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Christian Laettner

Christian Donald Laettner

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York
High School: Nichols School in Buffalo, New York
College: Duke University

Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1992 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
1992-93 23 MIN NBA 81 81 2823 503 1061 .474 4 40 .100 462 553 .835 171 537 708 223 105 83 275 290 1472
1993-94 24 MIN NBA 70 67 2428 396 883 .448 6 25 .240 375 479 .783 160 442 602 307 87 86 259 264 1173
1994-95 25 MIN NBA 81 80 2770 450 920 .489 13 40 .325 409 500 .818 164 449 613 234 101 87 225 302 1322
1995-96 26 TOT NBA 74 71 2495 442 907 .487 9 39 .231 324 396 .818 184 354 538 197 71 71 187 276 1217
1995-96 26 MIN NBA 44 44 1518 283 582 .486 9 31 .290 217 266 .816 98 204 302 129 40 43 112 157 792
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 30 27 977 159 325 .489 0 8 .000 107 130 .823 86 150 236 68 31 28 75 119 425
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 82 82 3140 548 1128 .486 31 88 .352 359 440 .816 212 508 720 223 102 64 218 277 1486
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 74 49 2282 354 730 .485 6 27 .222 306 354 .864 142 345 487 190 71 73 183 246 1020
1998-99 29 DET NBA 16 0 337 38 106 .358 1 3 .333 44 57 .772 21 33 54 24 15 12 19 30 121
1999-00 30 DET NBA 82 82 2443 379 801 .473 7 24 .292 237 292 .812 175 378 553 186 83 45 186 326 1002
2000-01 31 TOT NBA 78 48 1663 277 551 .503 4 13 .308 170 204 .833 118 247 365 124 71 46 137 242 728
2000-01 31 DAL NBA 53 35 930 165 323 .511 1 3 .333 67 82 .817 75 137 212 67 40 27 70 159 398
2000-01 31 WAS NBA 25 13 733 112 228 .491 3 10 .300 103 122 .844 43 110 153 57 31 19 67 83 330
2001-02 32 WAS NBA 57 48 1441 168 362 .464 2 10 .200 66 76 .868 74 227 301 151 60 25 85 129 404
2002-03 33 WAS NBA 76 66 2215 255 516 .494 2 16 .125 120 144 .833 114 388 502 235 82 40 87 206 632
2003-04 34 WAS NBA 48 18 984 119 256 .465 6 21 .286 40 50 .800 50 182 232 89 37 28 42 102 284
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 49 0 739 107 184 .582 1 7 .143 45 59 .763 36 95 131 41 32 15 29 78 260
Career NBA 868 692 25760 4036 8405 .480 92 353 .261 2957 3604 .820 1621 4185 5806 2224 917 675 1932 2768 11121

