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Fat Lever

Lafayette Lever (Fat)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: August 18, 1960 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
High School: Pueblo in Tucson, Arizona
College: Arizona State University
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1982

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:52AM
All-Time Rank: #185. FAT LEVER… #186. Andrei Kirilenko… #187. Steve Francis… 

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 81 45 2020 256 594 .431 5 15 .333 116 159 .730 85 140 225 426 153 15 137 179 633
1983-84 23 POR NBA 81 22 2010 313 701 .447 3 15 .200 159 214 .743 96 122 218 372 135 31 125 178 788
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 82 82 2559 424 985 .430 6 24 .250 197 256 .770 147 264 411 613 202 30 203 226 1051
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 78 77 2616 468 1061 .441 12 38 .316 132 182 .725 136 284 420 584 178 15 210 204 1080
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 82 82 3054 643 1370 .469 22 92 .239 244 312 .782 216 513 729 654 201 34 167 219 1552
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 82 82 3061 643 1360 .473 12 57 .211 248 316 .785 203 462 665 639 223 21 182 214 1546
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 71 71 2745 558 1221 .457 23 66 .348 270 344 .785 187 475 662 559 195 20 157 178 1409
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 79 79 2832 568 1283 .443 36 87 .414 271 337 .804 230 504 734 517 168 13 156 172 1443
1990-91 30 DAL NBA 4 0 86 9 23 .391 0 3 .000 11 14 .786 3 12 15 12 6 3 10 5 29
1991-92 31 DAL NBA 31 5 884 135 349 .387 17 52 .327 60 80 .750 56 105 161 107 46 12 36 73 347
1993-94 33 DAL NBA 81 54 1947 227 557 .408 26 74 .351 75 98 .765 83 200 283 213 159 15 88 155 555
Career NBA 752 599 23814 4244 9504 .447 162 523 .310 1783 2312 .771 1442 3081 4523 4696 1666 209 1471 1803 10433

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 81 45 24.9 3.2 7.3 .431 0.1 0.2 .333 1.4 2.0 .730 1.0 1.7 2.8 5.3 1.9 0.2 1.7 2.2 7.8
1983-84 23 POR NBA 81 22 24.8 3.9 8.7 .447 0.0 0.2 .200 2.0 2.6 .743 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.6 1.7 0.4 1.5 2.2 9.7
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 82 82 31.2 5.2 12.0 .430 0.1 0.3 .250 2.4 3.1 .770 1.8 3.2 5.0 7.5 2.5 0.4 2.5 2.8 12.8
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 78 77 33.5 6.0 13.6 .441 0.2 0.5 .316 1.7 2.3 .725 1.7 3.6 5.4 7.5 2.3 0.2 2.7 2.6 13.8
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 82 82 37.2 7.8 16.7 .469 0.3 1.1 .239 3.0 3.8 .782 2.6 6.3 8.9 8.0 2.5 0.4 2.0 2.7 18.9
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 82 82 37.3 7.8 16.6 .473 0.1 0.7 .211 3.0 3.9 .785 2.5 5.6 8.1 7.8 2.7 0.3 2.2 2.6 18.9
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 71 71 38.7 7.9 17.2 .457 0.3 0.9 .348 3.8 4.8 .785 2.6 6.7 9.3 7.9 2.7 0.3 2.2 2.5 19.8
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 79 79 35.8 7.2 16.2 .443 0.5 1.1 .414 3.4 4.3 .804 2.9 6.4 9.3 6.5 2.1 0.2 2.0 2.2 18.3
1990-91 30 DAL NBA 4 0 21.5 2.3 5.8 .391 0.0 0.8 .000 2.8 3.5 .786 0.8 3.0 3.8 3.0 1.5 0.8 2.5 1.3 7.3
1991-92 31 DAL NBA 31 5 28.5 4.4 11.3 .387 0.5 1.7 .327 1.9 2.6 .750 1.8 3.4 5.2 3.5 1.5 0.4 1.2 2.4 11.2
1993-94 33 DAL NBA 81 54 24.0 2.8 6.9 .408 0.3 0.9 .351 0.9 1.2 .765 1.0 2.5 3.5 2.6 2.0 0.2 1.1 1.9 6.9
Career NBA 752 599 31.7 5.6 12.6 .447 0.2 0.7 .310 2.4 3.1 .771 1.9 4.1 6.0 6.2 2.2 0.3 2.0 2.4 13.9

