Raef LaFrentz

Raef Andrew LaFrentz

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Left
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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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 19, 2013 9:17 AM

All-Time Rank: #427. Vern Fleming… #428. Pooh Richardson… #429. Tyrone Corbin… #430. RAEF LAFRENTZ… #431. Kevin Loughery… #432. Robert Reid… #433. Mike Gminski…

All-Time Rank: #427. Vern Fleming… #428. Pooh Richardson… #429. Tyrone Corbin… #430. RAEF LAFRENTZ… #431. Kevin Loughery… #432. Robert Reid… #433. Mike Gminski…

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
1998-99	22	DEN	NBA	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	PF	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	PF	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	PF	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	C	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

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
1998-99	22	DEN	NBA	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	PF	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	PF	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	PF	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	C	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

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
1998-99	22	DEN	NBA	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	PF	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	PF	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	PF	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	C	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

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
1998-99	22	DEN	NBA	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	C	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	PF	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	PF	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	PF	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	C	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

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
2001-02	25	DAL	NBA	C	8	8	245	39	78	.500	6	18	.333	6	11	.545	18	43	61	5	2	22	6	39	90
2002-03	26	DAL	NBA	C	20	16	491	68	157	.433	8	40	.200	16	19	.842	36	52	88	5	11	43	14	86	160
2004-05	28	BOS	NBA	PF	7	7	185	16	41	.390	8	16	.500	8	10	.800	6	28	34	8	6	12	7	27	48
Career			NBA		35	31	921	123	276	.446	22	74	.297	30	40	.750	60	123	183	18	19	77	27	152	298

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
2001-02	25	DAL	NBA	C	8	8	30.6	4.9	9.8	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	1.4	.545	2.3	5.4	7.6	0.6	0.3	2.8	0.8	4.9	11.3
2002-03	26	DAL	NBA	C	20	16	24.6	3.4	7.9	.433	0.4	2.0	.200	0.8	1.0	.842	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.3	0.6	2.2	0.7	4.3	8.0
2004-05	28	BOS	NBA	PF	7	7	26.4	2.3	5.9	.390	1.1	2.3	.500	1.1	1.4	.800	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.9	6.9
Career			NBA		35	31	26.3	3.5	7.9	.446	0.6	2.1	.297	0.9	1.1	.750	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.5	0.5	2.2	0.8	4.3	8.5

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
2001-02	25	DAL	NBA	C	8	8	245	5.7	11.5	.500	0.9	2.6	.333	0.9	1.6	.545	2.6	6.3	9.0	0.7	0.3	3.2	0.9	5.7	13.2
2002-03	26	DAL	NBA	C	20	16	491	5.0	11.5	.433	0.6	2.9	.200	1.2	1.4	.842	2.6	3.8	6.5	0.4	0.8	3.2	1.0	6.3	11.7
2004-05	28	BOS	NBA	PF	7	7	185	3.1	8.0	.390	1.6	3.1	.500	1.6	1.9	.800	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.6	1.2	2.3	1.4	5.3	9.3
Career			NBA		35	31	921	4.8	10.8	.446	0.9	2.9	.297	1.2	1.6	.750	2.3	4.8	7.2	0.7	0.7	3.0	1.1	5.9	11.6

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
2001-02	25	DAL	NBA	C	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	C	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	PF	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 2012-13)

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
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
Luis Scola	84.0	8.6	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.4	3.4
Gus Johnson	83.8	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.1
Curtis Rowe	83.6	8.3	6.2	6.1	5.2	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.0

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
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
Luis Scola	84.0	8.6	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.4	3.4
Gus Johnson	83.8	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.1
Curtis Rowe	83.6	8.3	6.2	6.1	5.2	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.0

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 (94) Career 919 (96)	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)	Block Pct 1999-00 NBA 5.0 (10) 2000-01 NBA 5.8 (5) 2001-02 NBA 6.3 (3)	Turnover Pct 1999-00 NBA 8.9 (10) 2002-03 NBA 7.7 (4)
Offensive Rating 2002-03 NBA 118.2 (6) 2004-05 NBA 120.0 (8)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (742)	NBA Elo Player Rating 433rd (overall) as of Jun 19, 2013, 4:58AM

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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