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Willie Burton

Willie Ricardo Burton

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-8    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 26, 1968 in Detroit, Michigan
High School: Saint Martin De Porres in Detroit, Michigan
College: University of Minnesota

Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall) of the 1990 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
1990-91 22 MIA NBA 76 26 1928 341 773 .441 4 30 .133 229 293 .782 111 151 262 107 72 24 144 275 915
1991-92 23 MIA NBA 68 50 1585 280 622 .450 6 15 .400 196 245 .800 76 168 244 123 46 37 119 186 762
1992-93 24 MIA NBA 26 8 451 54 141 .383 5 15 .333 91 127 .717 22 48 70 16 13 16 50 58 204
1993-94 25 MIA NBA 53 1 697 124 283 .438 3 15 .200 120 158 .759 50 86 136 39 18 20 54 96 371
1994-95 26 PHI NBA 53 31 1564 243 606 .401 106 275 .385 220 267 .824 49 115 164 96 32 19 122 167 812
1996-97 28 ATL NBA 24 0 380 39 116 .336 13 46 .283 57 68 .838 11 30 41 11 8 3 26 55 148
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 13 0 43 8 21 .381 3 9 .333 8 12 .667 3 6 9 1 2 2 1 7 27
1998-99 30 CHH NBA 3 0 18 1 7 .143 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 4 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 4
Career NBA 316 116 6666 1090 2569 .424 140 406 .345 923 1174 .786 326 606 932 393 191 121 517 846 3243

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
1990-91 22 MIA NBA 76 26 25.4 4.5 10.2 .441 0.1 0.4 .133 3.0 3.9 .782 1.5 2.0 3.4 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.9 3.6 12.0
1991-92 23 MIA NBA 68 50 23.3 4.1 9.1 .450 0.1 0.2 .400 2.9 3.6 .800 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.8 0.7 0.5 1.8 2.7 11.2
1992-93 24 MIA NBA 26 8 17.3 2.1 5.4 .383 0.2 0.6 .333 3.5 4.9 .717 0.8 1.8 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.9 2.2 7.8
1993-94 25 MIA NBA 53 1 13.2 2.3 5.3 .438 0.1 0.3 .200 2.3 3.0 .759 0.9 1.6 2.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.8 7.0
1994-95 26 PHI NBA 53 31 29.5 4.6 11.4 .401 2.0 5.2 .385 4.2 5.0 .824 0.9 2.2 3.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 2.3 3.2 15.3
1996-97 28 ATL NBA 24 0 15.8 1.6 4.8 .336 0.5 1.9 .283 2.4 2.8 .838 0.5 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.1 2.3 6.2
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 13 0 3.3 0.6 1.6 .381 0.2 0.7 .333 0.6 0.9 .667 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 2.1
1998-99 30 CHH NBA 3 0 6.0 0.3 2.3 .143 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 1.3 .500 1.3 0.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.3
Career NBA 316 116 21.1 3.4 8.1 .424 0.4 1.3 .345 2.9 3.7 .786 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.7 10.3

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
1990-91 22 MIA NBA 76 26 1928 6.4 14.4 .441 0.1 0.6 .133 4.3 5.5 .782 2.1 2.8 4.9 2.0 1.3 0.4 2.7 5.1 17.1
1991-92 23 MIA NBA 68 50 1585 6.4 14.1 .450 0.1 0.3 .400 4.5 5.6 .800 1.7 3.8 5.5 2.8 1.0 0.8 2.7 4.2 17.3
1992-93 24 MIA NBA 26 8 451 4.3 11.3 .383 0.4 1.2 .333 7.3 10.1 .717 1.8 3.8 5.6 1.3 1.0 1.3 4.0 4.6 16.3
1993-94 25 MIA NBA 53 1 697 6.4 14.6 .438 0.2 0.8 .200 6.2 8.2 .759 2.6 4.4 7.0 2.0 0.9 1.0 2.8 5.0 19.2
1994-95 26 PHI NBA 53 31 1564 5.6 13.9 .401 2.4 6.3 .385 5.1 6.1 .824 1.1 2.6 3.8 2.2 0.7 0.4 2.8 3.8 18.7
1996-97 28 ATL NBA 24 0 380 3.7 11.0 .336 1.2 4.4 .283 5.4 6.4 .838 1.0 2.8 3.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 2.5 5.2 14.0
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 13 0 43 6.7 17.6 .381 2.5 7.5 .333 6.7 10.0 .667 2.5 5.0 7.5 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 5.9 22.6
1998-99 30 CHH NBA 3 0 18 2.0 14.0 .143 0.0 2.0 .000 4.0 8.0 .500 8.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 8.0
Career NBA 316 116 6666 5.9 13.9 .424 0.8 2.2 .345 5.0 6.3 .786 1.8 3.3 5.0 2.1 1.0 0.7 2.8 4.6 17.5

