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B.J. Armstrong

Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr. (B.J., The Kid)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan
High School: Brother Rice in Birmingham, Michigan
College: University of Iowa

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall) of the 1989 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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 81 0 1291 190 392 .485 3 6 .500 69 78 .885 19 83 102 199 46 6 83 105 452
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 82 0 1731 304 632 .481 15 30 .500 97 111 .874 25 124 149 301 70 4 107 118 720
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 82 3 1875 335 697 .481 35 87 .402 104 129 .806 19 126 145 266 46 5 94 88 809
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 82 74 2492 408 818 .499 62 139 .446 130 151 .861 27 122 149 330 66 6 83 169 1008
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 82 82 2770 479 1007 .476 60 135 .444 194 227 .855 28 142 170 323 80 9 131 147 1212
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 82 82 2577 418 894 .468 108 253 .427 206 233 .884 25 161 186 244 84 8 103 159 1150
1995-96 28 GSW NBA 82 64 2262 340 727 .468 98 207 .473 234 279 .839 22 162 184 401 68 6 128 147 1012
1996-97 29 GSW NBA 49 17 1020 148 327 .453 25 90 .278 68 79 .861 7 67 74 126 25 2 53 56 389
1997-98 30 TOT NBA 66 0 831 105 213 .493 9 35 .257 42 50 .840 16 60 76 150 29 0 42 74 261
1997-98 30 GSW NBA 4 0 59 6 19 .316 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 4 3 7 6 4 0 7 6 17
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 62 0 772 99 194 .510 9 34 .265 37 43 .860 12 57 69 144 25 0 35 68 244
1998-99 31 TOT NBA 32 1 358 40 88 .455 7 15 .467 18 21 .857 2 37 39 61 12 0 25 31 105
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 10 1 178 21 43 .488 6 8 .750 9 10 .900 1 15 16 27 3 0 10 16 57
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 22 0 180 19 45 .422 1 7 .143 9 11 .818 1 22 23 34 9 0 15 15 48
1999-00 32 CHI NBA 27 18 583 83 186 .446 13 29 .448 22 25 .880 2 45 47 78 7 1 40 34 201
Career NBA 747 341 17790 2850 5981 .477 435 1026 .424 1184 1383 .856 192 1129 1321 2479 533 47 889 1128 7319

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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 81 0 15.9 2.3 4.8 .485 0.0 0.1 .500 0.9 1.0 .885 0.2 1.0 1.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.3 5.6
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 82 0 21.1 3.7 7.7 .481 0.2 0.4 .500 1.2 1.4 .874 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.7 0.9 0.0 1.3 1.4 8.8
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 82 3 22.9 4.1 8.5 .481 0.4 1.1 .402 1.3 1.6 .806 0.2 1.5 1.8 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.1 9.9
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 82 74 30.4 5.0 10.0 .499 0.8 1.7 .446 1.6 1.8 .861 0.3 1.5 1.8 4.0 0.8 0.1 1.0 2.1 12.3
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 82 82 33.8 5.8 12.3 .476 0.7 1.6 .444 2.4 2.8 .855 0.3 1.7 2.1 3.9 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.8 14.8
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 82 82 31.4 5.1 10.9 .468 1.3 3.1 .427 2.5 2.8 .884 0.3 2.0 2.3 3.0 1.0 0.1 1.3 1.9 14.0
1995-96 28 GSW NBA 82 64 27.6 4.1 8.9 .468 1.2 2.5 .473 2.9 3.4 .839 0.3 2.0 2.2 4.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 1.8 12.3
1996-97 29 GSW NBA 49 17 20.8 3.0 6.7 .453 0.5 1.8 .278 1.4 1.6 .861 0.1 1.4 1.5 2.6 0.5 0.0 1.1 1.1 7.9
1997-98 30 TOT NBA 66 0 12.6 1.6 3.2 .493 0.1 0.5 .257 0.6 0.8 .840 0.2 0.9 1.2 2.3 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 4.0
1997-98 30 GSW NBA 4 0 14.8 1.5 4.8 .316 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 1.8 .714 1.0 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.0 1.8 1.5 4.3
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 62 0 12.5 1.6 3.1 .510 0.1 0.5 .265 0.6 0.7 .860 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.3 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.1 3.9
1998-99 31 TOT NBA 32 1 11.2 1.3 2.8 .455 0.2 0.5 .467 0.6 0.7 .857 0.1 1.2 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.0 3.3
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 10 1 17.8 2.1 4.3 .488 0.6 0.8 .750 0.9 1.0 .900 0.1 1.5 1.6 2.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.6 5.7
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 22 0 8.2 0.9 2.0 .422 0.0 0.3 .143 0.4 0.5 .818 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.2
1999-00 32 CHI NBA 27 18 21.6 3.1 6.9 .446 0.5 1.1 .448 0.8 0.9 .880 0.1 1.7 1.7 2.9 0.3 0.0 1.5 1.3 7.4
Career NBA 747 341 23.8 3.8 8.0 .477 0.6 1.4 .424 1.6 1.9 .856 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.3 0.7 0.1 1.2 1.5 9.8

