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Ronnie Lester

Ronnie Lester

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1959 in Canton, Mississippi
High School: Dunbar in Chicago, Illinois
College: University of Iowa

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1980 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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 8 83 10 24 .417 0 0 10 11 .909 3 3 6 7 2 0 9 5 30
1981-82 23 CHI NBA 75 74 2252 329 657 .501 4 8 .500 208 256 .813 75 138 213 362 80 14 185 158 870
1982-83 24 CHI NBA 65 38 1437 202 446 .453 0 5 .000 124 171 .725 46 126 172 332 51 6 134 121 528
1983-84 25 CHI NBA 43 3 687 78 188 .415 1 5 .200 75 87 .862 20 26 46 168 30 6 72 59 232
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 32 1 278 34 82 .415 0 1 .000 21 31 .677 4 22 26 80 15 3 32 25 89
1985-86 27 LAL NBA 27 0 222 26 52 .500 0 3 .000 15 19 .789 0 10 10 54 9 3 42 27 67
Career NBA 250 116 4959 679 1449 .469 5 22 .227 453 575 .788 148 325 473 1003 187 32 474 395 1816

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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 8 10.4 1.3 3.0 .417 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.4 .909 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.6 3.8
1981-82 23 CHI NBA 75 74 30.0 4.4 8.8 .501 0.1 0.1 .500 2.8 3.4 .813 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.8 1.1 0.2 2.5 2.1 11.6
1982-83 24 CHI NBA 65 38 22.1 3.1 6.9 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.6 .725 0.7 1.9 2.6 5.1 0.8 0.1 2.1 1.9 8.1
1983-84 25 CHI NBA 43 3 16.0 1.8 4.4 .415 0.0 0.1 .200 1.7 2.0 .862 0.5 0.6 1.1 3.9 0.7 0.1 1.7 1.4 5.4
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 32 1 8.7 1.1 2.6 .415 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .677 0.1 0.7 0.8 2.5 0.5 0.1 1.0 0.8 2.8
1985-86 27 LAL NBA 27 0 8.2 1.0 1.9 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.7 .789 0.0 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.3 0.1 1.6 1.0 2.5
Career NBA 250 116 19.8 2.7 5.8 .469 0.0 0.1 .227 1.8 2.3 .788 0.6 1.3 1.9 4.0 0.7 0.1 1.9 1.6 7.3

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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 8 83 4.3 10.4 .417 0.0 0.0 4.3 4.8 .909 1.3 1.3 2.6 3.0 0.9 0.0 3.9 2.2 13.0
1981-82 23 CHI NBA 75 74 2252 5.3 10.5 .501 0.1 0.1 .500 3.3 4.1 .813 1.2 2.2 3.4 5.8 1.3 0.2 3.0 2.5 13.9
1982-83 24 CHI NBA 65 38 1437 5.1 11.2 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.3 .725 1.2 3.2 4.3 8.3 1.3 0.2 3.4 3.0 13.2
1983-84 25 CHI NBA 43 3 687 4.1 9.9 .415 0.1 0.3 .200 3.9 4.6 .862 1.0 1.4 2.4 8.8 1.6 0.3 3.8 3.1 12.2
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 32 1 278 4.4 10.6 .415 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 4.0 .677 0.5 2.8 3.4 10.4 1.9 0.4 4.1 3.2 11.5
1985-86 27 LAL NBA 27 0 222 4.2 8.4 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 2.4 3.1 .789 0.0 1.6 1.6 8.8 1.5 0.5 6.8 4.4 10.9
Career NBA 250 116 4959 4.9 10.5 .469 0.0 0.2 .227 3.3 4.2 .788 1.1 2.4 3.4 7.3 1.4 0.2 3.4 2.9 13.2

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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 8 83 8.2 .520 .417 4.3 3.9 4.1 11.2 1.1 0.0 23.8 18.6 95 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981-82 23 CHI NBA 75 2252 13.8 .565 .504 4.0 6.7 5.4 22.9 1.7 0.3 19.4 17.8 109 111 2.6 1.3 3.9
1982-83 24 CHI NBA 65 1437 13.4 .506 .453 3.4 9.4 6.4 30.9 1.6 0.2 20.5 17.6 103 110 1.1 0.6 1.7
1983-84 25 CHI NBA 43 687 12.5 .513 .418 3.3 4.4 3.8 34.3 2.1 0.5 24.1 18.0 101 110 0.2 0.5 0.7
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 32 278 11.9 .465 .415 1.8 8.2 5.3 32.8 2.5 0.6 25.1 18.6 97 107 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1985-86 27 LAL NBA 27 222 6.7 .555 .500 0.0 4.9 2.6 28.6 1.9 0.7 41.0 18.6 83 108 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
Career NBA 250 4959 13.0 .533 .470 3.4 7.1 5.3 27.4 1.8 0.4 21.8 17.9 104 110 3.4 3.0 6.3

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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 5 42 7 18 0 1 5 7 5 6 4 2 0 5 4 19 .389 .000 .714 8.4 3.8 1.2 0.8
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 9 54 6 15 0 0 7 9 2 8 9 0 0 4 7 19 .400 .778 6.0 2.1 0.9 1.0
Career NBA 14 96 13 33 0 1 12 16 7 14 13 2 0 9 11 38 .394 .000 .750 6.9 2.7 1.0 0.9

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
1980-81 22 CHI NBA 5 42 11.9 .451 .389 12.9 2.9 8.2 14.0 2.4 0.0 19.2 26.1 92 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984-85 26 LAL NBA 9 54 8.6 .501 .400 4.4 11.1 8.1 17.8 0.0 0.0 17.4 16.5 106 113 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 14 96 10.0 .475 .394 8.1 7.5 8.1 16.2 1.0 0.0 18.4 20.7 99 112 0.0 0.1 0.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)

Transactions

June 10, 1980: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) to the Chicago Bulls for Kelvin Ransey and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Darnell Valentine).

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

November 16, 1984: Waived by the Chicago Bulls.

November 28, 1984: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

October 2, 1986: Sold by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Seattle Supersonics.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $120,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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