Dante Cunningham

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: April 22, 1987 in Clinton, Maryland
High School: Potomac in Dumfries, Virginia
College: Villanova University
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 2nd round (3rd pick, 33rd overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 8, 2009
Age: 26 years, 31 days ▪ Experience: 4 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
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	63	2	707	106	214	.495	0	2	.000	31	48	.646	54	106	160	14	24	22	15	97	243
2010-11	23	TOT	NBA	PF-SF	78	18	1637	218	472	.462	1	13	.077	45	62	.726	96	181	277	43	54	43	51	177	482
2010-11	23	POR	NBA	PF	56	9	1108	126	291	.433	0	4	.000	32	45	.711	73	116	189	30	39	32	33	139	284
2010-11	23	CHA	NBA	SF	22	9	529	92	181	.508	1	9	.111	13	17	.765	23	65	88	13	15	11	18	38	198
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	64	5	1124	144	279	.516	0	2	.000	45	69	.652	91	155	246	37	42	34	29	98	333
2012-13	25	MIN	NBA	SF	80	9	2010	314	671	.468	0	6	.000	67	103	.650	142	266	408	67	84	38	56	153	695
Career			NBA		285	34	5478	782	1636	.478	1	23	.043	188	282	.667	383	708	1091	161	204	137	151	525	1753

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
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	63	2	11.2	1.7	3.4	.495	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.646	0.9	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.5	3.9
2010-11	23	TOT	NBA	PF-SF	78	18	21.0	2.8	6.1	.462	0.2	.077	0.6	0.8	.726	1.2	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.3	6.2
2010-11	23	POR	NBA	PF	56	9	19.8	2.3	5.2	.433	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.711	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	2.5	5.1
2010-11	23	CHA	NBA	SF	22	9	24.0	4.2	8.2	.508	0.4	.111	0.6	0.8	.765	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.7	9.0
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	64	5	17.6	2.3	4.4	.516	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.652	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	5.2
2012-13	25	MIN	NBA	SF	80	9	25.1	3.9	8.4	.468	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.650	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.9	8.7
Career			NBA		285	34	19.2	2.7	5.7	.478	0.1	.043	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.8	6.2

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
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	63	2	707	5.4	10.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.4	.646	2.7	5.4	8.1	0.7	1.2	1.1	0.8	4.9	12.4
2010-11	23	TOT	NBA	PF-SF	78	18	1637	4.8	10.4	.462	0.0	0.3	.077	1.0	1.4	.726	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	1.1	3.9	10.6
2010-11	23	POR	NBA	PF	56	9	1108	4.1	9.5	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.5	.711	2.4	3.8	6.1	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.1	4.5	9.2
2010-11	23	CHA	NBA	SF	22	9	529	6.3	12.3	.508	0.1	0.6	.111	0.9	1.2	.765	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.2	2.6	13.5
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	64	5	1124	4.6	8.9	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.2	.652	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.2	1.3	1.1	0.9	3.1	10.7
2012-13	25	MIN	NBA	SF	80	9	2010	5.6	12.0	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.2	1.5	0.7	1.0	2.7	12.4
Career			NBA		285	34	5478	5.1	10.8	.478	0.0	0.2	.043	1.2	1.9	.667	2.5	4.7	7.2	1.1	1.3	0.9	1.0	3.5	11.5

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
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	63	707	14.3	.517	.495	9.4	18.7	14.0	3.3	1.9	2.5	6.0	16.8	112	104	0.9	1.0	1.9	.129
2010-11	23	TOT	NBA	PF-SF	78	1637	10.7	.483	.463	6.9	13.9	10.3	4.3	1.8	2.2	9.3	15.7	101	107	0.3	1.7	2.0	.060
2010-11	23	POR	NBA	PF	56	1108	9.5	.457	.433	7.7	13.4	10.4	4.3	1.9	2.4	9.6	14.5	100	107	0.1	1.2	1.3	.057
2010-11	23	CHA	NBA	SF	22	529	13.1	.525	.511	5.2	15.0	10.1	4.5	1.5	1.7	8.7	18.3	103	108	0.2	0.5	0.7	.065
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	64	1124	14.9	.538	.516	9.3	16.4	12.8	5.2	2.0	2.5	8.6	13.6	115	101	1.8	1.7	3.4	.147
2012-13	25	MIN	NBA	SF	80	2010	13.3	.485	.468	7.8	15.6	11.6	5.7	2.2	1.5	7.3	17.2	103	105	1.1	2.4	3.5	.084
Career			NBA		285	5478	13.0	.498	.478	8.1	15.7	11.8	4.9	2.0	2.0	7.9	16.0	106	105	4.1	6.8	10.9	.096

