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Paul Mokeski

Paul Keen Mokeski (Mo)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 7-0    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: January 3, 1957 in Spokane, Washington
High School: Crespi Carmelite in Encino, California
College: University of Kansas

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (20th pick, 42nd overall) of the 1979 NBA draft.

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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
1979-80 23 HOU NBA 12 113 11 33 .333 0 0 7 9 .778 14 15 29 2 1 6 10 24 29
1980-81 24 DET NBA 80 1815 224 458 .489 0 1 .000 120 200 .600 141 277 418 135 38 73 160 267 568
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 67 4 868 84 193 .435 0 3 .000 48 63 .762 59 149 208 35 33 40 55 171 216
1981-82 25 DET NBA 39 3 523 49 111 .441 0 1 .000 25 33 .758 35 87 122 24 13 23 39 103 123
1981-82 25 CLE NBA 28 1 345 35 82 .427 0 2 .000 23 30 .767 24 62 86 11 20 17 16 68 93
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 73 19 1128 119 260 .458 0 1 .000 50 68 .735 76 184 260 49 21 44 67 223 288
1982-83 26 CLE NBA 23 18 539 55 121 .455 0 0 16 26 .615 47 91 138 26 12 23 27 85 126
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 50 1 589 64 139 .460 0 1 .000 34 42 .810 29 93 122 23 9 21 40 138 162
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 68 4 838 102 213 .479 1 3 .333 50 72 .694 51 115 166 44 11 29 44 168 255
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 79 6 1586 205 429 .478 0 2 .000 81 116 .698 107 303 410 99 28 35 85 266 491
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 45 0 521 59 139 .424 0 0 25 34 .735 36 103 139 30 6 6 25 92 143
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 62 3 626 52 129 .403 0 1 .000 46 64 .719 45 93 138 22 18 13 22 126 150
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 60 0 848 100 210 .476 0 4 .000 51 72 .708 70 151 221 22 27 27 49 194 251
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 74 0 690 59 164 .360 7 26 .269 40 51 .784 63 124 187 36 29 21 35 153 165
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 38 1 449 63 150 .420 0 1 .000 25 36 .694 27 72 99 17 8 10 26 76 151
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 36 1 257 21 59 .356 3 9 .333 12 15 .800 20 47 67 9 8 3 7 58 57
Career NBA 694 38 9739 1099 2437 .451 11 51 .216 555 800 .694 709 1633 2342 500 228 307 585 1818 2764

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
1979-80 23 HOU NBA 12 9.4 0.9 2.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .778 1.2 1.3 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.0 2.4
1980-81 24 DET NBA 80 22.7 2.8 5.7 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.5 .600 1.8 3.5 5.2 1.7 0.5 0.9 2.0 3.3 7.1
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 67 4 13.0 1.3 2.9 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .762 0.9 2.2 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.6 3.2
1981-82 25 DET NBA 39 3 13.4 1.3 2.8 .441 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.8 .758 0.9 2.2 3.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.6 3.2
1981-82 25 CLE NBA 28 1 12.3 1.3 2.9 .427 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .767 0.9 2.2 3.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.4 3.3
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 73 19 15.5 1.6 3.6 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .735 1.0 2.5 3.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.1 3.9
1982-83 26 CLE NBA 23 18 23.4 2.4 5.3 .455 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .615 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.1 0.5 1.0 1.2 3.7 5.5
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 50 1 11.8 1.3 2.8 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.8 .810 0.6 1.9 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.8 3.2
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 68 4 12.3 1.5 3.1 .479 0.0 0.0 .333 0.7 1.1 .694 0.8 1.7 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.5 3.8
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 79 6 20.1 2.6 5.4 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .698 1.4 3.8 5.2 1.3 0.4 0.4 1.1 3.4 6.2
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 45 0 11.6 1.3 3.1 .424 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .735 0.8 2.3 3.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.6 2.0 3.2
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 62 3 10.1 0.8 2.1 .403 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .719 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.0 2.4
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 60 0 14.1 1.7 3.5 .476 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.2 .708 1.2 2.5 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 3.2 4.2
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 74 0 9.3 0.8 2.2 .360 0.1 0.4 .269 0.5 0.7 .784 0.9 1.7 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.1 2.2
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 38 1 11.8 1.7 3.9 .420 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .694 0.7 1.9 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.7 2.0 4.0
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 36 1 7.1 0.6 1.6 .356 0.1 0.3 .333 0.3 0.4 .800 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.6 1.6
Career NBA 694 38 14.0 1.6 3.5 .451 0.0 0.1 .216 0.8 1.2 .694 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.6 4.0

