Wayne Cooper

Artis Wayne Cooper (Wayne. Coop)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 16, 1956 in Milan, Georgia
High School: Telfair County in McRae, Georgia
College: University of New Orleans
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 2nd round (18th pick, 40th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 14, 1978

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 25, 2013 6:17 PM

All-Time Rank: #522. Foots Walker… #523. Dave Corzine… #524. Greg Anthony… #525. WAYNE COOPER… #526. Greg Ostertag… #527. Darnell Valentine… #528. Tony Battie…

All-Time Rank: #522. Foots Walker… #523. Dave Corzine… #524. Greg Anthony… #525. WAYNE COOPER… #526. Greg Ostertag… #527. Darnell Valentine… #528. Tony Battie…

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
1978-79	22	GSW	NBA	C	65		795	128	293	.437				41	61	.672	90	190	280	21	7	44	52	118	297
1979-80	23	GSW	NBA	PF	79		1781	367	750	.489	1	4	.250	136	181	.751	202	305	507	42	20	79	140	246	871
1980-81	24	UTA	NBA	C	71		1420	213	471	.452	1	3	.333	62	90	.689	166	274	440	52	18	51	77	219	489
1981-82	25	DAL	NBA	C	76	38	1818	281	669	.420	1	8	.125	119	160	.744	200	350	550	115	37	106	88	285	682
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	80	60	2099	320	723	.443	0	5	.000	135	197	.685	214	397	611	116	27	136	162	318	775
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	81	38	1662	304	663	.459	0	7	.000	185	230	.804	176	300	476	76	26	106	110	247	793
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	80	78	2031	404	856	.472	0	2	.000	161	235	.685	229	402	631	86	28	197	149	304	969
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	78	78	2112	422	906	.466	3	7	.429	174	219	.795	190	420	610	81	42	227	117	315	1021
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	69	64	1561	235	524	.448	0	3	.000	79	109	.725	162	311	473	68	13	101	78	257	549
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	45	32	865	118	270	.437	0	1	.000	50	67	.746	98	172	270	30	12	94	59	145	286
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	79	72	1864	220	444	.495	1	4	.250	79	106	.745	212	407	619	78	36	211	73	302	520
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	79	0	1176	138	304	.454	0	3	.000	25	39	.641	118	221	339	44	18	95	39	211	301
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	67	1	746	57	145	.393	0	1	.000	33	42	.786	54	134	188	22	7	61	22	120	147
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	35	0	344	35	82	.427	0	0		7	11	.636	38	63	101	21	4	27	15	57	77
Career			NBA		984	461	20274	3242	7100	.457	7	48	.146	1286	1747	.736	2149	3946	6095	852	295	1535	1181	3144	7777

Per Game

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
1978-79	22	GSW	NBA	C	65		12.2	2.0	4.5	.437				0.6	0.9	.672	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	4.6
1979-80	23	GSW	NBA	PF	79		22.5	4.6	9.5	.489	0.0	0.1	.250	1.7	2.3	.751	2.6	3.9	6.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	3.1	11.0
1980-81	24	UTA	NBA	C	71		20.0	3.0	6.6	.452	0.0	0.0	.333	0.9	1.3	.689	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	3.1	6.9
1981-82	25	DAL	NBA	C	76	38	23.9	3.7	8.8	.420	0.0	0.1	.125	1.6	2.1	.744	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.5	0.5	1.4	1.2	3.8	9.0
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	80	60	26.2	4.0	9.0	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.5	.685	2.7	5.0	7.6	1.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.7
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	81	38	20.5	3.8	8.2	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.8	.804	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.4	3.0	9.8
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	80	78	25.4	5.1	10.7	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.685	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.9	3.8	12.1
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	78	78	27.1	5.4	11.6	.466	0.0	0.1	.429	2.2	2.8	.795	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	1.5	4.0	13.1
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	69	64	22.6	3.4	7.6	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.725	2.3	4.5	6.9	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.1	3.7	8.0
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	45	32	19.2	2.6	6.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.746	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.2	6.4
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	79	72	23.6	2.8	5.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	1.3	.745	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	0.9	3.8	6.6
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	79	0	14.9	1.7	3.8	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.641	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	0.5	2.7	3.8
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	67	1	11.1	0.9	2.2	.393	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.786	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.2
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	35	0	9.8	1.0	2.3	.427	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	.636	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.2
Career			NBA		984	461	20.6	3.3	7.2	.457	0.0	0.1	.146	1.3	1.8	.736	2.2	4.0	6.2	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.2	3.2	7.9

