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Johnny Newman

John Sylvester Newman Jr. (Johnny, J. New)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-7    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 28, 1963 in Danville, Virginia
High School: George Washington in Danville, Virginia
College: University of Richmond

Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (5th pick, 29th overall) of the 1986 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
1986-87 23 CLE NBA 59 0 630 113 275 .411 1 22 .045 66 76 .868 36 34 70 27 20 7 46 67 293
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 77 25 1589 270 620 .435 26 93 .280 207 246 .841 87 72 159 62 72 11 103 204 773
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 81 80 2336 455 957 .475 97 287 .338 286 351 .815 93 113 206 162 111 23 153 259 1293
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 80 69 2277 374 786 .476 45 142 .317 239 299 .799 60 131 191 180 95 22 143 254 1032
1990-91 27 CHH NBA 81 81 2477 478 1017 .470 30 84 .357 385 476 .809 94 160 254 188 100 17 189 278 1371
1991-92 28 CHH NBA 55 55 1651 295 618 .477 13 46 .283 236 308 .766 71 108 179 146 70 14 129 181 839
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 64 27 1471 279 534 .522 12 45 .267 194 240 .808 72 71 143 117 45 19 90 154 764
1993-94 30 TOT NBA 81 18 1697 313 664 .471 24 90 .267 182 225 .809 86 94 180 72 69 27 90 196 832
1993-94 30 CHH NBA 18 18 429 91 174 .523 4 16 .250 48 59 .814 21 37 58 29 18 5 28 44 234
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 63 0 1268 222 490 .453 20 74 .270 134 166 .807 65 57 122 43 51 22 62 152 598
1994-95 31 MIL NBA 82 11 1896 226 488 .463 45 128 .352 137 171 .801 72 101 173 91 69 13 86 234 634
1995-96 32 MIL NBA 82 82 2690 321 649 .495 61 162 .377 186 232 .802 66 134 200 154 90 15 108 257 889
1996-97 33 MIL NBA 82 4 2060 246 547 .450 34 98 .347 189 247 .765 66 120 186 116 73 17 115 257 715
1997-98 34 DEN NBA 74 15 2176 344 799 .431 36 105 .343 365 445 .820 50 91 141 138 77 24 147 208 1089
1998-99 35 CLE NBA 50 2 949 106 251 .422 23 61 .377 68 84 .810 15 60 75 41 28 12 41 126 303
1999-00 36 NJN NBA 82 9 1763 278 623 .446 72 190 .379 192 229 .838 39 115 154 65 53 11 89 207 820
2000-01 37 NJN NBA 82 17 2049 291 695 .419 59 176 .335 254 297 .855 34 142 176 115 63 10 106 229 895
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 47 17 724 67 148 .453 22 57 .386 42 58 .724 9 40 49 14 29 4 21 88 198
Career NBA 1159 512 28435 4456 9671 .461 600 1786 .336 3228 3984 .810 950 1586 2536 1688 1064 246 1656 3199 12740

