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Thurl Bailey

Thurl Lee Bailey (Big T.)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: April 7, 1961 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Bladensburg in Bladensburg, Maryland
College: North Carolina State University

Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1983 NBA draft.

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Game Logs and Splits

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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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 81 54 2009 302 590 .512 0 0 88 117 .752 115 349 464 129 38 122 105 193 692
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 80 68 2481 507 1034 .490 1 1 1.000 197 234 .842 153 372 525 138 51 105 152 215 1212
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 82 13 2358 483 1077 .448 0 7 .000 230 277 .830 148 345 493 153 42 114 144 160 1196
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 81 2 2155 463 1036 .447 0 2 .000 190 236 .805 145 287 432 102 38 88 123 150 1116
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 82 10 2804 633 1286 .492 1 3 .333 337 408 .826 134 397 531 158 49 125 190 186 1604
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 82 3 2777 615 1272 .483 2 5 .400 363 440 .825 115 332 447 138 48 91 208 185 1595
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 82 33 2583 470 977 .481 0 8 .000 222 285 .779 116 294 410 137 32 100 139 175 1162
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 82 22 2486 399 872 .458 0 3 .000 219 271 .808 101 306 407 124 53 91 130 160 1017
1991-92 30 TOT NBA 84 18 2104 368 836 .440 0 2 .000 215 270 .796 122 363 485 78 35 117 108 160 951
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 13 0 327 39 101 .386 0 1 .000 44 55 .800 23 55 78 19 5 15 21 31 122
1991-92 30 MIN NBA 71 18 1777 329 735 .448 0 1 .000 171 215 .795 99 308 407 59 30 102 87 129 829
1992-93 31 MIN NBA 70 3 1276 203 446 .455 0 0 119 142 .838 53 162 215 61 20 47 60 88 525
1993-94 32 MIN NBA 79 3 1297 232 455 .510 0 2 .000 119 149 .799 66 149 215 54 20 58 58 93 583
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 43 0 543 78 175 .446 0 2 .000 25 34 .735 36 58 94 26 9 28 27 78 181
Career NBA 928 229 24873 4753 10056 .473 4 35 .114 2324 2863 .812 1304 3414 4718 1298 435 1086 1444 1843 11834

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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 81 54 24.8 3.7 7.3 .512 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 .752 1.4 4.3 5.7 1.6 0.5 1.5 1.3 2.4 8.5
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 80 68 31.0 6.3 12.9 .490 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.5 2.9 .842 1.9 4.7 6.6 1.7 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.7 15.2
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 82 13 28.8 5.9 13.1 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.4 .830 1.8 4.2 6.0 1.9 0.5 1.4 1.8 2.0 14.6
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 81 2 26.6 5.7 12.8 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 2.9 .805 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 1.9 13.8
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 82 10 34.2 7.7 15.7 .492 0.0 0.0 .333 4.1 5.0 .826 1.6 4.8 6.5 1.9 0.6 1.5 2.3 2.3 19.6
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 82 3 33.9 7.5 15.5 .483 0.0 0.1 .400 4.4 5.4 .825 1.4 4.0 5.5 1.7 0.6 1.1 2.5 2.3 19.5
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 82 33 31.5 5.7 11.9 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.5 .779 1.4 3.6 5.0 1.7 0.4 1.2 1.7 2.1 14.2
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 82 22 30.3 4.9 10.6 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.3 .808 1.2 3.7 5.0 1.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.0 12.4
1991-92 30 TOT NBA 84 18 25.0 4.4 10.0 .440 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.2 .796 1.5 4.3 5.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.3 1.9 11.3
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 13 0 25.2 3.0 7.8 .386 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.2 .800 1.8 4.2 6.0 1.5 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.4 9.4
1991-92 30 MIN NBA 71 18 25.0 4.6 10.4 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.0 .795 1.4 4.3 5.7 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.2 1.8 11.7
1992-93 31 MIN NBA 70 3 18.2 2.9 6.4 .455 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.0 .838 0.8 2.3 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.3 7.5
1993-94 32 MIN NBA 79 3 16.4 2.9 5.8 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.9 .799 0.8 1.9 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.2 7.4
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 43 0 12.6 1.8 4.1 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .735 0.8 1.3 2.2 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.8 4.2
Career NBA 928 229 26.8 5.1 10.8 .473 0.0 0.0 .114 2.5 3.1 .812 1.4 3.7 5.1 1.4 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.0 12.8

