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Mike Gminski

Michael Thomas Gminski (Mike, G-Man)

Position: Center
Height: 6-11 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: August 3, 1959 in Monroe, Connecticut
High School: Masuk in Monroe, Connecticut
College: Duke University

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1980 NBA draft.

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Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs	1993-94	1992-93	1991-92	1990-91	1989-90	1988-89	1987-88	1986-87	Finder
Splits	1993-94	1992-93	1991-92	1990-91	1989-90	1988-89	1987-88	1986-87

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
1980-81	21	NJN	NBA	56		1579	291	688	.423	0	1	.000	155	202	.767	137	282	419	72	54	100	128	127	737
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	64	6	740	119	270	.441	0	0		97	118	.822	70	116	186	41	17	48	56	69	335
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	80	1	1255	213	426	.500	0	1	.000	175	225	.778	154	228	382	61	35	116	126	118	601
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	82	2	1655	237	462	.513	0	3	.000	147	184	.799	161	272	433	92	37	70	120	162	621
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	81	54	2418	380	818	.465	0	1	.000	276	328	.841	229	404	633	158	38	92	136	135	1036
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	81	78	2525	491	949	.517	0	1	.000	351	393	.893	206	462	668	133	56	71	140	163	1333
1986-87	27	NJN	NBA	72	66	2272	433	947	.457	0	0		313	370	.846	192	438	630	99	52	69	129	159	1179
1987-88	28	TOT	NBA	81	81	2961	505	1126	.448	0	2	.000	355	392	.906	245	569	814	139	64	118	177	176	1365
1987-88	28	NJN	NBA	34	34	1194	215	474	.454	0	2	.000	143	166	.861	82	238	320	55	28	33	83	78	573
1987-88	28	PHI	NBA	47	47	1767	290	652	.445	0	0		212	226	.938	163	331	494	84	36	85	94	98	792
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	82	82	2739	556	1166	.477	0	6	.000	297	341	.871	213	556	769	138	46	106	129	142	1409
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	81	81	2659	458	1002	.457	3	17	.176	193	235	.821	196	491	687	128	43	102	98	136	1112
1990-91	31	TOT	NBA	80	79	2196	357	808	.442	2	14	.143	128	158	.810	186	396	582	93	40	56	85	99	844
1990-91	31	PHI	NBA	30	29	791	109	284	.384	1	8	.125	53	63	.841	71	130	201	33	16	34	31	41	272
1990-91	31	CHH	NBA	50	50	1405	248	524	.473	1	6	.167	75	95	.789	115	266	381	60	24	22	54	58	572
1991-92	32	CHH	NBA	35	10	499	90	199	.452	1	3	.333	21	28	.750	37	81	118	31	11	16	20	37	202
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	34	0	251	42	83	.506	0	0		9	10	.900	34	51	85	7	1	9	11	28	93
1993-94	34	TOT	NBA	29	7	309	36	103	.350	0	0		14	18	.778	22	52	74	11	13	16	13	23	86
1993-94	34	CHH	NBA	21	6	255	31	79	.392	0	0		11	14	.786	19	40	59	11	13	13	11	20	73
1993-94	34	MIL	NBA	8	1	54	5	24	.208	0	0		3	4	.750	3	12	15	0	0	3	2	3	13
Career			NBA	938	547	24058	4208	9047	.465	6	49	.122	2531	3002	.843	2082	4398	6480	1203	507	989	1368	1574	10953

