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Larry Nance

Larry Donell Nance

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 12, 1959 in Anderson, South Carolina
High School: McDuffie in Anderson, South Carolina
College: Clemson University

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (20th pick, 20th overall) of the 1981 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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 0 1186 227 436 .521 0 1 .000 75 117 .641 95 161 256 82 42 71 104 169 529
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 82 2914 588 1069 .550 1 3 .333 193 287 .672 239 471 710 197 99 217 190 254 1370
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 82 2899 601 1044 .576 0 7 .000 249 352 .707 227 451 678 214 86 174 177 274 1451
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 55 2202 515 877 .587 1 2 .500 180 254 .709 195 341 536 159 88 104 136 185 1211
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 69 2484 582 1001 .581 0 8 .000 310 444 .698 169 449 618 240 70 130 210 247 1474
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 67 2569 585 1062 .551 1 5 .200 381 493 .773 188 411 599 233 86 148 149 223 1552
1987-88 28 TOT NBA 67 60 2383 487 920 .529 2 6 .333 304 390 .779 193 414 607 207 63 159 155 242 1280
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 34 1477 327 616 .531 2 5 .400 187 249 .751 119 275 394 123 45 96 106 152 843
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 26 906 160 304 .526 0 1 .000 117 141 .830 74 139 213 84 18 63 49 90 437
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 72 2526 496 920 .539 0 4 .000 267 334 .799 156 425 581 159 57 206 117 186 1259
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 53 2065 412 807 .511 1 1 1.000 186 239 .778 162 354 516 161 54 122 110 185 1011
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 78 2927 635 1211 .524 2 8 .250 265 330 .803 201 485 686 237 66 200 131 219 1537
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 81 2880 556 1032 .539 0 6 .000 263 320 .822 213 457 670 232 80 243 87 200 1375
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 77 2753 533 971 .549 0 4 .000 202 247 .818 184 484 668 223 54 198 107 223 1268
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 19 909 153 314 .487 0 0 64 85 .753 77 150 227 49 27 55 38 96 370
Career NBA 920 795 30697 6370 11664 .546 8 55 .145 2939 3892 .755 2299 5053 7352 2393 872 2027 1711 2703 15687

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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 0 14.8 2.8 5.5 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .641 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.1 6.6
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 82 35.5 7.2 13.0 .550 0.0 0.0 .333 2.4 3.5 .672 2.9 5.7 8.7 2.4 1.2 2.6 2.3 3.1 16.7
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 82 35.4 7.3 12.7 .576 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.3 .707 2.8 5.5 8.3 2.6 1.0 2.1 2.2 3.3 17.7
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 55 36.1 8.4 14.4 .587 0.0 0.0 .500 3.0 4.2 .709 3.2 5.6 8.8 2.6 1.4 1.7 2.2 3.0 19.9
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 69 34.0 8.0 13.7 .581 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 6.1 .698 2.3 6.2 8.5 3.3 1.0 1.8 2.9 3.4 20.2
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 67 37.2 8.5 15.4 .551 0.0 0.1 .200 5.5 7.1 .773 2.7 6.0 8.7 3.4 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.2 22.5
1987-88 28 TOT NBA 67 60 35.6 7.3 13.7 .529 0.0 0.1 .333 4.5 5.8 .779 2.9 6.2 9.1 3.1 0.9 2.4 2.3 3.6 19.1
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 34 36.9 8.2 15.4 .531 0.1 0.1 .400 4.7 6.2 .751 3.0 6.9 9.9 3.1 1.1 2.4 2.7 3.8 21.1
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 26 33.6 5.9 11.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.2 .830 2.7 5.1 7.9 3.1 0.7 2.3 1.8 3.3 16.2
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 72 34.6 6.8 12.6 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.6 .799 2.1 5.8 8.0 2.2 0.8 2.8 1.6 2.5 17.2
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 53 33.3 6.6 13.0 .511 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.0 3.9 .778 2.6 5.7 8.3 2.6 0.9 2.0 1.8 3.0 16.3
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 78 36.6 7.9 15.1 .524 0.0 0.1 .250 3.3 4.1 .803 2.5 6.1 8.6 3.0 0.8 2.5 1.6 2.7 19.2
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 81 35.6 6.9 12.7 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.0 .822 2.6 5.6 8.3 2.9 1.0 3.0 1.1 2.5 17.0
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 77 35.8 6.9 12.6 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.2 .818 2.4 6.3 8.7 2.9 0.7 2.6 1.4 2.9 16.5
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 19 27.5 4.6 9.5 .487 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.6 .753 2.3 4.5 6.9 1.5 0.8 1.7 1.2 2.9 11.2
Career NBA 920 795 33.4 6.9 12.7 .546 0.0 0.1 .145 3.2 4.2 .755 2.5 5.5 8.0 2.6 0.9 2.2 1.9 2.9 17.1

