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Calvin Natt

Calvin Leon Natt

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 8, 1957 in Monroe, Louisiana
High School: Bastrop in Bastrop, Louisiana
College: University of Louisiana at Monroe

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (8th pick, 8th 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 TOT NBA 78 2857 622 1298 .479 3 9 .333 306 419 .730 239 452 691 169 102 34 198 205 1553
1979-80 23 NJN NBA 53 2046 421 879 .479 1 5 .200 199 280 .711 173 340 513 112 78 22 133 148 1042
1979-80 23 POR NBA 25 811 201 419 .480 2 4 .500 107 139 .770 66 112 178 57 24 12 65 57 511
1980-81 24 POR NBA 74 2111 395 794 .497 4 8 .500 200 283 .707 149 282 431 159 73 18 163 188 994
1981-82 25 POR NBA 75 71 2599 515 894 .576 2 8 .250 294 392 .750 193 420 613 150 62 36 140 175 1326
1982-83 26 POR NBA 80 80 2879 644 1187 .543 3 20 .150 339 428 .792 214 385 599 171 63 29 203 184 1630
1983-84 27 POR NBA 79 74 2638 500 857 .583 2 17 .118 275 345 .797 166 310 476 179 69 22 166 218 1277
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 78 76 2657 685 1255 .546 0 3 .000 447 564 .793 209 401 610 238 75 33 190 182 1817
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 69 62 2007 469 930 .504 2 6 .333 278 347 .801 125 311 436 164 58 13 130 143 1218
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 1 1 20 4 10 .400 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 10
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 27 7 533 102 208 .490 0 1 .000 54 73 .740 35 61 96 47 13 3 30 43 258
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 24 0 353 47 116 .405 0 1 .000 57 79 .722 28 50 78 18 8 3 30 32 151
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 14 0 168 22 50 .440 0 1 .000 22 31 .710 12 34 46 7 6 1 11 13 66
1988-89 32 SAS NBA 10 0 185 25 66 .379 0 0 35 48 .729 16 16 32 11 2 2 19 19 85
1989-90 33 IND NBA 14 0 164 20 31 .645 0 0 17 22 .773 10 25 35 9 1 0 5 14 57
Career NBA 599 371 18818 4003 7580 .528 16 73 .219 2269 2954 .768 1370 2700 4070 1306 525 191 1256 1386 10291

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 TOT NBA 78 36.6 8.0 16.6 .479 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 5.4 .730 3.1 5.8 8.9 2.2 1.3 0.4 2.5 2.6 19.9
1979-80 23 NJN NBA 53 38.6 7.9 16.6 .479 0.0 0.1 .200 3.8 5.3 .711 3.3 6.4 9.7 2.1 1.5 0.4 2.5 2.8 19.7
1979-80 23 POR NBA 25 32.4 8.0 16.8 .480 0.1 0.2 .500 4.3 5.6 .770 2.6 4.5 7.1 2.3 1.0 0.5 2.6 2.3 20.4
1980-81 24 POR NBA 74 28.5 5.3 10.7 .497 0.1 0.1 .500 2.7 3.8 .707 2.0 3.8 5.8 2.1 1.0 0.2 2.2 2.5 13.4
1981-82 25 POR NBA 75 71 34.7 6.9 11.9 .576 0.0 0.1 .250 3.9 5.2 .750 2.6 5.6 8.2 2.0 0.8 0.5 1.9 2.3 17.7
1982-83 26 POR NBA 80 80 36.0 8.1 14.8 .543 0.0 0.3 .150 4.2 5.4 .792 2.7 4.8 7.5 2.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 2.3 20.4
1983-84 27 POR NBA 79 74 33.4 6.3 10.8 .583 0.0 0.2 .118 3.5 4.4 .797 2.1 3.9 6.0 2.3 0.9 0.3 2.1 2.8 16.2
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 78 76 34.1 8.8 16.1 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 5.7 7.2 .793 2.7 5.1 7.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 2.4 2.3 23.3
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 69 62 29.1 6.8 13.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .333 4.0 5.0 .801 1.8 4.5 6.3 2.4 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.1 17.7
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 1 1 20.0 4.0 10.0 .400 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 10.0
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 27 7 19.7 3.8 7.7 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.7 .740 1.3 2.3 3.6 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.6 9.6
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 24 0 14.7 2.0 4.8 .405 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .722 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.3 1.3 6.3
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 14 0 12.0 1.6 3.6 .440 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.2 .710 0.9 2.4 3.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.9 4.7
1988-89 32 SAS NBA 10 0 18.5 2.5 6.6 .379 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.8 .729 1.6 1.6 3.2 1.1 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.9 8.5
1989-90 33 IND NBA 14 0 11.7 1.4 2.2 .645 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.6 .773 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.0 4.1
Career NBA 599 371 31.4 6.7 12.7 .528 0.0 0.1 .219 3.8 4.9 .768 2.3 4.5 6.8 2.2 0.9 0.3 2.1 2.3 17.2

