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Sam Mitchell

Samuel E. Mitchell Jr. (Sam)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 2, 1963 in Columbus, Georgia
High School: Columbus in Columbus, Georgia
College: Mercer University

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 3rd round (7th pick, 54th overall) of the 1985 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
1989-90 26 MIN NBA 80 30 2414 372 834 .446 0 9 .000 268 349 .768 180 282 462 89 66 54 96 301 1012
1990-91 27 MIN NBA 82 60 3121 445 1010 .441 0 9 .000 307 396 .775 188 332 520 133 66 57 104 338 1197
1991-92 28 MIN NBA 82 63 2151 307 725 .423 2 11 .182 209 266 .786 158 315 473 94 53 39 97 230 825
1992-93 29 IND NBA 81 1 1402 215 483 .445 4 23 .174 150 185 .811 93 155 248 76 23 10 51 207 584
1993-94 30 IND NBA 75 18 1084 140 306 .458 0 5 .000 82 110 .745 71 119 190 65 33 9 50 152 362
1994-95 31 IND NBA 81 12 1377 201 413 .487 1 10 .100 126 174 .724 95 148 243 61 43 20 54 206 529
1995-96 32 MIN NBA 78 42 2145 303 618 .490 1 18 .056 237 291 .814 107 232 339 74 49 26 87 220 844
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 82 5 2044 269 603 .446 4 25 .160 224 295 .759 112 214 326 79 51 20 93 232 766
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 81 33 2239 371 800 .464 15 43 .349 243 292 .832 118 267 385 107 64 22 66 200 1000
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 50 20 1344 213 522 .408 9 38 .237 126 165 .764 55 127 182 98 35 16 34 111 561
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 66 24 1227 168 376 .447 10 23 .435 81 92 .880 28 110 138 111 27 14 44 116 427
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 82 4 983 118 289 .408 9 43 .209 40 55 .727 28 95 123 57 26 10 36 117 285
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 74 10 726 98 227 .432 10 35 .286 38 49 .776 18 64 82 45 12 4 26 79 244
Career NBA 994 322 22257 3220 7206 .447 65 292 .223 2131 2719 .784 1251 2460 3711 1089 548 301 838 2509 8636

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
1989-90 26 MIN NBA 80 30 30.2 4.7 10.4 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.4 .768 2.3 3.5 5.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 1.2 3.8 12.7
1990-91 27 MIN NBA 82 60 38.1 5.4 12.3 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.8 .775 2.3 4.0 6.3 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.3 4.1 14.6
1991-92 28 MIN NBA 82 63 26.2 3.7 8.8 .423 0.0 0.1 .182 2.5 3.2 .786 1.9 3.8 5.8 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.2 2.8 10.1
1992-93 29 IND NBA 81 1 17.3 2.7 6.0 .445 0.0 0.3 .174 1.9 2.3 .811 1.1 1.9 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 2.6 7.2
1993-94 30 IND NBA 75 18 14.5 1.9 4.1 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.5 .745 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 2.0 4.8
1994-95 31 IND NBA 81 12 17.0 2.5 5.1 .487 0.0 0.1 .100 1.6 2.1 .724 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.7 2.5 6.5
1995-96 32 MIN NBA 78 42 27.5 3.9 7.9 .490 0.0 0.2 .056 3.0 3.7 .814 1.4 3.0 4.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.8 10.8
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 82 5 24.9 3.3 7.4 .446 0.0 0.3 .160 2.7 3.6 .759 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.1 2.8 9.3
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 81 33 27.6 4.6 9.9 .464 0.2 0.5 .349 3.0 3.6 .832 1.5 3.3 4.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.8 2.5 12.3
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 50 20 26.9 4.3 10.4 .408 0.2 0.8 .237 2.5 3.3 .764 1.1 2.5 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.2 11.2
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 66 24 18.6 2.5 5.7 .447 0.2 0.3 .435 1.2 1.4 .880 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.8 6.5
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 82 4 12.0 1.4 3.5 .408 0.1 0.5 .209 0.5 0.7 .727 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.4 3.5
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 74 10 9.8 1.3 3.1 .432 0.1 0.5 .286 0.5 0.7 .776 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1 3.3
Career NBA 994 322 22.4 3.2 7.2 .447 0.1 0.3 .223 2.1 2.7 .784 1.3 2.5 3.7 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.5 8.7

