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Rodney McCray

Rodney Earl McCray

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-7    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: August 29, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York
High School: Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, New York
College: University of Louisville

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd 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 HOU NBA 79 36 2081 335 672 .499 1 4 .250 182 249 .731 173 277 450 176 53 54 120 205 853
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 82 82 3001 476 890 .535 0 6 .000 231 313 .738 201 338 539 355 90 75 178 215 1183
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 82 82 2610 338 629 .537 0 3 .000 171 222 .770 159 361 520 292 50 58 130 197 847
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 81 81 3136 432 783 .552 0 9 .000 306 393 .779 190 388 578 434 88 53 208 172 1170
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 81 80 2689 359 746 .481 0 4 .000 288 367 .785 232 399 631 264 57 51 144 166 1006
1988-89 27 SAC NBA 68 65 2435 340 729 .466 5 22 .227 169 234 .722 143 371 514 293 57 36 168 121 854
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 82 82 3238 537 1043 .515 11 42 .262 273 348 .784 192 477 669 377 60 70 174 176 1358
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 74 68 2561 336 679 .495 13 39 .333 159 198 .803 153 407 560 259 70 51 129 203 844
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 75 48 2106 271 622 .436 25 85 .294 110 153 .719 149 319 468 219 48 30 115 180 677
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 64 5 1019 92 204 .451 2 5 .400 36 52 .692 53 105 158 81 12 15 53 99 222
Career NBA 768 629 24876 3516 6997 .503 57 219 .260 1925 2529 .761 1645 3442 5087 2750 585 493 1419 1734 9014

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 HOU NBA 79 36 26.3 4.2 8.5 .499 0.0 0.1 .250 2.3 3.2 .731 2.2 3.5 5.7 2.2 0.7 0.7 1.5 2.6 10.8
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 82 82 36.6 5.8 10.9 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .738 2.5 4.1 6.6 4.3 1.1 0.9 2.2 2.6 14.4
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 82 82 31.8 4.1 7.7 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.7 .770 1.9 4.4 6.3 3.6 0.6 0.7 1.6 2.4 10.3
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 81 81 38.7 5.3 9.7 .552 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.9 .779 2.3 4.8 7.1 5.4 1.1 0.7 2.6 2.1 14.4
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 81 80 33.2 4.4 9.2 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.5 .785 2.9 4.9 7.8 3.3 0.7 0.6 1.8 2.0 12.4
1988-89 27 SAC NBA 68 65 35.8 5.0 10.7 .466 0.1 0.3 .227 2.5 3.4 .722 2.1 5.5 7.6 4.3 0.8 0.5 2.5 1.8 12.6
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 82 82 39.5 6.5 12.7 .515 0.1 0.5 .262 3.3 4.2 .784 2.3 5.8 8.2 4.6 0.7 0.9 2.1 2.1 16.6
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 74 68 34.6 4.5 9.2 .495 0.2 0.5 .333 2.1 2.7 .803 2.1 5.5 7.6 3.5 0.9 0.7 1.7 2.7 11.4
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 75 48 28.1 3.6 8.3 .436 0.3 1.1 .294 1.5 2.0 .719 2.0 4.3 6.2 2.9 0.6 0.4 1.5 2.4 9.0
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 64 5 15.9 1.4 3.2 .451 0.0 0.1 .400 0.6 0.8 .692 0.8 1.6 2.5 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.5 3.5
Career NBA 768 629 32.4 4.6 9.1 .503 0.1 0.3 .260 2.5 3.3 .761 2.1 4.5 6.6 3.6 0.8 0.6 1.8 2.3 11.7

