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Ernie Grunfeld

Ernest Grunfeld (Ernie)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: April 24, 1955 in Satu-Mare, Romania
High School: Forest Hills in Forest Hills, New York
College: University of Tennessee

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall) of the 1977 NBA draft.

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Milwaukee Bucks
1978-1979		 20
Kansas City Kings
1980-1982		 18
New York Knickerbockers
1983		 18
New York Knickerbockers
1984-1986

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
1977-78 22 MIL NBA 73 1261 204 461 .443 94 143 .657 70 124 194 145 54 19 98 150 502
1978-79 23 MIL NBA 82 1778 326 661 .493 191 251 .761 124 236 360 216 58 15 141 220 843
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 80 1397 186 420 .443 1 2 .500 101 131 .771 87 145 232 109 56 9 81 151 474
1980-81 25 KCK NBA 79 1584 260 486 .535 0 0 75 101 .743 31 175 206 205 60 15 88 155 595
1981-82 26 KCK NBA 81 11 1892 420 822 .511 2 14 .143 188 229 .821 55 127 182 276 72 39 148 191 1030
1982-83 27 NYK NBA 77 0 1422 167 377 .443 0 4 .000 81 98 .827 42 121 163 136 40 10 84 172 415
1983-84 28 NYK NBA 76 6 1119 166 362 .459 2 9 .222 64 83 .771 24 97 121 108 43 7 71 151 398
1984-85 29 NYK NBA 69 0 1061 188 384 .490 2 8 .250 77 104 .740 41 110 151 105 50 7 40 129 455
1985-86 30 NYK NBA 76 0 1402 148 355 .417 26 61 .426 90 108 .833 42 164 206 119 39 13 50 192 412
Career NBA 693 17 12916 2065 4328 .477 33 98 .337 961 1248 .770 516 1299 1815 1419 472 134 801 1511 5124

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
1977-78 22 MIL NBA 73 17.3 2.8 6.3 .443 1.3 2.0 .657 1.0 1.7 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.3 2.1 6.9
1978-79 23 MIL NBA 82 21.7 4.0 8.1 .493 2.3 3.1 .761 1.5 2.9 4.4 2.6 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.7 10.3
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 80 17.5 2.3 5.3 .443 0.0 0.0 .500 1.3 1.6 .771 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.4 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.9 5.9
1980-81 25 KCK NBA 79 20.1 3.3 6.2 .535 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .743 0.4 2.2 2.6 2.6 0.8 0.2 1.1 2.0 7.5
1981-82 26 KCK NBA 81 11 23.4 5.2 10.1 .511 0.0 0.2 .143 2.3 2.8 .821 0.7 1.6 2.2 3.4 0.9 0.5 1.8 2.4 12.7
1982-83 27 NYK NBA 77 0 18.5 2.2 4.9 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.3 .827 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.2 5.4
1983-84 28 NYK NBA 76 6 14.7 2.2 4.8 .459 0.0 0.1 .222 0.8 1.1 .771 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 2.0 5.2
1984-85 29 NYK NBA 69 0 15.4 2.7 5.6 .490 0.0 0.1 .250 1.1 1.5 .740 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.9 6.6
1985-86 30 NYK NBA 76 0 18.4 1.9 4.7 .417 0.3 0.8 .426 1.2 1.4 .833 0.6 2.2 2.7 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.5 5.4
Career NBA 693 17 18.6 3.0 6.2 .477 0.1 0.2 .337 1.4 1.8 .770 0.7 1.9 2.6 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.2 2.2 7.4