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
1989-90 26 MIN NBA 80 30 2414 5.5 12.4 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.2 .768 2.7 4.2 6.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.4 4.5 15.1
1990-91 27 MIN NBA 82 60 3121 5.1 11.7 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.6 .775 2.2 3.8 6.0 1.5 0.8 0.7 1.2 3.9 13.8
1991-92 28 MIN NBA 82 63 2151 5.1 12.1 .423 0.0 0.2 .182 3.5 4.5 .786 2.6 5.3 7.9 1.6 0.9 0.7 1.6 3.8 13.8
1992-93 29 IND NBA 81 1 1402 5.5 12.4 .445 0.1 0.6 .174 3.9 4.8 .811 2.4 4.0 6.4 2.0 0.6 0.3 1.3 5.3 15.0
1993-94 30 IND NBA 75 18 1084 4.6 10.2 .458 0.0 0.2 .000 2.7 3.7 .745 2.4 4.0 6.3 2.2 1.1 0.3 1.7 5.0 12.0
1994-95 31 IND NBA 81 12 1377 5.3 10.8 .487 0.0 0.3 .100 3.3 4.5 .724 2.5 3.9 6.4 1.6 1.1 0.5 1.4 5.4 13.8
1995-96 32 MIN NBA 78 42 2145 5.1 10.4 .490 0.0 0.3 .056 4.0 4.9 .814 1.8 3.9 5.7 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.5 3.7 14.2
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 82 5 2044 4.7 10.6 .446 0.1 0.4 .160 3.9 5.2 .759 2.0 3.8 5.7 1.4 0.9 0.4 1.6 4.1 13.5
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 81 33 2239 6.0 12.9 .464 0.2 0.7 .349 3.9 4.7 .832 1.9 4.3 6.2 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.2 16.1
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 50 20 1344 5.7 14.0 .408 0.2 1.0 .237 3.4 4.4 .764 1.5 3.4 4.9 2.6 0.9 0.4 0.9 3.0 15.0
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 66 24 1227 4.9 11.0 .447 0.3 0.7 .435 2.4 2.7 .880 0.8 3.2 4.0 3.3 0.8 0.4 1.3 3.4 12.5
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 82 4 983 4.3 10.6 .408 0.3 1.6 .209 1.5 2.0 .727 1.0 3.5 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.4 1.3 4.3 10.4
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 74 10 726 4.9 11.3 .432 0.5 1.7 .286 1.9 2.4 .776 0.9 3.2 4.1 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.3 3.9 12.1
Career NBA 994 322 22257 5.2 11.7 .447 0.1 0.5 .223 3.4 4.4 .784 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.8 0.9 0.5 1.4 4.1 14.0

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
1989-90 26 MIN NBA 80 2414 13.7 .512 .446 8.4 14.9 11.5 6.0 1.4 1.5 8.9 19.8 110 109 2.8 2.3 5.1
1990-91 27 MIN NBA 82 3121 12.3 .505 .441 6.6 13.2 9.7 6.3 1.1 1.2 8.1 17.8 111 113 3.7 1.4 5.1
1991-92 28 MIN NBA 82 2151 12.0 .490 .425 7.9 16.7 12.1 6.2 1.2 1.1 10.3 18.6 104 112 1.1 1.2 2.3
1992-93 29 IND NBA 81 1402 11.9 .517 .449 7.4 12.0 9.7 7.7 0.8 0.5 8.3 18.6 113 112 2.1 0.7 2.8
1993-94 30 IND NBA 75 1084 10.9 .511 .458 7.9 12.2 10.1 8.9 1.6 0.6 12.4 16.4 107 106 1.0 1.2 2.2
1994-95 31 IND NBA 81 1377 13.4 .540 .488 8.5 12.7 10.7 7.3 1.7 1.1 9.9 18.1 113 106 2.0 1.7 3.7
1995-96 32 MIN NBA 78 2145 13.0 .566 .491 6.0 12.9 9.5 5.7 1.2 0.9 10.4 17.2 114 112 3.1 1.1 4.3
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 82 2044 11.8 .523 .449 6.5 12.3 9.4 6.3 1.3 0.7 11.3 18.5 106 109 1.8 1.5 3.3
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 81 2239 15.8 .539 .473 6.0 13.4 9.8 7.6 1.5 0.7 6.6 19.7 115 108 4.7 1.4 6.1
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 50 1344 14.1 .472 .417 4.2 11.5 7.6 12.0 1.4 0.9 5.4 20.6 106 104 1.9 1.1 3.0
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 66 1227 12.0 .513 .460 2.6 10.5 6.5 13.4 1.2 0.8 9.6 16.9 107 106 1.4 0.9 2.3
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 82 983 8.2 .455 .424 3.2 11.2 7.1 8.6 1.4 0.7 10.3 16.1 95 106 0.0 0.6 0.6
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 74 726 9.4 .491 .454 2.9 10.1 6.5 9.3 0.9 0.4 9.5 17.1 103 109 0.5 0.4 0.9
Career NBA 994 22257 12.6 .514 .451 6.4 13.0 9.6 7.5 1.3 0.9 9.1 18.3 109 109 26.0 15.6 41.7

