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Walter McCarty

Walter Lee McCarty

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: February 1, 1974 in Evansville, Indiana
High School: Harrison in Evansville, Indiana
College: University of Kentucky
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (19th pick, 19th overall), 1996 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1996

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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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 35 0 192 26 68 .382 4 14 .286 8 14 .571 8 15 23 13 7 9 17 38 64
1997-98 23 BOS NBA SF 82 64 2340 295 730 .404 54 175 .309 144 194 .742 141 223 364 177 110 44 141 274 788
1998-99 24 BOS NBA PF 32 4 659 64 177 .362 13 50 .260 40 57 .702 36 79 115 40 24 13 40 88 181
1999-00 25 BOS NBA PF 61 5 879 78 230 .339 34 110 .309 39 54 .722 33 77 110 70 24 23 67 83 229
2000-01 26 BOS NBA PF 60 3 478 45 126 .357 19 56 .339 22 28 .786 24 57 81 39 14 7 20 82 131
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 56 0 718 80 180 .444 39 99 .394 13 19 .684 32 96 128 41 18 7 22 83 212
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 82 8 1949 173 418 .414 91 248 .367 61 98 .622 64 224 288 106 78 28 67 188 498
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 77 23 1900 203 523 .388 137 366 .374 62 82 .756 28 211 239 124 72 22 91 179 605
2004-05 30 TOT NBA PF 72 0 906 95 235 .404 55 155 .355 15 29 .517 29 109 138 37 25 15 36 144 260
2004-05 30 BOS NBA PF 44 0 553 62 150 .413 30 90 .333 8 15 .533 21 56 77 26 15 9 17 85 162
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 28 0 353 33 85 .388 25 65 .385 7 14 .500 8 53 61 11 10 6 19 59 98
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 36 1 353 33 99 .333 10 45 .222 12 21 .571 15 53 68 23 8 5 19 52 88
Career NBA 593 108 10374 1092 2786 .392 456 1318 .346 416 596 .698 410 1144 1554 670 380 173 520 1211 3056

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 35 0 5.5 0.7 1.9 .382 0.1 0.4 .286 0.2 0.4 .571 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.8
1997-98 23 BOS NBA SF 82 64 28.5 3.6 8.9 .404 0.7 2.1 .309 1.8 2.4 .742 1.7 2.7 4.4 2.2 1.3 0.5 1.7 3.3 9.6
1998-99 24 BOS NBA PF 32 4 20.6 2.0 5.5 .362 0.4 1.6 .260 1.3 1.8 .702 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.8 5.7
1999-00 25 BOS NBA PF 61 5 14.4 1.3 3.8 .339 0.6 1.8 .309 0.6 0.9 .722 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.4 3.8
2000-01 26 BOS NBA PF 60 3 8.0 0.8 2.1 .357 0.3 0.9 .339 0.4 0.5 .786 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 2.2
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 56 0 12.8 1.4 3.2 .444 0.7 1.8 .394 0.2 0.3 .684 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.5 3.8
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 82 8 23.8 2.1 5.1 .414 1.1 3.0 .367 0.7 1.2 .622 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.8 2.3 6.1
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 77 23 24.7 2.6 6.8 .388 1.8 4.8 .374 0.8 1.1 .756 0.4 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.3 1.2 2.3 7.9
2004-05 30 TOT NBA PF 72 0 12.6 1.3 3.3 .404 0.8 2.2 .355 0.2 0.4 .517 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 2.0 3.6
2004-05 30 BOS NBA PF 44 0 12.6 1.4 3.4 .413 0.7 2.0 .333 0.2 0.3 .533 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.9 3.7
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 28 0 12.6 1.2 3.0 .388 0.9 2.3 .385 0.3 0.5 .500 0.3 1.9 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.7 2.1 3.5
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 36 1 9.8 0.9 2.8 .333 0.3 1.3 .222 0.3 0.6 .571 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.4 2.4
Career NBA 593 108 17.5 1.8 4.7 .392 0.8 2.2 .346 0.7 1.0 .698 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.0 5.2

