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Jeff Malone

Jeffrey Nigel Malone (Jeff)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 28, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama
High School: Southwest in Macon, Georgia
College: Mississippi State University

Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1983 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
1983-84 22 WSB NBA 81 2 1976 408 918 .444 24 74 .324 142 172 .826 57 98 155 151 23 13 110 162 982
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 76 61 2613 605 1213 .499 15 72 .208 211 250 .844 60 146 206 184 52 9 107 176 1436
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 80 80 2992 735 1522 .483 3 17 .176 322 371 .868 66 222 288 191 70 12 168 180 1795
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 80 79 2763 689 1509 .457 4 26 .154 376 425 .885 50 168 218 298 75 13 182 154 1758
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 80 80 2655 648 1360 .476 10 24 .417 335 380 .882 44 162 206 237 51 13 172 198 1641
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 76 75 2418 677 1410 .480 1 19 .053 296 340 .871 55 124 179 219 39 14 165 155 1651
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 75 74 2567 781 1592 .491 1 6 .167 257 293 .877 54 152 206 243 48 6 125 116 1820
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 69 69 2466 525 1034 .508 1 6 .167 231 252 .917 36 170 206 143 50 6 108 128 1282
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 81 81 2922 691 1353 .511 1 12 .083 256 285 .898 49 184 233 180 56 5 140 126 1639
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 79 59 2558 595 1205 .494 3 9 .333 236 277 .852 31 142 173 128 42 4 125 117 1429
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 77 73 2560 525 1081 .486 7 12 .583 205 247 .830 51 148 199 125 40 5 85 123 1262
1993-94 32 UTA NBA 50 50 1657 338 692 .488 3 6 .500 129 153 .843 28 87 115 66 26 5 57 77 808
1993-94 32 PHI NBA 27 23 903 187 389 .481 4 6 .667 76 94 .809 23 61 84 59 14 0 28 46 454
1994-95 33 PHI NBA 19 19 660 144 284 .507 11 28 .393 51 59 .864 11 44 55 29 15 0 29 35 350
1995-96 34 TOT NBA 32 3 510 76 193 .394 5 16 .313 29 32 .906 8 32 40 26 16 0 22 25 186
1995-96 34 PHI NBA 25 3 407 63 160 .394 5 16 .313 24 26 .923 8 24 32 19 13 0 19 19 155
1995-96 34 MIA NBA 7 0 103 13 33 .394 0 0 5 6 .833 0 8 8 7 3 0 3 6 31
Career NBA 905 755 29660 7099 14674 .484 86 321 .268 2947 3383 .871 572 1792 2364 2154 577 100 1538 1695 17231

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
1983-84 22 WSB NBA 81 2 24.4 5.0 11.3 .444 0.3 0.9 .324 1.8 2.1 .826 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.9 0.3 0.2 1.4 2.0 12.1
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 76 61 34.4 8.0 16.0 .499 0.2 0.9 .208 2.8 3.3 .844 0.8 1.9 2.7 2.4 0.7 0.1 1.4 2.3 18.9
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 80 80 37.4 9.2 19.0 .483 0.0 0.2 .176 4.0 4.6 .868 0.8 2.8 3.6 2.4 0.9 0.2 2.1 2.3 22.4
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 80 79 34.5 8.6 18.9 .457 0.1 0.3 .154 4.7 5.3 .885 0.6 2.1 2.7 3.7 0.9 0.2 2.3 1.9 22.0
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 80 80 33.2 8.1 17.0 .476 0.1 0.3 .417 4.2 4.8 .882 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.0 0.6 0.2 2.2 2.5 20.5
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 76 75 31.8 8.9 18.6 .480 0.0 0.3 .053 3.9 4.5 .871 0.7 1.6 2.4 2.9 0.5 0.2 2.2 2.0 21.7
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 75 74 34.2 10.4 21.2 .491 0.0 0.1 .167 3.4 3.9 .877 0.7 2.0 2.7 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.7 1.5 24.3
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 69 69 35.7 7.6 15.0 .508 0.0 0.1 .167 3.3 3.7 .917 0.5 2.5 3.0 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.6 1.9 18.6
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 81 81 36.1 8.5 16.7 .511 0.0 0.1 .083 3.2 3.5 .898 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.2 0.7 0.1 1.7 1.6 20.2
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 79 59 32.4 7.5 15.3 .494 0.0 0.1 .333 3.0 3.5 .852 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.6 1.5 18.1
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 77 73 33.2 6.8 14.0 .486 0.1 0.2 .583 2.7 3.2 .830 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.6 16.4
1993-94 32 UTA NBA 50 50 33.1 6.8 13.8 .488 0.1 0.1 .500 2.6 3.1 .843 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.5 16.2
1993-94 32 PHI NBA 27 23 33.4 6.9 14.4 .481 0.1 0.2 .667 2.8 3.5 .809 0.9 2.3 3.1 2.2 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.7 16.8
1994-95 33 PHI NBA 19 19 34.7 7.6 14.9 .507 0.6 1.5 .393 2.7 3.1 .864 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.5 0.8 0.0 1.5 1.8 18.4
1995-96 34 TOT NBA 32 3 15.9 2.4 6.0 .394 0.2 0.5 .313 0.9 1.0 .906 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.8 5.8
1995-96 34 PHI NBA 25 3 16.3 2.5 6.4 .394 0.2 0.6 .313 1.0 1.0 .923 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.8 6.2
1995-96 34 MIA NBA 7 0 14.7 1.9 4.7 .394 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 .833 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.9 4.4
Career NBA 905 755 32.8 7.8 16.2 .484 0.1 0.4 .268 3.3 3.7 .871 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.4 0.6 0.1 1.7 1.9 19.0

