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Rolando Blackman

Rolando Antonio Blackman (Ro)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-6    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: February 26, 1959 in Panama City, Panama
High School: William E. Grady Career and Technical in Brooklyn, New York
College: Kansas State University

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall) of the 1981 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
1981-82 22 DAL NBA 82 16 1979 439 855 .513 1 4 .250 212 276 .768 97 157 254 105 46 30 113 122 1091
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 75 62 2349 513 1042 .492 3 15 .200 297 381 .780 108 185 293 185 37 29 118 116 1326
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 81 81 3025 721 1320 .546 1 11 .091 372 458 .812 124 249 373 288 56 37 169 127 1815
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 81 80 2834 625 1230 .508 6 20 .300 342 413 .828 107 193 300 289 61 16 162 96 1598
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 82 81 2787 677 1318 .514 4 29 .138 404 483 .836 88 203 291 271 79 25 189 138 1762
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 80 80 2758 626 1264 .495 5 15 .333 419 474 .884 96 182 278 266 64 21 174 142 1676
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 71 69 2580 497 1050 .473 0 5 .000 331 379 .873 82 164 246 262 64 18 144 112 1325
1988-89 29 DAL NBA 78 78 2946 594 1249 .476 30 85 .353 316 370 .854 70 203 273 288 65 20 165 137 1534
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 80 80 2934 626 1256 .498 13 43 .302 287 340 .844 88 192 280 289 77 21 174 128 1552
1990-91 31 DAL NBA 80 80 2965 634 1316 .482 40 114 .351 282 326 .865 63 193 256 301 69 19 159 153 1590
1991-92 32 DAL NBA 75 74 2527 535 1161 .461 65 169 .385 239 266 .898 78 161 239 204 50 22 153 134 1374
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 60 33 1434 239 539 .443 31 73 .425 71 90 .789 23 79 102 157 22 10 65 129 580
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 55 1 969 161 369 .436 30 84 .357 48 53 .906 23 70 93 76 25 6 44 100 400
Career NBA 980 815 32087 6887 13969 .493 229 667 .343 3620 4309 .840 1047 2231 3278 2981 715 274 1829 1634 17623

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
1981-82 22 DAL NBA 82 16 24.1 5.4 10.4 .513 0.0 0.0 .250 2.6 3.4 .768 1.2 1.9 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.5 13.3
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 75 62 31.3 6.8 13.9 .492 0.0 0.2 .200 4.0 5.1 .780 1.4 2.5 3.9 2.5 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.5 17.7
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 81 81 37.3 8.9 16.3 .546 0.0 0.1 .091 4.6 5.7 .812 1.5 3.1 4.6 3.6 0.7 0.5 2.1 1.6 22.4
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 81 80 35.0 7.7 15.2 .508 0.1 0.2 .300 4.2 5.1 .828 1.3 2.4 3.7 3.6 0.8 0.2 2.0 1.2 19.7
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 82 81 34.0 8.3 16.1 .514 0.0 0.4 .138 4.9 5.9 .836 1.1 2.5 3.5 3.3 1.0 0.3 2.3 1.7 21.5
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 80 80 34.5 7.8 15.8 .495 0.1 0.2 .333 5.2 5.9 .884 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.3 0.8 0.3 2.2 1.8 21.0
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 71 69 36.3 7.0 14.8 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 5.3 .873 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.7 0.9 0.3 2.0 1.6 18.7
1988-89 29 DAL NBA 78 78 37.8 7.6 16.0 .476 0.4 1.1 .353 4.1 4.7 .854 0.9 2.6 3.5 3.7 0.8 0.3 2.1 1.8 19.7
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 80 80 36.7 7.8 15.7 .498 0.2 0.5 .302 3.6 4.3 .844 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.6 1.0 0.3 2.2 1.6 19.4
1990-91 31 DAL NBA 80 80 37.1 7.9 16.5 .482 0.5 1.4 .351 3.5 4.1 .865 0.8 2.4 3.2 3.8 0.9 0.2 2.0 1.9 19.9
1991-92 32 DAL NBA 75 74 33.7 7.1 15.5 .461 0.9 2.3 .385 3.2 3.5 .898 1.0 2.1 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.3 2.0 1.8 18.3
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 60 33 23.9 4.0 9.0 .443 0.5 1.2 .425 1.2 1.5 .789 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.6 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.2 9.7
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 55 1 17.6 2.9 6.7 .436 0.5 1.5 .357 0.9 1.0 .906 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.8 7.3
Career NBA 980 815 32.7 7.0 14.3 .493 0.2 0.7 .343 3.7 4.4 .840 1.1 2.3 3.3 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.9 1.7 18.0