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 35 0 192 4.9 12.7 .382 0.7 2.6 .286 1.5 2.6 .571 1.5 2.8 4.3 2.4 1.3 1.7 3.2 7.1 12.0
1997-98 23 BOS NBA SF 82 64 2340 4.5 11.2 .404 0.8 2.7 .309 2.2 3.0 .742 2.2 3.4 5.6 2.7 1.7 0.7 2.2 4.2 12.1
1998-99 24 BOS NBA PF 32 4 659 3.5 9.7 .362 0.7 2.7 .260 2.2 3.1 .702 2.0 4.3 6.3 2.2 1.3 0.7 2.2 4.8 9.9
1999-00 25 BOS NBA PF 61 5 879 3.2 9.4 .339 1.4 4.5 .309 1.6 2.2 .722 1.4 3.2 4.5 2.9 1.0 0.9 2.7 3.4 9.4
2000-01 26 BOS NBA PF 60 3 478 3.4 9.5 .357 1.4 4.2 .339 1.7 2.1 .786 1.8 4.3 6.1 2.9 1.1 0.5 1.5 6.2 9.9
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 56 0 718 4.0 9.0 .444 2.0 5.0 .394 0.7 1.0 .684 1.6 4.8 6.4 2.1 0.9 0.4 1.1 4.2 10.6
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 82 8 1949 3.2 7.7 .414 1.7 4.6 .367 1.1 1.8 .622 1.2 4.1 5.3 2.0 1.4 0.5 1.2 3.5 9.2
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 77 23 1900 3.8 9.9 .388 2.6 6.9 .374 1.2 1.6 .756 0.5 4.0 4.5 2.3 1.4 0.4 1.7 3.4 11.5
2004-05 30 TOT NBA PF 72 0 906 3.8 9.3 .404 2.2 6.2 .355 0.6 1.2 .517 1.2 4.3 5.5 1.5 1.0 0.6 1.4 5.7 10.3
2004-05 30 BOS NBA PF 44 0 553 4.0 9.8 .413 2.0 5.9 .333 0.5 1.0 .533 1.4 3.6 5.0 1.7 1.0 0.6 1.1 5.5 10.5
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 28 0 353 3.4 8.7 .388 2.5 6.6 .385 0.7 1.4 .500 0.8 5.4 6.2 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.9 6.0 10.0
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 36 1 353 3.4 10.1 .333 1.0 4.6 .222 1.2 2.1 .571 1.5 5.4 6.9 2.3 0.8 0.5 1.9 5.3 9.0
Career NBA 593 108 10374 3.8 9.7 .392 1.6 4.6 .346 1.4 2.1 .698 1.4 4.0 5.4 2.3 1.3 0.6 1.8 4.2 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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 35 192 6.4 .431 .412 5.2 9.1 7.2 11.5 1.9 3.8 18.6 21.9 83 100 -0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.007
1997-98 23 BOS NBA SF 82 2340 11.6 .483 .441 6.5 12.3 9.2 11.9 2.4 1.5 14.7 17.7 100 106 0.8 2.2 2.9 .060
1998-99 24 BOS NBA PF 32 659 8.9 .448 .398 6.0 13.9 9.8 9.3 1.9 1.4 16.5 16.4 91 102 -0.2 0.7 0.5 .035
1999-00 25 BOS NBA PF 61 879 7.2 .451 .413 4.1 10.5 7.1 11.6 1.4 1.9 20.9 15.8 87 107 -0.7 0.6 -0.2 -0.009
2000-01 26 BOS NBA PF 60 478 9.2 .474 .433 5.6 14.5 9.9 13.5 1.5 1.1 12.6 15.0 101 105 0.3 0.4 0.7 .067
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 56 718 11.5 .563 .553 4.8 15.0 9.8 9.4 1.3 0.8 10.5 13.3 112 103 0.9 0.9 1.8 .122
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 82 1949 10.8 .540 .523 3.6 13.4 8.4 9.2 2.1 1.1 12.7 12.6 106 102 1.6 2.5 4.1 .101
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 77 1900 10.9 .541 .519 1.7 12.5 7.2 10.6 2.0 0.9 14.0 15.6 102 105 1.3 1.6 2.9 .073
2004-05 30 TOT NBA PF 72 906 8.2 .525 .521 3.8 13.0 8.6 6.0 1.4 1.2 12.7 13.9 102 108 0.3 0.8 1.1 .058
2004-05 30 BOS NBA PF 44 553 9.0 .517 .513 4.5 11.6 8.1 7.2 1.4 1.2 9.8 14.1 106 108 0.4 0.4 0.8 .068
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 28 353 6.9 .538 .535 2.5 15.3 9.2 4.1 1.4 1.1 17.2 13.6 97 107 0.0 0.3 0.3 .042
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 36 353 5.9 .407 .384 5.2 16.7 11.2 9.8 1.2 1.1 14.9 16.7 85 104 -0.5 0.5 0.0 -0.001
Career NBA 593 10374 10.1 .501 .474 4.4 12.9 8.6 10.3 1.9 1.3 14.6 15.4 99 105 3.5 10.3 13.7 .064

