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Dave Corzine

David John Corzine (Dave, Lumber)

Position: Center ▪ Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: April 25, 1956 in Arlington Heights, Illinois
High School: John Hersey in Arlington Heights, Illinois
College: DePaul University
Draft: Washington Bullets, 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 13, 1978

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 6:42AM
All-Time Rank: #473. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman… #474. DAVE CORZINE… #475. Brian Shaw… #476. Darrell Walker… #476. Mark West… #476. Lorenzen Wright… 

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 WSB NBA 59 532 63 118 .534 49 63 .778 52 95 147 49 10 14 53 67 175
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 78 826 90 216 .417 0 0 45 68 .662 104 166 270 63 9 31 60 120 225
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 82 1960 366 747 .490 0 3 .000 125 175 .714 228 408 636 117 42 99 131 212 857
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 82 21 2189 336 648 .519 1 4 .250 159 213 .746 211 418 629 130 33 126 139 235 832
1982-83 26 CHI NBA 82 71 2496 457 920 .497 0 2 .000 232 322 .720 243 474 717 154 47 109 228 242 1146
1983-84 27 CHI NBA 82 82 2674 385 824 .467 3 9 .333 231 275 .840 169 406 575 202 58 120 175 227 1004
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 82 50 2062 276 568 .486 0 1 .000 149 200 .745 130 292 422 140 32 64 124 189 701
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 67 4 1709 255 519 .491 3 12 .250 127 171 .743 132 301 433 150 28 53 104 133 640
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 82 39 2287 294 619 .475 0 5 .000 95 129 .736 199 341 540 209 38 87 114 202 683
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 80 32 2328 344 715 .481 1 9 .111 115 153 .752 170 357 527 154 36 95 109 149 804
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 81 7 1483 203 440 .461 2 8 .250 71 96 .740 92 223 315 103 29 45 93 134 479
1989-90 33 ORL NBA 6 3 79 11 29 .379 0 0 0 2 .000 7 11 18 2 2 0 8 7 22
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 28 0 147 17 38 .447 0 0 13 22 .591 10 23 33 4 5 5 2 18 47
Career NBA 891 309 20772 3097 6401 .484 10 53 .189 1411 1889 .747 1747 3515 5262 1477 369 848 1340 1935 7615

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 WSB NBA 59 9.0 1.1 2.0 .534 0.8 1.1 .778 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.1 3.0
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 78 10.6 1.2 2.8 .417 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .662 1.3 2.1 3.5 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.9
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 82 23.9 4.5 9.1 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .714 2.8 5.0 7.8 1.4 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.6 10.5
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 82 21 26.7 4.1 7.9 .519 0.0 0.0 .250 1.9 2.6 .746 2.6 5.1 7.7 1.6 0.4 1.5 1.7 2.9 10.1
1982-83 26 CHI NBA 82 71 30.4 5.6 11.2 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.9 .720 3.0 5.8 8.7 1.9 0.6 1.3 2.8 3.0 14.0
1983-84 27 CHI NBA 82 82 32.6 4.7 10.0 .467 0.0 0.1 .333 2.8 3.4 .840 2.1 5.0 7.0 2.5 0.7 1.5 2.1 2.8 12.2
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 82 50 25.1 3.4 6.9 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.4 .745 1.6 3.6 5.1 1.7 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.3 8.5
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 67 4 25.5 3.8 7.7 .491 0.0 0.2 .250 1.9 2.6 .743 2.0 4.5 6.5 2.2 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.0 9.6
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 82 39 27.9 3.6 7.5 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.6 .736 2.4 4.2 6.6 2.5 0.5 1.1 1.4 2.5 8.3
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 80 32 29.1 4.3 8.9 .481 0.0 0.1 .111 1.4 1.9 .752 2.1 4.5 6.6 1.9 0.5 1.2 1.4 1.9 10.1
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 81 7 18.3 2.5 5.4 .461 0.0 0.1 .250 0.9 1.2 .740 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.3 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 5.9
1989-90 33 ORL NBA 6 3 13.2 1.8 4.8 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.2 3.7
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 28 0 5.3 0.6 1.4 .447 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .591 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.7
Career NBA 891 309 23.3 3.5 7.2 .484 0.0 0.1 .189 1.6 2.1 .747 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.7 0.4 1.0 1.5 2.2 8.5

