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Alex English

Alexander English (Alex, The Blade)

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1954 in Columbia, South Carolina
High School: Dreher in Columbia, South Carolina
College: University of South Carolina
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 2nd round (6th pick, 23rd overall), 1976 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 21, 1976
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 21, 2013 7:17 PM

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
1976-77 23 MIL NBA SF 60 648 132 277 .477 46 60 .767 68 100 168 25 17 18 78 310
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 82 1552 343 633 .542 104 143 .727 144 251 395 129 41 55 137 178 790
1978-79 25 IND NBA SF 81 2696 563 1102 .511 173 230 .752 253 402 655 271 70 78 196 214 1299
1979-80 26 TOT NBA SF 78 2401 553 1113 .497 2 6 .333 210 266 .789 269 336 605 224 73 62 214 206 1318
1979-80 26 IND NBA SF 54 1526 346 686 .504 0 3 .000 114 140 .814 167 213 380 142 45 33 124 128 806
1979-80 26 DEN NBA SF 24 875 207 427 .485 2 3 .667 96 126 .762 102 123 225 82 28 29 90 78 512
1980-81 27 DEN NBA SF 81 3093 768 1555 .494 3 5 .600 390 459 .850 273 373 646 290 106 100 241 255 1929
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 82 82 3015 855 1553 .551 0 8 .000 372 443 .840 210 348 558 433 87 120 261 261 2082
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 82 82 2988 959 1857 .516 2 12 .167 406 490 .829 263 338 601 397 116 126 263 235 2326
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 82 77 2870 907 1714 .529 1 7 .143 352 427 .824 216 248 464 406 83 95 222 252 2167
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 81 81 2924 939 1812 .518 1 5 .200 383 462 .829 203 255 458 344 101 46 251 259 2262
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 81 81 3024 951 1888 .504 1 5 .200 511 593 .862 192 213 405 320 73 29 249 235 2414
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 82 82 3085 965 1920 .503 4 15 .267 411 487 .844 146 198 344 422 73 21 214 216 2345
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 80 80 2818 843 1704 .495 0 6 .000 314 379 .828 166 207 373 377 70 23 181 193 2000
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 82 82 2990 924 1881 .491 2 8 .250 325 379 .858 148 178 326 383 66 12 198 174 2175
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 80 80 2211 635 1293 .491 2 5 .400 161 183 .880 119 167 286 225 51 23 93 130 1433
1990-91 37 DAL NBA SF 79 26 1748 322 734 .439 0 1 .000 119 140 .850 108 146 254 105 40 25 101 141 763
Career NBA 1193 753 38063 10659 21036 .507 18 83 .217 4277 5141 .832 2778 3760 6538 4351 1067 833 2821 3027 25613

