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Andrew Lang

Andrew Charles Lang Jr.

Position: Center ▪ Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: June 28, 1966 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
High School: Dollarway in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
College: University of Arkansas
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 2nd round (3rd pick, 28th overall), 1988 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1988

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:52AM
All-Time Rank: #527. Clemon Johnson… #528. Ben Poquette… #529. ANDREW LANG… #530. Gary Grant… #531. Mike Gale… 

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 62 25 526 60 117 .513 0 0 39 60 .650 54 93 147 9 17 48 28 112 159
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 0 1011 97 174 .557 0 0 64 98 .653 83 188 271 21 22 133 41 171 258
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 63 18 1152 109 189 .577 0 1 .000 93 130 .715 113 190 303 27 17 127 45 168 311
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 81 71 1965 248 475 .522 0 1 .000 126 164 .768 170 376 546 43 48 201 87 306 622
1992-93 26 PHI NBA 73 59 1861 149 351 .425 1 5 .200 87 114 .763 136 300 436 79 46 141 89 261 386
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 82 0 1608 215 458 .469 1 4 .250 73 106 .689 126 187 313 51 38 87 81 192 504
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 82 63 2340 320 677 .473 2 3 .667 152 188 .809 154 302 456 72 45 144 108 271 794
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 71 69 2365 353 790 .447 1 5 .200 125 156 .801 153 302 455 65 42 126 124 241 832
1995-96 29 ATL NBA 51 51 1815 281 619 .454 0 3 .000 95 118 .805 111 223 334 62 35 85 94 178 657
1995-96 29 MIN NBA 20 18 550 72 171 .421 1 2 .500 30 38 .789 42 79 121 3 7 41 30 63 175
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 52 52 1194 115 248 .464 0 0 44 61 .721 94 184 278 25 26 47 39 140 274
1997-98 31 MIL NBA 57 0 692 54 143 .378 0 1 .000 44 57 .772 56 97 153 16 18 27 33 101 152
1998-99 32 CHI NBA 21 13 386 32 99 .323 0 0 16 23 .696 33 60 93 13 5 12 17 43 80
1999-00 33 NYK NBA 19 10 244 28 64 .438 0 0 3 7 .429 16 44 60 3 8 6 5 31 59
Career NBA 737 380 15344 1780 3785 .470 5 20 .250 866 1164 .744 1188 2323 3511 424 332 1099 697 2037 4431

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 62 25 8.5 1.0 1.9 .513 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .650 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.8 2.6
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 0 13.7 1.3 2.4 .557 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .653 1.1 2.5 3.7 0.3 0.3 1.8 0.6 2.3 3.5
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 63 18 18.3 1.7 3.0 .577 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .715 1.8 3.0 4.8 0.4 0.3 2.0 0.7 2.7 4.9
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 81 71 24.3 3.1 5.9 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.0 .768 2.1 4.6 6.7 0.5 0.6 2.5 1.1 3.8 7.7
1992-93 26 PHI NBA 73 59 25.5 2.0 4.8 .425 0.0 0.1 .200 1.2 1.6 .763 1.9 4.1 6.0 1.1 0.6 1.9 1.2 3.6 5.3
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 82 0 19.6 2.6 5.6 .469 0.0 0.0 .250 0.9 1.3 .689 1.5 2.3 3.8 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0 2.3 6.1
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 82 63 28.5 3.9 8.3 .473 0.0 0.0 .667 1.9 2.3 .809 1.9 3.7 5.6 0.9 0.5 1.8 1.3 3.3 9.7
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 71 69 33.3 5.0 11.1 .447 0.0 0.1 .200 1.8 2.2 .801 2.2 4.3 6.4 0.9 0.6 1.8 1.7 3.4 11.7
1995-96 29 ATL NBA 51 51 35.6 5.5 12.1 .454 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .805 2.2 4.4 6.5 1.2 0.7 1.7 1.8 3.5 12.9
1995-96 29 MIN NBA 20 18 27.5 3.6 8.6 .421 0.1 0.1 .500 1.5 1.9 .789 2.1 4.0 6.1 0.2 0.4 2.1 1.5 3.2 8.8
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 52 52 23.0 2.2 4.8 .464 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .721 1.8 3.5 5.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 2.7 5.3
1997-98 31 MIL NBA 57 0 12.1 0.9 2.5 .378 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .772 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.8 2.7
1998-99 32 CHI NBA 21 13 18.4 1.5 4.7 .323 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .696 1.6 2.9 4.4 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.0 3.8
1999-00 33 NYK NBA 19 10 12.8 1.5 3.4 .438 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .429 0.8 2.3 3.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.6 3.1
Career NBA 737 380 20.8 2.4 5.1 .470 0.0 0.0 .250 1.2 1.6 .744 1.6 3.2 4.8 0.6 0.5 1.5 0.9 2.8 6.0

