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Sherman Douglas

Sherman Douglas (The General)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: September 15, 1966 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Spingarn in Washington, District of Columbia
College: Syracuse University

Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (1st pick, 28th overall) of the 1989 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
1989-90 23 MIA NBA 81 66 2470 463 938 .494 5 31 .161 224 326 .687 70 136 206 619 145 10 246 187 1155
1990-91 24 MIA NBA 73 73 2562 532 1055 .504 4 31 .129 284 414 .686 78 131 209 624 121 5 270 178 1352
1991-92 25 TOT NBA 42 2 752 117 253 .462 1 10 .100 73 107 .682 13 50 63 172 25 9 68 78 308
1991-92 25 MIA NBA 5 2 98 16 31 .516 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 1 5 6 19 4 0 8 10 37
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 37 0 654 101 222 .455 1 9 .111 68 100 .680 12 45 57 153 21 9 60 68 271
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 79 36 1932 264 530 .498 6 29 .207 84 150 .560 65 97 162 508 49 10 161 166 618
1993-94 27 BOS NBA 78 78 2789 425 919 .462 13 56 .232 177 276 .641 70 123 193 683 89 11 233 171 1040
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 65 43 2048 365 769 .475 20 82 .244 204 296 .689 48 122 170 446 80 2 162 152 954
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 79 66 2335 345 685 .504 40 110 .364 160 219 .731 55 125 180 436 63 5 194 163 890
1995-96 29 BOS NBA 10 4 234 36 84 .429 1 7 .143 25 40 .625 6 17 23 39 2 0 29 16 98
1995-96 29 MIL NBA 69 62 2101 309 601 .514 39 103 .379 135 179 .754 49 108 157 397 61 5 165 147 792
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 79 79 2316 306 610 .502 38 114 .333 114 171 .667 57 136 193 427 78 10 153 191 764
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 80 11 1699 255 515 .495 14 46 .304 115 172 .669 52 83 135 319 55 7 110 156 639
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 30 19 842 96 219 .438 0 11 .000 55 87 .632 16 42 58 124 27 3 61 54 247
1999-00 33 NJN NBA 20 2 309 45 90 .500 5 16 .313 25 28 .893 13 16 29 34 17 0 24 26 120
2000-01 34 NJN NBA 59 7 1094 122 303 .403 8 40 .200 86 115 .748 21 53 74 144 36 4 79 93 338
Career NBA 765 482 21148 3335 6886 .484 154 576 .267 1601 2361 .678 558 1114 1672 4536 785 76 1761 1615 8425

