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Michael Olowokandi

Michael Olowokandi

Position: Center
Height: 7-0    Weight: 269 lbs.
Born: April 3, 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria
High School: Newlands Manorium in East Sussex, United Kingdom
College: University of the Pacific

Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1998 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
1998-99 23 LAC NBA 45 36 1279 172 399 .431 0 0 57 118 .483 120 237 357 25 27 55 85 137 401
1999-00 24 LAC NBA 80 77 2493 330 756 .437 0 0 123 189 .651 194 462 656 38 35 140 177 304 783
2000-01 25 LAC NBA 82 82 2127 308 708 .435 0 0 85 156 .545 168 357 525 46 30 108 169 250 701
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 80 79 2569 384 886 .433 0 0 117 188 .622 164 547 711 90 55 145 175 217 885
2002-03 27 LAC NBA 36 36 1369 186 436 .427 0 0 69 105 .657 57 271 328 47 18 79 98 110 441
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 43 25 925 121 285 .425 0 0 36 61 .590 78 167 245 24 16 68 54 137 278
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 62 34 1215 161 353 .456 0 0 46 69 .667 106 218 324 29 15 56 68 193 368
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 48 24 919 107 240 .446 0 0 24 47 .511 50 170 220 23 22 33 55 122 238
2005-06 30 MIN NBA 32 24 752 87 195 .446 0 0 19 39 .487 45 134 179 17 19 27 41 100 193
2005-06 30 BOS NBA 16 0 167 20 45 .444 0 0 5 8 .625 5 36 41 6 3 6 14 22 45
2006-07 31 BOS NBA 24 0 234 19 46 .413 0 0 2 3 .667 14 34 48 5 8 13 17 48 40
Career NBA 500 393 13130 1788 4109 .435 0 0 559 936 .597 951 2463 3414 327 226 697 898 1518 4135

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
1998-99 23 LAC NBA 45 36 28.4 3.8 8.9 .431 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.6 .483 2.7 5.3 7.9 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.9 3.0 8.9
1999-00 24 LAC NBA 80 77 31.2 4.1 9.5 .437 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.4 .651 2.4 5.8 8.2 0.5 0.4 1.8 2.2 3.8 9.8
2000-01 25 LAC NBA 82 82 25.9 3.8 8.6 .435 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 .545 2.0 4.4 6.4 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.1 3.0 8.5
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 80 79 32.1 4.8 11.1 .433 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.4 .622 2.1 6.8 8.9 1.1 0.7 1.8 2.2 2.7 11.1
2002-03 27 LAC NBA 36 36 38.0 5.2 12.1 .427 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.9 .657 1.6 7.5 9.1 1.3 0.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 12.3
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 43 25 21.5 2.8 6.6 .425 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.4 .590 1.8 3.9 5.7 0.6 0.4 1.6 1.3 3.2 6.5
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 62 34 19.6 2.6 5.7 .456 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .667 1.7 3.5 5.2 0.5 0.2 0.9 1.1 3.1 5.9
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 48 24 19.1 2.2 5.0 .446 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .511 1.0 3.5 4.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1 2.5 5.0
2005-06 30 MIN NBA 32 24 23.5 2.7 6.1 .446 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2 .487 1.4 4.2 5.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.3 3.1 6.0
2005-06 30 BOS NBA 16 0 10.4 1.3 2.8 .444 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .625 0.3 2.3 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.8
2006-07 31 BOS NBA 24 0 9.8 0.8 1.9 .413 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .667 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 2.0 1.7
Career NBA 500 393 26.3 3.6 8.2 .435 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 .597 1.9 4.9 6.8 0.7 0.5 1.4 1.8 3.0 8.3

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
1998-99 23 LAC NBA 45 36 1279 4.8 11.2 .431 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.3 .483 3.4 6.7 10.0 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.4 3.9 11.3
1999-00 24 LAC NBA 80 77 2493 4.8 10.9 .437 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .651 2.8 6.7 9.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 2.6 4.4 11.3
2000-01 25 LAC NBA 82 82 2127 5.2 12.0 .435 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.6 .545 2.8 6.0 8.9 0.8 0.5 1.8 2.9 4.2 11.9
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 80 79 2569 5.4 12.4 .433 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.6 .622 2.3 7.7 10.0 1.3 0.8 2.0 2.5 3.0 12.4
2002-03 27 LAC NBA 36 36 1369 4.9 11.5 .427 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.8 .657 1.5 7.1 8.6 1.2 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.9 11.6
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 43 25 925 4.7 11.1 .425 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.4 .590 3.0 6.5 9.5 0.9 0.6 2.6 2.1 5.3 10.8
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 62 34 1215 4.8 10.5 .456 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.0 .667 3.1 6.5 9.6 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.0 5.7 10.9
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 48 24 919 4.2 9.4 .446 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.8 .511 2.0 6.7 8.6 0.9 0.9 1.3 2.2 4.8 9.3
2005-06 30 MIN NBA 32 24 752 4.2 9.3 .446 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.9 .487 2.2 6.4 8.6 0.8 0.9 1.3 2.0 4.8 9.2
2005-06 30 BOS NBA 16 0 167 4.3 9.7 .444 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.7 .625 1.1 7.8 8.8 1.3 0.6 1.3 3.0 4.7 9.7
2006-07 31 BOS NBA 24 0 234 2.9 7.1 .413 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .667 2.2 5.2 7.4 0.8 1.2 2.0 2.6 7.4 6.2
Career NBA 500 393 13130 4.9 11.3 .435 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.6 .597 2.6 6.8 9.4 0.9 0.6 1.9 2.5 4.2 11.3