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
1977-78 22 MIL NBA 73 1261 5.8 13.2 .443 2.7 4.1 .657 2.0 3.5 5.5 4.1 1.5 0.5 2.8 4.3 14.3
1978-79 23 MIL NBA 82 1778 6.6 13.4 .493 3.9 5.1 .761 2.5 4.8 7.3 4.4 1.2 0.3 2.9 4.5 17.1
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 80 1397 4.8 10.8 .443 0.0 0.1 .500 2.6 3.4 .771 2.2 3.7 6.0 2.8 1.4 0.2 2.1 3.9 12.2
1980-81 25 KCK NBA 79 1584 5.9 11.0 .535 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .743 0.7 4.0 4.7 4.7 1.4 0.3 2.0 3.5 13.5
1981-82 26 KCK NBA 81 11 1892 8.0 15.6 .511 0.0 0.3 .143 3.6 4.4 .821 1.0 2.4 3.5 5.3 1.4 0.7 2.8 3.6 19.6
1982-83 27 NYK NBA 77 0 1422 4.2 9.5 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.5 .827 1.1 3.1 4.1 3.4 1.0 0.3 2.1 4.4 10.5
1983-84 28 NYK NBA 76 6 1119 5.3 11.6 .459 0.1 0.3 .222 2.1 2.7 .771 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.5 1.4 0.2 2.3 4.9 12.8
1984-85 29 NYK NBA 69 0 1061 6.4 13.0 .490 0.1 0.3 .250 2.6 3.5 .740 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.6 1.7 0.2 1.4 4.4 15.4
1985-86 30 NYK NBA 76 0 1402 3.8 9.1 .417 0.7 1.6 .426 2.3 2.8 .833 1.1 4.2 5.3 3.1 1.0 0.3 1.3 4.9 10.6
Career NBA 693 17 12916 5.8 12.1 .477 0.1 0.4 .337 2.7 3.5 .770 1.4 3.6 5.1 4.0 1.3 0.4 2.2 4.2 14.3

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 LS WSAA
1977-78 22 MIL NBA 73 1261 12.0 .479 .443 5.8 10.6 8.1 14.6 1.9 0.8 15.8 18.7 97 104 1.9 2.9 5 9 -2.0
1978-79 23 MIL NBA 82 1778 15.2 .546 .493 7.7 14.7 11.2 15.2 1.5 0.4 15.5 19.9 108 105 6.7 3.9 11 11 0.0
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 80 1397 10.9 .496 .444 6.4 11.5 8.9 10.1 1.9 0.4 14.5 16.0 101 102 1.6 5.7 7 9 -1.0
1980-81 25 KCK NBA 79 1584 13.7 .561 .535 2.2 12.2 7.2 17.6 1.8 0.5 14.2 16.2 109 105 4.9 4.8 10 8 1.0
1981-82 26 KCK NBA 81 1892 17.2 .558 .512 3.2 7.7 5.4 21.3 1.8 1.2 13.8 23.1 109 109 7.4 4.1 11 13 -1.0
1982-83 27 NYK NBA 77 1422 8.9 .494 .443 3.4 10.1 6.7 13.5 1.4 0.4 16.7 15.1 98 102 0.6 5.4 6 10 -2.0
1983-84 28 NYK NBA 76 1119 9.6 .499 .461 2.6 10.5 6.6 13.7 1.9 0.4 15.1 17.5 99 105 0.1 4.4 5 8 -1.5
1984-85 29 NYK NBA 69 1061 14.7 .529 .492 4.4 12.4 8.3 14.4 2.3 0.4 8.5 18.3 112 109 2.8 2.3 5 6 -0.5
1985-86 30 NYK NBA 76 1402 9.8 .512 .454 3.2 13.9 8.3 11.9 1.4 0.6 11.0 13.5 108 106 2.6 3.4 6 7 -0.5
Career NBA 693 12916 12.7 .525 .481 4.4 11.5 7.9 15.0 1.7 0.6 14.1 17.8 105 105 28.7 37.0 66 81 -7.5

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
1977-78 22 MIL NBA 7 77 17 32 4 5 4 11 14 3 1 7 6 38 .531 .800 11.0 5.4 1.6 2.0
1979-80 24 KCK NBA 3 32 5 9 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 11 .556 .333 10.7 3.7 0.3 0.0
1980-81 25 KCK NBA 15 633 98 201 2 4 54 67 11 63 88 30 9 43 51 252 .488 .500 .806 42.2 16.8 4.2 5.9
1982-83 27 NYK NBA 6 118 15 34 0 0 18 19 2 8 10 7 2 9 17 48 .441 .947 19.7 8.0 1.3 1.7
1983-84 28 NYK NBA 11 84 11 23 0 0 4 4 1 9 6 2 0 4 12 26 .478 1.000 7.6 2.4 0.8 0.5
Career NBA 42 944 146 299 2 4 81 98 19 92 118 43 12 63 89 375 .488 .500 .827 22.5 8.9 2.2 2.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1985-86 NBA .426 (3)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (797)

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 New York Knickerbockers NBA $250,000
1985-86 New York Knickerbockers NBA $275,000
Career (may be incomplete) $525,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).