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Greg Kite

Gregory Fuller Kite (Greg)

Position: Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: August 5, 1961 in Houston, Texas
High School: James Madison in Houston, Texas
College: Brigham Young University

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (21st pick, 21st overall) of the 1983 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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 35 1 197 30 66 .455 0 0 5 16 .313 27 35 62 7 1 5 20 42 65
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 55 4 424 33 88 .375 0 0 22 32 .688 38 51 89 17 3 10 29 84 88
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 64 2 464 34 91 .374 0 1 .000 15 39 .385 35 93 128 17 3 28 32 81 83
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 74 1 745 47 110 .427 0 1 .000 29 76 .382 61 108 169 27 17 46 34 148 123
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 53 19 1063 92 205 .449 0 1 .000 40 79 .506 85 179 264 47 19 58 73 153 224
1987-88 26 BOS NBA 13 0 86 9 23 .391 0 0 1 6 .167 10 14 24 2 3 8 9 16 19
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 40 19 977 83 182 .456 0 1 .000 39 73 .534 75 165 240 45 16 50 64 137 205
1988-89 27 TOT NBA 70 24 942 65 151 .430 0 0 20 41 .488 81 162 243 36 27 54 58 161 150
1988-89 27 LAC NBA 58 12 729 49 121 .405 0 0 14 31 .452 66 124 190 29 23 46 46 118 112
1988-89 27 CHH NBA 12 12 213 16 30 .533 0 0 6 10 .600 15 38 53 7 4 8 12 43 38
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 71 47 1515 101 234 .432 1 1 1.000 27 54 .500 131 246 377 76 31 51 76 201 230
1990-91 29 ORL NBA 82 82 2225 166 338 .491 0 0 63 123 .512 189 399 588 59 25 81 102 298 395
1991-92 30 ORL NBA 72 44 1479 94 215 .437 0 1 .000 40 68 .588 156 246 402 44 30 57 61 212 228
1992-93 31 ORL NBA 64 1 640 38 84 .452 0 1 .000 13 24 .542 66 127 193 10 13 12 35 133 89
1993-94 32 ORL NBA 29 0 309 13 35 .371 0 0 8 22 .364 22 48 70 4 2 12 17 61 34
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 11 0 77 3 17 .176 0 0 2 10 .200 12 10 22 1 0 0 6 15 8
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 2 0 16 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0
1994-95 33 IND NBA 9 0 61 3 14 .214 0 0 2 10 .200 10 8 18 1 0 0 5 13 8
Career NBA 680 225 10080 716 1634 .438 1 6 .167 284 584 .486 903 1704 2607 345 171 414 543 1589 1717

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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 35 1 5.6 0.9 1.9 .455 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 .313 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.9
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 55 4 7.7 0.6 1.6 .375 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .688 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.5 1.6
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 64 2 7.3 0.5 1.4 .374 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .385 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.3
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 74 1 10.1 0.6 1.5 .427 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 1.0 .382 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.5 2.0 1.7
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 53 19 20.1 1.7 3.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.5 .506 1.6 3.4 5.0 0.9 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.9 4.2
1987-88 26 BOS NBA 13 0 6.6 0.7 1.8 .391 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 .167 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.5
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 40 19 24.4 2.1 4.6 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.8 .534 1.9 4.1 6.0 1.1 0.4 1.3 1.6 3.4 5.1
1988-89 27 TOT NBA 70 24 13.5 0.9 2.2 .430 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .488 1.2 2.3 3.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.1
1988-89 27 LAC NBA 58 12 12.6 0.8 2.1 .405 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 .452 1.1 2.1 3.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.0 1.9
1988-89 27 CHH NBA 12 12 17.8 1.3 2.5 .533 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .600 1.3 3.2 4.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.6 3.2
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 71 47 21.3 1.4 3.3 .432 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.4 0.8 .500 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.1 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.8 3.2
1990-91 29 ORL NBA 82 82 27.1 2.0 4.1 .491 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .512 2.3 4.9 7.2 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.2 3.6 4.8
1991-92 30 ORL NBA 72 44 20.5 1.3 3.0 .437 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.9 .588 2.2 3.4 5.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 2.9 3.2
1992-93 31 ORL NBA 64 1 10.0 0.6 1.3 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.4 .542 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.1 1.4
1993-94 32 ORL NBA 29 0 10.7 0.4 1.2 .371 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .364 0.8 1.7 2.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.1 1.2
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 11 0 7.0 0.3 1.5 .176 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 .200 1.1 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.4 0.7
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 2 0 8.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0
1994-95 33 IND NBA 9 0 6.8 0.3 1.6 .214 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 .200 1.1 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.4 0.9
Career NBA 680 225 14.8 1.1 2.4 .438 0.0 0.0 .167 0.4 0.9 .486 1.3 2.5 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 2.3 2.5

