Ben Davis

Ben Jerome Davis

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: December 26, 1972 in Vero Beach, Florida
High School: Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
College: University of Arizona
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 2nd round (14th pick, 43rd overall), 1996 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 7, 1996

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1996-97	24	PHO	NBA	PF	20	98	10	26	.385	9	20	.450	12	15	27	0	4	1	3	16	29
1997-98	25	NYK	NBA	PF	7	13	2	10	.200	0	0		6	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	4
1998-99	26	NYK	NBA	PF	8	21	7	17	.412	3	6	.500	9	2	11	3	0	0	1	4	17
1999-00	27	PHO	NBA	PF	5	22	2	6	.333	0	0		3	6	9	2	1	1	3	2	4
Career			NBA		40	154	21	59	.356	12	26	.462	30	23	53	5	6	2	7	25	54

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1996-97	24	PHO	NBA	PF	20	4.9	0.5	1.3	.385	0.5	1.0	.450	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.5
1997-98	25	NYK	NBA	PF	7	1.9	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.0		0.9	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6
1998-99	26	NYK	NBA	PF	8	2.6	0.9	2.1	.412	0.4	0.8	.500	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	2.1
1999-00	27	PHO	NBA	PF	5	4.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.8
Career			NBA		40	3.9	0.5	1.5	.356	0.3	0.7	.462	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1996-97	24	PHO	NBA	PF	20	98	3.7	9.6	.385	3.3	7.3	.450	4.4	5.5	9.9	0.0	1.5	0.4	1.1	5.9	10.7
1997-98	25	NYK	NBA	PF	7	13	5.5	27.7	.200	0.0	0.0		16.6	0.0	16.6	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.0	8.3	11.1
1998-99	26	NYK	NBA	PF	8	21	12.0	29.1	.412	5.1	10.3	.500	15.4	3.4	18.9	5.1	0.0	0.0	1.7	6.9	29.1
1999-00	27	PHO	NBA	PF	5	22	3.3	9.8	.333	0.0	0.0		4.9	9.8	14.7	3.3	1.6	1.6	4.9	3.3	6.5
Career			NBA		40	154	4.9	13.8	.356	2.8	6.1	.462	7.0	5.4	12.4	1.2	1.4	0.5	1.6	5.8	12.6

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
1996-97	24	PHO	NBA	PF	20	98	9.4	.417	.385	14.4	17.8	16.1	0.0	2.1	0.8	7.9	17.4	96	107	0.0	0.1	0.1	.037
1997-98	25	NYK	NBA	PF	7	13	7.7	.200	.200	55.2	0.0	27.7	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	36.1	78	100	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.127
1998-99	26	NYK	NBA	PF	8	21	34.4	.433	.412	52.5	10.8	30.9	43.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	47.2	107	103	0.1	0.0	0.1	.238
1999-00	27	PHO	NBA	PF	5	22	8.5	.333	.333	15.5	29.8	22.8	13.2	2.3	3.3	33.3	18.0	70	92	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.033
Career			NBA		40	154	12.5	.383	.356	23.2	17.0	20.0	7.8	2.0	0.9	9.0	23.1	93	104	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.040

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
Ben Davis		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Luke Jackson	76.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Doug Edwards	23.3	0.2	0.1	0.0
Jackie Robinson	14.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Dennis Bell	13.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Mouhamed Sene	8.4	0.2	0.2	0.0
Easy Parham	4.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Alando Tucker	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.0
Jacky Dorsey	-3.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1
Scooter McCray	-10.3	0.3	0.1	0.0
Etdrick Bohannon	-13.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Ben Davis		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Luke Jackson	76.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Doug Edwards	23.3	0.2	0.1	0.0
Jackie Robinson	14.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Dennis Bell	13.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Mouhamed Sene	8.4	0.2	0.2	0.0
Easy Parham	4.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Alando Tucker	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.0
Jacky Dorsey	-3.0	0.2	0.2	-0.1
Scooter McCray	-10.3	0.3	0.1	0.0
Etdrick Bohannon	-13.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1

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
1991-92	19	KANSAS	43	564	82	173			48	92		145	15	18	7	41	89	212	.474		.522	13.1	4.9	3.4	0.3
1994-95	22	ARIZONA	21	440	85	158			38	60		124	8	11	5	34	53	208	.538		.633	21.0	9.9	5.9	0.4
1995-96	23	ARIZONA	33	1039	171	313			127	184		313	23	20	21	77	91	469	.546		.690	31.5	14.2	9.5	0.7
Career			97	2043	338	644			213	336		582	46	49	33	152	233	889	.525		.634	21.1	9.2	6.0	0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1991 McDonald's All American

Honors

1991 McDonald's All American

Transactions

June 26, 1996: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (43rd pick) of the 1996 NBA Draft.

September 29, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

October 30, 1997: Waived by the Miami Heat.

February 28, 1998: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the New York Knicks.

March 20, 1998: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the New York Knicks

January 21, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

October 5, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

October 15, 1999: Waived by the Dallas Mavericks.

January 5, 2000: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

January 7, 2000: Signed a 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns.

January 11, 2000: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

December 23, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1996-97	Phoenix Suns	NBA	$220,000
1997-98	Miami Heat	NBA	$25,000
1998-99	New York Knicks	NBA	$425,000
1999-00	Phoenix Suns	NBA	$45,847
2003-04	Houston Rockets	NBA	$176,369
Career	(may be incomplete)		$892,216

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