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Tim Kempton

Timothy Joseph Kempton (Tim)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1964 in Jamaica, New York
High School: Saint Dominic in Oyster Bay, New York
College: University of Notre Dame
Draft: Los Angeles Clippers, 6th round (8th pick, 124th overall), 1986 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 1986

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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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA PF 66 6 936 97 206 .471 0 1 .000 95 137 .693 70 124 194 53 38 12 49 162 289
1988-89 25 CHH NBA PF 79 0 1341 171 335 .510 0 1 .000 142 207 .686 91 213 304 102 41 14 121 215 484
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 71 14 1061 153 312 .490 0 1 .000 77 114 .675 51 167 218 118 30 9 80 144 383
1992-93 29 PHO NBA PF 30 0 167 19 48 .396 0 0 18 31 .581 12 27 39 19 4 4 16 30 56
1993-94 30 TOT NBA PF 13 0 136 15 38 .395 0 0 9 16 .563 10 14 24 9 6 2 11 33 39
1993-94 30 CHH NBA PF 9 0 103 9 26 .346 0 0 7 10 .700 6 8 14 6 4 1 4 25 25
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 4 0 33 6 12 .500 0 0 2 6 .333 4 6 10 3 2 1 7 8 14
1995-96 32 ATL NBA PF 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 0
1996-97 33 SAS NBA PF 10 0 59 1 5 .200 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 5 8 2 1 1 7 4 4
1997-98 34 TOT NBA PF 8 0 47 2 9 .222 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 3 1 2 4 10 4
1997-98 34 ORL NBA PF 3 0 15 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
1997-98 34 TOR NBA PF 5 0 32 2 7 .286 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 2 1 2 4 7 4
Career NBA 280 20 3758 458 953 .481 0 3 .000 343 507 .677 241 554 795 307 121 44 289 603 1259

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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA PF 66 6 14.2 1.5 3.1 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .693 1.1 1.9 2.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.7 2.5 4.4
1988-89 25 CHH NBA PF 79 0 17.0 2.2 4.2 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .686 1.2 2.7 3.8 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.5 2.7 6.1
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 71 14 14.9 2.2 4.4 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.6 .675 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.7 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.0 5.4
1992-93 29 PHO NBA PF 30 0 5.6 0.6 1.6 .396 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .581 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.9
1993-94 30 TOT NBA PF 13 0 10.5 1.2 2.9 .395 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.2 .563 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.5 3.0
1993-94 30 CHH NBA PF 9 0 11.4 1.0 2.9 .346 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .700 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 2.8 2.8
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 4 0 8.3 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 .333 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.8 2.0 3.5
1995-96 32 ATL NBA PF 3 0 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.0
1996-97 33 SAS NBA PF 10 0 5.9 0.1 0.5 .200 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.4
1997-98 34 TOT NBA PF 8 0 5.9 0.3 1.1 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.5
1997-98 34 ORL NBA PF 3 0 5.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
1997-98 34 TOR NBA PF 5 0 6.4 0.4 1.4 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.8
Career NBA 280 20 13.4 1.6 3.4 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .677 0.9 2.0 2.8 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.2 4.5

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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA PF 66 6 936 3.7 7.9 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 5.3 .693 2.7 4.8 7.5 2.0 1.5 0.5 1.9 6.2 11.1
1988-89 25 CHH NBA PF 79 0 1341 4.6 9.0 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.6 .686 2.4 5.7 8.2 2.7 1.1 0.4 3.2 5.8 13.0
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 71 14 1061 5.2 10.6 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.9 .675 1.7 5.7 7.4 4.0 1.0 0.3 2.7 4.9 13.0
1992-93 29 PHO NBA PF 30 0 167 4.1 10.3 .396 0.0 0.0 3.9 6.7 .581 2.6 5.8 8.4 4.1 0.9 0.9 3.4 6.5 12.1
1993-94 30 TOT NBA PF 13 0 136 4.0 10.1 .395 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.2 .563 2.6 3.7 6.4 2.4 1.6 0.5 2.9 8.7 10.3
1993-94 30 CHH NBA PF 9 0 103 3.1 9.1 .346 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.5 .700 2.1 2.8 4.9 2.1 1.4 0.3 1.4 8.7 8.7
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 4 0 33 6.5 13.1 .500 0.0 0.0 2.2 6.5 .333 4.4 6.5 10.9 3.3 2.2 1.1 7.6 8.7 15.3
1995-96 32 ATL NBA PF 3 0 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 6.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 16.4 0.0
1996-97 33 SAS NBA PF 10 0 59 0.6 3.1 .200 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.000 1.8 3.1 4.9 1.2 0.6 0.6 4.3 2.4 2.4
1997-98 34 TOT NBA PF 8 0 47 1.5 6.9 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 1.5 4.6 2.3 0.8 1.5 3.1 7.7 3.1
1997-98 34 ORL NBA PF 3 0 15 0.0 4.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0
1997-98 34 TOR NBA PF 5 0 32 2.3 7.9 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 1.1 5.6 2.3 1.1 2.3 4.5 7.9 4.5
Career NBA 280 20 3758 4.4 9.1 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.9 .677 2.3 5.3 7.6 2.9 1.2 0.4 2.8 5.8 12.1

