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P.J. Brown

Collier Brown Jr. (P.J., Big Cat)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: October 14, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan
High School: Winnfield Senior in Winnfield, Louisiana
College: Louisiana Tech University

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (2nd pick, 29th overall) of the 1992 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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 79 54 1950 167 402 .415 1 6 .167 115 152 .757 188 305 493 93 71 93 72 177 450
1994-95 25 NJN NBA 80 63 2466 254 570 .446 4 24 .167 139 207 .671 178 309 487 135 69 135 80 262 651
1995-96 26 NJN NBA 81 81 2942 354 798 .444 3 15 .200 204 265 .770 215 345 560 165 79 100 133 249 915
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 80 71 2592 300 656 .457 0 2 .000 161 220 .732 239 431 670 92 85 98 113 283 761
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 74 74 2362 278 590 .471 0 0 151 197 .766 235 400 635 103 66 98 97 264 707
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 50 50 1611 229 477 .480 0 0 113 146 .774 115 231 346 66 46 48 69 166 571
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 80 80 2302 322 671 .480 0 1 .000 120 159 .755 216 384 600 145 65 61 100 264 764
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 80 79 2811 249 561 .444 0 4 .000 178 209 .852 257 485 742 127 78 92 108 260 676
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 80 80 2563 250 527 .474 0 0 169 197 .858 273 513 786 107 59 78 85 222 669
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 78 78 2609 319 601 .531 0 3 .000 194 232 .836 243 458 701 147 67 80 98 203 832
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 80 80 2753 339 712 .476 0 1 .000 158 185 .854 237 453 690 155 78 73 101 203 836
2004-05 35 NOH NBA 82 78 2817 338 758 .446 0 0 210 243 .864 266 471 737 178 74 50 101 233 886
2005-06 36 NOK NBA 75 73 2380 269 583 .461 0 0 139 168 .827 182 365 547 90 46 50 90 216 677
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 72 49 1456 170 418 .407 0 2 .000 96 122 .787 129 218 347 48 24 52 85 187 436
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 18 0 209 14 41 .341 0 1 .000 11 16 .688 29 39 68 10 5 8 10 29 39
Career NBA 1089 990 33823 3852 8365 .460 8 59 .136 2158 2718 .794 3002 5407 8409 1661 912 1116 1342 3218 9870

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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 79 54 24.7 2.1 5.1 .415 0.0 0.1 .167 1.5 1.9 .757 2.4 3.9 6.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.9 2.2 5.7
1994-95 25 NJN NBA 80 63 30.8 3.2 7.1 .446 0.1 0.3 .167 1.7 2.6 .671 2.2 3.9 6.1 1.7 0.9 1.7 1.0 3.3 8.1
1995-96 26 NJN NBA 81 81 36.3 4.4 9.9 .444 0.0 0.2 .200 2.5 3.3 .770 2.7 4.3 6.9 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.6 3.1 11.3
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 80 71 32.4 3.8 8.2 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.8 .732 3.0 5.4 8.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 3.5 9.5
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 74 74 31.9 3.8 8.0 .471 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.7 .766 3.2 5.4 8.6 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.3 3.6 9.6
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 50 50 32.2 4.6 9.5 .480 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.9 .774 2.3 4.6 6.9 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.4 3.3 11.4
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 80 80 28.8 4.0 8.4 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .755 2.7 4.8 7.5 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 3.3 9.6
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 80 79 35.1 3.1 7.0 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.6 .852 3.2 6.1 9.3 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.3 8.5
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 80 80 32.0 3.1 6.6 .474 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.5 .858 3.4 6.4 9.8 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.1 2.8 8.4
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 78 78 33.4 4.1 7.7 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.0 .836 3.1 5.9 9.0 1.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.6 10.7
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 80 80 34.4 4.2 8.9 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.3 .854 3.0 5.7 8.6 1.9 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.5 10.5
2004-05 35 NOH NBA 82 78 34.4 4.1 9.2 .446 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.0 .864 3.2 5.7 9.0 2.2 0.9 0.6 1.2 2.8 10.8
2005-06 36 NOK NBA 75 73 31.7 3.6 7.8 .461 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.2 .827 2.4 4.9 7.3 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.9 9.0
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 72 49 20.2 2.4 5.8 .407 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.7 .787 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.2 2.6 6.1
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 18 0 11.6 0.8 2.3 .341 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.9 .688 1.6 2.2 3.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.6 2.2
Career NBA 1089 990 31.1 3.5 7.7 .460 0.0 0.1 .136 2.0 2.5 .794 2.8 5.0 7.7 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 3.0 9.1