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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 81 0 1291 5.3 10.9 .485 0.1 0.2 .500 1.9 2.2 .885 0.5 2.3 2.8 5.5 1.3 0.2 2.3 2.9 12.6
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 82 0 1731 6.3 13.1 .481 0.3 0.6 .500 2.0 2.3 .874 0.5 2.6 3.1 6.3 1.5 0.1 2.2 2.5 15.0
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 82 3 1875 6.4 13.4 .481 0.7 1.7 .402 2.0 2.5 .806 0.4 2.4 2.8 5.1 0.9 0.1 1.8 1.7 15.5
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 82 74 2492 5.9 11.8 .499 0.9 2.0 .446 1.9 2.2 .861 0.4 1.8 2.2 4.8 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.4 14.6
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 82 82 2770 6.2 13.1 .476 0.8 1.8 .444 2.5 3.0 .855 0.4 1.8 2.2 4.2 1.0 0.1 1.7 1.9 15.8
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 82 82 2577 5.8 12.5 .468 1.5 3.5 .427 2.9 3.3 .884 0.3 2.2 2.6 3.4 1.2 0.1 1.4 2.2 16.1
1995-96 28 GSW NBA 82 64 2262 5.4 11.6 .468 1.6 3.3 .473 3.7 4.4 .839 0.4 2.6 2.9 6.4 1.1 0.1 2.0 2.3 16.1
1996-97 29 GSW NBA 49 17 1020 5.2 11.5 .453 0.9 3.2 .278 2.4 2.8 .861 0.2 2.4 2.6 4.4 0.9 0.1 1.9 2.0 13.7
1997-98 30 TOT NBA 66 0 831 4.5 9.2 .493 0.4 1.5 .257 1.8 2.2 .840 0.7 2.6 3.3 6.5 1.3 0.0 1.8 3.2 11.3
1997-98 30 GSW NBA 4 0 59 3.7 11.6 .316 0.0 0.6 .000 3.1 4.3 .714 2.4 1.8 4.3 3.7 2.4 0.0 4.3 3.7 10.4
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 62 0 772 4.6 9.0 .510 0.4 1.6 .265 1.7 2.0 .860 0.6 2.7 3.2 6.7 1.2 0.0 1.6 3.2 11.4
1998-99 31 TOT NBA 32 1 358 4.0 8.8 .455 0.7 1.5 .467 1.8 2.1 .857 0.2 3.7 3.9 6.1 1.2 0.0 2.5 3.1 10.6
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 10 1 178 4.2 8.7 .488 1.2 1.6 .750 1.8 2.0 .900 0.2 3.0 3.2 5.5 0.6 0.0 2.0 3.2 11.5
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 22 0 180 3.8 9.0 .422 0.2 1.4 .143 1.8 2.2 .818 0.2 4.4 4.6 6.8 1.8 0.0 3.0 3.0 9.6
1999-00 32 CHI NBA 27 18 583 5.1 11.5 .446 0.8 1.8 .448 1.4 1.5 .880 0.1 2.8 2.9 4.8 0.4 0.1 2.5 2.1 12.4
Career NBA 747 341 17790 5.8 12.1 .477 0.9 2.1 .424 2.4 2.8 .856 0.4 2.3 2.7 5.0 1.1 0.1 1.8 2.3 14.8

