Nick Collison

Nicholas John Collison ▪ Twitter: @nickcollison4

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 255 lbs.
Born: October 26, 1980 in Orange City, Iowa
High School: Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls, Iowa
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 2003 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 2004
Age: 32 years, 206 days ▪ Experience: 9 years

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	82	4	1396	190	354	.537	0	3	.000	83	118	.703	156	220	376	32	34	50	62	252	463
2005-06	25	SEA	NBA	PF	66	27	1448	207	394	.525	0	3	.000	79	113	.699	143	225	368	74	21	35	77	213	493
2006-07	26	SEA	NBA	C	82	56	2378	318	636	.500	0	2	.000	154	199	.774	229	437	666	82	48	66	123	289	790
2007-08	27	SEA	NBA	PF	78	35	2223	322	641	.502	0	2	.000	123	167	.737	254	476	730	113	47	60	118	250	767
2008-09	28	OKC	NBA	C	71	40	1831	243	428	.568	0	2	.000	98	136	.721	181	308	489	66	51	50	73	239	584
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	75	5	1557	182	309	.589	1	4	.250	74	107	.692	152	232	384	38	37	48	63	230	439
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	71	2	1524	137	242	.566	0	0		55	73	.753	119	197	316	69	42	31	55	210	329
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	63	0	1307	120	201	.597	0	1	.000	44	62	.710	119	155	274	82	33	28	61	153	284
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	81	2	1583	176	296	.595	0	4	.000	60	78	.769	123	210	333	121	51	30	69	197	412
Career			NBA		669	171	15247	1895	3501	.541	1	21	.048	770	1053	.731	1476	2460	3936	677	364	398	701	2033	4561

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	82	4	17.0	2.3	4.3	.537	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.703	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	5.6
2005-06	25	SEA	NBA	PF	66	27	21.9	3.1	6.0	.525	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.699	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.1	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.2	7.5
2006-07	26	SEA	NBA	C	82	56	29.0	3.9	7.8	.500	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.774	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.5	9.6
2007-08	27	SEA	NBA	PF	78	35	28.5	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737	3.3	6.1	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	9.8
2008-09	28	OKC	NBA	C	71	40	25.8	3.4	6.0	.568	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721	2.5	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.4	8.2
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	75	5	20.8	2.4	4.1	.589	0.1	.250	1.0	1.4	.692	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.1	5.9
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	71	2	21.5	1.9	3.4	.566	0.0		0.8	1.0	.753	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	63	0	20.7	1.9	3.2	.597	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.710	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.5
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	81	2	19.5	2.2	3.7	.595	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.769	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.1
Career			NBA		669	171	22.8	2.8	5.2	.541	0.0	.048	1.2	1.6	.731	2.2	3.7	5.9	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.0	3.0	6.8

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	82	4	1396	4.9	9.1	.537	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.703	4.0	5.7	9.7	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.6	6.5	11.9
2005-06	25	SEA	NBA	PF	66	27	1448	5.1	9.8	.525	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.699	3.6	5.6	9.1	1.8	0.5	0.9	1.9	5.3	12.3
2006-07	26	SEA	NBA	C	82	56	2378	4.8	9.6	.500	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.774	3.5	6.6	10.1	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.9	4.4	12.0
2007-08	27	SEA	NBA	PF	78	35	2223	5.2	10.4	.502	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.737	4.1	7.7	11.8	1.8	0.8	1.0	1.9	4.0	12.4
2008-09	28	OKC	NBA	C	71	40	1831	4.8	8.4	.568	0.0	.000	1.9	2.7	.721	3.6	6.1	9.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.4	4.7	11.5
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	75	5	1557	4.2	7.1	.589	0.1	.250	1.7	2.5	.692	3.5	5.4	8.9	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.5	5.3	10.2
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	71	2	1524	3.2	5.7	.566	0.0		1.3	1.7	.753	2.8	4.7	7.5	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.3	5.0	7.8
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	63	0	1307	3.3	5.5	.597	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.710	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.3	0.9	0.8	1.7	4.2	7.8
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	81	2	1583	4.0	6.7	.595	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.769	2.8	4.8	7.6	2.8	1.2	0.7	1.6	4.5	9.4
Career			NBA		669	171	15247	4.5	8.3	.541	0.0	.048	1.8	2.5	.731	3.5	5.8	9.3	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.8	10.8