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 81 45 2020 4.6 10.6 .431 0.1 0.3 .333 2.1 2.8 .730 1.5 2.5 4.0 7.6 2.7 0.3 2.4 3.2 11.3
1983-84 23 POR NBA 81 22 2010 5.6 12.6 .447 0.1 0.3 .200 2.8 3.8 .743 1.7 2.2 3.9 6.7 2.4 0.6 2.2 3.2 14.1
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 82 82 2559 6.0 13.9 .430 0.1 0.3 .250 2.8 3.6 .770 2.1 3.7 5.8 8.6 2.8 0.4 2.9 3.2 14.8
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 78 77 2616 6.4 14.6 .441 0.2 0.5 .316 1.8 2.5 .725 1.9 3.9 5.8 8.0 2.4 0.2 2.9 2.8 14.9
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 82 82 3054 7.6 16.1 .469 0.3 1.1 .239 2.9 3.7 .782 2.5 6.0 8.6 7.7 2.4 0.4 2.0 2.6 18.3
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 82 82 3061 7.6 16.0 .473 0.1 0.7 .211 2.9 3.7 .785 2.4 5.4 7.8 7.5 2.6 0.2 2.1 2.5 18.2
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 71 71 2745 7.3 16.0 .457 0.3 0.9 .348 3.5 4.5 .785 2.5 6.2 8.7 7.3 2.6 0.3 2.1 2.3 18.5
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 79 79 2832 7.2 16.3 .443 0.5 1.1 .414 3.4 4.3 .804 2.9 6.4 9.3 6.6 2.1 0.2 2.0 2.2 18.3
1990-91 30 DAL NBA 4 0 86 3.8 9.6 .391 0.0 1.3 .000 4.6 5.9 .786 1.3 5.0 6.3 5.0 2.5 1.3 4.2 2.1 12.1
1991-92 31 DAL NBA 31 5 884 5.5 14.2 .387 0.7 2.1 .327 2.4 3.3 .750 2.3 4.3 6.6 4.4 1.9 0.5 1.5 3.0 14.1
1993-94 33 DAL NBA 81 54 1947 4.2 10.3 .408 0.5 1.4 .351 1.4 1.8 .765 1.5 3.7 5.2 3.9 2.9 0.3 1.6 2.9 10.3
Career NBA 752 599 23814 6.4 14.4 .447 0.2 0.8 .310 2.7 3.5 .771 2.2 4.7 6.8 7.1 2.5 0.3 2.2 2.7 15.8

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 81 2020 14.8 .477 .435 4.7 7.8 6.2 28.2 3.6 0.4 17.1 16.1 104 103 1.7 2.6 4.4 .104
1983-84 23 POR NBA 81 2010 15.8 .495 .449 5.5 7.4 6.4 24.3 3.2 0.9 13.6 18.4 110 107 2.5 2.2 4.8 .114
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 82 2559 16.7 .479 .434 5.8 11.7 8.6 29.5 3.5 0.7 15.6 19.2 106 106 2.1 3.2 5.2 .098
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 78 2616 15.7 .473 .447 5.2 11.9 8.4 29.4 3.1 0.3 15.5 19.9 101 104 0.9 3.6 4.5 .082
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 82 3054 20.8 .515 .477 7.0 18.8 12.5 29.1 3.0 0.6 10.0 21.1 115 107 6.0 3.8 9.7 .153
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 82 3061 20.5 .516 .477 6.7 16.5 11.4 28.1 3.3 0.4 10.8 21.4 113 103 5.5 4.9 10.4 .163
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 71 2745 20.6 .513 .466 6.7 18.9 12.4 26.9 3.2 0.4 10.3 21.3 113 104 5.1 4.2 9.2 .161
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 79 2832 19.9 .504 .457 8.0 19.8 13.6 24.8 2.7 0.3 9.8 21.9 111 104 4.6 4.2 8.8 .149
1990-91 30 DAL NBA 4 86 13.5 .497 .391 4.0 15.9 9.9 19.5 3.6 2.2 25.5 20.2 91 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .014
1991-92 31 DAL NBA 31 884 14.9 .452 .411 6.5 13.1 9.7 19.0 2.6 0.8 8.6 20.4 104 109 0.5 0.8 1.3 .070
1993-94 33 DAL NBA 81 1947 13.2 .462 .431 4.5 12.5 8.2 16.6 4.1 0.5 12.8 15.0 102 106 0.7 2.1 2.9 .070
Career NBA 752 23814 17.8 .496 .455 6.1 14.5 10.1 26.4 3.2 0.5 12.3 19.7 109 105 29.4 31.7 61.2 .123