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
1976-77 23 MIL NBA SF 60 10.8 2.2 4.6 .477 0.8 1.0 .767 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.3 5.2
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 82 18.9 4.2 7.7 .542 1.3 1.7 .727 1.8 3.1 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.2 9.6
1978-79 25 IND NBA SF 81 33.3 7.0 13.6 .511 2.1 2.8 .752 3.1 5.0 8.1 3.3 0.9 1.0 2.4 2.6 16.0
1979-80 26 TOT NBA SF 78 30.8 7.1 14.3 .497 0.0 0.1 .333 2.7 3.4 .789 3.4 4.3 7.8 2.9 0.9 0.8 2.7 2.6 16.9
1979-80 26 IND NBA SF 54 28.3 6.4 12.7 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.6 .814 3.1 3.9 7.0 2.6 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.4 14.9
1979-80 26 DEN NBA SF 24 36.5 8.6 17.8 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 4.0 5.3 .762 4.3 5.1 9.4 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.8 3.3 21.3
1980-81 27 DEN NBA SF 81 38.2 9.5 19.2 .494 0.0 0.1 .600 4.8 5.7 .850 3.4 4.6 8.0 3.6 1.3 1.2 3.0 3.1 23.8
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 82 82 36.8 10.4 18.9 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.4 .840 2.6 4.2 6.8 5.3 1.1 1.5 3.2 3.2 25.4
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 82 82 36.4 11.7 22.6 .516 0.0 0.1 .167 5.0 6.0 .829 3.2 4.1 7.3 4.8 1.4 1.5 3.2 2.9 28.4
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 82 77 35.0 11.1 20.9 .529 0.0 0.1 .143 4.3 5.2 .824 2.6 3.0 5.7 5.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 3.1 26.4
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 81 81 36.1 11.6 22.4 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.7 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.9
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 81 81 37.3 11.7 23.3 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.3 7.3 .862 2.4 2.6 5.0 4.0 0.9 0.4 3.1 2.9 29.8
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 82 82 37.6 11.8 23.4 .503 0.0 0.2 .267 5.0 5.9 .844 1.8 2.4 4.2 5.1 0.9 0.3 2.6 2.6 28.6
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 80 80 35.2 10.5 21.3 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.7 .828 2.1 2.6 4.7 4.7 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.4 25.0
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 82 82 36.5 11.3 22.9 .491 0.0 0.1 .250 4.0 4.6 .858 1.8 2.2 4.0 4.7 0.8 0.1 2.4 2.1 26.5
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 80 80 27.6 7.9 16.2 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.0 2.3 .880 1.5 2.1 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.3 1.2 1.6 17.9
1990-91 37 DAL NBA SF 79 26 22.1 4.1 9.3 .439 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.8 .850 1.4 1.8 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.3 1.8 9.7
Career NBA 1193 753 31.9 8.9 17.6 .507 0.0 0.1 .217 3.6 4.3 .832 2.3 3.2 5.5 3.6 0.9 0.7 2.5 2.5 21.5

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
1976-77 23 MIL NBA SF 60 648 7.3 15.4 .477 2.6 3.3 .767 3.8 5.6 9.3 1.4 0.9 1.0 4.3 17.2
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 82 1552 8.0 14.7 .542 2.4 3.3 .727 3.3 5.8 9.2 3.0 1.0 1.3 3.2 4.1 18.3
1978-79 25 IND NBA SF 81 2696 7.5 14.7 .511 2.3 3.1 .752 3.4 5.4 8.7 3.6 0.9 1.0 2.6 2.9 17.3
1979-80 26 TOT NBA SF 78 2401 8.3 16.7 .497 0.0 0.1 .333 3.1 4.0 .789 4.0 5.0 9.1 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.2 3.1 19.8
1979-80 26 IND NBA SF 54 1526 8.2 16.2 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.3 .814 3.9 5.0 9.0 3.3 1.1 0.8 2.9 3.0 19.0
1979-80 26 DEN NBA SF 24 875 8.5 17.6 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 3.9 5.2 .762 4.2 5.1 9.3 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.2 21.1
1980-81 27 DEN NBA SF 81 3093 8.9 18.1 .494 0.0 0.1 .600 4.5 5.3 .850 3.2 4.3 7.5 3.4 1.2 1.2 2.8 3.0 22.5
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 82 82 3015 10.2 18.5 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .840 2.5 4.2 6.7 5.2 1.0 1.4 3.1 3.1 24.9
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 82 82 2988 11.6 22.4 .516 0.0 0.1 .167 4.9 5.9 .829 3.2 4.1 7.2 4.8 1.4 1.5 3.2 2.8 28.0
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 82 77 2870 11.4 21.5 .529 0.0 0.1 .143 4.4 5.4 .824 2.7 3.1 5.8 5.1 1.0 1.2 2.8 3.2 27.2
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 81 81 2924 11.6 22.3 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.6 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.8
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 81 81 3024 11.3 22.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.1 7.1 .862 2.3 2.5 4.8 3.8 0.9 0.3 3.0 2.8 28.7
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 82 82 3085 11.3 22.4 .503 0.0 0.2 .267 4.8 5.7 .844 1.7 2.3 4.0 4.9 0.9 0.2 2.5 2.5 27.4
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 80 80 2818 10.8 21.8 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.8 .828 2.1 2.6 4.8 4.8 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.5 25.6
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 82 82 2990 11.1 22.6 .491 0.0 0.1 .250 3.9 4.6 .858 1.8 2.1 3.9 4.6 0.8 0.1 2.4 2.1 26.2
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 80 80 2211 10.3 21.1 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.6 3.0 .880 1.9 2.7 4.7 3.7 0.8 0.4 1.5 2.1 23.3
1990-91 37 DAL NBA SF 79 26 1748 6.6 15.1 .439 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 2.9 .850 2.2 3.0 5.2 2.2 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.9 15.7
Career NBA 1193 753 38063 10.1 19.9 .507 0.0 0.1 .217 4.0 4.9 .832 2.6 3.6 6.2 4.1 1.0 0.8 2.7 2.9 24.2