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	82	1396	15.0	.570	.537	13.7	19.2	16.5	3.9	1.3	2.8	13.3	15.5	117	107	2.7	1.2	3.9	.135
2005-06	25	SEA	NBA	PF	66	1448	14.0	.556	.525	11.8	19.0	15.4	8.1	0.8	1.9	14.8	16.1	112	114	2.2	0.1	2.3	.075
2006-07	26	SEA	NBA	C	82	2378	14.2	.546	.500	11.4	22.2	16.8	5.4	1.1	2.1	14.5	16.2	110	109	2.8	1.8	4.6	.093
2007-08	27	SEA	NBA	PF	78	2223	15.0	.537	.502	12.5	23.3	17.9	7.9	1.1	1.9	14.2	16.2	109	107	2.2	2.3	4.5	.098
2008-09	28	OKC	NBA	C	71	1831	14.8	.599	.568	11.2	19.7	15.4	5.8	1.4	2.0	13.0	13.5	119	108	3.0	2.0	5.0	.130
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	75	1557	13.1	.616	.591	11.5	16.7	14.2	3.7	1.2	2.3	15.0	12.1	120	105	2.6	2.2	4.7	.146
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	71	1524	10.8	.600	.566	9.5	14.6	12.1	6.7	1.4	1.5	16.7	9.8	120	108	2.1	1.5	3.6	.113
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	63	1307	12.1	.622	.597	11.1	12.7	12.0	9.3	1.3	1.6	21.1	10.0	121	105	2.3	1.2	3.5	.130
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	81	1583	13.6	.624	.595	9.6	14.2	12.1	11.3	1.7	1.4	17.3	11.5	123	104	3.2	2.1	5.2	.158
Career			NBA		669	15247	13.7	.575	.541	11.4	18.5	15.0	6.8	1.2	2.0	15.0	13.7	115	107	22.9	14.4	37.4	.118

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	11	218	37	61	.607	1	1	1.000	17	27	.630	22	33	55	5	3	5	6	40	92
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	6	129	8	24	.333	0	1	.000	3	7	.429	12	16	28	2	5	1	4	20	19
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	17	413	48	76	.632	0	0		18	23	.783	47	51	98	15	15	15	13	63	114
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	20	332	33	51	.647	0	0		3	7	.429	30	37	67	19	12	5	12	51	69
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	11	178	22	47	.468	0	0		11	12	.917	25	26	51	12	5	11	10	37	55
Career			NBA		65	1270	148	259	.571	1	2	.500	52	76	.684	136	163	299	53	40	37	45	211	349

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	11	19.8	3.4	5.5	.607	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.5	2.5	.630	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.6	8.4
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	6	21.5	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.2	.429	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	3.3	3.2
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	17	24.3	2.8	4.5	.632	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.4	.783	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.7	6.7
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	20	16.6	1.7	2.6	.647	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	.429	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	3.5
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	11	16.2	2.0	4.3	.468	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.1	.917	2.3	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	5.0
Career			NBA		65	19.5	2.3	4.0	.571	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.2	.684	2.1	2.5	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	3.2	5.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	11	218	6.1	10.1	.607	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.8	4.5	.630	3.6	5.4	9.1	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.0	6.6	15.2
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	6	129	2.2	6.7	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	2.0	.429	3.3	4.5	7.8	0.6	1.4	0.3	1.1	5.6	5.3
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	17	413	4.2	6.6	.632	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.0	.783	4.1	4.4	8.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1	5.5	9.9
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	20	332	3.6	5.5	.647	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	.429	3.3	4.0	7.3	2.1	1.3	0.5	1.3	5.5	7.5
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	11	178	4.4	9.5	.468	0.0	0.0		2.2	2.4	.917	5.1	5.3	10.3	2.4	1.0	2.2	2.0	7.5	11.1
Career			NBA		65	1270	4.2	7.3	.571	0.0	0.1	.500	1.5	2.2	.684	3.9	4.6	8.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.3	6.0	9.9

