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Mike Evans

Michael Leeroyall Evans (Mike)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: April 19, 1955 in Goldsboro, North Carolina
High School: Laurinburg Institute in Laurinburg, North Carolina
College: Kansas State University

Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (21st pick, 21st overall) of the 1978 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 79 1246 208 464 .448 12 42 .286 58 85 .682 29 78 107 230 60 9 128 194 486
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 71 911 134 291 .460 2 14 .143 50 64 .781 22 65 87 167 34 4 72 114 320
1981-82 26 TOT NBA 22 0 270 35 86 .407 0 6 .000 13 20 .650 5 17 22 42 13 0 26 36 83
1981-82 26 MIL NBA 14 0 196 24 51 .471 0 2 .000 8 12 .667 3 9 12 22 9 0 15 26 56
1981-82 26 CLE NBA 8 0 74 11 35 .314 0 4 .000 5 8 .625 2 8 10 20 4 0 11 10 27
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 42 5 695 115 243 .473 0 9 .000 33 41 .805 4 54 58 113 23 3 71 94 263
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 78 5 1687 243 564 .431 32 89 .360 111 131 .847 23 115 138 288 61 4 117 175 629
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 81 0 1437 323 661 .489 57 157 .363 113 131 .863 26 93 119 231 65 12 130 174 816
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 81 1 1389 304 715 .425 39 176 .222 126 149 .846 30 71 101 177 61 1 124 159 773
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 81 4 1567 334 729 .458 53 169 .314 96 123 .780 36 92 128 185 79 12 107 149 817
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 56 0 656 139 307 .453 36 91 .396 30 37 .811 9 39 48 81 34 6 43 78 344
Career NBA 591 15 9858 1835 4060 .452 231 753 .307 630 781 .807 184 624 808 1514 430 51 818 1173 4531

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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 79 15.8 2.6 5.9 .448 0.2 0.5 .286 0.7 1.1 .682 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.5 6.2
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 71 12.8 1.9 4.1 .460 0.0 0.2 .143 0.7 0.9 .781 0.3 0.9 1.2 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.6 4.5
1981-82 26 TOT NBA 22 0 12.3 1.6 3.9 .407 0.0 0.3 .000 0.6 0.9 .650 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.9 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.6 3.8
1981-82 26 MIL NBA 14 0 14.0 1.7 3.6 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.9 .667 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.1 1.9 4.0
1981-82 26 CLE NBA 8 0 9.3 1.4 4.4 .314 0.0 0.5 .000 0.6 1.0 .625 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.0 1.4 1.3 3.4
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 42 5 16.5 2.7 5.8 .473 0.0 0.2 .000 0.8 1.0 .805 0.1 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.1 1.7 2.2 6.3
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 78 5 21.6 3.1 7.2 .431 0.4 1.1 .360 1.4 1.7 .847 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.7 0.8 0.1 1.5 2.2 8.1
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 81 0 17.7 4.0 8.2 .489 0.7 1.9 .363 1.4 1.6 .863 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.1 10.1
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 81 1 17.1 3.8 8.8 .425 0.5 2.2 .222 1.6 1.8 .846 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.0 1.5 2.0 9.5
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 81 4 19.3 4.1 9.0 .458 0.7 2.1 .314 1.2 1.5 .780 0.4 1.1 1.6 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.3 1.8 10.1
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 56 0 11.7 2.5 5.5 .453 0.6 1.6 .396 0.5 0.7 .811 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.4 6.1
Career NBA 591 15 16.7 3.1 6.9 .452 0.4 1.3 .307 1.1 1.3 .807 0.3 1.1 1.4 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.0 7.7