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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 0 1186 6.9 13.2 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.6 .641 2.9 4.9 7.8 2.5 1.3 2.2 3.2 5.1 16.1
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 82 2914 7.3 13.2 .550 0.0 0.0 .333 2.4 3.5 .672 3.0 5.8 8.8 2.4 1.2 2.7 2.3 3.1 16.9
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 82 2899 7.5 13.0 .576 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.4 .707 2.8 5.6 8.4 2.7 1.1 2.2 2.2 3.4 18.0
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 55 2202 8.4 14.3 .587 0.0 0.0 .500 2.9 4.2 .709 3.2 5.6 8.8 2.6 1.4 1.7 2.2 3.0 19.8
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 69 2484 8.4 14.5 .581 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.4 .698 2.4 6.5 9.0 3.5 1.0 1.9 3.0 3.6 21.4
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 67 2569 8.2 14.9 .551 0.0 0.1 .200 5.3 6.9 .773 2.6 5.8 8.4 3.3 1.2 2.1 2.1 3.1 21.7
1987-88 28 TOT NBA 67 60 2383 7.4 13.9 .529 0.0 0.1 .333 4.6 5.9 .779 2.9 6.3 9.2 3.1 1.0 2.4 2.3 3.7 19.3
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 34 1477 8.0 15.0 .531 0.0 0.1 .400 4.6 6.1 .751 2.9 6.7 9.6 3.0 1.1 2.3 2.6 3.7 20.5
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 26 906 6.4 12.1 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.6 .830 2.9 5.5 8.5 3.3 0.7 2.5 1.9 3.6 17.4
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 72 2526 7.1 13.1 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.8 .799 2.2 6.1 8.3 2.3 0.8 2.9 1.7 2.7 17.9
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 53 2065 7.2 14.1 .511 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.2 4.2 .778 2.8 6.2 9.0 2.8 0.9 2.1 1.9 3.2 17.6
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 78 2927 7.8 14.9 .524 0.0 0.1 .250 3.3 4.1 .803 2.5 6.0 8.4 2.9 0.8 2.5 1.6 2.7 18.9
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 81 2880 6.9 12.9 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.0 .822 2.7 5.7 8.4 2.9 1.0 3.0 1.1 2.5 17.2
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 77 2753 7.0 12.7 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.2 .818 2.4 6.3 8.7 2.9 0.7 2.6 1.4 2.9 16.6
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 19 909 6.1 12.4 .487 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.4 .753 3.0 5.9 9.0 1.9 1.1 2.2 1.5 3.8 14.7
Career NBA 920 795 30697 7.5 13.7 .546 0.0 0.1 .145 3.4 4.6 .755 2.7 5.9 8.6 2.8 1.0 2.4 2.0 3.2 18.4

