Steve Hayes

Steven Leonard Hayes (Steve)

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1955 in American Falls, Idaho
High School: Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Idaho
College: Idaho State University
Draft: New York Knicks, 4th round (10th pick, 76th overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: December 30, 1981

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Totals

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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
1981-82	26	TOT	NBA	35	0	487	54	111	.486	0		32	53	.604	39	78	117	28	4	20	19	71	140
1981-82	26	SAS	NBA	9	0	75	8	18	.444	0		7	12	.583	7	10	17	4	1	2	2	17	23
1981-82	26	DET	NBA	26	0	412	46	93	.495	0		25	41	.610	32	68	100	24	3	18	17	54	117
1982-83	27	CLE	NBA	65	3	1058	104	217	.479	1	.000	29	51	.569	102	134	236	36	17	41	49	215	237
1983-84	28	SEA	NBA	43	0	253	26	50	.520	0		5	14	.357	19	43	62	13	5	18	13	52	57
1984-85	29	PHI	NBA	11	0	101	10	18	.556	0		2	4	.500	11	23	34	1	1	4	2	19	22
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	58	0	397	39	87	.448	0		11	36	.306	32	45	77	7	5	19	16	81	89
Career			NBA	212	3	2296	233	483	.482	1	.000	79	158	.500	203	323	526	85	32	102	99	438	545

Per Game

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	26	TOT	NBA	35	0	13.9	1.5	3.2	.486		0.9	1.5	.604	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.5	2.0	4.0
1981-82	26	SAS	NBA	9	0	8.3	0.9	2.0	.444		0.8	1.3	.583	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.9	2.6
1981-82	26	DET	NBA	26	0	15.8	1.8	3.6	.495		1.0	1.6	.610	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	4.5
1982-83	27	CLE	NBA	65	3	16.3	1.6	3.3	.479	.000	0.4	0.8	.569	1.6	2.1	3.6	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	3.3	3.6
1983-84	28	SEA	NBA	43	0	5.9	0.6	1.2	.520		0.1	0.3	.357	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.3
1984-85	29	PHI	NBA	11	0	9.2	0.9	1.6	.556		0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.0
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	58	0	6.8	0.7	1.5	.448		0.2	0.6	.306	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.5
Career			NBA	212	3	10.8	1.1	2.3	.482	.000	0.4	0.7	.500	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	26	TOT	NBA	35	0	487	4.0	8.2	.486		2.4	3.9	.604	2.9	5.8	8.6	2.1	0.3	1.5	1.4	5.2	10.3
1981-82	26	SAS	NBA	9	0	75	3.8	8.6	.444		3.4	5.8	.583	3.4	4.8	8.2	1.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	8.2	11.0
1981-82	26	DET	NBA	26	0	412	4.0	8.1	.495		2.2	3.6	.610	2.8	5.9	8.7	2.1	0.3	1.6	1.5	4.7	10.2
1982-83	27	CLE	NBA	65	3	1058	3.5	7.4	.479	.000	1.0	1.7	.569	3.5	4.6	8.0	1.2	0.6	1.4	1.7	7.3	8.1
1983-84	28	SEA	NBA	43	0	253	3.7	7.1	.520		0.7	2.0	.357	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.8	0.7	2.6	1.8	7.4	8.1
1984-85	29	PHI	NBA	11	0	101	3.6	6.4	.556		0.7	1.4	.500	3.9	8.2	12.1	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.7	6.8	7.8
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	58	0	397	3.5	7.9	.448		1.0	3.3	.306	2.9	4.1	7.0	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.5	7.3	8.1
Career			NBA	212	3	2296	3.7	7.6	.482	.000	1.2	2.5	.500	3.2	5.1	8.2	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.6	6.9	8.5

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	WS/48
1981-82	26	TOT	NBA	35	487	10.7	.521	.486	8.5	18.0	13.1	7.3	0.4	2.3	12.4	12.3	111	108	0.5	0.5	0.9	.092
1981-82	26	SAS	NBA	9	75	9.7	.494	.444	10.0	14.3	12.1	6.4	0.6	1.5	7.9	13.4	113	109	0.1	0.1	0.2	.099
1981-82	26	DET	NBA	26	412	10.9	.527	.495	8.3	18.7	13.3	7.4	0.3	2.4	13.3	12.1	111	107	0.4	0.4	0.8	.091
1982-83	27	CLE	NBA	65	1058	8.2	.495	.479	10.7	14.8	12.7	4.7	0.8	2.3	17.0	11.5	101	107	0.4	0.8	1.2	.055
1983-84	28	SEA	NBA	43	253	8.9	.507	.520	8.6	19.2	13.9	6.7	1.0	4.0	18.8	11.4	98	105	0.0	0.3	0.3	.061
1984-85	29	PHI	NBA	11	101	10.4	.557	.556	12.4	25.4	19.0	1.3	0.5	2.3	9.2	8.7	124	106	0.1	0.1	0.3	.124
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	58	397	5.1	.433	.448	8.9	12.2	10.6	2.3	0.6	2.7	13.5	12.1	90	106	-0.3	0.4	0.2	.023
Career			NBA	212	2296	8.4	.493	.482	9.8	16.0	12.8	4.9	0.7	2.5	15.2	11.6	102	107	0.7	2.2	2.9	.061

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
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000			1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
Career			NBA	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000			1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0

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
1985-86	30	UTA	NBA	1	1	92.5	1.000	1.000	0.0	100.0	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	43.5	200	82	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.488
Career			NBA	1	1	92.5	1.000	1.000	0.0	100.0	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	43.5	200	82	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.488

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 5 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5
Steve Hayes		1.2	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2
Earl Williams	74.0	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.0
Roger Brown	73.1	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1
Rich Johnson	73.0	1.2	0.9	0.1
Connie Dierking	71.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.1
Eric Fernsten	69.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Johan Petro	67.4	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.2
Hank Beenders	66.5	1.1	0.9	-0.1
Mark McNamara	63.5	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.0	-0.2
Bill Wennington	63.0	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.4
Bumper Tormohlen	61.8	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Steve Hayes		1.2	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2
Eric Fernsten	86.3	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Zan Tabak	80.1	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Earl Williams	74.0	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.0
Roger Brown	73.1	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1
Rich Johnson	73.0	1.2	0.9	0.1
Mark McNamara	68.5	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Hank Beenders	66.5	1.1	0.9	-0.1
Bumper Tormohlen	62.4	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jawann Oldham	60.7	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jason Collier	60.3	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0

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
1973-74	18	IDAHOST	27		107	210			50	76		183						264	.510		.658		9.8	6.8
1974-75	19	IDAHOST	26		213	393			105	137		346						531	.542		.766		20.4	13.3
1975-76	20	IDAHOST	27		216	395			101	142		286						533	.547		.711		19.7	10.6
1976-77	21	IDAHOST	30		240	437			125	181		332						605	.549		.691		20.2	11.1
Career			110		776	1435			381	536		1147						1933	.541		.711		17.6	10.4

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 4th round (76th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

September 27, 1979: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

August 13, 1981: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

December 29, 1981: Signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs.

February 28, 1982: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

October 7, 1982: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Dennis Rodman).

October 19, 1983: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

November 13, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.

September 24, 1984: Waived by the Seattle SuperSonics.

March 19, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

April 7, 1985: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

May 23, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz.

October 26, 1986: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Utah Jazz	NBA	$100,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$100,000

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