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	5	42	9	15	.600	1	.000	5	6	.833	5	8	13	5	0	3	10	23
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	7	49	4	11	.364	0		0	0		6	5	11	1	2	1	3	8
Career			NBA		12	91	13	26	.500	1	.000	5	6	.833	11	13	24	6	2	4	13	31

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	5	8.4	1.8	3.0	.600	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.833	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	4.6
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	7	7.0	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.9	0.7	1.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.1
Career			NBA		12	7.6	1.1	2.2	.500	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	5	42	7.7	12.9	.600	0.9	.000	4.3	5.1	.833	4.3	6.9	11.1	4.3	0.0	2.6	8.6	19.7
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	7	49	2.9	8.1	.364	0.0		0.0	0.0		4.4	3.7	8.1	0.7	1.5	0.7	2.2	5.9
Career			NBA		12	91	5.1	10.3	.500	0.4	.000	2.0	2.4	.833	4.4	5.1	9.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	5.1	12.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2009-10	22	POR	NBA	PF	5	42	24.8	.652	.600	14.0	24.5	19.0	6.5	0.0	14.5	23.6	118	105	0.1	0.1	0.2	.189
2011-12	24	MEM	NBA	PF	7	49	9.1	.364	.364	14.5	12.9	13.7	1.1	3.5	8.3	11.3	94	103	0.0	0.1	0.1	.052
Career			NBA		12	91	16.4	.541	.500	14.3	18.2	16.2	3.6	1.9	12.3	17.0	109	104	0.1	0.1	0.2	.116

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 4 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Dante Cunningham		3.5	3.4	2.0	1.9
Lawrence Funderburke	94.1	3.7	3.1	2.1	1.9
Edgar Jones	92.4	3.4	3.4	2.4	2.3
Dwight Davis	91.6	3.7	3.3	2.3	1.5
Bill Garnett	91.6	3.9	3.5	2.0	1.5
Stacey King	91.3	3.6	3.1	1.9	1.5
Reggie Evans	91.2	3.8	3.0	2.1	1.7
Ray Scott	90.7	3.5	3.4	2.5	1.3
Derrek Dickey	89.6	3.8	3.1	2.3	1.7
Don Ford	89.5	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.0
Danny Vranes	89.3	4.2	3.4	2.4	1.8

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Dante Cunningham		3.5	3.4	2.0	1.9
Bill Garnett	91.6	3.9	3.5	2.0	1.5
Richard Washington	88.2	3.9	3.2	2.1	2.0	0.0	-0.5
Dwight Davis	87.5	3.7	3.3	2.3	1.5	0.6
Derrek Dickey	87.1	3.8	3.1	2.3	1.7	0.3
Reggie Johnson	86.8	3.9	3.0	2.4	1.6
Billy Thompson	86.1	3.6	2.8	1.7	1.6	0.0	-0.1
Eddie Griffin	86.0	3.9	3.2	2.4	1.5	-0.2
Don Collins	85.4	3.5	3.4	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.0
Bob Doll	84.5	4.0	2.8	1.8	1.6
Collis Jones	83.7	4.2	3.2	2.1	1.2

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
2005-06	18	VILLANOVA	33	629	29	62	0	0	13	33		132	25					71	.468		.394	19.1	2.2	4.0	0.8
2006-07	19	VILLANOVA	33	902	99	193	1	1	88	113		177	24					287	.513	1.000	.779	27.3	8.7	5.4	0.7
2007-08	20	VILLANOVA	35	1050	142	262	0	0	80	116		226	37					364	.542		.690	30.0	10.4	6.5	1.1
2008-09	21	VILLANOVA	38	1199	244	465	0	2	124	178		284	47					612	.525	.000	.697	31.6	16.1	7.5	1.2
Career			139	3780	514	982	1	3	305	440		819	133					1334	.523	.333	.693	27.2	9.6	5.9	1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Turnover Pct 2012-13 NBA 7.3 (2)

Turnover Pct

2012-13 NBA 7.3 (2)

Transactions

June 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers (as a 2009 2nd round draft pick) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mike Taylor.

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (33rd pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

February 24, 2011: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Sean Marks, Joel Przybilla, cash, a 2011 1st round draft pick (Tobias Harris) and a 2013 1st round draft pick to the Charlotte Bobcats for Gerald Wallace.

December 23, 2011: Signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies.

July 24, 2012: Traded by the Memphis Grizzlies to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Wayne Ellington.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2009-10	Portland Trail Blazers	NBA	$457,588
2010-11	Charlotte Bobcats	NBA	$762,195
2011-12	Memphis Grizzlies	NBA	$2,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$3,219,783

Contract

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

Team	2012-13	2013-14
Minnesota Timberwolves	$2,090,000	$2,180,000

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