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Ben Coleman

Benjamin Coleman (Ben, Big Ben)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: November 14, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
High School: North in Minneapolis, Minnesota
College: University of Maryland

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round (13th pick, 37th 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
1986-87 25 NJN NBA 68 7 1029 182 313 .581 0 1 .000 88 121 .727 99 189 288 37 32 31 94 200 452
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 70 24 1498 226 453 .499 0 3 .000 141 185 .762 116 234 350 62 43 41 127 230 593
1987-88 26 NJN NBA 27 10 657 116 240 .483 0 2 .000 65 84 .774 58 115 173 39 28 16 72 110 297
1987-88 26 PHI NBA 43 14 841 110 213 .516 0 1 .000 76 101 .752 58 119 177 23 15 25 55 120 296
1988-89 27 PHI NBA 58 11 703 117 241 .485 0 0 61 77 .792 49 128 177 17 10 18 48 120 295
1989-90 28 MIL NBA 22 0 305 46 97 .474 0 1 .000 34 41 .829 31 56 87 12 7 7 26 54 126
1993-94 32 DET NBA 9 0 77 12 25 .480 0 0 4 8 .500 10 16 26 0 2 2 7 9 28
Career NBA 227 42 3612 583 1129 .516 0 5 .000 328 432 .759 305 623 928 128 94 99 302 613 1494

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
1986-87 25 NJN NBA 68 7 15.1 2.7 4.6 .581 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .727 1.5 2.8 4.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.9 6.6
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 70 24 21.4 3.2 6.5 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.6 .762 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.8 3.3 8.5
1987-88 26 NJN NBA 27 10 24.3 4.3 8.9 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .774 2.1 4.3 6.4 1.4 1.0 0.6 2.7 4.1 11.0
1987-88 26 PHI NBA 43 14 19.6 2.6 5.0 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.3 .752 1.3 2.8 4.1 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.8 6.9
1988-89 27 PHI NBA 58 11 12.1 2.0 4.2 .485 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.3 .792 0.8 2.2 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.1 5.1
1989-90 28 MIL NBA 22 0 13.9 2.1 4.4 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.9 .829 1.4 2.5 4.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.5 5.7
1993-94 32 DET NBA 9 0 8.6 1.3 2.8 .480 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .500 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.0 3.1
Career NBA 227 42 15.9 2.6 5.0 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.9 .759 1.3 2.7 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.3 2.7 6.6

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
1986-87 25 NJN NBA 68 7 1029 6.4 11.0 .581 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.2 .727 3.5 6.6 10.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 3.3 7.0 15.8
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 70 24 1498 5.4 10.9 .499 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.4 .762 2.8 5.6 8.4 1.5 1.0 1.0 3.1 5.5 14.3
1987-88 26 NJN NBA 27 10 657 6.4 13.2 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.6 .774 3.2 6.3 9.5 2.1 1.5 0.9 3.9 6.0 16.3
1987-88 26 PHI NBA 43 14 841 4.7 9.1 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.3 .752 2.5 5.1 7.6 1.0 0.6 1.1 2.4 5.1 12.7
1988-89 27 PHI NBA 58 11 703 6.0 12.3 .485 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.9 .792 2.5 6.6 9.1 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.5 6.1 15.1
1989-90 28 MIL NBA 22 0 305 5.4 11.4 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.8 .829 3.7 6.6 10.3 1.4 0.8 0.8 3.1 6.4 14.9
1993-94 32 DET NBA 9 0 77 5.6 11.7 .480 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.7 .500 4.7 7.5 12.2 0.0 0.9 0.9 3.3 4.2 13.1
Career NBA 227 42 3612 5.8 11.3 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.3 .759 3.0 6.2 9.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 3.0 6.1 14.9

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
1986-87 25 NJN NBA 68 1029 13.6 .617 .581 10.9 20.6 15.7 5.3 1.5 1.8 20.4 18.0 108 108 0.9 1.1 2.0
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 70 1498 12.0 .555 .499 8.8 18.5 13.5 6.4 1.4 1.6 19.2 18.6 102 109 0.4 1.4 1.8
1987-88 26 NJN NBA 27 657 13.2 .536 .483 9.9 21.0 15.2 9.4 2.1 1.5 20.6 22.4 97 107 -0.2 0.8 0.6
1987-88 26 PHI NBA 43 841 11.0 .575 .516 8.0 16.5 12.2 4.0 0.9 1.8 17.6 15.7 107 111 0.6 0.6 1.2
1988-89 27 PHI NBA 58 703 11.2 .537 .485 7.8 20.6 14.1 3.4 0.7 1.5 14.9 19.1 103 111 0.3 0.5 0.8
1989-90 28 MIL NBA 22 305 12.2 .548 .474 11.5 21.4 16.4 5.6 1.1 1.4 18.4 19.4 104 107 0.1 0.4 0.5
1993-94 32 DET NBA 9 77 11.6 .491 .480 14.2 23.4 18.7 0.0 1.3 1.7 19.7 20.2 90 107 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 227 3612 12.3 .566 .516 9.5 19.8 14.6 5.3 1.3 1.6 18.6 18.7 104 109 1.7 3.4 5.0

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 PHI NBA 3 23 6 8 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 8 14 .750 1.000 7.7 4.7 1.7 0.0
Career NBA 3 23 6 8 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 8 14 .750 1.000 7.7 4.7 1.7 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
1988-89 27 PHI NBA 3 23 19.6 .788 .750 9.7 14.4 12.1 0.0 2.2 0.0 10.1 19.0 139 108 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 3 23 19.6 .788 .750 9.7 14.4 12.1 0.0 2.2 0.0 10.1 19.0 139 108 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
1979-80 18 MINNESOTA 17 14 38 3 8 21 12 4 18 31 .368 .375 1.8 1.2 0.7
1980-81 19 MINNESOTA 23 85 190 23 35 118 31 10 20 40 59 193 .447 .657 8.4 5.1 1.3
1982-83 21 MARYLAND 30 995 182 319 0 0 90 138 242 32 19 33 60 108 454 .571 .652 33.2 15.1 8.1 1.1
1983-84 22 MARYLAND 32 1094 194 319 103 144 269 53 23 42 67 103 491 .608 .715 34.2 15.3 8.4 1.7
Career 102 2089 475 866 0 0 219 325 650 128 56 95 167 288 1169 .548 .674 33.7 11.5 6.4 1.3

Transactions

December 2, 1980: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1984 2nd round draft pick) with a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Jim Thomas) to the Atlanta Hawks for Armond Hill.

June 30, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 1984 2nd round draft pick) to the Kansas City Kings for Jim Johnstone.

June 28, 1983: Traded by the Kansas City Kings (as a 1984 2nd round draft pick) with Chris McNealy and Ennis Whatley to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Micheaux and Mark Olberding.

June 19, 1984: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round (37th pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

June 18, 1985: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with Ken Johnson to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mike Smrek.

November 12, 1985: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

September 22, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

January 16, 1988: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Mike Gminski to the Philadelphia 76ers for Roy Hinson, Tim McCormick and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Stanley Brundy).

October 9, 1989: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

October 18, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks.

January 17, 1994: Signed a 10-day contract with the Detroit Pistons.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Total NBA $275,000
1988-89 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $300,000
1989-90 Milwaukee Bucks NBA *$270,000
1993-94 Detroit Pistons NBA *$150,000
Career (may be incomplete) $995,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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