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Ron Mercer

Ronald Eugene Mercer (Ron)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 18, 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee
High School: Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
College: University of Kentucky
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1997 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 1997

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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
1997-98 21 BOS NBA SG 80 62 2662 515 1145 .450 3 28 .107 188 224 .839 109 171 280 176 125 17 132 213 1221
1998-99 22 BOS NBA SG 41 40 1551 305 707 .431 5 30 .167 83 105 .790 37 118 155 104 67 12 89 81 698
1999-00 23 TOT NBA SG 68 68 2377 460 1080 .426 15 48 .313 213 270 .789 64 186 250 158 75 23 151 151 1148
1999-00 23 DEN NBA SG 37 37 1408 272 612 .444 15 39 .385 119 151 .788 29 123 152 104 33 15 87 75 678
1999-00 23 ORL NBA SG 31 31 969 188 468 .402 0 9 .000 94 119 .790 35 63 98 54 42 8 64 76 470
2000-01 24 CHI NBA SG 61 61 2535 500 1121 .446 14 46 .304 188 228 .825 72 164 236 201 78 27 129 148 1202
2001-02 25 TOT NBA SG 53 41 1716 311 784 .397 18 62 .290 95 119 .798 50 128 178 128 32 13 88 108 735
2001-02 25 CHI NBA SG 40 40 1503 286 717 .399 17 57 .298 84 108 .778 44 111 155 118 30 10 79 86 673
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 13 1 213 25 67 .373 1 5 .200 11 11 1.000 6 17 23 10 2 3 9 22 62
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 72 3 1671 244 597 .409 3 16 .188 65 81 .802 32 122 154 112 49 14 54 123 556
2003-04 27 SAS NBA SG 39 0 516 90 211 .427 2 7 .286 13 17 .765 10 39 49 22 14 5 26 37 195
2004-05 28 NJN NBA SF 18 3 390 65 158 .411 0 3 .000 7 10 .700 9 31 40 20 16 2 14 20 137
Career NBA 432 278 13418 2490 5803 .429 60 240 .250 852 1054 .808 383 959 1342 921 456 113 683 881 5892

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
1997-98 21 BOS NBA SG 80 62 33.3 6.4 14.3 .450 0.0 0.4 .107 2.4 2.8 .839 1.4 2.1 3.5 2.2 1.6 0.2 1.7 2.7 15.3
1998-99 22 BOS NBA SG 41 40 37.8 7.4 17.2 .431 0.1 0.7 .167 2.0 2.6 .790 0.9 2.9 3.8 2.5 1.6 0.3 2.2 2.0 17.0
1999-00 23 TOT NBA SG 68 68 35.0 6.8 15.9 .426 0.2 0.7 .313 3.1 4.0 .789 0.9 2.7 3.7 2.3 1.1 0.3 2.2 2.2 16.9
1999-00 23 DEN NBA SG 37 37 38.1 7.4 16.5 .444 0.4 1.1 .385 3.2 4.1 .788 0.8 3.3 4.1 2.8 0.9 0.4 2.4 2.0 18.3
1999-00 23 ORL NBA SG 31 31 31.3 6.1 15.1 .402 0.0 0.3 .000 3.0 3.8 .790 1.1 2.0 3.2 1.7 1.4 0.3 2.1 2.5 15.2
2000-01 24 CHI NBA SG 61 61 41.6 8.2 18.4 .446 0.2 0.8 .304 3.1 3.7 .825 1.2 2.7 3.9 3.3 1.3 0.4 2.1 2.4 19.7
2001-02 25 TOT NBA SG 53 41 32.4 5.9 14.8 .397 0.3 1.2 .290 1.8 2.2 .798 0.9 2.4 3.4 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.7 2.0 13.9
2001-02 25 CHI NBA SG 40 40 37.6 7.2 17.9 .399 0.4 1.4 .298 2.1 2.7 .778 1.1 2.8 3.9 3.0 0.8 0.3 2.0 2.2 16.8
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 13 1 16.4 1.9 5.2 .373 0.1 0.4 .200 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.7 4.8
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 72 3 23.2 3.4 8.3 .409 0.0 0.2 .188 0.9 1.1 .802 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.6 0.7 0.2 0.8 1.7 7.7
2003-04 27 SAS NBA SG 39 0 13.2 2.3 5.4 .427 0.1 0.2 .286 0.3 0.4 .765 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.9 5.0
2004-05 28 NJN NBA SF 18 3 21.7 3.6 8.8 .411 0.0 0.2 .000 0.4 0.6 .700 0.5 1.7 2.2 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.8 1.1 7.6
Career NBA 432 278 31.1 5.8 13.4 .429 0.1 0.6 .250 2.0 2.4 .808 0.9 2.2 3.1 2.1 1.1 0.3 1.6 2.0 13.6

