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Vinnie Johnson

Vincent Johnson (Vinnie, Microwave)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: September 1, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York
High School: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Brooklyn, New York
College: Baylor University

Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1979 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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 38 325 45 115 .391 0 1 .000 31 39 .795 19 36 55 54 19 4 42 40 121
1980-81 24 SEA NBA 81 2311 419 785 .534 1 5 .200 214 270 .793 193 173 366 341 78 20 216 198 1053
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 74 15 1295 217 444 .489 3 12 .250 107 142 .754 82 77 159 171 56 25 96 101 544
1981-82 25 SEA NBA 7 104 9 22 .409 0 1 .000 9 12 .750 7 8 15 11 6 2 5 8 27
1981-82 25 DET NBA 67 15 1191 208 422 .493 3 11 .273 98 130 .754 75 69 144 160 50 23 91 93 517
1982-83 26 DET NBA 82 51 2511 520 1013 .513 11 40 .275 245 315 .778 167 186 353 301 93 49 152 263 1296
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 0 1909 426 901 .473 4 19 .211 207 275 .753 130 107 237 271 44 19 135 196 1063
1984-85 28 DET NBA 82 16 2093 428 942 .454 5 27 .185 190 247 .769 134 118 252 325 71 20 135 205 1051
1985-86 29 DET NBA 79 12 1978 465 996 .467 2 13 .154 165 214 .771 119 107 226 269 80 23 88 180 1097
1986-87 30 DET NBA 78 8 2166 533 1154 .462 4 14 .286 158 201 .786 123 134 257 300 92 16 133 159 1228
1987-88 31 DET NBA 82 1 1935 425 959 .443 5 24 .208 147 217 .677 90 141 231 267 58 18 152 164 1002
1988-89 32 DET NBA 82 21 2073 462 996 .464 13 44 .295 193 263 .734 109 146 255 242 74 17 105 155 1130
1989-90 33 DET NBA 82 12 1972 334 775 .431 5 34 .147 131 196 .668 108 148 256 255 71 13 123 143 804
1990-91 34 DET NBA 82 28 2390 406 936 .434 11 34 .324 135 209 .646 110 170 280 271 75 15 118 166 958
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 60 23 1350 202 499 .405 19 60 .317 55 85 .647 67 115 182 145 41 14 74 93 478
Career NBA 984 187 24308 4882 10515 .464 83 327 .254 1978 2673 .740 1451 1658 3109 3212 852 253 1569 2063 11825

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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 38 8.6 1.2 3.0 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .795 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.1 3.2
1980-81 24 SEA NBA 81 28.5 5.2 9.7 .534 0.0 0.1 .200 2.6 3.3 .793 2.4 2.1 4.5 4.2 1.0 0.2 2.7 2.4 13.0
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 74 15 17.5 2.9 6.0 .489 0.0 0.2 .250 1.4 1.9 .754 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.3 0.8 0.3 1.3 1.4 7.4
1981-82 25 SEA NBA 7 14.9 1.3 3.1 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .750 1.0 1.1 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.1 3.9
1981-82 25 DET NBA 67 15 17.8 3.1 6.3 .493 0.0 0.2 .273 1.5 1.9 .754 1.1 1.0 2.1 2.4 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.4 7.7
1982-83 26 DET NBA 82 51 30.6 6.3 12.4 .513 0.1 0.5 .275 3.0 3.8 .778 2.0 2.3 4.3 3.7 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.2 15.8
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 0 23.3 5.2 11.0 .473 0.0 0.2 .211 2.5 3.4 .753 1.6 1.3 2.9 3.3 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.4 13.0
1984-85 28 DET NBA 82 16 25.5 5.2 11.5 .454 0.1 0.3 .185 2.3 3.0 .769 1.6 1.4 3.1 4.0 0.9 0.2 1.6 2.5 12.8
1985-86 29 DET NBA 79 12 25.0 5.9 12.6 .467 0.0 0.2 .154 2.1 2.7 .771 1.5 1.4 2.9 3.4 1.0 0.3 1.1 2.3 13.9
1986-87 30 DET NBA 78 8 27.8 6.8 14.8 .462 0.1 0.2 .286 2.0 2.6 .786 1.6 1.7 3.3 3.8 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.0 15.7
1987-88 31 DET NBA 82 1 23.6 5.2 11.7 .443 0.1 0.3 .208 1.8 2.6 .677 1.1 1.7 2.8 3.3 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.0 12.2
1988-89 32 DET NBA 82 21 25.3 5.6 12.1 .464 0.2 0.5 .295 2.4 3.2 .734 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.0 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.9 13.8
1989-90 33 DET NBA 82 12 24.0 4.1 9.5 .431 0.1 0.4 .147 1.6 2.4 .668 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.1 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.7 9.8
1990-91 34 DET NBA 82 28 29.1 5.0 11.4 .434 0.1 0.4 .324 1.6 2.5 .646 1.3 2.1 3.4 3.3 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.0 11.7
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 60 23 22.5 3.4 8.3 .405 0.3 1.0 .317 0.9 1.4 .647 1.1 1.9 3.0 2.4 0.7 0.2 1.2 1.6 8.0
Career NBA 984 187 24.7 5.0 10.7 .464 0.1 0.3 .254 2.0 2.7 .740 1.5 1.7 3.2 3.3 0.9 0.3 1.6 2.1 12.0

