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Linas Kleiza

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Linas Kleiza

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: January 3, 1985 in Kaunas, Lithuania
High School: Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland
College: University of Missouri
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (27th pick, 27th overall), 2005 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 2005
Age: 28 years, 143 days ▪ Experience: 7 years

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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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 61 2 519 77 173 .445 2 13 .154 57 81 .704 38 78 116 15 10 13 16 87 213
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 79 14 1488 200 474 .422 83 221 .376 115 135 .852 77 189 266 45 28 14 79 200 598
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 79 13 1889 311 659 .472 94 277 .339 164 213 .770 92 241 333 95 44 19 89 181 880
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 82 7 1824 289 646 .447 87 267 .326 148 204 .725 92 235 327 64 31 14 82 155 813
2010-11 26 TOR NBA SF 39 23 1032 178 406 .438 39 131 .298 41 65 .631 37 140 177 40 19 7 65 99 436
2011-12 27 TOR NBA SF 49 3 1057 165 410 .402 62 179 .346 81 100 .810 42 157 199 46 23 4 64 119 473
2012-13 28 TOR NBA SF 20 3 376 48 144 .333 20 66 .303 32 38 .842 10 42 52 16 4 2 14 45 148
Career NBA 409 65 8185 1268 2912 .435 387 1154 .335 638 836 .763 388 1082 1470 321 159 73 409 886 3561

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 61 2 8.5 1.3 2.8 .445 0.0 0.2 .154 0.9 1.3 .704 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 3.5
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 79 14 18.8 2.5 6.0 .422 1.1 2.8 .376 1.5 1.7 .852 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.5 7.6
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 79 13 23.9 3.9 8.3 .472 1.2 3.5 .339 2.1 2.7 .770 1.2 3.1 4.2 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.1 2.3 11.1
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 82 7 22.2 3.5 7.9 .447 1.1 3.3 .326 1.8 2.5 .725 1.1 2.9 4.0 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 1.9 9.9
2010-11 26 TOR NBA SF 39 23 26.5 4.6 10.4 .438 1.0 3.4 .298 1.1 1.7 .631 0.9 3.6 4.5 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.5 11.2
2011-12 27 TOR NBA SF 49 3 21.6 3.4 8.4 .402 1.3 3.7 .346 1.7 2.0 .810 0.9 3.2 4.1 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.3 2.4 9.7
2012-13 28 TOR NBA SF 20 3 18.8 2.4 7.2 .333 1.0 3.3 .303 1.6 1.9 .842 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.3 7.4
Career NBA 409 65 20.0 3.1 7.1 .435 0.9 2.8 .335 1.6 2.0 .763 0.9 2.6 3.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.0 2.2 8.7

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 61 2 519 5.3 12.0 .445 0.1 0.9 .154 4.0 5.6 .704 2.6 5.4 8.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.1 6.0 14.8
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 79 14 1488 4.8 11.5 .422 2.0 5.3 .376 2.8 3.3 .852 1.9 4.6 6.4 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.9 4.8 14.5
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 79 13 1889 5.9 12.6 .472 1.8 5.3 .339 3.1 4.1 .770 1.8 4.6 6.3 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.7 3.4 16.8
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 82 7 1824 5.7 12.7 .447 1.7 5.3 .326 2.9 4.0 .725 1.8 4.6 6.5 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.6 3.1 16.0
2010-11 26 TOR NBA SF 39 23 1032 6.2 14.2 .438 1.4 4.6 .298 1.4 2.3 .631 1.3 4.9 6.2 1.4 0.7 0.2 2.3 3.5 15.2
2011-12 27 TOR NBA SF 49 3 1057 5.6 14.0 .402 2.1 6.1 .346 2.8 3.4 .810 1.4 5.3 6.8 1.6 0.8 0.1 2.2 4.1 16.1
2012-13 28 TOR NBA SF 20 3 376 4.6 13.8 .333 1.9 6.3 .303 3.1 3.6 .842 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.5 0.4 0.2 1.3 4.3 14.2
Career NBA 409 65 8185 5.6 12.8 .435 1.7 5.1 .335 2.8 3.7 .763 1.7 4.8 6.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 3.9 15.7

