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Norm Nixon

Norman Ellard Nixon (Norm)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: October 11, 1955 in Macon, Georgia
High School: Southwest in Macon, Georgia
College: Duquesne University

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (22nd pick, 22nd overall) of the 1977 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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 81 2779 496 998 .497 115 161 .714 41 198 239 553 138 7 251 259 1107
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 82 3145 623 1149 .542 158 204 .775 48 183 231 737 201 17 231 250 1404
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 82 3226 624 1209 .516 1 8 .125 197 253 .779 52 177 229 642 147 14 288 241 1446
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 79 2962 576 1210 .476 2 12 .167 196 252 .778 64 168 232 696 146 11 285 226 1350
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 82 82 3024 628 1274 .493 3 12 .250 181 224 .808 38 138 176 652 132 7 238 264 1440
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 79 79 2711 533 1123 .475 0 13 .000 125 168 .744 61 144 205 566 104 4 237 176 1191
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 82 82 3053 587 1270 .462 11 46 .239 206 271 .760 56 147 203 914 94 4 257 180 1391
1984-85 29 LAC NBA 81 81 2894 596 1281 .465 33 99 .333 170 218 .780 55 163 218 711 95 4 273 175 1395
1985-86 30 LAC NBA 67 62 2138 403 921 .438 42 121 .347 131 162 .809 45 135 180 576 84 3 190 143 979
1988-89 33 LAC NBA 53 30 1318 153 370 .414 8 29 .276 48 65 .738 13 65 78 339 46 0 118 69 362
Career NBA 768 416 27250 5219 10805 .483 100 340 .294 1527 1978 .772 473 1518 1991 6386 1187 71 2368 1983 12065

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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 81 34.3 6.1 12.3 .497 1.4 2.0 .714 0.5 2.4 3.0 6.8 1.7 0.1 3.1 3.2 13.7
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 82 38.4 7.6 14.0 .542 1.9 2.5 .775 0.6 2.2 2.8 9.0 2.5 0.2 2.8 3.0 17.1
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 82 39.3 7.6 14.7 .516 0.0 0.1 .125 2.4 3.1 .779 0.6 2.2 2.8 7.8 1.8 0.2 3.5 2.9 17.6
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 79 37.5 7.3 15.3 .476 0.0 0.2 .167 2.5 3.2 .778 0.8 2.1 2.9 8.8 1.8 0.1 3.6 2.9 17.1
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 82 82 36.9 7.7 15.5 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 2.2 2.7 .808 0.5 1.7 2.1 8.0 1.6 0.1 2.9 3.2 17.6
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 79 79 34.3 6.7 14.2 .475 0.0 0.2 .000 1.6 2.1 .744 0.8 1.8 2.6 7.2 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.2 15.1
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 82 82 37.2 7.2 15.5 .462 0.1 0.6 .239 2.5 3.3 .760 0.7 1.8 2.5 11.1 1.1 0.0 3.1 2.2 17.0
1984-85 29 LAC NBA 81 81 35.7 7.4 15.8 .465 0.4 1.2 .333 2.1 2.7 .780 0.7 2.0 2.7 8.8 1.2 0.0 3.4 2.2 17.2
1985-86 30 LAC NBA 67 62 31.9 6.0 13.7 .438 0.6 1.8 .347 2.0 2.4 .809 0.7 2.0 2.7 8.6 1.3 0.0 2.8 2.1 14.6
1988-89 33 LAC NBA 53 30 24.9 2.9 7.0 .414 0.2 0.5 .276 0.9 1.2 .738 0.2 1.2 1.5 6.4 0.9 0.0 2.2 1.3 6.8
Career NBA 768 416 35.5 6.8 14.1 .483 0.2 0.6 .294 2.0 2.6 .772 0.6 2.0 2.6 8.3 1.5 0.1 3.1 2.6 15.7