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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA PF 66 936 10.2 .543 .471 7.6 15.8 11.4 7.7 1.9 0.7 15.5 13.4 108 111 0.7 0.6 1.3 .066
1988-89 25 CHH NBA PF 79 1341 10.4 .568 .510 7.1 18.5 12.5 10.3 1.5 0.6 22.1 16.7 100 111 0.2 0.9 1.0 .036
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 71 1061 10.7 .529 .490 4.7 17.5 10.8 14.0 1.3 0.5 18.1 16.3 101 107 0.1 1.2 1.3 .060
1992-93 29 PHO NBA PF 30 167 8.6 .454 .396 8.2 17.6 13.0 14.7 1.2 1.4 20.6 19.2 93 107 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .019
1993-94 30 TOT NBA PF 13 136 5.7 .433 .395 8.4 11.5 10.0 9.4 2.2 0.9 19.6 17.9 86 108 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.021
1993-94 30 CHH NBA PF 9 103 4.9 .411 .346 6.6 8.3 7.5 7.6 1.9 0.6 11.6 14.2 93 110 0.0 0.1 0.0 .008
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 4 33 8.1 .478 .500 14.1 21.2 17.6 15.0 3.2 2.0 32.3 29.4 75 99 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.113
1995-96 32 ATL NBA PF 3 11 -6.2 0.0 22.4 10.7 12.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 4.1 40 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.060
1996-97 33 SAS NBA PF 10 59 -1.0 .340 .200 5.9 10.5 8.1 4.8 0.9 1.4 54.3 10.2 49 116 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.167
1997-98 34 TOT NBA PF 8 47 -1.4 .222 .222 9.2 5.0 7.2 9.3 1.1 2.9 30.8 12.2 57 112 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.147
1997-98 34 ORL NBA PF 3 15 -5.1 .000 .000 0.0 8.0 3.9 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 30 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.089
1997-98 34 TOR NBA PF 5 32 0.4 .286 .286 13.5 3.6 8.8 9.2 1.6 4.3 36.4 15.1 61 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.175
Career NBA 280 3758 9.8 .535 .481 6.7 17.0 11.5 10.8 1.5 0.7 19.7 15.7 100 110 0.3 3.0 3.3 .042

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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 3 1 32 7 9 .778 0 0 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 4 0 0 2 8 18
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 3 1 89 10 25 .400 0 0 6 6 1.000 10 6 16 8 3 0 4 9 26
Career NBA 6 2 121 17 34 .500 0 0 10 10 1.000 11 10 21 12 3 0 6 17 44

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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 3 1 10.7 2.3 3.0 .778 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7 6.0
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 3 1 29.7 3.3 8.3 .400 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 3.3 2.0 5.3 2.7 1.0 0.0 1.3 3.0 8.7
Career NBA 6 2 20.2 2.8 5.7 .500 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.000 1.8 1.7 3.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.8 7.3

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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 3 1 32 7.9 10.1 .778 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.000 1.1 4.5 5.6 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.0 20.3
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 3 1 89 4.0 10.1 .400 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 1.000 4.0 2.4 6.5 3.2 1.2 0.0 1.6 3.6 10.5
Career NBA 6 2 121 5.1 10.1 .500 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.000 3.3 3.0 6.2 3.6 0.9 0.0 1.8 5.1 13.1

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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA PF 3 32 17.2 .836 .778 2.9 13.0 7.6 18.3 0.0 0.0 15.7 15.4 143 120 0.1 0.0 0.1 .172
1993-94 30 CLE NBA PF 3 89 13.7 .470 .400 13.1 9.2 11.3 15.9 1.9 0.0 12.6 16.8 111 118 0.1 0.0 0.1 .048
Career NBA 6 121 14.6 .573 .500 10.4 10.2 10.3 16.5 1.4 0.0 13.5 16.4 120 118 0.3 -0.1 0.2 .081

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tim Kempton 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Fred Saunders 72.7 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.1
Charles Pittman 72.5 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.1
Tom Workman 69.4 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.1
Jeremy Evans 66.5 1.6 0.9 0.9
Dominic McGuire 66.3 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Gerald Green 65.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.0 -0.4
Cliff Meely 65.3 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.2
Anthony Miller 65.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Derrick Brown 65.0 2.3 1.3 1.0
Keith Lee 62.9 1.9 1.1 0.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tim Kempton 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Fred Saunders 72.7 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.1
Charles Pittman 72.5 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.1
Tom Workman 69.4 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.1
Jeremy Evans 66.5 1.6 0.9 0.9
Dominic McGuire 66.3 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.2
Gerald Green 65.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.0 -0.4
Cliff Meely 65.3 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.2
Anthony Miller 65.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Derrick Brown 65.0 2.3 1.3 1.0
Keith Lee 62.9 1.9 1.1 0.8

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
1982-83 19 NOTREDAME 27 739 101 168 83 113 159 38 14 17 74 285 .601 .735 27.4 10.6 5.9 1.4
1983-84 20 NOTREDAME 26 775 78 165 113 148 165 29 18 10 80 269 .473 .764 29.8 10.3 6.3 1.1
1984-85 21 NOTREDAME 27 671 62 141 68 87 130 29 13 6 71 192 .440 .782 24.9 7.1 4.8 1.1
1985-86 22 NOTREDAME 27 617 69 127 43 58 143 61 18 7 56 181 .543 .741 22.9 6.7 5.3 2.3
Career 107 2802 310 601 307 406 597 157 63 40 281 927 .516 .756 26.2 8.7 5.6 1.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1982 McDonald's All American

Transactions

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 6th round (124th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

July 1, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Clippers.

August 17, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

September 11, 1989: Traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Denver Nuggets for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Lynch).

August 18, 1992: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

January 21, 1994: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

February 16, 1994: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Charlotte Hornets.

April 15, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

December 14, 1995: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

January 5, 1996: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

October 30, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

December 10, 1996: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

September 8, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

November 20, 1997: Waived by the Orlando Magic.

December 1, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors.

January 5, 1998: Waived by the Toronto Raptors.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Charlotte Hornets NBA $125,000
1992-93 Phoenix Suns NBA $500,000
1993-94 Phoenix Suns NBA $650,000
1997-98 Orlando Magic NBA $272,250
Career (may be incomplete) $1,547,250

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