Drazen Petrovic

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Drazen Petrovic

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 22, 1964 in Sibenik, Croatia
Died: June 7, 1993
High School: Sibenik in Sibenik, Croatia
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 3rd round (13th pick, 60th overall), 1986 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1989
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2002 (Full List)

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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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	77	0	967	207	427	.485	34	74	.459	135	160	.844	50	61	111	116	23	2	96	134	583
1990-91	26	TOT	NBA	SG	61	0	1015	243	493	.493	23	65	.354	114	137	.832	51	59	110	86	43	1	81	132	623
1990-91	26	POR	NBA	SG	18	0	133	32	71	.451	1	6	.167	15	22	.682	10	8	18	20	6	0	12	21	80
1990-91	26	NJN	NBA	SG	43	0	882	211	422	.500	22	59	.373	99	115	.861	41	51	92	66	37	1	69	111	543
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	82	82	3027	668	1315	.508	123	277	.444	232	287	.808	97	161	258	252	105	11	215	248	1691
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	70	67	2660	587	1134	.518	75	167	.449	315	362	.870	42	148	190	247	94	13	204	237	1564
Career			NBA		290	149	7669	1705	3369	.506	255	583	.437	796	946	.841	240	429	669	701	265	27	596	751	4461

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	77	0	12.6	2.7	5.5	.485	0.4	1.0	.459	1.8	2.1	.844	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.7	7.6
1990-91	26	TOT	NBA	SG	61	0	16.6	4.0	8.1	.493	0.4	1.1	.354	1.9	2.2	.832	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.2	10.2
1990-91	26	POR	NBA	SG	18	0	7.4	1.8	3.9	.451	0.1	0.3	.167	0.8	1.2	.682	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.4
1990-91	26	NJN	NBA	SG	43	0	20.5	4.9	9.8	.500	0.5	1.4	.373	2.3	2.7	.861	1.0	1.2	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.0	1.6	2.6	12.6
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	82	82	36.9	8.1	16.0	.508	1.5	3.4	.444	2.8	3.5	.808	1.2	2.0	3.1	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.6	3.0	20.6
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	70	67	38.0	8.4	16.2	.518	1.1	2.4	.449	4.5	5.2	.870	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.5	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	22.3
Career			NBA		290	149	26.4	5.9	11.6	.506	0.9	2.0	.437	2.7	3.3	.841	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	15.4

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	77	0	967	7.7	15.9	.485	1.3	2.8	.459	5.0	6.0	.844	1.9	2.3	4.1	4.3	0.9	0.1	3.6	5.0	21.7
1990-91	26	TOT	NBA	SG	61	0	1015	8.6	17.5	.493	0.8	2.3	.354	4.0	4.9	.832	1.8	2.1	3.9	3.1	1.5	0.0	2.9	4.7	22.1
1990-91	26	POR	NBA	SG	18	0	133	8.7	19.2	.451	0.3	1.6	.167	4.1	6.0	.682	2.7	2.2	4.9	5.4	1.6	0.0	3.2	5.7	21.7
1990-91	26	NJN	NBA	SG	43	0	882	8.6	17.2	.500	0.9	2.4	.373	4.0	4.7	.861	1.7	2.1	3.8	2.7	1.5	0.0	2.8	4.5	22.2
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	82	82	3027	7.9	15.6	.508	1.5	3.3	.444	2.8	3.4	.808	1.2	1.9	3.1	3.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.9	20.1
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	70	67	2660	7.9	15.3	.518	1.0	2.3	.449	4.3	4.9	.870	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.3	0.2	2.8	3.2	21.2
Career			NBA		290	149	7669	8.0	15.8	.506	1.2	2.7	.437	3.7	4.4	.841	1.1	2.0	3.1	3.3	1.2	0.1	2.8	3.5	20.9

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	77	967	15.5	.586	.525	5.5	7.0	6.2	17.5	1.1	0.1	16.2	24.1	113	109	1.8	1.0	2.8	.139
1990-91	26	TOT	NBA	SG	61	1015	16.6	.563	.516	5.2	6.3	5.7	13.9	2.0	0.1	12.8	25.2	111	110	1.7	0.8	2.5	.119
1990-91	26	POR	NBA	SG	18	133	15.3	.496	.458	8.4	6.6	7.5	22.9	2.2	0.0	12.9	28.3	104	107	0.1	0.2	0.3	.094
1990-91	26	NJN	NBA	SG	43	882	16.8	.574	.526	4.7	6.3	5.5	12.6	2.0	0.1	12.7	24.7	112	110	1.6	0.6	2.3	.123
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	82	3027	15.8	.587	.555	3.3	5.8	4.5	12.7	1.7	0.2	13.0	22.0	116	113	6.2	1.6	7.7	.122
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	70	2660	17.3	.605	.551	1.7	6.1	3.9	15.3	1.8	0.3	13.6	23.6	116	109	5.8	2.6	8.4	.152
Career			NBA		290	7669	16.4	.589	.544	3.3	6.1	4.7	14.4	1.7	0.2	13.6	23.2	115	110	15.6	5.9	21.5	.134