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
1976-77 23 MIL NBA SF 60 648 14.8 .511 .477 10.8 16.1 13.4 5.3 1.2 1.4 103 0.8 0.4 1.2 .090
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 82 1552 17.4 .568 .542 9.6 17.4 13.4 11.4 1.2 1.8 16.4 20.3 106 102 2.7 1.3 4.0 .123
1978-79 25 IND NBA SF 81 2696 17.6 .540 .511 9.7 15.3 12.5 14.4 1.2 1.5 14.0 20.3 108 104 4.3 2.6 7.0 .124
1979-80 26 TOT NBA SF 78 2401 18.0 .536 .498 11.3 14.9 13.1 13.9 1.4 1.4 14.8 23.4 106 107 3.3 2.0 5.3 .105
1979-80 26 IND NBA SF 54 1526 17.7 .539 .504 11.0 14.9 12.9 13.5 1.4 1.2 14.2 22.2 108 107 2.4 1.3 3.6 .114
1979-80 26 DEN NBA SF 24 875 18.5 .531 .487 11.9 15.0 13.4 14.7 1.5 1.8 15.7 25.6 104 107 0.9 0.7 1.6 .089
1980-81 27 DEN NBA SF 81 3093 19.7 .549 .495 8.8 12.6 10.7 13.4 1.5 1.6 12.1 24.0 112 110 6.7 1.6 8.3 .129
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 82 3015 22.2 .596 .551 7.7 12.0 9.9 19.9 1.3 2.0 13.0 25.3 118 114 8.9 0.6 9.5 .152
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 82 2988 24.1 .561 .517 8.9 11.5 10.2 19.5 1.7 2.1 11.3 28.9 113 109 8.7 1.6 10.3 .166
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 82 2870 22.2 .570 .529 7.7 9.3 8.5 20.9 1.3 1.7 10.5 27.9 114 113 7.2 1.0 8.2 .136
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 81 2924 21.6 .561 .518 7.0 9.9 8.3 17.9 1.5 0.9 11.1 29.3 113 111 6.8 2.1 8.9 .146
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 81 3024 21.7 .562 .504 6.3 7.7 7.0 17.0 1.1 0.5 10.4 30.5 113 110 7.6 2.3 9.8 .156
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 82 3085 20.5 .549 .504 4.7 7.2 5.8 21.6 1.1 0.4 9.1 29.2 113 114 7.0 1.1 8.1 .126
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 80 2818 19.8 .535 .495 6.0 8.0 7.0 20.5 1.1 0.5 8.8 28.4 111 110 5.3 2.2 7.6 .129
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 82 2990 19.0 .531 .492 4.8 6.5 5.6 19.7 1.0 0.2 8.8 28.8 109 112 5.1 1.7 6.8 .110
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 80 2211 17.9 .522 .492 5.3 8.4 6.8 15.6 1.1 0.6 6.3 26.0 110 110 3.3 1.7 5.1 .110
1990-91 37 DAL NBA SF 79 1748 12.2 .480 .439 7.0 9.5 8.3 9.5 1.2 0.9 11.3 22.7 98 113 -0.2 0.8 0.6 .017
Career NBA 1193 38063 19.9 .550 .507 7.4 10.6 9.0 17.1 1.3 1.2 10.9 26.5 111 110 77.6 23.1 100.7 .127

