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Wesley Person

Wesley Lavon Person (Wes)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-6    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: March 28, 1971 in Crenshaw, Alabama
High School: Brantley in Brantley, Alabama
College: Auburn University

Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall) of the 1994 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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 78 56 1800 309 638 .484 116 266 .436 80 101 .792 67 134 201 105 48 24 79 149 814
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 82 47 2609 390 877 .445 117 313 .374 148 192 .771 56 265 321 138 55 22 89 148 1045
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 80 42 2326 409 903 .453 171 414 .413 91 114 .798 68 224 292 123 86 19 76 102 1080
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 82 82 3198 440 957 .460 192 447 .430 132 170 .776 65 298 363 188 129 49 110 108 1204
1998-99 27 CLE NBA 45 42 1342 198 437 .453 75 200 .375 32 53 .604 19 123 142 80 37 16 41 52 503
1999-00 28 CLE NBA 79 38 2056 280 654 .428 106 250 .424 61 77 .792 44 223 267 146 40 19 60 119 727
2000-01 29 CLE NBA 44 22 958 128 292 .438 34 84 .405 24 30 .800 11 119 130 64 27 11 40 62 314
2001-02 30 CLE NBA 78 78 2793 467 944 .495 143 322 .444 99 124 .798 50 244 294 173 77 37 74 93 1176
2002-03 31 MEM NBA 66 44 1941 274 601 .456 100 231 .433 79 97 .814 24 168 192 112 42 19 56 64 727
2003-04 32 TOT NBA 58 0 1037 126 314 .401 55 138 .399 31 39 .795 16 101 117 66 19 9 38 38 338
2003-04 32 MEM NBA 16 0 284 33 107 .308 11 43 .256 6 8 .750 2 16 18 23 5 2 16 11 83
2003-04 32 POR NBA 33 0 621 80 168 .476 36 76 .474 19 25 .760 12 62 74 38 11 6 18 22 215
2003-04 32 ATL NBA 9 0 132 13 39 .333 8 19 .421 6 6 1.000 2 23 25 5 3 1 4 5 40
2004-05 33 TOT NBA 41 3 667 107 226 .473 41 89 .461 9 13 .692 3 80 83 39 19 4 17 30 264
2004-05 33 MIA NBA 16 3 206 25 57 .439 8 21 .381 4 4 1.000 1 21 22 11 6 0 7 6 62
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 25 0 461 82 169 .485 33 68 .485 5 9 .556 2 59 61 28 13 4 10 24 202
Career NBA 733 454 20727 3128 6843 .457 1150 2754 .418 786 1010 .778 423 1979 2402 1234 579 229 680 965 8192

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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 78 56 23.1 4.0 8.2 .484 1.5 3.4 .436 1.0 1.3 .792 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.9 10.4
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 82 47 31.8 4.8 10.7 .445 1.4 3.8 .374 1.8 2.3 .771 0.7 3.2 3.9 1.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.8 12.7
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 80 42 29.1 5.1 11.3 .453 2.1 5.2 .413 1.1 1.4 .798 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.5 1.1 0.2 1.0 1.3 13.5
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 82 82 39.0 5.4 11.7 .460 2.3 5.5 .430 1.6 2.1 .776 0.8 3.6 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 1.3 14.7
1998-99 27 CLE NBA 45 42 29.8 4.4 9.7 .453 1.7 4.4 .375 0.7 1.2 .604 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.2 11.2
1999-00 28 CLE NBA 79 38 26.0 3.5 8.3 .428 1.3 3.2 .424 0.8 1.0 .792 0.6 2.8 3.4 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.5 9.2
2000-01 29 CLE NBA 44 22 21.8 2.9 6.6 .438 0.8 1.9 .405 0.5 0.7 .800 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.4 7.1
2001-02 30 CLE NBA 78 78 35.8 6.0 12.1 .495 1.8 4.1 .444 1.3 1.6 .798 0.6 3.1 3.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.2 15.1
2002-03 31 MEM NBA 66 44 29.4 4.2 9.1 .456 1.5 3.5 .433 1.2 1.5 .814 0.4 2.5 2.9 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.0 11.0
2003-04 32 TOT NBA 58 0 17.9 2.2 5.4 .401 0.9 2.4 .399 0.5 0.7 .795 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.7 5.8
2003-04 32 MEM NBA 16 0 17.8 2.1 6.7 .308 0.7 2.7 .256 0.4 0.5 .750 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.7 5.2
2003-04 32 POR NBA 33 0 18.8 2.4 5.1 .476 1.1 2.3 .474 0.6 0.8 .760 0.4 1.9 2.2 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 6.5
2003-04 32 ATL NBA 9 0 14.7 1.4 4.3 .333 0.9 2.1 .421 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.2 2.6 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 4.4
2004-05 33 TOT NBA 41 3 16.3 2.6 5.5 .473 1.0 2.2 .461 0.2 0.3 .692 0.1 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7 6.4
2004-05 33 MIA NBA 16 3 12.9 1.6 3.6 .439 0.5 1.3 .381 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 3.9
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 25 0 18.4 3.3 6.8 .485 1.3 2.7 .485 0.2 0.4 .556 0.1 2.4 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.0 8.1
Career NBA 733 454 28.3 4.3 9.3 .457 1.6 3.8 .418 1.1 1.4 .778 0.6 2.7 3.3 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.3 11.2