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
1997-98 21 BOS NBA SG 80 62 2662 7.0 15.5 .450 0.0 0.4 .107 2.5 3.0 .839 1.5 2.3 3.8 2.4 1.7 0.2 1.8 2.9 16.5
1998-99 22 BOS NBA SG 41 40 1551 7.1 16.4 .431 0.1 0.7 .167 1.9 2.4 .790 0.9 2.7 3.6 2.4 1.6 0.3 2.1 1.9 16.2
1999-00 23 TOT NBA SG 68 68 2377 7.0 16.4 .426 0.2 0.7 .313 3.2 4.1 .789 1.0 2.8 3.8 2.4 1.1 0.3 2.3 2.3 17.4
1999-00 23 DEN NBA SG 37 37 1408 7.0 15.6 .444 0.4 1.0 .385 3.0 3.9 .788 0.7 3.1 3.9 2.7 0.8 0.4 2.2 1.9 17.3
1999-00 23 ORL NBA SG 31 31 969 7.0 17.4 .402 0.0 0.3 .000 3.5 4.4 .790 1.3 2.3 3.6 2.0 1.6 0.3 2.4 2.8 17.5
2000-01 24 CHI NBA SG 61 61 2535 7.1 15.9 .446 0.2 0.7 .304 2.7 3.2 .825 1.0 2.3 3.4 2.9 1.1 0.4 1.8 2.1 17.1
2001-02 25 TOT NBA SG 53 41 1716 6.5 16.4 .397 0.4 1.3 .290 2.0 2.5 .798 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.7 0.7 0.3 1.8 2.3 15.4
2001-02 25 CHI NBA SG 40 40 1503 6.9 17.2 .399 0.4 1.4 .298 2.0 2.6 .778 1.1 2.7 3.7 2.8 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 16.1
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 13 1 213 4.2 11.3 .373 0.2 0.8 .200 1.9 1.9 1.000 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.7 0.3 0.5 1.5 3.7 10.5
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 72 3 1671 5.3 12.9 .409 0.1 0.3 .188 1.4 1.7 .802 0.7 2.6 3.3 2.4 1.1 0.3 1.2 2.6 12.0
2003-04 27 SAS NBA SG 39 0 516 6.3 14.7 .427 0.1 0.5 .286 0.9 1.2 .765 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 1.8 2.6 13.6
2004-05 28 NJN NBA SF 18 3 390 6.0 14.6 .411 0.0 0.3 .000 0.6 0.9 .700 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.8 1.5 0.2 1.3 1.8 12.6
Career NBA 432 278 13418 6.7 15.6 .429 0.2 0.6 .250 2.3 2.8 .808 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.5 1.2 0.3 1.8 2.4 15.8

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
1997-98 21 BOS NBA SG 80 2662 14.1 .491 .451 4.4 8.3 6.2 11.6 2.4 0.5 9.6 22.3 103 108 2.2 1.9 4.0 .073
1998-99 22 BOS NBA SG 41 1551 13.5 .463 .435 2.6 8.8 5.6 12.2 2.3 0.6 10.6 24.2 94 104 0.1 1.2 1.3 .039
1999-00 23 TOT NBA SG 68 2377 12.7 .479 .433 2.9 8.6 5.7 11.3 1.6 0.7 11.2 24.4 96 107 0.2 1.6 1.8 .036
1999-00 23 DEN NBA SG 37 1408 13.4 .500 .457 2.2 9.6 5.9 12.8 1.2 0.7 11.4 23.7 99 109 0.6 0.6 1.2 .040
1999-00 23 ORL NBA SG 31 969 11.8 .452 .402 3.9 7.1 5.5 9.2 2.1 0.6 11.0 25.3 93 104 -0.3 1.0 0.6 .031
2000-01 24 CHI NBA SG 61 2535 14.8 .492 .452 3.2 8.0 5.5 16.2 1.7 0.8 9.6 24.8 99 110 1.5 0.4 1.8 .035
2001-02 25 TOT NBA SG 53 1716 10.2 .439 .408 3.3 8.8 6.0 14.2 1.0 0.6 9.5 24.8 90 111 -1.5 0.4 -1.1 -0.032
2001-02 25 CHI NBA SG 40 1503 10.8 .440 .411 3.3 8.9 6.0 15.1 1.1 0.5 9.4 25.8 90 111 -1.4 0.3 -1.1 -0.035
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 13 213 6.0 .432 .381 3.3 8.8 6.1 7.6 0.5 1.0 11.1 17.2 89 109 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.010
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 72 1671 9.3 .439 .411 2.2 8.0 5.2 11.5 1.5 0.6 7.9 18.6 94 104 -0.3 1.6 1.3 .037
2003-04 27 SAS NBA SG 39 516 9.3 .446 .431 2.2 8.3 5.3 7.8 1.5 0.7 10.6 21.9 88 98 -0.4 0.8 0.4 .040
2004-05 28 NJN NBA SF 18 390 9.4 .422 .411 2.7 9.7 6.2 9.8 2.2 0.4 7.9 21.2 86 105 -0.5 0.5 -0.1 -0.007
Career NBA 432 13418 12.5 .470 .434 3.2 8.4 5.7 12.6 1.8 0.6 9.8 23.2 96 107 1.2 8.3 9.4 .034

