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Raef LaFrentz
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Raef LaFrentz

Raef Andrew LaFrentz

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: May 29, 1976 in Hampton, Iowa
High School: MFL Mar-Mac in Monona, Iowa
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Denver Nuggets, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), 1998 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: February 5, 1999

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:57AM
All-Time Rank: #398. RAEF LAFRENTZ… #399. Dee Brown… #400. Mike Newlin… 

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
1998-99 22 DEN NBA 12 12 387 59 129 .457 12 31 .387 36 48 .750 33 58 91 8 9 17 9 38 166
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 80 2435 392 879 .446 60 183 .328 162 236 .686 170 471 641 97 42 180 96 292 1006
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 78 74 2457 387 812 .477 51 139 .367 183 262 .698 173 434 607 107 37 206 97 290 1008
2001-02 25 TOT NBA 78 76 2455 421 920 .458 104 268 .388 105 151 .695 176 403 579 89 55 213 94 281 1051
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 51 51 1668 307 659 .466 75 173 .434 70 105 .667 117 262 379 60 31 153 60 173 759
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 27 25 787 114 261 .437 29 95 .305 35 46 .761 59 141 200 29 24 60 34 108 292
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 69 43 1611 266 514 .518 47 116 .405 60 88 .682 125 205 330 54 35 91 46 264 639
2003-04 27 BOS NBA 17 1 328 57 124 .460 8 40 .200 10 13 .769 30 49 79 24 8 13 11 47 132
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 80 80 2196 341 688 .496 82 225 .364 120 148 .811 154 399 553 98 42 99 70 262 884
2005-06 29 BOS NBA 82 63 2033 238 552 .431 112 286 .392 51 75 .680 80 326 406 115 29 72 65 273 639
2006-07 30 POR NBA 27 9 352 39 102 .382 2 23 .087 20 26 .769 25 45 70 8 7 11 13 57 100
2007-08 31 POR NBA 39 0 291 27 61 .443 0 4 .000 11 19 .579 28 39 67 6 12 17 10 59 65
Career NBA 563 438 14545 2227 4781 .466 478 1315 .363 758 1066 .711 994 2429 3423 606 276 919 511 1863 5690

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
1998-99 22 DEN NBA 12 12 32.3 4.9 10.8 .457 1.0 2.6 .387 3.0 4.0 .750 2.8 4.8 7.6 0.7 0.8 1.4 0.8 3.2 13.8
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 80 30.1 4.8 10.9 .446 0.7 2.3 .328 2.0 2.9 .686 2.1 5.8 7.9 1.2 0.5 2.2 1.2 3.6 12.4
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 78 74 31.5 5.0 10.4 .477 0.7 1.8 .367 2.3 3.4 .698 2.2 5.6 7.8 1.4 0.5 2.6 1.2 3.7 12.9
2001-02 25 TOT NBA 78 76 31.5 5.4 11.8 .458 1.3 3.4 .388 1.3 1.9 .695 2.3 5.2 7.4 1.1 0.7 2.7 1.2 3.6 13.5
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 51 51 32.7 6.0 12.9 .466 1.5 3.4 .434 1.4 2.1 .667 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.2 0.6 3.0 1.2 3.4 14.9
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 27 25 29.1 4.2 9.7 .437 1.1 3.5 .305 1.3 1.7 .761 2.2 5.2 7.4 1.1 0.9 2.2 1.3 4.0 10.8
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 69 43 23.3 3.9 7.4 .518 0.7 1.7 .405 0.9 1.3 .682 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.7 3.8 9.3
2003-04 27 BOS NBA 17 1 19.3 3.4 7.3 .460 0.5 2.4 .200 0.6 0.8 .769 1.8 2.9 4.6 1.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.8 7.8
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 80 80 27.5 4.3 8.6 .496 1.0 2.8 .364 1.5 1.9 .811 1.9 5.0 6.9 1.2 0.5 1.2 0.9 3.3 11.1
2005-06 29 BOS NBA 82 63 24.8 2.9 6.7 .431 1.4 3.5 .392 0.6 0.9 .680 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.4 0.4 0.9 0.8 3.3 7.8
2006-07 30 POR NBA 27 9 13.0 1.4 3.8 .382 0.1 0.9 .087 0.7 1.0 .769 0.9 1.7 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.1 3.7
2007-08 31 POR NBA 39 0 7.5 0.7 1.6 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.5 .579 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.5 1.7
Career NBA 563 438 25.8 4.0 8.5 .466 0.8 2.3 .363 1.3 1.9 .711 1.8 4.3 6.1 1.1 0.5 1.6 0.9 3.3 10.1