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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 78 56 1800 6.2 12.8 .484 2.3 5.3 .436 1.6 2.0 .792 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.1 1.0 0.5 1.6 3.0 16.3
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 82 47 2609 5.4 12.1 .445 1.6 4.3 .374 2.0 2.6 .771 0.8 3.7 4.4 1.9 0.8 0.3 1.2 2.0 14.4
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 80 42 2326 6.3 14.0 .453 2.6 6.4 .413 1.4 1.8 .798 1.1 3.5 4.5 1.9 1.3 0.3 1.2 1.6 16.7
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 82 82 3198 5.0 10.8 .460 2.2 5.0 .430 1.5 1.9 .776 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.1 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.2 13.6
1998-99 27 CLE NBA 45 42 1342 5.3 11.7 .453 2.0 5.4 .375 0.9 1.4 .604 0.5 3.3 3.8 2.1 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.4 13.5
1999-00 28 CLE NBA 79 38 2056 4.9 11.5 .428 1.9 4.4 .424 1.1 1.3 .792 0.8 3.9 4.7 2.6 0.7 0.3 1.1 2.1 12.7
2000-01 29 CLE NBA 44 22 958 4.8 11.0 .438 1.3 3.2 .405 0.9 1.1 .800 0.4 4.5 4.9 2.4 1.0 0.4 1.5 2.3 11.8
2001-02 30 CLE NBA 78 78 2793 6.0 12.2 .495 1.8 4.2 .444 1.3 1.6 .798 0.6 3.1 3.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.2 15.2
2002-03 31 MEM NBA 66 44 1941 5.1 11.1 .456 1.9 4.3 .433 1.5 1.8 .814 0.4 3.1 3.6 2.1 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.2 13.5
2003-04 32 TOT NBA 58 0 1037 4.4 10.9 .401 1.9 4.8 .399 1.1 1.4 .795 0.6 3.5 4.1 2.3 0.7 0.3 1.3 1.3 11.7
2003-04 32 MEM NBA 16 0 284 4.2 13.6 .308 1.4 5.5 .256 0.8 1.0 .750 0.3 2.0 2.3 2.9 0.6 0.3 2.0 1.4 10.5
2003-04 32 POR NBA 33 0 621 4.6 9.7 .476 2.1 4.4 .474 1.1 1.4 .760 0.7 3.6 4.3 2.2 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.3 12.5
2003-04 32 ATL NBA 9 0 132 3.5 10.6 .333 2.2 5.2 .421 1.6 1.6 1.000 0.5 6.3 6.8 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.1 1.4 10.9
2004-05 33 TOT NBA 41 3 667 5.8 12.2 .473 2.2 4.8 .461 0.5 0.7 .692 0.2 4.3 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.9 1.6 14.2
2004-05 33 MIA NBA 16 3 206 4.4 10.0 .439 1.4 3.7 .381 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.2 3.7 3.8 1.9 1.0 0.0 1.2 1.0 10.8
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 25 0 461 6.4 13.2 .485 2.6 5.3 .485 0.4 0.7 .556 0.2 4.6 4.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.9 15.8
Career NBA 733 454 20727 5.4 11.9 .457 2.0 4.8 .418 1.4 1.8 .778 0.7 3.4 4.2 2.1 1.0 0.4 1.2 1.7 14.2