Per Game

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1980-81	21	NJN	NBA	56		28.2	5.2	12.3	.423	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.767	2.4	5.0	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.3	13.2
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	64	6	11.6	1.9	4.2	.441	0.0		1.5	1.8	.822	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	5.2
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	80	1	15.7	2.7	5.3	.500	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.778	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	7.5
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	82	2	20.2	2.9	5.6	.513	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.799	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	7.6
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	81	54	29.9	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	.000	3.4	4.0	.841	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.7	12.8
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	81	78	31.2	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	.000	4.3	4.9	.893	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	16.5
1986-87	27	NJN	NBA	72	66	31.6	6.0	13.2	.457	0.0		4.3	5.1	.846	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.2	16.4
1987-88	28	TOT	NBA	81	81	36.6	6.2	13.9	.448	0.0	.000	4.4	4.8	.906	3.0	7.0	10.0	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.2	16.9
1987-88	28	NJN	NBA	34	34	35.1	6.3	13.9	.454	0.1	.000	4.2	4.9	.861	2.4	7.0	9.4	1.6	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.3	16.9
1987-88	28	PHI	NBA	47	47	37.6	6.2	13.9	.445	0.0		4.5	4.8	.938	3.5	7.0	10.5	1.8	0.8	1.8	2.0	2.1	16.9
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	82	82	33.4	6.8	14.2	.477	0.1	.000	3.6	4.2	.871	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.6	1.7	17.2
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	81	81	32.8	5.7	12.4	.457	0.2	.176	2.4	2.9	.821	2.4	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	1.7	13.7
1990-91	31	TOT	NBA	80	79	27.5	4.5	10.1	.442	0.2	.143	1.6	2.0	.810	2.3	5.0	7.3	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.2	10.6
1990-91	31	PHI	NBA	30	29	26.4	3.6	9.5	.384	0.3	.125	1.8	2.1	.841	2.4	4.3	6.7	1.1	0.5	1.1	1.0	1.4	9.1
1990-91	31	CHH	NBA	50	50	28.1	5.0	10.5	.473	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.789	2.3	5.3	7.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	1.2	11.4
1991-92	32	CHH	NBA	35	10	14.3	2.6	5.7	.452	0.1	.333	0.6	0.8	.750	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	5.8
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	34	0	7.4	1.2	2.4	.506	0.0		0.3	0.3	.900	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.7
1993-94	34	TOT	NBA	29	7	10.7	1.2	3.6	.350	0.0		0.5	0.6	.778	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0
1993-94	34	CHH	NBA	21	6	12.1	1.5	3.8	.392	0.0		0.5	0.7	.786	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	3.5
1993-94	34	MIL	NBA	8	1	6.8	0.6	3.0	.208	0.0		0.4	0.5	.750	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.6
Career			NBA	938	547	25.6	4.5	9.6	.465	0.1	.122	2.7	3.2	.843	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.7	11.7

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
1980-81	21	NJN	NBA	56		1579	6.6	15.7	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.6	.767	3.1	6.4	9.6	1.6	1.2	2.3	2.9	2.9	16.8
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	64	6	740	5.8	13.1	.441	0.0	0.0		4.7	5.7	.822	3.4	5.6	9.0	2.0	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.4	16.3
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	80	1	1255	6.1	12.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.5	.778	4.4	6.5	11.0	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.6	3.4	17.2
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	82	2	1655	5.2	10.0	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.0	.799	3.5	5.9	9.4	2.0	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.5	13.5
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	81	54	2418	5.7	12.2	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	4.9	.841	3.4	6.0	9.4	2.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	15.4
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	81	78	2525	7.0	13.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.6	.893	2.9	6.6	9.5	1.9	0.8	1.0	2.0	2.3	19.0
1986-87	27	NJN	NBA	72	66	2272	6.9	15.0	.457	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.9	.846	3.0	6.9	10.0	1.6	0.8	1.1	2.0	2.5	18.7
1987-88	28	TOT	NBA	81	81	2961	6.1	13.7	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	4.8	.906	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.7	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.1	16.6
1987-88	28	NJN	NBA	34	34	1194	6.5	14.3	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.0	.861	2.5	7.2	9.6	1.7	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.4	17.3
1987-88	28	PHI	NBA	47	47	1767	5.9	13.3	.445	0.0	0.0		4.3	4.6	.938	3.3	6.7	10.1	1.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	2.0	16.1
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	82	82	2739	7.3	15.3	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.5	.871	2.8	7.3	10.1	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	1.9	18.5
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	81	81	2659	6.2	13.6	.457	0.0	0.2	.176	2.6	3.2	.821	2.7	6.6	9.3	1.7	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	15.1
1990-91	31	TOT	NBA	80	79	2196	5.9	13.2	.442	0.0	0.2	.143	2.1	2.6	.810	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.4	1.6	13.8
1990-91	31	PHI	NBA	30	29	791	5.0	12.9	.384	0.0	0.4	.125	2.4	2.9	.841	3.2	5.9	9.1	1.5	0.7	1.5	1.4	1.9	12.4
1990-91	31	CHH	NBA	50	50	1405	6.4	13.4	.473	0.0	0.2	.167	1.9	2.4	.789	2.9	6.8	9.8	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.4	1.5	14.7
1991-92	32	CHH	NBA	35	10	499	6.5	14.4	.452	0.1	0.2	.333	1.5	2.0	.750	2.7	5.8	8.5	2.2	0.8	1.2	1.4	2.7	14.6
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	34	0	251	6.0	11.9	.506	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.4	.900	4.9	7.3	12.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.6	4.0	13.3
1993-94	34	TOT	NBA	29	7	309	4.2	12.0	.350	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.1	.778	2.6	6.1	8.6	1.3	1.5	1.9	1.5	2.7	10.0
1993-94	34	CHH	NBA	21	6	255	4.4	11.2	.392	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.0	.786	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.6	2.8	10.3
1993-94	34	MIL	NBA	8	1	54	3.3	16.0	.208	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.7	.750	2.0	8.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	2.0	8.7
Career			NBA	938	547	24058	6.3	13.5	.465	0.0	0.1	.122	3.8	4.5	.843	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.8	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.4	16.4

