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Steve Francis

Steve D'Shawn Francis (Stevie Franchise)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: February 21, 1977 in Silver Spring, Maryland
High School: Montgomery Blair in Silver Spring, Maryland
College: University of Maryland
Draft: Vancouver Grizzlies, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1999 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 2, 1999

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM
All-Time Rank: #190. Anthony Mason… #191. Maurice Lucas… #192. STEVE FRANCIS… #193. Robert Horry… #193. Jamal Mashburn… #193. Jermaine O'Neal… #193. Rik Smits… 

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
1999-00 22 HOU NBA 77 77 2776 497 1117 .445 107 310 .345 287 365 .786 152 257 409 507 118 29 306 231 1388
2000-01 23 HOU NBA 80 79 3194 550 1219 .451 133 336 .396 358 438 .817 190 363 553 517 141 31 265 274 1591
2001-02 24 HOU NBA 57 56 2343 420 1007 .417 68 210 .324 326 422 .773 102 299 401 362 71 25 221 172 1234
2002-03 25 HOU NBA 81 81 3318 571 1312 .435 85 240 .354 476 595 .800 159 340 499 502 141 41 299 251 1703
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 79 79 3194 450 1117 .403 73 250 .292 337 435 .775 116 317 433 493 139 35 294 257 1310
2004-05 27 ORL NBA 78 78 2978 563 1330 .423 38 127 .299 499 606 .823 126 324 450 547 112 28 317 273 1663
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 70 60 2393 333 765 .435 25 83 .301 314 399 .787 74 216 290 345 74 17 214 204 1005
2005-06 28 ORL NBA 46 45 1734 249 575 .433 18 70 .257 231 290 .797 60 159 219 262 51 11 156 142 747
2005-06 28 NYK NBA 24 15 659 84 190 .442 7 13 .538 83 109 .761 14 57 71 83 23 6 58 62 258
2006-07 29 NYK NBA 44 30 1237 140 343 .408 42 111 .378 175 211 .829 33 124 157 170 41 12 100 126 497
2007-08 30 HOU NBA 10 3 199 19 57 .333 4 17 .235 13 23 .565 8 15 23 30 9 5 14 25 55
Career NBA 576 543 21632 3543 8267 .429 575 1684 .341 2785 3494 .797 960 2255 3215 3473 846 223 2030 1813 10446

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
1999-00 22 HOU NBA 77 77 36.1 6.5 14.5 .445 1.4 4.0 .345 3.7 4.7 .786 2.0 3.3 5.3 6.6 1.5 0.4 4.0 3.0 18.0
2000-01 23 HOU NBA 80 79 39.9 6.9 15.2 .451 1.7 4.2 .396 4.5 5.5 .817 2.4 4.5 6.9 6.5 1.8 0.4 3.3 3.4 19.9
2001-02 24 HOU NBA 57 56 41.1 7.4 17.7 .417 1.2 3.7 .324 5.7 7.4 .773 1.8 5.2 7.0 6.4 1.2 0.4 3.9 3.0 21.6
2002-03 25 HOU NBA 81 81 41.0 7.0 16.2 .435 1.0 3.0 .354 5.9 7.3 .800 2.0 4.2 6.2 6.2 1.7 0.5 3.7 3.1 21.0
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 79 79 40.4 5.7 14.1 .403 0.9 3.2 .292 4.3 5.5 .775 1.5 4.0 5.5 6.2 1.8 0.4 3.7 3.3 16.6
2004-05 27 ORL NBA 78 78 38.2 7.2 17.1 .423 0.5 1.6 .299 6.4 7.8 .823 1.6 4.2 5.8 7.0 1.4 0.4 4.1 3.5 21.3
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 70 60 34.2 4.8 10.9 .435 0.4 1.2 .301 4.5 5.7 .787 1.1 3.1 4.1 4.9 1.1 0.2 3.1 2.9 14.4
2005-06 28 ORL NBA 46 45 37.7 5.4 12.5 .433 0.4 1.5 .257 5.0 6.3 .797 1.3 3.5 4.8 5.7 1.1 0.2 3.4 3.1 16.2
2005-06 28 NYK NBA 24 15 27.5 3.5 7.9 .442 0.3 0.5 .538 3.5 4.5 .761 0.6 2.4 3.0 3.5 1.0 0.3 2.4 2.6 10.8
2006-07 29 NYK NBA 44 30 28.1 3.2 7.8 .408 1.0 2.5 .378 4.0 4.8 .829 0.8 2.8 3.6 3.9 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.9 11.3
2007-08 30 HOU NBA 10 3 19.9 1.9 5.7 .333 0.4 1.7 .235 1.3 2.3 .565 0.8 1.5 2.3 3.0 0.9 0.5 1.4 2.5 5.5
Career NBA 576 543 37.6 6.2 14.4 .429 1.0 2.9 .341 4.8 6.1 .797 1.7 3.9 5.6 6.0 1.5 0.4 3.5 3.1 18.1