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
1981-82 22 DAL NBA 82 16 1979 8.0 15.6 .513 0.0 0.1 .250 3.9 5.0 .768 1.8 2.9 4.6 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.2 19.8
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 75 62 2349 7.9 16.0 .492 0.0 0.2 .200 4.6 5.8 .780 1.7 2.8 4.5 2.8 0.6 0.4 1.8 1.8 20.3
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 81 81 3025 8.6 15.7 .546 0.0 0.1 .091 4.4 5.5 .812 1.5 3.0 4.4 3.4 0.7 0.4 2.0 1.5 21.6
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 81 80 2834 7.9 15.6 .508 0.1 0.3 .300 4.3 5.2 .828 1.4 2.5 3.8 3.7 0.8 0.2 2.1 1.2 20.3
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 82 81 2787 8.7 17.0 .514 0.1 0.4 .138 5.2 6.2 .836 1.1 2.6 3.8 3.5 1.0 0.3 2.4 1.8 22.8
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 80 80 2758 8.2 16.5 .495 0.1 0.2 .333 5.5 6.2 .884 1.3 2.4 3.6 3.5 0.8 0.3 2.3 1.9 21.9
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 71 69 2580 6.9 14.7 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 5.3 .873 1.1 2.3 3.4 3.7 0.9 0.3 2.0 1.6 18.5
1988-89 29 DAL NBA 78 78 2946 7.3 15.3 .476 0.4 1.0 .353 3.9 4.5 .854 0.9 2.5 3.3 3.5 0.8 0.2 2.0 1.7 18.7
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 80 80 2934 7.7 15.4 .498 0.2 0.5 .302 3.5 4.2 .844 1.1 2.4 3.4 3.5 0.9 0.3 2.1 1.6 19.0
1990-91 31 DAL NBA 80 80 2965 7.7 16.0 .482 0.5 1.4 .351 3.4 4.0 .865 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.7 0.8 0.2 1.9 1.9 19.3
1991-92 32 DAL NBA 75 74 2527 7.6 16.5 .461 0.9 2.4 .385 3.4 3.8 .898 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.9 0.7 0.3 2.2 1.9 19.6
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 60 33 1434 6.0 13.5 .443 0.8 1.8 .425 1.8 2.3 .789 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.9 0.6 0.3 1.6 3.2 14.6
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 55 1 969 6.0 13.7 .436 1.1 3.1 .357 1.8 2.0 .906 0.9 2.6 3.5 2.8 0.9 0.2 1.6 3.7 14.9
Career NBA 980 815 32087 7.7 15.7 .493 0.3 0.7 .343 4.1 4.8 .840 1.2 2.5 3.7 3.3 0.8 0.3 2.1 1.8 19.8