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 2 0 4 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 14 0 194 17 38 .447 3 18 .167 7 9 .778 8 26 34 4 4 0 4 19 44
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 10 8 352 36 75 .480 21 52 .404 6 7 .857 10 33 43 22 8 5 11 35 99
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 4 4 127 11 23 .478 6 15 .400 0 0 3 18 21 8 2 2 4 7 28
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 8 0 55 2 9 .222 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 6 6 3 2 2 1 13 6
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 8 0 10 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Career NBA 46 12 742 69 151 .457 32 92 .348 13 18 .722 21 84 105 37 17 9 20 76 183

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 2 0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 14 0 13.9 1.2 2.7 .447 0.2 1.3 .167 0.5 0.6 .778 0.6 1.9 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.4 3.1
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 10 8 35.2 3.6 7.5 .480 2.1 5.2 .404 0.6 0.7 .857 1.0 3.3 4.3 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.1 3.5 9.9
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 4 4 31.8 2.8 5.8 .478 1.5 3.8 .400 0.0 0.0 0.8 4.5 5.3 2.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.8 7.0
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 8 0 6.9 0.3 1.1 .222 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.6 0.8
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 8 0 1.3 0.1 0.5 .250 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
Career NBA 46 12 16.1 1.5 3.3 .457 0.7 2.0 .348 0.3 0.4 .722 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.7 4.0

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 2 0 4 18.0 18.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 14 0 194 3.2 7.1 .447 0.6 3.3 .167 1.3 1.7 .778 1.5 4.8 6.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 3.5 8.2
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 10 8 352 3.7 7.7 .480 2.1 5.3 .404 0.6 0.7 .857 1.0 3.4 4.4 2.3 0.8 0.5 1.1 3.6 10.1
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 4 4 127 3.1 6.5 .478 1.7 4.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.9 5.1 6.0 2.3 0.6 0.6 1.1 2.0 7.9
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 8 0 55 1.3 5.9 .222 1.3 3.9 .333 0.0 1.3 .000 0.0 3.9 3.9 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.7 8.5 3.9
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 8 0 10 3.6 14.4 .250 0.0 3.6 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2
Career NBA 46 12 742 3.3 7.3 .457 1.6 4.5 .348 0.6 0.9 .722 1.0 4.1 5.1 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 3.7 8.9