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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 81 1291 11.9 .530 .489 1.7 7.6 4.7 20.7 1.8 0.3 16.3 16.9 107 112 1.0 0.8 1.7
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 82 1731 14.8 .529 .493 1.7 8.3 5.1 23.4 2.0 0.1 13.6 19.5 111 108 2.3 1.8 4.1
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 82 1875 14.1 .537 .506 1.2 7.6 4.5 19.2 1.2 0.2 11.1 19.5 112 109 2.7 1.8 4.6
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 82 2492 14.7 .570 .537 1.2 5.8 3.4 18.6 1.4 0.2 8.6 16.8 123 111 5.7 1.7 7.4
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 82 2770 14.5 .547 .505 1.2 6.0 3.6 18.0 1.5 0.2 10.6 19.8 113 107 4.9 2.6 7.5
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 82 2577 15.1 .577 .528 1.1 7.4 4.3 14.7 1.7 0.2 9.4 19.0 119 108 5.4 2.8 8.1
1995-96 28 GSW NBA 82 2262 17.3 .595 .535 1.1 8.3 4.7 28.4 1.5 0.2 13.1 18.8 123 113 6.2 0.8 7.0
1996-97 29 GSW NBA 49 1020 12.9 .538 .491 0.8 7.8 4.3 20.3 1.3 0.2 12.8 18.1 110 116 1.4 -0.1 1.3
1997-98 30 TOT NBA 66 831 14.6 .555 .514 2.3 8.6 5.5 29.0 1.9 0.0 15.2 15.3 115 108 1.6 0.6 2.2
1997-98 30 GSW NBA 4 59 6.3 .385 .316 7.0 5.6 6.3 16.5 3.6 0.0 24.1 21.5 76 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 62 772 15.2 .573 .534 1.9 8.8 5.4 30.0 1.7 0.0 14.1 14.9 120 108 1.8 0.5 2.3
1998-99 31 TOT NBA 32 358 12.9 .540 .494 0.7 12.0 6.4 29.2 1.8 0.0 20.5 15.8 104 102 0.4 0.4 0.7
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 10 178 13.3 .601 .558 0.7 9.5 5.3 26.6 0.9 0.0 17.4 15.3 113 107 0.3 0.1 0.4
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 22 180 12.4 .482 .433 0.6 14.4 7.4 31.8 2.7 0.0 23.1 16.3 96 97 0.0 0.3 0.3
1999-00 32 CHI NBA 27 583 10.7 .510 .481 0.4 9.2 4.7 26.5 0.6 0.1 16.9 18.6 98 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
Career NBA 747 17790 14.5 .555 .513 1.3 7.4 4.3 20.9 1.5 0.2 11.9 18.4 115 110 31.6 13.4 45.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 16 217 21 62 0 4 22 24 3 20 29 10 0 12 22 64 .339 .000 .917 13.6 4.0 1.3 1.8
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 17 273 35 70 3 5 20 25 5 27 43 19 1 13 13 93 .500 .600 .800 16.1 5.5 1.6 2.5
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 22 434 63 139 5 17 30 38 2 24 47 14 0 18 33 161 .453 .294 .789 19.7 7.3 1.1 2.1
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 19 643 88 168 21 41 20 22 6 28 62 19 2 14 49 217 .524 .512 .909 33.8 11.4 1.5 3.3
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 10 360 55 106 7 12 36 44 2 24 25 8 0 9 21 153 .519 .583 .818 36.0 15.3 2.4 2.5
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 10 288 36 79 13 29 18 22 4 18 27 6 0 6 21 103 .456 .448 .818 28.8 10.3 1.8 2.7
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 9 146 16 42 2 5 3 4 2 10 18 6 0 6 11 37 .381 .400 .750 16.2 4.1 1.1 2.0
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Career NBA 105 2364 314 667 51 113 149 179 24 151 252 82 3 79 171 828 .471 .451 .832 22.5 7.9 1.4 2.4

