Gary Leonard

Gary Francis Leonard

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-1 ▪ Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois
High School: East in Belleville, Illinois
College: University of Missouri
Draft: Minnesota Timberwolves, 2nd round (7th pick, 34th overall), 1989 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 17, 1989

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1989-90	22	MIN	NBA	C	22	127	13	31	.419	1	.000	6	14	.429	10	17	27	1	3	9	8	26	32
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	4	9	0	0		0		2	4	.500	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
1991-92	24	ATL	NBA	C	5	13	4	6	.667	0		2	2	1.000	3	2	5	1	1	0	1	3	10
Career			NBA		31	149	17	37	.459	1	.000	10	20	.500	13	21	34	2	4	10	9	31	44

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1989-90	22	MIN	NBA	C	22	5.8	0.6	1.4	.419	.000	0.3	0.6	.429	0.5	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.5
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	4	2.3	0.0	0.0			0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5
1991-92	24	ATL	NBA	C	5	2.6	0.8	1.2	.667		0.4	0.4	1.000	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.0
Career			NBA		31	4.8	0.5	1.2	.459	.000	0.3	0.6	.500	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1989-90	22	MIN	NBA	C	22	127	3.7	8.8	.419	0.3	.000	1.7	4.0	.429	2.8	4.8	7.7	0.3	0.9	2.6	2.3	7.4	9.1
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	4	9	0.0	0.0		0.0		8.0	16.0	.500	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	8.0
1991-92	24	ATL	NBA	C	5	13	11.1	16.6	.667	0.0		5.5	5.5	1.000	8.3	5.5	13.8	2.8	2.8	0.0	2.8	8.3	27.7
Career			NBA		31	149	4.1	8.9	.459	0.2	.000	2.4	4.8	.500	3.1	5.1	8.2	0.5	1.0	2.4	2.2	7.5	10.6

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
1989-90	22	MIN	NBA	C	22	127	6.2	.431	.419	8.9	17.1	12.8	1.2	1.2	4.7	17.7	15.7	84	106	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.010
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	4	9	8.7	.568		0.0	25.1	12.1	0.0	0.0	6.7	0.0	8.1	122	106	0.0	0.0	0.0	.114
1991-92	24	ATL	NBA	C	5	13	32.4	.727	.667	24.0	16.7	20.4	13.5	3.8	0.0	12.7	25.0	139	105	0.1	0.0	0.1	.355
Career			NBA		31	149	8.6	.480	.459	9.7	17.6	13.4	2.2	1.4	4.4	16.4	16.0	93	106	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.029

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
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	2	0	5	2	2	1.000	0	0		0	0		0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Career			NBA		2	0	5	2	2	1.000	0	0		0	0		0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4

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
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	2	0	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Career			NBA		2	0	2.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

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
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	2	0	5	14.4	14.4	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	14.4	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.8
Career			NBA		2	0	5	14.4	14.4	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	14.4	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.8

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
1990-91	23	ATL	NBA	C	2	5	39.5	1.000	1.000	0.0	40.9	20.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.6	200	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	.347
Career			NBA		2	5	39.5	1.000	1.000	0.0	40.9	20.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.6	200	105	0.0	0.0	0.0	.347

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 3 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3
Gary Leonard		0.1	0.0	0.0
Keith Tower	62.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Nate Bowman	56.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
Greg Kite	38.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje	34.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Dan O'Sullivan	10.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
Chris Engler	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Robert Werdann	-1.9	0.2	0.0	-0.1
Rich King	-2.9	0.2	0.1	0.0
Joe Cooper	-4.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
Jawann Oldham	-17.5	0.3	0.0	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Gary Leonard		0.1	0.0	0.0
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje	34.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Dan O'Sullivan	4.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Robert Werdann	-1.9	0.2	0.0	-0.1
Joe Cooper	-4.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
Tom Riker	-25.5	0.2	0.2	0.0
Oleksiy Pecherov	-41.3	0.5	0.1	0.0
Patrick O'Bryant	-41.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Geert Hammink	-43.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rich King	-51.8	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Paul Davis	-53.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			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
1985-86	18	MISSOURI	34	685	67	141			35	80		123		14	17	59	62	169	.475		.438	20.1	5.0	3.6
1986-87	19	MISSOURI	32	416	60	113			22	35		99		4	24	33	55	142	.531		.629	13.0	4.4	3.1
1987-88	20	MISSOURI	29	339	59	94			35	76		100		10	12	30	52	153	.628		.461	11.7	5.3	3.4
1988-89	21	MISSOURI	37	776	160	270			65	113		205		17	42	57	87	385	.593		.575	21.0	10.4	5.5
Career			132	2216	346	618			157	304		527		45	95	179	256	849	.560		.516	16.8	6.4	4.0

Transactions

June 21, 1987: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 1989 2nd round draft pick) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Scott Skiles.

June 15, 1989: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1989 2nd round draft pick) to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minnesota agreed to select Mark Davis in the expansion draft.

June 27, 1989: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (34th pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.

November 1, 1990: Waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

January 7, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

March 1, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

October 3, 1991: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

January 2, 1992: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1990-91	Atlanta Hawks	NBA	$200,000
1991-92	Atlanta Hawks	NBA	$130,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$330,000

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