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
1979-80 23 HOU NBA 12 113 3.5 10.5 .333 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.9 .778 4.5 4.8 9.2 0.6 0.3 1.9 3.2 7.6 9.2
1980-81 24 DET NBA 80 1815 4.4 9.1 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 4.0 .600 2.8 5.5 8.3 2.7 0.8 1.4 3.2 5.3 11.3
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 67 4 868 3.5 8.0 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.6 .762 2.4 6.2 8.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 2.3 7.1 9.0
1981-82 25 DET NBA 39 3 523 3.4 7.6 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.3 .758 2.4 6.0 8.4 1.7 0.9 1.6 2.7 7.1 8.5
1981-82 25 CLE NBA 28 1 345 3.7 8.6 .427 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 3.1 .767 2.5 6.5 9.0 1.1 2.1 1.8 1.7 7.1 9.7
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 73 19 1128 3.8 8.3 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.2 .735 2.4 5.9 8.3 1.6 0.7 1.4 2.1 7.1 9.2
1982-83 26 CLE NBA 23 18 539 3.7 8.1 .455 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.7 .615 3.1 6.1 9.2 1.7 0.8 1.5 1.8 5.7 8.4
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 50 1 589 3.9 8.5 .460 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.6 .810 1.8 5.7 7.5 1.4 0.6 1.3 2.4 8.4 9.9
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 68 4 838 4.4 9.2 .479 0.0 0.1 .333 2.1 3.1 .694 2.2 4.9 7.1 1.9 0.5 1.2 1.9 7.2 11.0
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 79 6 1586 4.7 9.7 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .698 2.4 6.9 9.3 2.2 0.6 0.8 1.9 6.0 11.1
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 45 0 521 4.1 9.6 .424 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .735 2.5 7.1 9.6 2.1 0.4 0.4 1.7 6.4 9.9
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 62 3 626 3.0 7.4 .403 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.7 .719 2.6 5.3 7.9 1.3 1.0 0.7 1.3 7.2 8.6
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 60 0 848 4.2 8.9 .476 0.0 0.2 .000 2.2 3.1 .708 3.0 6.4 9.4 0.9 1.1 1.1 2.1 8.2 10.7
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 74 0 690 3.1 8.6 .360 0.4 1.4 .269 2.1 2.7 .784 3.3 6.5 9.8 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.8 8.0 8.6
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 38 1 449 5.1 12.0 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.9 .694 2.2 5.8 7.9 1.4 0.6 0.8 2.1 6.1 12.1
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 36 1 257 2.9 8.3 .356 0.4 1.3 .333 1.7 2.1 .800 2.8 6.6 9.4 1.3 1.1 0.4 1.0 8.1 8.0
Career NBA 694 38 9739 4.1 9.0 .451 0.0 0.2 .216 2.1 3.0 .694 2.6 6.0 8.7 1.8 0.8 1.1 2.2 6.7 10.2

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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
1979-80 23 HOU NBA 12 113 4.4 .392 .333 13.3 15.1 14.2 2.2 0.4 3.0 21.3 16.4 83 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1980-81 24 DET NBA 80 1815 10.3 .520 .489 8.5 18.8 13.4 10.7 1.0 2.4 22.7 15.7 95 105 -0.4 2.1 1.7
1981-82 25 TOT NBA 67 868 8.7 .489 .435 7.2 19.9 13.3 5.1 1.8 2.6 19.9 12.7 95 106 -0.2 1.0 0.8
1981-82 25 DET NBA 39 523 7.1 .490 .441 7.1 18.8 12.8 5.7 1.1 2.4 23.7 12.3 91 106 -0.3 0.6 0.3
1981-82 25 CLE NBA 28 345 11.1 .488 .427 7.4 21.6 14.1 4.2 2.8 2.8 14.4 13.3 101 106 0.1 0.4 0.5
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 73 1128 8.3 .497 .458 7.6 18.1 12.9 5.8 0.9 2.2 18.8 13.2 96 103 0.0 1.4 1.4
1982-83 26 CLE NBA 23 539 9.9 .476 .455 9.7 19.7 14.6 6.7 1.1 2.5 16.9 12.4 98 105 0.1 0.6 0.6
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 50 589 6.9 .514 .460 5.7 16.6 11.4 5.1 0.7 2.0 20.3 13.9 95 101 -0.1 0.9 0.8
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 68 838 8.9 .521 .481 7.2 15.0 11.3 7.1 0.7 2.0 15.2 14.6 104 104 0.4 1.2 1.6
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 79 1586 10.1 .511 .478 7.5 21.1 14.3 8.1 0.8 1.3 15.0 14.5 105 103 0.7 2.6 3.4
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 45 521 7.9 .464 .424 7.8 21.8 14.9 7.2 0.5 0.7 14.0 13.8 100 103 0.1 0.8 0.9
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 62 626 7.4 .477 .403 7.9 16.7 12.3 4.4 1.4 1.3 12.3 11.7 104 106 0.2 0.8 1.1
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 60 848 8.8 .519 .476 9.3 20.1 14.7 3.5 1.6 1.9 16.9 14.4 101 105 0.1 1.2 1.3
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 74 690 8.2 .443 .381 10.4 21.1 15.7 6.7 2.0 1.9 15.8 13.3 98 103 -0.1 1.1 1.0
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 38 449 7.7 .455 .420 6.7 18.1 12.4 5.7 0.9 1.3 13.6 18.5 92 107 -0.4 0.5 0.2
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 36 257 6.6 .434 .381 8.6 20.1 14.4 4.3 1.4 0.7 9.6 11.3 103 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
Career NBA 694 9739 8.9 .496 .453 8.1 19.1 13.6 6.9 1.1 1.8 17.3 14.2 99 104 0.3 13.2 13.5