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
1992-93 23 MIN NBA 81 81 34.9 6.2 13.1 .474 0.0 0.5 .100 5.7 6.8 .835 2.1 6.6 8.7 2.8 1.3 1.0 3.4 3.6 18.2
1993-94 24 MIN NBA 70 67 34.7 5.7 12.6 .448 0.1 0.4 .240 5.4 6.8 .783 2.3 6.3 8.6 4.4 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.8 16.8
1994-95 25 MIN NBA 81 80 34.2 5.6 11.4 .489 0.2 0.5 .325 5.0 6.2 .818 2.0 5.5 7.6 2.9 1.2 1.1 2.8 3.7 16.3
1995-96 26 TOT NBA 74 71 33.7 6.0 12.3 .487 0.1 0.5 .231 4.4 5.4 .818 2.5 4.8 7.3 2.7 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.7 16.4
1995-96 26 MIN NBA 44 44 34.5 6.4 13.2 .486 0.2 0.7 .290 4.9 6.0 .816 2.2 4.6 6.9 2.9 0.9 1.0 2.5 3.6 18.0
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 30 27 32.6 5.3 10.8 .489 0.0 0.3 .000 3.6 4.3 .823 2.9 5.0 7.9 2.3 1.0 0.9 2.5 4.0 14.2
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 82 82 38.3 6.7 13.8 .486 0.4 1.1 .352 4.4 5.4 .816 2.6 6.2 8.8 2.7 1.2 0.8 2.7 3.4 18.1
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 74 49 30.8 4.8 9.9 .485 0.1 0.4 .222 4.1 4.8 .864 1.9 4.7 6.6 2.6 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.3 13.8
1998-99 29 DET NBA 16 0 21.1 2.4 6.6 .358 0.1 0.2 .333 2.8 3.6 .772 1.3 2.1 3.4 1.5 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.9 7.6
1999-00 30 DET NBA 82 82 29.8 4.6 9.8 .473 0.1 0.3 .292 2.9 3.6 .812 2.1 4.6 6.7 2.3 1.0 0.5 2.3 4.0 12.2
2000-01 31 TOT NBA 78 48 21.3 3.6 7.1 .503 0.1 0.2 .308 2.2 2.6 .833 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.8 3.1 9.3
2000-01 31 DAL NBA 53 35 17.5 3.1 6.1 .511 0.0 0.1 .333 1.3 1.5 .817 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.3 3.0 7.5
2000-01 31 WAS NBA 25 13 29.3 4.5 9.1 .491 0.1 0.4 .300 4.1 4.9 .844 1.7 4.4 6.1 2.3 1.2 0.8 2.7 3.3 13.2
2001-02 32 WAS NBA 57 48 25.3 2.9 6.4 .464 0.0 0.2 .200 1.2 1.3 .868 1.3 4.0 5.3 2.6 1.1 0.4 1.5 2.3 7.1
2002-03 33 WAS NBA 76 66 29.1 3.4 6.8 .494 0.0 0.2 .125 1.6 1.9 .833 1.5 5.1 6.6 3.1 1.1 0.5 1.1 2.7 8.3
2003-04 34 WAS NBA 48 18 20.5 2.5 5.3 .465 0.1 0.4 .286 0.8 1.0 .800 1.0 3.8 4.8 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 2.1 5.9
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 49 0 15.1 2.2 3.8 .582 0.0 0.1 .143 0.9 1.2 .763 0.7 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.6 5.3
Career NBA 868 692 29.7 4.6 9.7 .480 0.1 0.4 .261 3.4 4.2 .820 1.9 4.8 6.7 2.6 1.1 0.8 2.2 3.2 12.8

