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James Donaldson

James Lee Donaldson III (J.D.)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-2 ▪ Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1957 in Heacham, United Kingdom
High School: Luther Burbank in Sacramento, California
College: Washington State University
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 4th round (7th pick, 73rd overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 10, 1980

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All-Time Rank: #398. Herb Williams… #399. Mo Williams… #400. Andy Phillip… #401. JAMES DONALDSON… #402. Steve Mix… #403. Larry Smith… #404. Tom Meschery… 

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA C 68 980 129 238 .542 0 0 101 170 .594 107 202 309 42 8 74 68 79 359
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 82 1 1710 255 419 .609 0 0 151 240 .629 138 352 490 51 27 139 115 186 661
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 82 11 1789 289 496 .583 0 0 150 218 .688 131 370 501 97 19 101 132 171 728
1983-84 26 SDC NBA C 82 67 2525 360 604 .596 0 0 249 327 .761 165 484 649 90 40 139 171 214 969
1984-85 27 LAC NBA C 82 58 2392 351 551 .637 0 0 227 303 .749 168 500 668 48 28 130 206 217 929
1985-86 28 TOT NBA C 83 78 2682 256 459 .558 0 0 204 254 .803 171 624 795 96 28 139 123 189 716
1985-86 28 LAC NBA C 14 14 441 43 84 .512 0 0 57 70 .814 28 103 131 12 5 29 38 33 143
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 69 64 2241 213 375 .568 0 0 147 184 .799 143 521 664 84 23 110 85 156 573
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 82 82 3028 311 531 .586 0 0 267 329 .812 295 678 973 63 51 136 104 191 889
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 81 81 2523 212 380 .558 0 0 147 189 .778 247 508 755 66 40 104 113 175 571
1988-89 31 DAL NBA C 53 53 1746 193 337 .573 0 0 95 124 .766 158 412 570 38 24 81 83 111 481
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 73 73 2265 258 479 .539 0 0 149 213 .700 155 475 630 57 22 47 119 129 665
1990-91 33 DAL NBA C 82 82 2800 327 615 .532 0 0 165 229 .721 201 526 727 69 34 93 146 181 819
1991-92 34 TOT NBA C 58 32 1075 112 245 .457 0 0 61 86 .709 99 190 289 33 8 49 48 103 285
1991-92 34 DAL NBA C 44 32 994 107 227 .471 0 0 59 84 .702 97 173 270 31 8 44 41 86 273
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 14 0 81 5 18 .278 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 17 19 2 0 5 7 17 12
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 6 1 94 8 14 .571 0 0 5 9 .556 6 23 29 1 1 7 4 13 21
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 43 40 613 44 74 .595 0 0 22 31 .710 19 88 107 14 6 28 22 66 110
Career NBA 957 659 26222 3105 5442 .571 0 0 1993 2722 .732 2060 5432 7492 765 336 1267 1454 2025 8203

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA C 68 14.4 1.9 3.5 .542 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .594 1.6 3.0 4.5 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 5.3
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 82 1 20.9 3.1 5.1 .609 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 .629 1.7 4.3 6.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 1.4 2.3 8.1
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 82 11 21.8 3.5 6.0 .583 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .688 1.6 4.5 6.1 1.2 0.2 1.2 1.6 2.1 8.9
1983-84 26 SDC NBA C 82 67 30.8 4.4 7.4 .596 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 .761 2.0 5.9 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.1 2.6 11.8
1984-85 27 LAC NBA C 82 58 29.2 4.3 6.7 .637 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.7 .749 2.0 6.1 8.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.5 2.6 11.3
1985-86 28 TOT NBA C 83 78 32.3 3.1 5.5 .558 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.1 .803 2.1 7.5 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.7 1.5 2.3 8.6
1985-86 28 LAC NBA C 14 14 31.5 3.1 6.0 .512 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.0 .814 2.0 7.4 9.4 0.9 0.4 2.1 2.7 2.4 10.2
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 69 64 32.5 3.1 5.4 .568 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 .799 2.1 7.6 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.6 1.2 2.3 8.3
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 82 82 36.9 3.8 6.5 .586 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.0 .812 3.6 8.3 11.9 0.8 0.6 1.7 1.3 2.3 10.8
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 81 81 31.1 2.6 4.7 .558 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .778 3.0 6.3 9.3 0.8 0.5 1.3 1.4 2.2 7.0
1988-89 31 DAL NBA C 53 53 32.9 3.6 6.4 .573 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .766 3.0 7.8 10.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.6 2.1 9.1
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 73 73 31.0 3.5 6.6 .539 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .700 2.1 6.5 8.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.6 1.8 9.1
1990-91 33 DAL NBA C 82 82 34.1 4.0 7.5 .532 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.8 .721 2.5 6.4 8.9 0.8 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.2 10.0
1991-92 34 TOT NBA C 58 32 18.5 1.9 4.2 .457 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .709 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.8 4.9
1991-92 34 DAL NBA C 44 32 22.6 2.4 5.2 .471 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 .702 2.2 3.9 6.1 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.9 2.0 6.2
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 14 0 5.8 0.4 1.3 .278 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 1.2 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.9
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 6 1 15.7 1.3 2.3 .571 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .556 1.0 3.8 4.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.5
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 43 40 14.3 1.0 1.7 .595 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .710 0.4 2.0 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.5 2.6
Career NBA 957 659 27.4 3.2 5.7 .571 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.8 .732 2.2 5.7 7.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 1.5 2.1 8.6