Per 36 Minutes

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
1978-79	22	GSW	NBA	C	65		795	5.8	13.3	.437				1.9	2.8	.672	4.1	8.6	12.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.3	13.4
1979-80	23	GSW	NBA	PF	79		1781	7.4	15.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.250	2.7	3.7	.751	4.1	6.2	10.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.0	17.6
1980-81	24	UTA	NBA	C	71		1420	5.4	11.9	.452	0.0	0.1	.333	1.6	2.3	.689	4.2	6.9	11.2	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.0	5.6	12.4
1981-82	25	DAL	NBA	C	76	38	1818	5.6	13.2	.420	0.0	0.2	.125	2.4	3.2	.744	4.0	6.9	10.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	1.7	5.6	13.5
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	80	60	2099	5.5	12.4	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.4	.685	3.7	6.8	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.5	13.3
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	81	38	1662	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	5.0	.804	3.8	6.5	10.3	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.4	17.2
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	80	78	2031	7.2	15.2	.472	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.2	.685	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	3.5	2.6	5.4	17.2
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	78	78	2112	7.2	15.4	.466	0.1	0.1	.429	3.0	3.7	.795	3.2	7.2	10.4	1.4	0.7	3.9	2.0	5.4	17.4
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	69	64	1561	5.4	12.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.725	3.7	7.2	10.9	1.6	0.3	2.3	1.8	5.9	12.7
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	45	32	865	4.9	11.2	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.8	.746	4.1	7.2	11.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	2.5	6.0	11.9
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	79	72	1864	4.2	8.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	2.0	.745	4.1	7.9	12.0	1.5	0.7	4.1	1.4	5.8	10.0
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	79	0	1176	4.2	9.3	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.2	.641	3.6	6.8	10.4	1.3	0.6	2.9	1.2	6.5	9.2
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	67	1	746	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.786	2.6	6.5	9.1	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.1	5.8	7.1
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	35	0	344	3.7	8.6	.427	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	.636	4.0	6.6	10.6	2.2	0.4	2.8	1.6	6.0	8.1
Career			NBA		984	461	20274	5.8	12.6	.457	0.0	0.1	.146	2.3	3.1	.736	3.8	7.0	10.8	1.5	0.5	2.7	2.1	5.6	13.8