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 TOT NBA 78 2857 7.8 16.4 .479 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 5.3 .730 3.0 5.7 8.7 2.1 1.3 0.4 2.5 2.6 19.6
1979-80 23 NJN NBA 53 2046 7.4 15.5 .479 0.0 0.1 .200 3.5 4.9 .711 3.0 6.0 9.0 2.0 1.4 0.4 2.3 2.6 18.3
1979-80 23 POR NBA 25 811 8.9 18.6 .480 0.1 0.2 .500 4.7 6.2 .770 2.9 5.0 7.9 2.5 1.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 22.7
1980-81 24 POR NBA 74 2111 6.7 13.5 .497 0.1 0.1 .500 3.4 4.8 .707 2.5 4.8 7.4 2.7 1.2 0.3 2.8 3.2 17.0
1981-82 25 POR NBA 75 71 2599 7.1 12.4 .576 0.0 0.1 .250 4.1 5.4 .750 2.7 5.8 8.5 2.1 0.9 0.5 1.9 2.4 18.4
1982-83 26 POR NBA 80 80 2879 8.1 14.8 .543 0.0 0.3 .150 4.2 5.4 .792 2.7 4.8 7.5 2.1 0.8 0.4 2.5 2.3 20.4
1983-84 27 POR NBA 79 74 2638 6.8 11.7 .583 0.0 0.2 .118 3.8 4.7 .797 2.3 4.2 6.5 2.4 0.9 0.3 2.3 3.0 17.4
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 78 76 2657 9.3 17.0 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 7.6 .793 2.8 5.4 8.3 3.2 1.0 0.4 2.6 2.5 24.6
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 69 62 2007 8.4 16.7 .504 0.0 0.1 .333 5.0 6.2 .801 2.2 5.6 7.8 2.9 1.0 0.2 2.3 2.6 21.8
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 1 1 20 7.2 18.0 .400 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.000 3.6 5.4 9.0 3.6 1.8 0.0 1.8 3.6 18.0
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 27 7 533 6.9 14.0 .490 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.9 .740 2.4 4.1 6.5 3.2 0.9 0.2 2.0 2.9 17.4
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 24 0 353 4.8 11.8 .405 0.0 0.1 .000 5.8 8.1 .722 2.9 5.1 8.0 1.8 0.8 0.3 3.1 3.3 15.4
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 14 0 168 4.7 10.7 .440 0.0 0.2 .000 4.7 6.6 .710 2.6 7.3 9.9 1.5 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.8 14.1
1988-89 32 SAS NBA 10 0 185 4.9 12.8 .379 0.0 0.0 6.8 9.3 .729 3.1 3.1 6.2 2.1 0.4 0.4 3.7 3.7 16.5
1989-90 33 IND NBA 14 0 164 4.4 6.8 .645 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.8 .773 2.2 5.5 7.7 2.0 0.2 0.0 1.1 3.1 12.5
Career NBA 599 371 18818 7.7 14.5 .528 0.0 0.1 .219 4.3 5.7 .768 2.6 5.2 7.8 2.5 1.0 0.4 2.4 2.7 19.7