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA C 68 980 4.7 8.7 .542 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.2 .594 3.9 7.4 11.4 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.5 2.9 13.2
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 82 1 1710 5.4 8.8 .609 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.1 .629 2.9 7.4 10.3 1.1 0.6 2.9 2.4 3.9 13.9
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 82 11 1789 5.8 10.0 .583 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.4 .688 2.6 7.4 10.1 2.0 0.4 2.0 2.7 3.4 14.6
1983-84 26 SDC NBA C 82 67 2525 5.1 8.6 .596 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.7 .761 2.4 6.9 9.3 1.3 0.6 2.0 2.4 3.1 13.8
1984-85 27 LAC NBA C 82 58 2392 5.3 8.3 .637 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .749 2.5 7.5 10.1 0.7 0.4 2.0 3.1 3.3 14.0
1985-86 28 TOT NBA C 83 78 2682 3.4 6.2 .558 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .803 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.3 0.4 1.9 1.7 2.5 9.6
1985-86 28 LAC NBA C 14 14 441 3.5 6.9 .512 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 .814 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 3.1 2.7 11.7
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 69 64 2241 3.4 6.0 .568 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.0 .799 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.3 0.4 1.8 1.4 2.5 9.2
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 82 82 3028 3.7 6.3 .586 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.9 .812 3.5 8.1 11.6 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.2 2.3 10.6
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 81 81 2523 3.0 5.4 .558 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 .778 3.5 7.2 10.8 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.6 2.5 8.1
1988-89 31 DAL NBA C 53 53 1746 4.0 6.9 .573 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .766 3.3 8.5 11.8 0.8 0.5 1.7 1.7 2.3 9.9
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 73 73 2265 4.1 7.6 .539 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.4 .700 2.5 7.5 10.0 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.9 2.1 10.6
1990-91 33 DAL NBA C 82 82 2800 4.2 7.9 .532 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.9 .721 2.6 6.8 9.3 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.3 10.5
1991-92 34 TOT NBA C 58 32 1075 3.8 8.2 .457 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .709 3.3 6.4 9.7 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.6 3.4 9.5
1991-92 34 DAL NBA C 44 32 994 3.9 8.2 .471 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.0 .702 3.5 6.3 9.8 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.5 3.1 9.9
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 14 0 81 2.2 8.0 .278 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.9 7.6 8.4 0.9 0.0 2.2 3.1 7.6 5.3
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 6 1 94 3.1 5.4 .571 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.4 .556 2.3 8.8 11.1 0.4 0.4 2.7 1.5 5.0 8.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 43 40 613 2.6 4.3 .595 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .710 1.1 5.2 6.3 0.8 0.4 1.6 1.3 3.9 6.5
Career NBA 957 659 26222 4.3 7.5 .571 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.7 .732 2.8 7.5 10.3 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.0 2.8 11.3

