Ben Poquette

Benedict Jay Poquette (Ben, Gentle Ben)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: May 7, 1955 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
High School: East Lansing in East Lansing, Michigan
College: Central Michigan University
Draft: Detroit Pistons, 2nd round (14th pick, 36th overall), 1977 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1977

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Elo Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 23, 2013 6:17 AM

All-Time Rank: #528. Foots Walker… #529. Oliver Miller… #530. Tony Battie… #531. BEN POQUETTE… #532. Stromile Swift… #533. Mike Gale… #534. Chris Dudley…

All-Time Rank: #528. Foots Walker… #529. Oliver Miller… #530. Tony Battie… #531. BEN POQUETTE… #532. Stromile Swift… #533. Mike Gale… #534. Chris Dudley…

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
1977-78	22	DET	NBA	PF	52		626	95	225	.422				42	60	.700	50	95	145	20	10	22	40	69	232
1978-79	23	DET	NBA	PF	76		1337	198	464	.427				111	142	.782	99	237	336	57	38	98	65	198	507
1979-80	24	UTA	NBA	C	82		2349	296	566	.523	0	2	.000	139	167	.832	124	436	560	131	45	162	103	283	731
1980-81	25	UTA	NBA	PF	82		2808	324	614	.528	3	6	.500	126	162	.778	160	469	629	161	67	174	122	342	777
1981-82	26	UTA	NBA	PF	82	56	1698	220	428	.514	3	10	.300	97	120	.808	117	294	411	94	51	65	69	235	540
1982-83	27	UTA	NBA	PF	75	50	2331	329	697	.472	1	5	.200	166	221	.751	155	366	521	168	64	116	100	264	825
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	51	4	858	75	171	.439	1	5	.200	34	43	.791	57	125	182	49	20	33	28	114	185
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	79	6	1656	210	457	.460	3	17	.176	109	137	.796	148	325	473	79	47	58	70	220	532
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	81	3	1496	166	348	.477	2	10	.200	72	100	.720	121	252	373	78	33	32	68	187	406
1986-87	31	TOT	NBA	PF	58	2	604	62	122	.508	0	4	.000	40	50	.800	30	71	101	35	9	34	21	77	164
1986-87	31	CLE	NBA	PF	37	1	437	41	82	.500	0	3	.000	31	39	.795	20	57	77	28	6	22	17	51	113
1986-87	31	CHI	NBA	PF	21	1	167	21	40	.525	0	1	.000	9	11	.818	10	14	24	7	3	12	4	26	51
Career			NBA		718	121	15763	1975	4092	.483	13	59	.220	936	1202	.779	1061	2670	3731	872	384	794	686	1989	4899

