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Ruben Patterson

Ruben Nathaniel Patterson

Position: Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: July 31, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio
High School: John Hay in Cleveland, Ohio
College: University of Cincinnati

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (2nd pick, 31st 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 LAL NBA 24 2 144 21 51 .412 1 6 .167 22 31 .710 17 13 30 2 5 3 12 16 65
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 81 74 2097 354 661 .536 12 27 .444 222 321 .692 218 216 434 126 94 40 144 190 942
2000-01 25 SEA NBA 76 22 2059 370 749 .494 2 36 .056 246 361 .681 183 199 382 161 103 45 155 176 988
2001-02 26 POR NBA 75 14 1765 319 619 .515 9 36 .250 192 274 .701 155 143 298 107 79 37 114 140 839
2002-03 27 POR NBA 78 17 1655 254 516 .492 3 20 .150 138 220 .627 120 144 264 101 73 29 117 161 649
2003-04 28 POR NBA 73 1 1651 200 395 .506 2 12 .167 105 190 .553 129 139 268 139 84 21 105 152 507
2004-05 29 POR NBA 70 36 1957 319 601 .531 2 25 .080 169 282 .599 126 147 273 138 106 21 143 164 809
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 71 22 1792 327 635 .515 1 13 .077 203 338 .601 118 126 244 127 76 21 150 150 858
2005-06 30 POR NBA 45 2 1056 188 379 .496 0 7 .000 138 226 .611 73 81 154 60 42 12 82 79 514
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 26 20 736 139 256 .543 1 6 .167 65 112 .580 45 45 90 67 34 9 68 71 344
2006-07 31 MIL NBA 81 53 2508 475 867 .548 3 19 .158 241 376 .641 190 250 440 232 110 25 199 232 1194
2007-08 32 LAC NBA 20 5 327 39 86 .453 0 2 .000 24 43 .558 24 40 64 17 21 7 27 37 102
Career NBA 649 246 15955 2678 5180 .517 35 196 .179 1562 2436 .641 1280 1417 2697 1150 751 249 1166 1418 6953

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 LAL NBA 24 2 6.0 0.9 2.1 .412 0.0 0.3 .167 0.9 1.3 .710 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.7 2.7
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 81 74 25.9 4.4 8.2 .536 0.1 0.3 .444 2.7 4.0 .692 2.7 2.7 5.4 1.6 1.2 0.5 1.8 2.3 11.6
2000-01 25 SEA NBA 76 22 27.1 4.9 9.9 .494 0.0 0.5 .056 3.2 4.8 .681 2.4 2.6 5.0 2.1 1.4 0.6 2.0 2.3 13.0
2001-02 26 POR NBA 75 14 23.5 4.3 8.3 .515 0.1 0.5 .250 2.6 3.7 .701 2.1 1.9 4.0 1.4 1.1 0.5 1.5 1.9 11.2
2002-03 27 POR NBA 78 17 21.2 3.3 6.6 .492 0.0 0.3 .150 1.8 2.8 .627 1.5 1.8 3.4 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.1 8.3
2003-04 28 POR NBA 73 1 22.6 2.7 5.4 .506 0.0 0.2 .167 1.4 2.6 .553 1.8 1.9 3.7 1.9 1.2 0.3 1.4 2.1 6.9
2004-05 29 POR NBA 70 36 28.0 4.6 8.6 .531 0.0 0.4 .080 2.4 4.0 .599 1.8 2.1 3.9 2.0 1.5 0.3 2.0 2.3 11.6
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 71 22 25.2 4.6 8.9 .515 0.0 0.2 .077 2.9 4.8 .601 1.7 1.8 3.4 1.8 1.1 0.3 2.1 2.1 12.1
2005-06 30 POR NBA 45 2 23.5 4.2 8.4 .496 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 5.0 .611 1.6 1.8 3.4 1.3 0.9 0.3 1.8 1.8 11.4
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 26 20 28.3 5.3 9.8 .543 0.0 0.2 .167 2.5 4.3 .580 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.6 1.3 0.3 2.6 2.7 13.2
2006-07 31 MIL NBA 81 53 31.0 5.9 10.7 .548 0.0 0.2 .158 3.0 4.6 .641 2.3 3.1 5.4 2.9 1.4 0.3 2.5 2.9 14.7
2007-08 32 LAC NBA 20 5 16.4 2.0 4.3 .453 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.2 .558 1.2 2.0 3.2 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.4 1.9 5.1
Career NBA 649 246 24.6 4.1 8.0 .517 0.1 0.3 .179 2.4 3.8 .641 2.0 2.2 4.2 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.8 2.2 10.7