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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 79 54 1950 3.1 7.4 .415 0.0 0.1 .167 2.1 2.8 .757 3.5 5.6 9.1 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.3 3.3 8.3
1994-95 25 NJN NBA 80 63 2466 3.7 8.3 .446 0.1 0.4 .167 2.0 3.0 .671 2.6 4.5 7.1 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.2 3.8 9.5
1995-96 26 NJN NBA 81 81 2942 4.3 9.8 .444 0.0 0.2 .200 2.5 3.2 .770 2.6 4.2 6.9 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.6 3.0 11.2
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 80 71 2592 4.2 9.1 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.1 .732 3.3 6.0 9.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 3.9 10.6
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 74 74 2362 4.2 9.0 .471 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .766 3.6 6.1 9.7 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.5 4.0 10.8
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 50 50 1611 5.1 10.7 .480 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.3 .774 2.6 5.2 7.7 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.5 3.7 12.8
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 80 80 2302 5.0 10.5 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.5 .755 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.3 1.0 1.0 1.6 4.1 11.9
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 80 79 2811 3.2 7.2 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 2.7 .852 3.3 6.2 9.5 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.3 8.7
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 80 80 2563 3.5 7.4 .474 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.8 .858 3.8 7.2 11.0 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.2 3.1 9.4
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 78 78 2609 4.4 8.3 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.2 .836 3.4 6.3 9.7 2.0 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.8 11.5
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 80 80 2753 4.4 9.3 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.4 .854 3.1 5.9 9.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 2.7 10.9
2004-05 35 NOH NBA 82 78 2817 4.3 9.7 .446 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.1 .864 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.3 0.9 0.6 1.3 3.0 11.3
2005-06 36 NOK NBA 75 73 2380 4.1 8.8 .461 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.5 .827 2.8 5.5 8.3 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.4 3.3 10.2
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 72 49 1456 4.2 10.3 .407 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.0 .787 3.2 5.4 8.6 1.2 0.6 1.3 2.1 4.6 10.8
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 18 0 209 2.4 7.1 .341 0.0 0.2 .000 1.9 2.8 .688 5.0 6.7 11.7 1.7 0.9 1.4 1.7 5.0 6.7
Career NBA 1089 990 33823 4.1 8.9 .460 0.0 0.1 .136 2.3 2.9 .794 3.2 5.8 9.0 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.4 10.5

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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 79 1950 12.2 .480 .417 10.0 16.8 13.3 6.7 1.8 3.0 13.3 11.7 107 103 1.4 2.8 4.2
1994-95 25 NJN NBA 80 2466 12.1 .492 .449 7.9 13.7 10.8 8.6 1.5 3.8 10.8 13.2 108 107 1.7 2.9 4.6
1995-96 26 NJN NBA 81 2942 12.6 .500 .445 7.9 13.2 10.5 9.3 1.4 2.6 12.7 15.6 107 107 2.0 3.3 5.3
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 80 2592 13.8 .505 .457 11.1 19.4 15.3 5.9 1.8 2.9 13.1 15.7 107 98 2.1 5.4 7.5
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 74 2362 15.0 .522 .471 12.1 19.2 15.8 7.2 1.5 3.0 12.5 15.3 112 100 3.5 4.0 7.5
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 50 1611 15.8 .527 .480 9.3 16.2 13.0 7.7 1.6 2.2 11.3 18.7 108 98 2.6 2.6 5.1
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 80 2302 15.3 .516 .480 11.4 18.4 15.1 10.3 1.5 1.9 11.9 17.1 109 100 3.3 3.6 6.9
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 80 2811 13.3 .518 .444 10.5 19.6 15.1 7.3 1.5 2.4 14.2 12.5 109 98 3.4 4.7 8.0
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 80 2563 15.1 .545 .474 12.2 22.8 17.5 6.6 1.2 2.2 12.2 12.4 118 101 4.6 3.6 8.2
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 78 2609 17.6 .592 .531 10.7 20.7 15.6 9.2 1.4 2.2 12.2 14.0 122 100 6.4 3.8 10.2
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 80 2753 15.7 .527 .476 9.6 19.3 14.3 9.8 1.5 2.0 11.3 14.8 113 101 4.7 3.4 8.1
2004-05 35 NOH NBA 82 2817 15.5 .512 .446 10.7 20.6 15.5 11.2 1.4 1.4 10.5 15.9 112 106 4.0 2.9 6.9
2005-06 36 NOK NBA 75 2380 12.7 .515 .461 8.9 18.8 13.7 6.3 1.0 1.7 12.0 14.7 107 107 2.1 2.3 4.4
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 72 1456 9.7 .462 .407 10.2 17.0 13.6 5.0 0.8 2.8 15.3 17.0 95 100 -0.4 2.7 2.3
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 18 209 10.2 .406 .341 17.6 21.0 19.4 6.9 1.3 3.1 17.2 12.9 100 97 0.0 0.5 0.5
Career NBA 1089 33823 14.1 .516 .461 10.2 18.4 14.3 8.1 1.4 2.4 12.3 14.7 110 102 41.3 48.5 89.8

