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John Long

John Eddie Long (Johnny)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 28, 1956 in Romulus, Michigan
High School: Romulus in Romulus, Michigan
College: University of Detroit Mercy

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (7th pick, 29th overall) of the 1978 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
1978-79 22 DET NBA 82 2498 581 1240 .469 157 190 .826 127 139 266 121 102 19 137 224 1319
1979-80 23 DET NBA 69 2364 588 1164 .505 1 12 .083 160 194 .825 152 185 337 206 129 26 206 221 1337
1980-81 24 DET NBA 59 1750 441 957 .461 2 11 .182 160 184 .870 95 102 197 106 95 22 151 164 1044
1981-82 25 DET NBA 69 66 2211 637 1294 .492 2 15 .133 238 275 .865 95 162 257 148 65 25 167 173 1514
1982-83 26 DET NBA 70 30 1485 312 692 .451 2 7 .286 111 146 .760 56 124 180 105 44 12 144 130 737
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 82 2514 545 1155 .472 1 5 .200 243 275 .884 139 150 289 205 93 18 143 199 1334
1984-85 28 DET NBA 66 55 1820 431 885 .487 5 15 .333 106 123 .862 81 109 190 130 71 14 98 139 973
1985-86 29 DET NBA 62 30 1176 264 548 .482 3 16 .188 89 104 .856 47 51 98 82 41 13 59 92 620
1986-87 30 IND NBA 80 68 2265 490 1170 .419 19 67 .284 219 246 .890 75 142 217 258 96 8 153 167 1218
1987-88 31 IND NBA 81 81 2022 417 879 .474 34 77 .442 166 183 .907 72 157 229 173 84 11 127 164 1034
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 68 0 919 147 359 .409 8 20 .400 70 76 .921 18 59 77 80 29 3 57 84 372
1988-89 32 IND NBA 44 0 767 128 319 .401 8 20 .400 59 63 .937 16 50 66 65 29 1 48 68 323
1988-89 32 DET NBA 24 0 152 19 40 .475 0 0 11 13 .846 2 9 11 15 0 2 9 16 49
1989-90 33 ATL NBA 48 19 1030 174 384 .453 10 29 .345 46 55 .836 26 57 83 85 45 5 75 66 404
1990-91 34 DET NBA 25 0 256 35 85 .412 2 6 .333 24 25 .960 9 23 32 18 9 2 14 17 96
1996-97 40 TOR NBA 32 0 370 46 117 .393 12 34 .353 25 28 .893 6 34 40 21 9 2 24 28 129
Career NBA 893 431 22680 5108 10929 .467 101 314 .322 1814 2104 .862 998 1494 2492 1738 912 180 1555 1868 12131