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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 38 325 5.0 12.7 .391 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.3 .795 2.1 4.0 6.1 6.0 2.1 0.4 4.7 4.4 13.4
1980-81 24 SEA NBA 81 2311 6.5 12.2 .534 0.0 0.1 .200 3.3 4.2 .793 3.0 2.7 5.7 5.3 1.2 0.3 3.4 3.1 16.4
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 74 15 1295 6.0 12.3 .489 0.1 0.3 .250 3.0 3.9 .754 2.3 2.1 4.4 4.8 1.6 0.7 2.7 2.8 15.1
1981-82 25 SEA NBA 7 104 3.1 7.6 .409 0.0 0.3 .000 3.1 4.2 .750 2.4 2.8 5.2 3.8 2.1 0.7 1.7 2.8 9.3
1981-82 25 DET NBA 67 15 1191 6.3 12.8 .493 0.1 0.3 .273 3.0 3.9 .754 2.3 2.1 4.4 4.8 1.5 0.7 2.8 2.8 15.6
1982-83 26 DET NBA 82 51 2511 7.5 14.5 .513 0.2 0.6 .275 3.5 4.5 .778 2.4 2.7 5.1 4.3 1.3 0.7 2.2 3.8 18.6
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 0 1909 8.0 17.0 .473 0.1 0.4 .211 3.9 5.2 .753 2.5 2.0 4.5 5.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 3.7 20.0
1984-85 28 DET NBA 82 16 2093 7.4 16.2 .454 0.1 0.5 .185 3.3 4.2 .769 2.3 2.0 4.3 5.6 1.2 0.3 2.3 3.5 18.1
1985-86 29 DET NBA 79 12 1978 8.5 18.1 .467 0.0 0.2 .154 3.0 3.9 .771 2.2 1.9 4.1 4.9 1.5 0.4 1.6 3.3 20.0
1986-87 30 DET NBA 78 8 2166 8.9 19.2 .462 0.1 0.2 .286 2.6 3.3 .786 2.0 2.2 4.3 5.0 1.5 0.3 2.2 2.6 20.4
1987-88 31 DET NBA 82 1 1935 7.9 17.8 .443 0.1 0.4 .208 2.7 4.0 .677 1.7 2.6 4.3 5.0 1.1 0.3 2.8 3.1 18.6
1988-89 32 DET NBA 82 21 2073 8.0 17.3 .464 0.2 0.8 .295 3.4 4.6 .734 1.9 2.5 4.4 4.2 1.3 0.3 1.8 2.7 19.6
1989-90 33 DET NBA 82 12 1972 6.1 14.1 .431 0.1 0.6 .147 2.4 3.6 .668 2.0 2.7 4.7 4.7 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.6 14.7
1990-91 34 DET NBA 82 28 2390 6.1 14.1 .434 0.2 0.5 .324 2.0 3.1 .646 1.7 2.6 4.2 4.1 1.1 0.2 1.8 2.5 14.4
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 60 23 1350 5.4 13.3 .405 0.5 1.6 .317 1.5 2.3 .647 1.8 3.1 4.9 3.9 1.1 0.4 2.0 2.5 12.7
Career NBA 984 187 24308 7.2 15.6 .464 0.1 0.5 .254 2.9 4.0 .740 2.1 2.5 4.6 4.8 1.3 0.4 2.3 3.1 17.5