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
1980-81	21	NJN	NBA	56	1579	14.5	.474	.423	9.6	20.6	15.0	6.6	1.6	3.6	14.1	22.7	95	104	-0.5	2.1	1.5
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	64	740	15.3	.520	.441	10.6	17.9	14.2	7.7	1.1	3.8	14.8	20.4	105	102	0.6	1.3	1.9
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	80	1255	18.4	.572	.500	14.0	20.3	17.2	6.7	1.3	5.4	19.4	20.4	107	96	1.7	2.7	4.4
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	82	1655	14.1	.572	.513	10.9	19.1	14.9	7.2	1.0	2.5	18.1	15.9	110	105	1.7	2.3	4.1
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	81	2418	16.1	.538	.465	10.3	19.4	14.7	8.5	0.7	2.2	12.4	18.3	113	108	3.6	2.5	6.1
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	81	2525	19.0	.594	.517	9.1	20.6	14.8	7.5	1.0	1.6	11.1	19.9	120	106	6.4	2.9	9.3
1986-87	27	NJN	NBA	72	2272	17.0	.531	.457	9.5	21.6	15.6	6.6	1.1	1.8	10.4	22.0	111	109	3.3	2.2	5.5
1987-88	28	TOT	NBA	81	2961	16.8	.526	.448	9.5	22.7	15.9	7.4	1.1	2.4	12.0	21.0	109	108	3.3	3.0	6.3
1987-88	28	NJN	NBA	34	1194	15.8	.524	.454	7.7	23.9	15.5	7.3	1.1	1.7	13.2	22.3	104	108	0.7	1.2	1.9
1987-88	28	PHI	NBA	47	1767	17.5	.527	.445	10.7	21.8	16.2	7.4	1.0	2.9	11.1	20.2	113	108	2.7	1.7	4.4
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	82	2739	18.5	.535	.477	8.7	22.9	15.7	7.4	0.8	2.3	8.9	21.9	113	110	4.7	2.1	6.8
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	81	2659	15.7	.503	.459	8.4	20.8	14.6	6.9	0.8	2.3	8.1	19.2	110	107	3.0	2.9	5.9
1990-91	31	TOT	NBA	80	2196	14.0	.481	.443	9.6	20.8	15.1	6.4	0.9	1.5	8.8	18.8	103	109	0.9	1.9	2.9
1990-91	31	PHI	NBA	30	791	12.7	.436	.386	10.3	18.1	14.3	6.1	1.0	2.5	9.0	18.9	98	107	-0.1	0.8	0.7
1990-91	31	CHH	NBA	50	1405	14.7	.505	.474	9.2	22.4	15.6	6.5	0.8	1.0	8.7	18.8	106	110	1.0	1.1	2.1
1991-92	32	CHH	NBA	35	499	13.0	.478	.455	7.8	17.8	12.7	8.5	1.0	1.9	8.6	18.7	103	111	0.2	0.4	0.6
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	34	251	14.1	.532	.506	15.3	20.8	18.2	3.9	0.2	2.0	11.2	16.2	112	109	0.3	0.2	0.6
1993-94	34	TOT	NBA	29	309	9.9	.388	.350	8.1	18.6	13.3	4.9	2.1	3.2	10.5	17.1	87	105	-0.3	0.4	0.0
1993-94	34	CHH	NBA	21	255	11.6	.429	.392	8.5	16.9	12.8	5.9	2.5	3.1	11.4	16.1	94	105	-0.1	0.3	0.2
1993-94	34	MIL	NBA	8	54	2.0	.252	.208	6.0	27.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	7.2	22.2	61	108	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
Career			NBA	938	24058	16.3	.528	.465	9.7	20.8	15.2	7.2	1.0	2.4	11.7	20.0	109	107	28.8	26.9	55.7