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
1986-87 23 CLE NBA 59 0 10.7 1.9 4.7 .411 0.0 0.4 .045 1.1 1.3 .868 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.1 5.0
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 77 25 20.6 3.5 8.1 .435 0.3 1.2 .280 2.7 3.2 .841 1.1 0.9 2.1 0.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.6 10.0
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 81 80 28.8 5.6 11.8 .475 1.2 3.5 .338 3.5 4.3 .815 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.0 1.4 0.3 1.9 3.2 16.0
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 80 69 28.5 4.7 9.8 .476 0.6 1.8 .317 3.0 3.7 .799 0.8 1.6 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.3 1.8 3.2 12.9
1990-91 27 CHH NBA 81 81 30.6 5.9 12.6 .470 0.4 1.0 .357 4.8 5.9 .809 1.2 2.0 3.1 2.3 1.2 0.2 2.3 3.4 16.9
1991-92 28 CHH NBA 55 55 30.0 5.4 11.2 .477 0.2 0.8 .283 4.3 5.6 .766 1.3 2.0 3.3 2.7 1.3 0.3 2.3 3.3 15.3
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 64 27 23.0 4.4 8.3 .522 0.2 0.7 .267 3.0 3.8 .808 1.1 1.1 2.2 1.8 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.4 11.9
1993-94 30 TOT NBA 81 18 21.0 3.9 8.2 .471 0.3 1.1 .267 2.2 2.8 .809 1.1 1.2 2.2 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.1 2.4 10.3
1993-94 30 CHH NBA 18 18 23.8 5.1 9.7 .523 0.2 0.9 .250 2.7 3.3 .814 1.2 2.1 3.2 1.6 1.0 0.3 1.6 2.4 13.0
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 63 0 20.1 3.5 7.8 .453 0.3 1.2 .270 2.1 2.6 .807 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.4 9.5
1994-95 31 MIL NBA 82 11 23.1 2.8 6.0 .463 0.5 1.6 .352 1.7 2.1 .801 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.2 1.0 2.9 7.7
1995-96 32 MIL NBA 82 82 32.8 3.9 7.9 .495 0.7 2.0 .377 2.3 2.8 .802 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.3 3.1 10.8
1996-97 33 MIL NBA 82 4 25.1 3.0 6.7 .450 0.4 1.2 .347 2.3 3.0 .765 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.2 1.4 3.1 8.7
1997-98 34 DEN NBA 74 15 29.4 4.6 10.8 .431 0.5 1.4 .343 4.9 6.0 .820 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.3 2.0 2.8 14.7
1998-99 35 CLE NBA 50 2 19.0 2.1 5.0 .422 0.5 1.2 .377 1.4 1.7 .810 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.8 2.5 6.1
1999-00 36 NJN NBA 82 9 21.5 3.4 7.6 .446 0.9 2.3 .379 2.3 2.8 .838 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 2.5 10.0
2000-01 37 NJN NBA 82 17 25.0 3.5 8.5 .419 0.7 2.1 .335 3.1 3.6 .855 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.4 0.8 0.1 1.3 2.8 10.9
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 47 17 15.4 1.4 3.1 .453 0.5 1.2 .386 0.9 1.2 .724 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.9 4.2
Career NBA 1159 512 24.5 3.8 8.3 .461 0.5 1.5 .336 2.8 3.4 .810 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.5 0.9 0.2 1.4 2.8 11.0

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
1986-87 23 CLE NBA 59 0 630 6.5 15.7 .411 0.1 1.3 .045 3.8 4.3 .868 2.1 1.9 4.0 1.5 1.1 0.4 2.6 3.8 16.7
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 77 25 1589 6.1 14.0 .435 0.6 2.1 .280 4.7 5.6 .841 2.0 1.6 3.6 1.4 1.6 0.2 2.3 4.6 17.5
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 81 80 2336 7.0 14.7 .475 1.5 4.4 .338 4.4 5.4 .815 1.4 1.7 3.2 2.5 1.7 0.4 2.4 4.0 19.9
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 80 69 2277 5.9 12.4 .476 0.7 2.2 .317 3.8 4.7 .799 0.9 2.1 3.0 2.8 1.5 0.3 2.3 4.0 16.3
1990-91 27 CHH NBA 81 81 2477 6.9 14.8 .470 0.4 1.2 .357 5.6 6.9 .809 1.4 2.3 3.7 2.7 1.5 0.2 2.7 4.0 19.9
1991-92 28 CHH NBA 55 55 1651 6.4 13.5 .477 0.3 1.0 .283 5.1 6.7 .766 1.5 2.4 3.9 3.2 1.5 0.3 2.8 3.9 18.3
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 64 27 1471 6.8 13.1 .522 0.3 1.1 .267 4.7 5.9 .808 1.8 1.7 3.5 2.9 1.1 0.5 2.2 3.8 18.7
1993-94 30 TOT NBA 81 18 1697 6.6 14.1 .471 0.5 1.9 .267 3.9 4.8 .809 1.8 2.0 3.8 1.5 1.5 0.6 1.9 4.2 17.6
1993-94 30 CHH NBA 18 18 429 7.6 14.6 .523 0.3 1.3 .250 4.0 5.0 .814 1.8 3.1 4.9 2.4 1.5 0.4 2.3 3.7 19.6
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 63 0 1268 6.3 13.9 .453 0.6 2.1 .270 3.8 4.7 .807 1.8 1.6 3.5 1.2 1.4 0.6 1.8 4.3 17.0
1994-95 31 MIL NBA 82 11 1896 4.3 9.3 .463 0.9 2.4 .352 2.6 3.2 .801 1.4 1.9 3.3 1.7 1.3 0.2 1.6 4.4 12.0
1995-96 32 MIL NBA 82 82 2690 4.3 8.7 .495 0.8 2.2 .377 2.5 3.1 .802 0.9 1.8 2.7 2.1 1.2 0.2 1.4 3.4 11.9
1996-97 33 MIL NBA 82 4 2060 4.3 9.6 .450 0.6 1.7 .347 3.3 4.3 .765 1.2 2.1 3.3 2.0 1.3 0.3 2.0 4.5 12.5
1997-98 34 DEN NBA 74 15 2176 5.7 13.2 .431 0.6 1.7 .343 6.0 7.4 .820 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.3 1.3 0.4 2.4 3.4 18.0
1998-99 35 CLE NBA 50 2 949 4.0 9.5 .422 0.9 2.3 .377 2.6 3.2 .810 0.6 2.3 2.8 1.6 1.1 0.5 1.6 4.8 11.5
1999-00 36 NJN NBA 82 9 1763 5.7 12.7 .446 1.5 3.9 .379 3.9 4.7 .838 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.3 1.1 0.2 1.8 4.2 16.7
2000-01 37 NJN NBA 82 17 2049 5.1 12.2 .419 1.0 3.1 .335 4.5 5.2 .855 0.6 2.5 3.1 2.0 1.1 0.2 1.9 4.0 15.7
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 47 17 724 3.3 7.4 .453 1.1 2.8 .386 2.1 2.9 .724 0.4 2.0 2.4 0.7 1.4 0.2 1.0 4.4 9.8
Career NBA 1159 512 28435 5.6 12.2 .461 0.8 2.3 .336 4.1 5.0 .810 1.2 2.0 3.2 2.1 1.3 0.3 2.1 4.1 16.1