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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 81 2779 6.4 12.9 .497 1.5 2.1 .714 0.5 2.6 3.1 7.2 1.8 0.1 3.3 3.4 14.3
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 82 3145 7.1 13.2 .542 1.8 2.3 .775 0.5 2.1 2.6 8.4 2.3 0.2 2.6 2.9 16.1
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 82 3226 7.0 13.5 .516 0.0 0.1 .125 2.2 2.8 .779 0.6 2.0 2.6 7.2 1.6 0.2 3.2 2.7 16.1
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 79 2962 7.0 14.7 .476 0.0 0.1 .167 2.4 3.1 .778 0.8 2.0 2.8 8.5 1.8 0.1 3.5 2.7 16.4
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 82 82 3024 7.5 15.2 .493 0.0 0.1 .250 2.2 2.7 .808 0.5 1.6 2.1 7.8 1.6 0.1 2.8 3.1 17.1
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 79 79 2711 7.1 14.9 .475 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.2 .744 0.8 1.9 2.7 7.5 1.4 0.1 3.1 2.3 15.8
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 82 82 3053 6.9 15.0 .462 0.1 0.5 .239 2.4 3.2 .760 0.7 1.7 2.4 10.8 1.1 0.0 3.0 2.1 16.4
1984-85 29 LAC NBA 81 81 2894 7.4 15.9 .465 0.4 1.2 .333 2.1 2.7 .780 0.7 2.0 2.7 8.8 1.2 0.0 3.4 2.2 17.4
1985-86 30 LAC NBA 67 62 2138 6.8 15.5 .438 0.7 2.0 .347 2.2 2.7 .809 0.8 2.3 3.0 9.7 1.4 0.1 3.2 2.4 16.5
1988-89 33 LAC NBA 53 30 1318 4.2 10.1 .414 0.2 0.8 .276 1.3 1.8 .738 0.4 1.8 2.1 9.3 1.3 0.0 3.2 1.9 9.9
Career NBA 768 416 27250 6.9 14.3 .483 0.2 0.6 .294 2.0 2.6 .772 0.6 2.0 2.6 8.4 1.6 0.1 3.1 2.6 15.9

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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 81 2779 14.1 .518 .497 1.6 7.0 4.4 26.0 2.2 0.1 19.0 18.5 100 103 2.3 2.1 4.5
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 82 3145 18.2 .567 .542 1.8 6.0 4.0 30.5 2.9 0.3 15.7 18.7 112 104 6.5 3.1 9.6
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 82 3226 14.9 .548 .517 1.9 5.5 3.9 25.3 2.1 0.2 17.9 20.0 107 107 4.1 2.7 6.7
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 79 2962 15.5 .511 .477 2.5 5.8 4.2 30.9 2.3 0.2 17.7 21.8 104 107 2.8 2.7 5.5
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 82 3024 15.3 .525 .494 1.4 4.8 3.2 27.7 2.0 0.1 14.8 21.1 109 109 4.2 2.4 6.6
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 79 2711 13.9 .498 .475 2.6 5.6 4.2 25.8 1.8 0.1 16.5 20.9 103 109 2.5 1.4 3.9
1983-84 28 SDC NBA 82 3053 16.9 .501 .467 2.1 5.4 3.8 41.1 1.5 0.1 15.6 21.5 111 115 5.1 0.3 5.4
1984-85 29 LAC NBA 81 2894 15.6 .507 .478 2.2 6.0 4.2 35.7 1.6 0.1 16.5 23.2 105 113 2.5 1.2 3.7
1985-86 30 LAC NBA 67 2138 15.7 .493 .460 2.3 7.1 4.7 40.3 1.8 0.1 16.1 22.2 104 114 1.7 0.3 2.0
1988-89 33 LAC NBA 53 1318 9.8 .454 .424 1.1 5.3 3.2 33.3 1.6 0.0 22.8 15.5 94 115 -0.6 0.3 -0.4
Career NBA 768 27250 15.3 .517 .488 2.0 5.8 4.0 31.3 2.0 0.1 16.9 20.6 106 109 31.0 16.6 47.6

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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 3 92 11 24 2 3 4 9 16 4 1 5 13 24 .458 .667 30.7 8.0 3.0 5.3
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 8 327 56 119 11 15 6 28 94 11 0 24 37 123 .471 .733 40.9 15.4 3.5 11.8
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 16 648 114 239 1 5 41 51 13 56 125 32 3 49 59 270 .477 .200 .804 40.5 16.9 3.5 7.8
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 3 133 25 49 0 0 8 10 1 11 26 1 1 5 9 58 .510 .800 44.3 19.3 3.7 8.7
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 14 549 121 253 1 3 43 57 13 43 114 23 2 34 43 286 .478 .333 .754 39.2 20.4 3.1 8.1
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 14 538 113 237 3 7 37 50 13 48 90 18 1 34 40 266 .477 .429 .740 38.4 19.0 3.4 6.4
Career NBA 58 2287 440 921 5 15 142 186 50 195 465 89 8 151 201 1027 .478 .333 .763 39.4 17.7 3.4 8.0