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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 78 1800 14.2 .596 .575 4.3 8.6 6.4 8.6 1.3 1.0 10.4 18.3 116 113 3.0 0.8 3.8
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 82 2609 12.6 .543 .511 2.5 11.6 7.1 8.2 1.1 0.6 8.5 17.9 110 112 2.9 1.2 4.0
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 80 2326 15.9 .567 .548 3.4 11.2 7.3 8.6 1.9 0.6 7.4 19.9 112 110 3.7 1.5 5.2
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 82 3198 15.1 .583 .560 2.5 11.3 7.0 10.3 2.2 1.2 9.6 16.5 114 101 5.3 5.0 10.3
1998-99 27 CLE NBA 45 1342 14.4 .546 .539 1.8 11.6 6.7 11.9 1.5 1.0 8.2 18.2 105 104 1.6 1.0 2.6
1999-00 28 CLE NBA 79 2056 12.0 .528 .509 2.4 12.3 7.3 11.6 1.0 0.7 8.0 15.8 108 107 2.3 1.3 3.7
2000-01 29 CLE NBA 44 958 11.6 .514 .497 1.3 14.4 7.9 11.2 1.5 0.8 11.6 16.3 101 106 0.6 0.6 1.2
2001-02 30 CLE NBA 78 2793 16.3 .589 .570 2.1 10.2 6.2 10.8 1.5 1.0 6.9 17.6 118 111 6.1 0.8 6.9
2002-03 31 MEM NBA 66 1941 13.5 .565 .539 1.4 9.6 5.6 9.3 1.1 0.7 8.0 16.2 112 111 3.1 0.2 3.3
2003-04 32 TOT NBA 58 1037 11.5 .510 .489 1.8 11.3 6.6 10.5 1.0 0.6 10.3 16.5 103 108 0.9 0.4 1.3
2003-04 32 MEM NBA 16 284 4.6 .375 .360 0.8 6.4 3.6 12.9 0.9 0.5 12.6 20.1 79 109 -0.5 0.1 -0.4
2003-04 32 POR NBA 33 621 14.8 .601 .583 2.3 11.8 7.1 10.3 1.0 0.7 9.1 15.0 120 108 1.4 0.2 1.6
2003-04 32 ATL NBA 9 132 10.6 .480 .436 1.7 19.5 10.7 6.2 1.2 0.6 8.8 15.7 100 106 0.1 0.1 0.1
2004-05 33 TOT NBA 41 667 14.1 .570 .564 0.5 13.7 7.2 9.6 1.5 0.5 6.8 16.8 112 106 0.9 0.7 1.6
2004-05 33 MIA NBA 16 206 10.5 .528 .509 0.6 11.4 6.2 8.2 1.5 0.0 10.6 14.9 103 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 25 461 15.6 .584 .583 0.5 14.7 7.6 10.3 1.4 0.7 5.5 17.7 116 106 0.8 0.5 1.3
Career NBA 733 20727 14.1 .562 .541 2.4 11.1 6.8 9.9 1.5 0.8 8.5 17.4 112 108 30.4 13.7 44.0

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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 10 247 34 83 17 45 11 12 9 21 11 3 2 9 19 96 .410 .378 .917 24.7 9.6 2.1 1.1
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 4 183 22 56 9 29 4 5 8 23 3 3 1 5 7 57 .393 .310 .800 45.8 14.3 5.8 0.8
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 5 163 25 53 14 33 14 18 5 33 6 4 3 4 5 78 .472 .424 .778 32.6 15.6 6.6 1.2
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 4 136 11 29 7 19 3 4 2 9 10 3 0 1 5 32 .379 .368 .750 34.0 8.0 2.3 2.5
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 4 54 6 14 3 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 15 .429 .375 13.5 3.8 0.3 0.3
Career NBA 27 783 98 235 50 134 32 39 25 87 31 14 6 20 36 278 .417 .373 .821 29.0 10.3 3.2 1.1