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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 4 56 2 9 0 0 8 8 4 8 3 0 2 3 13 12 .222 1.000 14.0 3.0 2.0 0.8
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 15 451 42 103 0 0 38 53 48 129 10 9 20 16 40 122 .408 .717 30.1 8.1 8.6 0.7
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 5 190 19 37 0 0 8 22 15 44 4 7 3 6 22 46 .514 .364 38.0 9.2 8.8 0.8
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 5 144 21 45 0 1 9 10 14 31 5 2 2 3 17 51 .467 .000 .900 28.8 10.2 6.2 1.0
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 10 308 35 82 0 0 5 6 26 82 11 8 4 11 42 75 .427 .833 30.8 7.5 8.2 1.1
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 10 385 28 67 0 0 24 29 41 100 11 12 14 12 31 80 .418 .828 38.5 8.0 10.0 1.1
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 9 331 32 75 0 0 28 37 29 86 14 6 12 8 37 92 .427 .757 36.8 10.2 9.6 1.6
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 6 193 21 44 0 0 19 25 20 46 6 7 3 5 22 61 .477 .760 32.2 10.2 7.7 1.0
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 7 255 26 71 0 0 10 11 29 68 15 3 11 13 16 62 .366 .909 36.4 8.9 9.7 2.1
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 10 228 33 67 0 0 17 23 17 47 12 8 2 8 29 83 .493 .739 22.8 8.3 4.7 1.2
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 25 341 26 56 0 1 21 25 18 59 12 5 10 12 58 73 .464 .000 .840 13.6 2.9 2.4 0.5
Career NBA 106 2882 285 656 0 2 187 249 261 700 103 67 83 97 327 757 .434 .000 .751 27.2 7.1 6.6 1.0

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
1993-94 24 NJN NBA 4 56 5.4 .479 .222 7.9 7.8 7.8 10.6 0.0 2.5 19.3 12.6 101 107 0.0 0.0 0.1
1996-97 27 MIA NBA 15 451 14.0 .483 .408 12.5 20.4 16.5 4.2 1.1 3.6 11.2 15.1 106 97 0.3 1.0 1.3
1997-98 28 MIA NBA 5 190 11.6 .493 .514 9.8 18.4 14.1 4.0 2.1 1.3 11.4 13.8 102 102 0.1 0.3 0.4
1998-99 29 MIA NBA 5 144 17.2 .516 .467 12.5 14.7 13.6 8.3 0.8 1.2 5.7 19.1 112 106 0.3 0.1 0.4
1999-00 30 MIA NBA 10 308 10.6 .443 .427 10.0 21.7 15.8 6.8 1.5 1.1 11.5 15.3 95 94 0.0 0.7 0.7
2000-01 31 CHH NBA 10 385 13.0 .502 .418 11.8 18.2 14.8 4.5 1.7 2.9 13.1 11.0 113 100 0.5 0.6 1.1
2001-02 32 CHH NBA 9 331 14.1 .504 .427 9.7 19.7 14.6 7.1 1.0 2.7 8.1 13.4 116 104 0.6 0.3 0.9
2002-03 33 NOH NBA 6 193 16.3 .555 .477 12.7 16.5 14.6 5.2 2.0 1.2 8.3 14.5 123 107 0.5 0.1 0.6
2003-04 34 NOH NBA 7 255 12.5 .409 .366 12.7 17.5 15.0 11.6 0.6 3.5 14.6 16.3 91 95 0.0 0.4 0.4
2006-07 37 CHI NBA 10 228 15.2 .538 .493 8.8 15.2 12.0 9.9 1.9 0.7 9.4 17.3 113 102 0.4 0.3 0.7
2007-08 38 BOS NBA 25 341 8.2 .545 .464 6.7 14.9 10.9 5.6 0.8 2.5 15.2 11.2 110 104 0.3 0.5 0.7
Career NBA 106 2882 12.8 .494 .434 10.6 17.9 14.2 6.5 1.3 2.3 11.2 14.2 107 101 2.9 4.4 7.3