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
1998-99 23 LAL NBA 24 2 144 5.2 12.7 .412 0.2 1.5 .167 5.5 7.7 .710 4.2 3.2 7.5 0.5 1.2 0.7 3.0 4.0 16.2
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 81 74 2097 6.1 11.3 .536 0.2 0.5 .444 3.8 5.5 .692 3.7 3.7 7.5 2.2 1.6 0.7 2.5 3.3 16.2
2000-01 25 SEA NBA 76 22 2059 6.5 13.1 .494 0.0 0.6 .056 4.3 6.3 .681 3.2 3.5 6.7 2.8 1.8 0.8 2.7 3.1 17.3
2001-02 26 POR NBA 75 14 1765 6.5 12.6 .515 0.2 0.7 .250 3.9 5.6 .701 3.2 2.9 6.1 2.2 1.6 0.8 2.3 2.9 17.1
2002-03 27 POR NBA 78 17 1655 5.5 11.2 .492 0.1 0.4 .150 3.0 4.8 .627 2.6 3.1 5.7 2.2 1.6 0.6 2.5 3.5 14.1
2003-04 28 POR NBA 73 1 1651 4.4 8.6 .506 0.0 0.3 .167 2.3 4.1 .553 2.8 3.0 5.8 3.0 1.8 0.5 2.3 3.3 11.1
2004-05 29 POR NBA 70 36 1957 5.9 11.1 .531 0.0 0.5 .080 3.1 5.2 .599 2.3 2.7 5.0 2.5 1.9 0.4 2.6 3.0 14.9
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 71 22 1792 6.6 12.8 .515 0.0 0.3 .077 4.1 6.8 .601 2.4 2.5 4.9 2.6 1.5 0.4 3.0 3.0 17.2
2005-06 30 POR NBA 45 2 1056 6.4 12.9 .496 0.0 0.2 .000 4.7 7.7 .611 2.5 2.8 5.2 2.0 1.4 0.4 2.8 2.7 17.5
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 26 20 736 6.8 12.5 .543 0.0 0.3 .167 3.2 5.5 .580 2.2 2.2 4.4 3.3 1.7 0.4 3.3 3.5 16.8
2006-07 31 MIL NBA 81 53 2508 6.8 12.4 .548 0.0 0.3 .158 3.5 5.4 .641 2.7 3.6 6.3 3.3 1.6 0.4 2.9 3.3 17.1
2007-08 32 LAC NBA 20 5 327 4.3 9.5 .453 0.0 0.2 .000 2.6 4.7 .558 2.6 4.4 7.0 1.9 2.3 0.8 3.0 4.1 11.2
Career NBA 649 246 15955 6.0 11.7 .517 0.1 0.4 .179 3.5 5.5 .641 2.9 3.2 6.1 2.6 1.7 0.6 2.6 3.2 15.7

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
1998-99 23 LAL NBA 24 144 14.3 .503 .422 14.1 10.3 12.2 2.2 1.8 1.5 15.7 24.0 100 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 81 2097 18.8 .587 .545 11.3 11.4 11.3 9.7 2.3 1.3 15.2 19.9 113 104 4.6 2.1 6.7
2000-01 25 SEA NBA 76 2059 19.3 .544 .495 10.3 11.0 10.7 13.4 2.6 1.6 14.6 23.3 107 105 3.8 1.7 5.5
2001-02 26 POR NBA 75 1765 18.8 .567 .523 10.2 9.6 9.9 10.5 2.4 1.6 13.4 22.1 112 104 3.7 1.9 5.6
2002-03 27 POR NBA 78 1655 14.5 .530 .495 8.8 10.5 9.6 10.2 2.4 1.3 16.0 20.4 102 103 1.4 1.8 3.2
2003-04 28 POR NBA 73 1651 14.6 .530 .509 9.4 9.9 9.6 13.9 2.8 1.0 18.0 16.7 104 105 1.7 1.3 3.0
2004-05 29 POR NBA 70 1957 15.8 .558 .532 7.7 8.3 8.1 12.4 2.9 0.8 16.5 20.4 105 108 1.8 1.6 3.4
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 71 1792 16.4 .547 .516 7.8 8.4 8.1 12.7 2.3 0.9 16.1 24.1 102 110 1.1 1.0 2.1
2005-06 30 POR NBA 45 1056 17.0 .537 .496 8.2 9.4 8.8 10.7 2.2 0.9 14.6 25.1 102 113 0.7 0.3 1.0
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 26 736 15.4 .563 .545 7.2 7.1 7.1 15.6 2.4 0.9 18.2 22.7 102 107 0.4 0.7 1.1
2006-07 31 MIL NBA 81 2508 18.5 .578 .550 8.8 11.9 10.3 15.5 2.3 0.8 16.2 22.2 110 111 4.1 1.3 5.4
2007-08 32 LAC NBA 20 327 10.9 .486 .453 8.4 14.2 11.3 8.8 3.3 1.6 20.5 18.6 89 105 -0.4 0.4 0.1
Career NBA 649 15955 17.1 .556 .520 9.3 10.3 9.8 12.3 2.5 1.2 15.7 21.2 107 106 21.9 13.1 35.1

