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Eddie Jordan

Edward Montgomery Jordan (Eddie, Fast Eddie)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: January 29, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Archbishop Carroll in Washington, District of Columbia
College: Rutgers University
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 2nd round (11th pick, 33rd overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1977
As Coach: 9 Yrs, 257-343, .428 W-L% (Full Record)

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 23 TOT NBA PG 73 1213 215 538 .400 131 167 .784 35 84 119 177 126 19 106 94 561
1977-78 23 CLE NBA PG 22 171 19 56 .339 12 16 .750 2 9 11 32 12 1 14 10 50
1977-78 23 NJN NBA PG 51 1042 196 482 .407 119 151 .788 33 75 108 145 114 18 92 84 511
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 82 2260 401 960 .418 213 274 .777 74 141 215 365 201 40 244 209 1015
1979-80 25 NJN NBA PG 82 2657 437 1017 .430 12 48 .250 201 258 .779 62 208 270 557 223 27 258 238 1087
1980-81 26 TOT NBA PG 74 1226 150 352 .426 6 22 .273 87 127 .685 30 68 98 241 98 8 143 165 393
1980-81 26 NJN NBA PG 14 239 30 73 .411 3 10 .300 24 32 .750 5 13 18 46 24 1 23 29 87
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 60 987 120 279 .430 3 12 .250 63 95 .663 25 55 80 195 74 7 120 136 306
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 58 0 608 89 208 .428 1 9 .111 43 54 .796 4 39 43 131 62 1 66 98 222
1982-83 28 LAL NBA PG 35 0 333 40 132 .303 3 16 .188 11 17 .647 8 18 26 80 31 1 54 52 94
1983-84 29 TOT NBA PG 16 0 210 17 49 .347 0 3 .000 8 12 .667 3 14 17 44 25 0 26 37 42
1983-84 29 POR NBA PG 13 0 183 13 41 .317 0 3 .000 7 10 .700 3 10 13 39 21 0 18 32 33
1983-84 29 LAL NBA PG 3 0 27 4 8 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 0 4 4 5 4 0 8 5 9
Career NBA 420 0 8507 1349 3256 .414 22 98 .224 694 909 .763 216 572 788 1595 766 96 897 893 3414

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 23 TOT NBA PG 73 16.6 2.9 7.4 .400 1.8 2.3 .784 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.4 1.7 0.3 1.5 1.3 7.7
1977-78 23 CLE NBA PG 22 7.8 0.9 2.5 .339 0.5 0.7 .750 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.5 2.3
1977-78 23 NJN NBA PG 51 20.4 3.8 9.5 .407 2.3 3.0 .788 0.6 1.5 2.1 2.8 2.2 0.4 1.8 1.6 10.0
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 82 27.6 4.9 11.7 .418 2.6 3.3 .777 0.9 1.7 2.6 4.5 2.5 0.5 3.0 2.5 12.4
1979-80 25 NJN NBA PG 82 32.4 5.3 12.4 .430 0.1 0.6 .250 2.5 3.1 .779 0.8 2.5 3.3 6.8 2.7 0.3 3.1 2.9 13.3
1980-81 26 TOT NBA PG 74 16.6 2.0 4.8 .426 0.1 0.3 .273 1.2 1.7 .685 0.4 0.9 1.3 3.3 1.3 0.1 1.9 2.2 5.3
1980-81 26 NJN NBA PG 14 17.1 2.1 5.2 .411 0.2 0.7 .300 1.7 2.3 .750 0.4 0.9 1.3 3.3 1.7 0.1 1.6 2.1 6.2
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 60 16.5 2.0 4.7 .430 0.1 0.2 .250 1.1 1.6 .663 0.4 0.9 1.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 2.0 2.3 5.1
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 58 0 10.5 1.5 3.6 .428 0.0 0.2 .111 0.7 0.9 .796 0.1 0.7 0.7 2.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 1.7 3.8
1982-83 28 LAL NBA PG 35 0 9.5 1.1 3.8 .303 0.1 0.5 .188 0.3 0.5 .647 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.3 0.9 0.0 1.5 1.5 2.7
1983-84 29 TOT NBA PG 16 0 13.1 1.1 3.1 .347 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.8 .667 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.8 1.6 0.0 1.6 2.3 2.6
1983-84 29 POR NBA PG 13 0 14.1 1.0 3.2 .317 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.8 .700 0.2 0.8 1.0 3.0 1.6 0.0 1.4 2.5 2.5
1983-84 29 LAL NBA PG 3 0 9.0 1.3 2.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.7 1.7 3.0
Career NBA 420 0 20.3 3.2 7.8 .414 0.1 0.4 .224 1.7 2.2 .763 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.8 1.8 0.2 2.1 2.1 8.1

