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Steve Colter

R. Steven Colter (Steve)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: July 24, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona
High School: Union in Phoenix, Arizona
College: New Mexico State University

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (9th pick, 33rd 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 22 POR NBA 78 22 1462 216 477 .453 26 74 .351 98 130 .754 40 110 150 243 75 9 112 142 556
1985-86 23 POR NBA 81 51 1868 272 597 .456 27 83 .325 135 164 .823 41 136 177 257 113 10 115 188 706
1986-87 24 TOT NBA 70 31 1322 169 397 .426 4 17 .235 82 107 .766 23 85 108 210 56 12 70 99 424
1986-87 24 CHI NBA 27 18 473 49 142 .345 0 9 .000 33 39 .846 9 33 42 94 19 6 32 38 131
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 43 13 849 120 255 .471 4 8 .500 49 68 .721 14 52 66 116 37 6 38 61 293
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 68 53 1513 203 441 .460 3 10 .300 75 95 .789 58 115 173 261 62 14 88 132 484
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 12 0 152 15 40 .375 0 0 7 9 .778 7 11 18 26 6 0 11 20 37
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 56 53 1361 188 401 .469 3 10 .300 68 86 .791 51 104 155 235 56 14 77 112 447
1988-89 26 WSB NBA 80 5 1425 203 457 .444 3 25 .120 125 167 .749 62 120 182 225 69 14 64 158 534
1989-90 27 WSB NBA 73 1 977 142 297 .478 0 5 .000 77 95 .811 55 121 176 148 47 10 38 98 361
1990-91 28 SAC NBA 19 0 251 23 56 .411 5 14 .357 7 10 .700 5 21 26 37 11 1 11 27 58
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 57 7 752 67 169 .396 8 35 .229 54 71 .761 13 46 59 101 30 6 36 53 196
Career NBA 526 170 9570 1295 2891 .448 76 263 .289 653 839 .778 297 754 1051 1482 463 76 534 897 3319

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 22 POR NBA 78 22 18.7 2.8 6.1 .453 0.3 0.9 .351 1.3 1.7 .754 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 1.4 1.8 7.1
1985-86 23 POR NBA 81 51 23.1 3.4 7.4 .456 0.3 1.0 .325 1.7 2.0 .823 0.5 1.7 2.2 3.2 1.4 0.1 1.4 2.3 8.7
1986-87 24 TOT NBA 70 31 18.9 2.4 5.7 .426 0.1 0.2 .235 1.2 1.5 .766 0.3 1.2 1.5 3.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.4 6.1
1986-87 24 CHI NBA 27 18 17.5 1.8 5.3 .345 0.0 0.3 .000 1.2 1.4 .846 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.5 0.7 0.2 1.2 1.4 4.9
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 43 13 19.7 2.8 5.9 .471 0.1 0.2 .500 1.1 1.6 .721 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.7 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.4 6.8
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 68 53 22.3 3.0 6.5 .460 0.0 0.1 .300 1.1 1.4 .789 0.9 1.7 2.5 3.8 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.9 7.1
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 12 0 12.7 1.3 3.3 .375 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .778 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 1.7 3.1
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 56 53 24.3 3.4 7.2 .469 0.1 0.2 .300 1.2 1.5 .791 0.9 1.9 2.8 4.2 1.0 0.3 1.4 2.0 8.0
1988-89 26 WSB NBA 80 5 17.8 2.5 5.7 .444 0.0 0.3 .120 1.6 2.1 .749 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.8 0.9 0.2 0.8 2.0 6.7
1989-90 27 WSB NBA 73 1 13.4 1.9 4.1 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.3 .811 0.8 1.7 2.4 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.3 4.9
1990-91 28 SAC NBA 19 0 13.2 1.2 2.9 .411 0.3 0.7 .357 0.4 0.5 .700 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.4 3.1
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 57 7 13.2 1.2 3.0 .396 0.1 0.6 .229 0.9 1.2 .761 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.9 3.4
Career NBA 526 170 18.2 2.5 5.5 .448 0.1 0.5 .289 1.2 1.6 .778 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.7 6.3

