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Zaza Pachulia

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Zaur Pachulia (Zaza) ▪ Twitter: @zaza27

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: February 10, 1984 in Tbilisi, Georgia
Draft: Orlando Magic, 2nd round (13th pick, 42nd overall), 2003 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 5, 2003
Age: 29 years, 99 days ▪ Experience: 10 years

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2003-04 19 ORL NBA C 59 2 664 68 175 .389 0 0 58 90 .644 69 105 174 13 21 12 34 87 194
2004-05 20 MIL NBA C 74 4 1397 160 354 .452 0 1 .000 138 185 .746 131 247 378 60 44 34 70 166 458
2005-06 21 ATL NBA C 78 78 2452 307 681 .451 0 2 .000 297 404 .735 264 349 613 129 89 39 180 286 911
2006-07 22 ATL NBA C 72 47 2026 291 614 .474 0 1 .000 293 373 .786 199 301 500 106 77 36 162 267 875
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 62 5 944 107 245 .437 0 3 .000 108 153 .706 89 159 248 36 24 13 69 140 322
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 77 26 1473 159 320 .497 0 3 .000 163 230 .709 173 263 436 57 35 26 91 208 481
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 78 1 1089 120 246 .488 0 4 .000 93 143 .650 117 176 293 42 37 31 58 186 333
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 79 7 1244 107 232 .461 0 0 135 179 .754 119 214 333 58 34 22 69 184 349
2011-12 27 ATL NBA C 58 44 1640 169 339 .499 0 0 117 158 .741 154 303 457 79 55 29 81 172 455
2012-13 28 ATL NBA C 52 15 1134 114 241 .473 0 3 .000 78 103 .757 132 204 336 79 35 12 70 128 306
Career NBA 689 229 14063 1602 3447 .465 0 17 .000 1480 2018 .733 1447 2321 3768 659 451 254 884 1824 4684

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2003-04 19 ORL NBA C 59 2 11.3 1.2 3.0 .389 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .644 1.2 1.8 2.9 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.5 3.3
2004-05 20 MIL NBA C 74 4 18.9 2.2 4.8 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.5 .746 1.8 3.3 5.1 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 2.2 6.2
2005-06 21 ATL NBA C 78 78 31.4 3.9 8.7 .451 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.2 .735 3.4 4.5 7.9 1.7 1.1 0.5 2.3 3.7 11.7
2006-07 22 ATL NBA C 72 47 28.1 4.0 8.5 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.2 .786 2.8 4.2 6.9 1.5 1.1 0.5 2.3 3.7 12.2
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 62 5 15.2 1.7 4.0 .437 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.5 .706 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.3 5.2
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 77 26 19.1 2.1 4.2 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.0 .709 2.2 3.4 5.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.7 6.2
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 78 1 14.0 1.5 3.2 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.8 .650 1.5 2.3 3.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 2.4 4.3
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 79 7 15.7 1.4 2.9 .461 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .754 1.5 2.7 4.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 2.3 4.4
2011-12 27 ATL NBA C 58 44 28.3 2.9 5.8 .499 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.7 .741 2.7 5.2 7.9 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.4 3.0 7.8
2012-13 28 ATL NBA C 52 15 21.8 2.2 4.6 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.0 .757 2.5 3.9 6.5 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.3 2.5 5.9
Career NBA 689 229 20.4 2.3 5.0 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.9 .733 2.1 3.4 5.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.3 2.6 6.8