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
1996-97 22 NYK NBA PF 2 4 58.9 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.7 0.0 0.0 24.3 200 83 0.0 0.0 0.0 .567
2001-02 27 BOS NBA PF 14 194 8.9 .524 .487 4.7 14.8 9.8 3.5 1.1 0.0 8.7 11.1 108 101 0.2 0.2 0.4 .104
2002-03 28 BOS NBA SF 10 352 11.9 .634 .620 3.3 10.6 7.0 10.9 1.2 1.1 12.3 12.0 118 105 0.5 0.4 0.9 .123
2003-04 29 BOS NBA PF 4 127 11.5 .609 .609 2.8 15.5 9.4 12.3 0.8 1.1 14.8 10.0 111 112 0.2 -0.1 0.1 .033
2004-05 30 PHO NBA PF 8 55 1.4 .304 .333 0.0 11.6 6.1 6.6 1.9 2.5 9.2 8.8 75 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.035
2005-06 31 LAC NBA SF 8 10 -5.5 .250 .250 0.0 10.7 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.1 58 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.154
Career NBA 46 742 10.3 .576 .563 3.3 12.6 8.0 8.7 1.2 0.9 11.2 11.3 111 106 0.8 0.6 1.4 .090

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Walter McCarty 4.1 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2
George Johnson 87.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.0
Mike Sanders 84.9 3.9 3.1 2.7 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.1
Jason Caffey 84.6 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3
Danny Vranes 83.7 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.6
Toby Kimball 83.6 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.0
Don Ford 82.9 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.0 1.5 0.6 -0.1
Marreese Speights 82.2 3.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 1.7
Luke Walton 82.0 3.8 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.4
Lawrence Funderburke 81.6 3.7 3.1 2.1 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Jarron Collins 80.9 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 -0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Walter McCarty 4.1 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.2
George Johnson 87.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.0
Jason Caffey 84.6 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3
Danny Vranes 83.7 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.6
Toby Kimball 83.6 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.0
Don Ford 82.9 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.0 1.5 0.6 -0.1
Marreese Speights 82.2 3.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 1.7
Luke Walton 82.0 3.8 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.4
Lawrence Funderburke 81.6 3.7 3.1 2.1 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Jarron Collins 80.9 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 -0.1
Scott Padgett 80.6 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.1

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
1993-94 19 KENTUCKY 34 484 72 153 19 50 31 56 131 39 20 19 49 60 194 .471 .380 .554 14.2 5.7 3.9 1.1
1994-95 20 KENTUCKY 33 744 128 251 28 77 61 84 185 50 27 38 53 96 345 .510 .364 .726 22.5 10.5 5.6 1.5
1995-96 21 KENTUCKY 36 888 152 280 28 60 75 104 206 92 44 51 81 117 407 .543 .467 .721 24.7 11.3 5.7 2.6
Career 103 2116 352 684 75 187 167 244 522 181 91 108 183 273 946 .515 .401 .684 20.5 9.2 5.1 1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games
1997-98 NBA 82 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 82 (2)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (1071)

Transactions

November 7, 1994: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 1996 1st round draft pick) with Kevin Willis to the Miami Heat for Grant Long, Steve Smith and a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Joe Vogel).

September 1, 1995: Traded by the Miami Heat (as a 1996 1st round draft pick) to the New York Knicks for Pat Riley (coach).

June 26, 1996: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1996 NBA Draft.

October 22, 1997: Traded by the New York Knicks with Scott Brooks, Dontae' Jones and John Thomas to the Boston Celtics for Chris Mills, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (DeMarco Johnson) and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Lavor Postell).

February 8, 2005: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Phoenix Suns for a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Aaron Gray).

September 29, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1996-97 New York Knicks NBA $750,000
1997-98 Boston Celtics NBA $862,560
1998-99 Boston Celtics NBA $975,000
1999-00 Boston Celtics NBA $2,500,000
2000-01 Boston Celtics NBA $2,670,000
2001-02 Boston Celtics NBA $3,125,000
2002-03 Boston Celtics NBA $762,435
2003-04 Boston Celtics NBA $1,200,000
2004-05 Boston Celtics NBA $1,337,500
2005-06 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,035,000
Career (may be incomplete) $15,217,495

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