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Mike O'Koren

Michael F. O'Koren (Mike)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: February 7, 1958 in Jersey City, New Jersey
High School: Hudson Catholic in Jersey City, New Jersey
College: University of North Carolina
Draft: New Jersey Nets, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1980 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 10, 1980

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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
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 79 2473 365 751 .486 5 18 .278 135 212 .637 179 299 478 252 86 27 146 243 870
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 80 32 2018 383 778 .492 8 23 .348 135 189 .714 111 194 305 192 83 13 147 175 909
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 46 14 803 136 259 .525 2 9 .222 34 48 .708 42 72 114 82 42 11 62 67 308
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 73 25 1191 186 385 .483 5 28 .179 53 87 .609 71 104 175 95 34 11 75 148 430
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 43 29 1119 194 393 .494 8 21 .381 42 67 .627 46 120 166 102 32 16 51 115 438
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 67 11 1031 160 336 .476 7 27 .259 23 39 .590 33 102 135 118 29 9 54 134 350
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 15 0 123 16 42 .381 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 6 8 14 13 2 0 6 10 32
1987-88 29 NJN NBA 4 0 52 9 16 .563 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 1 3 4 2 3 2 0 2 18
Career NBA 407 111 8810 1449 2960 .490 35 129 .271 422 648 .651 489 902 1391 856 311 89 541 894 3355

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
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 79 31.3 4.6 9.5 .486 0.1 0.2 .278 1.7 2.7 .637 2.3 3.8 6.1 3.2 1.1 0.3 1.8 3.1 11.0
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 80 32 25.2 4.8 9.7 .492 0.1 0.3 .348 1.7 2.4 .714 1.4 2.4 3.8 2.4 1.0 0.2 1.8 2.2 11.4
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 46 14 17.5 3.0 5.6 .525 0.0 0.2 .222 0.7 1.0 .708 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.5 6.7
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 73 25 16.3 2.5 5.3 .483 0.1 0.4 .179 0.7 1.2 .609 1.0 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.0 5.9
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 43 29 26.0 4.5 9.1 .494 0.2 0.5 .381 1.0 1.6 .627 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.7 10.2
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 67 11 15.4 2.4 5.0 .476 0.1 0.4 .259 0.3 0.6 .590 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 2.0 5.2
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 15 0 8.2 1.1 2.8 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7 2.1
1987-88 29 NJN NBA 4 0 13.0 2.3 4.0 .563 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 4.5
Career NBA 407 111 21.6 3.6 7.3 .490 0.1 0.3 .271 1.0 1.6 .651 1.2 2.2 3.4 2.1 0.8 0.2 1.3 2.2 8.2

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
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 79 2473 5.3 10.9 .486 0.1 0.3 .278 2.0 3.1 .637 2.6 4.4 7.0 3.7 1.3 0.4 2.1 3.5 12.7
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 80 32 2018 6.8 13.9 .492 0.1 0.4 .348 2.4 3.4 .714 2.0 3.5 5.4 3.4 1.5 0.2 2.6 3.1 16.2
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 46 14 803 6.1 11.6 .525 0.1 0.4 .222 1.5 2.2 .708 1.9 3.2 5.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 2.8 3.0 13.8
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 73 25 1191 5.6 11.6 .483 0.2 0.8 .179 1.6 2.6 .609 2.1 3.1 5.3 2.9 1.0 0.3 2.3 4.5 13.0
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 43 29 1119 6.2 12.6 .494 0.3 0.7 .381 1.4 2.2 .627 1.5 3.9 5.3 3.3 1.0 0.5 1.6 3.7 14.1
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 67 11 1031 5.6 11.7 .476 0.2 0.9 .259 0.8 1.4 .590 1.2 3.6 4.7 4.1 1.0 0.3 1.9 4.7 12.2
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 15 0 123 4.7 12.3 .381 0.0 0.6 .000 0.0 0.6 .000 1.8 2.3 4.1 3.8 0.6 0.0 1.8 2.9 9.4
1987-88 29 NJN NBA 4 0 52 6.2 11.1 .563 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 2.8 .000 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.4 2.1 1.4 0.0 1.4 12.5
Career NBA 407 111 8810 5.9 12.1 .490 0.1 0.5 .271 1.7 2.6 .651 2.0 3.7 5.7 3.5 1.3 0.4 2.2 3.7 13.7