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 61 519 13.2 .510 .451 8.7 17.4 13.1 4.6 1.0 1.9 7.1 19.4 109 106 0.6 0.6 1.2 .111
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 79 1488 11.1 .561 .509 5.9 14.1 10.1 4.5 0.9 0.7 12.9 17.6 108 108 1.6 1.2 2.8 .090
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 79 1889 14.4 .585 .543 5.4 13.5 9.5 7.5 1.1 0.7 10.6 18.9 114 109 3.1 1.6 4.7 .119
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 82 1824 13.2 .552 .515 6.0 14.5 10.4 5.7 0.9 0.6 10.0 20.0 110 110 2.1 1.5 3.6 .095
2010-11 26 TOR NBA SF 39 1032 10.1 .502 .486 4.1 16.5 10.2 6.2 1.0 0.5 13.0 21.7 95 114 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.012
2011-12 27 TOR NBA SF 49 1057 12.4 .521 .478 4.7 17.2 11.0 7.9 1.2 0.3 12.4 23.1 100 105 0.5 1.0 1.5 .066
2012-13 28 TOR NBA SF 20 376 8.2 .460 .403 3.1 13.5 8.2 6.9 0.6 0.4 8.0 21.6 96 111 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .013
Career NBA 409 8185 12.4 .543 .502 5.5 15.0 10.3 6.2 1.0 0.7 11.1 20.0 106 109 7.4 6.3 13.6 .080

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 3 0 14 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 3 6
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 5 0 66 3 13 .231 1 6 .167 1 2 .500 0 8 8 2 0 0 0 6 8
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 4 3 122 22 41 .537 3 14 .214 9 13 .692 8 18 26 3 1 0 5 11 56
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 14 0 210 31 66 .470 17 40 .425 18 24 .750 8 37 45 7 5 1 2 17 97
Career NBA 26 3 412 59 128 .461 21 61 .344 28 39 .718 17 66 83 14 6 1 7 37 167

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 3 0 4.7 1.0 2.7 .375 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 5 0 13.2 0.6 2.6 .231 0.2 1.2 .167 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.6
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 4 3 30.5 5.5 10.3 .537 0.8 3.5 .214 2.3 3.3 .692 2.0 4.5 6.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.3 2.8 14.0
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 14 0 15.0 2.2 4.7 .470 1.2 2.9 .425 1.3 1.7 .750 0.6 2.6 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.2 6.9
Career NBA 26 3 15.8 2.3 4.9 .461 0.8 2.3 .344 1.1 1.5 .718 0.7 2.5 3.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.4 6.4

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 3 0 14 7.7 20.6 .375 0.0 2.6 .000 0.0 0.0 2.6 7.7 10.3 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 15.4
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 5 0 66 1.6 7.1 .231 0.5 3.3 .167 0.5 1.1 .500 0.0 4.4 4.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.4
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 4 3 122 6.5 12.1 .537 0.9 4.1 .214 2.7 3.8 .692 2.4 5.3 7.7 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.5 3.2 16.5
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 14 0 210 5.3 11.3 .470 2.9 6.9 .425 3.1 4.1 .750 1.4 6.3 7.7 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.3 2.9 16.6
Career NBA 26 3 412 5.2 11.2 .461 1.8 5.3 .344 2.4 3.4 .718 1.5 5.8 7.3 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 3.2 14.6

