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Sam Bowie

Samuel Paul Bowie (Sam)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 7-1    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: March 17, 1961 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
High School: Lebanon in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
College: University of Kentucky

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1984 NBA draft.

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
1984-85 23 POR NBA 76 62 2216 299 557 .537 0 0 160 225 .711 207 449 656 215 55 203 172 278 758
1985-86 24 POR NBA 38 34 1132 167 345 .484 0 0 114 161 .708 93 234 327 99 21 96 88 142 448
1986-87 25 POR NBA 5 5 163 30 66 .455 0 0 20 30 .667 14 19 33 9 1 10 15 19 80
1988-89 27 POR NBA 20 0 412 69 153 .451 5 7 .714 28 49 .571 36 70 106 36 7 33 33 43 171
1989-90 28 NJN NBA 68 54 2207 347 834 .416 10 31 .323 294 379 .776 206 484 690 91 38 121 125 211 998
1990-91 29 NJN NBA 62 51 1916 314 723 .434 4 22 .182 169 231 .732 176 304 480 147 43 90 141 175 801
1991-92 30 NJN NBA 71 61 2179 421 947 .445 8 25 .320 212 280 .757 203 375 578 186 41 120 150 212 1062
1992-93 31 NJN NBA 79 65 2092 287 638 .450 2 6 .333 141 181 .779 158 398 556 127 32 128 120 226 717
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 25 7 556 75 172 .436 1 4 .250 72 83 .867 27 104 131 47 4 28 43 65 223
1994-95 33 LAL NBA 67 10 1225 118 267 .442 2 11 .182 68 89 .764 72 216 288 118 21 80 91 182 306
Career NBA 511 349 14098 2127 4702 .452 32 106 .302 1278 1708 .748 1192 2653 3845 1075 263 909 978 1553 5564

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
1984-85 23 POR NBA 76 62 29.2 3.9 7.3 .537 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.0 .711 2.7 5.9 8.6 2.8 0.7 2.7 2.3 3.7 10.0
1985-86 24 POR NBA 38 34 29.8 4.4 9.1 .484 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.2 .708 2.4 6.2 8.6 2.6 0.6 2.5 2.3 3.7 11.8
1986-87 25 POR NBA 5 5 32.6 6.0 13.2 .455 0.0 0.0 4.0 6.0 .667 2.8 3.8 6.6 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.0 3.8 16.0
1988-89 27 POR NBA 20 0 20.6 3.5 7.7 .451 0.3 0.4 .714 1.4 2.5 .571 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.8 0.4 1.7 1.7 2.2 8.6
1989-90 28 NJN NBA 68 54 32.5 5.1 12.3 .416 0.1 0.5 .323 4.3 5.6 .776 3.0 7.1 10.1 1.3 0.6 1.8 1.8 3.1 14.7
1990-91 29 NJN NBA 62 51 30.9 5.1 11.7 .434 0.1 0.4 .182 2.7 3.7 .732 2.8 4.9 7.7 2.4 0.7 1.5 2.3 2.8 12.9
1991-92 30 NJN NBA 71 61 30.7 5.9 13.3 .445 0.1 0.4 .320 3.0 3.9 .757 2.9 5.3 8.1 2.6 0.6 1.7 2.1 3.0 15.0
1992-93 31 NJN NBA 79 65 26.5 3.6 8.1 .450 0.0 0.1 .333 1.8 2.3 .779 2.0 5.0 7.0 1.6 0.4 1.6 1.5 2.9 9.1
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 25 7 22.2 3.0 6.9 .436 0.0 0.2 .250 2.9 3.3 .867 1.1 4.2 5.2 1.9 0.2 1.1 1.7 2.6 8.9
1994-95 33 LAL NBA 67 10 18.3 1.8 4.0 .442 0.0 0.2 .182 1.0 1.3 .764 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.8 0.3 1.2 1.4 2.7 4.6
Career NBA 511 349 27.6 4.2 9.2 .452 0.1 0.2 .302 2.5 3.3 .748 2.3 5.2 7.5 2.1 0.5 1.8 1.9 3.0 10.9

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
1984-85 23 POR NBA 76 62 2216 4.9 9.0 .537 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.7 .711 3.4 7.3 10.7 3.5 0.9 3.3 2.8 4.5 12.3
1985-86 24 POR NBA 38 34 1132 5.3 11.0 .484 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.1 .708 3.0 7.4 10.4 3.1 0.7 3.1 2.8 4.5 14.2
1986-87 25 POR NBA 5 5 163 6.6 14.6 .455 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.6 .667 3.1 4.2 7.3 2.0 0.2 2.2 3.3 4.2 17.7
1988-89 27 POR NBA 20 0 412 6.0 13.4 .451 0.4 0.6 .714 2.4 4.3 .571 3.1 6.1 9.3 3.1 0.6 2.9 2.9 3.8 14.9
1989-90 28 NJN NBA 68 54 2207 5.7 13.6 .416 0.2 0.5 .323 4.8 6.2 .776 3.4 7.9 11.3 1.5 0.6 2.0 2.0 3.4 16.3
1990-91 29 NJN NBA 62 51 1916 5.9 13.6 .434 0.1 0.4 .182 3.2 4.3 .732 3.3 5.7 9.0 2.8 0.8 1.7 2.6 3.3 15.1
1991-92 30 NJN NBA 71 61 2179 7.0 15.6 .445 0.1 0.4 .320 3.5 4.6 .757 3.4 6.2 9.5 3.1 0.7 2.0 2.5 3.5 17.5
1992-93 31 NJN NBA 79 65 2092 4.9 11.0 .450 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.1 .779 2.7 6.8 9.6 2.2 0.6 2.2 2.1 3.9 12.3
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 25 7 556 4.9 11.1 .436 0.1 0.3 .250 4.7 5.4 .867 1.7 6.7 8.5 3.0 0.3 1.8 2.8 4.2 14.4
1994-95 33 LAL NBA 67 10 1225 3.5 7.8 .442 0.1 0.3 .182 2.0 2.6 .764 2.1 6.3 8.5 3.5 0.6 2.4 2.7 5.3 9.0
Career NBA 511 349 14098 5.4 12.0 .452 0.1 0.3 .302 3.3 4.4 .748 3.0 6.8 9.8 2.7 0.7 2.3 2.5 4.0 14.2