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
1992-93 29 IND NBA 4 25 5 8 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 12 .625 1.000 6.3 3.0 0.3 0.0
1993-94 30 IND NBA 15 99 9 26 0 1 3 4 5 17 5 2 2 4 22 21 .346 .000 .750 6.6 1.4 1.1 0.3
1994-95 31 IND NBA 17 223 23 64 0 2 22 28 17 48 6 3 1 14 41 68 .359 .000 .786 13.1 4.0 2.8 0.4
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 3 47 6 13 0 0 5 8 2 7 1 1 1 1 9 17 .462 .625 15.7 5.7 2.3 0.3
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 5 177 26 58 3 14 17 19 7 27 8 1 1 5 18 72 .448 .214 .895 35.4 14.4 5.4 1.6
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 4 131 15 40 1 6 9 12 5 14 6 1 2 8 13 40 .375 .167 .750 32.8 10.0 3.5 1.5
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 4 68 9 18 2 5 3 3 2 7 2 0 1 4 5 23 .500 .400 1.000 17.0 5.8 1.8 0.5
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 4 50 2 10 0 1 2 2 1 7 3 1 0 1 5 6 .200 .000 1.000 12.5 1.5 1.8 0.8
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 3 34 3 9 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 5 8 .333 1.000 11.3 2.7 0.7 1.0
Career NBA 59 854 98 246 6 29 65 80 39 130 34 10 9 39 122 267 .398 .207 .813 14.5 4.5 2.2 0.6

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
1992-93 29 IND NBA 4 25 9.3 .676 .625 0.0 4.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.4 20.5 104 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993-94 30 IND NBA 15 99 4.2 .378 .346 6.4 14.1 10.4 8.4 1.1 1.6 12.6 14.7 87 101 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1994-95 31 IND NBA 17 223 6.5 .445 .359 9.6 17.4 13.5 4.5 0.7 0.4 15.5 18.8 94 112 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1996-97 33 MIN NBA 3 47 10.6 .515 .462 4.3 14.3 8.6 3.0 1.1 2.0 5.7 16.9 110 124 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997-98 34 MIN NBA 5 177 13.4 .542 .474 4.4 14.6 9.1 8.3 0.3 0.5 7.0 18.8 115 115 0.3 0.0 0.3
1998-99 35 MIN NBA 4 131 7.2 .442 .388 4.1 8.2 6.1 8.3 0.4 1.2 15.0 19.0 88 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1999-00 36 MIN NBA 4 68 10.3 .595 .556 3.8 10.5 7.0 5.1 0.0 1.3 17.2 17.2 102 111 0.0 0.0 0.1
2000-01 37 MIN NBA 4 50 2.3 .276 .200 2.2 13.9 7.9 10.0 1.1 0.0 8.4 11.2 70 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2001-02 38 MIN NBA 3 34 8.2 .405 .333 0.0 6.5 3.1 13.3 1.5 2.3 0.0 12.5 105 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 59 854 8.2 .475 .411 5.5 13.3 9.2 6.8 0.6 0.9 12.2 17.5 98 111 0.0 0.4 0.4

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
1981-82 18 MERCER 27 77 155 38 53 100 13 14 6 21 63 192 .497 .717 7.1 3.7 0.5
1982-83 19 MERCER 28 964 178 343 105 134 164 47 22 30 64 87 461 .519 .784 34.4 16.5 5.9 1.7
1983-84 20 MERCER 26 935 219 432 121 155 184 46 33 17 64 70 559 .507 .781 36.0 21.5 7.1 1.8
1984-85 21 MERCER 31 1157 294 570 186 248 255 43 51 34 62 88 774 .516 .750 37.3 25.0 8.2 1.4
Career 112 3056 768 1500 450 590 703 149 120 87 211 308 1986 .512 .763 36.0 17.7 6.3 1.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)
1996-97 NBA 82 (4)
1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
 2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 994 (95)

Minutes Played

1990-91 NBA 3121 (6)

Personal Fouls

1989-90 NBA 301 (7)
1990-91 NBA 338 (1)

Turnover Pct

1989-90 NBA 8.9 (7)
1990-91 NBA 8.1 (5)
1997-98 NBA 6.6 (1)
 1998-99 NBA 5.4 (1)
 Career NBA 9.1 (13)
Career 9.1 (14)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (772)
      

Transactions

September 29, 1983: Sent to the San Antonio Spurs (as a 1985 3rd round draft pick) as compensation for the Atlanta Hawks signing Billy Paultz as a veteran free agent.

October 4, 1984: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs (as a 1985 3rd round draft pick) with John Lucas to the Houston Rockets for James Bailey and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin).

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 3rd round (54th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

October 22, 1985: Waived by the Houston Rockets.

October 7, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets.

October 28, 1986: Waived by the Houston Rockets.

July 23, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

September 8, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with Pooh Richardson to the Indiana Pacers for Chuck Person and Micheal Williams.

September 29, 1995: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

August 20, 2002: Retired from the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $500,000
1991-92 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $630,000
1992-93 Indiana Pacers NBA $575,000
1993-94 Indiana Pacers NBA $715,000
1994-95 Indiana Pacers NBA $850,000
1995-96 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,000,000
1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,200,000
1997-98 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,400,000
1998-99 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA *$850,000
1999-00 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,000,000
2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,370,000
2001-02 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $13,090,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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