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
1978-79 22 DET NBA 82 30.5 7.1 15.1 .469 1.9 2.3 .826 1.5 1.7 3.2 1.5 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.7 16.1
1979-80 23 DET NBA 69 34.3 8.5 16.9 .505 0.0 0.2 .083 2.3 2.8 .825 2.2 2.7 4.9 3.0 1.9 0.4 3.0 3.2 19.4
1980-81 24 DET NBA 59 29.7 7.5 16.2 .461 0.0 0.2 .182 2.7 3.1 .870 1.6 1.7 3.3 1.8 1.6 0.4 2.6 2.8 17.7
1981-82 25 DET NBA 69 66 32.0 9.2 18.8 .492 0.0 0.2 .133 3.4 4.0 .865 1.4 2.3 3.7 2.1 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.5 21.9
1982-83 26 DET NBA 70 30 21.2 4.5 9.9 .451 0.0 0.1 .286 1.6 2.1 .760 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 2.1 1.9 10.5
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 82 30.7 6.6 14.1 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 3.0 3.4 .884 1.7 1.8 3.5 2.5 1.1 0.2 1.7 2.4 16.3
1984-85 28 DET NBA 66 55 27.6 6.5 13.4 .487 0.1 0.2 .333 1.6 1.9 .862 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.1 14.7
1985-86 29 DET NBA 62 30 19.0 4.3 8.8 .482 0.0 0.3 .188 1.4 1.7 .856 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.5 10.0
1986-87 30 IND NBA 80 68 28.3 6.1 14.6 .419 0.2 0.8 .284 2.7 3.1 .890 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.2 1.2 0.1 1.9 2.1 15.2
1987-88 31 IND NBA 81 81 25.0 5.1 10.9 .474 0.4 1.0 .442 2.0 2.3 .907 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.1 1.0 0.1 1.6 2.0 12.8
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 68 0 13.5 2.2 5.3 .409 0.1 0.3 .400 1.0 1.1 .921 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.2 5.5
1988-89 32 IND NBA 44 0 17.4 2.9 7.3 .401 0.2 0.5 .400 1.3 1.4 .937 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.0 1.1 1.5 7.3
1988-89 32 DET NBA 24 0 6.3 0.8 1.7 .475 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 .846 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 2.0
1989-90 33 ATL NBA 48 19 21.5 3.6 8.0 .453 0.2 0.6 .345 1.0 1.1 .836 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.8 0.9 0.1 1.6 1.4 8.4
1990-91 34 DET NBA 25 0 10.2 1.4 3.4 .412 0.1 0.2 .333 1.0 1.0 .960 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.7 3.8
1996-97 40 TOR NBA 32 0 11.6 1.4 3.7 .393 0.4 1.1 .353 0.8 0.9 .893 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.9 4.0
Career NBA 893 431 25.4 5.7 12.2 .467 0.1 0.4 .322 2.0 2.4 .862 1.1 1.7 2.8 1.9 1.0 0.2 1.7 2.1 13.6

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
1978-79 22 DET NBA 82 2498 8.4 17.9 .469 2.3 2.7 .826 1.8 2.0 3.8 1.7 1.5 0.3 2.0 3.2 19.0
1979-80 23 DET NBA 69 2364 9.0 17.7 .505 0.0 0.2 .083 2.4 3.0 .825 2.3 2.8 5.1 3.1 2.0 0.4 3.1 3.4 20.4
1980-81 24 DET NBA 59 1750 9.1 19.7 .461 0.0 0.2 .182 3.3 3.8 .870 2.0 2.1 4.1 2.2 2.0 0.5 3.1 3.4 21.5
1981-82 25 DET NBA 69 66 2211 10.4 21.1 .492 0.0 0.2 .133 3.9 4.5 .865 1.5 2.6 4.2 2.4 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.8 24.7
1982-83 26 DET NBA 70 30 1485 7.6 16.8 .451 0.0 0.2 .286 2.7 3.5 .760 1.4 3.0 4.4 2.5 1.1 0.3 3.5 3.2 17.9
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 82 2514 7.8 16.5 .472 0.0 0.1 .200 3.5 3.9 .884 2.0 2.1 4.1 2.9 1.3 0.3 2.0 2.8 19.1
1984-85 28 DET NBA 66 55 1820 8.5 17.5 .487 0.1 0.3 .333 2.1 2.4 .862 1.6 2.2 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.3 1.9 2.7 19.2
1985-86 29 DET NBA 62 30 1176 8.1 16.8 .482 0.1 0.5 .188 2.7 3.2 .856 1.4 1.6 3.0 2.5 1.3 0.4 1.8 2.8 19.0
1986-87 30 IND NBA 80 68 2265 7.8 18.6 .419 0.3 1.1 .284 3.5 3.9 .890 1.2 2.3 3.4 4.1 1.5 0.1 2.4 2.7 19.4
1987-88 31 IND NBA 81 81 2022 7.4 15.6 .474 0.6 1.4 .442 3.0 3.3 .907 1.3 2.8 4.1 3.1 1.5 0.2 2.3 2.9 18.4
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 68 0 919 5.8 14.1 .409 0.3 0.8 .400 2.7 3.0 .921 0.7 2.3 3.0 3.1 1.1 0.1 2.2 3.3 14.6
1988-89 32 IND NBA 44 0 767 6.0 15.0 .401 0.4 0.9 .400 2.8 3.0 .937 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.1 1.4 0.0 2.3 3.2 15.2
1988-89 32 DET NBA 24 0 152 4.5 9.5 .475 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.1 .846 0.5 2.1 2.6 3.6 0.0 0.5 2.1 3.8 11.6
1989-90 33 ATL NBA 48 19 1030 6.1 13.4 .453 0.3 1.0 .345 1.6 1.9 .836 0.9 2.0 2.9 3.0 1.6 0.2 2.6 2.3 14.1
1990-91 34 DET NBA 25 0 256 4.9 12.0 .412 0.3 0.8 .333 3.4 3.5 .960 1.3 3.2 4.5 2.5 1.3 0.3 2.0 2.4 13.5
1996-97 40 TOR NBA 32 0 370 4.5 11.4 .393 1.2 3.3 .353 2.4 2.7 .893 0.6 3.3 3.9 2.0 0.9 0.2 2.3 2.7 12.6
Career NBA 893 431 22680 8.1 17.3 .467 0.2 0.6 .322 2.9 3.3 .862 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.8 1.4 0.3 2.5 3.0 19.3

