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Wayne Cooper

Artis Wayne Cooper (Wayne. Coop)

Position: Center-Forward
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

Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (18th pick, 40th overall) of the 1978 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
1978-79 22 GSW NBA 65 795 128 293 .437 41 61 .672 90 190 280 21 7 44 52 118 297
1979-80 23 GSW NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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
1978-79 22 GSW NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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
1978-79 22 GSW NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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
1978-79 22 GSW NBA 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
1979-80 23 GSW NBA 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
1980-81 24 UTA NBA 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
1981-82 25 DAL NBA 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
1982-83 26 POR NBA 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
1983-84 27 POR NBA 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
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 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
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 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
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 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
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 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
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 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
1989-90 33 POR NBA 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
1990-91 34 POR NBA 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
1991-92 35 POR NBA 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
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

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
1982-83 26 POR NBA 7 228 36 74 0 0 15 17 24 56 9 2 8 17 33 87 .486 .882 32.6 12.4 8.0 1.3
1983-84 27 POR NBA 5 104 10 27 0 0 4 8 11 20 4 1 4 5 14 24 .370 .500 20.8 4.8 4.0 0.8
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 15 321 67 143 0 0 30 40 34 93 20 8 36 19 52 164 .469 .750 21.4 10.9 6.2 1.3
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 8 154 24 56 0 1 15 22 11 40 7 2 5 11 31 63 .429 .000 .682 19.3 7.9 5.0 0.9
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 3 41 5 12 0 0 2 2 6 17 2 0 1 1 9 12 .417 1.000 13.7 4.0 5.7 0.7
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 9 96 8 23 0 0 2 2 16 33 6 3 8 4 19 18 .348 1.000 10.7 2.0 3.7 0.7
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 3 44 6 12 0 0 0 0 4 13 2 1 2 0 10 12 .500 14.7 4.0 4.3 0.7
1989-90 33 POR NBA 18 248 19 47 0 0 10 19 25 71 5 5 29 5 40 48 .404 .526 13.8 2.7 3.9 0.3
1990-91 34 POR NBA 3 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 .500 4.3 0.7 1.7 0.3
1991-92 35 POR NBA 3 27 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 1 4 4 .500 9.0 1.3 2.7 0.0
Career NBA 74 1276 178 400 0 1 78 110 133 356 56 22 96 64 214 434 .445 .000 .709 17.2 5.9 4.8 0.8

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
1982-83 26 POR NBA 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
1983-84 27 POR NBA 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
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 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
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 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
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 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
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 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
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 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
1989-90 33 POR NBA 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
1990-91 34 POR NBA 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
1991-92 35 POR NBA 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
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

Career NBA 984 (98)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 2149 (58)
Career 2149 (68)

Blocks

1984-85 NBA 197 (4)
1985-86 NBA 227 (4)
1988-89 NBA 211 (6)
Career NBA 1535 (29)
Career 1535 (31)

Personal Fouls

1982-83 NBA 318 (8)
1985-86 NBA 315 (3)
1988-89 NBA 302 (7)
Career NBA 3144 (47)
Career 3144 (56)

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 (36)
Career 1.6 (38)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1982-83 NBA 11.4 (7)
1984-85 NBA 11.3 (8)
Career NBA 11.2 (31)
Career 11.2 (32)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 21.9 (50)
Career 21.9 (50)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 16.4 (40)
Career 16.4 (41)

Block Pct

1983-84 NBA 3.8 (9)
1984-85 NBA 5.4 (3)
1985-86 NBA 5.9 (4)
1988-89 NBA 6.4 (3)
Career NBA 4.3 (27)
Career 4.3 (27)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (797)
    

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

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Denver Nuggets NBA $280,000
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $300,000
1986-87 Denver Nuggets NBA *$475,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $650,000
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $750,000
1989-90 Portland Trail Blazers NBA *$925,000
1990-91 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,100,000
1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,680,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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