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
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 9 208 48 78 .615 25 32 .781 16 26 42 13 6 7 12 20 121
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 3 118 26 55 .473 0 0 6 7 .857 8 15 23 17 3 3 4 6 58
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 7 270 67 150 .447 0 2 .000 47 53 .887 20 24 44 42 4 7 21 21 181
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 5 203 60 102 .588 0 1 .000 25 28 .893 16 24 40 28 3 2 7 17 145
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 14 14 536 163 304 .536 0 1 .000 97 109 .890 36 56 92 63 17 5 30 40 423
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 10 10 394 106 229 .463 0 1 .000 61 71 .859 18 17 35 52 4 4 28 29 273
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 3 3 76 25 49 .510 0 0 6 7 .857 10 4 14 10 0 0 8 9 56
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 11 11 438 116 255 .455 0 3 .000 35 43 .814 31 28 59 48 7 3 16 34 267
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 3 3 108 32 62 .516 0 0 14 16 .875 8 5 13 11 1 0 14 6 78
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 3 3 76 25 44 .568 0 0 9 11 .818 3 6 9 9 2 1 2 6 59
Career NBA 68 44 2427 668 1328 .503 0 8 .000 325 377 .862 166 205 371 293 47 32 142 188 1661

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
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 9 23.1 5.3 8.7 .615 2.8 3.6 .781 1.8 2.9 4.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.3 2.2 13.4
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 3 39.3 8.7 18.3 .473 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.3 .857 2.7 5.0 7.7 5.7 1.0 1.0 1.3 2.0 19.3
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 7 38.6 9.6 21.4 .447 0.0 0.3 .000 6.7 7.6 .887 2.9 3.4 6.3 6.0 0.6 1.0 3.0 3.0 25.9
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 5 40.6 12.0 20.4 .588 0.0 0.2 .000 5.0 5.6 .893 3.2 4.8 8.0 5.6 0.6 0.4 1.4 3.4 29.0
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 14 14 38.3 11.6 21.7 .536 0.0 0.1 .000 6.9 7.8 .890 2.6 4.0 6.6 4.5 1.2 0.4 2.1 2.9 30.2
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 10 10 39.4 10.6 22.9 .463 0.0 0.1 .000 6.1 7.1 .859 1.8 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.4 0.4 2.8 2.9 27.3
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 3 3 25.3 8.3 16.3 .510 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.3 .857 3.3 1.3 4.7 3.3 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.0 18.7
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 11 11 39.8 10.5 23.2 .455 0.0 0.3 .000 3.2 3.9 .814 2.8 2.5 5.4 4.4 0.6 0.3 1.5 3.1 24.3
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 3 3 36.0 10.7 20.7 .516 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.3 .875 2.7 1.7 4.3 3.7 0.3 0.0 4.7 2.0 26.0
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 3 3 25.3 8.3 14.7 .568 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.7 .818 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.0 19.7
Career NBA 68 44 35.7 9.8 19.5 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 5.5 .862 2.4 3.0 5.5 4.3 0.7 0.5 2.1 2.8 24.4

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
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 9 208 8.3 13.5 .615 4.3 5.5 .781 2.8 4.5 7.3 2.3 1.0 1.2 2.1 3.5 20.9
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 3 118 7.9 16.8 .473 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.1 .857 2.4 4.6 7.0 5.2 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.8 17.7
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 7 270 8.9 20.0 .447 0.0 0.3 .000 6.3 7.1 .887 2.7 3.2 5.9 5.6 0.5 0.9 2.8 2.8 24.1
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 5 203 10.6 18.1 .588 0.0 0.2 .000 4.4 5.0 .893 2.8 4.3 7.1 5.0 0.5 0.4 1.2 3.0 25.7
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 14 14 536 10.9 20.4 .536 0.0 0.1 .000 6.5 7.3 .890 2.4 3.8 6.2 4.2 1.1 0.3 2.0 2.7 28.4
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 10 10 394 9.7 20.9 .463 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.5 .859 1.6 1.6 3.2 4.8 0.4 0.4 2.6 2.6 24.9
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 3 3 76 11.8 23.2 .510 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.3 .857 4.7 1.9 6.6 4.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.3 26.5
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 11 11 438 9.5 21.0 .455 0.0 0.2 .000 2.9 3.5 .814 2.5 2.3 4.8 3.9 0.6 0.2 1.3 2.8 21.9
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 3 3 108 10.7 20.7 .516 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.3 .875 2.7 1.7 4.3 3.7 0.3 0.0 4.7 2.0 26.0
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 3 3 76 11.8 20.8 .568 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.2 .818 1.4 2.8 4.3 4.3 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.8 27.9
Career NBA 68 44 2427 9.9 19.7 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 5.6 .862 2.5 3.0 5.5 4.3 0.7 0.5 2.1 2.8 24.6