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
1978-79	22	GSW	NBA	C	65	795	12.5	.464	.437	12.1	25.8	18.9	3.5	0.4	3.0	14.0	18.9	95	100	0.0	1.2	1.2	.073
1979-80	23	GSW	NBA	PF	79	1781	14.8	.525	.490	12.1	19.5	15.7	3.5	0.5	2.6	14.4	22.4	102	106	1.1	1.6	2.8	.074
1980-81	24	UTA	NBA	C	71	1420	12.2	.479	.453	13.6	21.9	17.8	5.3	0.6	2.1	13.1	17.8	100	108	0.5	1.0	1.5	.051
1981-82	25	DAL	NBA	C	76	1818	13.8	.461	.421	12.1	22.8	17.3	9.0	1.0	3.4	10.6	18.7	103	107	0.9	1.9	2.9	.076
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	80	2099	12.4	.479	.443	11.4	21.3	16.3	7.6	0.6	3.6	16.7	18.8	97	102	0.1	2.8	2.9	.067
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	81	1662	15.8	.519	.459	12.2	22.0	17.0	6.2	0.7	3.8	12.6	21.2	109	106	2.0	2.0	4.1	.118
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	80	2031	15.1	.505	.472	11.3	22.5	16.6	5.4	0.6	5.4	13.4	20.6	103	106	0.9	2.6	3.5	.082
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	78	2112	16.3	.509	.467	9.0	21.8	15.1	5.2	0.9	5.9	10.5	20.4	105	102	1.6	3.5	5.1	.116
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	69	1561	11.3	.480	.448	10.2	22.3	15.9	5.5	0.4	3.7	12.0	16.0	102	109	0.4	1.6	2.0	.060
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	45	865	11.7	.477	.437	11.5	21.7	16.4	4.2	0.6	6.2	16.5	16.1	97	103	-0.2	1.4	1.2	.068
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	79	1864	13.6	.530	.497	11.1	23.8	17.1	5.0	0.9	6.4	13.0	11.6	113	102	1.9	3.1	5.0	.128
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	79	1176	10.6	.469	.454	10.7	20.7	15.7	4.8	0.7	4.9	10.8	12.0	107	102	0.6	2.1	2.7	.112
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	67	746	8.3	.450	.393	8.1	19.6	13.9	3.6	0.4	5.0	11.9	10.1	103	103	0.2	1.2	1.4	.092
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	35	344	10.2	.443	.427	12.1	20.0	16.0	7.9	0.6	4.9	14.7	12.1	103	102	0.1	0.6	0.7	.096
Career			NBA		984	20274	13.4	.494	.457	11.2	21.9	16.4	5.6	0.7	4.3	13.1	17.8	103	104	10.0	26.9	36.9	.087

Playoffs Totals

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
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	7		228	36	74	.486	0		15	17	.882	24	32	56	9	2	8	17	33	87
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	5		104	10	27	.370	0		4	8	.500	11	9	20	4	1	4	5	14	24
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	15	12	321	67	143	.469	0		30	40	.750	34	59	93	20	8	36	19	52	164
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	8	4	154	24	56	.429	1	.000	15	22	.682	11	29	40	7	2	5	11	31	63
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	3	1	41	5	12	.417	0		2	2	1.000	6	11	17	2	0	1	1	9	12
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	9	0	96	8	23	.348	0		2	2	1.000	16	17	33	6	3	8	4	19	18
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	3	3	44	6	12	.500	0		0	0		4	9	13	2	1	2	0	10	12
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	18	0	248	19	47	.404	0		10	19	.526	25	46	71	5	5	29	5	40	48
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	3	0	13	1	2	.500	0		0	0		1	4	5	1	0	0	1	2	2
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	3	0	27	2	4	.500	0		0	0		1	7	8	0	0	3	1	4	4
Career			NBA		74	20	1276	178	400	.445	1	.000	78	110	.709	133	223	356	56	22	96	64	214	434

Playoffs 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
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	7		32.6	5.1	10.6	.486	0.0		2.1	2.4	.882	3.4	4.6	8.0	1.3	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	12.4
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	5		20.8	2.0	5.4	.370	0.0		0.8	1.6	.500	2.2	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.8	4.8
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	15	12	21.4	4.5	9.5	.469	0.0		2.0	2.7	.750	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.3	0.5	2.4	1.3	3.5	10.9
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	8	4	19.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.1	.000	1.9	2.8	.682	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.9	7.9
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	3	1	13.7	1.7	4.0	.417	0.0		0.7	0.7	1.000	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	4.0
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	9	0	10.7	0.9	2.6	.348	0.0		0.2	0.2	1.000	1.8	1.9	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	3	3	14.7	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.3	3.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	3.3	4.0
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	18	0	13.8	1.1	2.6	.404	0.0		0.6	1.1	.526	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.7
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	3	0	4.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	3	0	9.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.3	2.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.3
Career			NBA		74	20	17.2	2.4	5.4	.445	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.709	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.9	5.9