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 62 25 526 4.1 8.0 .513 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.1 .650 3.7 6.4 10.1 0.6 1.2 3.3 1.9 7.7 10.9
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 0 1011 3.5 6.2 .557 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.5 .653 3.0 6.7 9.6 0.7 0.8 4.7 1.5 6.1 9.2
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 63 18 1152 3.4 5.9 .577 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.1 .715 3.5 5.9 9.5 0.8 0.5 4.0 1.4 5.2 9.7
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 81 71 1965 4.5 8.7 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.0 .768 3.1 6.9 10.0 0.8 0.9 3.7 1.6 5.6 11.4
1992-93 26 PHI NBA 73 59 1861 2.9 6.8 .425 0.0 0.1 .200 1.7 2.2 .763 2.6 5.8 8.4 1.5 0.9 2.7 1.7 5.0 7.5
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 82 0 1608 4.8 10.3 .469 0.0 0.1 .250 1.6 2.4 .689 2.8 4.2 7.0 1.1 0.9 1.9 1.8 4.3 11.3
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 82 63 2340 4.9 10.4 .473 0.0 0.0 .667 2.3 2.9 .809 2.4 4.6 7.0 1.1 0.7 2.2 1.7 4.2 12.2
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 71 69 2365 5.4 12.0 .447 0.0 0.1 .200 1.9 2.4 .801 2.3 4.6 6.9 1.0 0.6 1.9 1.9 3.7 12.7
1995-96 29 ATL NBA 51 51 1815 5.6 12.3 .454 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .805 2.2 4.4 6.6 1.2 0.7 1.7 1.9 3.5 13.0
1995-96 29 MIN NBA 20 18 550 4.7 11.2 .421 0.1 0.1 .500 2.0 2.5 .789 2.7 5.2 7.9 0.2 0.5 2.7 2.0 4.1 11.5
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 52 52 1194 3.5 7.5 .464 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .721 2.8 5.5 8.4 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.2 4.2 8.3
1997-98 31 MIL NBA 57 0 692 2.8 7.4 .378 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .772 2.9 5.0 8.0 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.7 5.3 7.9
1998-99 32 CHI NBA 21 13 386 3.0 9.2 .323 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.1 .696 3.1 5.6 8.7 1.2 0.5 1.1 1.6 4.0 7.5
1999-00 33 NYK NBA 19 10 244 4.1 9.4 .438 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 .429 2.4 6.5 8.9 0.4 1.2 0.9 0.7 4.6 8.7
Career NBA 737 380 15344 4.2 8.9 .470 0.0 0.0 .250 2.0 2.7 .744 2.8 5.5 8.2 1.0 0.8 2.6 1.6 4.8 10.4