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
1977-78 24 MIL NBA SF 9 208 20.9 .657 .615 8.4 13.0 10.7 8.5 1.3 1.7 11.5 19.6 124 104 0.7 0.2 0.9 .210
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 3 118 18.3 .499 .473 7.2 14.5 10.8 18.5 1.2 1.3 6.4 20.4 114 114 0.2 0.0 0.2 .101
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 7 270 18.4 .522 .447 7.0 9.0 8.0 21.9 0.6 1.3 10.8 27.9 107 113 0.4 0.1 0.5 .085
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 5 203 25.7 .634 .588 8.7 13.9 11.2 19.6 0.7 0.6 5.8 23.5 135 118 1.0 0.0 1.0 .231
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 14 536 23.5 .601 .536 6.7 12.1 9.2 17.4 1.4 0.5 7.9 26.8 125 112 1.9 0.5 2.4 .212
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 10 394 17.1 .525 .463 4.4 4.7 4.6 21.4 0.5 0.6 9.7 29.1 110 116 0.5 0.2 0.7 .086
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 3 76 16.9 .538 .510 11.5 5.9 9.1 22.1 0.0 0.0 13.3 29.5 104 131 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.046
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 11 438 17.0 .487 .455 7.1 7.4 7.2 18.0 0.8 0.4 5.5 27.2 110 117 0.6 0.1 0.7 .072
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 3 108 16.5 .565 .516 6.9 4.9 6.0 16.8 0.4 0.0 16.9 30.1 102 119 0.0 0.0 0.0 .009
1989-90 36 DEN NBA SF 3 76 23.4 .604 .568 3.6 8.2 5.8 20.6 1.2 0.7 3.9 25.9 123 119 0.2 0.0 0.2 .149
Career NBA 68 2427 19.9 .556 .503 6.8 9.4 8.1 18.4 0.9 0.7 8.7 26.3 116 115 5.6 0.9 6.5 .129

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
1981-82 28 DEN NBA SF 1 0 12:00 2 6 .333 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 2 4
1982-83 29 DEN NBA SF 1 1 23:00 7 14 .500 0 0 0 1 .000 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 14
1983-84 30 DEN NBA SF 1 1 19:00 6 8 .750 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 13
1984-85 31 DEN NBA SF 1 0 14:00 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0
1985-86 32 DEN NBA SF 1 0 16:00 8 12 .667 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16
1986-87 33 DEN NBA SF 1 0 13:00 0 6 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
1987-88 34 DEN NBA SF 1 1 22:00 5 10 .500 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 10
1988-89 35 DEN NBA SF 1 1 29:00 8 13 .615 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 16
Career NBA 8 4 148 36 72 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 9 18 15 6 4 12 8 73