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
1979-80 23 TOT NBA 78 2857 17.0 .524 .480 8.8 16.7 12.7 9.1 1.6 0.7 11.8 23.2 106 103 3.5 3.7 7.1
1979-80 23 NJN NBA 53 2046 15.9 .520 .480 8.8 17.2 13.0 8.2 1.7 0.6 11.7 21.4 105 103 2.1 2.8 4.8
1979-80 23 POR NBA 25 811 19.8 .532 .482 8.8 15.4 12.1 11.5 1.4 0.9 11.9 27.6 108 105 1.4 0.9 2.3
1980-81 24 POR NBA 74 2111 14.8 .541 .500 7.7 14.6 11.1 10.0 1.6 0.5 15.1 20.3 106 106 2.2 2.0 4.2
1981-82 25 POR NBA 75 2599 19.0 .622 .577 8.4 17.9 13.2 8.0 1.1 0.8 11.6 19.1 122 108 7.0 2.3 9.3
1982-83 26 POR NBA 80 2879 19.0 .593 .544 8.3 15.1 11.7 9.1 1.0 0.6 12.9 22.3 115 106 7.1 2.7 9.8
1983-84 27 POR NBA 79 2638 16.9 .633 .585 7.3 14.3 10.7 9.3 1.2 0.5 14.1 17.9 122 109 6.3 2.1 8.4
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 78 2657 21.8 .604 .546 7.9 17.2 12.2 12.4 1.3 0.7 11.2 24.1 121 109 8.0 2.3 10.2
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 69 2007 18.6 .562 .505 6.2 17.0 11.3 11.6 1.3 0.4 10.7 23.3 113 106 3.9 2.3 6.1
1986-87 30 DEN NBA 1 20 15.2 .460 .400 9.9 16.8 13.1 13.4 2.3 0.0 8.4 22.8 104 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987-88 31 DEN NBA 27 533 14.4 .537 .490 6.6 12.5 9.5 11.6 1.1 0.3 11.1 19.7 110 109 0.6 0.5 1.1
1988-89 32 TOT NBA 24 353 10.7 .501 .405 8.1 15.7 11.7 6.6 1.0 0.5 16.6 19.8 99 110 0.0 0.3 0.3
1988-89 32 DEN NBA 14 168 12.1 .519 .440 7.0 22.1 14.1 5.0 1.6 0.3 14.7 17.0 102 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
1988-89 32 SAS NBA 10 185 9.3 .488 .379 9.1 9.9 9.5 8.0 0.5 0.6 17.9 22.3 96 113 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1989-90 33 IND NBA 14 164 14.4 .701 .645 7.5 17.0 12.5 7.5 0.3 0.0 10.9 12.1 138 113 0.5 0.1 0.5
Career NBA 599 18818 17.9 .579 .529 7.8 16.0 11.8 9.8 1.3 0.6 12.4 21.3 114 107 39.1 18.1 57.2