Playoffs 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
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	7		228	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0		2.4	2.7	.882	3.8	5.1	8.8	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.7	5.2	13.7
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	5		104	3.5	9.3	.370	0.0		1.4	2.8	.500	3.8	3.1	6.9	1.4	0.3	1.4	1.7	4.8	8.3
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	15	12	321	7.5	16.0	.469	0.0		3.4	4.5	.750	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	0.9	4.0	2.1	5.8	18.4
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	8	4	154	5.6	13.1	.429	0.2	.000	3.5	5.1	.682	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.6	0.5	1.2	2.6	7.2	14.7
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	3	1	41	4.4	10.5	.417	0.0		1.8	1.8	1.000	5.3	9.7	14.9	1.8	0.0	0.9	0.9	7.9	10.5
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	9	0	96	3.0	8.6	.348	0.0		0.7	0.7	1.000	6.0	6.4	12.4	2.3	1.1	3.0	1.5	7.1	6.8
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	3	3	44	4.9	9.8	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		3.3	7.4	10.6	1.6	0.8	1.6	0.0	8.2	9.8
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	18	0	248	2.8	6.8	.404	0.0		1.5	2.8	.526	3.6	6.7	10.3	0.7	0.7	4.2	0.7	5.8	7.0
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	3	0	13	2.8	5.5	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		2.8	11.1	13.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	2.8	5.5	5.5
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	3	0	27	2.7	5.3	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.3	9.3	10.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.3	5.3	5.3
Career			NBA		74	20	1276	5.0	11.3	.445	0.0	.000	2.2	3.1	.709	3.8	6.3	10.0	1.6	0.6	2.7	1.8	6.0	12.2

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
1982-83	26	POR	NBA	C	7	228	11.6	.534	.486	11.5	16.0	13.7	5.6	0.4	2.0	17.3	18.2	102	108	0.1	0.2	0.3	.058
1983-84	27	POR	NBA	C	5	104	6.4	.393	.370	11.1	11.9	11.5	5.2	0.5	2.3	14.1	14.3	92	116	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.029
1984-85	28	DEN	NBA	C	15	321	16.6	.511	.469	10.6	21.3	15.5	8.1	1.1	6.5	10.6	21.0	108	105	0.2	0.5	0.8	.112
1985-86	29	DEN	NBA	C	8	154	9.4	.480	.429	6.9	20.7	13.4	6.2	0.6	1.8	14.3	19.8	96	109	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.027
1986-87	30	DEN	NBA	C	3	41	10.6	.466	.417	12.8	30.2	20.4	6.1	0.0	1.4	7.2	12.6	110	124	0.0	0.0	0.0	.012
1987-88	31	DEN	NBA	C	9	96	11.0	.377	.348	16.8	20.4	18.5	7.9	1.5	4.9	14.3	11.9	101	109	0.0	0.1	0.1	.059
1988-89	32	DEN	NBA	C	3	44	11.4	.500	.500	8.5	21.5	14.6	5.9	1.0	2.8	0.0	10.7	120	110	0.1	0.0	0.1	.104
1989-90	33	POR	NBA	C	18	248	11.0	.434	.404	10.7	21.4	15.8	2.8	1.0	7.0	8.3	9.9	105	103	0.1	0.4	0.5	.097
1990-91	34	POR	NBA	C	3	13	6.6	.500	.500	8.8	37.7	22.8	10.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	9.9	90	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	.030
1991-92	35	POR	NBA	C	3	27	7.9	.500	.500	4.6	31.4	18.1	0.0	0.0	7.5	20.0	8.0	90	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	.060
Career			NBA		74	1276	11.8	.484	.445	10.7	20.1	15.1	5.8	0.8	4.4	12.5	16.0	103	108	0.3	1.5	1.8	.069