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
1989-90 22 CHI NBA 16 217 9.2 .441 .339 1.6 9.6 5.5 19.2 2.4 0.0 14.2 17.2 97 107 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1990-91 23 CHI NBA 17 273 17.2 .574 .521 2.4 9.9 6.3 21.9 3.8 0.3 13.8 16.0 119 103 0.5 0.5 1.0
1991-92 24 CHI NBA 22 434 11.4 .517 .471 0.6 6.2 3.4 16.5 1.7 0.0 10.4 18.3 108 109 0.3 0.5 0.8
1992-93 25 CHI NBA 19 643 13.2 .611 .586 1.1 4.2 2.7 14.2 1.6 0.2 7.3 13.7 129 112 1.5 0.4 1.8
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 10 360 16.7 .610 .552 0.7 7.3 4.1 12.2 1.3 0.0 6.7 17.9 127 110 1.1 0.1 1.3
1994-95 27 CHI NBA 10 288 13.0 .581 .538 1.8 5.8 3.8 14.7 1.1 0.0 6.3 15.2 126 115 0.6 0.1 0.8
1997-98 30 CHH NBA 9 146 9.4 .423 .405 1.7 6.7 4.3 21.2 2.4 0.0 12.1 17.2 91 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1998-99 31 ORL NBA 2 3 -26.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 57.7 0.0 0.0 50.0 30.1 24 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 105 2364 13.2 .555 .509 1.3 6.5 3.9 16.2 1.9 0.1 9.6 16.2 117 110 3.7 2.1 5.8

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
1993-94 26 CHI NBA 1 1 22 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 11
Career NBA 1 1 22 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 11

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
1985-86 18 IOWA 29 232 32 66 19 21 16 41 8 0 19 17 83 .485 .905 8.0 2.9 0.6 1.4
1986-87 19 IOWA 35 995 153 295 28 54 100 126 89 148 50 1 82 55 434 .519 .519 .794 28.4 12.4 2.5 4.2
1987-88 20 IOWA 34 1023 203 421 62 137 124 146 74 155 35 1 77 35 592 .482 .453 .849 30.1 17.4 2.2 4.6
1988-89 21 IOWA 32 1015 195 403 46 116 160 192 79 173 59 7 77 50 596 .484 .397 .833 31.7 18.6 2.5 5.4
Career 130 3265 583 1185 136 307 403 485 258 517 152 9 255 157 1705 .492 .443 .831 25.1 13.1 2.0 4.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1994 NBA

Games

1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1992-93 NBA 82 (2)
1993-94 NBA 82 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1992-93 NBA .446 (3)
1993-94 NBA .444 (2)
1994-95 NBA .427 (9)
1995-96 NBA .473 (4)
Career NBA .424 (7)
Career .424 (7)

Free Throw Pct

1994-95 NBA .884 (8)

Effective Field Goal Pct

Career NBA .513 (99)
Career .513 (99)

Turnover Pct

1992-93 NBA 8.6 (6)
1994-95 NBA 9.4 (5)

Offensive Rating

1992-93 NBA 122.8 (3)
1995-96 NBA 122.8 (6)
Career NBA 115.0 (40)
Career 115.0 (39)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.005 (293)

Transactions

June 22, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a 1989 1st round draft pick) with Olden Polynice and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray) to the Seattle Supersonics for Scottie Pippen and a 1989 1st round draft pick (Jeff Sanders).

June 26, 1989: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1989 1st round draft pick) to the Chicago Bulls for Brad Sellers.

June 27, 1989: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.

June 24, 1995: Drafted by the Toronto Raptors from the Chicago Bulls in the NBA expansion draft.

September 18, 1995: Traded by the Toronto Raptors to the Golden State Warriors for Victor Alexander, Martin Lewis, Michael McDonald, Carlos Rogers and Dwayne Whitfield.

November 7, 1997: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Charlotte Hornets for Muggsy Bogues and Tony Delk.

March 10, 1999: Traded by the Charlotte Hornets with J.R. Reid and Glen Rice to the Los Angeles Lakers for Elden Campbell and Eddie Jones.

March 10, 1999: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

March 14, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

August 30, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

September 20, 2000: Released by the Chicago Bulls.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 Chicago Bulls NBA $425,000
1991-92 Chicago Bulls NBA $435,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $540,000
1993-94 Chicago Bulls NBA $620,000
1994-95 Chicago Bulls NBA $2,800,000
1995-96 Golden State Warriors NBA $2,400,000
1996-97 Golden State Warriors NBA $2,400,000
1997-98 Total NBA $2,600,000
1998-99 Total NBA $3,650,000
1999-00 Chicago Bulls NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $16,380,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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