 79 2393 18.6 .529 .494 6.6 20.2 13.6 22.1 2.3 1.9 14.8 22.8 106 99 2.5 4.7 7.2
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 80 2447 16.8 .527 .487 7.6 16.7 12.4 21.8 2.2 1.7 18.4 22.0 102 98 2.0 4.5 6.5
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 70 1452 16.6 .513 .462 9.5 16.3 12.9 20.3 2.4 1.2 15.2 21.7 107 106 1.5 1.8 3.3
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 82 2136 19.8 .578 .520 8.2 18.1 13.3 21.8 2.5 1.3 15.9 23.6 111 104 3.5 3.3 6.8
1985-86 31 PHO NBA 78 2005 15.3 .547 .502 8.9 18.1 13.7 22.5 2.4 1.3 21.1 19.4 104 105 1.2 2.7 3.9
1986-87 32 PHO NBA 68 1690 14.6 .546 .503 6.2 16.1 11.2 18.4 1.7 1.3 16.7 20.0 106 109 1.2 1.6 2.8
1987-88 33 PHO NBA 82 1646 13.1 .543 .497 8.0 17.0 12.5 14.9 2.4 1.4 19.9 17.4 103 109 0.6 1.6 2.2
Career NBA 988 27203 18.3 .541 .498 8.3 19.7 14.1 21.4 2.2 1.6 17.8 22.0 105 100 29.8 43.6 73.5

Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 19 668 137 303 67 82 54 191 98 24 20 60 341 .452 .817 35.2 17.9 10.1 5.2
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 2 71 15 33 2 2 8 16 4 2 1 9 8 32 .455 1.000 35.5 16.0 8.0 2.0
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 12 372 66 139 22 31 25 90 53 11 12 36 41 154 .475 .710 31.0 12.8 7.5 4.4
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 8 251 56 99 0 0 17 19 18 77 46 7 10 24 24 129 .566 .895 31.4 16.1 9.6 5.8
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 7 218 27 60 0 0 20 28 11 41 26 4 1 19 20 74 .450 .714 31.1 10.6 5.9 3.7
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 7 233 48 92 0 0 22 28 19 51 26 14 10 21 22 118 .522 .786 33.3 16.9 7.3 3.7
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 3 84 15 32 0 0 5 7 3 18 14 2 5 5 15 35 .469 .714 28.0 11.7 6.0 4.7
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 17 312 53 126 0 0 36 53 27 87 42 17 11 34 53 142 .421 .679 18.4 8.4 5.1 2.5
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 3 79 23 46 0 0 5 6 4 17 11 7 1 6 8 51 .500 .833 26.3 17.0 5.7 3.7
Career NBA 78 2288 440 930 0 0 196 256 169 588 320 88 71 154 251 1076 .473 .766 29.3 13.8 7.5 4.1

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 19 668 19.8 .503 .452 8.5 22.5 15.4 23.0 1.7 1.6 96 0.7 0.9 1.7
1977-78 23 PHO NBA 2 71 10.7 .472 .455 10.4 15.5 12.4 8.9 1.3 0.9 21.0 24.4 83 103 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
1978-79 24 PHO NBA 12 372 15.1 .504 .475 7.5 17.7 12.8 21.5 1.4 1.7 19.1 20.4 97 96 0.1 0.7 0.8
1979-80 25 PHO NBA 8 251 21.9 .601 .566 7.9 25.5 16.8 26.4 1.3 2.2 18.3 21.6 112 104 0.5 0.3 0.8
1980-81 26 PHO NBA 7 218 12.2 .512 .450 5.8 14.8 10.5 19.0 1.0 0.3 20.8 18.5 98 98 0.1 0.4 0.5
1981-82 27 PHO NBA 7 233 18.9 .566 .522 8.6 15.6 11.9 14.7 2.8 2.3 16.8 21.1 109 110 0.3 0.1 0.5
1982-83 28 PHO NBA 3 84 15.3 .499 .469 3.5 19.4 11.0 22.5 1.1 3.3 12.5 18.8 105 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
1983-84 29 PHO NBA 17 312 15.0 .475 .421 10.2 21.4 16.0 18.6 2.7 2.1 18.5 24.7 96 105 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1984-85 30 PHO NBA 3 79 19.4 .524 .500 5.8 21.0 13.0 21.3 3.9 0.7 11.0 26.6 105 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 78 2288 17.3 .516 .473 8.0 20.1 14.0 20.8 1.8 1.7 18.0 21.6 101 101 1.6 3.1 4.7

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 21 PHO NBA 1 0 11 2 4 .500 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 4
Career NBA 1 0 11 2 4 .500 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1976 NBA

Awards

1975-76 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1975-76 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
Career NBA 988 (93)

Free Throw Pct

1984-85 NBA .883 (5)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 2015 (77)
Career 2015 (88)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 4922 (58)
Career 4922 (66)

Total Rebounds

Career NBA 6937 (90)
Career 6937 (99)

Assists

1975-76 NBA 450 (9)
Career NBA 4012 (87)
Career 4012 (90)

Steals

Career NBA 1289 (52)
Career 1289 (56)

Turnovers

Career NBA 2194 (69)
Career 2194 (74)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3214 (43)
Career 3214 (52)

Assists Per Game

1975-76 NBA 5.6 (8)

Steals Per Game

Career NBA 1.3 (50)
Career 1.3 (54)

Player Efficiency Rating

1975-76 NBA 21.7 (5)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1979-80 NBA 22.4 (10)
Career NBA 19.7 (78)
Career 19.7 (81)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 14.1 (88)
Career 14.1 (94)

Assist Pct

1975-76 NBA 27.2 (4)

Steal Pct

Career NBA 2.2 (42)
Career 2.2 (46)

Defensive Rating

1976-77 NBA 93.9 (9)
1977-78 NBA 94.9 (8)
1980-81 NBA 96.2 (1)
 1981-82 NBA 99.1 (5)
Career NBA 99.9 (45)
Career 99.9 (48)

Defensive Win Shares

1976-77 NBA 4.0 (10)
1981-82 NBA 4.7 (8)
Career NBA 43.6 (58)
Career 43.6 (62)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.004 (313)
    

Transactions

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

April 29, 1988: Retired from the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Phoenix Suns NBA $500,000
1985-86 Phoenix Suns NBA $600,000
1986-87 Phoenix Suns NBA *$637,500
1987-88 Phoenix Suns NBA $675,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,412,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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