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Michael Cage

Michael Jerome Cage (John Shaft)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1962 in West Memphis, Arkansas
High School: West Memphis in West Memphis, Arkansas
College: San Diego State University

Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (14th pick, 14th overall) of the 1984 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
1984-85 23 LAC NBA 75 41 1610 216 398 .543 0 0 101 137 .737 126 266 392 51 41 32 81 164 533
1985-86 24 LAC NBA 78 12 1566 204 426 .479 0 3 .000 113 174 .649 168 249 417 81 62 34 106 176 521
1986-87 25 LAC NBA 80 76 2922 457 878 .521 0 3 .000 341 467 .730 354 568 922 131 99 67 171 221 1255
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 72 70 2660 360 766 .470 0 1 .000 326 474 .688 371 567 938 110 91 58 160 194 1046
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 80 71 2536 314 630 .498 0 4 .000 197 265 .743 276 489 765 126 92 52 124 184 825
1989-90 28 SEA NBA 82 82 2595 325 645 .504 0 0 148 212 .698 306 515 821 70 79 45 94 232 798
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 82 55 2141 226 445 .508 0 3 .000 70 112 .625 177 381 558 89 85 58 83 194 522
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 82 69 2461 307 542 .566 0 5 .000 106 171 .620 266 462 728 92 99 55 78 237 720
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 82 66 2156 219 416 .526 0 1 .000 61 130 .469 268 391 659 69 76 46 59 183 499
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 82 42 1708 171 314 .545 0 1 .000 36 74 .486 164 280 444 45 77 38 51 179 378
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 82 21 2040 177 340 .521 0 2 .000 53 88 .602 203 361 564 56 61 67 56 149 407
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 82 80 2631 220 396 .556 0 1 .000 50 92 .543 288 441 729 53 87 79 54 215 490
1996-97 35 PHI NBA 82 24 1247 66 141 .468 0 0 19 41 .463 112 208 320 43 48 42 17 118 151
1997-98 36 NJN NBA 79 17 1201 43 84 .512 0 1 .000 20 36 .556 115 193 308 32 45 44 23 105 106
1999-00 38 NJN NBA 20 7 242 12 24 .500 0 0 3 3 1.000 33 48 81 9 8 8 4 30 27
Career NBA 1140 733 29716 3317 6445 .515 0 25 .000 1644 2476 .664 3227 5419 8646 1057 1050 725 1161 2581 8278

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 LAC NBA 75 41 21.5 2.9 5.3 .543 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .737 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.1 2.2 7.1
1985-86 24 LAC NBA 78 12 20.1 2.6 5.5 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.2 .649 2.2 3.2 5.3 1.0 0.8 0.4 1.4 2.3 6.7
1986-87 25 LAC NBA 80 76 36.5 5.7 11.0 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.8 .730 4.4 7.1 11.5 1.6 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.8 15.7
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 72 70 36.9 5.0 10.6 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 6.6 .688 5.2 7.9 13.0 1.5 1.3 0.8 2.2 2.7 14.5
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 80 71 31.7 3.9 7.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .743 3.5 6.1 9.6 1.6 1.2 0.7 1.6 2.3 10.3
1989-90 28 SEA NBA 82 82 31.6 4.0 7.9 .504 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 .698 3.7 6.3 10.0 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.1 2.8 9.7
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 82 55 26.1 2.8 5.4 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.4 .625 2.2 4.6 6.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 2.4 6.4
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 82 69 30.0 3.7 6.6 .566 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.1 .620 3.2 5.6 8.9 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.0 2.9 8.8
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 82 66 26.3 2.7 5.1 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.6 .469 3.3 4.8 8.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 2.2 6.1
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 82 42 20.8 2.1 3.8 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.9 .486 2.0 3.4 5.4 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 2.2 4.6
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 82 21 24.9 2.2 4.1 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .602 2.5 4.4 6.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.8 5.0
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 82 80 32.1 2.7 4.8 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .543 3.5 5.4 8.9 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.7 2.6 6.0
1996-97 35 PHI NBA 82 24 15.2 0.8 1.7 .468 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 .463 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 1.4 1.8
1997-98 36 NJN NBA 79 17 15.2 0.5 1.1 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .556 1.5 2.4 3.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.3 1.3
1999-00 38 NJN NBA 20 7 12.1 0.6 1.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.7 2.4 4.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.5 1.4
Career NBA 1140 733 26.1 2.9 5.7 .515 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.2 .664 2.8 4.8 7.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.3 7.3