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1977-78 23 TOT NBA PG 73 1213 6.4 16.0 .400 3.9 5.0 .784 1.0 2.5 3.5 5.3 3.7 0.6 3.1 2.8 16.6
1977-78 23 CLE NBA PG 22 171 4.0 11.8 .339 2.5 3.4 .750 0.4 1.9 2.3 6.7 2.5 0.2 2.9 2.1 10.5
1977-78 23 NJN NBA PG 51 1042 6.8 16.7 .407 4.1 5.2 .788 1.1 2.6 3.7 5.0 3.9 0.6 3.2 2.9 17.7
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 82 2260 6.4 15.3 .418 3.4 4.4 .777 1.2 2.2 3.4 5.8 3.2 0.6 3.9 3.3 16.2
1979-80 25 NJN NBA PG 82 2657 5.9 13.8 .430 0.2 0.7 .250 2.7 3.5 .779 0.8 2.8 3.7 7.5 3.0 0.4 3.5 3.2 14.7
1980-81 26 TOT NBA PG 74 1226 4.4 10.3 .426 0.2 0.6 .273 2.6 3.7 .685 0.9 2.0 2.9 7.1 2.9 0.2 4.2 4.8 11.5
1980-81 26 NJN NBA PG 14 239 4.5 11.0 .411 0.5 1.5 .300 3.6 4.8 .750 0.8 2.0 2.7 6.9 3.6 0.2 3.5 4.4 13.1
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 60 987 4.4 10.2 .430 0.1 0.4 .250 2.3 3.5 .663 0.9 2.0 2.9 7.1 2.7 0.3 4.4 5.0 11.2
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 58 0 608 5.3 12.3 .428 0.1 0.5 .111 2.5 3.2 .796 0.2 2.3 2.5 7.8 3.7 0.1 3.9 5.8 13.1
1982-83 28 LAL NBA PG 35 0 333 4.3 14.3 .303 0.3 1.7 .188 1.2 1.8 .647 0.9 1.9 2.8 8.6 3.4 0.1 5.8 5.6 10.2
1983-84 29 TOT NBA PG 16 0 210 2.9 8.4 .347 0.0 0.5 .000 1.4 2.1 .667 0.5 2.4 2.9 7.5 4.3 0.0 4.5 6.3 7.2
1983-84 29 POR NBA PG 13 0 183 2.6 8.1 .317 0.0 0.6 .000 1.4 2.0 .700 0.6 2.0 2.6 7.7 4.1 0.0 3.5 6.3 6.5
1983-84 29 LAL NBA PG 3 0 27 5.3 10.7 .500 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 .500 0.0 5.3 5.3 6.7 5.3 0.0 10.7 6.7 12.0
Career NBA 420 0 8507 5.7 13.8 .414 0.2 0.7 .224 2.9 3.8 .763 0.9 2.4 3.3 6.7 3.2 0.4 3.8 3.8 14.4

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1977-78 23 TOT NBA PG 73 1213 15.7 .459 .400 2.7 7.1 4.8 20.4 4.5 0.8 14.8 22.0 93 97 0.1 1.8 1.9 .074
1977-78 23 CLE NBA PG 22 171 10.7 .397 .339 1.2 5.4 3.3 24.4 3.3 0.3 18.2 17.9 85 100 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .013
1977-78 23 NJN NBA PG 51 1042 16.6 .466 .407 2.9 7.3 5.0 19.8 4.7 0.9 14.4 22.7 94 97 0.2 1.6 1.8 .084
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 82 2260 13.8 .470 .418 3.3 6.8 5.0 23.1 3.9 1.0 18.4 22.0 93 100 -0.9 3.3 2.4 .051
1979-80 25 NJN NBA PG 82 2657 14.4 .481 .436 2.4 8.1 5.3 29.6 3.8 0.6 18.6 20.2 97 101 0.1 4.0 4.1 .074
1980-81 26 TOT NBA PG 74 1226 10.4 .482 .435 2.8 5.8 4.4 24.1 3.7 0.3 26.0 18.0 91 104 -0.9 1.5 0.6 .024
1980-81 26 NJN NBA PG 14 239 13.3 .500 .432 2.3 6.3 4.2 25.6 4.6 0.2 20.9 18.2 98 104 0.0 0.3 0.3 .065
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 60 987 9.7 .477 .435 2.9 5.7 4.4 23.7 3.5 0.4 27.2 17.9 89 104 -0.9 1.2 0.3 .014
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 58 608 12.2 .479 .430 0.7 6.7 3.9 25.6 4.7 0.1 22.2 19.4 95 103 -0.2 0.9 0.7 .055
1982-83 28 LAL NBA PG 35 333 5.2 .337 .314 2.8 5.7 4.3 27.2 4.3 0.2 27.9 23.0 72 103 -1.2 0.4 -0.8 -0.113
1983-84 29 TOT NBA PG 16 210 7.3 .387 .347 1.6 7.8 4.7 24.8 5.6 0.0 32.4 15.4 78 102 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.024
1983-84 29 POR NBA PG 13 183 7.6 .363 .317 1.9 6.7 4.2 25.2 5.4 0.0 28.4 14.0 82 103 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.002
1983-84 29 LAL NBA PG 3 27 4.9 .507 .500 0.0 15.6 8.4 22.4 6.9 0.0 47.4 25.2 63 97 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.172
Career NBA 420 8507 13.1 .467 .418 2.6 7.1 4.8 25.3 4.0 0.6 19.7 20.5 93 101 -3.5 12.3 8.8 .050

