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Steve Johnson

Clarence Stephen Johnson (Steve)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1957 in Akron, Ohio
High School: San Gorgonio in San Bernardino, California
College: Oregon State University

Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1981 NBA draft.

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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
1981-82 24 KCK NBA 78 50 1741 395 644 .613 0 0 212 330 .642 152 307 459 91 39 89 197 372 1002
1982-83 25 KCK NBA 79 21 1544 371 595 .624 0 0 186 324 .574 140 258 398 95 40 83 180 323 928
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 81 21 1487 302 540 .559 0 0 165 287 .575 162 256 418 81 37 69 164 307 769
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 50 12 893 189 342 .553 0 0 101 177 .571 94 158 252 63 22 48 105 188 479
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 9 594 113 198 .571 0 0 64 110 .582 68 98 166 18 15 21 59 119 290
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 74 54 1659 281 516 .545 0 3 .000 181 252 .718 146 291 437 64 37 62 151 265 743
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 71 55 1828 362 573 .632 0 0 259 373 .694 143 319 462 95 44 66 191 291 983
1986-87 29 POR NBA 79 74 2345 494 889 .556 0 0 342 490 .698 194 372 566 155 49 76 276 340 1330
1987-88 30 POR NBA 43 33 1050 258 488 .529 0 1 .000 146 249 .586 84 158 242 57 17 32 122 151 662
1988-89 31 POR NBA 72 11 1477 296 565 .524 0 0 129 245 .527 135 223 358 105 20 44 140 254 721
1989-90 32 TOT NBA 25 0 259 48 92 .522 0 0 21 35 .600 19 34 53 17 3 5 31 56 117
1989-90 32 MIN NBA 4 0 17 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 6 4 0
1989-90 32 SEA NBA 21 0 242 48 90 .533 0 0 21 35 .600 19 31 50 16 3 5 25 52 117
1990-91 33 GSW NBA 24 8 228 34 63 .540 0 0 22 37 .595 18 39 57 17 4 4 25 50 90
Career NBA 626 327 13618 2841 4965 .572 0 4 .000 1663 2622 .634 1193 2257 3450 777 290 530 1477 2409 7345