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 15 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Alex English 10.3 9.8 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.0 6.8 5.3 5.1 4.0 1.2 0.6
Otis Thorpe 94.1 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.0 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.5
Rasheed Wallace 93.1 11.0 9.7 9.3 8.9 8.5 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.0 3.6 2.3
Rashard Lewis 91.4 9.8 9.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.6 6.5 6.5 4.1 3.0 1.2 0.3 -0.4
Bobby Jones 90.9 11.0 10.2 10.2 9.2 8.9 8.2 8.1 7.7 6.4 6.0 4.8 3.2
A.C. Green 90.6 9.4 9.3 8.8 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.6 6.7 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.4 3.3 1.4
Buck Williams 89.4 11.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.1 6.1 5.2 3.9
Detlef Schrempf 89.2 12.9 10.4 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.0 5.8 5.2 4.4 4.0 3.6 0.8
Horace Grant 87.5 14.1 10.3 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1
Glen Rice 87.1 10.8 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.9 6.3 5.7 4.4 3.3 2.2 1.4 0.0 -0.1
P.J. Brown 87.0 10.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.5 7.5 6.9 6.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.2 2.3 0.5
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
Alex English 10.3 9.8 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.0 6.8 5.3 5.1 4.0 1.2 0.6
Otis Thorpe 93.5 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.0 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.5 1.1 1.0
Rasheed Wallace 92.9 11.0 9.7 9.3 8.9 8.5 7.6 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.0 3.6 2.3 0.6
Rashard Lewis 91.4 9.8 9.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.6 6.5 6.5 4.1 3.0 1.2 0.3 -0.4
Bobby Jones 90.9 11.0 10.2 10.2 9.2 8.9 8.2 8.1 7.7 6.4 6.0 4.8 3.2
A.C. Green 89.4 9.4 9.3 8.8 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.6 6.7 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.4 3.3 3.2 1.4
Detlef Schrempf 89.1 12.9 10.4 10.4 9.8 9.0 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.0 5.8 5.2 4.4 4.0 3.6 0.8 0.5
Buck Williams 87.4 11.4 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.1 6.1 5.2 4.8 3.9 2.1
Glen Rice 87.1 10.8 10.2 10.0 9.3 9.0 8.3 7.9 6.3 5.7 4.4 3.3 2.2 1.4 0.0 -0.1
P.J. Brown 87.0 10.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.5 7.5 6.9 6.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.2 2.3 0.5
Horace Grant 86.9 14.1 10.3 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 2.0 0.2

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
1972-73 19 SCAROLINA 29 1037 189 368 44 70 306 25 422 .514 .629 35.8 14.6 10.6 0.9
1973-74 20 SCAROLINA 27 1007 209 395 75 112 237 28 493 .529 .670 37.3 18.3 8.8 1.0
1974-75 21 SCAROLINA 28 1024 199 359 49 77 244 30 447 .554 .636 36.6 16.0 8.7 1.1
1975-76 22 SCAROLINA 27 1045 258 468 94 134 277 27 610 .551 .701 38.7 22.6 10.3 1.0
Career 111 4113 855 1590 262 393 1064 110 1972 .538 .667 37.1 17.8 9.6 1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 7 times (Show/Hide)

Player of the Month: 3 times (Show/Hide)

