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Nate McMillan

Nathaniel McMillan (Nate, Mac)

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 3, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina
High School: Enloe in Raleigh, North Carolina
College: North Carolina State University

Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2nd round (6th pick, 30th overall) of the 1986 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 71 50 1972 143 301 .475 0 7 .000 87 141 .617 101 230 331 583 125 45 155 238 373
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 82 82 2453 235 496 .474 9 24 .375 145 205 .707 117 221 338 702 169 47 189 238 624
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 75 74 2341 199 485 .410 15 70 .214 119 189 .630 143 245 388 696 156 42 211 236 532
1989-90 25 SEA NBA 82 69 2338 207 438 .473 11 31 .355 98 153 .641 127 276 403 598 140 37 187 289 523
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 78 0 1434 132 305 .433 17 48 .354 57 93 .613 71 180 251 371 104 20 122 211 338
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 72 30 1652 177 405 .437 27 98 .276 54 84 .643 92 160 252 359 129 29 112 218 435
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 73 25 1977 213 459 .464 25 65 .385 95 134 .709 84 222 306 384 173 32 139 240 546
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 73 8 1887 177 396 .447 52 133 .391 31 55 .564 50 233 283 387 216 22 126 201 437
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 80 18 2070 166 397 .418 53 155 .342 34 58 .586 65 237 302 421 165 53 126 275 419
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 55 14 1261 100 238 .420 46 121 .380 29 41 .707 41 169 210 197 95 18 75 143 275
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 37 2 798 61 149 .409 28 84 .333 19 29 .655 15 103 118 140 58 6 32 78 169
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 18 1 279 23 67 .343 15 34 .441 1 1 1.000 13 27 40 55 14 4 12 41 62
Career NBA 796 373 20462 1833 4136 .443 298 870 .343 769 1183 .650 919 2303 3222 4893 1544 355 1486 2408 4733

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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 71 50 27.8 2.0 4.2 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.0 .617 1.4 3.2 4.7 8.2 1.8 0.6 2.2 3.4 5.3
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 82 82 29.9 2.9 6.0 .474 0.1 0.3 .375 1.8 2.5 .707 1.4 2.7 4.1 8.6 2.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 7.6
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 75 74 31.2 2.7 6.5 .410 0.2 0.9 .214 1.6 2.5 .630 1.9 3.3 5.2 9.3 2.1 0.6 2.8 3.1 7.1
1989-90 25 SEA NBA 82 69 28.5 2.5 5.3 .473 0.1 0.4 .355 1.2 1.9 .641 1.5 3.4 4.9 7.3 1.7 0.5 2.3 3.5 6.4
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 78 0 18.4 1.7 3.9 .433 0.2 0.6 .354 0.7 1.2 .613 0.9 2.3 3.2 4.8 1.3 0.3 1.6 2.7 4.3
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 72 30 22.9 2.5 5.6 .437 0.4 1.4 .276 0.8 1.2 .643 1.3 2.2 3.5 5.0 1.8 0.4 1.6 3.0 6.0
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 73 25 27.1 2.9 6.3 .464 0.3 0.9 .385 1.3 1.8 .709 1.2 3.0 4.2 5.3 2.4 0.4 1.9 3.3 7.5
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 73 8 25.8 2.4 5.4 .447 0.7 1.8 .391 0.4 0.8 .564 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.3 3.0 0.3 1.7 2.8 6.0
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 80 18 25.9 2.1 5.0 .418 0.7 1.9 .342 0.4 0.7 .586 0.8 3.0 3.8 5.3 2.1 0.7 1.6 3.4 5.2
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 55 14 22.9 1.8 4.3 .420 0.8 2.2 .380 0.5 0.7 .707 0.7 3.1 3.8 3.6 1.7 0.3 1.4 2.6 5.0
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 37 2 21.6 1.6 4.0 .409 0.8 2.3 .333 0.5 0.8 .655 0.4 2.8 3.2 3.8 1.6 0.2 0.9 2.1 4.6
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 18 1 15.5 1.3 3.7 .343 0.8 1.9 .441 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.7 1.5 2.2 3.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.3 3.4
Career NBA 796 373 25.7 2.3 5.2 .443 0.4 1.1 .343 1.0 1.5 .650 1.2 2.9 4.0 6.1 1.9 0.4 1.9 3.0 5.9