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
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 5 0 117 18 36 .500 0 0 3 4 .750 0 10 10 4 1 1 3 9 39
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 6 0 135 16 49 .327 0 0 7 8 .875 2 11 13 7 6 1 5 11 39
Career NBA 11 0 252 34 85 .400 0 0 10 12 .833 2 21 23 11 7 2 8 20 78

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
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 5 0 23.4 3.6 7.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .750 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.8 7.8
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 6 0 22.5 2.7 8.2 .327 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 .875 0.3 1.8 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.8 6.5
Career NBA 11 0 22.9 3.1 7.7 .400 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.1 .833 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.8 7.1

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
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 5 0 117 5.5 11.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.2 .750 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 2.8 12.0
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 6 0 135 4.3 13.1 .327 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.1 .875 0.5 2.9 3.5 1.9 1.6 0.3 1.3 2.9 10.4
Career NBA 11 0 252 4.9 12.1 .400 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.7 .833 0.3 3.0 3.3 1.6 1.0 0.3 1.1 2.9 11.1

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
2001-02 25 IND NBA SG 5 117 9.5 .516 .500 0.0 9.6 5.1 6.3 0.5 0.6 7.4 16.7 99 102 0.0 0.1 0.2 .076
2002-03 26 IND NBA SG 6 135 6.1 .371 .327 1.6 9.4 5.4 10.4 2.4 0.7 8.7 19.6 81 108 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.055
Career NBA 11 252 7.7 .432 .400 0.9 9.5 5.3 8.5 1.5 0.6 8.1 18.3 88 105 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .006

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ron Mercer 4.0 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 0.4 -0.1 -1.1
Moochie Norris 77.9 4.4 1.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4
Keyon Dooling 76.5 3.7 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0
Eddie House 75.5 3.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.4
Ronald Murray 74.3 3.1 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.3
George Dempsey 73.2 3.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4
Armond Hill 72.6 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 -0.4
Kevin Ollie 72.1 3.8 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Ron Lee 72.1 3.8 2.8 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.3
Larry Wright 71.8 3.5 2.7 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.0
Sonny Hertzberg 71.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ron Mercer 4.0 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 0.4 -0.1 -1.1
Moochie Norris 77.1 4.4 1.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4
Ronald Murray 74.3 3.1 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.3
George Dempsey 73.2 3.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4
Armond Hill 72.6 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 -0.4
Ron Lee 72.1 3.8 2.8 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.3
Anthony Carter 72.0 3.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Larry Wright 71.8 3.5 2.7 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.0
Sonny Hertzberg 71.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Jordan Farmar 70.4 3.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 0.9 0.8
Jerry Reynolds 70.3 3.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 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
1995-96 19 KENTUCKY 36 677 107 234 23 68 51 65 104 50 34 8 36 51 288 .457 .338 .785 18.8 8.0 2.9 1.4
1996-97 20 KENTUCKY 40 1299 297 603 49 141 82 105 210 97 66 10 68 95 725 .493 .348 .781 32.5 18.1 5.3 2.4
Career 76 1976 404 837 72 209 133 170 314 147 100 18 104 146 1013 .483 .344 .782 26.0 13.3 4.1 1.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1995 McDonald's All American
1996-97 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1997-98 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Minutes Per Game
2000-01 NBA 41.6 (4)
Turnover Pct
2002-03 NBA 7.9 (5)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (582)

Transactions

June 21, 1996: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks (as a 1997 1st round draft pick) with a 1996 1st round draft pick (Antoine Walker) to the Boston Celtics for Eric Montross and a 1996 1st round draft pick (Samaki Walker).

June 25, 1997: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft.

August 3, 1999: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Popeye Jones and Dwayne Schintzius to the Denver Nuggets for Danny Fortson, Eric Washington, Eric Williams and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Kedrick Brown).

February 1, 2000: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Chauncey Billups and Johnny Taylor to the Orlando Magic for Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Chris Gatling and a future 1st round draft pick. Denver accepted Omar Cook from Orlando on June 26, 2001 in lieu of the future 1st round draft pick.

August 1, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

February 19, 2002: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with Metta World Peace, Brad Miller and Kevin Ollie to the Indiana Pacers for Travis Best, Norm Richardson, Jalen Rose and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Lonny Baxter).

July 24, 2003: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Indiana Pacers to the San Antonio Spurs; the Indiana Pacers traded Brad Miller to the Sacramento Kings; the Sacramento Kings traded Scot Pollard to the Indiana Pacers; the Sacramento Kings traded Hedo Turkoglu to the San Antonio Spurs; and the San Antonio Spurs traded Danny Ferry to the Indiana Pacers.

February 27, 2004: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

August 12, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

August 15, 2005: Waived by the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1997-98 Boston Celtics NBA $1,768,320
1998-99 Boston Celtics NBA $2,033,000
1999-00 Orlando Magic NBA $2,298,840
2000-01 Chicago Bulls NBA $5,520,000
2001-02 Chicago Bulls NBA $6,750,000
2002-03 Indiana Pacers NBA $6,750,000
2003-04 San Antonio Spurs NBA $6,750,000
2004-05 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,600,000
2005-06 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,760,000
Career (may be incomplete) $35,230,160

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