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
1981-82 24 KCK NBA 78 50 22.3 5.1 8.3 .613 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.2 .642 1.9 3.9 5.9 1.2 0.5 1.1 2.5 4.8 12.8
1982-83 25 KCK NBA 79 21 19.5 4.7 7.5 .624 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.1 .574 1.8 3.3 5.0 1.2 0.5 1.1 2.3 4.1 11.7
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 81 21 18.4 3.7 6.7 .559 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .575 2.0 3.2 5.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 2.0 3.8 9.5
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 50 12 17.9 3.8 6.8 .553 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 .571 1.9 3.2 5.0 1.3 0.4 1.0 2.1 3.8 9.6
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 9 19.2 3.6 6.4 .571 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.5 .582 2.2 3.2 5.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.8 9.4
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 74 54 22.4 3.8 7.0 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.4 .718 2.0 3.9 5.9 0.9 0.5 0.8 2.0 3.6 10.0
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 71 55 25.7 5.1 8.1 .632 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.3 .694 2.0 4.5 6.5 1.3 0.6 0.9 2.7 4.1 13.8
1986-87 29 POR NBA 79 74 29.7 6.3 11.3 .556 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.2 .698 2.5 4.7 7.2 2.0 0.6 1.0 3.5 4.3 16.8
1987-88 30 POR NBA 43 33 24.4 6.0 11.3 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.8 .586 2.0 3.7 5.6 1.3 0.4 0.7 2.8 3.5 15.4
1988-89 31 POR NBA 72 11 20.5 4.1 7.8 .524 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.4 .527 1.9 3.1 5.0 1.5 0.3 0.6 1.9 3.5 10.0
1989-90 32 TOT NBA 25 0 10.4 1.9 3.7 .522 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.4 .600 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 1.2 2.2 4.7
1989-90 32 MIN NBA 4 0 4.3 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0
1989-90 32 SEA NBA 21 0 11.5 2.3 4.3 .533 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 .600 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.8 0.1 0.2 1.2 2.5 5.6
1990-91 33 GSW NBA 24 8 9.5 1.4 2.6 .540 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 .595 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.1 3.8
Career NBA 626 327 21.8 4.5 7.9 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.2 .634 1.9 3.6 5.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 2.4 3.8 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
1981-82 24 KCK NBA 78 50 1741 8.2 13.3 .613 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.8 .642 3.1 6.3 9.5 1.9 0.8 1.8 4.1 7.7 20.7
1982-83 25 KCK NBA 79 21 1544 8.7 13.9 .624 0.0 0.0 4.3 7.6 .574 3.3 6.0 9.3 2.2 0.9 1.9 4.2 7.5 21.6
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 81 21 1487 7.3 13.1 .559 0.0 0.0 4.0 6.9 .575 3.9 6.2 10.1 2.0 0.9 1.7 4.0 7.4 18.6
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 50 12 893 7.6 13.8 .553 0.0 0.0 4.1 7.1 .571 3.8 6.4 10.2 2.5 0.9 1.9 4.2 7.6 19.3
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 9 594 6.8 12.0 .571 0.0 0.0 3.9 6.7 .582 4.1 5.9 10.1 1.1 0.9 1.3 3.6 7.2 17.6
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 74 54 1659 6.1 11.2 .545 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 5.5 .718 3.2 6.3 9.5 1.4 0.8 1.3 3.3 5.8 16.1
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 71 55 1828 7.1 11.3 .632 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.3 .694 2.8 6.3 9.1 1.9 0.9 1.3 3.8 5.7 19.4
1986-87 29 POR NBA 79 74 2345 7.6 13.6 .556 0.0 0.0 5.3 7.5 .698 3.0 5.7 8.7 2.4 0.8 1.2 4.2 5.2 20.4
1987-88 30 POR NBA 43 33 1050 8.8 16.7 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 8.5 .586 2.9 5.4 8.3 2.0 0.6 1.1 4.2 5.2 22.7
1988-89 31 POR NBA 72 11 1477 7.2 13.8 .524 0.0 0.0 3.1 6.0 .527 3.3 5.4 8.7 2.6 0.5 1.1 3.4 6.2 17.6
1989-90 32 TOT NBA 25 0 259 6.7 12.8 .522 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 .600 2.6 4.7 7.4 2.4 0.4 0.7 4.3 7.8 16.3
1989-90 32 MIN NBA 4 0 17 0.0 4.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.4 6.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 12.7 8.5 0.0
1989-90 32 SEA NBA 21 0 242 7.1 13.4 .533 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.2 .600 2.8 4.6 7.4 2.4 0.4 0.7 3.7 7.7 17.4
1990-91 33 GSW NBA 24 8 228 5.4 9.9 .540 0.0 0.0 3.5 5.8 .595 2.8 6.2 9.0 2.7 0.6 0.6 3.9 7.9 14.2
Career NBA 626 327 13618 7.5 13.1 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 6.9 .634 3.2 6.0 9.1 2.1 0.8 1.4 3.9 6.4 19.4

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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 24 KCK NBA 78 1741 17.6 .635 .613 9.5 20.3 14.8 7.7 1.1 3.0 20.0 23.1 108 105 2.2 2.2 4.4
1982-83 25 KCK NBA 79 1544 18.1 .629 .624 9.8 18.1 13.9 8.8 1.2 3.0 19.6 22.8 108 103 2.5 1.9 4.4
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 81 1487 14.8 .577 .559 12.3 20.0 16.1 8.1 1.2 2.6 19.8 22.7 102 106 0.5 1.9 2.4
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 50 893 15.2 .570 .553 11.8 20.6 16.1 10.4 1.1 3.0 20.0 23.6 101 106 0.2 1.2 1.4
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 594 14.2 .588 .571 13.0 19.2 16.1 4.8 1.2 2.0 19.3 21.3 103 106 0.3 0.7 1.0
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 74 1659 14.1 .593 .545 10.5 19.8 15.3 5.5 1.1 2.1 19.4 19.6 106 108 1.4 1.7 3.1
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 71 1828 16.8 .667 .632 9.2 19.4 14.4 7.3 1.1 2.0 20.6 20.4 112 107 3.0 1.9 4.9
1986-87 29 POR NBA 79 2345 15.1 .602 .556 9.5 17.4 13.5 9.3 1.0 1.8 20.0 23.1 106 109 2.1 2.4 4.4
1987-88 30 POR NBA 43 1050 14.9 .554 .529 8.6 16.3 12.5 8.0 0.8 1.7 17.0 27.0 100 108 0.2 1.1 1.3
1988-89 31 POR NBA 72 1477 12.4 .536 .524 9.6 17.0 13.2 9.7 0.6 1.7 17.2 21.2 102 109 0.5 1.3 1.7
1989-90 32 TOT NBA 25 259 9.6 .545 .522 8.3 16.1 12.0 9.7 0.6 1.2 22.4 22.4 96 111 -0.1 0.2 0.0
1989-90 32 MIN NBA 4 17 -21.8 .000 .000 0.0 22.6 10.6 7.6 0.0 0.0 75.0 20.7 6 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1989-90 32 SEA NBA 21 242 11.8 .555 .533 8.9 15.6 12.1 9.8 0.6 1.3 19.2 22.5 102 111 0.1 0.2 0.2
1990-91 33 GSW NBA 24 228 9.6 .568 .540 8.7 18.8 13.8 9.9 0.8 1.0 24.0 18.3 99 110 0.0 0.2 0.2
Career NBA 626 13618 15.3 .600 .572 9.8 18.6 14.2 8.1 1.0 2.2 19.4 22.3 106 107 12.2 14.6 26.9

