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JaVale McGee

\Ja-Veil\

JaVale Lindy McGee ▪ Twitter: @JaValeMcGee34

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: January 19, 1988 in Flint, Michigan
High School: Hales Franciscan in Chicago, Illinois
College: University of Nevada, Reno
Draft: Washington Wizards, 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall), 2008 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 2008
Age: 25 years, 125 days ▪ Experience: 5 years

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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
2008-09 21 WAS NBA C 75 14 1143 191 387 .494 0 0 107 162 .660 120 174 294 23 33 75 61 155 489
2009-10 22 WAS NBA C 60 19 968 156 307 .508 0 1 .000 74 116 .638 88 155 243 14 16 101 51 122 386
2010-11 23 WAS NBA C 79 75 2193 332 604 .550 0 3 .000 134 230 .583 223 411 634 38 41 193 102 232 798
2011-12 24 TOT NBA C 61 45 1535 307 552 .556 0 0 77 167 .461 163 314 477 31 35 132 87 166 691
2011-12 24 WAS NBA C 41 40 1124 214 400 .535 0 0 58 116 .500 127 235 362 25 25 101 68 118 486
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 20 5 411 93 152 .612 0 0 19 51 .373 36 79 115 6 10 31 19 48 205
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 79 0 1433 303 527 .575 1 1 1.000 110 186 .591 158 223 381 24 30 157 90 184 717
Career NBA 354 153 7272 1289 2377 .542 1 5 .200 502 861 .583 752 1277 2029 130 155 658 391 859 3081

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
2008-09 21 WAS NBA C 75 14 15.2 2.5 5.2 .494 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.2 .660 1.6 2.3 3.9 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.8 2.1 6.5
2009-10 22 WAS NBA C 60 19 16.1 2.6 5.1 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .638 1.5 2.6 4.1 0.2 0.3 1.7 0.9 2.0 6.4
2010-11 23 WAS NBA C 79 75 27.8 4.2 7.6 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.9 .583 2.8 5.2 8.0 0.5 0.5 2.4 1.3 2.9 10.1
2011-12 24 TOT NBA C 61 45 25.2 5.0 9.0 .556 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 .461 2.7 5.1 7.8 0.5 0.6 2.2 1.4 2.7 11.3
2011-12 24 WAS NBA C 41 40 27.4 5.2 9.8 .535 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.8 .500 3.1 5.7 8.8 0.6 0.6 2.5 1.7 2.9 11.9
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 20 5 20.6 4.7 7.6 .612 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.6 .373 1.8 4.0 5.8 0.3 0.5 1.6 1.0 2.4 10.3
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 79 0 18.1 3.8 6.7 .575 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.4 2.4 .591 2.0 2.8 4.8 0.3 0.4 2.0 1.1 2.3 9.1
Career NBA 354 153 20.5 3.6 6.7 .542 0.0 0.0 .200 1.4 2.4 .583 2.1 3.6 5.7 0.4 0.4 1.9 1.1 2.4 8.7

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
2008-09 21 WAS NBA C 75 14 1143 6.0 12.2 .494 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.1 .660 3.8 5.5 9.3 0.7 1.0 2.4 1.9 4.9 15.4
2009-10 22 WAS NBA C 60 19 968 5.8 11.4 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 4.3 .638 3.3 5.8 9.0 0.5 0.6 3.8 1.9 4.5 14.4
2010-11 23 WAS NBA C 79 75 2193 5.5 9.9 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.8 .583 3.7 6.7 10.4 0.6 0.7 3.2 1.7 3.8 13.1
2011-12 24 TOT NBA C 61 45 1535 7.2 12.9 .556 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.9 .461 3.8 7.4 11.2 0.7 0.8 3.1 2.0 3.9 16.2
2011-12 24 WAS NBA C 41 40 1124 6.9 12.8 .535 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.7 .500 4.1 7.5 11.6 0.8 0.8 3.2 2.2 3.8 15.6
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 20 5 411 8.1 13.3 .612 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.5 .373 3.2 6.9 10.1 0.5 0.9 2.7 1.7 4.2 18.0
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 79 0 1433 7.6 13.2 .575 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.8 4.7 .591 4.0 5.6 9.6 0.6 0.8 3.9 2.3 4.6 18.0
Career NBA 354 153 7272 6.4 11.8 .542 0.0 0.0 .200 2.5 4.3 .583 3.7 6.3 10.0 0.6 0.8 3.3 1.9 4.3 15.3

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
2008-09 21 WAS NBA C 75 1143 17.0 .534 .494 12.0 18.4 15.1 3.4 1.5 5.4 11.7 20.7 107 110 1.1 0.9 2.0 .084
2009-10 22 WAS NBA C 60 968 17.0 .539 .508 10.3 18.7 14.5 2.4 0.9 8.0 12.5 19.1 106 105 0.8 1.3 2.1 .105
2010-11 23 WAS NBA C 79 2193 17.4 .566 .550 11.2 22.2 16.5 2.8 1.0 6.7 12.6 16.3 111 106 2.7 2.5 5.3 .115
2011-12 24 TOT NBA C 61 1535 19.9 .552 .556 12.1 23.3 17.7 3.5 1.2 6.6 12.2 20.7 106 101 1.9 2.2 4.1 .127
2011-12 24 WAS NBA C 41 1124 19.6 .539 .535 12.6 23.8 18.2 3.9 1.2 6.9 13.1 20.7 104 101 1.2 1.6 2.8 .120
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 20 411 20.5 .588 .612 10.5 21.8 16.3 2.5 1.2 5.9 9.8 21.0 111 102 0.7 0.6 1.3 .148
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 79 1433 20.7 .589 .576 12.6 17.1 14.9 2.7 1.1 8.5 12.9 21.1 112 102 2.7 2.2 4.9 .163
Career NBA 354 7272 18.4 .559 .542 11.7 20.4 15.9 3.0 1.1 7.0 12.4 19.2 109 105 9.2 9.2 18.3 .121