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
1998-99 22 DEN NBA 12 12 387 5.5 12.0 .457 1.1 2.9 .387 3.3 4.5 .750 3.1 5.4 8.5 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.8 3.5 15.4
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 80 2435 5.8 13.0 .446 0.9 2.7 .328 2.4 3.5 .686 2.5 7.0 9.5 1.4 0.6 2.7 1.4 4.3 14.9
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 78 74 2457 5.7 11.9 .477 0.7 2.0 .367 2.7 3.8 .698 2.5 6.4 8.9 1.6 0.5 3.0 1.4 4.2 14.8
2001-02 25 TOT NBA 78 76 2455 6.2 13.5 .458 1.5 3.9 .388 1.5 2.2 .695 2.6 5.9 8.5 1.3 0.8 3.1 1.4 4.1 15.4
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 51 51 1668 6.6 14.2 .466 1.6 3.7 .434 1.5 2.3 .667 2.5 5.7 8.2 1.3 0.7 3.3 1.3 3.7 16.4
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 27 25 787 5.2 11.9 .437 1.3 4.3 .305 1.6 2.1 .761 2.7 6.4 9.1 1.3 1.1 2.7 1.6 4.9 13.4
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 69 43 1611 5.9 11.5 .518 1.1 2.6 .405 1.3 2.0 .682 2.8 4.6 7.4 1.2 0.8 2.0 1.0 5.9 14.3
2003-04 27 BOS NBA 17 1 328 6.3 13.6 .460 0.9 4.4 .200 1.1 1.4 .769 3.3 5.4 8.7 2.6 0.9 1.4 1.2 5.2 14.5
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 80 80 2196 5.6 11.3 .496 1.3 3.7 .364 2.0 2.4 .811 2.5 6.5 9.1 1.6 0.7 1.6 1.1 4.3 14.5
2005-06 29 BOS NBA 82 63 2033 4.2 9.8 .431 2.0 5.1 .392 0.9 1.3 .680 1.4 5.8 7.2 2.0 0.5 1.3 1.2 4.8 11.3
2006-07 30 POR NBA 27 9 352 4.0 10.4 .382 0.2 2.4 .087 2.0 2.7 .769 2.6 4.6 7.2 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.3 5.8 10.2
2007-08 31 POR NBA 39 0 291 3.3 7.5 .443 0.0 0.5 .000 1.4 2.4 .579 3.5 4.8 8.3 0.7 1.5 2.1 1.2 7.3 8.0
Career NBA 563 438 14545 5.5 11.8 .466 1.2 3.3 .363 1.9 2.6 .711 2.5 6.0 8.5 1.5 0.7 2.3 1.3 4.6 14.1