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
1983-84 22 WSB NBA 81 2 1976 7.4 16.7 .444 0.4 1.3 .324 2.6 3.1 .826 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.8 0.4 0.2 2.0 3.0 17.9
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 76 61 2613 8.3 16.7 .499 0.2 1.0 .208 2.9 3.4 .844 0.8 2.0 2.8 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.5 2.4 19.8
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 80 80 2992 8.8 18.3 .483 0.0 0.2 .176 3.9 4.5 .868 0.8 2.7 3.5 2.3 0.8 0.1 2.0 2.2 21.6
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 80 79 2763 9.0 19.7 .457 0.1 0.3 .154 4.9 5.5 .885 0.7 2.2 2.8 3.9 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.0 22.9
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 80 80 2655 8.8 18.4 .476 0.1 0.3 .417 4.5 5.2 .882 0.6 2.2 2.8 3.2 0.7 0.2 2.3 2.7 22.3
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 76 75 2418 10.1 21.0 .480 0.0 0.3 .053 4.4 5.1 .871 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.3 0.6 0.2 2.5 2.3 24.6
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 75 74 2567 11.0 22.3 .491 0.0 0.1 .167 3.6 4.1 .877 0.8 2.1 2.9 3.4 0.7 0.1 1.8 1.6 25.5
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 69 69 2466 7.7 15.1 .508 0.0 0.1 .167 3.4 3.7 .917 0.5 2.5 3.0 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.6 1.9 18.7
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 81 81 2922 8.5 16.7 .511 0.0 0.1 .083 3.2 3.5 .898 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.2 0.7 0.1 1.7 1.6 20.2
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 79 59 2558 8.4 17.0 .494 0.0 0.1 .333 3.3 3.9 .852 0.4 2.0 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 1.8 1.6 20.1
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 77 73 2560 7.4 15.2 .486 0.1 0.2 .583 2.9 3.5 .830 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.8 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.7 17.7
1993-94 32 UTA NBA 50 50 1657 7.3 15.0 .488 0.1 0.1 .500 2.8 3.3 .843 0.6 1.9 2.5 1.4 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.7 17.6
1993-94 32 PHI NBA 27 23 903 7.5 15.5 .481 0.2 0.2 .667 3.0 3.7 .809 0.9 2.4 3.3 2.4 0.6 0.0 1.1 1.8 18.1
1994-95 33 PHI NBA 19 19 660 7.9 15.5 .507 0.6 1.5 .393 2.8 3.2 .864 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.6 0.8 0.0 1.6 1.9 19.1
1995-96 34 TOT NBA 32 3 510 5.4 13.6 .394 0.4 1.1 .313 2.0 2.3 .906 0.6 2.3 2.8 1.8 1.1 0.0 1.6 1.8 13.1
1995-96 34 PHI NBA 25 3 407 5.6 14.2 .394 0.4 1.4 .313 2.1 2.3 .923 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.0 1.7 1.7 13.7
1995-96 34 MIA NBA 7 0 103 4.5 11.5 .394 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.1 .833 0.0 2.8 2.8 2.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 10.8
Career NBA 905 755 29660 8.6 17.8 .484 0.1 0.4 .268 3.6 4.1 .871 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.9 2.1 20.9