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
1978-79 22 WSB NBA 59 532 4.3 8.0 .534 3.3 4.3 .778 3.5 6.4 9.9 3.3 0.7 0.9 3.6 4.5 11.8
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 78 826 3.9 9.4 .417 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 .662 4.5 7.2 11.8 2.7 0.4 1.4 2.6 5.2 9.8
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 82 1960 6.7 13.7 .490 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.2 .714 4.2 7.5 11.7 2.1 0.8 1.8 2.4 3.9 15.7
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 82 21 2189 5.5 10.7 .519 0.0 0.1 .250 2.6 3.5 .746 3.5 6.9 10.3 2.1 0.5 2.1 2.3 3.9 13.7
1982-83 26 CHI NBA 82 71 2496 6.6 13.3 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.6 .720 3.5 6.8 10.3 2.2 0.7 1.6 3.3 3.5 16.5
1983-84 27 CHI NBA 82 82 2674 5.2 11.1 .467 0.0 0.1 .333 3.1 3.7 .840 2.3 5.5 7.7 2.7 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.1 13.5
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 82 50 2062 4.8 9.9 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.5 .745 2.3 5.1 7.4 2.4 0.6 1.1 2.2 3.3 12.2
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 67 4 1709 5.4 10.9 .491 0.1 0.3 .250 2.7 3.6 .743 2.8 6.3 9.1 3.2 0.6 1.1 2.2 2.8 13.5
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 82 39 2287 4.6 9.7 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.0 .736 3.1 5.4 8.5 3.3 0.6 1.4 1.8 3.2 10.8
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 80 32 2328 5.3 11.1 .481 0.0 0.1 .111 1.8 2.4 .752 2.6 5.5 8.1 2.4 0.6 1.5 1.7 2.3 12.4
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 81 7 1483 4.9 10.7 .461 0.0 0.2 .250 1.7 2.3 .740 2.2 5.4 7.6 2.5 0.7 1.1 2.3 3.3 11.6
1989-90 33 ORL NBA 6 3 79 5.0 13.2 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 .000 3.2 5.0 8.2 0.9 0.9 0.0 3.6 3.2 10.0
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 28 0 147 4.2 9.3 .447 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.4 .591 2.4 5.6 8.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.5 4.4 11.5
Career NBA 891 309 20772 5.4 11.1 .484 0.0 0.1 .189 2.4 3.3 .747 3.0 6.1 9.1 2.6 0.6 1.5 2.3 3.4 13.2

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 WS/48
1978-79 22 WSB NBA 59 532 12.5 .600 .534 10.0 17.9 14.0 10.9 0.8 1.3 26.7 14.3 105 103 0.5 0.6 1.1 .102
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 78 826 10.3 .457 .417 12.5 20.4 16.4 9.7 0.5 2.0 19.6 14.6 96 104 -0.1 0.9 0.9 .050
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 82 1960 16.5 .520 .490 13.2 21.7 17.7 8.4 1.0 2.7 13.7 19.3 108 104 2.6 2.5 5.1 .125
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 82 2189 14.9 .561 .519 10.3 20.5 15.4 7.6 0.7 3.2 15.8 16.0 110 106 2.6 2.5 5.2 .113
1982-83 26 CHI NBA 82 2496 15.1 .540 .497 10.4 20.3 15.4 8.7 0.9 2.3 17.7 20.0 103 107 1.9 2.0 4.0 .076
1983-84 27 CHI NBA 82 2674 13.5 .531 .469 7.2 17.7 12.4 11.1 1.0 2.6 15.6 17.3 105 107 1.6 3.1 4.7 .084
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 82 2062 11.8 .534 .486 7.5 16.0 11.9 9.2 0.7 1.8 15.9 15.8 106 110 1.3 1.6 2.9 .067
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 67 1709 14.6 .539 .494 8.4 20.7 14.3 12.1 0.8 1.8 14.9 16.6 110 112 2.0 0.9 2.9 .080
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 82 2287 12.8 .505 .475 9.7 17.3 13.4 12.6 0.8 2.3 14.4 14.6 108 108 1.7 2.5 4.2 .089
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 80 2328 13.6 .514 .482 8.4 17.5 13.0 9.2 0.8 2.5 12.2 16.4 108 106 1.9 3.0 4.9 .101
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 81 1483 10.8 .497 .464 7.4 16.8 12.3 9.5 1.0 1.8 16.2 16.6 99 108 -0.1 1.5 1.4 .046
1989-90 33 ORL NBA 6 79 3.2 .368 .379 9.1 15.2 12.0 3.5 1.2 0.0 21.1 18.7 71 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.139
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 28 147 12.5 .493 .447 8.0 19.0 13.4 3.6 1.7 2.2 4.0 14.2 115 107 0.2 0.2 0.4 .117
Career NBA 891 20772 13.6 .526 .485 9.3 18.7 14.0 9.8 0.9 2.3 15.6 16.8 106 107 15.8 21.4 37.3 .086