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 22 POR NBA 78 22 1462 5.3 11.7 .453 0.6 1.8 .351 2.4 3.2 .754 1.0 2.7 3.7 6.0 1.8 0.2 2.8 3.5 13.7
1985-86 23 POR NBA 81 51 1868 5.2 11.5 .456 0.5 1.6 .325 2.6 3.2 .823 0.8 2.6 3.4 5.0 2.2 0.2 2.2 3.6 13.6
1986-87 24 TOT NBA 70 31 1322 4.6 10.8 .426 0.1 0.5 .235 2.2 2.9 .766 0.6 2.3 2.9 5.7 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.7 11.5
1986-87 24 CHI NBA 27 18 473 3.7 10.8 .345 0.0 0.7 .000 2.5 3.0 .846 0.7 2.5 3.2 7.2 1.4 0.5 2.4 2.9 10.0
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 43 13 849 5.1 10.8 .471 0.2 0.3 .500 2.1 2.9 .721 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.9 1.6 0.3 1.6 2.6 12.4
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 68 53 1513 4.8 10.5 .460 0.1 0.2 .300 1.8 2.3 .789 1.4 2.7 4.1 6.2 1.5 0.3 2.1 3.1 11.5
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 12 0 152 3.6 9.5 .375 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.1 .778 1.7 2.6 4.3 6.2 1.4 0.0 2.6 4.7 8.8
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 56 53 1361 5.0 10.6 .469 0.1 0.3 .300 1.8 2.3 .791 1.3 2.8 4.1 6.2 1.5 0.4 2.0 3.0 11.8
1988-89 26 WSB NBA 80 5 1425 5.1 11.5 .444 0.1 0.6 .120 3.2 4.2 .749 1.6 3.0 4.6 5.7 1.7 0.4 1.6 4.0 13.5
1989-90 27 WSB NBA 73 1 977 5.2 10.9 .478 0.0 0.2 .000 2.8 3.5 .811 2.0 4.5 6.5 5.5 1.7 0.4 1.4 3.6 13.3
1990-91 28 SAC NBA 19 0 251 3.3 8.0 .411 0.7 2.0 .357 1.0 1.4 .700 0.7 3.0 3.7 5.3 1.6 0.1 1.6 3.9 8.3
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 57 7 752 3.2 8.1 .396 0.4 1.7 .229 2.6 3.4 .761 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.8 1.4 0.3 1.7 2.5 9.4
Career NBA 526 170 9570 4.9 10.9 .448 0.3 1.0 .289 2.5 3.2 .778 1.1 2.8 4.0 5.6 1.7 0.3 2.0 3.4 12.5

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
1984-85 22 POR NBA 78 1462 12.5 .520 .480 3.1 8.4 5.7 21.2 2.4 0.3 17.3 17.5 105 108 0.9 1.4 2.3
1985-86 23 POR NBA 81 1868 12.7 .528 .478 2.5 8.3 5.4 18.0 2.8 0.3 14.7 16.6 107 108 1.6 1.7 3.3
1986-87 24 TOT NBA 70 1322 11.6 .477 .431 2.0 7.3 4.7 22.1 2.1 0.5 13.6 16.4 104 110 0.6 1.1 1.7
1986-87 24 CHI NBA 27 473 9.8 .412 .345 2.1 8.1 5.0 26.5 2.0 0.8 16.7 17.0 95 109 -0.3 0.4 0.2
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 43 849 12.6 .514 .478 1.9 6.9 4.5 19.6 2.1 0.4 11.8 16.0 110 111 0.9 0.6 1.5
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 68 1513 12.8 .501 .464 4.3 8.6 6.4 24.4 2.0 0.5 15.4 15.6 107 109 1.2 1.4 2.6
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 12 152 8.1 .421 .375 5.3 8.4 6.9 24.1 2.0 0.0 20.0 15.3 95 112 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 56 1361 13.4 .509 .473 4.1 8.6 6.4 24.5 2.0 0.6 14.9 15.6 109 109 1.3 1.3 2.5
1988-89 26 WSB NBA 80 1425 14.1 .503 .447 4.6 9.6 7.0 21.2 2.3 0.6 10.8 16.7 111 109 1.8 1.3 3.1
1989-90 27 WSB NBA 73 977 15.9 .533 .478 6.0 13.5 9.7 19.9 2.3 0.6 10.1 15.8 117 108 1.7 1.0 2.7
1990-91 28 SAC NBA 19 251 9.5 .480 .455 2.2 9.7 5.9 21.3 2.2 0.3 15.4 12.4 103 110 0.1 0.2 0.3
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 57 752 11.3 .489 .420 2.1 7.9 4.9 22.3 2.3 0.6 15.2 15.1 105 106 0.4 1.0 1.4
Career NBA 526 9570 12.9 .509 .461 3.4 8.9 6.2 21.2 2.3 0.5 14.1 16.3 108 109 8.4 8.9 17.3