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
1989-90 23 MIA NBA 81 66 30.5 5.7 11.6 .494 0.1 0.4 .161 2.8 4.0 .687 0.9 1.7 2.5 7.6 1.8 0.1 3.0 2.3 14.3
1990-91 24 MIA NBA 73 73 35.1 7.3 14.5 .504 0.1 0.4 .129 3.9 5.7 .686 1.1 1.8 2.9 8.5 1.7 0.1 3.7 2.4 18.5
1991-92 25 TOT NBA 42 2 17.9 2.8 6.0 .462 0.0 0.2 .100 1.7 2.5 .682 0.3 1.2 1.5 4.1 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.9 7.3
1991-92 25 MIA NBA 5 2 19.6 3.2 6.2 .516 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 1.4 .714 0.2 1.0 1.2 3.8 0.8 0.0 1.6 2.0 7.4
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 37 0 17.7 2.7 6.0 .455 0.0 0.2 .111 1.8 2.7 .680 0.3 1.2 1.5 4.1 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.8 7.3
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 79 36 24.5 3.3 6.7 .498 0.1 0.4 .207 1.1 1.9 .560 0.8 1.2 2.1 6.4 0.6 0.1 2.0 2.1 7.8
1993-94 27 BOS NBA 78 78 35.8 5.4 11.8 .462 0.2 0.7 .232 2.3 3.5 .641 0.9 1.6 2.5 8.8 1.1 0.1 3.0 2.2 13.3
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 65 43 31.5 5.6 11.8 .475 0.3 1.3 .244 3.1 4.6 .689 0.7 1.9 2.6 6.9 1.2 0.0 2.5 2.3 14.7
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 79 66 29.6 4.4 8.7 .504 0.5 1.4 .364 2.0 2.8 .731 0.7 1.6 2.3 5.5 0.8 0.1 2.5 2.1 11.3
1995-96 29 BOS NBA 10 4 23.4 3.6 8.4 .429 0.1 0.7 .143 2.5 4.0 .625 0.6 1.7 2.3 3.9 0.2 0.0 2.9 1.6 9.8
1995-96 29 MIL NBA 69 62 30.4 4.5 8.7 .514 0.6 1.5 .379 2.0 2.6 .754 0.7 1.6 2.3 5.8 0.9 0.1 2.4 2.1 11.5
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 79 79 29.3 3.9 7.7 .502 0.5 1.4 .333 1.4 2.2 .667 0.7 1.7 2.4 5.4 1.0 0.1 1.9 2.4 9.7
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 80 11 21.2 3.2 6.4 .495 0.2 0.6 .304 1.4 2.2 .669 0.7 1.0 1.7 4.0 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.0 8.0
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 30 19 28.1 3.2 7.3 .438 0.0 0.4 .000 1.8 2.9 .632 0.5 1.4 1.9 4.1 0.9 0.1 2.0 1.8 8.2
1999-00 33 NJN NBA 20 2 15.5 2.3 4.5 .500 0.3 0.8 .313 1.3 1.4 .893 0.7 0.8 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.0 1.2 1.3 6.0
2000-01 34 NJN NBA 59 7 18.5 2.1 5.1 .403 0.1 0.7 .200 1.5 1.9 .748 0.4 0.9 1.3 2.4 0.6 0.1 1.3 1.6 5.7
Career NBA 765 482 27.6 4.4 9.0 .484 0.2 0.8 .267 2.1 3.1 .678 0.7 1.5 2.2 5.9 1.0 0.1 2.3 2.1 11.0

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
1989-90 23 MIA NBA 81 66 2470 6.7 13.7 .494 0.1 0.5 .161 3.3 4.8 .687 1.0 2.0 3.0 9.0 2.1 0.1 3.6 2.7 16.8
1990-91 24 MIA NBA 73 73 2562 7.5 14.8 .504 0.1 0.4 .129 4.0 5.8 .686 1.1 1.8 2.9 8.8 1.7 0.1 3.8 2.5 19.0
1991-92 25 TOT NBA 42 2 752 5.6 12.1 .462 0.0 0.5 .100 3.5 5.1 .682 0.6 2.4 3.0 8.2 1.2 0.4 3.3 3.7 14.7
1991-92 25 MIA NBA 5 2 98 5.9 11.4 .516 0.0 0.4 .000 1.8 2.6 .714 0.4 1.8 2.2 7.0 1.5 0.0 2.9 3.7 13.6
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 37 0 654 5.6 12.2 .455 0.1 0.5 .111 3.7 5.5 .680 0.7 2.5 3.1 8.4 1.2 0.5 3.3 3.7 14.9
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 79 36 1932 4.9 9.9 .498 0.1 0.5 .207 1.6 2.8 .560 1.2 1.8 3.0 9.5 0.9 0.2 3.0 3.1 11.5
1993-94 27 BOS NBA 78 78 2789 5.5 11.9 .462 0.2 0.7 .232 2.3 3.6 .641 0.9 1.6 2.5 8.8 1.1 0.1 3.0 2.2 13.4
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 65 43 2048 6.4 13.5 .475 0.4 1.4 .244 3.6 5.2 .689 0.8 2.1 3.0 7.8 1.4 0.0 2.8 2.7 16.8
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 79 66 2335 5.3 10.6 .504 0.6 1.7 .364 2.5 3.4 .731 0.8 1.9 2.8 6.7 1.0 0.1 3.0 2.5 13.7
1995-96 29 BOS NBA 10 4 234 5.5 12.9 .429 0.2 1.1 .143 3.8 6.2 .625 0.9 2.6 3.5 6.0 0.3 0.0 4.5 2.5 15.1
1995-96 29 MIL NBA 69 62 2101 5.3 10.3 .514 0.7 1.8 .379 2.3 3.1 .754 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.8 1.0 0.1 2.8 2.5 13.6
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 79 79 2316 4.8 9.5 .502 0.6 1.8 .333 1.8 2.7 .667 0.9 2.1 3.0 6.6 1.2 0.2 2.4 3.0 11.9
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 80 11 1699 5.4 10.9 .495 0.3 1.0 .304 2.4 3.6 .669 1.1 1.8 2.9 6.8 1.2 0.1 2.3 3.3 13.5
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 30 19 842 4.1 9.4 .438 0.0 0.5 .000 2.4 3.7 .632 0.7 1.8 2.5 5.3 1.2 0.1 2.6 2.3 10.6
1999-00 33 NJN NBA 20 2 309 5.2 10.5 .500 0.6 1.9 .313 2.9 3.3 .893 1.5 1.9 3.4 4.0 2.0 0.0 2.8 3.0 14.0
2000-01 34 NJN NBA 59 7 1094 4.0 10.0 .403 0.3 1.3 .200 2.8 3.8 .748 0.7 1.7 2.4 4.7 1.2 0.1 2.6 3.1 11.1
Career NBA 765 482 21148 5.7 11.7 .484 0.3 1.0 .267 2.7 4.0 .678 0.9 1.9 2.8 7.7 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.7 14.3