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2003-04 19 ORL NBA C 59 2 664 3.7 9.5 .389 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.9 .644 3.7 5.7 9.4 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.8 4.7 10.5
2004-05 20 MIL NBA C 74 4 1397 4.1 9.1 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.8 .746 3.4 6.4 9.7 1.5 1.1 0.9 1.8 4.3 11.8
2005-06 21 ATL NBA C 78 78 2452 4.5 10.0 .451 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 5.9 .735 3.9 5.1 9.0 1.9 1.3 0.6 2.6 4.2 13.4
2006-07 22 ATL NBA C 72 47 2026 5.2 10.9 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 6.6 .786 3.5 5.3 8.9 1.9 1.4 0.6 2.9 4.7 15.5
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 62 5 944 4.1 9.3 .437 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.8 .706 3.4 6.1 9.5 1.4 0.9 0.5 2.6 5.3 12.3
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 77 26 1473 3.9 7.8 .497 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.6 .709 4.2 6.4 10.7 1.4 0.9 0.6 2.2 5.1 11.8
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 78 1 1089 4.0 8.1 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 4.7 .650 3.9 5.8 9.7 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.9 6.1 11.0
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 79 7 1244 3.1 6.7 .461 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.2 .754 3.4 6.2 9.6 1.7 1.0 0.6 2.0 5.3 10.1
2011-12 27 ATL NBA C 58 44 1640 3.7 7.4 .499 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 .741 3.4 6.7 10.0 1.7 1.2 0.6 1.8 3.8 10.0
2012-13 28 ATL NBA C 52 15 1134 3.6 7.7 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .757 4.2 6.5 10.7 2.5 1.1 0.4 2.2 4.1 9.7
Career NBA 689 229 14063 4.1 8.8 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.2 .733 3.7 5.9 9.6 1.7 1.2 0.7 2.3 4.7 12.0

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2003-04 19 ORL NBA C 59 664 10.8 .452 .389 11.5 18.3 14.9 3.1 1.7 1.3 13.7 16.9 96 108 0.1 0.2 0.3 .023
2004-05 20 MIL NBA C 74 1397 14.4 .526 .452 10.9 20.9 15.9 6.8 1.7 1.8 13.9 16.5 109 107 1.6 1.3 2.9 .099
2005-06 21 ATL NBA C 78 2452 15.0 .530 .451 12.6 17.6 15.0 8.5 1.9 1.2 17.3 19.2 106 110 2.5 1.4 3.9 .077
2006-07 22 ATL NBA C 72 2026 16.8 .562 .474 11.7 18.1 14.9 9.2 2.0 1.4 17.2 21.3 108 106 2.7 2.1 4.8 .114
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 62 944 11.0 .515 .437 11.0 19.5 15.3 6.0 1.3 1.0 18.1 18.3 101 108 0.2 0.9 1.1 .054
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 77 1473 14.1 .571 .497 13.8 20.9 17.4 6.0 1.3 1.4 17.8 16.3 113 106 2.0 1.9 3.9 .127
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 78 1089 13.1 .539 .488 12.4 19.0 15.7 5.6 1.8 2.2 15.8 15.5 110 104 1.2 1.5 2.7 .121
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 79 1244 12.4 .562 .461 11.6 20.6 16.1 7.0 1.5 1.3 18.2 14.5 111 105 1.5 1.6 3.1 .118
2011-12 27 ATL NBA C 58 1640 14.0 .557 .499 11.1 21.5 16.4 7.4 1.8 1.4 16.5 14.0 111 99 2.3 2.8 5.0 .147
2012-13 28 ATL NBA C 52 1134 13.1 .534 .473 13.5 20.3 17.0 10.3 1.6 0.8 19.6 14.6 108 104 1.2 1.5 2.7 .116
Career NBA 689 14063 14.0 .540 .465 12.1 19.6 15.8 7.4 1.7 1.4 16.9 17.1 108 106 15.3 15.2 30.5 .104

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 7 0 105 7 25 .280 0 1 .000 15 21 .714 9 11 20 2 2 0 9 22 29
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 11 1 260 22 53 .415 0 0 32 42 .762 28 48 76 3 5 3 14 40 76
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 11 0 161 18 35 .514 0 0 15 24 .625 19 19 38 3 2 7 9 34 51
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 11 0 195 11 23 .478 0 0 17 22 .773 17 37 54 13 2 1 9 37 39
Career NBA 40 1 721 58 136 .426 0 1 .000 79 109 .725 73 115 188 21 11 11 41 133 195