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
1977-78	22	DET	NBA	PF	52		12.0	1.8	4.3	.422				0.8	1.2	.700	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	4.5
1978-79	23	DET	NBA	PF	76		17.6	2.6	6.1	.427				1.5	1.9	.782	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.6	6.7
1979-80	24	UTA	NBA	C	82		28.6	3.6	6.9	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.0	.832	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.5	8.9
1980-81	25	UTA	NBA	PF	82		34.2	4.0	7.5	.528	0.0	0.1	.500	1.5	2.0	.778	2.0	5.7	7.7	2.0	0.8	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.5
1981-82	26	UTA	NBA	PF	82	56	20.7	2.7	5.2	.514	0.0	0.1	.300	1.2	1.5	.808	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.1	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.9	6.6
1982-83	27	UTA	NBA	PF	75	50	31.1	4.4	9.3	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	2.2	2.9	.751	2.1	4.9	6.9	2.2	0.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	11.0
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	51	4	16.8	1.5	3.4	.439	0.0	0.1	.200	0.7	0.8	.791	1.1	2.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.6
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	79	6	21.0	2.7	5.8	.460	0.0	0.2	.176	1.4	1.7	.796	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.8	6.7
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	81	3	18.5	2.0	4.3	.477	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.2	.720	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.3	5.0
1986-87	31	TOT	NBA	PF	58	2	10.4	1.1	2.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.800	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8
1986-87	31	CLE	NBA	PF	37	1	11.8	1.1	2.2	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.795	0.5	1.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.1
1986-87	31	CHI	NBA	PF	21	1	8.0	1.0	1.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.818	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4
Career			NBA		718	121	22.0	2.8	5.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.220	1.3	1.7	.779	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.2	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.8	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
1977-78	22	DET	NBA	PF	52		626	5.5	12.9	.422				2.4	3.5	.700	2.9	5.5	8.3	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.3	4.0	13.3
1978-79	23	DET	NBA	PF	76		1337	5.3	12.5	.427				3.0	3.8	.782	2.7	6.4	9.0	1.5	1.0	2.6	1.8	5.3	13.7
1979-80	24	UTA	NBA	C	82		2349	4.5	8.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.6	.832	1.9	6.7	8.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	1.6	4.3	11.2
1980-81	25	UTA	NBA	PF	82		2808	4.2	7.9	.528	0.0	0.1	.500	1.6	2.1	.778	2.1	6.0	8.1	2.1	0.9	2.2	1.6	4.4	10.0
1981-82	26	UTA	NBA	PF	82	56	1698	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.2	.300	2.1	2.5	.808	2.5	6.2	8.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.5	5.0	11.4
1982-83	27	UTA	NBA	PF	75	50	2331	5.1	10.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.4	.751	2.4	5.7	8.0	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.5	4.1	12.7
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	51	4	858	3.1	7.2	.439	0.0	0.2	.200	1.4	1.8	.791	2.4	5.2	7.6	2.1	0.8	1.4	1.2	4.8	7.8
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	79	6	1656	4.6	9.9	.460	0.1	0.4	.176	2.4	3.0	.796	3.2	7.1	10.3	1.7	1.0	1.3	1.5	4.8	11.6
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	81	3	1496	4.0	8.4	.477	0.0	0.2	.200	1.7	2.4	.720	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	4.5	9.8
1986-87	31	TOT	NBA	PF	58	2	604	3.7	7.3	.508	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.0	.800	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.1	0.5	2.0	1.3	4.6	9.8
1986-87	31	CLE	NBA	PF	37	1	437	3.4	6.8	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.2	.795	1.6	4.7	6.3	2.3	0.5	1.8	1.4	4.2	9.3
1986-87	31	CHI	NBA	PF	21	1	167	4.5	8.6	.525	0.0	0.2	.000	1.9	2.4	.818	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.6	0.9	5.6	11.0
Career			NBA		718	121	15763	4.5	9.3	.483	0.0	0.2	.220	2.1	2.7	.779	2.4	6.1	8.5	2.0	0.9	1.8	1.6	4.5	11.2

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
1977-78	22	DET	NBA	PF	52	626	10.6	.461	.422	8.5	15.7	12.2	4.3	0.7	1.8	13.7	17.8	95	103	0.1	0.5	0.6	.049
1978-79	23	DET	NBA	PF	76	1337	13.1	.481	.427	7.5	19.1	13.1	5.4	1.3	3.8	11.0	16.8	102	102	0.9	1.6	2.5	.091
1979-80	24	UTA	NBA	C	82	2349	14.0	.572	.523	6.4	20.9	13.9	7.7	0.9	3.9	13.9	13.6	112	107	3.0	1.8	4.9	.099
1980-81	25	UTA	NBA	PF	82	2808	13.0	.567	.530	6.6	18.9	12.8	7.9	1.2	3.6	15.1	12.4	110	107	2.9	2.5	5.4	.092
1981-82	26	UTA	NBA	PF	82	1698	13.1	.562	.518	7.3	18.9	13.0	6.9	1.4	2.1	12.6	13.0	115	110	2.2	1.2	3.4	.096
1982-83	27	UTA	NBA	PF	75	2331	13.4	.519	.473	7.0	15.6	11.4	9.6	1.2	2.5	11.2	15.0	108	104	2.5	2.5	5.0	.103
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	51	858	9.6	.487	.442	7.3	17.2	12.1	7.5	1.1	2.3	12.8	10.6	107	108	0.4	0.9	1.3	.075
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	79	1656	12.6	.514	.463	9.7	21.2	15.5	6.4	1.3	1.9	11.9	14.2	109	106	1.4	2.1	3.5	.102
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	81	1496	10.4	.518	.480	8.9	18.6	13.8	6.8	1.0	1.2	14.8	12.6	106	108	0.9	1.4	2.3	.075
1986-87	31	TOT	NBA	PF	58	604	10.8	.569	.508	5.4	12.8	9.1	7.7	0.7	3.2	12.7	11.1	117	107	0.7	0.7	1.4	.110
1986-87	31	CLE	NBA	PF	37	437	10.4	.570	.500	5.0	14.0	9.5	8.5	0.7	2.8	14.6	10.6	115	107	0.4	0.5	0.9	.104
1986-87	31	CHI	NBA	PF	21	167	11.9	.569	.525	6.7	9.7	8.2	5.8	0.9	4.3	8.2	12.3	121	108	0.3	0.2	0.4	.127
Career			NBA		718	15763	12.6	.530	.484	7.4	18.5	13.0	7.4	1.1	2.8	12.9	13.7	109	106	15.1	15.3	30.4	.093