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
1999-00 22 HOU NBA 77 77 2776 6.4 14.5 .445 1.4 4.0 .345 3.7 4.7 .786 2.0 3.3 5.3 6.6 1.5 0.4 4.0 3.0 18.0
2000-01 23 HOU NBA 80 79 3194 6.2 13.7 .451 1.5 3.8 .396 4.0 4.9 .817 2.1 4.1 6.2 5.8 1.6 0.3 3.0 3.1 17.9
2001-02 24 HOU NBA 57 56 2343 6.5 15.5 .417 1.0 3.2 .324 5.0 6.5 .773 1.6 4.6 6.2 5.6 1.1 0.4 3.4 2.6 19.0
2002-03 25 HOU NBA 81 81 3318 6.2 14.2 .435 0.9 2.6 .354 5.2 6.5 .800 1.7 3.7 5.4 5.4 1.5 0.4 3.2 2.7 18.5
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 79 79 3194 5.1 12.6 .403 0.8 2.8 .292 3.8 4.9 .775 1.3 3.6 4.9 5.6 1.6 0.4 3.3 2.9 14.8
2004-05 27 ORL NBA 78 78 2978 6.8 16.1 .423 0.5 1.5 .299 6.0 7.3 .823 1.5 3.9 5.4 6.6 1.4 0.3 3.8 3.3 20.1
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 70 60 2393 5.0 11.5 .435 0.4 1.2 .301 4.7 6.0 .787 1.1 3.2 4.4 5.2 1.1 0.3 3.2 3.1 15.1
2005-06 28 ORL NBA 46 45 1734 5.2 11.9 .433 0.4 1.5 .257 4.8 6.0 .797 1.2 3.3 4.5 5.4 1.1 0.2 3.2 2.9 15.5
2005-06 28 NYK NBA 24 15 659 4.6 10.4 .442 0.4 0.7 .538 4.5 6.0 .761 0.8 3.1 3.9 4.5 1.3 0.3 3.2 3.4 14.1
2006-07 29 NYK NBA 44 30 1237 4.1 10.0 .408 1.2 3.2 .378 5.1 6.1 .829 1.0 3.6 4.6 4.9 1.2 0.3 2.9 3.7 14.5
2007-08 30 HOU NBA 10 3 199 3.4 10.3 .333 0.7 3.1 .235 2.4 4.2 .565 1.4 2.7 4.2 5.4 1.6 0.9 2.5 4.5 9.9
Career NBA 576 543 21632 5.9 13.8 .429 1.0 2.8 .341 4.6 5.8 .797 1.6 3.8 5.4 5.8 1.4 0.4 3.4 3.0 17.4