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 HOU NBA 79 36 2081 5.8 11.6 .499 0.0 0.1 .250 3.1 4.3 .731 3.0 4.8 7.8 3.0 0.9 0.9 2.1 3.5 14.8
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 82 82 3001 5.7 10.7 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .738 2.4 4.1 6.5 4.3 1.1 0.9 2.1 2.6 14.2
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 82 82 2610 4.7 8.7 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.1 .770 2.2 5.0 7.2 4.0 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.7 11.7
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 81 81 3136 5.0 9.0 .552 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.5 .779 2.2 4.5 6.6 5.0 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.0 13.4
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 81 80 2689 4.8 10.0 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.9 .785 3.1 5.3 8.4 3.5 0.8 0.7 1.9 2.2 13.5
1988-89 27 SAC NBA 68 65 2435 5.0 10.8 .466 0.1 0.3 .227 2.5 3.5 .722 2.1 5.5 7.6 4.3 0.8 0.5 2.5 1.8 12.6
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 82 82 3238 6.0 11.6 .515 0.1 0.5 .262 3.0 3.9 .784 2.1 5.3 7.4 4.2 0.7 0.8 1.9 2.0 15.1
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 74 68 2561 4.7 9.5 .495 0.2 0.5 .333 2.2 2.8 .803 2.2 5.7 7.9 3.6 1.0 0.7 1.8 2.9 11.9
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 75 48 2106 4.6 10.6 .436 0.4 1.5 .294 1.9 2.6 .719 2.5 5.5 8.0 3.7 0.8 0.5 2.0 3.1 11.6
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 64 5 1019 3.3 7.2 .451 0.1 0.2 .400 1.3 1.8 .692 1.9 3.7 5.6 2.9 0.4 0.5 1.9 3.5 7.8
Career NBA 768 629 24876 5.1 10.1 .503 0.1 0.3 .260 2.8 3.7 .761 2.4 5.0 7.4 4.0 0.8 0.7 2.1 2.5 13.0

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 HOU NBA 79 2081 14.4 .546 .499 9.0 14.3 11.6 10.8 1.2 1.4 13.3 17.1 112 109 2.7 1.9 4.6
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 82 3001 15.5 .576 .535 7.5 12.6 10.0 15.0 1.4 1.4 14.8 15.9 117 107 5.3 3.3 8.5
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 82 2610 13.6 .583 .537 6.5 15.1 10.7 13.6 0.9 1.2 15.2 12.8 118 109 4.2 2.1 6.3
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 81 3136 15.7 .612 .552 6.7 13.4 10.1 18.7 1.3 1.0 17.9 15.2 118 107 5.6 3.8 9.4
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 81 2689 15.1 .554 .481 9.1 15.4 12.3 13.1 1.0 1.1 13.7 15.7 116 107 4.4 3.2 7.6
1988-89 27 SAC NBA 68 2435 13.1 .513 .470 6.2 16.6 11.3 16.9 1.1 0.9 16.8 16.8 103 110 1.1 1.8 2.9
1989-90 28 SAC NBA 82 3238 16.7 .568 .520 6.7 16.6 11.7 17.4 0.9 1.3 12.7 18.3 114 110 5.4 2.5 7.9
1990-91 29 DAL NBA 74 2561 14.6 .551 .504 6.8 18.1 12.5 14.7 1.4 1.2 14.4 15.5 112 109 3.1 2.3 5.3
1991-92 30 DAL NBA 75 2106 12.6 .491 .456 7.3 16.6 11.8 15.7 1.2 0.9 14.3 16.4 104 111 1.0 1.5 2.5
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 64 1019 7.6 .489 .456 5.8 12.3 8.9 10.1 0.6 1.0 18.9 11.9 101 110 0.1 0.8 0.9
Career NBA 768 24876 14.4 .556 .507 7.2 15.2 11.2 15.1 1.1 1.1 14.9 15.8 113 109 32.7 23.3 56.0

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
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 5 181 19 34 0 0 15 23 9 30 11 6 1 13 17 53 .559 .652 36.2 10.6 6.0 2.2
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 20 835 108 202 0 3 43 58 23 118 125 18 19 37 45 259 .535 .000 .741 41.8 13.0 5.9 6.3
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 10 436 57 101 0 2 43 54 32 83 56 5 9 26 21 157 .564 .000 .796 43.6 15.7 8.3 5.6
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 4 159 12 31 0 1 8 12 15 27 9 4 3 7 12 32 .387 .000 .667 39.8 8.0 6.8 2.3
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 7 39 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 13 5 0 1 4 4 2 .167 5.6 0.3 1.9 0.7
Career NBA 46 1650 197 374 0 6 109 147 81 271 206 33 33 87 99 503 .527 .000 .741 35.9 10.9 5.9 4.5