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 WS/48
1998-99 22 DEN NBA 12 387 18.9 .553 .504 9.5 17.9 13.6 3.8 1.2 3.1 5.7 18.6 119 109 1.1 0.1 1.2 .144
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 2435 16.3 .512 .480 7.5 21.2 14.3 6.5 0.9 5.0 8.9 19.3 106 103 2.9 3.0 5.9 .116
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 78 2457 17.6 .544 .508 7.6 19.4 13.4 7.3 0.8 5.8 9.5 18.6 110 103 4.3 2.5 6.8 .132
2001-02 25 TOT NBA 78 2455 17.9 .533 .514 7.9 19.1 13.3 6.2 1.2 6.3 8.7 19.8 109 104 3.6 2.7 6.4 .125
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 51 1668 18.9 .538 .523 7.6 18.8 12.9 6.5 1.0 6.8 7.8 20.5 110 104 2.7 1.8 4.5 .129
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 27 787 15.8 .519 .492 8.5 19.6 14.1 5.6 1.6 5.5 10.8 18.1 106 103 0.9 1.0 1.9 .115
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 69 1611 16.5 .578 .563 8.5 14.0 11.3 5.3 1.1 4.2 7.7 16.9 118 102 3.8 2.0 5.8 .173
2003-04 27 BOS NBA 17 328 16.8 .509 .492 10.7 16.8 13.8 13.4 1.3 3.1 7.8 19.5 110 103 0.6 0.3 0.9 .137
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 80 2196 17.3 .587 .555 8.4 20.8 14.7 7.3 1.0 3.4 8.5 16.9 120 105 4.9 2.6 7.5 .165
2005-06 29 BOS NBA 82 2033 12.0 .546 .533 4.9 19.1 12.2 9.0 0.7 2.7 10.0 14.7 110 106 2.2 2.0 4.3 .101
2006-07 30 POR NBA 27 352 8.7 .441 .392 8.7 16.2 12.4 3.7 1.1 2.5 10.3 16.8 96 110 -0.1 0.2 0.2 .021
2007-08 31 POR NBA 39 291 10.4 .469 .443 11.4 15.7 13.6 3.2 2.3 4.5 12.6 12.9 102 103 0.1 0.4 0.5 .085
Career NBA 563 14545 16.1 .542 .516 7.7 19.0 13.3 6.9 1.0 4.6 8.9 17.8 111 104 23.5 15.9 39.4 .130

Playoffs

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
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 8 245 39 78 6 18 6 11 18 61 5 2 22 6 39 90 .500 .333 .545 30.6 11.3 7.6 0.6
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 20 491 68 157 8 40 16 19 36 88 5 11 43 14 86 160 .433 .200 .842 24.6 8.0 4.4 0.3
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 7 185 16 41 8 16 8 10 6 34 8 6 12 7 27 48 .390 .500 .800 26.4 6.9 4.9 1.1
Career NBA 35 921 123 276 22 74 30 40 60 183 18 19 77 27 152 298 .446 .297 .750 26.3 8.5 5.2 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2001-02 25 DAL NBA 8 245 16.1 .543 .538 7.9 18.6 13.3 3.1 0.4 6.3 6.8 15.8 114 108 0.4 0.1 0.5 .107
2002-03 26 DAL NBA 20 491 12.5 .484 .459 8.0 11.7 9.8 1.5 1.2 6.7 7.8 16.4 103 109 0.3 0.3 0.6 .057
2004-05 28 BOS NBA 7 185 11.9 .529 .488 4.0 18.6 11.4 7.4 1.8 6.0 13.4 13.9 105 98 0.1 0.4 0.5 .126
Career NBA 35 921 13.3 .507 .486 7.2 14.9 11.1 3.1 1.1 6.4 8.4 15.7 106 107 0.8 0.8 1.6 .084