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
1998-99 23 LAC NBA 45 1279 11.8 .445 .431 10.5 23.2 16.5 3.4 1.1 3.2 15.9 19.0 89 107 -0.8 0.5 -0.3
1999-00 24 LAC NBA 80 2493 10.4 .467 .437 8.4 21.4 14.7 2.6 0.7 3.8 17.4 18.1 88 108 -2.2 1.4 -0.8
2000-01 25 LAC NBA 82 2127 10.0 .451 .435 9.3 18.7 14.1 3.7 0.8 3.6 17.9 20.5 85 103 -2.6 2.2 -0.4
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 80 2569 12.4 .457 .433 7.3 23.8 15.7 5.8 1.1 3.9 15.3 20.1 90 102 -1.9 3.5 1.6
2002-03 27 LAC NBA 36 1369 10.5 .457 .427 4.7 22.3 13.6 5.9 0.7 4.1 16.9 19.2 86 104 -1.5 1.3 -0.2
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 43 925 11.2 .446 .425 10.2 19.6 15.1 4.1 0.9 5.3 14.8 18.6 90 96 -0.5 1.7 1.2
2004-05 29 MIN NBA 62 1215 10.4 .480 .456 10.4 19.6 15.2 3.7 0.7 3.3 15.1 17.2 96 105 -0.3 1.5 1.2
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 48 919 8.3 .456 .446 6.7 21.7 14.4 4.1 1.3 2.7 17.4 16.2 85 102 -1.1 1.4 0.3
2005-06 30 MIN NBA 32 752 8.6 .455 .446 7.4 20.8 14.3 3.7 1.4 2.7 16.2 16.0 87 102 -0.8 1.2 0.4
2005-06 30 BOS NBA 16 167 6.8 .464 .444 3.7 25.6 15.0 5.8 0.9 2.7 22.4 17.2 79 104 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
2006-07 31 BOS NBA 24 234 4.5 .423 .413 7.0 17.8 12.3 3.3 1.8 4.3 26.4 12.5 75 103 -0.4 0.3 -0.1
Career NBA 500 13130 10.7 .457 .435 8.3 21.4 14.9 4.2 0.9 3.8 16.6 18.8 88 104 -11.3 13.8 2.5

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
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 15 224 12 37 0 1 7 8 16 52 2 2 11 17 50 31 .324 .000 .875 14.9 2.1 3.5 0.1
Career NBA 15 224 12 37 0 1 7 8 16 52 2 2 11 17 50 31 .324 .000 .875 14.9 2.1 3.5 0.1

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
2003-04 28 MIN NBA 15 224 2.0 .383 .324 8.6 17.6 13.3 1.4 0.5 3.6 29.6 12.1 70 101 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
Career NBA 15 224 2.0 .383 .324 8.6 17.6 13.3 1.4 0.5 3.6 29.6 12.1 70 101 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

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
1995-96 20 PACIFIC 25 257 40 76 0 0 20 36 84 4 2 33 19 48 100 .526 .556 10.3 4.0 3.4 0.2
1996-97 21 PACIFIC 19 433 94 165 0 0 19 57 126 8 8 32 42 48 207 .570 .333 22.8 10.9 6.6 0.4
1997-98 22 PACIFIC 33 1046 310 509 0 0 114 235 369 26 9 95 92 83 734 .609 .485 31.7 22.2 11.2 0.8
Career 77 1736 444 750 0 0 153 328 579 38 19 160 153 179 1041 .592 .466 22.5 13.5 7.5 0.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1998-99 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)

Games

2000-01 NBA 82 (2)

Defensive Rebounds

2001-02 NBA 547 (10)

Personal Fouls

1999-00 NBA 304 (5)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1998-99 NBA 23.2 (9)
2001-02 NBA 23.8 (6)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (807)
    

Transactions

June 24, 1998: Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

July 16, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

January 26, 2006: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with Dwayne Jones, Wally Szczerbiak and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn) to the Boston Celtics for Marcus Banks, Mark Blount, Ricky Davis, Justin Reed, a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Craig Smith) and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Nikola Pekovic).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1998-99 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,700,000
1999-00 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $3,456,240
2000-01 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $3,697,440
2001-02 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $4,662,472
2002-03 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $6,061,213
2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $4,917,000
2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $5,408,700
2005-06 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $5,900,400
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $1,103,225
Career (may be incomplete) $37,906,690
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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