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA C 68 980 15.9 .574 .542 12.3 22.2 17.3 6.0 0.4 4.1 17.9 15.8 108 102 1.1 1.4 2.5 .124
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 82 1710 16.0 .630 .609 9.1 21.6 15.6 4.1 0.8 4.5 18.0 15.5 112 99 2.2 3.4 5.6 .156
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 82 1789 15.6 .615 .583 8.2 21.1 14.9 7.3 0.5 3.0 18.2 16.2 110 101 2.5 2.6 5.1 .138
1983-84 26 SDC NBA C 82 2525 15.3 .648 .596 7.4 21.6 14.6 4.6 0.8 3.0 18.6 14.5 117 110 3.9 1.9 5.8 .110
1984-85 27 LAC NBA C 82 2392 14.6 .679 .637 8.0 22.4 15.5 2.7 0.6 2.9 23.1 15.2 111 108 2.5 2.5 5.0 .101
1985-86 28 TOT NBA C 83 2682 13.0 .627 .558 7.1 25.3 16.3 4.4 0.5 2.8 17.7 10.5 118 108 3.4 2.4 5.7 .103
1985-86 28 LAC NBA C 14 441 12.7 .623 .512 6.9 26.2 16.4 3.6 0.5 3.5 24.9 13.9 105 109 0.2 0.4 0.6 .064
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 69 2241 13.0 .628 .568 7.2 25.1 16.3 4.6 0.5 2.6 15.7 9.9 121 108 3.2 2.0 5.2 .110
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 82 3028 15.3 .658 .586 10.7 23.8 17.4 2.6 0.8 2.5 13.3 10.5 132 106 6.5 3.9 10.4 .166
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 81 2523 12.4 .616 .558 10.8 21.5 16.3 3.4 0.8 2.4 19.6 9.4 119 106 3.0 3.3 6.2 .119
1988-89 31 DAL NBA C 53 1746 14.2 .614 .573 10.1 25.7 18.0 3.1 0.7 2.7 17.5 11.8 115 105 2.1 2.3 4.4 .122
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 73 2265 12.2 .581 .539 7.9 23.4 15.8 3.6 0.5 1.3 17.2 13.4 109 107 1.7 2.8 4.5 .094
1990-91 33 DAL NBA C 82 2800 12.3 .572 .532 8.2 21.4 14.8 3.5 0.6 2.1 16.9 13.6 107 109 1.8 2.5 4.3 .074
1991-92 34 TOT NBA C 58 1075 11.1 .504 .457 9.5 19.5 14.4 4.5 0.4 2.8 14.5 13.3 104 110 0.4 0.9 1.4 .061
1991-92 34 DAL NBA C 44 994 12.0 .517 .471 10.1 19.1 14.5 4.6 0.4 2.7 13.4 13.2 108 110 0.7 0.8 1.5 .072
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 14 81 -0.3 .318 .278 2.9 23.8 13.4 3.2 0.0 4.0 27.0 14.0 58 102 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.076
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 6 94 10.7 .585 .571 7.5 27.0 17.6 1.4 0.5 4.8 18.2 10.0 107 103 0.0 0.2 0.2 .099
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 43 613 7.9 .628 .595 4.1 17.1 10.9 3.1 0.5 3.7 20.1 8.1 109 107 0.3 0.7 1.0 .080
Career NBA 957 26222 13.8 .618 .571 8.8 22.5 15.8 3.9 0.6 2.7 18.0 12.8 114 106 31.5 30.8 62.3 .114

Playoffs 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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 8 189 18 43 .419 0 0 18 24 .750 25 49 74 7 2 5 10 16 54
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 2 47 11 22 .500 0 0 2 3 .667 5 12 17 2 0 3 0 4 24
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 10 10 410 36 48 .750 0 0 37 40 .925 30 87 117 10 6 12 10 26 109
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 3 3 68 4 5 .800 0 0 8 9 .889 2 15 17 2 1 3 2 6 16
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 17 17 499 68 104 .654 0 0 22 37 .595 47 99 146 12 7 15 29 41 158
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 3 3 74 9 13 .692 0 0 4 5 .800 6 10 16 2 2 0 4 8 22
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 2 0 11 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 2 2 4
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 1 0 5 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 5 5 76 5 6 .833 0 0 4 4 1.000 3 6 9 0 0 3 2 8 14
Career NBA 51 38 1379 153 244 .627 0 0 95 122 .779 118 282 400 35 18 42 59 111 401