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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
1978-79 22 DET NBA 82 2498 13.6 .498 .469 5.1 6.0 5.5 6.9 1.8 0.4 9.4 22.3 103 108 2.2 1.4 3.6
1979-80 23 DET NBA 69 2364 16.4 .535 .506 6.7 8.3 7.5 13.0 2.4 0.6 14.2 23.7 104 110 2.4 1.2 3.6
1980-81 24 DET NBA 59 1750 15.6 .503 .462 6.0 7.2 6.5 10.7 2.6 0.7 12.7 27.5 99 106 0.6 1.8 2.4
1981-82 25 DET NBA 69 2211 17.4 .535 .493 4.6 8.3 6.4 11.0 1.4 0.6 10.6 27.9 107 109 3.1 1.6 4.7
1982-83 26 DET NBA 70 1485 10.8 .487 .452 3.8 8.9 6.3 10.1 1.3 0.4 16.0 23.4 93 108 -0.7 0.9 0.2
1983-84 27 DET NBA 82 2514 14.9 .523 .472 5.7 6.6 6.1 11.1 1.7 0.4 10.1 21.7 111 111 3.6 1.7 5.3
1984-85 28 DET NBA 66 1820 14.2 .518 .490 4.5 6.5 5.4 9.8 1.8 0.4 9.4 21.9 107 109 1.8 1.6 3.3
1985-86 29 DET NBA 62 1176 13.9 .522 .484 4.1 4.7 4.4 9.6 1.6 0.6 9.0 21.7 108 111 1.3 0.7 2.0
1986-87 30 IND NBA 80 2265 13.8 .476 .427 3.6 7.0 5.2 17.5 2.1 0.2 10.7 26.4 99 108 -0.3 2.3 2.1
1987-88 31 IND NBA 81 2022 15.2 .539 .494 3.9 8.5 6.2 12.9 2.0 0.3 11.7 22.7 107 109 2.0 1.9 3.9
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 68 919 9.5 .474 .421 2.3 6.8 4.7 12.5 1.5 0.2 12.7 20.5 97 113 -0.2 0.4 0.2
1988-89 32 IND NBA 44 767 9.7 .466 .414 2.5 6.8 4.8 12.4 1.8 0.1 12.2 21.5 96 113 -0.3 0.3 0.0
1988-89 32 DET NBA 24 152 8.2 .536 .475 1.6 6.4 4.1 13.5 0.0 0.8 16.4 15.4 105 110 0.1 0.1 0.2
1989-90 33 ATL NBA 48 1030 10.7 .495 .466 2.8 6.5 4.6 11.8 2.2 0.3 15.5 19.7 98 114 -0.1 0.4 0.2
1990-91 34 DET NBA 25 256 11.9 .500 .424 4.0 10.3 7.1 10.5 1.8 0.5 12.7 18.9 104 105 0.1 0.3 0.5
1996-97 40 TOR NBA 32 370 8.9 .499 .444 1.8 11.1 6.3 9.4 1.3 0.4 15.7 18.5 97 111 -0.1 0.2 0.1
Career NBA 893 22680 14.2 .512 .472 4.6 7.3 5.9 11.4 1.9 0.4 11.6 23.5 103 109 15.7 16.4 32.0