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
1992-93 23 MIN NBA 81 81 2823 6.4 13.5 .474 0.1 0.5 .100 5.9 7.1 .835 2.2 6.8 9.0 2.8 1.3 1.1 3.5 3.7 18.8
1993-94 24 MIN NBA 70 67 2428 5.9 13.1 .448 0.1 0.4 .240 5.6 7.1 .783 2.4 6.6 8.9 4.6 1.3 1.3 3.8 3.9 17.4
1994-95 25 MIN NBA 81 80 2770 5.8 12.0 .489 0.2 0.5 .325 5.3 6.5 .818 2.1 5.8 8.0 3.0 1.3 1.1 2.9 3.9 17.2
1995-96 26 TOT NBA 74 71 2495 6.4 13.1 .487 0.1 0.6 .231 4.7 5.7 .818 2.7 5.1 7.8 2.8 1.0 1.0 2.7 4.0 17.6
1995-96 26 MIN NBA 44 44 1518 6.7 13.8 .486 0.2 0.7 .290 5.1 6.3 .816 2.3 4.8 7.2 3.1 0.9 1.0 2.7 3.7 18.8
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 30 27 977 5.9 12.0 .489 0.0 0.3 .000 3.9 4.8 .823 3.2 5.5 8.7 2.5 1.1 1.0 2.8 4.4 15.7
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 82 82 3140 6.3 12.9 .486 0.4 1.0 .352 4.1 5.0 .816 2.4 5.8 8.3 2.6 1.2 0.7 2.5 3.2 17.0
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 74 49 2282 5.6 11.5 .485 0.1 0.4 .222 4.8 5.6 .864 2.2 5.4 7.7 3.0 1.1 1.2 2.9 3.9 16.1
1998-99 29 DET NBA 16 0 337 4.1 11.3 .358 0.1 0.3 .333 4.7 6.1 .772 2.2 3.5 5.8 2.6 1.6 1.3 2.0 3.2 12.9
1999-00 30 DET NBA 82 82 2443 5.6 11.8 .473 0.1 0.4 .292 3.5 4.3 .812 2.6 5.6 8.1 2.7 1.2 0.7 2.7 4.8 14.8
2000-01 31 TOT NBA 78 48 1663 6.0 11.9 .503 0.1 0.3 .308 3.7 4.4 .833 2.6 5.3 7.9 2.7 1.5 1.0 3.0 5.2 15.8
2000-01 31 DAL NBA 53 35 930 6.4 12.5 .511 0.0 0.1 .333 2.6 3.2 .817 2.9 5.3 8.2 2.6 1.5 1.0 2.7 6.2 15.4
2000-01 31 WAS NBA 25 13 733 5.5 11.2 .491 0.1 0.5 .300 5.1 6.0 .844 2.1 5.4 7.5 2.8 1.5 0.9 3.3 4.1 16.2
2001-02 32 WAS NBA 57 48 1441 4.2 9.0 .464 0.0 0.2 .200 1.6 1.9 .868 1.8 5.7 7.5 3.8 1.5 0.6 2.1 3.2 10.1
2002-03 33 WAS NBA 76 66 2215 4.1 8.4 .494 0.0 0.3 .125 2.0 2.3 .833 1.9 6.3 8.2 3.8 1.3 0.7 1.4 3.3 10.3
2003-04 34 WAS NBA 48 18 984 4.4 9.4 .465 0.2 0.8 .286 1.5 1.8 .800 1.8 6.7 8.5 3.3 1.4 1.0 1.5 3.7 10.4
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 49 0 739 5.2 9.0 .582 0.0 0.3 .143 2.2 2.9 .763 1.8 4.6 6.4 2.0 1.6 0.7 1.4 3.8 12.7
Career NBA 868 692 25760 5.6 11.7 .480 0.1 0.5 .261 4.1 5.0 .820 2.3 5.8 8.1 3.1 1.3 0.9 2.7 3.9 15.5