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
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	1	10	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.667		.500	10.0	5.0	2.0	0.0
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	2	29	6	9	0	0	3	4	4	9	1	0	4	1	2	15	.667		.750	14.5	7.5	4.5	0.5
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	11	223	29	50	0	0	36	52	22	55	6	7	15	9	17	94	.580		.692	20.3	8.5	5.0	0.5
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	3	81	18	33	0	0	6	6	4	19	4	3	5	10	5	42	.545		1.000	27.0	14.0	6.3	1.3
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	3	109	16	43	0	0	26	27	11	30	5	4	2	9	11	58	.372		.963	36.3	19.3	10.0	1.7
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	3	118	19	48	0	0	11	16	6	23	2	0	8	2	8	49	.396		.688	39.3	16.3	7.7	0.7
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	10	342	57	117	0	5	14	15	8	54	11	8	23	17	27	128	.487	.000	.933	34.2	12.8	5.4	1.1
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500			2.5	1.0	0.5	0.0
Career			NBA	35	917	148	305	0	5	97	122	55	193	29	22	57	48	72	393	.485	.000	.795	26.2	11.2	5.5	0.8

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
1981-82	22	NJN	NBA	1	10	15.6	.644	.667	0.0	24.6	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.6	133	105	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982-83	23	NJN	NBA	2	29	26.0	.697	.667	15.2	21.0	17.9	5.2	0.0	8.2	8.5	16.6	141	111	0.1	0.0	0.1
1983-84	24	NJN	NBA	11	223	19.3	.645	.580	10.3	18.2	14.0	4.1	1.5	4.4	11.0	14.9	129	100	0.6	0.5	1.0
1984-85	25	NJN	NBA	3	81	15.4	.589	.545	5.2	19.2	12.3	6.9	1.7	3.3	21.9	22.7	96	111	-0.1	0.1	0.0
1985-86	26	NJN	NBA	3	109	16.4	.528	.372	11.2	22.6	16.4	6.8	1.8	1.1	14.1	24.0	110	116	0.1	0.0	0.2
1988-89	29	PHI	NBA	3	118	11.9	.445	.396	5.7	15.9	10.8	2.4	0.0	4.3	3.5	21.3	96	110	-0.1	0.1	0.1
1989-90	30	PHI	NBA	10	342	12.7	.518	.487	2.7	17.0	9.5	5.2	1.2	4.4	12.1	18.2	99	112	0.0	0.2	0.2
1992-93	33	CHH	NBA	2	5	12.3	.500	.500	0.0	23.9	11.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.6	107	107	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			NBA	35	917	15.3	.548	.485	6.5	18.3	12.1	4.8	1.2	4.0	11.8	18.8	108	109	0.7	1.0	1.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors 1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (2nd) 1979-80 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)	Games 1983-84 NBA 82 (1) 1988-89 NBA 82 (1)	Free Throw Pct 1985-86 NBA .893 (3) 1987-88 NBA .906 (4) 1988-89 NBA .871 (9) Career NBA .843 (56) Career .843 (58)	Offensive Rebounds Career NBA 2082 (68) Career 2082 (80)
Defensive Rebounds 1987-88 NBA 569 (7) 1988-89 NBA 556 (8) Career NBA 4398 (79) Career 4398 (87)	Blocks Career NBA 989 (75) Career 989 (78)	Offensive Rebound Pct Career NBA 9.7 (65) Career 9.7 (70)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1987-88 NBA 22.7 (10) 1988-89 NBA 22.9 (4) Career NBA 20.8 (68) Career 20.8 (71)
Total Rebound Pct Career NBA 15.2 (67) Career 15.2 (68)	Block Pct 1980-81 NBA 3.6 (10) 1982-83 NBA 5.4 (5)	Turnover Pct 1988-89 NBA 8.9 (8) 1989-90 NBA 8.1 (4) 1990-91 NBA 8.8 (10) Career NBA 11.7 (93) Career 11.7 (99)	Offensive Rating 1985-86 NBA 120.1 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (574)

Salaries

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Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1984-85	New Jersey Nets	NBA	$350,000
1985-86	New Jersey Nets	NBA	$700,000
1986-87	New Jersey Nets	NBA	*$687,500
1987-88	Total	NBA	$675,000
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	$675,000
1989-90	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	*$1,162,500
1990-91	Total	NBA	$1,650,000
1991-92	Charlotte Hornets	NBA	$1,850,000
1992-93	Charlotte Hornets	NBA	$1,415,000
1993-94	Total	NBA	$1,850,000
1994-95	Milwaukee Bucks	NBA	$1,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$12,015,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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