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2004-05	24	SEA	NBA	C	11	218	18.4	.631	.615	12.8	18.2	15.6	4.0	0.7	1.8	7.6	16.7	132	113	0.7	0.1	0.8	.181
2009-10	29	OKC	NBA	C	6	129	5.1	.351	.333	10.2	13.8	12.0	2.7	2.1	0.6	12.9	11.0	85	105	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.020
2010-11	30	OKC	NBA	C	17	413	16.2	.662	.632	13.5	13.8	13.7	6.1	1.9	2.8	13.1	10.9	135	106	1.1	0.4	1.5	.177
2011-12	31	OKC	NBA	PF	20	332	12.5	.638	.647	11.0	13.1	12.1	8.5	1.9	1.2	18.2	9.3	126	109	0.7	0.1	0.8	.119
2012-13	32	OKC	NBA	C	11	178	16.2	.526	.468	16.0	16.3	16.1	11.3	1.5	5.3	16.1	16.0	112	101	0.3	0.3	0.6	.155
Career			NBA		65	1270	14.5	.597	.573	12.7	14.7	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.4	13.3	12.2	124	107	2.7	1.1	3.8	.144

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 9 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Nick Collison		5.2	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.5	3.9	3.6	3.5	2.3
John Salley	90.8	6.2	6.1	5.1	4.8	4.8	3.8	3.6	3.5	2.5
Mark Olberding	90.6	6.6	5.1	5.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.1	2.3
Robert Reid	90.5	7.2	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.0	2.3
Mike Bantom	89.3	5.9	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.4	3.9	2.9	2.7	0.5
Glenn Robinson	89.2	6.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.9
Tom Meschery	88.6	7.5	5.2	4.8	4.6	4.4	4.1	3.7	3.1	3.0
Larry Smith	88.4	6.1	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.3	4.0	3.7	3.1	0.3
Kyle Korver	88.1	6.6	5.3	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.2	3.7	2.6	1.0
Morris Peterson	87.5	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.9	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.9	0.6
Sam Mitchell	86.0	6.1	5.1	5.1	4.3	3.7	3.3	2.8	2.3	2.2

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Nick Collison		5.2	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.5	3.9	3.6	3.5	2.3
Stephen Jackson	89.4	5.0	4.8	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.1	3.1	2.2	1.9	0.9	0.6	0.3	-0.1
Mike Bantom	89.3	5.9	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.4	3.9	2.9	2.7	0.5
John Salley	89.0	6.2	6.1	5.1	4.8	4.8	3.8	3.6	3.5	2.5	0.6	0.5
Chuck Person	87.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	4.6	3.9	3.6	3.3	3.0	2.1	1.2	0.9	0.0	-0.1
Robert Reid	86.9	7.2	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.0	2.3	1.7	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3
Morris Peterson	86.8	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.9	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.0
Glenn Robinson	86.0	6.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.9	1.6	0.5
John Block	85.8	5.5	5.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.1	2.3	0.2	0.0
Corliss Williamson	85.6	5.1	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.2	-0.8
Jim Washington	84.4	6.7	5.5	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.3	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	0.0

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
1999-00	19	KANSAS	34	774	145	292	5	13	62	92		234	38					357	.497	.385	.674	22.8	10.5	6.9	1.1
2000-01	20	KANSAS	33	892	187	313	2	5	85	136		222	71					461	.597	.400	.625	27.0	14.0	6.7	2.2
2001-02	21	KANSAS	37	990	245	414	3	8	84	146		307	64					577	.592	.375	.575	26.8	15.6	8.3	1.7
2002-03	22	KANSAS	38	1232	281	507	13	38	127	200		380	84					702	.554	.342	.635	32.4	18.5	10.0	2.2
Career			142	3888	858	1526	23	64	358	574		1143	257					2097	.562	.359	.624	27.4	14.8	8.0	1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1999 McDonald's All American 2002-03 NCAA AP All-America (1st)	Games 2004-05 NBA 82 (2) 2006-07 NBA 82 (1)	Offensive Rebounds 2007-08 NBA 254 (10)	Personal Fouls 2006-07 NBA 289 (3)
Offensive Rebound Pct Active 11.4 (10) Career NBA 11.4 (30) Career 11.4 (33)	Total Rebound Pct Career NBA 15.0 (91)	Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.000 (155) Career 0.000 (875)

Transactions

June 26, 2003: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2003 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2003-04	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$1,578,240
2004-05	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$1,969,680
2005-06	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$1,815,000
2006-07	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$2,501,070
2007-08	Seattle SuperSonics	NBA	$5,750,000
2008-09	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$6,350,000
2009-10	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$6,250,000
2010-11	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$13,250,000
2011-12	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$3,272,997
Career	(may be incomplete)		$42,736,987

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Oklahoma City Thunder	$2,929,332	$2,585,668	$2,242,003

Signed extension on November 23, 2010 for an assumed $11,030,000 for 4 years starting in 2011-12.

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