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 2 83 15 38 .395 8 9 .889 6 9 15 17 8 3 6 6 38
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 3 6 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0
Career NBA 7 93 15 40 .375 0 1 .000 8 9 .889 6 9 15 23 10 3 7 6 38

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 2 41.5 7.5 19.0 .395 4.0 4.5 .889 3.0 4.5 7.5 8.5 4.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 19.0
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 3 2.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 7 13.3 2.1 5.7 .375 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.3 .889 0.9 1.3 2.1 3.3 1.4 0.4 1.0 0.9 5.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 2 83 6.5 16.5 .395 3.5 3.9 .889 2.6 3.9 6.5 7.4 3.5 1.3 2.6 2.6 16.5
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 2 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 3 6 0.0 12.0 .000 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 12.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 7 93 5.8 15.5 .375 0.0 3.6 .000 3.1 3.5 .889 2.3 3.5 5.8 8.9 3.9 1.2 2.7 2.3 14.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1978-79 24 NJN NBA PG 2 83 20.1 .453 .395 6.2 11.2 8.5 28.2 4.3 1.8 12.5 20.6 104 102 0.1 0.1 0.2 .115
1980-81 26 LAL NBA PG 2 4 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 .073
1981-82 27 LAL NBA PG 3 6 22.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.7 15.5 0.0 33.3 19.7 71 85 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.030
Career NBA 7 93 19.7 .432 .375 5.5 10.0 7.6 32.0 4.8 1.6 13.7 19.6 102 102 0.1 0.1 0.2 .104

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Eddie Jordan 4.1 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.6 -0.1 -0.8
Pep Saul 82.5 4.2 2.8 1.5 0.8 0.6
Sonny Hertzberg 81.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Johnny Neumann 79.7 4.6 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.0 -0.1
Armond Hill 78.2 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.4
Eddie Robinson 77.8 4.0 3.0 2.2 0.8 0.2
Al Smith 77.5 4.5 3.3 1.8 0.9 0.6
Kevin Ollie 77.4 3.8 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.0 -0.1
Ernie Beck 76.8 4.3 2.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.1 -0.4
Roger Phegley 75.7 3.7 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 -0.1
Jerryd Bayless 75.4 4.0 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Eddie Jordan 4.1 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.6 -0.1 -0.8
Pep Saul 82.5 4.2 2.8 1.5 0.8 0.6
Sonny Hertzberg 81.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Johnny Neumann 79.7 4.6 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.0 -0.1
Eddie Robinson 77.8 4.0 3.0 2.2 0.8 0.2
Al Smith 77.5 4.5 3.3 1.8 0.9 0.6
Ernie Beck 76.8 4.3 2.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.1 -0.4
Roger Phegley 75.7 3.7 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 -0.1
Jerryd Bayless 75.4 4.0 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.3
Ennis Whatley 74.1 3.3 2.2 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Armond Hill 73.4 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 -0.4

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 19 RUTGERS 26 124 278 40 56 82 288 .446 .714 11.1 3.2
1974-75 20 RUTGERS 29 958 164 337 57 80 98 385 .487 .713 33.0 13.3 3.4
1975-76 21 RUTGERS 33 939 187 397 90 113 102 464 .471 .796 28.5 14.1 3.1
1976-77 22 RUTGERS 28 1025 190 413 116 170 124 496 .460 .682 36.6 17.7 4.4
Career 116 2922 665 1425 303 419 406 1633 .467 .723 32.5 14.1 3.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1982 Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
Games
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
Assists
1979-80 NBA 557 (8)
Steals
1978-79 NBA 201 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 223 (2)
Assists Per Game
1979-80 NBA 6.8 (9)
Steals Per Game
1978-79 NBA 2.5 (2)
1979-80 NBA 2.7 (2)
Assist Pct
1979-80 NBA 29.6 (5)
Steal Pct
1978-79 NBA 3.9 (2)
1979-80 NBA 3.8 (3)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (564)
      

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (33rd pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

December 12, 1977: Claimed on waivers by the New Jersey Nets from the Cleveland Cavaliers

November 20, 1980: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1982 1st round draft pick (Eddie Phillips).

October 10, 1983: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers with Norm Nixon, a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hornacek) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Bruce Dalrymple) to the San Diego Clippers for Swen Nater and Byron Scott.

October 17, 1983: Waived by the San Diego Clippers.

January 4, 1984: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

February 6, 1984: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

April 11, 1984: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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