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
1994-95 23 PHO NBA 10 247 10.7 .544 .512 4.3 5.5 4.9 6.6 0.6 0.6 9.3 17.6 113 118 0.3 0.0 0.3
1995-96 24 PHO NBA 4 183 9.5 .490 .473 4.6 10.3 7.2 2.5 0.9 0.4 7.9 15.3 103 124 0.1 -0.2 -0.1
1996-97 25 PHO NBA 5 163 18.8 .640 .604 3.5 19.0 11.4 6.7 1.2 1.5 6.2 17.6 125 116 0.4 0.0 0.4
1997-98 26 CLE NBA 4 136 10.4 .520 .500 2.1 7.5 4.8 15.4 1.3 0.0 3.1 11.8 118 112 0.2 0.0 0.2
2004-05 33 DEN NBA 4 54 8.3 .536 .536 2.1 0.0 1.1 3.3 1.0 0.0 6.7 13.0 105 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 27 783 11.9 .551 .523 3.7 9.4 6.5 7.0 0.9 0.6 7.3 15.7 114 118 1.0 -0.1 0.9

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
1990-91 19 AUBURN 26 857 153 325 42 118 52 68 147 48 35 31 49 49 400 .471 .356 .765 33.0 15.4 5.7 1.8
1991-92 20 AUBURN 27 955 208 411 69 141 53 73 183 55 28 29 60 45 538 .506 .489 .726 35.4 19.9 6.8 2.0
1992-93 21 AUBURN 27 957 194 349 58 125 61 79 192 102 21 17 69 46 507 .556 .464 .772 35.4 18.8 7.1 3.8
1993-94 22 AUBURN 28 1006 217 448 93 210 94 128 179 79 28 11 84 45 621 .484 .443 .734 35.9 22.2 6.4 2.8
Career 108 3775 772 1533 262 594 260 348 701 284 112 88 262 185 2066 .504 .441 .747 35.0 19.1 6.5 2.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1994-95 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)

Games

1995-96 NBA 82 (2)
1997-98 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1997-98 NBA 3198 (8)

3-Pt Field Goals

1997-98 NBA 192 (1)
 Career NBA 1150 (36)
Career 1150 (36)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1997-98 NBA 447 (1)
 Career NBA 2754 (56)
Career 2754 (56)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1994-95 NBA .436 (7)
1997-98 NBA .429 (7)
1999-00 NBA .424 (10)
2001-02 NBA .444 (9)
2002-03 NBA .433 (3)
Career NBA .418 (9)
Career .418 (9)

True Shooting Pct

2001-02 NBA .589 (10)
Career NBA .562 (99)
Career .562 (100)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1994-95 NBA .575 (4)
1997-98 NBA .560 (3)
1998-99 NBA .539 (4)
2001-02 NBA .570 (3)
Career NBA .541 (27)
Career .541 (27)

Turnover Pct

1995-96 NBA 8.5 (4)
1996-97 NBA 7.4 (2)
1998-99 NBA 8.2 (2)
1999-00 NBA 8.0 (2)
2001-02 NBA 6.9 (1)
 Career NBA 8.5 (6)
Career 8.5 (6)

Offensive Rating

2001-02 NBA 118.1 (10)

Defensive Win Shares

1997-98 NBA 5.0 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (629)

Transactions

June 29, 1994: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1994 NBA Draft.

October 1, 1997: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Phoenix Suns with Tony Dumas to the Cleveland Cavaliers; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 2005 1st round draft pick (Sean May) to the Phoenix Suns; and the Denver Nuggets traded Antonio McDyess to the Phoenix Suns.

June 26, 2002: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Memphis Grizzlies for Nick Anderson and Matt Barnes.

December 3, 2003: Traded by the Memphis Grizzlies with a 2004 1st round draft pick (Sergei Monia) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Bonzi Wells.

February 9, 2004: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Rasheed Wallace to the Atlanta Hawks for Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Dan Dickau and Theo Ratliff.

August 11, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

March 1, 2005: Waived by the Miami Heat.

March 3, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1994-95 Phoenix Suns NBA $650,000
1995-96 Phoenix Suns NBA $845,000
1996-97 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,040,000
1997-98 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $3,500,000
1998-99 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $4,200,000
1999-00 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $4,900,000
2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $5,600,000
2001-02 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $6,300,000
2002-03 Memphis Grizzlies NBA $7,000,000
2003-04 Total NBA $7,700,000
2004-05 Total NBA $1,600,000
2005-06 Miami Heat NBA $1,760,000
Career (may be incomplete) $45,095,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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