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 22 WSB NBA 81 1976 11.3 .494 .458 3.4 5.8 4.6 12.1 0.6 0.4 10.0 23.8 100 112 0.2 1.1 1.3
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 76 2613 15.0 .543 .505 2.5 6.3 4.3 10.7 1.0 0.2 7.5 22.8 109 109 3.4 2.3 5.7
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 80 2992 16.3 .533 .484 2.4 8.0 5.2 10.9 1.1 0.2 9.1 25.9 107 109 3.6 2.5 6.1
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 80 2763 17.0 .518 .458 1.9 6.6 4.2 17.9 1.3 0.3 9.7 27.3 109 112 3.8 1.8 5.6
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 80 2655 16.1 .537 .480 1.8 6.9 4.3 14.9 0.9 0.3 10.1 26.4 110 112 4.0 1.5 5.6
1988-89 27 WSB NBA 76 2418 16.7 .529 .480 2.4 5.8 4.0 14.9 0.8 0.3 9.6 28.6 107 113 3.2 0.9 4.1
1989-90 28 WSB NBA 75 2567 18.5 .529 .491 2.3 6.4 4.3 15.7 0.9 0.1 6.8 29.4 110 114 4.4 0.8 5.2
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 69 2466 14.4 .560 .508 1.8 7.6 4.9 9.7 1.0 0.2 8.6 22.5 110 110 3.1 2.0 5.1
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 81 2922 15.1 .554 .511 2.0 6.8 4.5 10.0 1.0 0.1 8.7 23.9 111 111 4.5 2.1 6.6
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 79 2558 13.7 .538 .495 1.4 6.1 3.9 8.2 0.8 0.1 8.6 24.4 107 113 2.4 1.2 3.6
1993-94 32 TOT NBA 77 2560 13.5 .530 .489 2.3 6.5 4.4 8.3 0.8 0.1 6.7 21.9 108 112 3.2 0.9 4.2
1993-94 32 UTA NBA 50 1657 12.9 .532 .491 2.0 6.0 4.0 6.6 0.8 0.2 7.0 21.8 108 110 1.9 1.0 2.9
1993-94 32 PHI NBA 27 903 14.7 .527 .486 2.8 7.4 5.1 11.3 0.8 0.0 6.1 22.1 110 115 1.3 0.0 1.3
1994-95 33 PHI NBA 19 660 15.9 .565 .526 1.9 7.8 4.9 8.3 1.2 0.0 8.6 22.9 113 114 1.1 0.2 1.3
1995-96 34 TOT NBA 32 510 8.8 .449 .407 1.8 7.4 4.5 9.0 1.6 0.0 9.6 20.1 93 114 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1995-96 34 PHI NBA 25 407 9.0 .452 .409 2.2 7.0 4.5 8.4 1.7 0.0 10.0 20.9 93 116 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
1995-96 34 MIA NBA 7 103 8.0 .435 .394 0.0 8.8 4.5 11.2 1.5 0.0 7.8 17.0 95 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 905 29660 15.2 .533 .487 2.2 6.7 4.4 12.0 1.0 0.2 8.7 25.1 108 111 36.7 17.5 54.2

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 22 WSB NBA 4 71 12 26 0 1 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 3 6 24 .462 .000 17.8 6.0 1.3 0.5
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 4 126 27 56 1 3 10 13 3 6 8 5 0 4 14 65 .482 .333 .769 31.5 16.3 1.5 2.0
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 5 197 42 103 0 2 26 29 4 16 17 7 3 11 13 110 .408 .000 .897 39.4 22.0 3.2 3.4
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 3 105 17 46 0 0 11 11 1 7 9 1 0 11 8 45 .370 1.000 35.0 15.0 2.3 3.0
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 5 199 50 97 0 1 28 37 3 17 11 5 5 14 16 128 .515 .000 .757 39.8 25.6 3.4 2.2
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 9 351 71 144 0 2 44 48 7 35 29 9 1 12 22 186 .493 .000 .917 39.0 20.7 3.9 3.2
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 16 610 134 275 1 3 62 72 12 39 31 8 2 26 33 331 .487 .333 .861 38.1 20.7 2.4 1.9
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 5 150 29 65 0 0 9 13 3 16 3 3 1 9 11 67 .446 .692 30.0 13.4 3.2 0.6
Career NBA 51 1809 382 812 2 12 190 223 35 141 110 39 12 90 123 956 .470 .167 .852 35.5 18.7 2.8 2.2

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 22 WSB NBA 4 71 6.7 .462 .462 3.8 5.4 4.6 4.6 0.8 0.0 10.3 19.5 89 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1984-85 23 WSB NBA 4 126 13.7 .527 .491 2.6 2.9 2.7 10.2 2.0 0.0 6.1 21.9 112 113 0.2 0.1 0.3
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 5 197 14.0 .475 .408 2.1 6.9 4.4 13.9 1.8 0.9 8.7 27.2 101 114 0.0 0.1 0.1
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 3 105 5.8 .443 .370 0.9 6.4 3.5 14.9 0.5 0.0 17.8 24.6 83 117 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1987-88 26 WSB NBA 5 199 19.1 .565 .515 1.8 8.3 5.1 11.2 1.3 1.5 11.0 28.8 111 112 0.3 0.2 0.5
1990-91 29 UTA NBA 9 351 16.0 .563 .493 2.4 8.7 5.7 13.8 1.3 0.2 6.8 22.2 117 110 0.6 0.4 1.0
1991-92 30 UTA NBA 16 610 14.2 .540 .489 2.5 5.4 4.0 9.3 0.7 0.2 7.8 24.8 111 119 0.7 0.1 0.8
1992-93 31 UTA NBA 5 150 9.7 .474 .446 2.3 9.9 6.1 3.9 1.1 0.4 11.3 25.1 92 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 51 1809 13.9 .525 .472 2.3 6.8 4.6 10.6 1.1 0.4 9.0 24.6 107 114 1.3 1.1 2.4