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
1989-90 23 MIA NBA 81 2470 17.0 .534 .496 3.0 6.3 4.6 37.4 2.8 0.2 18.5 21.7 106 110 2.3 2.1 4.4
1990-91 24 MIA NBA 73 2562 18.0 .546 .506 3.3 5.8 4.6 39.2 2.3 0.1 17.9 24.0 108 110 3.5 1.9 5.4
1991-92 25 TOT NBA 42 752 13.8 .513 .464 2.0 7.0 4.6 31.3 1.7 0.7 18.5 21.0 104 110 0.4 0.6 1.0
1991-92 25 MIA NBA 5 98 12.6 .543 .516 1.1 5.8 3.4 29.5 2.0 0.0 19.0 18.0 106 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 37 654 14.0 .509 .457 2.1 7.2 4.8 31.6 1.6 0.8 18.4 21.4 104 110 0.4 0.6 0.9
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 79 1932 13.5 .518 .504 3.9 5.6 4.7 35.7 1.3 0.3 21.3 17.0 106 112 1.5 1.1 2.6
1993-94 27 BOS NBA 78 2789 14.3 .500 .470 2.8 5.0 3.9 35.8 1.6 0.2 18.3 19.8 103 113 1.9 0.8 2.7
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 65 2048 17.0 .530 .488 2.7 7.0 4.8 34.9 2.0 0.1 15.3 22.4 111 113 3.2 1.0 4.2
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 79 2335 14.6 .570 .533 2.8 6.6 4.7 30.0 1.4 0.2 19.9 19.0 109 115 2.9 0.4 3.3
1995-96 29 BOS NBA 10 234 9.3 .482 .435 2.8 8.3 5.5 26.0 0.4 0.0 22.2 24.0 91 115 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
1995-96 29 MIL NBA 69 2101 15.2 .583 .547 2.8 6.4 4.6 30.4 1.5 0.2 19.5 18.4 112 115 3.2 0.4 3.5
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 79 2316 14.6 .557 .533 3.0 7.2 5.1 29.7 1.8 0.3 18.3 16.8 111 111 3.4 1.2 4.6
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 80 1699 15.6 .541 .509 3.3 6.0 4.6 30.4 1.7 0.3 15.7 17.9 113 110 3.3 0.7 4.0
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 30 842 11.5 .480 .438 2.1 6.3 4.1 24.9 1.7 0.3 19.2 17.2 96 113 0.2 -0.3 -0.1
1999-00 33 NJN NBA 20 309 15.4 .586 .528 4.5 6.0 5.2 18.2 2.9 0.0 19.0 18.2 109 108 0.5 0.2 0.6
2000-01 34 NJN NBA 59 1094 9.9 .478 .416 2.1 5.7 3.9 22.2 1.7 0.3 18.3 17.9 94 109 -0.1 0.3 0.2
Career NBA 765 21148 15.1 .532 .495 3.0 6.2 4.5 33.0 1.9 0.2 18.2 19.8 107 111 23.0 9.9 32.9