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
1977-78 22 LAL NBA 3 92 11.4 .474 .458 4.3 6.0 5.1 22.8 2.1 0.6 16.5 13.0 106 107 0.1 0.0 0.1
1978-79 23 LAL NBA 8 327 15.9 .490 .471 2.2 7.0 4.8 39.3 1.6 0.0 16.0 19.5 104 109 0.4 0.1 0.5
1979-80 24 LAL NBA 16 648 14.4 .516 .479 2.2 7.0 4.6 25.7 2.3 0.3 15.8 18.9 107 106 0.9 0.6 1.5
1980-81 25 LAL NBA 3 133 16.7 .543 .510 0.8 6.6 4.0 31.0 0.4 0.4 8.6 18.5 117 110 0.3 0.0 0.4
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 14 549 16.9 .514 .480 2.7 5.5 4.2 27.2 2.0 0.2 10.9 22.3 113 110 1.2 0.3 1.5
1982-83 27 LAL NBA 14 538 15.0 .514 .483 2.7 7.0 4.9 23.2 1.6 0.1 11.6 22.2 107 111 0.7 0.2 0.9
Career NBA 58 2287 15.4 .512 .480 2.4 6.6 4.6 27.6 1.8 0.2 13.1 20.3 109 109 3.5 1.3 4.9

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
1981-82 26 LAL NBA 1 0 19 7 14 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 14
1984-85 29 LAC NBA 1 0 19 5 7 .714 0 0 1 2 .500 0 2 8 0 0 1 1 11
Career NBA 2 0 38 12 21 .571 0 0 1 2 .500 0 2 10 1 0 1 1 25

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
1973-74 18 DUQUESNE 24 113 257 31 45 99 144 257 .440 .689 10.7 4.1 6.0
1974-75 19 DUQUESNE 25 147 282 69 92 88 105 363 .521 .750 14.5 3.5 4.2
1975-76 20 DUQUESNE 25 214 434 96 127 105 150 524 .493 .756 21.0 4.2 6.0
1976-77 21 DUQUESNE 30 1106 279 539 103 138 119 178 661 .518 .746 36.9 22.0 4.0 5.9
Career 104 1106 753 1512 299 402 411 577 1805 .498 .744 36.9 17.4 4.0 5.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1985 NBA

Honors

1977-78 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1980-81 NBA 0.007 (21)
1982-83 NBA 0.001 (22)
Career 0.009 (162)

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1978-79 NBA 3145 (5)
1979-80 NBA 3226 (1)
 1981-82 NBA 3024 (9)
1983-84 NBA 3053 (3)

3-Pt Field Goals

1985-86 NBA 42 (8)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1985-86 NBA 121 (9)

Assists

1977-78 NBA 553 (4)
1978-79 NBA 737 (3)
1979-80 NBA 642 (3)
1980-81 NBA 696 (2)
1981-82 NBA 652 (4)
1982-83 NBA 566 (8)
1983-84 NBA 914 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 711 (4)
Career NBA 6386 (23)
Career 6386 (23)

Steals

1978-79 NBA 201 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 146 (10)
Career NBA 1187 (72)
Career 1187 (78)

Turnovers

1979-80 NBA 288 (6)
1980-81 NBA 285 (4)
1983-84 NBA 257 (10)
1984-85 NBA 273 (7)
Career NBA 2368 (52)
Career 2368 (58)

Minutes Per Game

1978-79 NBA 38.4 (7)
1979-80 NBA 39.3 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 37.5 (8)
1983-84 NBA 37.2 (8)
Career NBA 35.5 (73)
Career 35.5 (76)

Assists Per Game

1977-78 NBA 6.8 (4)
1978-79 NBA 9.0 (3)
1979-80 NBA 7.8 (4)
1980-81 NBA 8.8 (2)
1981-82 NBA 8.0 (5)
1982-83 NBA 7.2 (9)
1983-84 NBA 11.1 (2)
1984-85 NBA 8.8 (4)
1985-86 NBA 8.6 (8)
Career NBA 8.3 (9)
Career 8.3 (9)

Steals Per Game

1978-79 NBA 2.5 (2)

Assist Pct

1977-78 NBA 26.0 (9)
1978-79 NBA 30.5 (6)
1980-81 NBA 30.9 (4)
1983-84 NBA 41.1 (5)
1984-85 NBA 35.7 (6)
1985-86 NBA 40.3 (5)
Career NBA 31.3 (40)
Career 31.3 (40)

Steal Pct

1978-79 NBA 2.9 (7)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.313 (115)

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

October 10, 1983: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers with Eddie Jordan, a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hornacek) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Bruce Dalrymple) to the San Diego Clippers for Swen Nater and Byron Scott.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $70,000
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $500,000
1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$481,600
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$463,200
1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$444,800
1983-84 San Diego Clippers NBA *$426,400
1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $408,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $650,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $985,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $985,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,414,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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