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
1983-84 27 DET NBA 5 149 20 55 0 1 15 15 7 11 2 7 0 10 15 55 .364 .000 1.000 29.8 11.0 2.2 0.4
1984-85 28 DET NBA 9 255 48 105 1 4 15 15 10 17 13 14 2 11 22 112 .457 .250 1.000 28.3 12.4 1.9 1.4
1985-86 29 DET NBA 1 13 2 5 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 .400 1.000 13.0 7.0 1.0 0.0
1986-87 30 IND NBA 4 109 16 52 1 6 11 13 2 6 9 6 0 5 16 44 .308 .167 .846 27.3 11.0 1.5 2.3
1988-89 32 DET NBA 4 8 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.000 1.000 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 23 534 87 218 2 11 47 49 19 35 24 28 2 28 54 223 .399 .182 .959 23.2 9.7 1.5 1.0

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
1983-84 27 DET NBA 5 149 6.7 .446 .364 5.0 3.1 4.1 1.9 2.2 0.0 14.0 19.2 92 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1984-85 28 DET NBA 9 255 11.7 .502 .462 4.0 3.0 3.5 6.7 2.6 0.4 9.0 18.8 106 115 0.1 0.1 0.3
1985-86 29 DET NBA 1 13 9.5 .554 .400 0.0 9.0 4.2 0.0 3.7 0.0 24.0 25.4 90 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986-87 30 IND NBA 4 109 6.2 .381 .317 2.3 4.5 3.4 14.4 2.9 0.0 8.0 26.9 83 106 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
1988-89 32 DET NBA 4 8 27.4 1.078 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 233 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 23 534 9.4 .465 .404 3.7 3.4 3.6 6.7 2.5 0.2 10.5 20.6 97 112 -0.3 0.4 0.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 82 (1)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1987-88 NBA .442 (3)

Free Throw Pct

1980-81 NBA .870 (6)
1981-82 NBA .866 (3)
1983-84 NBA .884 (2)
1986-87 NBA .890 (6)
1987-88 NBA .907 (3)
Career NBA .862 (24)
Career .862 (26)

Turnover Pct

1978-79 NBA 9.4 (3)
1983-84 NBA 10.1 (7)
Career NBA 11.6 (88)
Career 11.6 (93)

Usage Pct

1981-82 NBA 27.9 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (400)
    

Transactions

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (29th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

September 30, 1986: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Seattle Supersonics for a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks) and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Doug Overton).

October 2, 1986: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics with a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Spencer Dunkley) to the Indiana Pacers for Russ Schoene and Terence Stansbury.

February 21, 1989: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.

February 23, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

October 3, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

October 31, 1989: Waived by the Dallas Mavericks.

January 5, 1990: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Atlanta Hawks.

January 25, 1990: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Atlanta Hawks

January 25, 1991: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Detroit Pistons.

February 12, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

April 5, 1991: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

November 29, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors.

November 12, 1997: Retired from the Toronto Raptors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1980-81 Detroit Pistons NBA $65,000
1981-82 Detroit Pistons NBA *$131,250
1982-83 Detroit Pistons NBA *$197,500
1983-84 Detroit Pistons NBA *$263,750
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $330,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $350,000
1986-87 Indiana Pacers NBA *$362,500
1987-88 Indiana Pacers NBA $375,000
1988-89 Total NBA $375,000
1989-90 Atlanta Hawks NBA *$262,500
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $150,000
1996-97 Toronto Raptors NBA $205,200
1997-98 Toronto Raptors NBA $272,500
Career (may be incomplete) $3,340,200
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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