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Derrick Coleman

Derrick D. Coleman (D.C.)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: June 21, 1967 in Mobile, Alabama
High School: Detroit Northern in Detroit, Michigan
College: Syracuse University

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st 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 23 NJN NBA 74 68 2602 514 1100 .467 13 38 .342 323 442 .731 269 490 759 163 71 99 217 217 1364
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 65 58 2207 483 958 .504 23 76 .303 300 393 .763 203 415 618 205 54 98 248 168 1289
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 76 73 2759 564 1226 .460 23 99 .232 421 521 .808 247 605 852 276 92 126 243 210 1572
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 77 77 2778 541 1209 .447 38 121 .314 439 567 .774 262 608 870 262 68 142 208 209 1559
1994-95 27 NJN NBA 56 54 2103 371 875 .424 28 120 .233 376 490 .767 167 424 591 187 35 94 172 162 1146
1995-96 28 PHI NBA 11 11 294 48 118 .407 7 21 .333 20 32 .625 13 59 72 31 4 10 28 30 123
1996-97 29 PHI NBA 57 54 2102 364 836 .435 32 119 .269 272 365 .745 157 416 573 193 50 75 184 164 1032
1997-98 30 PHI NBA 59 58 2135 356 867 .411 26 98 .265 302 391 .772 149 438 587 145 46 68 157 144 1040
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 37 29 1178 168 406 .414 7 33 .212 143 190 .753 76 252 328 78 24 42 90 96 486
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 74 64 2347 446 979 .456 51 141 .362 296 377 .785 124 508 632 175 34 130 173 195 1239
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 34 3 683 97 255 .380 20 51 .392 63 92 .685 46 138 184 39 10 21 42 53 277
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 58 58 2080 331 735 .450 28 83 .337 185 227 .815 167 342 509 98 42 51 119 158 875
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 64 35 1742 223 498 .448 22 67 .328 134 171 .784 151 299 450 87 53 69 96 171 602
2003-04 36 PHI NBA 34 30 843 107 259 .413 8 36 .222 49 65 .754 45 147 192 46 23 26 57 79 271
2004-05 37 DET NBA 5 0 50 3 14 .214 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 3 12 15 0 0 0 2 6 9
Career NBA 781 672 25903 4616 10335 .447 326 1105 .295 3326 4326 .769 2079 5153 7232 1985 606 1051 2036 2062 12884

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 23 NJN NBA 74 68 35.2 6.9 14.9 .467 0.2 0.5 .342 4.4 6.0 .731 3.6 6.6 10.3 2.2 1.0 1.3 2.9 2.9 18.4
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 65 58 34.0 7.4 14.7 .504 0.4 1.2 .303 4.6 6.0 .763 3.1 6.4 9.5 3.2 0.8 1.5 3.8 2.6 19.8
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 76 73 36.3 7.4 16.1 .460 0.3 1.3 .232 5.5 6.9 .808 3.3 8.0 11.2 3.6 1.2 1.7 3.2 2.8 20.7
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 77 77 36.1 7.0 15.7 .447 0.5 1.6 .314 5.7 7.4 .774 3.4 7.9 11.3 3.4 0.9 1.8 2.7 2.7 20.2
1994-95 27 NJN NBA 56 54 37.6 6.6 15.6 .424 0.5 2.1 .233 6.7 8.8 .767 3.0 7.6 10.6 3.3 0.6 1.7 3.1 2.9 20.5
1995-96 28 PHI NBA 11 11 26.7 4.4 10.7 .407 0.6 1.9 .333 1.8 2.9 .625 1.2 5.4 6.5 2.8 0.4 0.9 2.5 2.7 11.2
1996-97 29 PHI NBA 57 54 36.9 6.4 14.7 .435 0.6 2.1 .269 4.8 6.4 .745 2.8 7.3 10.1 3.4 0.9 1.3 3.2 2.9 18.1
1997-98 30 PHI NBA 59 58 36.2 6.0 14.7 .411 0.4 1.7 .265 5.1 6.6 .772 2.5 7.4 9.9 2.5 0.8 1.2 2.7 2.4 17.6
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 37 29 31.8 4.5 11.0 .414 0.2 0.9 .212 3.9 5.1 .753 2.1 6.8 8.9 2.1 0.6 1.1 2.4 2.6 13.1
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 74 64 31.7 6.0 13.2 .456 0.7 1.9 .362 4.0 5.1 .785 1.7 6.9 8.5 2.4 0.5 1.8 2.3 2.6 16.7
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 34 3 20.1 2.9 7.5 .380 0.6 1.5 .392 1.9 2.7 .685 1.4 4.1 5.4 1.1 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.6 8.1
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 58 58 35.9 5.7 12.7 .450 0.5 1.4 .337 3.2 3.9 .815 2.9 5.9 8.8 1.7 0.7 0.9 2.1 2.7 15.1
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 64 35 27.2 3.5 7.8 .448 0.3 1.0 .328 2.1 2.7 .784 2.4 4.7 7.0 1.4 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.7 9.4
2003-04 36 PHI NBA 34 30 24.8 3.1 7.6 .413 0.2 1.1 .222 1.4 1.9 .754 1.3 4.3 5.6 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.7 2.3 8.0
2004-05 37 DET NBA 5 0 10.0 0.6 2.8 .214 0.0 0.4 .000 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.6 2.4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.8
Career NBA 781 672 33.2 5.9 13.2 .447 0.4 1.4 .295 4.3 5.5 .769 2.7 6.6 9.3 2.5 0.8 1.3 2.6 2.6 16.5