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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 35 1 197 5.5 12.1 .455 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.9 .313 4.9 6.4 11.3 1.3 0.2 0.9 3.7 7.7 11.9
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 55 4 424 2.8 7.5 .375 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.7 .688 3.2 4.3 7.6 1.4 0.3 0.8 2.5 7.1 7.5
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 64 2 464 2.6 7.1 .374 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 3.0 .385 2.7 7.2 9.9 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.5 6.3 6.4
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 74 1 745 2.3 5.3 .427 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 3.7 .382 2.9 5.2 8.2 1.3 0.8 2.2 1.6 7.2 5.9
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 53 19 1063 3.1 6.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.7 .506 2.9 6.1 8.9 1.6 0.6 2.0 2.5 5.2 7.6
1987-88 26 BOS NBA 13 0 86 3.8 9.6 .391 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.5 .167 4.2 5.9 10.0 0.8 1.3 3.3 3.8 6.7 8.0
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 40 19 977 3.1 6.7 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.7 .534 2.8 6.1 8.8 1.7 0.6 1.8 2.4 5.0 7.6
1988-89 27 TOT NBA 70 24 942 2.5 5.8 .430 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.6 .488 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.4 1.0 2.1 2.2 6.2 5.7
1988-89 27 LAC NBA 58 12 729 2.4 6.0 .405 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.5 .452 3.3 6.1 9.4 1.4 1.1 2.3 2.3 5.8 5.5
1988-89 27 CHH NBA 12 12 213 2.7 5.1 .533 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 .600 2.5 6.4 9.0 1.2 0.7 1.4 2.0 7.3 6.4
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 71 47 1515 2.4 5.6 .432 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.6 1.3 .500 3.1 5.8 9.0 1.8 0.7 1.2 1.8 4.8 5.5
1990-91 29 ORL NBA 82 82 2225 2.7 5.5 .491 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .512 3.1 6.5 9.5 1.0 0.4 1.3 1.7 4.8 6.4
1991-92 30 ORL NBA 72 44 1479 2.3 5.2 .437 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.7 .588 3.8 6.0 9.8 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.5 5.2 5.5
1992-93 31 ORL NBA 64 1 640 2.1 4.7 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.4 .542 3.7 7.1 10.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.0 7.5 5.0
1993-94 32 ORL NBA 29 0 309 1.5 4.1 .371 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.6 .364 2.6 5.6 8.2 0.5 0.2 1.4 2.0 7.1 4.0
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 11 0 77 1.4 7.9 .176 0.0 0.0 0.9 4.7 .200 5.6 4.7 10.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.8 7.0 3.7
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 2 0 16 0.0 6.8 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.5 0.0
1994-95 33 IND NBA 9 0 61 1.8 8.3 .214 0.0 0.0 1.2 5.9 .200 5.9 4.7 10.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 3.0 7.7 4.7
Career NBA 680 225 10080 2.6 5.8 .438 0.0 0.0 .167 1.0 2.1 .486 3.2 6.1 9.3 1.2 0.6 1.5 1.9 5.7 6.1

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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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 35 197 6.8 .445 .455 16.2 19.5 17.9 4.7 0.2 1.4 21.5 19.4 87 105 -0.3 0.3 0.0
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 55 424 3.9 .431 .375 10.4 12.7 11.6 4.6 0.3 1.3 22.1 12.6 89 109 -0.3 0.4 0.1
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 64 464 4.6 .384 .374 8.9 20.7 15.2 4.2 0.3 3.3 22.8 12.4 79 101 -0.7 0.8 0.1
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 74 745 6.0 .429 .427 10.1 15.0 12.8 4.2 1.1 3.4 19.2 10.1 92 105 -0.4 1.0 0.7
1987-88 26 TOT NBA 53 1063 7.3 .467 .449 8.4 18.6 13.3 6.1 0.9 3.1 23.3 12.0 88 107 -1.0 1.3 0.3
1987-88 26 BOS NBA 13 86 5.5 .371 .391 14.7 18.1 16.5 2.9 1.7 5.3 26.0 17.3 73 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1987-88 26 LAC NBA 40 977 7.5 .479 .456 7.9 18.6 13.1 6.4 0.8 2.9 23.0 11.6 89 107 -0.7 1.2 0.4
1988-89 27 TOT NBA 70 942 6.3 .444 .430 9.2 18.7 13.9 4.7 1.3 3.2 25.5 9.6 86 109 -0.8 0.9 0.1
1988-89 27 LAC NBA 58 729 6.4 .416 .405 9.7 18.1 13.9 4.8 1.5 3.5 25.5 9.8 83 108 -0.7 0.7 0.0
1988-89 27 CHH NBA 12 213 6.1 .552 .533 7.4 20.8 13.8 4.2 0.9 2.2 25.9 8.9 96 110 0.0 0.2 0.1
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 71 1515 7.0 .446 .434 9.8 18.3 14.1 6.5 1.0 2.0 22.8 9.5 93 109 -0.6 1.5 0.8
1990-91 29 ORL NBA 82 2225 7.4 .504 .491 9.0 20.1 14.4 3.5 0.5 2.2 20.6 9.0 99 109 0.0 2.0 2.0
1991-92 30 ORL NBA 72 1479 7.7 .465 .437 11.5 19.1 15.2 3.9 1.0 2.4 19.9 8.6 100 109 0.1 1.3 1.4
1992-93 31 ORL NBA 64 640 5.3 .471 .452 12.4 21.1 17.0 2.1 1.0 1.1 27.0 8.7 93 105 -0.2 0.9 0.6
1993-94 32 ORL NBA 29 309 2.2 .380 .371 8.1 17.3 12.7 1.6 0.3 2.4 27.6 8.5 76 108 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 11 77 -3.2 .187 .176 19.2 15.3 17.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 21.9 16.3 58 109 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 2 16 -5.4 .000 .000 15.2 14.2 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 11.5 34 108 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1994-95 33 IND NBA 9 61 -2.6 .217 .214 20.2 15.5 17.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 21.4 17.6 62 109 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Career NBA 680 10080 6.5 .454 .438 10.0 18.7 14.3 4.4 0.8 2.4 22.3 10.0 92 108 -5.0 10.6 5.6