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
1984-85 23 LAC NBA 75 41 1610 4.8 8.9 .543 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.1 .737 2.8 5.9 8.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.8 3.7 11.9
1985-86 24 LAC NBA 78 12 1566 4.7 9.8 .479 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 4.0 .649 3.9 5.7 9.6 1.9 1.4 0.8 2.4 4.0 12.0
1986-87 25 LAC NBA 80 76 2922 5.6 10.8 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.8 .730 4.4 7.0 11.4 1.6 1.2 0.8 2.1 2.7 15.5
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 72 70 2660 4.9 10.4 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 6.4 .688 5.0 7.7 12.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 2.2 2.6 14.2
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 80 71 2536 4.5 8.9 .498 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .743 3.9 6.9 10.9 1.8 1.3 0.7 1.8 2.6 11.7
1989-90 28 SEA NBA 82 82 2595 4.5 8.9 .504 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.9 .698 4.2 7.1 11.4 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.3 3.2 11.1
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 82 55 2141 3.8 7.5 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.9 .625 3.0 6.4 9.4 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.4 3.3 8.8
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 82 69 2461 4.5 7.9 .566 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.5 .620 3.9 6.8 10.6 1.3 1.4 0.8 1.1 3.5 10.5
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 82 66 2156 3.7 6.9 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 2.2 .469 4.5 6.5 11.0 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.0 3.1 8.3
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 82 42 1708 3.6 6.6 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.6 .486 3.5 5.9 9.4 0.9 1.6 0.8 1.1 3.8 8.0
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 82 21 2040 3.1 6.0 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.6 .602 3.6 6.4 10.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0 2.6 7.2
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 82 80 2631 3.0 5.4 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .543 3.9 6.0 10.0 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.7 2.9 6.7
1996-97 35 PHI NBA 82 24 1247 1.9 4.1 .468 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.2 .463 3.2 6.0 9.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 0.5 3.4 4.4
1997-98 36 NJN NBA 79 17 1201 1.3 2.5 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .556 3.4 5.8 9.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.7 3.1 3.2
1999-00 38 NJN NBA 20 7 242 1.8 3.6 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 4.9 7.1 12.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.6 4.5 4.0
Career NBA 1140 733 29716 4.0 7.8 .515 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .664 3.9 6.6 10.5 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.4 3.1 10.0

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
1984-85 23 LAC NBA 75 1610 12.5 .582 .543 9.0 17.7 13.5 4.2 1.2 1.1 15.0 13.7 113 109 1.8 1.4 3.2
1985-86 24 LAC NBA 78 1566 12.3 .518 .479 11.7 17.8 14.7 7.1 1.9 1.2 17.4 15.6 103 110 0.7 1.0 1.7
1986-87 25 LAC NBA 80 2922 17.1 .579 .521 12.4 23.1 17.3 6.6 1.6 1.3 13.6 17.1 115 110 4.8 2.4 7.2
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 72 2660 16.4 .537 .470 14.3 23.5 18.8 6.2 1.6 1.2 14.1 17.3 109 105 2.9 3.8 6.7
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 80 2536 14.7 .553 .498 11.8 22.3 16.9 6.4 1.7 1.2 14.2 13.7 116 107 3.7 2.9 6.7
1989-90 28 SEA NBA 82 2595 14.5 .540 .504 13.3 24.2 18.6 3.6 1.5 1.1 11.3 13.4 118 108 3.9 2.8 6.8
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 82 2141 12.0 .528 .508 9.8 21.6 15.6 5.4 2.0 1.8 14.4 11.3 110 106 1.7 2.7 4.3
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 82 2461 15.0 .583 .566 12.2 22.1 17.1 5.1 2.0 1.4 11.2 11.9 124 106 4.4 3.2 7.6
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 82 2156 13.2 .527 .526 14.3 21.6 17.9 4.1 1.8 1.4 11.1 10.4 119 104 2.9 3.3 6.2
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 82 1708 11.9 .545 .545 11.3 19.5 15.4 3.5 2.3 1.6 12.8 10.0 115 100 1.9 3.0 4.9
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 82 2040 13.5 .537 .521 12.1 22.8 17.3 4.5 1.7 2.6 12.9 10.2 115 102 2.1 3.7 5.8
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 82 2631 14.1 .561 .556 14.3 22.7 18.4 3.3 1.9 2.7 11.0 9.4 124 104 4.1 4.0 8.1
1996-97 35 PHI NBA 82 1247 10.3 .475 .468 9.6 18.6 14.0 4.9 1.9 2.4 9.7 6.0 118 109 1.0 1.0 2.0
1997-98 36 NJN NBA 79 1201 10.1 .531 .512 10.4 19.9 14.8 3.6 2.0 2.7 18.7 4.4 122 104 1.1 1.4 2.5
1999-00 38 NJN NBA 20 242 12.6 .533 .500 14.6 22.8 18.6 5.3 1.7 2.3 13.6 5.4 134 103 0.4 0.3 0.7
Career NBA 1140 29716 13.9 .549 .515 12.2 21.7 16.8 5.0 1.8 1.6 13.4 12.3 115 106 37.4 36.9 74.4

