Scooter McCray

Carlton Lamont McCray (Scooter)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: February 8, 1960 in Mount Vernon, New York
High School: Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, New York
College: University of Louisville
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 2nd round (12th pick, 36th overall), 1983 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Rodney McCray

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	47	6	520	47	121	.388	35	50	.700	45	70	115	44	11	19	34	73	129
1984-85	24	SEA	NBA	PF	6	0	93	6	10	.600	3	4	.750	6	11	17	7	1	3	10	13	15
1986-87	26	CLE	NBA	PF	24	2	279	30	65	.462	20	41	.488	19	39	58	23	9	4	24	28	80
Career			NBA		77	8	892	83	196	.423	58	95	.611	70	120	190	74	21	26	68	114	224

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	47	6	11.1	1.0	2.6	.388	0.7	1.1	.700	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.6	2.7
1984-85	24	SEA	NBA	PF	6	0	15.5	1.0	1.7	.600	0.5	0.7	.750	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.2	0.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.5
1986-87	26	CLE	NBA	PF	24	2	11.6	1.3	2.7	.462	0.8	1.7	.488	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.3
Career			NBA		77	8	11.6	1.1	2.5	.423	0.8	1.2	.611	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	47	6	520	3.3	8.4	.388	2.4	3.5	.700	3.1	4.8	8.0	3.0	0.8	1.3	2.4	5.1	8.9
1984-85	24	SEA	NBA	PF	6	0	93	2.3	3.9	.600	1.2	1.5	.750	2.3	4.3	6.6	2.7	0.4	1.2	3.9	5.0	5.8
1986-87	26	CLE	NBA	PF	24	2	279	3.9	8.4	.462	2.6	5.3	.488	2.5	5.0	7.5	3.0	1.2	0.5	3.1	3.6	10.3
Career			NBA		77	8	892	3.3	7.9	.423	2.3	3.8	.611	2.8	4.8	7.7	3.0	0.8	1.0	2.7	4.6	9.0

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
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	47	520	8.7	.451	.388	9.9	15.2	12.6	10.8	1.0	2.0	19.2	14.1	95	108	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.032
1984-85	24	SEA	NBA	PF	6	93	4.8	.638	.600	7.5	13.7	10.6	9.8	0.5	1.8	46.0	9.8	84	110	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.012
1986-87	26	CLE	NBA	PF	24	279	8.7	.482	.462	7.4	15.0	11.2	11.1	1.5	0.8	22.4	15.4	91	107	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.018
Career			NBA		77	892	8.3	.471	.423	8.8	15.0	11.9	10.8	1.1	1.6	22.2	14.1	93	108	-0.5	0.9	0.4	.023

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
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	4		38	4	6	.667	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	3	3	6	3	1	0	0	8	8
Career			NBA		4		38	4	6	.667	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	3	3	6	3	1	0	0	8	8

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
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	4		9.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
Career			NBA		4		9.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0

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
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	4		38	3.8	5.7	.667	0.0	0.9	.000	0.0	0.9	.000	2.8	2.8	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	7.6	7.6
Career			NBA		4		38	3.8	5.7	.667	0.0	0.9	.000	0.0	0.9	.000	2.8	2.8	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	7.6	7.6

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
1983-84	23	SEA	NBA	PF	4	38	10.9	.621	.667	8.9	8.2	8.6	10.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	7.7	144	108	0.1	0.0	0.1	.162
Career			NBA		4	38	10.9	.621	.667	8.9	8.2	8.6	10.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	7.7	144	108	0.1	0.0	0.1	.162

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 3 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3
Scooter McCray		0.3	0.1	0.0
Joe Courtney	79.8	0.4	0.1	0.0
Bob Bigelow	74.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	73.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
David Vaughn	73.2	0.4	0.1	-0.1
Adrian Caldwell	71.0	0.4	0.1	0.0
Easy Parham	63.7	0.3	0.1	0.0
Anthony Frederick	59.3	0.5	0.2	0.0
Larry Spriggs	56.4	0.5	0.1	0.0
Alando Tucker	52.1	0.2	0.1	0.0
Devin Ebanks	50.3	0.4	0.3	-0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Scooter McCray		0.3	0.1	0.0
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	71.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Bigelow	64.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Easy Parham	63.7	0.3	0.1	0.0
Ken Durrett	60.9	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
Anthony Frederick	59.3	0.5	0.2	0.0
Alando Tucker	52.1	0.2	0.1	0.0
Devin Ebanks	50.3	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Joe Courtney	50.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Lazar Hayward	49.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1
Eddie Mast	48.4	0.4	0.1	-0.2

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	LOUISVILLE	32	954	123	256			77	107		209						323	.480		.720	29.8	10.1	6.5
1979-80	19	LOUISVILLE	3	58	5	11			4	6		11		0	3	10	6	14	.455		.667	19.3	4.7	3.7
1980-81	20	LOUISVILLE	30	682	92	217			43	83		168		30	33	72	60	227	.424		.518	22.7	7.6	5.6
1981-82	21	LOUISVILLE	30	472	37	96			24	34		101		18	23	43	51	98	.385		.706	15.7	3.3	3.4
1982-83	22	LOUISVILLE	36	1165	132	287			65	98		232		45	57	80	95	329	.460		.663	32.4	9.1	6.4
Career			131	3331	389	867			213	328		721		93	116	205	212	991	.449		.649	25.4	7.6	5.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1978 McDonald's All American

Honors

1978 McDonald's All American

Transactions

October 22, 1982: Traded by the New York Knicks (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) to the Indiana Pacers for Louis Orr.

October 25, 1982: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Brad Branson.

June 27, 1983: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Lonnie Shelton.

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2nd round (36th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

November 13, 1984: Waived by the Seattle SuperSonics.

September 30, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

February 10, 1987: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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