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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 80 1186 14.7 .543 .521 9.1 14.6 11.9 10.0 1.7 3.4 17.6 20.6 101 101 0.3 2.1 2.4
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 82 2914 18.7 .573 .551 9.5 17.1 13.5 9.7 1.6 4.2 13.7 19.4 111 98 4.8 5.6 10.5
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 82 2899 19.4 .605 .576 9.1 18.3 13.7 10.2 1.4 3.5 12.9 19.5 118 106 6.2 3.7 9.8
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 61 2202 20.6 .612 .588 10.2 17.3 13.8 11.1 1.9 2.6 12.1 20.8 117 104 4.7 3.2 7.9
1985-86 26 PHO NBA 73 2484 20.5 .616 .581 8.2 20.0 14.3 14.8 1.3 2.9 14.9 22.6 115 105 5.3 3.2 8.4
1986-87 27 PHO NBA 69 2569 22.2 .607 .551 8.4 17.6 13.1 13.5 1.6 3.3 10.4 22.6 122 108 7.3 2.8 10.2
1987-88 28 TOT NBA 67 2383 20.3 .586 .530 9.3 19.8 14.6 12.9 1.3 3.9 12.4 21.7 116 107 5.1 2.9 8.0
1987-88 28 PHO NBA 40 1477 20.5 .581 .532 9.0 21.1 15.0 12.3 1.4 3.8 12.7 22.9 113 108 2.8 1.6 4.3
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 27 906 19.9 .597 .526 9.9 17.6 13.8 14.0 1.0 4.1 11.8 19.6 121 105 2.3 1.3 3.6
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 73 2526 19.9 .590 .539 7.4 18.0 13.0 9.2 1.1 4.7 9.9 19.9 119 101 5.7 4.7 10.3
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 62 2065 19.1 .554 .511 8.7 19.4 14.0 12.8 1.3 3.5 10.8 21.4 113 105 3.5 3.0 6.5
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 80 2927 20.6 .567 .525 8.0 19.2 13.6 13.4 1.1 4.1 8.8 22.2 116 106 6.1 3.6 9.8
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 81 2880 21.4 .586 .539 8.6 17.1 13.0 12.0 1.4 4.9 6.9 19.1 125 105 8.2 4.0 12.2
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 77 2753 19.8 .587 .549 8.0 19.3 13.9 12.1 1.0 4.4 9.0 19.1 120 103 6.3 4.4 10.7
1993-94 34 CLE NBA 33 909 17.1 .526 .487 9.8 19.2 14.5 8.7 1.6 4.0 9.8 19.2 111 102 1.4 1.4 2.8
Career NBA 920 30697 19.9 .586 .546 8.7 18.3 13.6 11.8 1.4 3.8 11.3 20.6 116 104 65.0 44.6 109.6

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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 7 128 25 41 0 0 4 8 13 32 7 10 11 12 15 54 .610 .500 18.3 7.7 4.6 1.0
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 3 103 14 35 0 0 8 10 10 25 3 3 6 6 12 36 .400 .800 34.3 12.0 8.3 1.0
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 17 633 118 200 0 0 51 76 51 148 40 16 34 31 59 287 .590 .671 37.2 16.9 8.7 2.4
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 5 200 34 64 0 0 16 18 10 36 18 2 11 14 13 84 .531 .889 40.0 16.8 7.2 3.6
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 5 195 38 69 0 0 21 32 16 39 16 3 12 9 12 97 .551 .656 39.0 19.4 7.8 3.2
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 5 159 26 45 0 0 9 12 4 24 12 3 10 2 20 61 .578 .750 31.8 12.2 4.8 2.4
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 17 681 124 251 0 1 58 70 45 157 43 14 46 26 56 306 .494 .000 .829 40.1 18.0 9.2 2.5
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 9 329 61 108 0 0 23 30 35 74 21 8 14 6 33 145 .565 .767 36.6 16.1 8.2 2.3
Career NBA 68 2428 440 813 0 1 190 256 184 535 160 59 144 106 220 1070 .541 .000 .742 35.7 15.7 7.9 2.4

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
1981-82 22 PHO NBA 7 128 18.1 .606 .610 10.7 16.8 13.6 7.1 3.6 4.5 21.2 17.4 104 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
1982-83 23 PHO NBA 3 103 11.4 .457 .400 9.5 15.8 12.5 3.7 1.4 3.2 13.2 17.3 96 106 0.0 0.1 0.1
1983-84 24 PHO NBA 17 633 18.8 .615 .590 9.5 17.1 13.4 8.9 1.2 3.2 11.7 17.6 121 108 1.4 0.7 2.1
1987-88 28 CLE NBA 5 200 15.8 .584 .531 6.0 13.8 10.2 13.6 0.5 3.0 16.3 19.1 110 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 5 195 20.9 .584 .551 9.5 14.0 11.8 15.0 0.8 4.2 9.8 21.7 119 107 0.4 0.3 0.7
1989-90 30 CLE NBA 5 159 16.3 .607 .578 3.3 13.3 8.8 11.2 1.0 4.0 3.8 15.1 127 110 0.4 0.2 0.5
1991-92 32 CLE NBA 17 681 17.8 .543 .494 8.2 18.2 13.5 10.3 1.1 4.0 8.4 20.5 115 107 0.9 1.0 2.0
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 9 329 20.6 .598 .565 13.0 14.7 13.8 11.1 1.3 2.8 4.7 17.9 131 107 1.1 0.4 1.4
Career NBA 68 2428 18.2 .578 .541 9.0 16.2 12.8 10.3 1.2 3.5 10.3 18.7 118 108 4.5 3.0 7.4