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
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 8 175 24 40 0 1 9 22 22 46 5 7 3 8 14 57 .600 .000 .409 21.9 7.1 5.8 0.6
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 5 80 6 14 0 0 13 17 9 21 2 3 2 3 12 25 .429 .765 16.0 5.0 4.2 0.4
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 9 197 19 34 0 0 1 1 18 51 4 6 8 8 22 39 .559 1.000 21.9 4.3 5.7 0.4
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 19 378 42 80 0 0 7 18 47 111 10 13 7 16 43 91 .525 .389 19.9 4.8 5.8 0.5
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 5 93 6 16 0 0 2 6 10 27 4 4 5 3 15 14 .375 .333 18.6 2.8 5.4 0.8
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 4 81 8 18 0 1 0 2 8 18 3 2 4 1 9 16 .444 .000 .000 20.3 4.0 4.5 0.8
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 3 101 8 14 0 0 3 5 13 28 2 2 5 0 5 19 .571 .600 33.7 6.3 9.3 0.7
Career NBA 53 1105 113 216 0 2 35 71 127 302 30 37 34 39 120 261 .523 .000 .493 20.8 4.9 5.7 0.6

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
1988-89 27 SEA NBA 8 175 14.6 .574 .600 13.4 16.5 14.9 4.1 2.0 1.1 13.9 13.7 114 112 0.2 0.1 0.3
1990-91 29 SEA NBA 5 80 13.6 .582 .429 13.4 18.2 15.8 3.5 1.9 1.7 12.3 13.1 125 109 0.2 0.1 0.3
1991-92 30 SEA NBA 9 197 10.7 .566 .559 11.2 21.0 16.0 2.8 1.6 2.7 18.9 9.4 112 114 0.1 0.2 0.3
1992-93 31 SEA NBA 19 378 12.3 .518 .525 13.7 21.1 17.2 3.8 1.8 1.4 15.4 12.1 109 108 0.3 0.4 0.7
1993-94 32 SEA NBA 5 93 10.3 .376 .375 11.9 21.1 16.4 7.2 2.3 4.2 13.9 10.8 93 96 0.0 0.2 0.2
1994-95 33 CLE NBA 4 81 11.4 .424 .444 12.6 19.6 15.7 7.9 1.4 4.9 5.0 12.4 101 105 0.0 0.1 0.1
1995-96 34 CLE NBA 3 101 17.5 .586 .571 15.6 21.4 18.2 3.5 1.2 4.8 0.0 8.2 144 109 0.3 0.1 0.3
Career NBA 53 1105 12.7 .528 .523 13.1 20.1 16.4 4.2 1.8 2.4 13.6 11.5 112 109 0.9 1.2 2.1