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
1981-82 22 DAL NBA 82 1979 16.2 .559 .514 5.4 9.4 7.3 8.3 1.1 0.9 10.4 22.7 111 112 3.2 0.8 4.1
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 75 2349 17.0 .548 .494 4.9 8.6 6.7 11.1 0.7 0.7 8.9 22.3 114 113 5.5 0.1 5.7
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 81 3025 19.8 .596 .547 4.8 9.5 7.2 14.2 0.9 0.7 10.0 23.3 119 112 8.3 1.5 9.8
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 81 2834 17.7 .566 .511 4.2 7.9 6.0 15.1 1.0 0.3 10.3 23.2 115 112 5.8 1.4 7.3
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 82 2787 19.0 .576 .515 3.5 7.9 5.7 14.4 1.3 0.5 11.0 25.2 114 113 6.2 0.8 7.0
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 80 2758 18.1 .569 .497 3.8 7.0 5.5 14.2 1.1 0.4 10.6 24.3 117 113 6.5 1.5 8.0
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 71 2580 16.0 .544 .473 3.5 6.8 5.2 15.1 1.2 0.4 10.6 21.8 115 111 5.1 1.6 6.8
1988-89 29 DAL NBA 78 2946 15.9 .543 .488 2.6 7.5 5.1 15.8 1.1 0.4 10.5 23.2 110 112 4.2 1.4 5.7
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 80 2934 17.0 .552 .504 3.5 7.3 5.4 16.3 1.3 0.4 11.0 23.6 111 111 4.6 2.2 6.8
1990-91 31 DAL NBA 80 2965 16.6 .545 .497 2.4 7.4 4.9 16.8 1.2 0.4 9.8 24.2 110 114 4.4 1.0 5.5
1991-92 32 DAL NBA 75 2527 15.6 .538 .489 3.2 7.0 5.0 14.0 1.0 0.5 10.7 24.4 108 115 3.1 0.7 3.8
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 60 1434 10.6 .501 .472 1.8 5.9 4.0 17.1 0.8 0.5 10.1 19.4 105 105 0.9 2.0 2.9
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 55 969 11.3 .510 .477 2.7 8.0 5.4 12.7 1.3 0.4 10.1 19.7 106 102 0.9 1.5 2.4
Career NBA 980 32087 16.7 .555 .501 3.6 7.7 5.7 14.4 1.1 0.5 10.3 23.2 113 112 59.0 16.6 75.6

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 24 DAL NBA 10 397 93 175 0 0 53 63 15 41 40 6 4 24 15 239 .531 .841 39.7 23.9 4.1 4.0
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 4 169 47 92 1 2 36 38 11 26 19 2 2 14 8 131 .511 .500 .947 42.3 32.8 6.5 4.8
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 10 371 83 167 0 1 42 53 15 35 32 8 1 20 26 208 .497 .000 .792 37.1 20.8 3.5 3.2
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 4 153 36 73 0 1 22 24 4 14 17 2 0 8 7 94 .493 .000 .917 38.3 23.5 3.5 4.3
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 17 672 126 261 0 3 55 62 26 55 77 15 3 25 28 307 .483 .000 .887 39.5 18.1 3.2 4.5
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 3 127 24 54 2 5 10 10 2 9 13 6 2 13 7 60 .444 .400 1.000 42.3 20.0 3.0 4.3
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 15 214 22 64 4 15 15 18 4 17 16 3 2 21 22 63 .344 .267 .833 14.3 4.2 1.1 1.1
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 6 34 3 11 2 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 6 8 .273 .500 5.7 1.3 0.5 0.5
Career NBA 69 2137 434 897 9 31 233 268 78 200 217 42 14 126 119 1110 .484 .290 .869 31.0 16.1 2.9 3.1