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
1984-85 22 POR NBA 9 166 36 75 3 11 5 8 4 16 37 5 0 10 24 80 .480 .273 .625 18.4 8.9 1.8 4.1
1985-86 23 POR NBA 4 104 12 26 0 1 2 2 3 15 23 5 1 6 13 26 .462 .000 1.000 26.0 6.5 3.8 5.8
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 5 86 14 31 0 0 4 7 5 15 13 3 3 5 9 32 .452 .571 17.2 6.4 3.0 2.6
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 4 43 5 10 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 12 .500 .000 .500 10.8 3.0 0.3 0.5
Career NBA 24 407 68 144 3 13 13 21 13 47 77 14 4 21 49 152 .472 .231 .619 17.0 6.3 2.0 3.2

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
1984-85 22 POR NBA 9 166 14.1 .509 .500 2.5 8.2 5.2 30.0 1.4 0.0 11.3 20.8 111 119 0.2 0.0 0.2
1985-86 23 POR NBA 4 104 11.3 .484 .462 3.4 11.2 7.6 28.0 2.2 0.5 18.2 12.6 107 113 0.0 0.1 0.1
1986-87 24 PHI NBA 2 8 10.4 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 136 122 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987-88 25 WSB NBA 5 86 15.4 .469 .452 6.9 13.8 10.3 26.1 1.9 2.1 12.8 20.5 103 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
1994-95 32 CLE NBA 4 43 9.9 .510 .500 3.0 0.0 1.6 10.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 13.8 111 113 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 24 407 13.1 .496 .483 3.6 9.1 6.4 26.6 1.7 0.6 12.1 17.7 109 115 0.3 0.2 0.5

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 18 NMSTATE 22 233 18 47 28 41 37 11 1 21 24 64 .383 .683 10.6 2.9 1.7
1981-82 19 NMSTATE 28 822 94 194 66 87 100 23 7 67 51 254 .485 .759 29.4 9.1 3.6
1982-83 20 NMSTATE 29 1079 166 329 2 6 135 179 137 33 24 69 63 469 .505 .333 .754 37.2 16.2 4.7
1983-84 21 NMSTATE 28 1120 219 438 108 138 137 40 13 97 65 546 .500 .783 40.0 19.5 4.9
Career 107 3254 497 1008 2 6 337 445 411 107 45 254 203 1333 .493 .333 .757 30.4 12.5 3.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (819)

Transactions

August 15, 1980: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1984 2nd round draft pick) with a 1983 1st round draft pick (Clyde Drexler) to the Portland Trail Blazers for T.R. Dunn and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Howard Carter).

June 19, 1984: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (33rd pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1986: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Krystkowiak, a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Brett Roberts).

December 31, 1986: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Stanley Brundy) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Sedale Threatt.

December 3, 1987: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

December 22, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

December 29, 1987: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

January 1, 1988: Signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Bullets.

January 21, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

October 30, 1990: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the Sacramento Kings for Byron Irvin.

October 5, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $70,000
1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $112,500
1986-87 Total NBA *$131,250
1987-88 Total NBA $150,000
1988-89 Washington Bullets NBA $200,000
1989-90 Washington Bullets NBA *$250,000
1990-91 Sacramento Kings NBA $300,000
1994-95 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $150,000
1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA *$225,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,588,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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