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
1992-93 23 MIN NBA 81 2823 17.3 .564 .476 7.4 22.7 15.1 13.4 1.9 1.9 17.4 24.9 105 108 2.2 2.8 5.0
1993-94 24 MIN NBA 70 2428 16.8 .536 .452 7.9 20.9 14.5 21.3 1.8 2.3 19.1 24.4 102 106 1.4 2.6 4.1
1994-95 25 MIN NBA 81 2770 17.7 .580 .496 7.3 19.7 13.6 15.5 1.9 2.4 16.5 22.5 109 109 3.6 2.6 6.2
1995-96 26 TOT NBA 74 2495 17.7 .563 .492 8.6 17.2 12.8 13.7 1.5 2.2 14.7 22.6 110 108 3.9 2.4 6.2
1995-96 26 MIN NBA 44 1518 18.0 .566 .494 7.7 16.1 11.9 15.0 1.4 2.2 13.8 23.7 111 110 2.5 1.2 3.7
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 30 977 17.2 .556 .489 10.0 18.9 14.3 11.7 1.7 2.2 16.4 21.0 110 106 1.4 1.2 2.5
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 82 3140 19.1 .562 .500 8.2 18.9 13.7 13.3 1.8 1.6 14.2 23.1 112 101 6.1 5.4 11.6
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 74 2282 18.4 .576 .489 7.6 17.2 12.6 14.6 1.7 2.2 17.1 21.7 111 103 4.6 3.0 7.5
1998-99 29 DET NBA 16 337 14.6 .462 .363 7.6 12.0 9.8 12.4 2.5 2.9 12.7 21.2 99 99 0.2 0.5 0.7
1999-00 30 DET NBA 82 2443 14.8 .539 .478 8.3 17.9 13.1 12.4 1.7 1.3 16.7 20.1 104 104 2.7 2.4 5.1
2000-01 31 TOT NBA 78 1663 17.0 .568 .506 8.1 16.9 12.5 12.7 2.2 2.0 17.6 21.1 106 102 2.5 1.8 4.3
2000-01 31 DAL NBA 53 930 16.7 .554 .512 9.2 16.0 12.7 12.0 2.2 2.1 16.3 21.0 105 100 1.3 1.3 2.6
2000-01 31 WAS NBA 25 733 17.6 .586 .498 6.7 17.9 12.2 13.7 2.2 1.9 19.2 21.2 107 105 1.2 0.5 1.7
2001-02 32 WAS NBA 57 1441 13.7 .511 .467 5.9 18.5 12.1 16.7 2.3 1.3 17.7 15.4 103 104 0.9 1.6 2.6
2002-03 33 WAS NBA 76 2215 16.1 .545 .496 6.1 20.8 13.4 17.8 2.0 1.4 13.1 14.2 113 102 3.8 2.8 6.6
2003-04 34 WAS NBA 48 984 14.5 .511 .477 5.5 21.3 13.2 15.7 2.0 2.1 13.1 14.4 107 102 1.1 1.1 2.3
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 49 739 16.3 .619 .584 5.9 14.4 10.3 8.8 2.3 1.5 12.1 15.1 120 102 1.5 1.2 2.7
Career NBA 868 25760 16.9 .557 .486 7.5 19.1 13.3 14.9 1.9 1.9 16.2 21.0 108 105 34.6 30.3 64.9

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
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 10 334 59 122 1 3 38 54 27 69 15 12 10 21 41 157 .484 .333 .704 33.4 15.7 6.9 1.5
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 10 403 62 153 4 21 48 56 19 72 26 10 8 31 32 176 .405 .190 .857 40.3 17.6 7.2 2.6
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 4 87 12 35 0 3 15 17 3 17 4 6 1 8 16 39 .343 .000 .882 21.8 9.8 4.3 1.0
1998-99 29 DET NBA 5 123 20 47 0 0 11 14 6 14 11 4 1 3 14 51 .426 .786 24.6 10.2 2.8 2.2
1999-00 30 DET NBA 3 75 7 17 0 0 6 8 2 15 6 0 1 3 14 20 .412 .750 25.0 6.7 5.0 2.0
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 13 136 12 24 0 1 5 6 3 25 7 4 0 6 17 29 .500 .000 .833 10.5 2.2 1.9 0.5
Career NBA 45 1158 172 398 5 28 123 155 60 212 69 36 21 72 134 472 .432 .179 .794 25.7 10.5 4.7 1.5

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
1995-96 26 ATL NBA 10 334 18.1 .539 .488 9.7 16.0 12.7 8.7 2.0 2.3 12.6 24.1 108 111 0.5 0.2 0.7
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 10 403 14.6 .495 .418 6.1 15.1 10.9 13.2 1.4 1.6 14.9 25.3 100 108 0.1 0.4 0.5
1997-98 28 ATL NBA 4 87 12.8 .459 .343 4.3 20.9 12.5 8.4 4.0 0.9 15.8 29.2 90 97 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1998-99 29 DET NBA 5 123 18.1 .480 .426 6.3 9.2 7.7 17.6 2.0 0.7 5.3 23.6 109 105 0.3 0.1 0.3
1999-00 30 DET NBA 3 75 8.6 .487 .412 3.3 22.7 12.7 16.3 0.0 1.1 12.8 15.3 97 101 0.0 0.1 0.1
2004-05 35 MIA NBA 13 136 8.2 .544 .500 2.9 17.3 10.9 7.9 1.6 0.0 18.4 11.5 101 102 0.0 0.2 0.3
Career NBA 45 1158 14.7 .506 .438 6.5 15.9 11.3 11.6 1.8 1.4 13.4 22.8 102 106 0.7 1.2 1.9