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 WS/48
1980-81 22 NJN NBA 79 2473 12.6 .515 .489 8.0 14.0 10.9 14.0 1.6 0.6 14.7 15.8 105 107 1.9 2.0 3.8 .075
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 80 2018 13.6 .528 .497 6.1 11.0 8.5 13.7 1.9 0.4 14.6 19.9 104 104 1.4 2.8 4.1 .098
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 46 803 13.4 .550 .529 6.0 10.0 8.0 14.2 2.4 0.8 18.1 16.7 105 100 0.7 1.3 2.0 .118
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 73 1191 10.0 .508 .490 6.7 10.1 8.4 10.5 1.3 0.5 15.1 16.6 102 108 0.3 1.2 1.5 .062
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 43 1119 12.4 .518 .504 4.5 12.4 8.3 12.2 1.4 0.8 10.8 17.1 108 109 0.9 1.0 1.9 .081
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 67 1031 9.9 .496 .487 3.6 11.1 7.3 15.5 1.3 0.5 13.3 15.8 102 109 0.4 0.9 1.2 .057
1986-87 28 WSB NBA 15 123 5.8 .373 .381 5.1 7.0 6.0 14.6 0.8 0.0 12.3 16.0 87 113 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.034
1987-88 29 NJN NBA 4 52 13.7 .507 .563 2.2 6.9 4.5 6.0 2.8 2.3 0.0 14.4 109 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .082
Career NBA 407 8810 12.1 .517 .495 6.2 11.7 8.9 13.4 1.6 0.6 14.3 17.1 104 107 5.4 9.2 14.6 .080

Playoffs

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 23 NJN NBA 2 44 3 11 0 1 1 2 0 8 3 1 0 2 8 7 .273 .000 .500 22.0 3.5 4.0 1.5
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 2 18 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 2 3 4 .250 9.0 2.0 3.0 1.5
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 11 216 25 59 0 1 5 6 18 35 21 3 4 12 37 55 .424 .000 .833 19.6 5.0 3.2 1.9
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 3 34 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 10 4 0 0 1 6 6 .429 .000 11.3 2.0 3.3 1.3
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 2 21 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 5 2 .167 .000 10.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
Career NBA 20 333 34 91 0 3 6 10 21 61 33 6 5 20 59 74 .374 .000 .600 16.7 3.7 3.1 1.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 2 44 1.8 .295 .273 0.0 22.4 10.8 9.7 1.1 0.0 14.4 13.5 65 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.053
1982-83 24 NJN NBA 2 18 1.2 .250 .250 6.1 33.8 19.3 21.8 0.0 0.0 20.0 22.7 65 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.203
1983-84 25 NJN NBA 11 216 7.4 .446 .424 8.7 9.7 9.2 14.6 0.7 1.2 16.3 13.9 98 106 0.0 0.3 0.3 .056
1984-85 26 NJN NBA 3 34 5.8 .381 .429 3.1 27.4 15.4 13.9 0.0 0.0 11.3 10.5 89 115 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.016
1985-86 27 NJN NBA 2 21 -3.2 .167 .167 5.3 6.2 5.7 12.3 4.6 3.0 33.3 17.5 42 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.258
Career NBA 20 333 5.5 .388 .374 6.6 14.3 10.3 14.1 0.9 1.0 17.3 14.2 86 107 -0.4 0.4 0.0 .001

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Mike O'Koren 4.1 3.8 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 0.1 -0.1
John Brown 87.8 4.2 3.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.1
David Benoit 87.0 4.6 3.9 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.6 0.7
Andrea Bargnani 86.1 4.2 3.9 2.6 1.9 1.4
Luke Walton 85.9 3.8 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.2
Danny Vranes 85.8 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.6
Francisco Garcia 84.6 4.2 3.0 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.0
Lawrence Funderburke 84.3 3.7 3.1 2.1 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Brian Skinner 84.2 4.1 2.7 1.9 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.1
Barry Clemens 83.4 3.5 3.5 2.8 1.8 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.1
Howard Porter 82.5 4.1 3.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 1.1 1.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Mike O'Koren 4.1 3.8 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 0.1 -0.1
John Brown 87.8 4.2 3.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.1
David Benoit 87.0 4.6 3.9 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.6 0.7
Andrea Bargnani 86.1 4.2 3.9 2.6 1.9 1.4
Luke Walton 85.9 3.8 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.2
Danny Vranes 85.8 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.6
Francisco Garcia 84.6 4.2 3.0 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.0
Lawrence Funderburke 84.3 3.7 3.1 2.1 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Howard Porter 82.5 4.1 3.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 1.1 1.0
Jeff Cook 80.7 4.5 3.7 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.1
Ed Conlin 80.5 4.7 4.3 2.0 2.0 0.7 0.5 -0.1

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
1976-77 18 UNC 33 172 298 114 157 217 458 .577 .726 13.9 6.6
1977-78 19 UNC 27 173 269 122 163 180 468 .643 .748 17.3 6.7
1978-79 20 UNC 28 135 259 144 188 202 414 .521 .766 14.8 7.2
1979-80 21 UNC 29 163 298 99 152 216 425 .547 .651 14.7 7.4
Career 117 643 1124 479 660 815 1765 .572 .726 15.1 7.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (835)

Transactions

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

October 30, 1986: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Washington Bullets for Leon Wood.

February 26, 1987: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

October 2, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

November 2, 1987: Sold by the Boston Celtics to the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 New Jersey Nets NBA $400,000
1987-88 New Jersey Nets NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $500,000

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