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
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 6 65 9 25 0 2 1 2 1 4 10 0 0 4 8 19 .360 .000 .500 10.8 3.2 0.7 1.7
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 4 166 17 45 0 3 10 15 12 26 38 4 0 12 10 44 .378 .000 .667 41.5 11.0 6.5 9.5
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 4 168 24 68 4 12 8 11 4 20 33 4 1 17 12 60 .353 .333 .727 42.0 15.0 5.0 8.3
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 3 125 23 44 2 5 7 10 1 8 25 6 0 13 5 55 .523 .400 .700 41.7 18.3 2.7 8.3
Career NBA 17 524 73 182 6 22 26 38 18 58 106 14 1 46 35 178 .401 .273 .684 30.8 10.5 3.4 6.2

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
1991-92 25 BOS NBA 6 65 3.8 .367 .360 1.8 6.0 3.8 20.1 0.0 0.0 13.4 20.4 85 121 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1992-93 26 BOS NBA 4 166 12.8 .426 .378 9.2 10.7 9.9 31.2 1.3 0.0 18.9 17.3 103 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
1994-95 28 BOS NBA 4 168 9.0 .412 .382 2.6 10.9 6.7 37.9 1.3 0.5 18.9 24.0 90 114 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1997-98 31 NJN NBA 3 125 19.1 .568 .545 1.1 6.6 4.0 35.7 2.7 0.0 21.2 23.7 107 116 0.2 0.0 0.2
Career NBA 17 524 12.0 .448 .418 4.2 9.2 6.7 33.0 1.5 0.1 18.8 21.4 97 115 -0.2 0.1 0.0

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
1985-86 19 SYRACUSE 27 307 57 93 32 44 33 57 33 5 33 33 146 .613 .727 11.4 5.4 1.2 2.1
1986-87 20 SYRACUSE 38 1240 246 463 16 49 151 203 97 289 64 5 121 72 659 .531 .327 .744 32.6 17.3 2.6 7.6
1987-88 21 SYRACUSE 35 1195 222 428 14 53 104 150 76 288 69 1 117 55 562 .519 .264 .693 34.1 16.1 2.2 8.2
1988-89 22 SYRACUSE 38 1348 272 498 39 106 110 174 93 326 69 1 139 71 693 .546 .368 .632 35.5 18.2 2.4 8.6
Career 138 4090 797 1482 69 208 397 571 299 960 235 12 410 231 2060 .538 .332 .695 29.6 14.9 2.2 7.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1987-88 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1988-89 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1989-90 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Assists

1989-90 NBA 619 (10)
1990-91 NBA 624 (10)
1993-94 NBA 683 (6)
Career NBA 4536 (63)
Career 4536 (66)

Turnovers

1990-91 NBA 270 (4)

Assists Per Game

1990-91 NBA 8.5 (9)
1993-94 NBA 8.8 (7)
Career NBA 5.9 (58)
Career 5.9 (59)

Assist Pct

1989-90 NBA 37.4 (8)
1990-91 NBA 39.2 (8)
1992-93 NBA 35.7 (7)
1993-94 NBA 35.8 (10)
1994-95 NBA 34.9 (8)
Career NBA 33.0 (33)
Career 33.0 (33)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (383)
    

Transactions

June 27, 1989: Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (28th pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.

January 10, 1992: Traded by the Miami Heat to the Boston Celtics for Brian Shaw.

November 26, 1995: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Milwaukee Bucks for Todd Day and Alton Lister.

September 25, 1997: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Terrell Brandon, Tyrone Hill and a 1998 1st round draft pick (Pat Garrity) to the Milwaukee Bucks.

October 20, 1997: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Eddie House) to the Denver Nuggets for Greg Graham.

October 27, 1997: Waived by the Denver Nuggets.

October 31, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

February 4, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

October 21, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 Miami Heat NBA $325,000
1991-92 Total NBA $1,250,000
1992-93 Boston Celtics NBA $1,869,000
1993-94 Boston Celtics NBA $2,300,000
1994-95 Boston Celtics NBA $2,731,000
1995-96 Total NBA $3,163,000
1996-97 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $3,594,000
1997-98 New Jersey Nets NBA $4,297,250
1998-99 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,200,000
1999-00 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,000,000
2000-01 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $23,829,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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