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
1986-87 23 CLE NBA 59 630 9.8 .475 .413 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.4 1.5 0.6 13.0 22.5 97 110 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 77 1589 12.1 .531 .456 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.7 2.2 0.4 12.4 21.2 108 109 1.6 1.5 3.1
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 81 2336 15.3 .582 .526 4.3 5.5 4.9 9.4 2.2 0.6 12.1 21.0 117 110 4.9 1.8 6.7
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 80 2277 12.7 .562 .504 3.0 6.2 4.7 11.3 2.0 0.6 13.5 19.4 110 110 2.8 1.7 4.5
1990-91 27 CHH NBA 81 2477 15.1 .559 .485 4.2 7.6 5.9 11.9 2.0 0.4 13.4 24.3 107 112 2.8 1.3 4.1
1991-92 28 CHH NBA 55 1651 13.6 .557 .488 4.5 7.2 5.8 12.1 2.0 0.5 14.6 21.6 107 113 1.6 0.8 2.3
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 64 1471 15.5 .597 .534 5.5 4.9 5.2 11.4 1.5 0.7 12.3 20.5 117 113 3.1 0.6 3.7
1993-94 30 TOT NBA 81 1697 14.1 .545 .489 5.4 5.9 5.7 6.7 2.0 1.0 10.6 21.3 109 108 2.4 1.3 3.7
1993-94 30 CHH NBA 18 429 16.9 .585 .534 5.6 9.3 7.5 10.6 2.1 0.7 12.3 22.6 112 110 0.8 0.3 1.0
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 63 1268 13.2 .531 .473 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.4 2.0 1.1 9.9 20.8 109 108 1.6 1.1 2.7
1994-95 31 MIL NBA 82 1896 10.4 .563 .509 4.4 6.6 5.5 7.5 1.9 0.5 13.2 15.2 111 113 1.9 0.8 2.8
1995-96 32 MIL NBA 82 2690 11.5 .592 .542 3.0 6.2 4.6 8.8 1.8 0.4 12.6 14.6 115 114 3.7 0.7 4.4
1996-97 33 MIL NBA 82 2060 10.8 .545 .481 3.9 7.1 5.5 8.9 1.9 0.6 14.9 17.3 106 110 1.6 1.2 2.8
1997-98 34 DEN NBA 74 2176 14.9 .547 .453 2.6 5.1 3.8 12.2 1.9 0.8 12.9 23.9 107 115 3.2 -0.4 2.7
1998-99 35 CLE NBA 50 949 9.2 .526 .468 2.0 8.0 5.0 8.1 1.6 1.0 12.5 16.9 99 105 0.5 0.7 1.2
1999-00 36 NJN NBA 82 1763 13.6 .566 .504 2.4 7.5 4.9 6.2 1.6 0.4 11.0 20.5 109 110 2.9 0.6 3.5
2000-01 37 NJN NBA 82 2049 13.0 .542 .461 1.9 8.2 4.9 10.0 1.6 0.4 11.4 20.6 106 109 2.7 0.7 3.4
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 47 724 8.3 .571 .527 1.4 6.0 3.8 2.7 2.1 0.4 10.8 12.1 109 110 0.6 0.3 0.9
Career NBA 1159 28435 12.9 .558 .492 3.8 6.5 5.1 9.2 1.9 0.6 12.7 19.8 109 111 36.2 14.1 50.3