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	20	0	253	48	109	.440	5	16	.313	21	36	.583	10	22	32	20	6	0	20	37	122
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	4	4	163	41	76	.539	4	12	.333	11	13	.846	4	6	10	13	4	1	8	13	97
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	5	5	193	30	66	.455	2	6	.333	16	20	.800	2	7	9	9	2	0	22	18	78
Career			NBA		29	9	609	119	251	.474	11	34	.324	48	69	.696	16	35	51	42	12	1	50	68	297

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	20	0	12.7	2.4	5.5	.440	0.3	0.8	.313	1.1	1.8	.583	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	6.1
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	4	4	40.8	10.3	19.0	.539	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.3	.846	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	24.3
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	5	5	38.6	6.0	13.2	.455	0.4	1.2	.333	3.2	4.0	.800	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	4.4	3.6	15.6
Career			NBA		29	9	21.0	4.1	8.7	.474	0.4	1.2	.324	1.7	2.4	.696	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.7	2.3	10.2

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	20	0	253	6.8	15.5	.440	0.7	2.3	.313	3.0	5.1	.583	1.4	3.1	4.6	2.8	0.9	0.0	2.8	5.3	17.4
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	4	4	163	9.1	16.8	.539	0.9	2.7	.333	2.4	2.9	.846	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.9	21.4
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	5	5	193	5.6	12.3	.455	0.4	1.1	.333	3.0	3.7	.800	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.0	4.1	3.4	14.5
Career			NBA		29	9	609	7.0	14.8	.474	0.7	2.0	.324	2.8	4.1	.696	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.5	0.7	0.1	3.0	4.0	17.6

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
1989-90	25	POR	NBA	SG	20	253	9.5	.489	.463	4.2	10.0	7.0	12.9	1.1	0.0	13.8	23.4	96	111	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.012
1991-92	27	NJN	NBA	SG	4	163	16.6	.593	.566	2.4	4.3	3.3	12.8	1.2	0.4	8.9	22.5	118	120	0.3	0.0	0.3	.091
1992-93	28	NJN	NBA	SG	5	193	5.6	.521	.470	1.2	4.2	2.8	7.4	0.5	0.0	22.7	23.0	86	113	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	-0.063
Career			NBA		29	609	10.2	.528	.496	2.8	6.7	4.6	11.1	1.0	0.1	15.1	23.0	99	114	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.009

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 4 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Drazen Petrovic		8.4	7.7	2.8	2.5
Richie Guerin	91.9	8.4	7.4	3.5	1.7
Steve Smith	91.0	8.1	7.8	3.5	1.5
Lucius Allen	89.3	7.6	7.6	2.2	1.9
Gus Williams	89.1	8.3	7.7	4.2	3.6
Gary Payton	87.5	9.3	7.8	3.9	3.4
Baron Davis	86.8	8.9	8.2	4.5	2.1
Michael Adams	86.4	8.3	7.5	2.7	-0.1
Ray Williams	85.3	8.2	7.2	3.9	1.0
Ronnie Brewer	84.7	7.8	6.8	3.7	1.7
Kerry Kittles	84.7	8.4	6.9	4.7	1.8

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Drazen Petrovic		8.4	7.7	2.8	2.5
George Lehmann	79.5	7.3	5.9	2.5	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0
John Logan	75.6	9.2	8.3	5.2	4.3	1.0
Stephen Curry	73.8	11.2	6.6	4.7	2.2
Al Cervi	72.1	9.3	5.3	5.3	2.1
Ty Lawson	71.0	7.4	6.9	6.7	3.7
Micheal Williams	70.7	9.0	7.6	5.7	5.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Buddy Jeannette	70.6	8.2	4.9	2.6
D.J. Augustin	70.4	6.2	5.1	2.8	2.8	0.5
Bob Verga	69.6	8.2	3.8	3.3	2.8	1.5	0.1
Charles Beasley	68.5	8.0	4.1	2.6	0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide) Dec 6, 1992	Honors 1992-93 NBA All-NBA (3rd)	Games 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)	3-Pt Field Goals 1991-92 NBA 123 (9)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 1991-92 NBA 277 (10)	3-Pt Field Goal Pct 1989-90 NBA .460 (3) 1991-92 NBA .444 (2) 1992-93 NBA .449 (3) Career NBA .437 (4) Career .437 (4)	Free Throw Pct 1992-93 NBA .870 (9)	True Shooting Pct 1992-93 NBA .605 (8)
Effective Field Goal Pct 1991-92 NBA .555 (9) 1992-93 NBA .551 (10)

Transactions

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 3rd round (60th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

January 23, 1991: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Thompson) to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Terry Mills to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Walter Davis and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Smith) to the Portland Trail Blazers; and the New Jersey Nets traded Greg Anderson and a 1992 1st round draft pick (Bryant Stith) to the Denver Nuggets.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1990-91	New Jersey Nets	NBA	$1,200,000
1991-92	New Jersey Nets	NBA	$1,375,000
1992-93	New Jersey Nets	NBA	$1,615,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$4,190,000

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