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1996-97 27 ATL NBA 1 0 24 3 5 .600 0 0 1 1 1.000 4 11 2 1 1 2 4 7
Career NBA 1 0 24 3 5 .600 0 0 1 1 1.000 4 11 2 1 1 2 4 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
1988-89 19 DUKE 36 607 115 159 1 1 88 121 170 44 35 28 58 104 319 .723 1.000 .727 16.9 8.9 4.7 1.2
1989-90 20 DUKE 38 1135 194 380 6 12 225 269 364 84 59 41 101 120 619 .511 .500 .836 29.9 16.3 9.6 2.2
1990-91 21 DUKE 39 1178 271 471 18 53 211 263 340 76 75 44 121 111 771 .575 .340 .802 30.2 19.8 8.7 1.9
1991-92 22 DUKE 35 1128 254 442 54 97 189 232 275 69 74 32 116 90 751 .575 .557 .815 32.2 21.5 7.9 2.0
Career 148 4048 834 1452 79 163 713 885 1149 273 243 145 396 425 2460 .574 .485 .806 27.4 16.6 7.8 1.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1997 NBA

Awards

1990-91 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
1991-92 NCAA AP Player of the Year
1991-92 NCAA John R. Wooden Award
1991-92 NCAA Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award

Honors

1988 McDonald's All American
1990-91 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1991-92 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1992-93 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1996-97 NBA 82 (4)
1999-00 NBA 82 (2)

Free Throws

1992-93 NBA 462 (7)
1994-95 NBA 409 (9)

Free Throw Pct

1997-98 NBA .864 (9)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 4185 (94)

Turnovers

1992-93 NBA 275 (3)
1993-94 NBA 259 (7)
Career NBA 1932 (93)
Career 1932 (100)

Personal Fouls

1992-93 NBA 290 (10)
1994-95 NBA 302 (5)
1995-96 NBA 276 (9)
1996-97 NBA 277 (9)
1999-00 NBA 326 (2)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 19.1 (87)
Career 19.1 (91)

Defensive Win Shares

1996-97 NBA 5.4 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (440)

Transactions

June 24, 1992: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1992 NBA Draft.

February 22, 1996: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with Sean Rooks to the Atlanta Hawks for Andrew Lang and Spud Webb.

January 22, 1999: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Detroit Pistons for Scot Pollard and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Jumaine Jones).

August 29, 2000: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Terry Mills to the Dallas Mavericks for Cedric Ceballos, Eric Murdock and John Wallace.

February 22, 2001: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Courtney Alexander, Hubert Davis, Etan Thomas, Loy Vaught and cash to the Washington Wizards for Calvin Booth, Obinna Ekezie and Juwan Howard.

June 24, 2004: Traded by the Washington Wizards with Devin Harris and Jerry Stackhouse to the Dallas Mavericks for Antawn Jamison.

August 24, 2004: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Luis Flores, Eduardo Najera, cash, Mladen Sekularac, a 2007 1st round draft pick (Petteri Koponen) and a future 1st round draft pick to the Golden State Warriors for Erick Dampier, Dan Dickau, Evan Eschmeyer and Steve Logan.

September 9, 2004: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

September 15, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1992-93 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,100,000
1993-94 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,730,000
1994-95 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $3,360,000
1995-96 Total NBA $3,910,000
1996-97 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,500,000
1997-98 Atlanta Hawks NBA $5,050,000
1998-99 Detroit Pistons NBA $5,360,000
1999-00 Detroit Pistons NBA $6,062,500
2000-01 Total NBA $6,625,000
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $4,500,000
2002-03 Washington Wizards NBA $5,062,500
2003-04 Washington Wizards NBA $5,625,000
2004-05 Miami Heat NBA $6,600,000
Career (may be incomplete) $61,485,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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