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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 11 38 1 8 0 0 5 6 5 9 3 0 1 3 9 7 .125 .833 3.5 0.6 0.8 0.3
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 9 63 5 12 0 0 1 2 5 16 3 1 0 2 13 11 .417 .500 7.0 1.2 1.8 0.3
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 13 78 7 10 0 0 4 7 5 19 3 2 4 3 20 18 .700 .571 6.0 1.4 1.5 0.2
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 20 172 7 20 0 0 3 7 15 46 8 2 8 7 43 17 .350 .429 8.6 0.9 2.3 0.4
1994-95 33 IND NBA 8 27 1 3 0 0 2 2 3 7 0 1 0 2 9 4 .333 1.000 3.4 0.5 0.9 0.0
Career NBA 61 378 21 53 0 0 15 24 33 97 17 6 13 17 94 57 .396 .625 6.2 0.9 1.6 0.3

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
1983-84 22 BOS NBA 11 38 2.7 .329 .125 14.8 12.3 13.6 9.6 0.0 1.6 22.0 14.7 85 111 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1984-85 23 BOS NBA 9 63 5.0 .427 .417 8.9 19.3 14.1 5.8 0.7 0.0 13.4 9.5 99 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
1985-86 24 BOS NBA 13 78 9.7 .688 .700 7.7 18.5 13.5 4.7 1.3 2.9 18.7 8.7 124 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
1986-87 25 BOS NBA 20 172 3.9 .368 .350 10.8 20.7 16.0 5.6 0.6 2.7 23.3 7.6 92 114 -0.1 0.1 0.1
1994-95 33 IND NBA 8 27 3.2 .515 .333 14.0 18.5 16.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 34.0 10.1 93 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 61 378 5.1 .448 .396 10.5 19.0 14.9 5.4 0.8 2.0 21.1 9.0 98 110 -0.1 0.4 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
1979-80 18 BYU 21 192 14 48 12 25 86 9 3 11 16 37 40 .292 .480 9.1 1.9 4.1 0.4
1980-81 19 BYU 32 1002 108 221 50 101 272 39 12 71 66 114 266 .489 .495 31.3 8.3 8.5 1.2
1981-82 20 BYU 30 852 79 169 29 65 234 44 16 45 51 104 187 .467 .446 28.4 6.2 7.8 1.5
1982-83 21 BYU 29 896 90 206 44 77 255 34 21 81 45 110 224 .437 .571 30.9 7.7 8.8 1.2
Career 112 2942 291 644 135 268 847 126 52 208 178 365 717 .452 .504 26.3 6.4 7.6 1.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1979 McDonald's All American

Games

1990-91 NBA 82 (1)

Personal Fouls

1990-91 NBA 298 (7)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (921)

Transactions

January 14, 1983: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with Darren Tillis to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Scott Wedman.

February 7, 1983: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with James Edwards to the Phoenix Suns for Jeff Cook, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Roy Hinson) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Derrick Hord).

June 27, 1983: Traded by the Phoenix Suns (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with Dennis Johnson and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Winfred King) to the Boston Celtics for Rick Robey, a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Rod Foster) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Paul Williams).

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

February 1, 1988: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

February 3, 1988: Claimed on waivers by the Los Angeles Clippers from the Boston Celtics

March 27, 1989: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

March 29, 1989: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Charlotte Hornets

November 25, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

August 16, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Orlando Magic.

November 3, 1994: Waived by the Orlando Magic.

January 3, 1995: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

February 14, 1995: Waived by the New York Knickerbockers.

March 24, 1995: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Indiana Pacers.

April 13, 1995: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Indiana Pacers

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $120,000
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $150,000
1986-87 Boston Celtics NBA *$175,000
1987-88 Total NBA $200,000
1988-89 Total NBA $250,000
1989-90 Sacramento Kings NBA *$365,000
1990-91 Orlando Magic NBA $480,000
1991-92 Orlando Magic NBA $700,000
1992-93 Orlando Magic NBA $775,000
1993-94 Orlando Magic NBA $985,000
1994-95 Total NBA $1,195,000
1995-96 Orlando Magic NBA *$550,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,945,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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