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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 71 50 1972 2.6 5.5 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.6 .617 1.8 4.2 6.0 10.6 2.3 0.8 2.8 4.3 6.8
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 82 82 2453 3.4 7.3 .474 0.1 0.4 .375 2.1 3.0 .707 1.7 3.2 5.0 10.3 2.5 0.7 2.8 3.5 9.2
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 75 74 2341 3.1 7.5 .410 0.2 1.1 .214 1.8 2.9 .630 2.2 3.8 6.0 10.7 2.4 0.6 3.2 3.6 8.2
1989-90 25 SEA NBA 82 69 2338 3.2 6.7 .473 0.2 0.5 .355 1.5 2.4 .641 2.0 4.2 6.2 9.2 2.2 0.6 2.9 4.4 8.1
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 78 0 1434 3.3 7.7 .433 0.4 1.2 .354 1.4 2.3 .613 1.8 4.5 6.3 9.3 2.6 0.5 3.1 5.3 8.5
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 72 30 1652 3.9 8.8 .437 0.6 2.1 .276 1.2 1.8 .643 2.0 3.5 5.5 7.8 2.8 0.6 2.4 4.8 9.5
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 73 25 1977 3.9 8.4 .464 0.5 1.2 .385 1.7 2.4 .709 1.5 4.0 5.6 7.0 3.2 0.6 2.5 4.4 9.9
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 73 8 1887 3.4 7.6 .447 1.0 2.5 .391 0.6 1.0 .564 1.0 4.4 5.4 7.4 4.1 0.4 2.4 3.8 8.3
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 80 18 2070 2.9 6.9 .418 0.9 2.7 .342 0.6 1.0 .586 1.1 4.1 5.3 7.3 2.9 0.9 2.2 4.8 7.3
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 55 14 1261 2.9 6.8 .420 1.3 3.5 .380 0.8 1.2 .707 1.2 4.8 6.0 5.6 2.7 0.5 2.1 4.1 7.9
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 37 2 798 2.8 6.7 .409 1.3 3.8 .333 0.9 1.3 .655 0.7 4.6 5.3 6.3 2.6 0.3 1.4 3.5 7.6
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 18 1 279 3.0 8.6 .343 1.9 4.4 .441 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.7 3.5 5.2 7.1 1.8 0.5 1.5 5.3 8.0
Career NBA 796 373 20462 3.2 7.3 .443 0.5 1.5 .343 1.4 2.1 .650 1.6 4.1 5.7 8.6 2.7 0.6 2.6 4.2 8.3