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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 81 54 2009 5.4 10.6 .512 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.1 .752 2.1 6.3 8.3 2.3 0.7 2.2 1.9 3.5 12.4
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 80 68 2481 7.4 15.0 .490 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.9 3.4 .842 2.2 5.4 7.6 2.0 0.7 1.5 2.2 3.1 17.6
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 82 13 2358 7.4 16.4 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.2 .830 2.3 5.3 7.5 2.3 0.6 1.7 2.2 2.4 18.3
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 81 2 2155 7.7 17.3 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 3.9 .805 2.4 4.8 7.2 1.7 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.5 18.6
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 82 10 2804 8.1 16.5 .492 0.0 0.0 .333 4.3 5.2 .826 1.7 5.1 6.8 2.0 0.6 1.6 2.4 2.4 20.6
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 82 3 2777 8.0 16.5 .483 0.0 0.1 .400 4.7 5.7 .825 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.8 0.6 1.2 2.7 2.4 20.7
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 82 33 2583 6.6 13.6 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.0 .779 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.9 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.4 16.2
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 82 22 2486 5.8 12.6 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 3.9 .808 1.5 4.4 5.9 1.8 0.8 1.3 1.9 2.3 14.7
1991-92 30 TOT NBA 84 18 2104 6.3 14.3 .440 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.6 .796 2.1 6.2 8.3 1.3 0.6 2.0 1.8 2.7 16.3
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 13 0 327 4.3 11.1 .386 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.1 .800 2.5 6.1 8.6 2.1 0.6 1.7 2.3 3.4 13.4
1991-92 30 MIN NBA 71 18 1777 6.7 14.9 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.4 .795 2.0 6.2 8.2 1.2 0.6 2.1 1.8 2.6 16.8
1992-93 31 MIN NBA 70 3 1276 5.7 12.6 .455 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.0 .838 1.5 4.6 6.1 1.7 0.6 1.3 1.7 2.5 14.8
1993-94 32 MIN NBA 79 3 1297 6.4 12.6 .510 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.1 .799 1.8 4.1 6.0 1.5 0.6 1.6 1.6 2.6 16.2
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 43 0 543 5.2 11.6 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.3 .735 2.4 3.8 6.2 1.7 0.6 1.9 1.8 5.2 12.0
Career NBA 928 229 24873 6.9 14.6 .473 0.0 0.1 .114 3.4 4.1 .812 1.9 4.9 6.8 1.9 0.6 1.6 2.1 2.7 17.1

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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 81 2009 12.9 .539 .512 6.4 17.3 12.1 8.4 0.9 3.1 14.1 14.8 106 107 1.3 2.4 3.7
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 80 2481 14.7 .533 .491 6.5 15.1 10.9 8.2 0.9 2.3 11.8 20.6 105 104 1.7 3.9 5.5
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 82 2358 15.0 .499 .448 6.9 15.7 11.4 9.7 0.8 2.7 10.7 23.0 102 105 1.0 3.1 4.0
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 81 2155 13.9 .490 .447 6.9 14.0 10.4 7.1 0.8 2.3 9.7 23.2 101 106 0.3 3.0 3.2
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 82 2804 16.3 .547 .493 5.4 14.6 10.2 8.6 0.8 2.6 11.5 24.2 106 104 2.7 4.2 6.9
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 82 2777 15.6 .544 .484 5.0 12.3 8.9 8.5 0.8 2.0 12.4 25.5 105 104 2.3 4.0 6.3
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 82 2583 13.4 .527 .481 5.6 12.5 9.3 8.1 0.6 2.4 11.2 21.0 105 108 1.7 2.8 4.5
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 82 2486 12.5 .513 .458 5.1 13.6 9.6 7.7 1.1 2.3 11.6 20.0 101 106 0.6 3.1 3.6
1991-92 30 TOT NBA 84 2104 14.5 .498 .440 6.3 19.5 12.8 5.5 0.8 3.3 10.2 21.5 102 110 0.8 1.8 2.5
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 13 327 12.0 .487 .386 8.3 18.1 13.5 8.0 0.8 2.8 14.4 19.3 102 105 0.1 0.4 0.5
1991-92 30 MIN NBA 71 1777 14.9 .500 .448 6.0 19.7 12.6 5.0 0.9 3.4 9.5 21.9 103 110 0.7 1.3 2.0
1992-93 31 MIN NBA 70 1276 12.9 .516 .455 5.0 15.2 10.1 7.9 0.8 2.3 10.6 19.8 104 113 0.6 0.6 1.2
1993-94 32 MIN NBA 79 1297 15.2 .560 .510 6.1 13.2 9.7 7.2 0.8 2.9 10.0 19.5 111 110 1.9 0.7 2.6
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 43 543 11.5 .476 .446 8.7 12.1 10.6 8.7 0.9 3.9 12.4 19.1 97 100 0.2 0.7 0.9
Career NBA 928 24873 14.3 .523 .473 6.0 14.7 10.5 8.0 0.8 2.6 11.3 21.5 104 106 15.0 30.1 45.1