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
1979-80 23 POR NBA 3 125 21 48 0 2 6 10 9 24 2 2 1 10 7 48 .438 .000 .600 41.7 16.0 8.0 0.7
1980-81 24 POR NBA 3 95 14 31 0 0 4 8 6 20 1 1 1 7 4 32 .452 .500 31.7 10.7 6.7 0.3
1982-83 26 POR NBA 7 274 50 102 1 2 31 48 22 64 11 8 1 9 14 132 .490 .500 .646 39.1 18.9 9.1 1.6
1983-84 27 POR NBA 5 195 37 72 0 3 25 36 11 38 9 6 1 10 10 99 .514 .000 .694 39.0 19.8 7.6 1.8
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 15 508 131 238 0 0 72 89 31 99 57 8 5 31 35 334 .550 .809 33.9 22.3 6.6 3.8
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 10 293 66 142 1 2 46 59 17 79 28 2 3 22 25 179 .465 .500 .780 29.3 17.9 7.9 2.8
1989-90 33 IND NBA 2 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 2 .333 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.5
Career NBA 45 1504 320 636 2 9 184 250 97 326 109 27 12 91 100 826 .503 .222 .736 33.4 18.4 7.2 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
1979-80 23 POR NBA 3 125 10.3 .458 .438 7.9 14.1 10.9 2.4 0.8 0.5 16.0 21.4 91 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1980-81 24 POR NBA 3 95 9.0 .463 .452 7.0 17.6 12.1 1.5 0.5 0.6 16.9 18.7 87 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1982-83 26 POR NBA 7 274 16.7 .536 .495 8.8 17.4 13.0 5.9 1.4 0.2 6.8 20.3 113 107 0.5 0.2 0.7
1983-84 27 POR NBA 5 195 17.3 .564 .514 5.9 19.1 11.6 7.1 1.5 0.3 10.2 21.0 115 115 0.3 0.1 0.4
1984-85 28 DEN NBA 15 508 19.6 .603 .550 6.1 15.5 10.4 15.5 0.7 0.6 10.1 22.8 122 112 1.3 0.4 1.7
1985-86 29 DEN NBA 10 293 17.0 .533 .468 5.6 23.2 13.9 14.5 0.3 0.6 11.6 25.8 108 110 0.3 0.3 0.6
1989-90 33 IND NBA 2 14 -7.0 .333 .333 9.2 8.6 8.9 10.9 0.0 0.0 40.0 16.9 58 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 45 1504 16.6 .554 .505 6.7 17.8 11.9 10.4 0.9 0.5 10.9 22.3 112 111 2.2 1.1 3.3

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 28 DEN NBA 1 0 11 1 3 .333 0 0 1 2 .500 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3
Career NBA 1 0 11 1 3 .333 0 0 1 2 .500 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NBA

Honors

1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1979-80 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1984-85 NBA 0.028 (11)
Career 0.028 (121)

Field Goal Pct

1981-82 NBA .576 (5)
1983-84 NBA .583 (5)
Career NBA .528 (29)
Career .528 (29)

Free Throws

1984-85 NBA 447 (8)

Free Throw Attempts

1984-85 NBA 564 (8)

Player Efficiency Rating

1984-85 NBA 21.8 (9)

True Shooting Pct

1981-82 NBA .622 (5)
1983-84 NBA .633 (7)
Career NBA .580 (46)
Career .580 (46)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1981-82 NBA .577 (5)
1983-84 NBA .585 (5)
Career NBA .529 (48)
Career .529 (48)

Offensive Rating

1981-82 NBA 122.1 (3)
1983-84 NBA 121.6 (5)
1984-85 NBA 120.5 (7)
Career NBA 114.4 (50)
Career 114.4 (50)

Offensive Win Shares

1984-85 NBA 8.0 (4)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.014 (241)

Transactions

June 8, 1978: Sent to the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) as compensation for the Indiana Pacers signing Alex English as a veteran free agent.

May 31, 1979: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) with John Gianelli to the New Jersey Nets for Harvey Catchings.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

February 8, 1980: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Portland Trail Blazers for Maurice Lucas, a 1980 1st round draft pick (Mike Gminski) and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Albert King).

June 7, 1984: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Blair Rasmussen) to the Denver Nuggets for Kiki Vandeweghe.

January 26, 1989: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Jay Vincent to the San Antonio Spurs for Darwin Cook and Dave Greenwood.

February 21, 1989: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

October 9, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Denver Nuggets NBA $708,000
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $758,000
1986-87 Denver Nuggets NBA *$783,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $808,000
1988-89 Total NBA $408,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,465,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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