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
1984-85 23 HOU NBA 5 181 9.6 .601 .559 4.3 11.6 7.7 7.7 1.5 0.3 22.8 11.8 105 103 0.0 0.3 0.4
1985-86 24 HOU NBA 20 835 13.1 .569 .535 3.0 12.2 7.6 19.0 1.0 1.3 14.0 12.8 118 109 1.1 1.0 2.1
1986-87 25 HOU NBA 10 436 15.5 .629 .564 8.8 12.7 10.8 18.4 0.6 1.2 17.2 14.7 123 111 0.8 0.5 1.3
1987-88 26 HOU NBA 4 159 8.2 .441 .387 10.1 8.6 9.4 7.7 1.3 1.2 16.2 11.5 101 114 0.0 0.1 0.1
1992-93 31 CHI NBA 7 39 2.4 .167 .167 6.3 34.3 20.4 16.2 0.0 1.8 40.0 11.8 55 104 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Career NBA 46 1650 12.6 .573 .527 5.4 12.4 8.9 16.4 1.0 1.2 16.5 13.0 116 109 1.8 2.0 3.8

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 LOUISVILLE 36 1178 107 197 66 102 269 72 31 63 94 100 280 .543 .647 32.7 7.8 7.5 2.0
1980-81 19 LOUISVILLE 30 917 114 194 60 90 222 77 41 42 50 77 288 .588 .667 30.6 9.6 7.4 2.6
1981-82 20 LOUISVILLE 33 961 112 196 59 84 234 86 38 43 67 71 283 .571 .702 29.1 8.6 7.1 2.6
1982-83 21 LOUISVILLE 36 1197 152 259 92 124 304 121 41 30 72 81 396 .587 .742 33.3 11.0 8.4 3.4
Career 135 4253 485 846 277 400 1029 356 151 178 283 329 1247 .573 .693 31.5 9.2 7.6 2.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1987-88 NBA All-Defensive (1st)

Games

1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
1989-90 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1984-85 NBA 3001 (10)
1986-87 NBA 3136 (2)
1989-90 NBA 3238 (1)

Field Goal Pct

1986-87 NBA .552 (9)
Career NBA .502 (91)
Career .502 (93)

Minutes Per Game

1986-87 NBA 38.7 (5)
1989-90 NBA 39.5 (1)

True Shooting Pct

1986-87 NBA .612 (10)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1986-87 NBA .552 (10)

Offensive Rating

Career NBA 112.7 (86)
Career 112.7 (88)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.003 (340)
      

Transactions

October 3, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Terry Furlow.

September 2, 1982: Sent to the Houston Rockets (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with Caldwell Jones as compensation for the Philadelphia 76ers signing Moses Malone as a veteran free agent.

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

October 11, 1988: Traded by the Houston Rockets with Jim Petersen to the Sacramento Kings for Otis Thorpe.

June 26, 1990: Traded by the Sacramento Kings with a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Phil Henderson) and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Mike Iuzzolino) to the Dallas Mavericks for Bill Wennington, a 1990 1st round draft pick (Duane Causwell) and a 1990 1st round draft pick (Travis Mays).

September 18, 1992: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Chicago Bulls; the Chicago Bulls traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Darnell Robinson) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks; the Chicago Bulls traded Byron Houston to the Golden State Warriors; and the Golden State Warriors traded a 1994 1st round draft pick (Tony Dumas) to the Dallas Mavericks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Houston Rockets NBA $360,000
1985-86 Houston Rockets NBA $495,000
1986-87 Houston Rockets NBA *$710,000
1987-88 Houston Rockets NBA $925,000
1988-89 Sacramento Kings NBA $925,000
1989-90 Sacramento Kings NBA *$955,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $985,000
1991-92 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,025,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $1,075,000
Career (may be incomplete) $7,455,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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