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 24 WSB NBA 1 0 12 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 6
1986-87 25 WSB NBA 1 0 13 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 6
Career NBA 2 0 25 6 10 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 1 3 6 1 0 1 1 12

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
1979-80 18 MISSST 27 781 139 303 42 51 90 39 12 2 39 87 320 .459 .824 28.9 11.9 3.3 1.4
1980-81 19 MISSST 27 999 219 447 105 128 113 43 19 1 55 85 543 .490 .820 37.0 20.1 4.2 1.6
1981-82 20 MISSST 27 1001 225 410 52 70 111 20 30 0 39 71 502 .549 .743 37.1 18.6 4.1 0.7
1982-83 21 MISSST 29 1070 323 608 131 159 106 66 26 2 49 62 777 .531 .824 36.9 26.8 3.7 2.3
Career 110 3851 906 1768 330 408 420 168 87 5 182 305 2142 .512 .809 35.0 19.5 3.8 1.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1986 NBA
1987 NBA

Honors

1983-84 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Minutes Played

1985-86 NBA 2992 (6)

Field Goals

1985-86 NBA 735 (7)
1989-90 NBA 781 (7)
1991-92 NBA 691 (8)
Career NBA 7099 (52)
Career 7099 (54)

Field Goal Attempts

1985-86 NBA 1522 (5)
1986-87 NBA 1509 (10)
1989-90 NBA 1592 (7)
Career NBA 14674 (60)
Career 14674 (64)

3-Pt Field Goals

1983-84 NBA 24 (7)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1983-84 NBA 74 (9)

Free Throw Pct

1985-86 NBA .868 (10)
1986-87 NBA .885 (8)
1987-88 NBA .882 (8)
1988-89 NBA .871 (10)
1990-91 NBA .917 (2)
1991-92 NBA .898 (5)
Career NBA .871 (19)
Career .871 (20)

Points

1985-86 NBA 1795 (8)
Career NBA 17231 (72)
Career 17231 (75)

Minutes Per Game

1985-86 NBA 37.4 (6)

Points Per Game

Career NBA 19.0 (71)
Career 19.0 (74)

Turnover Pct

1984-85 NBA 7.5 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 9.1 (3)
1986-87 NBA 9.7 (10)
1987-88 NBA 10.1 (9)
1989-90 NBA 6.8 (2)
1990-91 NBA 8.6 (7)
1991-92 NBA 8.7 (6)
1992-93 NBA 8.6 (8)
1993-94 NBA 6.7 (2)
Career NBA 8.7 (8)
Career 8.7 (9)

Usage Pct

1988-89 NBA 28.6 (8)
1989-90 NBA 29.4 (5)
Career NBA 25.1 (61)
Career 25.1 (65)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.016 (231)
    

Transactions

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

June 25, 1990: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Washington Bullets to the Utah Jazz; the Sacramento Kings traded Pervis Ellison to the Washington Bullets; and the Utah Jazz traded Bob Hansen, Eric Leckner, a 1990 1st round draft pick (Anthony Bonner), a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Walter Palmer) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Phil Henderson) to the Sacramento Kings.

February 24, 1994: Traded by the Utah Jazz with a 1994 1st round draft pick (B.J. Tyler) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Sean Green, Jeff Hornacek and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Junior Burrough).

January 4, 1996: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

February 12, 1996: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Miami Heat.

March 3, 1996: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Miami Heat

July 17, 1996: Released by the Miami Heat.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Washington Bullets NBA $211,000
1985-86 Washington Bullets NBA $231,000
1986-87 Washington Bullets NBA *$415,500
1987-88 Washington Bullets NBA $600,000
1988-89 Washington Bullets NBA $816,666
1989-90 Washington Bullets NBA *$865,833
1990-91 Utah Jazz NBA $915,000
1991-92 Utah Jazz NBA $1,580,000
1992-93 Utah Jazz NBA $1,980,000
1993-94 Total NBA $2,380,000
1994-95 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,930,000
1995-96 Total NBA $2,380,000
Career (may be incomplete) $14,304,999
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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