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
1980-81 19 SANDIEGOST 27 1031 115 206 65 86 355 11 28 20 60 56 295 .558 .756 38.2 10.9 13.1 0.4
1981-82 20 SANDIEGOST 29 1076 123 252 72 109 256 44 34 25 51 46 318 .488 .661 37.1 11.0 8.8 1.5
1982-83 21 SANDIEGOST 28 1070 191 335 165 221 354 31 29 26 70 42 547 .570 .747 38.2 19.5 12.6 1.1
1983-84 22 SANDIEGOST 28 1085 250 445 186 251 352 12 35 47 52 62 686 .562 .741 38.8 24.5 12.6 0.4
Career 112 4262 679 1238 488 667 1317 98 126 118 233 206 1846 .548 .732 38.1 16.5 11.8 0.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1983-84 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

Games

1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1992-93 NBA 82 (2)
1993-94 NBA 82 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)
1996-97 NBA 82 (4)
Career NBA 1140 (36)
Career 1140 (40)

Field Goal Pct

1991-92 NBA .566 (5)
Career NBA .515 (54)
Career .515 (54)

Offensive Rebounds

1986-87 NBA 354 (3)
1987-88 NBA 371 (3)
1988-89 NBA 276 (9)
1989-90 NBA 306 (4)
1995-96 NBA 288 (5)
Career NBA 3227 (17)
Career 3227 (20)

Defensive Rebounds

1986-87 NBA 568 (9)
1987-88 NBA 567 (8)
Career NBA 5419 (39)
Career 5419 (46)

Total Rebounds

1986-87 NBA 922 (6)
1987-88 NBA 938 (6)
1989-90 NBA 821 (6)
Career NBA 8646 (47)
Career 8646 (56)

Rebounds Per Game

1986-87 NBA 11.5 (6)
1987-88 NBA 13.0 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 9.6 (10)
1989-90 NBA 10.0 (9)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1991-92 NBA .566 (6)
Career NBA .515 (91)
Career .515 (91)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1986-87 NBA 12.4 (6)
1987-88 NBA 14.3 (4)
1988-89 NBA 11.8 (10)
1989-90 NBA 13.3 (5)
1992-93 NBA 14.3 (3)
1995-96 NBA 14.3 (3)
Career NBA 12.2 (20)
Career 12.2 (21)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1986-87 NBA 23.1 (10)
1987-88 NBA 23.5 (7)
1988-89 NBA 22.3 (8)
1989-90 NBA 24.2 (7)
Career NBA 21.7 (56)
Career 21.7 (56)

Total Rebound Pct

1986-87 NBA 17.3 (10)
1987-88 NBA 18.8 (3)
1988-89 NBA 16.9 (8)
1989-90 NBA 18.6 (3)
1991-92 NBA 17.1 (9)
1995-96 NBA 18.4 (7)
Career NBA 16.8 (32)
Career 16.8 (33)

Offensive Rating

1991-92 NBA 123.6 (6)
Career NBA 115.2 (40)
Career 115.2 (39)

Defensive Rating

1994-95 NBA 101.7 (7)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 36.9 (98)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (750)
  

Transactions

August 18, 1983: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1984 1st round draft pick) with James Donaldson, Greg Kelser, Mark Radford and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan) to the San Diego Clippers for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Terry Williams) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks).

June 19, 1984: Drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1988: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Seattle Supersonics for Gary Grant and a 1989 1st round draft pick (Kenny Payne).

August 2, 1994: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

August 22, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

June 27, 1997: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers with Lucious Harris, Don MacLean and Keith Van Horn to the New Jersey Nets for Jim Jackson, Eric Montross, Anthony Parker and Tim Thomas.

January 21, 1999: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Don MacLean to the Seattle Supersonics for Jim McIlvaine.

January 22, 1999: Waived by the Seattle Supersonics.

September 14, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

February 14, 2000: Waived by the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $215,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $250,000
1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers NBA *$530,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $810,000
1988-89 Seattle Supersonics NBA $810,000
1989-90 Seattle Supersonics NBA *$860,000
1990-91 Seattle Supersonics NBA $910,000
1991-92 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,390,000
1992-93 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,390,000
1993-94 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,502,000
1994-95 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,635,000
1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $2,126,000
1996-97 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,473,000
1997-98 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,055,421
1998-99 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,350,000
1999-00 New Jersey Nets NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $18,816,421
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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