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 WS/48
1999-00 22 HOU NBA 77 2776 18.4 .543 .493 6.3 10.2 8.3 31.6 2.2 0.7 19.3 25.0 105 107 4.4 2.0 6.4 .111
2000-01 23 HOU NBA 80 3194 21.6 .563 .506 7.1 12.8 10.0 28.4 2.3 0.7 15.8 24.2 113 104 9.2 3.0 12.2 .184
2001-02 24 HOU NBA 57 2343 19.1 .517 .451 4.9 14.8 9.8 29.1 1.6 0.7 15.6 28.0 104 109 3.2 1.2 4.4 .091
2002-03 25 HOU NBA 81 3318 20.6 .541 .468 5.7 11.5 8.7 28.0 2.3 0.9 16.0 26.1 109 103 7.4 3.7 11.1 .160
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 79 3194 15.8 .501 .436 4.5 11.1 8.0 28.3 2.4 0.8 18.3 24.0 99 99 2.4 4.7 7.1 .107
2004-05 27 ORL NBA 78 2978 18.9 .521 .438 4.8 12.0 8.5 31.6 1.9 0.7 16.6 28.0 105 108 3.9 2.3 6.2 .100
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 70 2393 15.2 .534 .452 3.9 10.9 7.5 24.6 1.7 0.6 18.5 22.6 104 110 2.2 1.4 3.6 .073
2005-06 28 ORL NBA 46 1734 15.9 .532 .449 4.4 11.0 7.8 25.7 1.6 0.5 18.2 23.4 104 109 1.7 1.2 2.9 .081
2005-06 28 NYK NBA 24 659 13.4 .542 .461 2.6 10.6 6.5 21.7 1.8 0.7 19.6 20.4 103 112 0.4 0.2 0.7 .050
2006-07 29 NYK NBA 44 1237 15.1 .570 .469 3.2 11.8 7.5 22.4 1.8 0.8 18.7 19.7 111 109 2.0 0.9 2.9 .113
2007-08 30 HOU NBA 10 199 9.1 .410 .368 4.6 8.4 6.5 22.7 2.4 1.8 17.3 18.6 91 102 -0.2 0.3 0.2 .039
Career NBA 576 21632 18.3 .533 .463 5.2 11.8 8.6 28.4 2.1 0.7 17.2 25.0 106 105 34.5 19.6 54.1 .120

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
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 5 222 30 70 7 17 29 40 6 42 38 7 1 21 18 96 .429 .412 .725 44.4 19.2 8.4 7.6
Career NBA 5 222 30 70 7 17 29 40 6 42 38 7 1 21 18 96 .429 .412 .725 44.4 19.2 8.4 7.6

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
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 5 222 19.9 .548 .479 3.3 17.7 10.9 33.3 1.7 0.3 19.3 23.7 104 99 0.5 0.2 0.7 .148
Career NBA 5 222 19.9 .548 .479 3.3 17.7 10.9 33.3 1.7 0.3 19.3 23.7 104 99 0.5 0.2 0.7 .148

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 HOU NBA 1 1 18:00 1 8 .125 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 3
2002-03 25 HOU NBA 1 1 32:00 9 12 .750 2 3 .667 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 3 1 20
2003-04 26 HOU NBA 1 1 23:00 6 9 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 13
Career NBA 3 3 73 16 29 .552 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 3 8 16 2 0 6 3 36

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Steve Francis 12.2 11.1 7.1 6.4 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.9 0.2
Terrell Brandon 90.0 12.7 10.8 8.6 5.6 5.1 3.9 3.2 2.9 0.9
Kenny Anderson 88.1 12.4 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.8 4.4 3.7 2.4 0.5
Michael Redd 87.5 10.8 9.7 8.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 4.6 3.2 -0.1
Gail Goodrich 86.3 12.3 8.1 7.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.6 0.7
Richie Guerin 85.2 12.1 8.4 7.4 7.2 6.3 5.7 5.4 3.5 1.7
Jim Paxson 85.0 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.2 0.3
Anfernee Hardaway 84.8 14.4 10.7 8.1 7.8 7.1 5.0 2.9 1.1 0.4
Brent Barry 84.2 12.1 7.5 7.3 5.8 5.7 4.9 2.7 2.1 1.6
Archie Clark 84.1 11.4 11.0 8.1 7.9 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.0 2.7
Dave Bing 83.9 11.7 8.6 7.3 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.5 1.7
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Steve Francis 12.2 11.1 7.1 6.4 6.2 4.4 3.6 2.9 0.2
Michael Redd 87.0 10.8 9.7 8.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1
James Silas 84.4 13.1 9.8 7.9 7.4 7.0 5.7 5.5 2.4 0.7 0.6
Anfernee Hardaway 82.7 14.4 10.7 8.1 7.8 7.1 5.0 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 -0.2
Jim Paxson 82.6 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.3
Archie Clark 82.4 11.4 11.0 8.1 7.9 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.0 2.7 1.7
Paul Pressey 82.3 9.8 9.6 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.0 2.0 0.3 0.1
Terrell Brandon 81.7 12.7 10.8 8.6 8.5 5.6 5.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 0.9
Tom Gola 80.7 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7
Donnie Freeman 80.7 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Bobby Wanzer 80.5 11.4 10.5 9.1 7.9 7.0 6.9 5.4 4.8 1.0