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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 71 1972 14.1 .514 .475 5.6 12.8 9.2 35.5 3.0 1.3 29.9 10.3 111 108 1.9 2.2 4.1
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 82 2453 15.9 .532 .483 5.2 10.4 7.7 35.9 3.3 1.2 24.4 12.7 114 106 3.4 3.1 6.5
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 75 2341 14.5 .468 .426 6.6 12.1 9.3 36.4 3.2 1.1 27.1 13.3 106 107 1.7 2.7 4.4
1989-90 25 SEA NBA 82 2338 14.4 .517 .485 6.1 14.4 10.1 32.7 3.0 1.0 27.0 12.4 110 107 2.3 2.6 4.9
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 78 1434 13.9 .489 .461 5.8 15.2 10.5 32.8 3.6 0.9 26.1 13.7 105 105 0.8 2.0 2.8
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 72 1652 14.5 .492 .470 6.3 11.4 8.8 29.2 3.9 1.1 20.2 14.1 109 106 1.5 2.2 3.7
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 73 1977 15.1 .527 .491 4.9 13.3 9.0 25.2 4.4 1.1 21.2 14.0 110 101 1.9 3.7 5.6
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 73 1887 15.5 .520 .513 3.1 14.7 8.9 27.3 5.8 0.8 23.1 12.4 107 95 1.5 4.5 6.0
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 80 2070 13.1 .496 .485 3.8 13.4 8.7 27.0 4.0 2.0 23.0 11.5 109 103 1.6 3.6 5.1
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 55 1261 12.9 .537 .517 4.0 15.1 9.8 22.5 3.9 1.1 22.7 11.7 109 98 1.0 2.7 3.7
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 37 798 14.1 .522 .503 2.3 15.5 8.9 25.8 3.9 0.6 16.5 11.1 117 100 1.1 1.5 2.6
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 18 279 12.7 .460 .455 5.7 11.4 8.6 28.6 2.7 1.1 15.1 13.2 113 103 0.4 0.3 0.8
Career NBA 796 20462 14.5 .508 .479 5.1 13.2 9.1 30.8 3.7 1.2 24.2 12.5 109 104 19.2 31.0 50.2

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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 14 356 27 62 0 0 17 24 13 54 112 14 10 26 42 71 .435 .708 25.4 5.1 3.9 8.0
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 5 127 12 35 0 1 9 14 6 21 33 2 3 8 11 33 .343 .000 .643 25.4 6.6 4.2 6.6
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 8 200 19 40 0 2 16 25 9 25 63 10 5 19 21 54 .475 .000 .640 25.0 6.8 3.1 7.9
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 5 95 6 23 0 2 2 4 6 18 22 6 1 3 15 14 .261 .000 .500 19.0 2.8 3.6 4.4
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 9 246 35 83 6 26 10 14 14 33 63 16 3 22 35 86 .422 .231 .714 27.3 9.6 3.7 7.0
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 19 415 35 103 5 24 16 30 21 67 103 40 11 25 54 91 .340 .208 .533 21.8 4.8 3.5 5.4
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 5 109 8 25 4 11 1 4 6 16 10 6 1 5 18 21 .320 .364 .250 21.8 4.2 3.2 2.0
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 4 113 8 23 1 8 2 2 7 18 29 10 2 7 13 19 .348 .125 1.000 28.3 4.8 4.5 7.3
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 19 385 28 69 19 40 9 14 13 70 52 23 5 20 34 84 .406 .475 .643 20.3 4.4 3.7 2.7
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 3 41 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 2 11 0 .000 .000 13.7 0.0 1.7 1.0
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 7 99 6 18 2 12 2 2 2 16 15 3 2 2 17 16 .333 .167 1.000 14.1 2.3 2.3 2.1
Career NBA 98 2186 184 483 37 128 84 133 98 343 505 131 43 139 271 489 .381 .289 .632 22.3 5.0 3.5 5.2