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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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 38 325 10.9 .458 .391 6.1 11.7 8.9 21.9 2.8 0.7 24.1 21.1 89 100 -0.3 0.5 0.2
1980-81 24 SEA NBA 81 2311 16.8 .583 .534 9.4 8.0 8.7 22.2 1.6 0.5 19.3 19.7 110 107 4.0 1.9 5.9
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 74 1295 14.5 .537 .492 6.8 6.7 6.7 18.1 2.0 1.1 15.9 18.2 108 108 1.5 1.2 2.7
1981-82 25 SEA NBA 7 104 12.0 .495 .409 7.6 8.1 7.8 13.3 2.8 1.1 15.5 12.9 108 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
1981-82 25 DET NBA 67 1191 14.7 .539 .496 6.7 6.6 6.6 18.6 1.9 1.1 16.0 18.7 108 108 1.4 1.0 2.4
1982-83 26 DET NBA 82 2511 17.6 .563 .519 6.8 7.9 7.3 17.0 1.7 1.0 11.7 20.0 116 107 5.9 1.8 7.7
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 1909 15.9 .520 .475 7.0 6.2 6.6 19.4 1.1 0.6 11.7 23.3 111 112 3.1 1.0 4.1
1984-85 28 DET NBA 82 2093 14.9 .500 .457 6.4 6.1 6.3 20.3 1.6 0.5 11.4 21.7 109 110 2.5 1.7 4.2
1985-86 29 DET NBA 79 1978 17.0 .503 .468 6.2 5.9 6.1 19.1 1.9 0.6 7.5 23.3 111 110 3.4 1.4 4.7
1986-87 30 DET NBA 78 2166 17.0 .494 .464 6.3 6.5 6.4 21.4 2.0 0.4 9.7 25.7 107 108 2.5 2.4 4.8
1987-88 31 DET NBA 82 1935 13.8 .475 .446 5.3 7.9 6.7 21.1 1.5 0.5 12.6 25.9 100 108 0.2 2.1 2.3
1988-89 32 DET NBA 82 2073 17.3 .508 .470 6.2 7.6 7.0 18.4 1.8 0.5 8.6 25.1 111 107 3.4 2.4 5.9
1989-90 33 DET NBA 82 1972 12.9 .467 .434 6.3 8.5 7.4 19.2 1.8 0.4 12.5 21.5 101 105 0.5 2.8 3.2
1990-91 34 DET NBA 82 2390 12.8 .466 .440 5.2 8.2 6.7 17.8 1.6 0.4 10.3 21.0 103 107 1.0 2.8 3.8
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 60 1350 10.4 .446 .424 5.5 9.2 7.4 15.3 1.5 0.6 12.1 19.1 97 107 -0.3 1.5 1.2
Career NBA 984 24308 15.2 .506 .468 6.5 7.4 7.0 19.3 1.7 0.6 11.8 22.2 107 108 27.2 23.5 50.8

