Cole Aldrich

Cole David Aldrich ▪ Twitter: @colea45

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: October 31, 1988 in Burnsville, Minnesota
High School: Bloomington Jefferson in Bloomington, Minnesota
College: University of Kansas
Draft: New Orleans Hornets, 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall), 2010 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 2010
Age: 24 years, 205 days ▪ Experience: 3 years
D-League: 21 G, 10.3 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 1.3 APG (Full Record)

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2010-11	22	OKC	NBA	C	18	142	8	15	.533	2	4	.500	13	22	35	4	5	7	8	30	18
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	26	173	22	42	.524	13	14	.929	13	35	48	3	8	16	9	22	57
2012-13	24	TOT	NBA	C	45	388	44	80	.550	12	20	.600	30	90	120	9	5	23	23	60	100
2012-13	24	HOU	NBA	C	30	213	23	43	.535	4	9	.444	12	45	57	6	3	9	14	41	50
2012-13	24	SAC	NBA	C	15	175	21	37	.568	8	11	.727	18	45	63	3	2	14	9	19	50
Career			NBA		89	703	74	137	.540	27	38	.711	56	147	203	16	18	46	40	112	175

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2010-11	22	OKC	NBA	C	18	7.9	0.4	0.8	.533	0.1	0.2	.500	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.0
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	26	6.7	0.8	1.6	.524	0.5	0.5	.929	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.2
2012-13	24	TOT	NBA	C	45	8.6	1.0	1.8	.550	0.3	0.4	.600	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.2
2012-13	24	HOU	NBA	C	30	7.1	0.8	1.4	.535	0.1	0.3	.444	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7
2012-13	24	SAC	NBA	C	15	11.7	1.4	2.5	.568	0.5	0.7	.727	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.3
Career			NBA		89	7.9	0.8	1.5	.540	0.3	0.4	.711	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.0

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2010-11	22	OKC	NBA	C	18	142	2.0	3.8	.533	0.5	1.0	.500	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.0	1.3	1.8	2.0	7.6	4.6
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	26	173	4.6	8.7	.524	2.7	2.9	.929	2.7	7.3	10.0	0.6	1.7	3.3	1.9	4.6	11.9
2012-13	24	TOT	NBA	C	45	388	4.1	7.4	.550	1.1	1.9	.600	2.8	8.4	11.1	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.6	9.3
2012-13	24	HOU	NBA	C	30	213	3.9	7.3	.535	0.7	1.5	.444	2.0	7.6	9.6	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.9	8.5
2012-13	24	SAC	NBA	C	15	175	4.3	7.6	.568	1.6	2.3	.727	3.7	9.3	13.0	0.6	0.4	2.9	1.9	3.9	10.3
Career			NBA		89	703	3.8	7.0	.540	1.4	1.9	.711	2.9	7.5	10.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.0	5.7	9.0

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2010-11	22	OKC	NBA	C	18	142	7.0	.537	.533	11.1	17.5	14.4	4.0	1.8	3.6	32.3	7.9	98	104	0.0	0.2	0.2	.066
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	26	173	17.7	.592	.524	9.2	21.6	15.8	2.7	2.4	6.7	15.7	14.9	113	96	0.3	0.4	0.6	.176
2012-13	24	TOT	NBA	C	45	388	11.1	.563	.550	8.7	26.7	17.7	3.4	0.7	4.6	20.6	12.7	102	105	0.1	0.4	0.6	.070
2012-13	24	HOU	NBA	C	30	213	7.3	.532	.535	6.5	23.7	15.2	4.1	0.7	3.2	23.0	12.5	92	105	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.038
2012-13	24	SAC	NBA	C	15	175	15.7	.598	.568	11.5	30.4	20.7	2.6	0.6	6.3	17.7	12.9	112	106	0.2	0.2	0.4	.109
Career			NBA		89	703	11.9	.569	.540	9.3	23.6	16.6	3.4	1.3	4.9	20.6	12.3	104	103	0.4	1.0	1.4	.095

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	5	0	25	4	9	.444	0	0		2	4	.500	5	8	13	0	0	0	0	3	10
Career			NBA		5	0	25	4	9	.444	0	0		2	4	.500	5	8	13	0	0	0	0	3	10

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	5	0	5.0	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.500	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0
Career			NBA		5	0	5.0	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.500	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	5	0	25	5.8	13.0	.444	0.0	0.0		2.9	5.8	.500	7.2	11.5	18.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	14.4
Career			NBA		5	0	25	5.8	13.0	.444	0.0	0.0		2.9	5.8	.500	7.2	11.5	18.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	14.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2011-12	23	OKC	NBA	C	5	25	19.8	.465	.444	24.4	37.7	31.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.2	118	107	0.1	0.0	0.1	.177
Career			NBA		5	25	19.8	.465	.444	24.4	37.7	31.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.2	118	107	0.1	0.0	0.1	.177

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 3 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3
Cole Aldrich		0.6	0.6	0.2
Steve Scheffler	93.7	0.6	0.6	0.3
Connie Dierking	82.3	0.7	0.5	0.1
Melvin Ely	73.5	0.8	0.4	0.1
Dave Feitl	71.8	0.5	0.4	0.3
Eric Riley	71.8	0.6	0.5	0.4
Todd Fuller	69.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
Keith Closs	69.5	1.1	0.6	0.2
Bill Wennington	68.0	0.9	0.5	0.4
Dave Newmark	67.8	0.8	0.7	0.4
Olumide Oyedeji	65.2	0.4	0.4	0.3

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
Cole Aldrich		0.6	0.6	0.2
Jabari Smith	86.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0
Hamed Haddadi	80.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0
Mamadou N'Diaye	75.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0
Keith Closs	69.5	1.1	0.6	0.2
Shawnelle Scott	68.6	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Dave Newmark	67.8	0.8	0.7	0.4
Olumide Oyedeji	65.2	0.4	0.4	0.3
Todd Fuller	59.2	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0
Dave Feitl	59.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1
Kyrylo Fesenko	58.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
2007-08	19	KANSAS	40	330	43	83	0	0	26	38	34	119	5	11	34	21	48	112	.518		.684	8.3	2.8	3.0	0.1
2008-09	20	KANSAS	35	1037	199	333	0	0	122	154	106	387	36	21	94	56	90	520	.598		.792	29.6	14.9	11.1	1.0
2009-10	21	KANSAS	36	963	149	265	0	0	108	159	110	354	31	27	125	56	92	406	.562		.679	26.8	11.3	9.8	0.9
Career			111	2330	391	681	0	0	256	351	250	860	72	59	253	133	230	1038	.574		.729	21.0	9.4	7.7	0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 2007 McDonald's All American 2009-10 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Honors

2007 McDonald's All American
2009-10 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Transactions

June 24, 2010: Drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2010 NBA Draft.

June 24, 2010: Traded by the New Orleans Hornets with Morris Peterson to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter.

October 27, 2012: Traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder with Daequan Cook, James Harden and Lazar Hayward to the Houston Rockets for Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin, a future 1st round draft pick, a future 1st round draft pick and a future 2nd round draft pick.

February 20, 2013: Traded by the Houston Rockets with Toney Douglas, Patrick Patterson and cash to the Sacramento Kings for Francisco Garcia, Tyler Honeycutt and Thomas Robinson.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2010-11	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$2,126,520
2011-12	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$2,286,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$4,412,520

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13
Sacramento Kings	$2,445,480

Signed August 6, 2010.
Team Option for 2012-13 was picked up on June 28, 2011.
Team Option for 2013-14 was not picked up.

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