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Eric Fernsten

Eric Robert Fernsten

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: November 1, 1953 in Oakland, California
High School: Skyline in Oakland, California
College: University of San Francisco
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 4th round (8th pick, 62nd overall), 1975 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1975

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Totals

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
1975-76 22 TOT NBA 37 268 33 86 .384 26 37 .703 25 45 70 19 7 14 21 92
1975-76 22 CLE NBA 4 9 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
1975-76 22 CHI NBA 33 259 33 84 .393 26 37 .703 25 44 69 19 7 14 20 92
1976-77 23 CHI NBA 5 61 3 15 .200 8 11 .727 9 7 16 6 1 3 9 14
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 56 0 431 71 153 .464 0 0 33 52 .635 40 56 96 28 17 12 20 43 175
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 45 0 279 38 79 .481 0 0 20 30 .667 29 33 62 10 6 7 20 29 96
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 43 0 202 19 49 .388 0 0 19 30 .633 12 30 42 8 5 7 13 23 57
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 32 0 402 29 52 .558 0 0 25 34 .735 29 57 86 11 16 8 19 49 83
Career NBA 218 0 1643 193 434 .445 0 0 131 194 .675 144 228 372 82 52 51 72 174 517

Per Game

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
1975-76 22 TOT NBA 37 7.2 0.9 2.3 .384 0.7 1.0 .703 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.5
1975-76 22 CLE NBA 4 2.3 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
1975-76 22 CHI NBA 33 7.8 1.0 2.5 .393 0.8 1.1 .703 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.8
1976-77 23 CHI NBA 5 12.2 0.6 3.0 .200 1.6 2.2 .727 1.8 1.4 3.2 1.2 0.2 0.6 1.8 2.8
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 56 0 7.7 1.3 2.7 .464 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .635 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 3.1
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 45 0 6.2 0.8 1.8 .481 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .667 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.1
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 43 0 4.7 0.4 1.1 .388 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .633 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.3
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 32 0 12.6 0.9 1.6 .558 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .735 0.9 1.8 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.5 2.6
Career NBA 218 0 7.5 0.9 2.0 .445 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .675 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.4

Per 36 Minutes

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
1975-76 22 TOT NBA 37 268 4.4 11.6 .384 3.5 5.0 .703 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.6 0.9 1.9 2.8 12.4
1975-76 22 CLE NBA 4 9 0.0 8.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0
1975-76 22 CHI NBA 33 259 4.6 11.7 .393 3.6 5.1 .703 3.5 6.1 9.6 2.6 1.0 1.9 2.8 12.8
1976-77 23 CHI NBA 5 61 1.8 8.9 .200 4.7 6.5 .727 5.3 4.1 9.4 3.5 0.6 1.8 5.3 8.3
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 56 0 431 5.9 12.8 .464 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .635 3.3 4.7 8.0 2.3 1.4 1.0 1.7 3.6 14.6
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 45 0 279 4.9 10.2 .481 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 .667 3.7 4.3 8.0 1.3 0.8 0.9 2.6 3.7 12.4
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 43 0 202 3.4 8.7 .388 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.3 .633 2.1 5.3 7.5 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.3 4.1 10.2
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 32 0 402 2.6 4.7 .558 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.0 .735 2.6 5.1 7.7 1.0 1.4 0.7 1.7 4.4 7.4
Career NBA 218 0 1643 4.2 9.5 .445 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.3 .675 3.2 5.0 8.2 1.8 1.1 1.1 2.0 3.8 11.3

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1975-76 22 TOT NBA 37 268 14.3 .450 .384 8.8 18.2 13.2 10.8 1.3 3.0 96 0.1 0.4 0.5 .089
1975-76 22 CLE NBA 4 9 -6.5 .000 .000 0.0 11.8 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.176
1975-76 22 CHI NBA 33 259 15.0 .459 .393 9.1 18.4 13.4 11.2 1.3 3.1 96 0.2 0.4 0.5 .098
1976-77 23 CHI NBA 5 61 10.0 .353 .200 15.2 12.1 13.7 12.8 0.8 2.7 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .004
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 56 431 14.4 .497 .464 10.5 14.3 12.4 8.7 1.8 1.6 10.2 18.1 108 101 0.5 0.6 1.2 .133
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 45 279 11.0 .521 .481 12.4 12.9 12.7 4.7 1.0 1.4 17.8 16.4 102 104 0.1 0.3 0.5 .079
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 43 202 8.1 .458 .388 6.7 16.0 11.5 4.8 1.2 1.9 17.3 14.9 93 103 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .047
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 32 402 9.6 .620 .558 8.8 17.2 13.0 3.5 1.9 1.2 22.1 8.9 113 102 0.3 0.7 1.0 .118
Career NBA 218 1643 11.7 .498 .445 9.8 15.5 12.6 6.8 1.5 1.8 15.3 14.4 105 101 1.0 2.4 3.3 .098

Playoffs

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
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 5 18 2 6 0 0 2 3 3 5 0 0 3 2 1 6 .333 .667 3.6 1.2 1.0 0.0
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 8 14 0 3 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 .000 .667 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.1
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 5 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .500 .500 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.0
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 20 46 4 13 0 0 5 8 6 11 1 1 4 2 4 13 .308 .625 2.3 0.7 0.6 0.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1979-80 26 BOS NBA 5 18 11.8 .410 .333 18.8 12.8 15.8 0.0 0.0 10.0 21.5 21.9 83 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 .010
1980-81 27 BOS NBA 8 14 6.2 .231 .000 8.3 22.7 15.8 8.3 3.6 0.0 0.0 13.0 82 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 .053
1981-82 28 BOS NBA 5 11 14.7 .521 .500 19.5 0.0 9.5 0.0 0.0 5.2 0.0 10.6 133 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .169
1983-84 30 NYK NBA 2 3 14.7 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.7 106 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 .019
Career NBA 20 46 11.0 .393 .308 14.6 11.9 13.3 2.5 1.1 5.1 10.8 16.9 93 100 0.0 0.1 0.1 .062

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 6 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6
Eric Fernsten 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0
Steve Hayes 86.3 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2
Jawann Oldham 83.9 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
Connie Dierking 76.7 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1
Mark McNamara 70.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.2
Johan Petro 70.4 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2
Earl Williams 69.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.0
Aaron Gray 69.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8
Stuart Gray 68.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 -0.4
Dick Cunningham 68.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Zan Tabak 67.9 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Eric Fernsten 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0
Steve Hayes 86.3 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2
Jawann Oldham 73.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mark McNamara 72.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2
Johan Petro 70.4 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2
Earl Williams 69.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.0
Stuart Gray 69.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.4
Aaron Gray 69.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8
Dick Cunningham 68.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zan Tabak 67.9 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Roger Brown 63.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 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
1972-73 19 SANFRAN 28 96 206 33 59 253 225 .466 .559 8.0 9.0
1973-74 20 SANFRAN 28 105 214 50 67 279 260 .491 .746 9.3 10.0
1974-75 21 SANFRAN 26 81 180 43 67 240 205 .450 .642 7.9 9.2
Career 82 282 600 126 193 772 690 .470 .653 8.4 9.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1981 Boston Celtics (NBA)

Transactions

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 4th round (62nd pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

November 27, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with Steve Patterson to the Chicago Bulls for Rowland Garrett and Nate Thurmond.

June 27, 1979: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

October 28, 1982: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

September 28, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

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