MVP Award Shares
1981-82 NBA 0.017 (13)
1982-83 NBA 0.056 (6)
1984-85 NBA 0.015 (12)
1985-86 NBA 0.071 (8)
1986-87 NBA 0.003 (14)
1987-88 NBA 0.005 (11)
Career 0.167 (73)
Games
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
Career NBA 1193 (33)
Career 1193 (37)
Minutes Played
1980-81 NBA 3093 (6)
1981-82 NBA 3015 (10)
1982-83 NBA 2988 (4)
1985-86 NBA 3024 (5)
1986-87 NBA 3085 (4)
Career NBA 38063 (37)
Career 38063 (41)
Field Goals
1980-81 NBA 768 (8)
1981-82 NBA 855 (4)
1982-83 NBA 959 (1)
1983-84 NBA 907 (2)
1984-85 NBA 939 (1)
1985-86 NBA 951 (1)
1986-87 NBA 965 (2)
1987-88 NBA 843 (6)
1988-89 NBA 924 (2)
Career NBA 10659 (9)
Career 10659 (10)
Field Goal Attempts
1980-81 NBA 1555 (4)
1981-82 NBA 1553 (5)
1982-83 NBA 1857 (1)
1983-84 NBA 1714 (2)
1984-85 NBA 1812 (2)
1985-86 NBA 1888 (2)
1986-87 NBA 1920 (2)
1987-88 NBA 1704 (3)
1988-89 NBA 1881 (1)
Career NBA 21036 (9)
Career 21036 (11)
Free Throws
1982-83 NBA 406 (8)
1985-86 NBA 511 (5)
Career NBA 4277 (58)
Career 4277 (62)
Free Throw Attempts
1985-86 NBA 593 (5)
Career NBA 5141 (69)
Career 5141 (74)
Offensive Rebounds
1979-80 NBA 269 (8)
1980-81 NBA 273 (5)
1982-83 NBA 263 (8)
Career NBA 2778 (30)
Career 2778 (36)
Assists
Career NBA 4351 (74)
Career 4351 (78)
Turnovers
1981-82 NBA 261 (10)
Career NBA 2821 (26)
Career 2821 (30)
Personal Fouls
Career NBA 3027 (64)
Career 3027 (74)
Points
1980-81 NBA 1929 (8)
1981-82 NBA 2082 (4)
1982-83 NBA 2326 (1)
1983-84 NBA 2167 (4)
1984-85 NBA 2262 (3)
1985-86 NBA 2414 (1)
1986-87 NBA 2345 (2)
1987-88 NBA 2000 (7)
1988-89 NBA 2175 (5)
Career NBA 25613 (13)
Career 25613 (16)
Field Goal Pct
1977-78 NBA .542 (5)
Career NBA .507 (85)
Career .507 (91)
Free Throw Pct
Career NBA .832 (90)
Career .832 (99)
Minutes Per Game
1980-81 NBA 38.2 (6)
1982-83 NBA 36.4 (10)
1985-86 NBA 37.3 (7)
1986-87 NBA 37.6 (9)
Points Per Game
1980-81 NBA 23.8 (10)
1981-82 NBA 25.4 (4)
1982-83 NBA 28.4 (1)
1983-84 NBA 26.4 (4)
1984-85 NBA 27.9 (5)
1985-86 NBA 29.8 (3)
1986-87 NBA 28.6 (3)
1987-88 NBA 25.0 (9)
1988-89 NBA 26.5 (6)
Career NBA 21.5 (32)
Career 21.5 (33)
Player Efficiency Rating
1982-83 NBA 24.1 (2)
1983-84 NBA 22.2 (8)
1985-86 NBA 21.7 (8)
Career NBA 19.9 (65)
Career 19.9 (71)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1977-78 NBA .542 (5)
Turnover Pct
1986-87 NBA 9.1 (4)
1987-88 NBA 8.8 (3)
1988-89 NBA 8.8 (6)
1989-90 NBA 6.3 (1)
Career NBA 10.9 (63)
Career 10.9 (73)
Usage Pct
1982-83 NBA 28.9 (5)
1983-84 NBA 27.9 (7)
1984-85 NBA 29.3 (7)
1985-86 NBA 30.5 (2)
1986-87 NBA 29.2 (5)
1987-88 NBA 28.4 (6)
1988-89 NBA 28.8 (7)
Career NBA 26.5 (33)
Career 26.5 (39)
Offensive Win Shares
1981-82 NBA 8.9 (5)
1982-83 NBA 8.7 (5)
1983-84 NBA 7.2 (9)
1985-86 NBA 7.6 (7)
Career NBA 77.6 (35)
Career 77.6 (40)
Win Shares
Career NBA 100.7 (69)
Career 100.7 (73)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.801 (76)
52nd (overall) as of May 21, 2013, 4:55AM
 

Transactions

May 20, 1974: Traded by the New Orleans Jazz (as a 1976 2nd round draft pick) with Bob Kauffman, Dean Meminger, a 1974 1st round draft pick (Mike Sojourner), a 1975 1st round draft pick (David Thompson), a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Bill Willoughby) and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Jonathan Moore) to the Atlanta Hawks for Pete Maravich.

June 5, 1975: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 1976 2nd round draft pick) with a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bayard Forrest) to the Milwaukee Bucks. Atlanta was penalized for signing Milwaukee draft pick Julius Erving in 1972.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (23rd pick) of the 1976 NBA Draft.

June 8, 1978: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; the Milwaukee Bucks received a 1979 1st round draft pick (Calvin Natt) as compensation.

February 1, 1980: Traded by the Indiana Pacers with a 1980 1st round draft pick (Carl Nicks) to the Denver Nuggets for George McGinnis.

August 15, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

May 1, 1991: Released by the Dallas Mavericks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $825,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,500,000
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,650,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,500,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,975,000

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