Playoffs 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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 8 23.6 2.3 5.4 .419 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .750 3.1 6.1 9.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.0 6.8
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 2 23.5 5.5 11.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 2.5 6.0 8.5 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.0 12.0
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 10 10 41.0 3.6 4.8 .750 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.0 .925 3.0 8.7 11.7 1.0 0.6 1.2 1.0 2.6 10.9
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 3 3 22.7 1.3 1.7 .800 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.0 .889 0.7 5.0 5.7 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.7 2.0 5.3
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 17 17 29.4 4.0 6.1 .654 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.2 .595 2.8 5.8 8.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.7 2.4 9.3
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 3 3 24.7 3.0 4.3 .692 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .800 2.0 3.3 5.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 1.3 2.7 7.3
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 2 0 5.5 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 1 0 5.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 5 5 15.2 1.0 1.2 .833 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.8
Career NBA 51 38 27.0 3.0 4.8 .627 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.4 .779 2.3 5.5 7.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.2 7.9

Playoffs 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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 8 189 3.4 8.2 .419 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .750 4.8 9.3 14.1 1.3 0.4 1.0 1.9 3.0 10.3
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 2 47 8.4 16.9 .500 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .667 3.8 9.2 13.0 1.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 3.1 18.4
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 10 10 410 3.2 4.2 .750 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.5 .925 2.6 7.6 10.3 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.9 2.3 9.6
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 3 3 68 2.1 2.6 .800 0.0 0.0 4.2 4.8 .889 1.1 7.9 9.0 1.1 0.5 1.6 1.1 3.2 8.5
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 17 17 499 4.9 7.5 .654 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 .595 3.4 7.1 10.5 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.0 11.4
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 3 3 74 4.4 6.3 .692 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.4 .800 2.9 4.9 7.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.9 3.9 10.7
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 2 0 11 6.5 6.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 13.1 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 6.5 13.1
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 1 0 5 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 5 5 76 2.4 2.8 .833 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.000 1.4 2.8 4.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.9 3.8 6.6
Career NBA 51 38 1379 4.0 6.4 .627 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 .779 3.1 7.4 10.4 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.9 10.5

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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA C 8 189 13.8 .504 .419 14.1 26.5 20.4 5.3 0.5 1.5 15.7 14.2 107 99 0.2 0.4 0.5 .132
1982-83 25 SEA NBA C 2 47 22.0 .515 .500 9.0 27.5 17.2 7.2 0.0 3.8 0.0 19.8 122 107 0.1 0.0 0.2 .177
1985-86 28 DAL NBA C 10 410 15.0 .831 .750 8.3 24.7 16.4 3.0 0.7 1.6 13.2 7.8 156 114 1.1 0.3 1.4 .161
1986-87 29 DAL NBA C 3 68 12.6 .893 .800 3.1 22.9 13.1 3.4 0.7 2.4 18.2 6.4 154 115 0.1 0.0 0.2 .129
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 17 499 14.2 .657 .654 10.5 22.0 16.3 3.2 0.7 1.8 19.4 12.7 117 113 0.6 0.3 0.9 .090
1989-90 32 DAL NBA C 3 74 12.4 .724 .692 9.5 14.1 11.9 4.0 1.3 0.0 20.8 11.2 123 114 0.1 0.0 0.2 .102
1991-92 34 NYK NBA C 2 11 11.6 1.000 1.000 0.0 44.9 22.2 0.0 0.0 6.5 50.0 17.0 67 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.003
1992-93 35 UTA NBA C 1 5 -7.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.206
1994-95 37 UTA NBA C 5 76 8.5 .902 .833 5.0 11.7 8.1 0.0 0.0 3.8 20.5 6.0 146 123 0.1 0.0 0.1 .052
Career NBA 51 1379 14.0 .674 .627 9.5 22.8 16.1 3.4 0.7 1.9 16.5 10.9 126 112 2.3 1.1 3.4 .118

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 30 DAL NBA C 1 0 8:00 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 2
Career NBA 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 2