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
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 4 113 31 68 0 9 14 16 8 11 7 6 1 6 16 76 .456 .000 .875 28.3 19.0 2.8 1.8
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 9 258 50 107 7 28 38 49 13 25 17 8 1 18 27 145 .467 .250 .776 28.7 16.1 2.8 1.9
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 10 231 38 85 4 10 37 49 11 21 10 9 3 17 41 117 .447 .400 .755 23.1 11.7 2.1 1.0
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 9 173 28 55 1 5 11 16 7 19 18 10 1 15 19 68 .509 .200 .688 19.2 7.6 2.1 2.0
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 4 54 3 13 1 4 5 7 2 5 2 2 2 3 11 12 .231 .250 .714 13.5 3.0 1.3 0.5
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 3 22 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 3 .143 .167 7.3 1.0 0.0 0.7
Career NBA 39 851 151 335 14 62 105 137 41 81 56 35 8 59 119 421 .451 .226 .766 21.8 10.8 2.1 1.4

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
1987-88 24 NYK NBA 4 113 17.0 .506 .456 8.3 3.1 5.7 11.9 2.7 0.6 7.4 30.5 107 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
1988-89 25 NYK NBA 9 258 15.0 .564 .500 5.6 5.7 5.7 10.5 1.6 0.3 12.3 24.4 112 115 0.4 0.1 0.5
1989-90 26 NYK NBA 10 231 11.6 .549 .471 5.4 5.3 5.4 6.4 2.0 0.8 13.8 23.3 105 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
1992-93 29 CHH NBA 9 173 12.9 .548 .518 4.7 8.3 6.5 16.5 3.0 0.4 19.5 19.6 100 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
1993-94 30 NJN NBA 4 54 3.1 .373 .269 4.1 6.1 5.1 7.6 2.0 2.6 15.7 16.0 79 104 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2001-02 38 DAL NBA 3 22 -4.8 .214 .214 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 64 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 39 851 12.7 .533 .472 5.5 5.6 5.6 10.6 2.1 0.6 13.0 23.1 105 114 0.5 0.4 0.9

College

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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
1982-83 19 RICHMOND 28 763 137 259 69 96 87 24 24 5 55 69 343 .529 .719 27.3 12.3 3.1 0.9
1983-84 20 RICHMOND 32 1128 270 490 140 181 166 38 48 22 68 91 680 .551 .773 35.3 21.3 5.2 1.2
1984-85 21 RICHMOND 32 1189 273 517 155 197 196 31 37 28 84 98 701 .528 .787 37.2 21.9 6.1 1.0
1985-86 22 RICHMOND 30 1123 253 489 153 172 219 28 36 29 57 89 659 .517 .890 37.4 22.0 7.3 0.9
Career 122 4203 933 1755 517 646 668 121 145 84 264 347 2383 .532 .800 34.5 19.5 5.5 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1994-95 NBA 82 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 82 (2)
1996-97 NBA 82 (4)
1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
 1999-00 NBA 82 (2)
2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
Career NBA 1159 (31)
Career 1159 (35)

3-Pt Field Goals

1988-89 NBA 97 (9)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1988-89 NBA 287 (7)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3199 (44)
Career 3199 (53)

True Shooting Pct

1992-93 NBA .597 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (711)
    

Transactions

August 16, 1983: Traded by the Golden State Warriors (as a 1986 2nd round draft pick) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darren Tillis.

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (29th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

November 5, 1987: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

November 12, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

July 28, 1990: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

December 10, 1993: Traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the New Jersey Nets for Rumeal Robinson.

October 7, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks.

June 25, 1997: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with Danny Fortson and Joe Wolf to the Denver Nuggets for Ervin Johnson.

January 24, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

August 4, 1999: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with Derek Anderson to the Los Angeles Clippers for Lamond Murray.

September 23, 1999: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the New Jersey Nets for Eric Murdock.

July 18, 2001: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Stephon Marbury and Soumaila Samake to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Dudley and Jason Kidd.

September 28, 2001: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

November 27, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 New York Knickerbockers NBA $275,000
1988-89 New York Knickerbockers NBA $525,000
1989-90 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$862,500
1990-91 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,200,000
1991-92 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,206,000
1992-93 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,175,000
1993-94 Total NBA $1,435,000
1994-95 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $300,000
1995-96 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $1,100,000
1996-97 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $1,225,000
1997-98 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,325,000
1998-99 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,000,000
1999-00 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,100,000
2000-01 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,000,000
2001-02 Dallas Mavericks NBA $2,675,000
Career (may be incomplete) $17,403,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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