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
2005-06 21 DEN NBA PF 3 14 11.1 .375 .375 7.1 28.4 16.3 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.1 95 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 .039
2006-07 22 DEN NBA PF 5 66 0.5 .288 .269 0.0 13.7 7.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7 76 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.045
2007-08 23 DEN NBA SF 4 122 15.4 .599 .573 6.6 16.3 11.2 4.1 0.4 0.0 9.7 17.6 121 120 0.3 -0.1 0.2 .081
2008-09 24 DEN NBA SF 14 210 18.4 .633 .598 4.5 21.4 12.8 5.3 1.2 0.4 2.5 17.1 133 108 0.7 0.2 0.9 .199
Career NBA 26 412 14.4 .575 .543 4.5 18.9 11.5 5.7 0.8 0.2 4.6 16.3 122 113 0.9 0.2 1.0 .119

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
Linas Kleiza 4.7 3.6 2.8 1.5 1.2 0.1 -0.3
Glen Davis 86.8 4.9 3.7 2.5 1.7 1.6 0.8
Lamond Murray 86.5 4.9 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.2 0.3 -0.3
Jim Petersen 84.5 4.7 3.4 2.9 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3
Kwame Brown 84.3 4.9 3.6 2.5 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.6
Larry McNeill 83.7 4.4 4.3 2.3 1.5 0.7 0.1
Bruce Bowen 83.4 5.1 4.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 0.0 0.0
George Irvine 82.7 5.5 3.7 3.2 2.5 1.2 0.0
Bob Harris 82.5 5.0 4.3 3.4 1.9 1.0
Dave Budd 82.1 4.1 3.2 2.3 1.2 0.9
Chris Andersen 82.1 5.4 4.5 2.4 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Linas Kleiza 4.7 3.6 2.8 1.5 1.2 0.1 -0.3
Glen Davis 86.8 4.9 3.7 2.5 1.7 1.6 0.8
Andray Blatche 83.9 4.9 3.4 3.0 2.4 1.4 0.5 0.1 -0.1
Larry McNeill 83.7 4.4 4.3 2.3 1.5 0.7 0.1
Jim Petersen 83.1 4.7 3.4 2.9 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
George Irvine 82.7 5.5 3.7 3.2 2.5 1.2 0.0
Bob Harris 82.5 5.0 4.3 3.4 1.9 1.0
Dave Budd 82.1 4.1 3.2 2.3 1.2 0.9
Fred Hetzel 81.9 5.1 4.5 2.9 2.0 0.9 0.5
Tom Abernethy 81.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.0 0.4
Monk Meineke 80.7 6.1 3.7 2.6 1.8 0.7

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
2003-04 19 MISSOURI 16 370 64 146 8 23 41 66 135 13 177 .438 .348 .621 23.1 11.1 8.4 0.8
2004-05 20 MISSOURI 33 1038 165 409 31 113 169 231 250 53 530 .403 .274 .732 31.5 16.1 7.6 1.6
Career 49 1408 229 555 39 136 210 297 385 66 707 .413 .287 .707 28.7 14.4 7.9 1.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games
2008-09 NBA 82 (1)
Hall of Fame Probability
Active 0.000 (166)
Career 0.000 (908)

Transactions

June 24, 2004: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks (as a 2005 1st round draft pick) to the Utah Jazz for Pavel Podkolzin.

June 28, 2005: Traded by the Utah Jazz (as a 2005 1st round draft pick) with a 2005 1st round draft pick (Martell Webster) and a 2006 1st round draft pick (Joel Freeland) to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 2005 1st round draft pick (Deron Williams).

June 28, 2005: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

June 28, 2005: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Ricky Sanchez to the Denver Nuggets for Jarrett Jack.

July 26, 2010: Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2005-06 Denver Nuggets NBA $879,360
2006-07 Denver Nuggets NBA $945,360
2007-08 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,011,360
2008-09 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,824,493
2010-11 Toronto Raptors NBA $4,995,000
2011-12 Toronto Raptors NBA $4,605,000
Career (may be incomplete) $14,260,573

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13 2013-14
Toronto Raptors $4,600,000 $4,600,000
  • Signed offer sheet on July 8, 2010 for an assumed $18,800,000 for 4 years.
  • Player Option for 2013-14 was picked up on May 13, 2013.

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