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 14 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Wayne Cooper		5.1	5.0	4.1	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.7
George Johnson	89.0	5.0	4.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.3
Herb Williams	86.2	6.2	4.7	4.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6
Benoit Benjamin	86.0	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.0	3.0	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
Zaza Pachulia	85.0	5.0	4.8	3.9	3.9	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.7	1.1	0.3
Nazr Mohammed	84.0	4.6	4.5	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.5	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Tony Battie	83.7	6.2	5.8	3.8	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Greg Ostertag	81.9	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Alton Lister	80.4	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	-0.2
Dave Corzine	79.7	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	2.9	2.9	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2
Kent Benson	79.2	6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Wayne Cooper		5.1	5.0	4.1	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.7
George Johnson	89.0	5.0	4.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.3
Nazr Mohammed	86.2	4.6	4.5	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.5	2.3	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Benoit Benjamin	86.0	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.0	3.0	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Herb Williams	85.5	6.2	4.7	4.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1
Zaza Pachulia	85.0	5.0	4.8	3.9	3.9	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.7	1.1	0.3
Tony Battie	83.7	6.2	5.8	3.8	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Greg Ostertag	81.9	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Alton Lister	80.9	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Dave Corzine	79.7	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	2.9	2.9	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2
Kent Benson	79.2	6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	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
1974-75	18	NORLEANS	17		16	33			3	4		52						35	.485		.750		2.1	3.1
1975-76	19	NORLEANS	26		140	278			34	47		244						314	.504		.723		12.1	9.4
1976-77	20	NORLEANS	28		166	368			38	55		284						370	.451		.691		13.2	10.1
1977-78	21	NORLEANS	27		202	377			86	111		343						490	.536		.775		18.1	12.7
Career			98		524	1056			161	217		923						1209	.496		.742		12.3	9.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Offensive Rebounds Career NBA 2149 (65) Career 2149 (75)	Blocks 1984-85 NBA 197 (4) 1985-86 NBA 227 (4) 1988-89 NBA 211 (6) Career NBA 1535 (30) Career 1535 (32)	Personal Fouls 1982-83 NBA 318 (8) 1985-86 NBA 315 (3) 1988-89 NBA 302 (7) Career NBA 3144 (51) Career 3144 (60)	Blocks Per Game 1984-85 NBA 2.5 (4) 1985-86 NBA 2.9 (4) 1988-89 NBA 2.7 (7) Career NBA 1.6 (38) Career 1.6 (41)
Offensive Rebound Pct 1979-80 NBA 12.1 (9) 1981-82 NBA 12.1 (7) 1982-83 NBA 11.4 (9) 1983-84 NBA 12.2 (7) 1984-85 NBA 11.3 (10) Career NBA 11.2 (32) Career 11.2 (35)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1988-89 NBA 23.8 (5) Career NBA 21.9 (66) Career 21.9 (69)	Total Rebound Pct 1988-89 NBA 17.1 (10) Career NBA 16.4 (50) Career 16.4 (57)	Block Pct 1983-84 NBA 3.8 (7) 1984-85 NBA 5.4 (2) 1985-86 NBA 5.9 (3) 1986-87 NBA 3.7 (10) 1988-89 NBA 6.4 (3) Career NBA 4.3 (26) Career 4.3 (26)
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (833)	NBA Elo Player Rating 527th (overall) as of May 25, 2013, 4:54AM

Transactions

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (40th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

September 11, 1980: Traded by the Golden State Warriors with a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ken Green) to the Utah Jazz for Bernard King.

August 20, 1981: Traded by the Utah Jazz with Allan Bristow to the Dallas Mavericks for Bill Robinzine.

June 28, 1982: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with a 1985 1st round draft pick (Terry Porter) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kelvin Ransey.

June 7, 1984: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Fat Lever, Calvin Natt, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Blair Rasmussen) to the Denver Nuggets for Kiki Vandeweghe.

July 24, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

September 10, 1992: Retired from the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Denver Nuggets	NBA	$300,000
1987-88	Denver Nuggets	NBA	$650,000
1988-89	Denver Nuggets	NBA	$750,000
1990-91	Portland Trail Blazers	NBA	$1,100,000
1991-92	Portland Trail Blazers	NBA	$1,200,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$4,000,000

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