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 7 134 19 42 0 0 4 5 3 14 31 7 0 4 13 42 .452 .800 19.1 6.0 2.0 4.4
1983-84 23 POR NBA 5 75 8 30 2 3 8 10 10 15 9 4 0 3 6 26 .267 .667 .800 15.0 5.2 3.0 1.8
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 11 342 49 122 0 2 48 63 23 71 93 26 2 34 33 146 .402 .000 .762 31.1 13.3 6.5 8.5
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 10 347 59 131 8 14 17 24 15 48 53 20 2 23 33 143 .450 .571 .708 34.7 14.3 4.8 5.3
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 3 99 19 50 2 8 6 9 5 18 22 7 0 2 7 46 .380 .250 .667 33.0 15.3 6.0 7.3
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 7 273 45 98 3 7 26 33 16 65 49 13 4 4 15 119 .459 .429 .788 39.0 17.0 9.3 7.0
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 2 58 9 24 2 3 2 2 2 13 19 4 0 6 4 22 .375 .667 1.000 29.0 11.0 6.5 9.5
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 3 113 19 51 1 7 13 14 11 32 21 8 1 5 7 52 .373 .143 .929 37.7 17.3 10.7 7.0
Career NBA 48 1441 227 548 18 44 124 160 85 276 297 89 9 81 118 596 .414 .409 .775 30.0 12.4 5.8 6.2

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
1982-83 22 POR NBA 7 134 15.0 .475 .452 2.4 9.3 5.8 31.9 2.6 0.0 8.3 15.1 113 108 0.2 0.1 0.3 .112
1983-84 23 POR NBA 5 75 12.6 .378 .300 14.0 9.2 11.9 16.4 2.6 0.0 8.0 20.9 101 115 0.0 0.0 0.0 .022
1984-85 24 DEN NBA 11 342 16.8 .488 .402 6.7 16.3 11.1 32.5 3.4 0.3 18.5 20.2 106 107 0.2 0.5 0.7 .095
1985-86 25 DEN NBA 10 347 13.6 .505 .481 4.2 10.4 7.1 21.4 2.7 0.3 14.0 18.9 105 110 0.1 0.4 0.5 .071
1986-87 26 DEN NBA 3 99 16.4 .426 .400 4.4 14.8 8.9 30.4 3.1 0.0 3.6 21.1 104 122 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.001
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 7 273 21.1 .529 .474 5.9 20.7 12.8 25.3 2.3 0.9 3.4 17.5 127 110 0.8 0.3 1.0 .183
1988-89 28 DEN NBA 2 58 16.1 .442 .417 3.2 19.9 11.1 43.8 3.1 0.0 19.4 20.8 97 109 0.0 0.1 0.0 .025
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 3 113 18.5 .455 .382 8.9 19.4 13.8 25.3 3.1 0.4 8.0 21.3 106 112 0.1 0.1 0.2 .069
Career NBA 48 1441 16.5 .482 .431 5.8 15.0 10.1 27.3 2.8 0.4 11.6 19.1 109 110 1.3 1.4 2.8 .092

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 27 DEN NBA 1 1 31:00 7 14 .500 0 0 3 4 .750 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 17
1989-90 29 DEN NBA 1 0 22:00 7 13 .538 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 16
Career NBA 2 1 53 14 27 .519 0 2 .000 5 6 .833 0 7 5 2 0 0 4 33

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fat Lever 10.4 9.7 9.2 8.8 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.4 2.9 1.3 0.0
Jeff Mullins 89.7 10.0 9.9 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.5 2.3 0.8 -0.3
Mookie Blaylock 88.4 12.5 10.2 9.4 9.0 7.0 5.6 4.9 4.7 3.3 2.1 -0.3
Donnie Freeman 88.4 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Dale Ellis 87.6 10.8 9.3 9.0 7.6 6.4 6.4 4.8 3.2 2.4 1.6 1.5
Terrell Brandon 86.8 12.7 10.8 8.6 8.5 5.6 5.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 0.9
Archie Clark 86.5 11.4 11.0 8.1 7.9 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.0 2.7 1.7
Derek Harper 86.5 9.9 9.4 9.1 8.0 7.6 6.2 5.4 4.0 3.5 2.7 1.3
Walter Davis 86.2 10.1 9.4 8.3 8.1 7.1 6.2 5.8 4.2 3.8 2.7 0.6
Gus Williams 86.2 11.6 10.2 8.5 8.3 7.7 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.8 0.1
Dick Van Arsdale 86.0 10.4 10.2 9.0 8.7 7.0 5.9 5.6 5.2 4.0 3.8 2.6
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fat Lever 10.4 9.7 9.2 8.8 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.4 2.9 1.3 0.0
Jeff Mullins 89.1 10.0 9.9 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.5 2.3 0.9 0.8 -0.3
Donnie Freeman 88.4 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Terrell Brandon 86.8 12.7 10.8 8.6 8.5 5.6 5.1 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.9 0.9
Archie Clark 86.5 11.4 11.0 8.1 7.9 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.0 2.7 1.7
Gus Williams 86.2 11.6 10.2 8.5 8.3 7.7 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.8 0.1
Mookie Blaylock 85.4 12.5 10.2 9.4 9.0 7.0 5.6 4.9 4.7 3.5 3.3 2.1 -0.1 -0.3
Doug Christie 85.1 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.7 5.1 4.2 4.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
Andy Phillip 84.7 9.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 1.5
Paul Westphal 84.7 10.5 10.4 9.8 9.6 9.6 5.1 3.7 3.2 2.4 1.5 1.4 0.3
Billy Knight 84.6 10.7 8.4 8.3 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.4 0.4