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 23 NJN NBA 74 68 2602 7.1 15.2 .467 0.2 0.5 .342 4.5 6.1 .731 3.7 6.8 10.5 2.3 1.0 1.4 3.0 3.0 18.9
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 65 58 2207 7.9 15.6 .504 0.4 1.2 .303 4.9 6.4 .763 3.3 6.8 10.1 3.3 0.9 1.6 4.0 2.7 21.0
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 76 73 2759 7.4 16.0 .460 0.3 1.3 .232 5.5 6.8 .808 3.2 7.9 11.1 3.6 1.2 1.6 3.2 2.7 20.5
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 77 77 2778 7.0 15.7 .447 0.5 1.6 .314 5.7 7.3 .774 3.4 7.9 11.3 3.4 0.9 1.8 2.7 2.7 20.2
1994-95 27 NJN NBA 56 54 2103 6.4 15.0 .424 0.5 2.1 .233 6.4 8.4 .767 2.9 7.3 10.1 3.2 0.6 1.6 2.9 2.8 19.6
1995-96 28 PHI NBA 11 11 294 5.9 14.4 .407 0.9 2.6 .333 2.4 3.9 .625 1.6 7.2 8.8 3.8 0.5 1.2 3.4 3.7 15.1
1996-97 29 PHI NBA 57 54 2102 6.2 14.3 .435 0.5 2.0 .269 4.7 6.3 .745 2.7 7.1 9.8 3.3 0.9 1.3 3.2 2.8 17.7
1997-98 30 PHI NBA 59 58 2135 6.0 14.6 .411 0.4 1.7 .265 5.1 6.6 .772 2.5 7.4 9.9 2.4 0.8 1.1 2.6 2.4 17.5
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 37 29 1178 5.1 12.4 .414 0.2 1.0 .212 4.4 5.8 .753 2.3 7.7 10.0 2.4 0.7 1.3 2.8 2.9 14.9
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 74 64 2347 6.8 15.0 .456 0.8 2.2 .362 4.5 5.8 .785 1.9 7.8 9.7 2.7 0.5 2.0 2.7 3.0 19.0
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 34 3 683 5.1 13.4 .380 1.1 2.7 .392 3.3 4.8 .685 2.4 7.3 9.7 2.1 0.5 1.1 2.2 2.8 14.6
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 58 58 2080 5.7 12.7 .450 0.5 1.4 .337 3.2 3.9 .815 2.9 5.9 8.8 1.7 0.7 0.9 2.1 2.7 15.1
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 64 35 1742 4.6 10.3 .448 0.5 1.4 .328 2.8 3.5 .784 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.8 1.1 1.4 2.0 3.5 12.4
2003-04 36 PHI NBA 34 30 843 4.6 11.1 .413 0.3 1.5 .222 2.1 2.8 .754 1.9 6.3 8.2 2.0 1.0 1.1 2.4 3.4 11.6
2004-05 37 DET NBA 5 0 50 2.2 10.1 .214 0.0 1.4 .000 2.2 2.2 1.000 2.2 8.6 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.3 6.5
Career NBA 781 672 25903 6.4 14.4 .447 0.5 1.5 .295 4.6 6.0 .769 2.9 7.2 10.1 2.8 0.8 1.5 2.8 2.9 17.9