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
1988-89 19 LATECH 32 569 61 147 2 3 25 44 178 36 14 50 42 87 149 .415 .667 .568 17.8 4.7 5.6 1.1
1989-90 20 LATECH 27 672 94 204 3 5 48 81 230 29 21 39 50 80 239 .461 .600 .593 24.9 8.9 8.5 1.1
1990-91 21 LATECH 31 935 170 315 7 20 98 150 301 58 37 77 55 90 445 .540 .350 .653 30.2 14.4 9.7 1.9
1991-92 22 LATECH 31 931 151 309 9 25 84 115 308 53 29 75 74 97 395 .489 .360 .730 30.0 12.7 9.9 1.7
Career 121 3107 476 975 21 53 255 390 1017 176 101 241 221 354 1228 .488 .396 .654 25.7 10.1 8.4 1.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1996-97 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1998-99 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
2000-01 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

2004-05 NBA 0.001 (14)
Career 0.001 (241)

Games

1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
 2004-05 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 1089 (51)
Career 1089 (56)

Minutes Played

Career NBA 33823 (68)
Career 33823 (74)

Field Goal Pct

2002-03 NBA .531 (4)

Offensive Rebounds

2000-01 NBA 257 (8)
2001-02 NBA 273 (4)
2002-03 NBA 243 (9)
2004-05 NBA 266 (6)
Career NBA 3002 (22)
Career 3002 (26)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 5407 (40)
Career 5407 (47)

Total Rebounds

2001-02 NBA 786 (8)
Career NBA 8409 (51)
Career 8409 (60)

Blocks

Career NBA 1116 (58)
Career 1116 (60)

Personal Fouls

1996-97 NBA 283 (6)
Career NBA 3218 (40)
Career 3218 (49)

Rebounds Per Game

2001-02 NBA 9.8 (10)
2002-03 NBA 9.0 (10)

Blocks Per Game

Career NBA 1.0 (67)
Career 1.0 (69)

True Shooting Pct

2002-03 NBA .592 (8)

Effective Field Goal Pct

2002-03 NBA .531 (7)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1997-98 NBA 12.1 (9)
1999-00 NBA 11.4 (7)
2001-02 NBA 12.2 (7)
Career NBA 10.2 (53)
Career 10.2 (58)

Defensive Rebound Pct

2001-02 NBA 22.8 (10)
Career NBA 18.4 (95)
Career 18.4 (100)

Total Rebound Pct

2001-02 NBA 17.5 (5)
Career NBA 14.3 (85)
Career 14.3 (88)

Block Pct

Career NBA 2.4 (65)
Career 2.4 (67)

Offensive Rating

2002-03 NBA 122.3 (1)

Defensive Rating

1996-97 NBA 98.0 (5)

Defensive Win Shares

1996-97 NBA 5.4 (10)
Career NBA 48.5 (40)
Career 48.5 (43)

Win Shares

Career NBA 89.8 (81)
Career 89.8 (85)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (549)
  

Transactions

June 27, 1989: Traded by the Orlando Magic (as a 1992 2nd round draft pick) with a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Toni Kukoc) to the Chicago Bulls for Dave Corzine.

June 26, 1990: Traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a 1992 2nd round draft pick) with a 1990 1st round draft pick (Tate George) and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Von McDade) to the New Jersey Nets for Dennis Hopson.

June 24, 1992: Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (29th pick) of the 1992 NBA Draft.

July 18, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

August 1, 2000: Traded by the Miami Heat with Rodney Buford, Tim James, Jamal Mashburn and Otis Thorpe to the Charlotte Hornets for Ricky Davis, Dale Ellis, Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason.

July 14, 2006: Traded by the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets with J.R. Smith to the Chicago Bulls for Tyson Chandler.

February 27, 2008: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1993-94 New Jersey Nets NBA $600,000
1994-95 New Jersey Nets NBA $780,000
1995-96 New Jersey Nets NBA $960,000
1996-97 Miami Heat NBA $2,000,000
1997-98 Miami Heat NBA $3,844,800
1998-99 Miami Heat NBA $4,480,000
1999-00 Miami Heat NBA $5,124,800
2000-01 Charlotte Hornets NBA $5,740,000
2001-02 Charlotte Hornets NBA $6,404,800
2002-03 New Orleans Hornets NBA $7,044,800
2003-04 New Orleans Hornets NBA $8,000,000
2004-05 New Orleans Hornets NBA $8,000,000
2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets NBA $8,000,000
2006-07 Chicago Bulls NBA $8,560,000
2007-08 Boston Celtics NBA $474,285
Career (may be incomplete) $70,013,485
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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