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 10 397 20.4 .589 .531 3.9 7.9 5.8 17.5 0.8 0.6 10.6 24.4 118 116 1.0 0.0 1.1
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 4 169 24.3 .602 .516 7.0 10.4 8.6 20.5 0.6 0.7 11.4 30.5 121 120 0.6 0.0 0.6
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 10 371 15.5 .546 .497 4.6 6.3 5.4 13.0 1.1 0.2 9.5 23.9 113 119 0.6 0.0 0.6
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 4 153 17.5 .562 .493 2.8 6.8 4.8 16.4 0.6 0.0 8.7 23.8 119 123 0.3 0.0 0.3
1987-88 28 DAL NBA 17 672 15.5 .532 .483 4.3 4.8 4.6 16.2 1.1 0.3 8.0 19.7 120 120 1.4 0.0 1.3
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 3 127 12.4 .514 .463 1.8 5.8 3.9 16.8 2.3 0.9 18.2 24.3 95 115 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
1992-93 33 NYK NBA 15 214 3.6 .438 .375 2.3 7.3 4.8 11.2 0.7 0.7 22.6 19.5 82 111 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
1993-94 34 NYK NBA 6 34 2.7 .364 .364 3.4 7.2 5.3 15.1 0.0 0.0 8.3 16.4 90 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 69 2137 15.7 .547 .489 4.0 6.6 5.3 15.8 1.0 0.4 11.0 22.7 113 118 3.3 0.2 3.5

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
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 1 0 23 7 14 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 15
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 1 0 22 6 11 .545 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 2 1 1 1 12
1986-87 27 DAL NBA 1 0 22 9 15 .600 0 0 11 13 .846 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 29
1989-90 30 DAL NBA 1 0 21 7 9 .778 0 0 1 1 1.000 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 15
Career NBA 4 0 88 29 49 .592 0 0 13 16 .813 3 13 13 4 2 5 5 71

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
1977-78 18 KANSASST 29 127 269 61 93 187 45 315 .472 .656 10.9 6.4 1.6
1978-79 19 KANSASST 28 200 392 83 113 110 79 483 .510 .735 17.3 3.9 2.8
1979-80 20 KANSASST 31 226 419 100 145 145 97 552 .539 .690 17.8 4.7 3.1
1980-81 21 KANSASST 33 202 380 90 115 165 102 494 .532 .783 15.0 5.0 3.1
Career 121 755 1460 334 466 607 323 1844 .517 .717 15.2 5.0 2.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NBA
1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1990 NBA

Honors

1979-80 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

MVP Award Shares

1986-87 NBA 0.001 (15)
Career 0.001 (223)

Games

1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1985-86 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1983-84 NBA 3025 (5)
Career NBA 32087 (82)
Career 32087 (90)

Field Goals

1985-86 NBA 677 (10)
Career NBA 6887 (60)
Career 6887 (62)

Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 13969 (74)
Career 13969 (78)

Free Throws

1985-86 NBA 404 (10)
Career NBA 3620 (80)
Career 3620 (85)

Free Throw Attempts

Career NBA 4309 (99)

Free Throw Pct

1986-87 NBA .884 (9)
1991-92 NBA .898 (4)
Career NBA .840 (67)
Career .840 (70)

Points

1983-84 NBA 1815 (10)
1985-86 NBA 1762 (9)
Career NBA 17623 (65)
Career 17623 (67)

Minutes Per Game

1983-84 NBA 37.3 (6)

Points Per Game

Career NBA 18.0 (99)

Turnover Pct

1982-83 NBA 8.9 (2)
1983-84 NBA 10.0 (6)
Career NBA 10.3 (44)
Career 10.3 (46)

Offensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 119.4 (8)
Career NBA 112.8 (81)
Career 112.8 (83)

Offensive Win Shares

1983-84 NBA 8.3 (5)
Career NBA 59.0 (79)
Career 59.0 (81)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.030 (197)
      

Transactions

December 3, 1980: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1981 1st round draft pick) with a 1985 1st round draft pick (Sam Vincent) to the Dallas Mavericks for Kiki Vandeweghe and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Maurice Martin).

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

June 24, 1992: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the New York Knickerbockers for a 1995 1st round draft pick (Loren Meyer).

July 6, 1994: Waived by the New York Knickerbockers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Dallas Mavericks NBA $255,000
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $501,106
1986-87 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$521,421
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $541,736
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $541,700
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$1,095,850
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,650,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,920,000
1992-93 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,500,000
1993-94 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,995,000
1994-95 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,340,000
Career (may be incomplete) $11,861,813
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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