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
1990-91 23 NJN NBA 74 2602 17.6 .527 .473 10.4 20.5 15.3 9.8 1.3 2.2 14.4 23.3 106 106 2.4 3.4 5.8
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 65 2207 19.5 .570 .516 9.4 20.6 14.8 14.1 1.2 2.6 18.0 25.1 108 107 3.0 2.6 5.6
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 76 2759 21.2 .540 .469 9.7 24.0 16.9 16.1 1.7 2.9 14.3 25.8 110 101 4.4 5.1 9.5
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 77 2778 21.4 .534 .463 9.8 23.5 16.5 15.6 1.2 3.2 12.5 25.3 111 102 5.5 4.4 9.9
1994-95 27 NJN NBA 56 2103 19.0 .525 .440 8.7 22.1 15.4 15.8 0.9 3.1 13.6 26.4 107 106 2.4 2.7 5.1
1995-96 28 PHI NBA 11 294 12.0 .466 .436 5.0 23.8 14.1 19.3 0.7 2.5 17.5 24.3 90 111 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
1996-97 29 PHI NBA 57 2102 17.3 .518 .455 7.9 22.1 14.9 15.7 1.2 2.6 15.6 23.7 104 109 1.8 1.6 3.3
1997-98 30 PHI NBA 59 2135 17.5 .500 .426 8.0 23.8 15.8 12.3 1.1 2.4 13.1 25.2 102 103 1.8 2.7 4.4
1998-99 31 CHH NBA 37 1178 15.6 .496 .422 8.0 24.2 16.4 12.1 1.1 2.6 15.5 23.3 96 100 0.4 1.6 2.0
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 74 2347 18.9 .541 .482 6.1 23.8 15.1 13.5 0.7 3.8 13.1 25.2 103 99 2.7 3.8 6.5
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 34 683 13.8 .469 .420 7.7 23.0 15.4 10.2 0.8 2.3 12.4 22.8 96 99 0.1 1.1 1.2
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 58 2080 16.2 .524 .469 9.2 18.5 13.9 8.5 1.1 1.9 12.5 21.0 106 101 2.7 3.2 5.9
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 64 1742 15.4 .525 .470 10.0 20.5 15.2 8.0 1.6 3.1 14.3 17.3 106 101 2.1 2.4 4.5
2003-04 36 PHI NBA 34 843 11.6 .471 .429 6.3 20.3 13.4 9.9 1.5 2.4 16.5 19.2 91 100 -0.4 1.2 0.8
2004-05 37 DET NBA 5 50 1.2 .294 .214 7.1 27.9 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 16.3 70 102 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Career NBA 781 25903 18.0 .526 .462 8.7 22.2 15.4 13.0 1.2 2.7 14.3 23.8 105 103 28.4 35.8 64.3

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
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 4 162 36 74 1 6 16 21 13 45 21 7 4 11 12 89 .486 .167 .762 40.5 22.3 11.3 5.3
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 5 225 50 94 5 12 29 36 13 67 23 6 13 13 18 134 .532 .417 .806 45.0 26.8 13.4 4.6
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 4 173 27 68 5 9 39 50 19 57 10 2 5 18 12 98 .397 .556 .780 43.3 24.5 14.3 2.5
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 4 169 27 57 5 16 22 28 10 50 14 3 12 13 11 81 .474 .313 .786 42.3 20.3 12.5 3.5
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 5 88 9 34 2 8 7 9 9 25 6 4 2 5 12 27 .265 .250 .778 17.6 5.4 5.0 1.2
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 5 191 22 42 4 13 16 20 15 46 10 1 7 5 10 64 .524 .308 .800 38.2 12.8 9.2 2.0
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 12 449 59 118 4 10 41 47 29 96 24 7 16 17 36 163 .500 .400 .872 37.4 13.6 8.0 2.0
Career NBA 39 1457 230 487 26 74 170 211 108 386 108 30 59 82 111 656 .472 .351 .806 37.4 16.8 9.9 2.8

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
1991-92 24 NJN NBA 4 162 20.4 .535 .493 7.9 23.1 14.8 19.9 2.1 1.6 11.7 23.7 111 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
1992-93 25 NJN NBA 5 225 25.6 .610 .559 6.9 28.0 17.6 18.1 1.4 3.7 10.6 25.0 121 100 0.7 0.4 1.2
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 4 173 20.7 .544 .434 12.1 24.0 18.1 14.9 0.6 2.0 16.7 28.3 105 100 0.3 0.3 0.5
1999-00 32 CHH NBA 4 169 22.8 .584 .518 7.1 26.8 17.2 16.7 1.0 5.4 15.8 23.4 111 102 0.4 0.2 0.6
2000-01 33 CHH NBA 5 88 9.9 .356 .294 11.3 21.5 16.2 11.3 2.5 1.8 11.6 22.5 86 98 -0.1 0.2 0.0
2001-02 34 PHI NBA 5 191 18.7 .630 .571 8.9 20.8 14.5 10.1 0.3 3.4 9.0 13.7 130 114 0.6 -0.1 0.5
2002-03 35 PHI NBA 12 449 18.0 .588 .517 8.2 17.7 13.1 9.6 0.9 3.2 10.9 16.6 121 104 1.1 0.5 1.6
Career NBA 39 1457 19.9 .566 .499 8.6 22.3 15.4 13.7 1.1 3.1 12.4 20.8 114 104 3.1 1.8 4.9