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Raef LaFrentz 7.5 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.2
Lonnie Shelton 89.0 7.5 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.6 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.1
Wil Jones 88.3 7.4 6.9 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.9 0.6
Cincinnatus Powell 88.0 8.1 7.0 6.8 6.4 5.4 4.3 3.0 0.1
Sidney Wicks 87.0 9.7 7.1 6.1 5.6 5.6 4.2 2.3 1.5 0.4 -0.1
Udonis Haslem 86.8 9.2 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.1 4.8 2.5 0.9
Danny Granger 86.5 8.0 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.1
Campy Russell 86.1 6.7 6.7 6.6 5.5 4.3 3.2 1.8 1.1 -0.1
Dave Greenwood 84.8 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.0 1.1
Jim Pollard 84.3 7.2 5.7 5.7 5.4 4.6 4.2 2.1
Gus Johnson 83.8 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.0 3.5 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Raef LaFrentz 7.5 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.2
Lonnie Shelton 89.0 7.5 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.6 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.1
Wil Jones 88.3 7.4 6.9 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.7 2.3 0.9 0.6
Cincinnatus Powell 88.0 8.1 7.0 6.8 6.4 5.4 4.3 3.0 0.1
Sidney Wicks 87.0 9.7 7.1 6.1 5.6 5.6 4.2 2.3 1.5 0.4 -0.1
Udonis Haslem 86.8 9.2 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.1 4.8 2.5 0.9
Danny Granger 86.5 8.0 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.1
Campy Russell 86.1 6.7 6.7 6.6 5.5 4.3 3.2 1.8 1.1 -0.1
Loy Vaught 84.6 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.1 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.2 -0.2
Jim Pollard 84.3 7.2 5.7 5.7 5.4 4.6 4.2 2.1
Gus Johnson 83.8 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.0 3.5 2.2 1.6 0.9 0.1

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
1994-95 18 KANSAS 31 732 143 268 2 5 65 102 231 17 9 20 56 71 353 .534 .400 .637 23.6 11.4 7.5 0.5
1995-96 19 KANSAS 34 917 189 348 2 7 74 112 278 14 29 27 62 86 454 .543 .286 .661 27.0 13.4 8.2 0.4
1996-97 20 KANSAS 36 1041 261 447 1 6 143 188 335 25 33 46 64 96 666 .584 .167 .761 28.9 18.5 9.3 0.7
1997-98 21 KANSAS 30 906 232 423 8 17 121 164 342 30 27 45 76 71 593 .548 .471 .738 30.2 19.8 11.4 1.0
Career 131 3596 825 1486 13 35 403 566 1186 86 98 138 258 324 2066 .555 .371 .712 27.5 15.8 9.1 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1994 McDonald's All American
1996-97 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1997-98 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
Games
2005-06 NBA 82 (1)
Blocks
1999-00 NBA 180 (6)
2000-01 NBA 206 (3)
2001-02 NBA 213 (2)
Career NBA 919 (92)
Career 919 (94)
Personal Fouls
1999-00 NBA 292 (10)
2000-01 NBA 290 (4)
2001-02 NBA 281 (2)
2005-06 NBA 273 (10)
Blocks Per Game
1999-00 NBA 2.2 (8)
2000-01 NBA 2.6 (7)
2001-02 NBA 2.7 (2)
Effective Field Goal Pct
2004-05 NBA .555 (8)
Career NBA .516 (96)
Career .516 (100)
Block Pct
2000-01 NBA 5.8 (8)
2001-02 NBA 6.3 (6)
Turnover Pct
1999-00 NBA 8.9 (6)
2001-02 NBA 8.7 (8)
2004-05 NBA 8.5 (9)
Offensive Rating
2004-05 NBA 120.0 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (732)
NBA Elo Player Rating
398th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:57AM
 

Transactions

June 24, 1998: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

February 21, 2002: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Avery Johnson and Nick Van Exel to the Dallas Mavericks for Tim Hardaway, Donnell Harvey, Juwan Howard, cash and a 2002 1st round draft pick (Frank Williams).

October 20, 2003: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Chris Mills, Jiri Welsch and a 2004 1st round draft pick (Delonte West) to the Boston Celtics for Tony Delk and Antoine Walker.

June 28, 2006: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Dan Dickau and Randy Foye to the Portland Trail Blazers for Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Trent Plaisted).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1998-99 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,150,000
1999-00 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,777,160
2000-01 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,970,840
2001-02 Denver Nuggets NBA $3,755,142
2002-03 Dallas Mavericks NBA $7,270,000
2003-04 Boston Celtics NBA $8,178,750
2004-05 Boston Celtics NBA $9,714,538
2005-06 Boston Celtics NBA $10,623,288
2006-07 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $11,532,037
2007-08 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $12,440,787
2008-09 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $12,722,500
Career (may be incomplete) $84,135,042

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