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
1998-99 23 LAL NBA 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 5 84 14 26 0 2 13 15 9 15 2 3 2 8 6 41 .538 .000 .867 16.8 8.2 3.0 0.4
2001-02 26 POR NBA 3 65 5 15 0 1 6 8 2 7 1 3 1 3 7 16 .333 .000 .750 21.7 5.3 2.3 0.3
2002-03 27 POR NBA 7 155 25 52 0 4 20 29 14 26 11 4 1 10 10 70 .481 .000 .690 22.1 10.0 3.7 1.6
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 4 58 9 17 0 0 2 5 5 6 3 1 0 3 6 20 .529 .400 14.5 5.0 1.5 0.8
Career NBA 22 367 53 111 0 7 41 57 30 54 17 11 4 25 29 147 .477 .000 .719 16.7 6.7 2.5 0.8

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
1998-99 23 LAL NBA 3 5 -19.4 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 18.2 0 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1999-00 24 SEA NBA 5 84 19.9 .629 .538 11.9 8.6 10.3 4.3 1.9 1.8 19.7 22.2 111 107 0.2 0.1 0.2
2001-02 26 POR NBA 3 65 6.1 .432 .333 3.3 8.9 6.0 2.7 2.4 1.4 13.9 14.6 85 106 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2002-03 27 POR NBA 7 155 17.3 .540 .481 10.5 9.1 9.8 11.9 1.4 0.5 13.4 21.9 112 116 0.3 -0.1 0.3
2005-06 30 DEN NBA 4 58 10.2 .521 .529 8.6 2.3 5.9 9.9 0.9 0.0 13.5 16.8 100 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career NBA 22 367 14.3 .540 .477 9.1 7.8 8.5 8.0 1.6 0.9 15.5 19.8 105 111 0.4 0.1 0.5

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
1996-97 21 CINCY 31 723 164 299 11 39 87 144 174 44 35 9 69 62 426 .548 .282 .604 23.3 13.7 5.6 1.4
1997-98 22 CINCY 19 530 109 231 18 67 77 126 119 41 22 12 67 48 313 .472 .269 .611 27.9 16.5 6.3 2.2
Career 50 1253 273 530 29 106 164 270 293 85 57 21 136 110 739 .515 .274 .607 25.1 14.8 5.9 1.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Field Goal Pct

1999-00 NBA .536 (4)
2001-02 NBA .515 (7)
2004-05 NBA .531 (6)
2006-07 NBA .548 (8)
Career NBA .517 (49)
Career .517 (49)

True Shooting Pct

1999-00 NBA .587 (7)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1999-00 NBA .545 (6)
Career NBA .520 (73)
Career .520 (73)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1999-00 NBA 11.3 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (584)
      

Transactions

July 16, 1996: Traded by the Vancouver Grizzlies (as a 1998 2nd round draft pick) with a 1999 2nd round draft pick (John Celestand) to the Los Angeles Lakers for George Lynch, Anthony Peeler, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (J.R. Henderson) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Antwain Smith).

June 24, 1998: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

August 10, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Supersonics.

July 30, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

February 23, 2006: As part of a 4-team trade, traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Charles Smith to the Denver Nuggets; the Denver Nuggets traded Voshon Lenard to the Portland Trail Blazers; the Denver Nuggets traded Bryon Russell, Earl Watson and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (DeVon Hardin) to the Seattle Supersonics; the Sacramento Kings traded Brian Skinner to the Portland Trail Blazers; and the Seattle Supersonics traded Vitaly Potapenko to the Sacramento Kings.

August 10, 2006: Traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Milwaukee Bucks for Joe Smith.

August 29, 2007: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

December 13, 2007: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $628,500
1999-00 Seattle Supersonics NBA $900,000
2000-01 Seattle Supersonics NBA $990,000
2001-02 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $4,538,000
2002-03 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $4,991,800
2003-04 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $5,435,500
2004-05 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $5,899,400
2005-06 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $6,353,200
2006-07 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $6,807,000
2007-08 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $304,897
Career (may be incomplete) $36,848,297
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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