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
James Donaldson 10.4 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 2.5 1.4 1.0 0.2
Tree Rollins 89.3 9.2 7.3 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.6 1.0 0.7 0.1
Mychal Thompson 88.8 8.2 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 2.6 2.1
Red Kerr 85.6 8.7 7.8 7.7 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.1 0.9
Caldwell Jones 84.2 8.1 7.6 6.2 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 0.9
Mike Gminski 83.7 9.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Elden Campbell 83.1 8.2 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.1
Erick Dampier 81.9 8.9 6.4 6.1 6.0 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 1.5 0.9 0.3 -0.1 -0.5
Marcus Camby 81.7 10.3 8.5 7.6 6.9 6.8 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.2 3.7 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.9
James Edwards 79.4 7.1 7.0 6.7 5.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 1.5 1.4 1.0
Rik Smits 79.2 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.7
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
James Donaldson 10.4 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 2.5 1.4 1.0 0.2
Mychal Thompson 88.8 8.2 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 2.6 2.1
Tree Rollins 88.5 9.2 7.3 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.6 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1
Red Kerr 85.6 8.7 7.8 7.7 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.1 0.9
Erick Dampier 84.2 8.9 6.4 6.1 6.0 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Mike Gminski 83.7 9.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Elden Campbell 83.1 8.2 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.1 0.0
Caldwell Jones 81.4 8.1 7.6 6.2 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.8
Rik Smits 79.2 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.7
Byron Beck 79.1 8.1 7.7 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.1 4.4 0.8
Nate Thurmond 79.1 9.9 9.0 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.5 2.4 2.3

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
1975-76 18 WASHST 9 36 4 7 2 3 17 0 10 .571 .667 4.0 1.1 1.9 0.0
1976-77 19 WASHST 22 297 34 59 6 19 74 7 74 .576 .316 13.5 3.4 3.4 0.3
1977-78 20 WASHST 27 999 131 251 79 121 305 11 341 .522 .653 37.0 12.6 11.3 0.4
1978-79 21 WASHST 26 946 120 216 53 98 281 24 293 .556 .541 36.4 11.3 10.8 0.9
Career 84 2278 289 533 140 241 677 42 718 .542 .581 27.1 8.5 8.1 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1988 NBA
Games
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 83 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
Offensive Rebounds
1986-87 NBA 295 (10)
Career NBA 2060 (82)
Career 2060 (93)
Defensive Rebounds
1985-86 NBA 624 (4)
1986-87 NBA 678 (4)
Career NBA 5432 (41)
Career 5432 (48)
Total Rebounds
1985-86 NBA 795 (8)
1986-87 NBA 973 (4)
Career NBA 7492 (75)
Career 7492 (87)
Blocks
1985-86 NBA 139 (10)
Career NBA 1267 (49)
Career 1267 (51)
Field Goal Pct
1983-84 NBA .596 (2)
1984-85 NBA .637 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .586 (4)
Career NBA .571 (8)
Career .571 (8)
Rebounds Per Game
1985-86 NBA 9.6 (9)
1986-87 NBA 11.9 (4)
Blocks Per Game
Career NBA 1.3 (59)
Career 1.3 (63)
True Shooting Pct
1981-82 NBA .630 (4)
1982-83 NBA .615 (8)
1983-84 NBA .648 (3)
1984-85 NBA .679 (2)
1985-86 NBA .627 (6)
1986-87 NBA .658 (2)
Career NBA .618 (3)
Career .618 (4)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1983-84 NBA .596 (2)
1984-85 NBA .637 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .586 (4)
Career NBA .571 (8)
Career .571 (8)
Defensive Rebound Pct
1985-86 NBA 25.3 (6)
1986-87 NBA 23.8 (9)
1988-89 NBA 25.7 (4)
Career NBA 22.5 (50)
Career 22.5 (55)
Total Rebound Pct
1986-87 NBA 17.4 (10)
1988-89 NBA 18.0 (6)
Career NBA 15.8 (63)
Career 15.8 (71)
Block Pct
1981-82 NBA 4.5 (5)
Career NBA 2.7 (69)
Career 2.7 (77)
Offensive Rating
1986-87 NBA 132.1 (1)
 Career NBA 114.1 (59)
Career 114.1 (58)
Defensive Rating
1981-82 NBA 99.2 (5)
Win Shares
1986-87 NBA 10.4 (10)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (723)
NBA Elo Player Rating
405th (overall) as of May 25, 2013, 4:54AM
  

Transactions

January 27, 1977: Sold by the New York Nets to the Seattle SuperSonics.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 4th round (73rd pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

August 18, 1983: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics with Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, a 1984 1st round draft pick (Michael Cage) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan) to the San Diego Clippers for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Terry Williams) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks).

August 26, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.

November 25, 1985: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Dallas Mavericks for Kurt Nimphius.

February 20, 1992: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the New York Knicks for Brian Quinnett.

July 2, 1992: Released by the New York Knicks.

April 15, 1993: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Utah Jazz

December 4, 1995: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $515,000
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $500,000
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $600,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $880,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $880,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,375,000

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