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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 11 340 50 97 0 2 17 21 15 61 10 2 11 16 33 117 .515 .000 .810 30.9 10.6 5.5 0.9
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 10 375 62 152 0 0 45 55 21 92 27 5 18 21 30 169 .408 .818 37.5 16.9 9.2 2.7
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 4 147 28 77 0 1 8 11 11 32 13 2 2 5 13 64 .364 .000 .727 36.8 16.0 8.0 3.3
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 5 151 30 63 0 0 18 18 14 30 9 3 6 12 12 78 .476 1.000 30.2 15.6 6.0 1.8
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 11 449 99 203 0 1 57 68 21 63 18 6 23 21 32 255 .488 .000 .838 40.8 23.2 5.7 1.6
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 3 122 12 34 0 0 12 15 10 25 3 1 4 9 11 36 .353 .800 40.7 12.0 8.3 1.0
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 5 190 43 88 0 0 19 24 8 32 7 5 6 5 19 105 .489 .792 38.0 21.0 6.4 1.4
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 9 228 23 64 0 0 22 25 11 32 9 3 6 12 27 68 .359 .880 25.3 7.6 3.6 1.0
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 11 115 17 33 0 0 3 4 5 15 2 3 6 8 19 37 .515 .750 10.5 3.4 1.4 0.2
Career NBA 69 2117 364 811 0 4 201 241 116 382 98 30 82 109 196 929 .449 .000 .834 30.7 13.5 5.5 1.4

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
1983-84 22 UTA NBA 11 340 10.5 .551 .515 5.0 14.6 10.0 4.2 0.3 1.8 13.1 14.9 106 112 0.2 0.2 0.4
1984-85 23 UTA NBA 10 375 13.0 .480 .408 5.6 17.6 11.9 10.9 0.6 2.4 10.6 20.8 100 106 -0.1 0.6 0.5
1985-86 24 UTA NBA 4 147 11.0 .391 .364 7.6 16.5 11.8 12.4 0.7 0.8 5.8 25.7 94 115 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1986-87 25 UTA NBA 5 151 16.1 .550 .476 10.8 12.4 11.6 10.2 1.0 2.4 14.5 23.2 110 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
1987-88 26 UTA NBA 11 449 16.6 .547 .488 5.8 10.1 8.1 6.9 0.7 3.0 8.3 24.8 110 110 0.5 0.5 1.0
1988-89 27 UTA NBA 3 122 7.2 .443 .353 8.1 13.1 10.5 3.5 0.4 2.0 18.1 16.1 91 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1989-90 28 UTA NBA 5 190 17.2 .533 .489 4.5 15.4 9.6 6.0 1.3 2.2 4.8 23.4 112 110 0.3 0.2 0.4
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 9 228 6.2 .453 .359 5.9 10.0 8.0 5.6 0.7 1.7 13.8 16.8 93 110 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1998-99 37 UTA NBA 11 115 9.9 .532 .515 5.3 9.9 7.7 3.4 1.5 4.5 18.7 17.8 90 100 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 69 2117 12.6 .507 .449 6.1 13.4 9.8 7.2 0.7 2.3 10.6 20.6 103 110 0.5 2.2 2.7

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
1979-80 18 ncstate 28 476 44 101 37 55 102 7 11 24 20 62 125 .436 .673 17.0 4.5 3.6 0.3
1980-81 19 ncstate 27 146 278 39 53 165 13 13 44 69 331 .525 .736 12.3 6.1 0.5
1981-82 20 ncstate 32 1192 171 312 96 118 216 26 10 44 65 438 .548 .814 37.3 13.7 6.8 0.8
1982-83 21 ncstate 36 1310 250 499 10 15 91 127 276 48 23 95 64 87 601 .501 .667 .717 36.4 16.7 7.7 1.3
Career 123 2978 611 1190 10 15 263 353 759 94 57 207 84 283 1495 .513 .667 .745 31.0 12.2 6.2 0.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1983-84 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 84 (1)

Blocks

Career NBA 1086 (64)
Career 1086 (66)

Blocks Per Game

Career NBA 1.2 (61)
Career 1.2 (63)

Block Pct

Career NBA 2.6 (60)
Career 2.6 (62)

Turnover Pct

Career NBA 11.3 (68)
Career 11.3 (74)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (557)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Utah Jazz NBA $225,000
1985-86 Utah Jazz NBA $260,000
1986-87 Utah Jazz NBA *$404,500
1987-88 Utah Jazz NBA $549,000
1988-89 Utah Jazz NBA $600,000
1989-90 Utah Jazz NBA *$800,000
1990-91 Utah Jazz NBA $1,000,000
1991-92 Total NBA $1,000,000
1992-93 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,000,000
1993-94 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,000,000
1998-99 Utah Jazz NBA $850,000
1999-00 Utah Jazz NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $8,198,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).