Playoffs

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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
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 4 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 .500 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.3
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 16 322 34 63 0 2 30 45 20 88 6 9 11 10 62 98 .540 .000 .667 20.1 6.1 5.5 0.4
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 8 154 16 36 0 0 12 12 8 34 12 2 4 12 28 44 .444 1.000 19.3 5.5 4.3 1.5
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 14 101 14 27 0 0 6 9 5 24 8 6 3 7 27 34 .519 .667 7.2 2.4 1.7 0.6
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 12 107 8 22 0 1 12 15 12 29 2 3 2 5 22 28 .364 .000 .800 8.9 2.3 2.4 0.2
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 4 40 5 14 0 0 4 6 5 9 0 3 2 2 4 14 .357 .667 10.0 3.5 2.3 0.0
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 5 61 8 14 1 1 6 8 8 17 3 0 0 2 16 23 .571 1.000 .750 12.2 4.6 3.4 0.6
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 3 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 .500 1.000 3.3 1.3 0.7 0.0
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 1.000 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.3
Career NBA 69 815 89 183 1 4 72 97 59 207 33 26 23 39 166 251 .486 .250 .742 11.8 3.6 3.0 0.5

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
1982-83 26 MIL NBA 4 12 17.4 .500 .500 8.9 9.6 9.3 12.4 4.2 0.0 0.0 14.0 126 101 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983-84 27 MIL NBA 16 322 12.3 .592 .540 7.7 22.2 15.5 2.7 1.4 2.0 10.8 12.4 119 101 0.4 0.6 1.1
1984-85 28 MIL NBA 8 154 7.9 .533 .444 6.4 19.3 13.1 10.5 0.6 1.5 22.5 14.3 101 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
1985-86 29 MIL NBA 14 101 11.1 .549 .519 5.8 22.3 14.0 10.7 2.9 1.8 18.4 15.6 103 107 0.0 0.1 0.2
1986-87 30 MIL NBA 12 107 8.2 .490 .364 12.6 19.7 16.0 2.3 1.4 1.1 14.9 13.0 107 114 0.0 0.1 0.1
1987-88 31 MIL NBA 4 40 12.3 .421 .357 13.8 11.9 12.9 0.0 3.8 3.1 10.7 19.6 96 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988-89 32 MIL NBA 5 61 14.6 .656 .607 16.2 18.2 17.2 8.1 0.0 0.0 10.2 15.5 135 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
1989-90 33 CLE NBA 3 10 21.3 .694 .500 0.0 21.1 11.7 0.0 5.1 6.3 0.0 13.2 151 97 0.0 0.0 0.1
1990-91 34 GSW NBA 3 8 8.3 1.000 1.000 0.0 29.6 14.6 16.1 6.0 0.0 50.0 10.8 99 101 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 69 815 11.1 .556 .489 8.6 20.4 14.8 5.6 1.6 1.7 14.7 13.8 112 107 0.7 1.1 1.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (987)

Transactions

March 18, 1977: Traded by the Phoenix Suns (as a 1979 2nd round draft pick) to the Seattle Supersonics for Bayard Forrest.

October 22, 1977: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1979 2nd round draft pick) with a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Billy Williams) to the Houston Rockets for John Johnson.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (42nd pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

October 7, 1980: Traded by the Houston Rockets to the Detroit Pistons for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Richard Anderson).

February 16, 1982: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Phil Hubbard, a 1982 1st round draft pick (John Bagley) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Dave Magley) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Kenny Carr and Bill Laimbeer.

December 20, 1982: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

December 24, 1982: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Milwaukee Bucks.

January 13, 1983: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Milwaukee Bucks

September 26, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

July 1, 1990: Released by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

January 14, 1991: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Golden State Warriors.

January 31, 1991: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Golden State Warriors

August 24, 1991: Released by the Golden State Warriors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $345,000
1985-86 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $370,000
1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks NBA *$360,000
1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $350,000
1988-89 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $375,000
1989-90 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA *$237,500
1990-91 Golden State Warriors NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,137,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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