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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 5 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
1983-84 27 DET NBA 5 132 17 46 0 1 17 19 5 14 12 1 1 4 9 51 .370 .000 .895 26.4 10.2 2.8 2.4
1984-85 28 DET NBA 9 235 53 103 0 3 22 28 15 27 29 6 1 15 24 128 .515 .000 .786 26.1 14.2 3.0 3.2
1985-86 29 DET NBA 4 85 22 49 0 1 7 13 8 17 11 3 0 5 9 51 .449 .000 .538 21.3 12.8 4.3 2.8
1986-87 30 DET NBA 15 388 95 207 0 2 31 36 20 44 62 9 4 23 33 221 .459 .000 .861 25.9 14.7 2.9 4.1
1987-88 31 DET NBA 23 477 101 239 1 7 33 50 35 75 43 17 4 21 48 236 .423 .143 .660 20.7 10.3 3.3 1.9
1988-89 32 DET NBA 17 372 91 200 10 24 47 62 16 45 43 4 3 21 32 239 .455 .417 .758 21.9 14.1 2.6 2.5
1989-90 33 DET NBA 20 463 85 184 2 7 34 43 28 56 54 8 4 31 38 206 .462 .286 .791 23.2 10.3 2.8 2.7
1990-91 34 DET NBA 15 438 102 220 2 13 22 31 37 76 43 11 4 17 33 228 .464 .154 .710 29.2 15.2 5.1 2.9
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 3 69 11 24 2 4 1 2 3 8 7 5 1 5 7 25 .458 .500 .500 23.0 8.3 2.7 2.3
Career NBA 116 2671 578 1275 17 62 214 284 167 364 306 65 22 142 234 1387 .453 .274 .754 23.0 12.0 3.1 2.6

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
1979-80 23 SEA NBA 5 12 11.7 .333 .333 0.0 18.5 9.1 22.2 4.1 0.0 0.0 10.3 103 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983-84 27 DET NBA 5 132 11.0 .469 .370 4.0 7.8 5.8 12.6 0.4 0.4 6.9 17.7 110 114 0.1 0.1 0.2
1984-85 28 DET NBA 9 235 16.0 .555 .515 6.5 5.6 6.1 17.2 1.2 0.2 11.5 21.7 115 117 0.4 0.1 0.5
1985-86 29 DET NBA 4 85 16.4 .466 .449 9.6 12.4 10.9 19.4 1.7 0.0 8.4 27.9 104 115 0.0 0.0 0.1
1986-87 30 DET NBA 15 388 16.9 .496 .459 5.8 6.9 6.3 24.4 1.2 0.6 9.4 26.9 110 111 0.4 0.5 0.8
1987-88 31 DET NBA 23 477 14.3 .452 .425 8.6 9.7 9.2 15.7 1.9 0.6 7.4 26.4 101 104 0.0 0.9 0.8
1988-89 32 DET NBA 17 372 19.0 .526 .480 5.0 9.2 7.1 21.2 0.6 0.6 8.5 30.5 112 108 0.6 0.5 1.1
1989-90 33 DET NBA 20 463 13.8 .508 .467 7.1 6.9 7.0 19.0 0.9 0.6 13.3 22.2 107 106 0.4 0.6 1.0
1990-91 34 DET NBA 15 438 17.6 .488 .468 8.9 10.3 9.6 17.4 1.3 0.6 6.8 25.0 111 114 0.5 0.3 0.8
1991-92 35 SAS NBA 3 69 12.9 .502 .500 5.0 9.2 7.0 14.6 3.7 0.9 16.7 18.6 101 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 116 2671 15.8 .495 .460 7.0 8.5 7.7 18.7 1.2 0.5 9.2 25.0 108 110 2.5 3.0 5.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

Games

1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
 1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 Career NBA 984 (98)

Turnover Pct

1986-87 NBA 9.7 (9)
1988-89 NBA 8.6 (5)
Career NBA 11.8 (100)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.005 (294)

Transactions

June 8, 1978: Traded by the New Jersey Nets (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) with a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson) to the New York Knickerbockers for Phil Jackson and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Winford Boynes).

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

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

November 23, 1981: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the Detroit Pistons for Greg Kelser.

September 4, 1991: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

December 12, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

June 25, 1992: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $625,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $491,666
1986-87 Detroit Pistons NBA *$562,333
1987-88 Detroit Pistons NBA $633,000
1988-89 Detroit Pistons NBA $633,000
1989-90 Detroit Pistons NBA *$1,016,500
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,400,000
1991-92 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,580,000
1992-93 San Antonio Spurs NBA $210,000
Career (may be incomplete) $7,151,499
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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