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1993-94 26 NJN NBA 1 1 18 1 6 .167 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 2
Career NBA 1 1 18 1 6 .167 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 2

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 19 SYRACUSE 38 1163 173 309 107 156 333 45 45 68 67 120 453 .560 .686 30.6 11.9 8.8 1.2
1987-88 20 SYRACUSE 35 1133 176 300 1 6 121 192 384 76 45 57 76 84 474 .587 .167 .630 32.4 13.5 11.0 2.2
1988-89 21 SYRACUSE 37 1226 227 395 0 8 171 247 422 106 46 127 89 120 625 .575 .000 .692 33.1 16.9 11.4 2.9
1989-90 22 SYRACUSE 33 1166 194 352 15 41 188 263 398 95 51 67 90 102 591 .551 .366 .715 35.3 17.9 12.1 2.9
Career 143 4688 770 1356 16 55 587 858 1537 322 187 319 322 426 2143 .568 .291 .684 32.8 15.0 10.7 2.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1994 NBA

Awards

1990-91 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1986 McDonald's All American
1989-90 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1990-91 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1992-93 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
1993-94 NBA All-NBA (3rd)

Free Throws

1993-94 NBA 439 (6)

Free Throw Attempts

1993-94 NBA 567 (6)
Career NBA 4326 (96)

Offensive Rebounds

1990-91 NBA 269 (10)
Career NBA 2079 (71)
Career 2079 (83)

Defensive Rebounds

1992-93 NBA 605 (10)
1993-94 NBA 608 (10)
Career NBA 5153 (47)
Career 5153 (53)

Total Rebounds

1990-91 NBA 759 (10)
1993-94 NBA 870 (9)
Career NBA 7232 (77)
Career 7232 (87)

Blocks

Career NBA 1051 (69)
Career 1051 (71)

Turnovers

1991-92 NBA 248 (8)
1992-93 NBA 243 (9)
Career NBA 2036 (86)
Career 2036 (91)

Rebounds Per Game

1990-91 NBA 10.3 (10)
1992-93 NBA 11.2 (10)
1993-94 NBA 11.3 (9)
Career NBA 9.3 (68)
Career 9.3 (70)

Blocks Per Game

Career NBA 1.3 (56)
Career 1.3 (58)

Offensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 8.7 (89)
Career 8.7 (98)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1997-98 NBA 23.8 (10)
Career NBA 22.2 (46)
Career 22.2 (45)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 15.4 (66)
Career 15.4 (67)

Block Pct

Career NBA 2.7 (60)
Career 2.7 (62)

Usage Pct

Career NBA 23.8 (95)

Defensive Win Shares

1992-93 NBA 5.1 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.012 (244)
  

Transactions

June 27, 1990: Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft.

November 30, 1995: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Sean Higgins and Rex Walters to the Philadelphia 76ers for Shawn Bradley, Greg Graham and Tim Perry.

January 21, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

October 25, 2001: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Golden State Warriors traded Chris Porter to the Charlotte Hornets; the Philadelphia 76ers traded George Lynch, Jerome Moiso and Robert Traylor to the Charlotte Hornets; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Cedric Henderson and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Joey Graham) to the Golden State Warriors.

August 4, 2004: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers with Amal McCaskill to the Detroit Pistons for Corliss Williamson.

January 5, 2005: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,100,000
1991-92 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,300,000
1992-93 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,870,000
1993-94 New Jersey Nets NBA $3,440,000
1994-95 New Jersey Nets NBA $4,212,000
1995-96 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $5,476,000
1996-97 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $6,739,000
1997-98 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $8,002,800
1998-99 Charlotte Hornets NBA $12,267,000
1999-00 Charlotte Hornets NBA $7,370,000
2000-01 Charlotte Hornets NBA $8,000,000
2001-02 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $8,710,000
2002-03 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $9,380,000
2003-04 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $4,000,000
2004-05 Detroit Pistons NBA $4,500,000
2005-06 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $91,366,800
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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