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 62 526 11.6 .554 .513 11.4 18.0 14.9 2.0 1.5 5.0 16.3 12.9 109 102 0.4 0.9 1.4 .124
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 74 1011 13.2 .594 .557 9.6 19.2 14.7 2.6 1.0 7.4 15.9 10.6 116 101 1.1 1.9 3.0 .144
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 63 1152 13.6 .632 .577 11.3 17.2 14.4 2.9 0.7 6.3 15.5 10.3 124 103 1.9 1.8 3.7 .155
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 81 1965 13.8 .568 .522 10.0 20.1 15.3 2.8 1.2 5.9 13.7 13.4 113 102 2.2 3.5 5.7 .140
1992-93 26 PHI NBA 73 1861 9.3 .481 .426 7.9 17.4 12.7 5.8 1.2 4.5 18.2 11.1 98 108 -0.2 2.0 1.7 .045
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 82 1608 11.0 .499 .471 8.6 12.8 10.7 4.6 1.2 3.5 13.8 15.6 101 103 0.5 2.4 2.9 .087
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 82 2340 13.1 .523 .474 7.5 15.4 11.3 5.0 1.0 4.6 12.4 16.8 106 105 1.4 3.4 4.9 .100
1995-96 29 TOT NBA 71 2365 11.9 .484 .447 7.5 15.6 11.4 4.6 0.9 4.1 12.6 18.6 99 108 0.1 2.3 2.3 .047
1995-96 29 ATL NBA 51 1815 12.4 .490 .454 6.9 15.1 10.9 5.7 1.0 3.6 12.3 18.9 101 108 0.4 1.8 2.2 .058
1995-96 29 MIN NBA 20 550 10.1 .466 .424 9.1 17.2 13.2 0.9 0.7 5.7 13.8 17.5 93 109 -0.4 0.5 0.2 .013
1996-97 30 MIL NBA 52 1194 10.8 .498 .464 9.7 18.8 14.2 3.2 1.2 2.9 12.4 12.2 106 107 0.7 1.2 1.9 .076
1997-98 31 MIL NBA 57 692 8.5 .452 .378 9.8 17.3 13.5 3.5 1.4 2.9 16.4 13.3 95 105 -0.1 0.8 0.7 .047
1998-99 32 CHI NBA 21 386 7.0 .367 .323 9.6 19.3 14.2 6.1 0.7 2.4 13.5 15.4 81 103 -0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.017
1999-00 33 NYK NBA 19 244 10.3 .440 .438 8.0 20.7 14.6 2.0 1.8 1.9 6.9 14.0 96 98 0.0 0.4 0.4 .086
Career NBA 737 15344 11.7 .516 .471 8.9 17.0 13.0 4.1 1.1 4.6 14.0 14.2 105 105 7.6 21.0 28.6 .089

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 3 3 0 .000 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.3
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 12 93 6 9 0 0 4 7 4 20 2 3 10 5 17 16 .667 .571 7.8 1.3 1.7 0.2
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 4 55 6 11 0 0 14 17 4 18 1 1 3 2 12 26 .545 .824 13.8 6.5 4.5 0.3
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 8 192 15 40 0 0 15 19 15 32 2 3 15 8 33 45 .375 .789 24.0 5.6 4.0 0.3
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 11 234 29 63 0 1 17 22 15 47 5 6 20 15 35 75 .460 .000 .773 21.3 6.8 4.3 0.5
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 3 101 12 28 0 0 7 9 3 12 1 2 2 6 12 31 .429 .778 33.7 10.3 4.0 0.3
Career NBA 42 683 68 153 0 1 57 74 44 135 12 15 50 39 112 193 .444 .000 .770 16.3 4.6 3.2 0.3

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
1988-89 22 PHO NBA 4 8 -10.0 .000 .000 37.2 39.1 38.2 13.3 0.0 0.0 60.0 24.1 42 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.428
1989-90 23 PHO NBA 12 93 9.3 .662 .667 5.1 17.6 11.9 2.8 1.6 6.4 29.3 7.8 102 102 0.0 0.2 0.2 .097
1990-91 24 PHO NBA 4 55 18.8 .703 .545 7.8 31.7 18.9 3.0 0.9 3.6 9.8 16.2 139 107 0.2 0.1 0.3 .237
1991-92 25 PHO NBA 8 192 6.8 .465 .375 9.3 10.3 9.8 1.3 0.8 4.8 14.2 12.2 100 114 0.0 0.1 0.1 .026
1993-94 27 ATL NBA 11 234 12.2 .516 .460 7.1 15.9 11.4 3.5 1.4 6.3 17.1 17.2 96 99 0.0 0.4 0.4 .082
1994-95 28 ATL NBA 3 101 6.9 .485 .429 3.2 10.6 6.7 2.0 1.1 1.6 15.8 17.6 90 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.037
Career NBA 42 683 9.8 .520 .444 7.3 15.3 11.2 2.7 1.1 4.9 17.4 14.6 99 107 -0.1 0.9 0.8 .057