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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 79 1246 6.0 13.4 .448 0.3 1.2 .286 1.7 2.5 .682 0.8 2.3 3.1 6.6 1.7 0.3 3.7 5.6 14.0
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 71 911 5.3 11.5 .460 0.1 0.6 .143 2.0 2.5 .781 0.9 2.6 3.4 6.6 1.3 0.2 2.8 4.5 12.6
1981-82 26 TOT NBA 22 0 270 4.7 11.5 .407 0.0 0.8 .000 1.7 2.7 .650 0.7 2.3 2.9 5.6 1.7 0.0 3.5 4.8 11.1
1981-82 26 MIL NBA 14 0 196 4.4 9.4 .471 0.0 0.4 .000 1.5 2.2 .667 0.6 1.7 2.2 4.0 1.7 0.0 2.8 4.8 10.3
1981-82 26 CLE NBA 8 0 74 5.4 17.0 .314 0.0 1.9 .000 2.4 3.9 .625 1.0 3.9 4.9 9.7 1.9 0.0 5.4 4.9 13.1
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 42 5 695 6.0 12.6 .473 0.0 0.5 .000 1.7 2.1 .805 0.2 2.8 3.0 5.9 1.2 0.2 3.7 4.9 13.6
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 78 5 1687 5.2 12.0 .431 0.7 1.9 .360 2.4 2.8 .847 0.5 2.5 2.9 6.1 1.3 0.1 2.5 3.7 13.4
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 81 0 1437 8.1 16.6 .489 1.4 3.9 .363 2.8 3.3 .863 0.7 2.3 3.0 5.8 1.6 0.3 3.3 4.4 20.4
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 81 1 1389 7.9 18.5 .425 1.0 4.6 .222 3.3 3.9 .846 0.8 1.8 2.6 4.6 1.6 0.0 3.2 4.1 20.0
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 81 4 1567 7.7 16.7 .458 1.2 3.9 .314 2.2 2.8 .780 0.8 2.1 2.9 4.3 1.8 0.3 2.5 3.4 18.8
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 56 0 656 7.6 16.8 .453 2.0 5.0 .396 1.6 2.0 .811 0.5 2.1 2.6 4.4 1.9 0.3 2.4 4.3 18.9
Career NBA 591 15 9858 6.7 14.8 .452 0.8 2.7 .307 2.3 2.9 .807 0.7 2.3 3.0 5.5 1.6 0.2 3.0 4.3 16.5

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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 79 1246 9.8 .485 .461 2.5 6.6 4.6 22.8 2.1 0.4 20.3 19.1 94 110 -0.4 0.5 0.1
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 71 911 11.1 .501 .464 2.7 7.7 5.3 23.1 1.7 0.2 18.4 16.8 103 105 0.6 1.0 1.6
1981-82 26 TOT NBA 22 270 7.3 .438 .407 2.1 7.2 4.6 21.0 2.3 0.0 21.5 18.4 86 107 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
1981-82 26 MIL NBA 14 196 7.2 .498 .471 1.8 5.1 3.5 14.5 2.2 0.0 21.0 15.0 94 105 -0.1 0.2 0.2
1981-82 26 CLE NBA 8 74 7.5 .350 .314 2.9 13.0 7.6 38.0 2.6 0.0 22.2 27.6 76 110 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 42 695 8.9 .504 .473 0.6 7.9 4.2 19.5 1.4 0.2 21.4 17.6 93 112 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 78 1687 10.4 .506 .459 1.4 7.4 4.3 20.1 1.6 0.1 15.8 16.5 102 114 0.5 0.4 0.9
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 81 1437 15.6 .568 .532 1.8 7.4 4.4 21.4 2.0 0.5 15.3 22.3 109 110 1.9 1.0 2.9
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 81 1389 12.4 .495 .452 2.2 5.6 3.8 17.7 2.0 0.0 13.7 25.1 98 109 -0.1 1.2 1.1
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 81 1567 13.6 .522 .495 2.3 6.6 4.3 16.1 2.3 0.4 12.0 21.8 104 112 0.8 1.0 1.9
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 56 656 13.7 .532 .511 1.4 6.5 3.8 16.7 2.4 0.5 11.7 21.8 105 108 0.4 0.7 1.1
Career NBA 591 9858 12.0 .514 .480 1.9 6.9 4.3 19.7 2.0 0.3 15.7 20.2 101 110 3.0 6.3 9.3