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
1990-91 22 MIA NBA 76 1928 11.5 .507 .444 6.3 8.9 7.6 8.5 1.8 0.8 13.8 22.1 101 110 0.5 1.6 2.1
1991-92 23 MIA NBA 68 1585 13.5 .522 .455 5.3 12.0 8.6 12.0 1.4 1.4 14.0 22.4 104 111 1.0 1.0 2.0
1992-93 24 MIA NBA 26 451 10.3 .518 .401 5.5 12.5 8.9 5.4 1.5 2.4 20.3 23.7 94 109 -0.3 0.4 0.1
1993-94 25 MIA NBA 53 697 15.6 .526 .443 8.1 14.0 11.1 8.9 1.3 2.0 13.3 25.1 107 107 0.9 0.7 1.6
1994-95 26 PHI NBA 53 1564 13.9 .561 .488 3.6 8.6 6.1 10.4 1.1 0.9 14.4 24.1 109 113 1.9 0.6 2.6
1996-97 28 ATL NBA 24 380 8.6 .507 .392 3.5 9.2 6.4 4.8 1.2 0.6 15.1 21.3 100 106 0.1 0.4 0.5
1997-98 29 SAS NBA 13 43 21.4 .514 .452 8.6 15.1 12.1 4.3 2.5 3.3 3.7 29.8 112 96 0.1 0.1 0.2
1998-99 30 CHH NBA 3 18 0.6 .228 .143 27.4 12.6 19.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 25.7 69 108 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 316 6666 12.7 .526 .452 5.5 10.4 7.9 9.4 1.4 1.2 14.4 23.1 104 110 4.2 4.9 9.1

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
1993-94 25 MIA NBA 2 11 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .250 .000 5.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 2 11 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .250 .000 5.5 1.0 0.0 0.0

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 25 MIA NBA 2 11 -11.2 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.2 46 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 2 11 -11.2 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.2 46 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

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
1986-87 18 MINNESOTA 28 674 96 211 3 11 48 74 118 30 12 19 55 87 243 .455 .273 .649 24.1 8.7 4.2 1.1
1987-88 19 MINNESOTA 28 751 142 275 3 10 97 136 158 57 18 18 66 86 384 .516 .300 .713 26.8 13.7 5.6 2.0
1988-89 20 MINNESOTA 30 922 198 374 24 60 137 172 224 61 36 17 74 91 557 .529 .400 .797 30.7 18.6 7.5 2.0
1989-90 21 MINNESOTA 32 1001 210 405 52 136 144 187 205 58 37 25 87 91 616 .519 .382 .770 31.3 19.3 6.4 1.8
Career 118 3348 646 1265 82 217 426 569 705 206 103 79 282 355 1800 .511 .378 .749 28.4 15.3 6.0 1.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1990-91 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)

Transactions

September 3, 1986: Traded by the Washington Bullets (as a 1990 1st round draft pick) to the Dallas Mavericks for Jay Vincent.

June 21, 1990: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks (as a 1990 1st round draft pick) with a 1991 1st round draft pick (LaBradford Smith) to the Denver Nuggets for Fat Lever.

June 22, 1990: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1990 1st round draft pick) with a 1990 1st round draft pick (Dave Jamerson) to the Miami Heat for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf).

June 27, 1990: Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft.

November 3, 1994: Waived by the Miami Heat.

November 8, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

September 12, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

October 28, 1996: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

November 14, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

January 7, 1997: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

February 24, 1998: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the San Antonio Spurs.

March 16, 1998: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the San Antonio Spurs

February 28, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

March 8, 1999: Waived by the Charlotte Hornets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 Miami Heat NBA $2,000,000
1991-92 Miami Heat NBA $1,402,000
1992-93 Miami Heat NBA $802,000
1993-94 Miami Heat NBA $1,002,000
1994-95 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,202,000
1995-96 Philadelphia 76ers NBA *$225,000
1996-97 Atlanta Hawks NBA $247,500
1997-98 San Antonio Spurs NBA *$272,500
1998-99 Charlotte Hornets NBA *$662,500
Career (may be incomplete) $7,815,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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