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 LS WSAA
1984-85 23 POR NBA 76 2216 15.7 .578 .537 10.5 22.6 16.6 12.2 1.2 5.0 20.8 14.8 110 103 5.6 9.1 15 9 3.0
1985-86 24 POR NBA 38 1132 15.2 .539 .484 9.3 23.5 16.4 11.5 0.9 4.8 17.5 17.6 106 105 2.4 4.1 7 6 0.5
1986-87 25 POR NBA 5 163 11.8 .505 .455 9.8 12.8 11.3 7.5 0.3 3.4 15.9 22.7 99 110 0.0 0.4 0 2 -1.0
1988-89 27 POR NBA 20 412 13.7 .490 .467 9.2 19.1 14.0 11.4 0.8 4.7 15.9 19.4 100 106 0.1 1.3 1 4 -1.5
1989-90 28 NJN NBA 68 2207 16.2 .499 .422 9.3 24.9 16.6 6.4 0.8 3.3 11.1 20.5 107 106 2.7 5.6 8 15 -3.5
1990-91 29 NJN NBA 62 1916 14.1 .486 .437 9.3 17.3 13.1 11.4 1.1 2.8 14.6 20.3 101 107 0.9 5.7 7 18 -5.5
1991-92 30 NJN NBA 71 2179 16.4 .496 .449 9.5 18.9 14.0 12.5 0.9 3.3 12.3 22.5 107 108 6.4 7.7 14 15 -0.5
1992-93 31 NJN NBA 79 2092 13.2 .500 .451 8.2 20.9 14.5 8.8 0.8 3.8 14.3 16.8 104 103 2.3 9.7 12 12 0.0
1993-94 32 LAL NBA 25 556 13.6 .535 .439 5.1 21.2 12.8 12.1 0.4 3.2 17.1 19.1 104 108 1.2 1.4 3 4 -0.5
1994-95 33 LAL NBA 67 1225 10.4 .500 .446 6.5 19.5 13.0 13.2 0.9 4.5 22.9 14.0 97 107 0.0 5.0 5 8 -1.5
Career NBA 511 14098 14.6 .510 .456 9.0 20.9 14.8 10.7 0.9 3.8 15.2 18.5 105 106 21.6 50.0 72 93 -10.5

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
1984-85 23 POR NBA 9 259 26 59 0 0 14 25 16 76 21 4 21 12 36 66 .441 .560 28.8 7.3 8.4 2.3
1988-89 27 POR NBA 3 67 12 28 1 2 6 8 10 18 3 0 7 3 8 31 .429 .500 .750 22.3 10.3 6.0 1.0
1991-92 30 NJN NBA 4 112 14 33 1 2 8 12 8 19 9 3 3 5 19 37 .424 .500 .667 28.0 9.3 4.8 2.3
1992-93 31 NJN NBA 3 71 4 9 0 0 2 2 2 12 2 6 1 4 9 10 .444 1.000 23.7 3.3 4.0 0.7
1994-95 33 LAL NBA 10 135 8 30 0 0 5 5 13 33 3 1 9 6 25 21 .267 1.000 13.5 2.1 3.3 0.3
Career NBA 29 644 64 159 2 4 35 52 49 158 38 14 41 30 97 165 .403 .500 .673 22.2 5.7 5.4 1.3

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 kentucky 34 886 165 311 110 144 276 86 12 73 80 110 440 .531 .764 26.1 12.9 8.1 2.5
1980-81 19 kentucky 28 895 185 356 118 164 254 39 16 80 51 80 488 .520 .720 32.0 17.4 9.1 1.4
1983-84 22 kentucky 34 980 133 258 91 126 313 66 22 65 99 92 357 .516 .722 28.8 10.5 9.2 1.9
Career 96 2761 483 925 319 434 843 191 50 218 230 282 1285 .522 .735 28.8 13.4 8.8 2.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1984-85 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Blocks

1984-85 NBA 203 (3)
Career NBA 909 (84)
Career 909 (86)

Blocks Per Game

1984-85 NBA 2.7 (3)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1989-90 NBA 24.9 (3)

Block Pct

1984-85 NBA 5.0 (5)

Defensive Rating

1984-85 NBA 103.4 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (575)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $600,000
1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $400,000
1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers NBA *$727,500
1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,055,000
1988-89 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,080,000
1989-90 New Jersey Nets NBA *$1,540,000
1990-91 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,000,000
1991-92 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,000,000
1992-93 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,600,000
1993-94 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $3,200,000
1994-95 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $3,200,000
1995-96 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$4,800,000
Career (may be incomplete) $23,202,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).