Playoffs

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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
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 3 22 2 7 0 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 4 6 .286 1.000 7.3 2.0 1.7 0.7
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 3 53 5 15 0 0 5 11 2 6 2 0 1 6 14 15 .333 .455 17.7 5.0 2.0 0.7
1986-87 29 POR NBA 4 137 28 61 0 0 27 43 17 40 2 2 1 9 15 83 .459 .628 34.3 20.8 10.0 0.5
1988-89 31 POR NBA 3 34 2 8 0 0 3 3 1 6 0 2 0 3 7 7 .250 1.000 11.3 2.3 2.0 0.0
Career NBA 13 246 37 91 0 0 37 59 23 57 6 4 2 20 40 111 .407 .627 18.9 8.5 4.4 0.5

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
1984-85 27 CHI NBA 3 22 4.6 .381 .286 15.8 12.2 14.1 12.2 0.0 0.0 20.2 18.6 89 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985-86 28 SAS NBA 3 53 -2.5 .378 .333 4.3 10.8 7.2 5.3 0.0 1.1 23.2 21.2 65 126 -0.2 0.0 -0.3
1986-87 29 POR NBA 4 137 16.1 .519 .459 13.9 19.2 16.5 2.3 0.7 0.4 10.1 26.6 109 115 0.1 0.1 0.2
1988-89 31 POR NBA 3 34 0.6 .376 .250 2.9 18.6 9.8 0.0 2.9 0.0 24.4 14.7 68 118 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 13 246 8.9 .475 .407 10.5 16.7 13.4 3.5 0.8 0.5 14.6 23.1 95 118 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

All-Star Games

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1987-88 30 POR NBA
Career NBA 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NBA

Honors

1980-81 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1986-87 NBA 0.005 (11)
Career 0.005 (176)

Field Goal Pct

1981-82 NBA .613 (2)
1982-83 NBA .624 (2)
1985-86 NBA .632 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .556 (8)
Career NBA .572 (4)
Career .572 (4)

Turnovers

1986-87 NBA 276 (9)

Personal Fouls

1981-82 NBA 372 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 323 (6)
1983-84 NBA 307 (10)
1986-87 NBA 340 (1)

True Shooting Pct

1981-82 NBA .635 (2)
1982-83 NBA .629 (3)
1985-86 NBA .667 (2)
Career NBA .600 (18)
Career .600 (18)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1981-82 NBA .613 (2)
1982-83 NBA .624 (2)
1985-86 NBA .632 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .556 (8)
Career NBA .572 (4)
Career .572 (4)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (552)
      

Transactions

October 4, 1978: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1981 1st round draft pick) to the New York Knickerbockers for Lonnie Shelton and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson). This exchange was arranged as compensation for New York signing veteran free agent Marvin Webster on 1978-09-29.

September 25, 1980: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the New York Knickerbockers with Joe Meriweather to the Kansas City Kings; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Campy Russell to the New York Knickerbockers; and the Kansas City Kings traded Bill Robinzine to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

February 15, 1984: Traded by the Kansas City Kings with a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Greg Wiltjer), a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Ken Johnson) to the Chicago Bulls for Reggie Theus.

June 18, 1985: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain) to the San Antonio Spurs for Gene Banks.

June 19, 1986: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Portland Trail Blazers for Larry Krystkowiak and Mychal Thompson.

June 15, 1989: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA expansion draft.

February 22, 1990: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Seattle Supersonics for Brad Sellers.

October 25, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

January 11, 1991: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Chicago Bulls NBA $369,000
1985-86 San Antonio Spurs NBA $600,000
1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers NBA *$625,000
1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $650,000
1988-89 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $750,000
1989-90 Total NBA *$435,000
1990-91 Golden State Warriors NBA *$120,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,549,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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