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
1998-99 21 MARYLAND 34 1044 205 392 45 116 124 157 154 152 95 6 102 95 579 .523 .388 .790 30.7 17.0 4.5 4.5
Career 34 1044 205 392 45 116 124 157 154 152 95 6 102 95 579 .523 .388 .790 30.7 17.0 4.5 4.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
2002 NBA
2003 NBA
2004 NBA
Awards
1999-00 NBA Rookie of the Year
Monthly Awards
Dec 1999: Rookie of the Month
Mar 2000: Rookie of the Month
Apr 2000: Rookie of the Month
Honors
1998-99 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1999-00 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Minutes Played
2000-01 NBA 3194 (9)
2002-03 NBA 3318 (7)
2003-04 NBA 3194 (7)
Free Throws
2002-03 NBA 476 (6)
2004-05 NBA 499 (9)
Free Throw Attempts
2002-03 NBA 595 (8)
Assists
2003-04 NBA 493 (10)
2004-05 NBA 547 (7)
Steals
2000-01 NBA 141 (8)
2002-03 NBA 141 (7)
2003-04 NBA 139 (9)
Turnovers
1999-00 NBA 306 (2)
2000-01 NBA 265 (4)
2002-03 NBA 299 (1)
2003-04 NBA 294 (2)
2004-05 NBA 317 (3)
Career NBA 2030 (93)
Career 2030 (98)
Personal Fouls
2000-01 NBA 274 (10)
2004-05 NBA 273 (8)
Minutes Per Game
2001-02 NBA 41.1 (4)
2002-03 NBA 41.0 (6)
2003-04 NBA 40.4 (4)
Career NBA 37.6 (20)
Career 37.6 (20)
Points Per Game
Career NBA 18.1 (93)
Assists Per Game
2003-04 NBA 6.2 (9)
2004-05 NBA 7.0 (7)
Career NBA 6.0 (54)
Career 6.0 (55)
Steals Per Game
2000-01 NBA 1.8 (9)
2002-03 NBA 1.7 (9)
2003-04 NBA 1.8 (9)
Assist Pct
Career NBA 28.4 (70)
Career 28.4 (70)
Usage Pct
Career NBA 25.0 (66)
Career 25.0 (76)
Offensive Win Shares
2000-01 NBA 9.2 (5)
Win Shares
2000-01 NBA 12.2 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.265 (128)
NBA Elo Player Rating
192nd (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:49AM
     

Transactions

June 30, 1999: Drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

August 27, 1999: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Vancouver Grizzlies with Tony Massenburg to the Houston Rockets; the Houston Rockets traded Antoine Carr, Michael Dickerson, Othella Harrington, Brent Price and a 2003 1st round draft pick (Marcus Banks) to the Vancouver Grizzlies; the Orlando Magic traded Don MacLean and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Jason Collins) to the Houston Rockets; the Orlando Magic traded a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Matt Barnes) to the Vancouver Grizzlies; and the Vancouver Grizzlies traded Lee Mayberry, Makhtar N'diaye, Rodrick Rhodes and Michael Smith to the Orlando Magic.

June 29, 2004: Traded by the Houston Rockets with Kelvin Cato and Cuttino Mobley to the Orlando Magic for Reece Gaines, Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue and Tracy McGrady.

February 22, 2006: Traded by the Orlando Magic to the New York Knicks for Trevor Ariza and Anfernee Hardaway.

June 28, 2007: Traded by the New York Knicks with Channing Frye to the Portland Trail Blazers for Dan Dickau, Fred Jones and Zach Randolph.

July 11, 2007: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

July 20, 2007: Signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets.

December 23, 2008: Traded by the Houston Rockets with cash and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Sam Young) to the Memphis Grizzlies for a 2011 2nd round draft pick. Houston did not receive the 2nd round draft pick because it was top 55 protected.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Houston Rockets NBA $3,020,520
2000-01 Houston Rockets NBA $3,246,960
2001-02 Houston Rockets NBA $3,473,520
2002-03 Houston Rockets NBA $4,383,581
2003-04 Houston Rockets NBA $10,960,000
2004-05 Orlando Magic NBA $12,330,000
2005-06 Orlando Magic NBA $13,700,000
2006-07 New York Knicks NBA $15,070,000
2007-08 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $15,070,000
2007-08 Houston Rockets NBA $2,430,000
2008-09 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $17,180,000
2008-09 Memphis Grizzlies NBA $2,636,550
Career (may be incomplete) $103,501,131

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