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Andrew Lang 5.7 4.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.7 0.4 -0.1
Mel Counts 88.3 5.0 4.3 4.2 2.9 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.3
Benoit Benjamin 87.5 5.4 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.0
Otto Moore 86.9 5.0 4.7 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.3 0.9
Coby Dietrick 86.0 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0
Herb Williams 85.7 6.2 4.7 4.6 3.5 2.8 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.8
Greg Ostertag 85.2 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Joe Meriweather 84.2 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 0.8
Matt Geiger 84.0 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.7 -0.1
George Johnson 82.8 5.0 4.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.3
Kent Benson 82.7 6.4 5.2 4.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Andrew Lang 5.7 4.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.7 0.4 -0.1
Mel Counts 88.3 5.0 4.3 4.2 2.9 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.3
Otto Moore 86.9 5.0 4.7 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.3 0.9
Benoit Benjamin 86.7 5.4 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Coby Dietrick 86.0 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Greg Ostertag 85.2 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Joe Meriweather 84.2 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 0.8
Matt Geiger 84.0 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.7 -0.1
Will Perdue 82.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.5
Kent Benson 82.7 6.4 5.2 4.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.0
Clemon Johnson 82.3 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.2 0.9

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
1984-85 18 ARKANSAS 33 467 34 84 18 32 67 7 9 23 30 73 86 .405 .563 14.2 2.6 2.0 0.2
1985-86 19 ARKANSAS 26 694 88 189 37 61 168 13 15 65 41 103 213 .466 .607 26.7 8.2 6.5 0.5
1986-87 20 ARKANSAS 32 722 102 204 56 87 240 11 15 85 45 93 260 .500 .644 22.6 8.1 7.5 0.3
1987-88 21 ARKANSAS 30 743 126 239 27 60 218 10 13 79 50 87 279 .527 .450 24.8 9.3 7.3 0.3
Career 121 2626 350 716 138 240 693 41 52 252 166 356 838 .489 .575 21.7 6.9 5.7 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1984 McDonald's All American
Games
1993-94 NBA 82 (1)
1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
Blocks
1991-92 NBA 201 (9)
Career NBA 1099 (68)
Career 1099 (70)
Personal Fouls
1991-92 NBA 306 (3)
Blocks Per Game
1991-92 NBA 2.5 (10)
Career NBA 1.5 (47)
Career 1.5 (49)
Block Pct
1989-90 NBA 7.4 (2)
1990-91 NBA 6.3 (3)
1991-92 NBA 5.9 (5)
1992-93 NBA 4.5 (10)
1994-95 NBA 4.6 (10)
Career NBA 4.6 (27)
Career 4.6 (27)
Defensive Rating
1991-92 NBA 101.9 (6)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (987)
NBA Elo Player Rating
529th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:52AM
     

Transactions

December 29, 1987: Traded by the Golden State Warriors (as a 1988 2nd round draft pick) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Don Nelson (coach).

February 25, 1988: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1988 2nd round draft pick) with Craig Hodges to the Phoenix Suns for Jay Humphries.

June 28, 1988: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (28th pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1992: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with Jeff Hornacek and Tim Perry to the Philadelphia 76ers for Charles Barkley.

August 27, 1993: Released by the Philadelphia 76ers.

September 7, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

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

July 11, 1996: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1998 1st round draft pick (Rasho Nesterovic). This was the same 1st round draft pick that Minnesota had traded to Milwaukee for Stephon Marbury on 26 June 1996.

January 22, 1999: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Chicago Bulls for a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Andre Hutson).

September 28, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Phoenix Suns NBA $100,000
1990-91 Phoenix Suns NBA $600,000
1991-92 Phoenix Suns NBA $700,000
1992-93 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,040,000
1993-94 Atlanta Hawks NBA $1,228,000
1994-95 Atlanta Hawks NBA $1,596,000
1995-96 Atlanta Hawks NBA $1,964,000
1996-97 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $2,332,000
1997-98 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $2,700,000
1998-99 Chicago Bulls NBA $3,068,000
1999-00 New York Knicks NBA $510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $15,838,000

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