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
1986-87 22 SEA NBA 14 356 13.5 .489 .435 3.7 14.2 8.5 39.2 1.9 1.8 26.4 11.3 110 111 0.2 0.4 0.6
1987-88 23 SEA NBA 5 127 11.4 .401 .343 5.6 12.7 9.4 30.1 0.8 1.5 16.3 15.9 103 117 0.0 0.0 0.1
1988-89 24 SEA NBA 8 200 15.8 .529 .475 4.8 9.6 7.1 42.8 2.5 1.6 27.1 14.5 109 112 0.2 0.2 0.3
1990-91 26 SEA NBA 5 95 9.7 .283 .261 7.5 15.3 11.4 32.0 3.2 0.7 10.8 12.5 96 108 -0.1 0.1 0.1
1991-92 27 SEA NBA 9 246 15.2 .482 .458 7.0 9.7 8.3 37.7 3.4 0.8 19.8 19.6 108 114 0.2 0.2 0.3
1992-93 28 SEA NBA 19 415 15.3 .392 .364 5.6 13.8 9.4 34.7 5.2 1.9 17.7 15.0 101 103 0.1 0.7 0.8
1993-94 29 SEA NBA 5 109 7.4 .392 .400 6.1 10.6 8.3 15.6 3.0 0.7 15.7 13.5 88 101 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1994-95 30 SEA NBA 4 113 15.0 .398 .370 7.6 12.1 9.8 38.1 4.9 1.7 22.7 12.4 108 102 0.1 0.2 0.3
1995-96 31 SEA NBA 19 385 13.9 .559 .543 4.6 17.2 11.4 22.1 3.3 1.1 21.0 11.9 112 100 0.4 0.7 1.1
1996-97 32 SEA NBA 3 41 -3.0 .000 .000 2.7 11.5 7.0 9.7 1.3 0.0 50.0 4.4 50 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1997-98 33 SEA NBA 7 99 10.0 .424 .389 2.5 16.7 9.7 22.2 1.7 1.7 9.6 10.0 113 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 98 2186 13.3 .452 .419 5.2 13.5 9.3 32.1 3.2 1.4 20.4 13.6 106 108 1.1 2.7 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
1984-85 20 NCSTATE 33 973 94 207 64 95 189 169 59 35 86 92 252 .454 .674 29.5 7.6 5.7 5.1
1985-86 21 NCSTATE 34 1208 127 262 66 90 155 233 90 27 98 88 320 .485 .733 35.5 9.4 4.6 6.9
Career 67 2181 221 469 130 185 344 402 149 62 184 180 572 .471 .703 32.6 8.5 5.1 6.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1993-94 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1994-95 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1987-88 NBA 82 (3)
1989-90 NBA 82 (1)

Assists

1987-88 NBA 702 (6)
1988-89 NBA 696 (6)
Career NBA 4893 (51)
Career 4893 (53)

Steals

1987-88 NBA 169 (7)
1992-93 NBA 173 (7)
1993-94 NBA 216 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 165 (5)
Career NBA 1544 (28)
Career 1544 (30)

Assists Per Game

1986-87 NBA 8.2 (7)
1987-88 NBA 8.6 (6)
1988-89 NBA 9.3 (5)
Career NBA 6.1 (44)
Career 6.1 (45)

Steals Per Game

1987-88 NBA 2.1 (8)
1992-93 NBA 2.4 (4)
1993-94 NBA 3.0 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 2.1 (5)
Career NBA 1.9 (14)
Career 1.9 (16)

Assist Pct

1986-87 NBA 35.5 (7)
1987-88 NBA 35.9 (6)
1988-89 NBA 36.4 (6)
Career NBA 30.8 (47)
Career 30.8 (47)

Steal Pct

1986-87 NBA 3.0 (10)
1987-88 NBA 3.3 (6)
1988-89 NBA 3.2 (9)
1989-90 NBA 3.0 (8)
1991-92 NBA 3.9 (4)
1992-93 NBA 4.4 (1)
 1993-94 NBA 5.8 (1)
 1994-95 NBA 4.0 (2)
Career NBA 3.7 (3)
Career 3.7 (3)

Defensive Rating

1993-94 NBA 95.1 (3)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (649)
    

Transactions

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2nd round (30th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Seattle Supersonics NBA $129,000
1988-89 Seattle Supersonics NBA $159,000
1989-90 Seattle Supersonics NBA *$408,500
1990-91 Seattle Supersonics NBA $658,000
1991-92 Seattle Supersonics NBA $733,000
1992-93 Seattle Supersonics NBA $750,000
1993-94 Seattle Supersonics NBA $850,000
1994-95 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,060,000
1995-96 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,265,000
1996-97 Seattle Supersonics NBA $1,355,000
1997-98 Seattle Supersonics NBA $3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $10,867,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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