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
1978-79 18 ARIZONAST 29 377 38 92 28 38 44 51 104 .413 .737 13.0 3.6 1.5 1.8
1979-80 19 ARIZONAST 29 974 98 220 72 103 125 141 268 .445 .699 33.6 9.2 4.3 4.9
1980-81 20 ARIZONAST 28 1038 120 259 84 116 138 147 324 .463 .724 37.1 11.6 4.9 5.3
1981-82 21 ARIZONAST 27 1032 162 357 117 143 146 105 441 .454 .818 38.2 16.3 5.4 3.9
Career 113 3421 418 928 301 400 453 444 1137 .450 .753 30.3 10.1 4.0 3.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1988 NBA
1990 NBA
Monthly Awards
Apr 1988: Player of the Month
Honors
1986-87 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1987-88 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1986-87 NBA 0.014 (9)
1987-88 NBA 0.032 (9)
Career 0.047 (100)
Games
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
Minutes Played
1986-87 NBA 3054 (9)
1987-88 NBA 3061 (6)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct
1989-90 NBA .414 (10)
Assists
1984-85 NBA 613 (8)
1985-86 NBA 584 (10)
1986-87 NBA 654 (8)
1987-88 NBA 639 (8)
Career NBA 4696 (58)
Career 4696 (60)
Steals
1982-83 NBA 153 (10)
1984-85 NBA 202 (3)
1985-86 NBA 178 (4)
1986-87 NBA 201 (5)
1987-88 NBA 223 (4)
1988-89 NBA 195 (6)
1989-90 NBA 168 (9)
1993-94 NBA 159 (10)
Career NBA 1666 (18)
Career 1666 (20)
Minutes Per Game
1988-89 NBA 38.7 (9)
Assists Per Game
1986-87 NBA 8.0 (9)
1987-88 NBA 7.8 (9)
Career NBA 6.2 (45)
Career 6.2 (46)
Steals Per Game
1982-83 NBA 1.9 (10)
1984-85 NBA 2.5 (3)
1985-86 NBA 2.3 (5)
1986-87 NBA 2.5 (6)
1987-88 NBA 2.7 (4)
1988-89 NBA 2.7 (4)
1989-90 NBA 2.1 (7)
Career NBA 2.2 (5)
Career 2.2 (6)
Assist Pct
Career NBA 26.4 (92)
Career 26.4 (94)
Steal Pct
1982-83 NBA 3.6 (2)
1983-84 NBA 3.2 (8)
1984-85 NBA 3.5 (4)
1985-86 NBA 3.1 (8)
1987-88 NBA 3.3 (5)
1993-94 NBA 4.1 (2)
Career NBA 3.2 (8)
Career 3.2 (10)
Defensive Win Shares
1987-88 NBA 4.9 (7)
Win Shares
1987-88 NBA 10.4 (9)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.058 (198)
NBA Elo Player Rating
185th (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:52AM
   

Transactions

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

June 7, 1984: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Wayne Cooper, Calvin Natt, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Blair Rasmussen) to the Denver Nuggets for Kiki Vandeweghe.

June 21, 1990: Traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Dallas Mavericks for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Willie Burton) and a 1991 1st round draft pick (LaBradford Smith).

September 2, 1994: Released by the Dallas Mavericks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $185,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $457,500
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $575,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,519,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,619,000
1992-93 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,802,000
1993-94 Dallas Mavericks NBA $2,203,000
Career (may be incomplete) $8,360,500

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