Playoffs

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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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 2 12 3 8 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 11 .375 .500 .750 6.0 5.5 1.0 1.0
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 4 38 9 17 0 2 7 8 0 1 6 0 1 3 9 25 .529 .000 .875 9.5 6.3 0.3 1.5
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 8 183 36 74 3 10 11 17 2 19 38 5 0 22 20 86 .486 .300 .647 22.9 10.8 2.4 4.8
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 5 77 9 28 1 8 4 4 1 3 12 0 0 8 13 23 .321 .125 1.000 15.4 4.6 0.6 2.4
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 15 281 62 143 17 51 14 17 3 32 46 13 3 36 39 155 .434 .333 .824 18.7 10.3 2.1 3.1
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 10 204 30 82 7 29 25 30 6 20 25 10 3 13 19 92 .366 .241 .833 20.4 9.2 2.0 2.5
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 3 57 7 19 2 7 2 2 2 7 8 3 0 3 6 18 .368 .286 1.000 19.0 6.0 2.3 2.7
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 11 219 45 114 12 44 14 15 6 22 23 12 0 12 19 116 .395 .273 .933 19.9 10.5 2.0 2.1
Career NBA 58 1071 201 485 44 155 80 97 20 106 160 43 7 97 127 526 .414 .284 .825 18.5 9.1 1.8 2.8

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
1979-80 24 SAS NBA 2 12 29.1 .564 .500 0.0 18.9 9.1 28.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.4 130 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
1980-81 25 MIL NBA 4 38 17.6 .609 .529 0.0 3.2 1.5 25.0 0.0 1.6 12.8 25.3 123 115 0.2 0.0 0.1
1982-83 27 DEN NBA 8 183 11.4 .528 .507 1.0 9.4 5.1 27.3 1.2 0.0 21.3 21.9 93 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1983-84 28 DEN NBA 5 77 1.5 .386 .339 1.4 3.1 2.2 17.6 0.0 0.0 21.2 19.3 80 122 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1984-85 29 DEN NBA 15 281 11.3 .515 .493 1.1 12.0 6.1 21.5 2.0 0.6 19.3 24.9 94 110 -0.3 0.3 0.0
1985-86 30 DEN NBA 10 204 12.1 .483 .409 2.8 7.5 5.0 16.6 2.3 0.8 12.0 21.1 103 111 0.0 0.2 0.2
1986-87 31 DEN NBA 3 57 9.1 .453 .421 3.1 9.9 6.0 17.5 2.3 0.0 13.1 15.0 96 125 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1987-88 32 DEN NBA 11 219 13.9 .481 .447 2.8 8.4 5.4 15.7 2.7 0.0 9.0 24.9 102 113 0.0 0.1 0.2
Career NBA 58 1071 11.6 .498 .460 1.8 9.0 5.2 20.1 1.8 0.4 15.5 22.8 98 113 -0.3 0.6 0.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

3-Pt Field Goals

1983-84 NBA 32 (3)
1984-85 NBA 57 (3)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1983-84 NBA 89 (4)
1984-85 NBA 157 (4)
1985-86 NBA 176 (2)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .360 (2)
1984-85 NBA .363 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (729)
      

Transactions

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

June 26, 1978: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Darnell Hillman to the Kansas City Kings for Ron Boone and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Mark Young).

August 16, 1978: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with George McGinnis to the Denver Nuggets for Bobby Jones, Ralph Simpson and a 1984 1st round draft pick (Leon Wood).

October 11, 1978: Waived by the Kansas City Kings.

April 26, 1979: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 7, 1980: Sold by the San Antonio Spurs to the Milwaukee Bucks.

February 11, 1982: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

February 20, 1982: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

October 11, 1982: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

January 12, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Denver Nuggets NBA $65,000
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $125,000
1986-87 Denver Nuggets NBA *$145,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $165,000
Career (may be incomplete) $500,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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