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1984-85 25 PHO NBA 1 0 15 7 8 .875 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 5 0 0 2 2 5 16
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 1 0 17 5 9 .556 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 1 0 1 10
1992-93 33 CLE NBA 1 0 12 3 4 .750 0 0 1 2 .500 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 7
Career NBA 3 0 44 15 21 .714 0 0 3 4 .750 5 14 2 2 4 2 9 33

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NBA
1989 NBA
1993 NBA

Honors

1988-89 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1991-92 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)
1992-93 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1988-89 NBA 0.004 (13)
Career 0.004 (192)

Games

1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1982-83 NBA 2914 (10)
Career NBA 30697 (97)

Field Goals

Career NBA 6370 (75)
Career 6370 (80)

Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .576 (8)
1984-85 NBA .587 (5)
1985-86 NBA .581 (3)
1986-87 NBA .551 (10)
1988-89 NBA .539 (9)
1991-92 NBA .539 (10)
1992-93 NBA .549 (7)
Career NBA .546 (14)
Career .546 (14)

Offensive Rebounds

Career NBA 2299 (45)
Career 2299 (54)

Defensive Rebounds

Career NBA 5053 (52)
Career 5053 (58)

Total Rebounds

Career NBA 7352 (70)
Career 7352 (81)

Blocks

1982-83 NBA 217 (3)
1983-84 NBA 174 (4)
1986-87 NBA 148 (10)
1987-88 NBA 159 (6)
1988-89 NBA 206 (7)
1990-91 NBA 200 (5)
1991-92 NBA 243 (4)
1992-93 NBA 198 (6)
Career NBA 2027 (15)
Career 2027 (17)

Points

Career NBA 15687 (91)
Career 15687 (97)

Blocks Per Game

1982-83 NBA 2.6 (4)
1983-84 NBA 2.1 (4)
1986-87 NBA 2.1 (8)
1987-88 NBA 2.4 (6)
1988-89 NBA 2.8 (5)
1990-91 NBA 2.5 (6)
1991-92 NBA 3.0 (3)
1992-93 NBA 2.6 (6)
Career NBA 2.2 (18)
Career 2.2 (19)

Player Efficiency Rating

1986-87 NBA 22.2 (9)
Career NBA 19.9 (61)
Career 19.9 (64)

True Shooting Pct

1984-85 NBA .612 (10)
1985-86 NBA .616 (10)
Career NBA .586 (33)
Career .586 (33)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .576 (8)
1984-85 NBA .588 (5)
1985-86 NBA .581 (3)
Career NBA .546 (19)
Career .546 (19)

Offensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 8.7 (87)
Career 8.7 (97)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 18.3 (97)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 13.6 (100)

Block Pct

1982-83 NBA 4.2 (10)
1988-89 NBA 4.7 (9)
1991-92 NBA 4.9 (10)
Career NBA 3.8 (36)
Career 3.8 (36)

Turnover Pct

1990-91 NBA 8.8 (9)
1991-92 NBA 6.9 (1)
 1992-93 NBA 9.0 (10)
Career NBA 11.3 (77)
Career 11.3 (83)

Offensive Rating

1986-87 NBA 121.5 (7)
1991-92 NBA 124.9 (4)
1992-93 NBA 120.0 (10)
Career NBA 116.4 (25)
Career 116.4 (23)

Defensive Rating

1982-83 NBA 97.5 (7)
1988-89 NBA 101.1 (5)

Offensive Win Shares

1991-92 NBA 8.2 (9)
Career NBA 65.0 (52)
Career 65.0 (56)

Defensive Win Shares

1982-83 NBA 5.6 (4)
1988-89 NBA 4.7 (9)
Career NBA 44.6 (52)
Career 44.6 (57)

Win Shares

1992-93 NBA 10.7 (8)
Career NBA 109.6 (46)
Career 109.6 (51)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.026 (207)
  

Transactions

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

February 25, 1988: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with Mike Sanders and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Randolph Keys) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Tyrone Corbin, Kevin Johnson, Mark West, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Dan Majerle), a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Dean Garrett) and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Phoenix Suns NBA $400,000
1985-86 Phoenix Suns NBA $500,000
1986-87 Phoenix Suns NBA *$562,500
1987-88 Total NBA $625,000
1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $800,000
1989-90 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA *$1,030,000
1990-91 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,260,000
1991-92 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,363,000
1992-93 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $2,775,000
1993-94 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $2,840,000
Career (may be incomplete) $12,155,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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