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Tim Kempton

Timothy Joseph Kempton (Tim)

Position: Forward-Center
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

Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 6th round (8th pick, 124th overall) of the 1986 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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 0
1996-97 33 SAS NBA 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 8 0 47 2 9 .222 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 3 1 2 4 10 4
1997-98 34 ORL NBA 3 0 15 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
1997-98 34 TOR NBA 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

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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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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
1986-87 23 LAC NBA 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
1988-89 25 CHH NBA 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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA 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
1992-93 29 PHO NBA 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
1993-94 30 TOT NBA 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
1993-94 30 CHH NBA 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
1993-94 30 CLE NBA 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
1995-96 32 ATL NBA 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
1996-97 33 SAS NBA 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
1997-98 34 TOT NBA 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
1997-98 34 ORL NBA 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
1997-98 34 TOR NBA 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
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

Playoffs

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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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA 3 32 7 9 0 0 4 4 1 5 4 0 0 2 8 18 .778 1.000 10.7 6.0 1.7 1.3
1993-94 30 CLE NBA 3 89 10 25 0 0 6 6 10 16 8 3 0 4 9 26 .400 1.000 29.7 8.7 5.3 2.7
Career NBA 6 121 17 34 0 0 10 10 11 21 12 3 0 6 17 44 .500 1.000 20.2 7.3 3.5 2.0

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
1989-90 26 DEN NBA 3 32 17.1 .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
1993-94 30 CLE NBA 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
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

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 28 617 69 127 43 58 143 61 18 7 56 181 .543 .741 22.0 6.5 5.1 2.2
Career 108 2802 310 601 307 406 597 157 63 40 281 927 .516 .756 25.9 8.6 5.5 1.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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

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Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Charlotte Hornets NBA $125,000
1989-90 Denver Nuggets NBA *$218,750
1992-93 Phoenix Suns NBA $500,000
1993-94 Total NBA $650,000
1995-96 Atlanta Hawks NBA *$225,000
1996-97 San Antonio Spurs NBA *$247,500
1997-98 Total NBA $272,250
Career (may be incomplete) $2,238,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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