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
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 7 0 181 23 53 .434 0 0 14 26 .538 23 44 67 5 5 22 4 21 60
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 6 2 112 18 31 .581 0 0 7 18 .389 17 14 31 0 4 6 11 17 43
Career NBA 13 2 293 41 84 .488 0 0 21 44 .477 40 58 98 5 9 28 15 38 103

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
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 7 0 25.9 3.3 7.6 .434 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.7 .538 3.3 6.3 9.6 0.7 0.7 3.1 0.6 3.0 8.6
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 6 2 18.7 3.0 5.2 .581 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.0 .389 2.8 2.3 5.2 0.0 0.7 1.0 1.8 2.8 7.2
Career NBA 13 2 22.5 3.2 6.5 .488 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.4 .477 3.1 4.5 7.5 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.2 2.9 7.9

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
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 7 0 181 4.6 10.5 .434 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.2 .538 4.6 8.8 13.3 1.0 1.0 4.4 0.8 4.2 11.9
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 6 2 112 5.8 10.0 .581 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.8 .389 5.5 4.5 10.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 3.5 5.5 13.8
Career NBA 13 2 293 5.0 10.3 .488 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.4 .477 4.9 7.1 12.0 0.6 1.1 3.4 1.8 4.7 12.7

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
2011-12 24 DEN NBA C 7 181 20.3 .466 .434 13.1 24.1 18.7 4.1 1.5 8.7 5.8 16.6 110 98 0.3 0.3 0.6 .159
2012-13 25 DEN NBA C 6 112 14.3 .552 .581 16.2 16.3 16.2 0.0 1.8 4.5 22.0 19.0 96 108 0.0 0.1 0.1 .030
Career NBA 13 293 18.0 .498 .488 14.3 21.1 17.7 2.5 1.6 7.1 12.7 17.5 104 102 0.3 0.4 0.7 .110

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 5 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5
JaVale McGee 5.3 4.9 4.1 2.1 2.0
Benoit Benjamin 92.4 5.4 5.1 4.0 2.0 1.1
Kevin Kunnert 91.2 5.1 4.8 4.1 2.6 1.0
Jason Collins 91.0 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.0
Lloyd Neal 90.7 4.8 4.7 4.3 2.9 1.8
John Gianelli 87.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 2.5 1.2
Mike Gminski 87.6 6.1 4.3 4.0 1.8 1.5
Alton Lister 87.5 5.5 5.3 4.0 3.8 1.7
Greg Ostertag 87.3 5.9 4.2 3.8 2.2 1.4
Steve Johnson 87.0 4.9 4.4 4.4 3.1 2.4
Herb Williams 86.4 6.2 4.6 3.5 2.8 2.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
JaVale McGee 5.3 4.9 4.1 2.1 2.0
Randy Denton 83.9 5.5 4.3 3.9 3.1 3.0 0.4
Jason Collins 83.5 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Kevin Kunnert 83.1 5.1 4.8 4.1 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.0
Roy Hibbert 80.9 6.2 6.1 4.1 3.6 2.1
Tim McCormick 80.3 6.0 4.6 3.9 3.8 2.0 1.1 0.2 -0.1
Nenad Krstic 79.8 5.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 1.9 1.7 -0.1
Blair Rasmussen 78.8 5.2 4.2 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0 -0.1
DeAndre Jordan 78.4 6.2 5.6 5.2 1.5 1.3
Joel Przybilla 77.7 6.6 4.7 4.3 2.3 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
Randy Breuer 74.8 5.1 4.5 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0

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
2006-07 19 NEVADA 33 330 45 75 2 3 16 34 72 3 108 .600 .667 .471 10.0 3.3 2.2 0.1
2007-08 20 NEVADA 33 902 189 357 14 42 74 141 242 20 466 .529 .333 .525 27.3 14.1 7.3 0.6
Career 66 1232 234 432 16 45 90 175 314 23 574 .542 .356 .514 18.7 8.7 4.8 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Blocks
2010-11 NBA 193 (2)
2011-12 NBA 132 (3)
2012-13 NBA 157 (6)
Field Goal Pct
2010-11 NBA .550 (7)
2011-12 NBA .556 (5)
2012-13 NBA .575 (3)
Blocks Per Game
2010-11 NBA 2.4 (2)
2011-12 NBA 2.2 (2)
2012-13 NBA 2.0 (8)
Effective Field Goal Pct
2011-12 NBA .556 (7)
2012-13 NBA .576 (6)
Block Pct
2010-11 NBA 6.7 (1)
 2011-12 NBA 6.6 (2)
      

Transactions

June 26, 2008: Drafted by the Washington Wizards in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2008 NBA Draft.

March 15, 2012: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Washington Wizards with Ronny Turiaf to the Denver Nuggets; the Denver Nuggets traded Nene to the Washington Wizards; the Los Angeles Clippers traded Brian Cook and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to the Washington Wizards; and the Washington Wizards traded Nick Young to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2008-09 Washington Wizards NBA $1,392,240
2009-10 Washington Wizards NBA $1,496,640
2010-11 Washington Wizards NBA $1,601,040
2011-12 Washington Wizards NBA $2,462,400
Career (may be incomplete) $6,952,320

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Denver Nuggets $10,000,000 $10,750,000 $11,250,000 $12,000,000
  • Signed July 18, 2012 for an assumed $44,000,000 for 4 years.

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