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 7 0 15.0 1.0 3.6 .280 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.0 .714 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 3.1 4.1
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 11 1 23.6 2.0 4.8 .415 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .762 2.5 4.4 6.9 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.3 3.6 6.9
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 11 0 14.6 1.6 3.2 .514 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.2 .625 1.7 1.7 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.8 3.1 4.6
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 11 0 17.7 1.0 2.1 .478 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 .773 1.5 3.4 4.9 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 3.4 3.5
Career NBA 40 1 18.0 1.5 3.4 .426 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.7 .725 1.8 2.9 4.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.0 3.3 4.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 7 0 105 2.4 8.6 .280 0.0 0.3 .000 5.1 7.2 .714 3.1 3.8 6.9 0.7 0.7 0.0 3.1 7.5 9.9
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 11 1 260 3.0 7.3 .415 0.0 0.0 4.4 5.8 .762 3.9 6.6 10.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.9 5.5 10.5
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 11 0 161 4.0 7.8 .514 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.4 .625 4.2 4.2 8.5 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.0 7.6 11.4
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 11 0 195 2.0 4.2 .478 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.1 .773 3.1 6.8 10.0 2.4 0.4 0.2 1.7 6.8 7.2
Career NBA 40 1 721 2.9 6.8 .426 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.4 .725 3.6 5.7 9.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 6.6 9.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2007-08 23 ATL NBA C 7 105 2.9 .423 .280 10.8 12.7 11.8 3.5 1.1 0.0 20.8 19.6 84 117 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.094
2008-09 24 ATL NBA C 11 260 12.0 .532 .415 12.6 25.6 18.5 2.1 1.1 1.1 16.4 16.4 106 109 0.2 0.2 0.4 .080
2009-10 25 ATL NBA C 11 161 12.6 .560 .514 13.0 15.2 14.0 3.1 0.7 3.9 16.5 16.1 110 112 0.2 0.1 0.3 .078
2010-11 26 ATL NBA C 11 195 9.9 .597 .478 10.6 22.8 16.8 10.6 0.6 0.4 21.6 10.5 117 105 0.3 0.2 0.5 .124
Career NBA 40 721 10.3 .530 .426 11.9 20.6 16.1 4.8 0.9 1.4 18.2 15.2 105 110 0.5 0.5 1.0 .066

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Zaza Pachulia 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 1.1 0.3
George Johnson 91.6 5.0 4.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.0 0.3
Benoit Benjamin 89.3 5.4 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.9
Greg Ostertag 86.8 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 0.7
Leroy Ellis 85.5 6.4 4.7 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.6
Tony Battie 85.4 6.2 5.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.5
Dave Corzine 84.9 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.0 2.9 2.9 1.1 0.9
Andrew Lang 84.6 5.7 4.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.7
Kelvin Cato 84.5 5.3 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.8 2.7 1.7 1.6 0.3 0.1
Alton Lister 83.9 5.5 5.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 1.9 1.7 0.1
Joe Meriweather 83.2 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 0.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Zaza Pachulia 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 1.1 0.3
George Johnson 86.3 5.0 4.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.3
Coby Dietrick 85.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
Benoit Benjamin 85.1 5.4 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Wayne Cooper 85.0 5.1 5.0 4.1 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.7
Greg Ostertag 84.5 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.7
Nazr Mohammed 84.5 4.6 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.3 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Will Perdue 84.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.5
Kelvin Cato 84.5 5.3 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.8 2.7 1.7 1.6 0.3 0.1
Andrew Lang 83.5 5.7 4.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 0.7 0.4 -0.1
Joe Meriweather 83.2 4.8 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 0.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Offensive Rebounds
2005-06 NBA 264 (5)
Personal Fouls
2005-06 NBA 286 (4)
2006-07 NBA 267 (10)
Offensive Rebound Pct
2005-06 NBA 12.6 (6)
Hall of Fame Probability
Active 0.000 (179)
Career 0.000 (954)

Transactions

June 26, 2003: Drafted by the Orlando Magic in the 2nd round (42nd pick) of the 2003 NBA Draft.

June 22, 2004: Drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats from the Orlando Magic in the NBA expansion draft.

June 23, 2004: Traded by the Charlotte Bobcats to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2004 2nd round draft pick (Bernard Robinson).

August 11, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2003-04 Orlando Magic NBA $366,931
2004-05 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $620,046
2005-06 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,000,000
2006-07 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,000,000
2007-08 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,000,000
2008-09 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,000,000
2009-10 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,750,000
2010-11 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,251,250
2011-12 Atlanta Hawks NBA $4,750,000
Career (may be incomplete) $30,738,227

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13
Atlanta Hawks $5,248,750
  • Signed July 13, 2009 for an assumed $19,000,000 plus incentives for 4 years.
  • 2012-13 has up to $500,000 in unlikely incentives not included here.

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