Playoffs

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
1978-79 22 WSB NBA 12 63 4 15 0 0 12 25 5 2 0 4 9 8 .267 5.3 0.7 2.1 0.4
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 2 9 4 5 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 10 .800 1.000 4.5 5.0 1.5 0.0
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 7 161 27 55 0 0 9 13 12 48 16 4 8 11 15 63 .491 .692 23.0 9.0 6.9 2.3
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 9 258 49 106 0 0 24 34 38 85 17 6 9 20 30 122 .462 .706 28.7 13.6 9.4 1.9
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 4 77 14 21 0 0 5 6 9 22 3 2 1 5 14 33 .667 .833 19.3 8.3 5.5 0.8
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 3 103 16 29 0 0 4 4 6 27 6 1 2 6 12 36 .552 1.000 34.3 12.0 9.0 2.0
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 3 122 10 22 0 0 7 9 7 21 7 1 3 7 6 27 .455 .778 40.7 9.0 7.0 2.3
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 10 308 27 76 0 0 7 13 15 57 8 3 8 12 21 61 .355 .538 30.8 6.1 5.7 0.8
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 16 219 27 64 0 0 11 17 14 41 9 4 6 11 27 65 .422 .647 13.7 4.1 2.6 0.6
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 2 12 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .667 1.000 6.0 2.5 0.5 0.0
Career NBA 68 1332 180 396 0 0 70 99 115 330 71 23 37 79 137 430 .455 .707 19.6 6.3 4.9 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1978-79 22 WSB NBA 12 63 7.8 .267 .267 18.3 21.3 19.7 10.2 1.5 0.0 21.1 11.9 80 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .003
1979-80 23 WSB NBA 2 9 29.5 .850 .800 23.2 12.3 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.8 40.4 104 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 .063
1980-81 24 SAS NBA 7 161 16.7 .519 .491 9.2 27.3 18.3 13.8 1.2 2.9 15.3 18.5 106 109 0.2 0.1 0.3 .079
1981-82 25 SAS NBA 9 258 16.1 .504 .462 14.7 20.0 17.2 9.3 1.1 1.9 14.2 21.5 104 108 0.2 0.2 0.4 .080
1984-85 28 CHI NBA 4 77 16.6 .698 .667 13.5 22.7 17.8 6.0 1.3 0.8 17.5 15.4 127 113 0.2 0.1 0.2 .148
1985-86 29 CHI NBA 3 103 13.0 .585 .552 6.4 26.8 15.6 8.6 0.5 1.2 16.3 15.0 111 120 0.1 0.0 0.1 .037
1986-87 30 CHI NBA 3 122 8.5 .520 .455 6.6 15.7 10.7 8.8 0.4 1.5 21.2 12.3 99 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.007
1987-88 31 CHI NBA 10 308 5.0 .373 .355 5.2 15.4 10.2 3.6 0.5 1.6 12.8 13.4 81 108 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.010
1988-89 32 CHI NBA 16 219 8.3 .455 .422 7.8 13.7 10.9 6.5 1.0 1.9 13.3 17.1 94 108 -0.1 0.3 0.1 .027
1990-91 34 SEA NBA 2 12 13.5 .727 .667 0.0 10.1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 155 117 0.0 0.0 0.0 .168
Career NBA 68 1332 11.1 .489 .455 9.4 19.0 14.0 7.7 0.9 1.7 15.2 16.4 100 110 0.0 1.1 1.1 .040

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Dave Corzine 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
LaSalle Thompson 88.8 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.1 0.0
Alton Lister 87.6 5.5 5.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 1.9 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.1 -0.2
Ervin Johnson 86.6 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
Greg Ostertag 85.0 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Rasho Nesterovic 84.1 7.2 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.8 0.0
Benoit Benjamin 81.6 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
Mark Eaton 81.5 6.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 1.9 0.8
Olden Polynice 81.5 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.5
Theo Ratliff 81.1 6.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 2.3 2.0 0.8 0.1 0.0
Kent Benson 80.7 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
Dave Corzine 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
LaSalle Thompson 88.4 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.3
Alton Lister 87.7 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
Ervin Johnson 86.6 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
Greg Ostertag 85.0 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Rasho Nesterovic 84.1 7.2 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.8 0.0
Benoit Benjamin 81.5 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
Mark Eaton 81.5 6.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 1.9 0.8
Kent Benson 80.7 6.4 5.2 4.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.0
Steve Hawes 79.7 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0
George Johnson 79.7 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

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 DEPAUL 25 134 309 36 56 216 304 .434 .643 12.2 8.6
1975-76 19 DEPAUL 29 181 386 88 124 256 450 .469 .710 15.5 8.8
1976-77 20 DEPAUL 27 219 448 74 97 339 512 .489 .763 19.0 12.6
1977-78 21 DEPAUL 30 255 462 120 152 340 630 .552 .789 21.0 11.3
Career 111 789 1605 318 429 1151 1896 .492 .741 17.1 10.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
Games
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1981-82 NBA 10.3 (9)
1982-83 NBA 10.4 (9)
Career NBA 9.3 (79)
Defensive Rebound Pct
Career NBA 18.7 (99)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (781)
NBA Elo Player Rating
474th (overall) as of Feb 12, 2012, 6:42AM
   

Transactions

October 11, 1977: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) to the Washington Bullets for Bo Ellis.

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

September 26, 1980: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Claude Gregory) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Dwight Anderson).

July 22, 1982: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Mark Olberding and cash to the Chicago Bulls for Artis Gilmore.

June 27, 1989: Traded by the Chicago Bulls to the Orlando Magic for a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Toni Kukoc) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (P.J. Brown).

October 4, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Chicago Bulls NBA $710,000
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $700,000
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $500,000
1990-91 Seattle SuperSonics NBA $300,000
1991-92 Seattle SuperSonics NBA $300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,510,000

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