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
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	91	13	21	.619	0	0		4	5	.800	4	10	14	1	2	6	4	16	30
Career			NBA		4	0	91	13	21	.619	0	0		4	5	.800	4	10	14	1	2	6	4	16	30

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
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	22.8	3.3	5.3	.619	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	.800	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.0	4.0	7.5
Career			NBA		4	0	22.8	3.3	5.3	.619	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	.800	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.0	4.0	7.5

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
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	91	5.1	8.3	.619	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.0	.800	1.6	4.0	5.5	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.6	6.3	11.9
Career			NBA		4	0	91	5.1	8.3	.619	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.0	.800	1.6	4.0	5.5	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.6	6.3	11.9

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
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	91	10.6	.647	.619	5.4	12.9	9.3	1.4	1.0	3.8	14.7	12.2	116	111	0.1	0.1	0.2	.095
Career			NBA		4	91	10.6	.647	.619	5.4	12.9	9.3	1.4	1.0	3.8	14.7	12.2	116	111	0.1	0.1	0.2	.095

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
Ben Poquette		5.4	5.0	4.9	3.5	3.4	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.3	0.6
Johnny Green	91.4	5.6	5.1	5.1	3.8	2.6	2.4	2.3	1.7	1.5	1.2
Phil Hubbard	90.1	5.7	4.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.2
Tom Van Arsdale	89.6	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.1	2.7	2.2	1.4	1.0
Walt Williams	89.4	5.4	5.1	5.1	4.4	3.7	3.0	2.2	1.7	1.6	-0.7
Ray Scott	89.2	5.5	5.3	4.5	3.5	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.5	2.4	1.3
Antoine Carr	89.1	5.5	5.4	4.0	3.8	3.5	3.3	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.7
Malik Rose	88.1	5.2	4.4	3.8	3.4	3.3	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	0.4
Willie Naulls	87.4	5.7	5.5	5.3	4.6	3.9	2.6	2.6	1.8	1.8	0.4
Phil Jackson	87.4	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.2	2.5	2.5	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.5
Bingo Smith	87.2	6.1	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.1	1.6	1.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ben Poquette		5.4	5.0	4.9	3.5	3.4	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.3	0.6
Aaron Williams	90.8	5.2	5.0	4.8	3.7	3.4	1.7	1.6	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Phil Hubbard	90.1	5.7	4.6	4.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.2
Austin Croshere	89.0	5.4	4.1	4.1	3.4	3.2	2.6	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
Chris Andersen	88.9	5.9	5.4	4.5	3.2	2.7	2.4	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0
Walt Williams	87.8	5.4	5.1	5.1	4.4	3.7	3.0	2.5	2.2	1.7	1.6	-0.7
Ray Scott	87.6	5.5	5.3	4.5	3.5	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.5	2.4	1.3	0.9
Willie Naulls	87.4	5.7	5.5	5.3	4.6	3.9	2.6	2.6	1.8	1.8	0.4
Phil Jackson	87.1	5.6	4.8	4.2	3.2	2.5	2.5	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.5
Billy Owens	86.5	5.7	5.6	3.7	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.2
Malik Rose	86.2	5.2	4.4	3.8	3.4	3.3	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.4	-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
1973-74	18	CMICHIGAN	25		61	130			22	41		138						144	.469		.537		5.8	5.5
1974-75	19	CMICHIGAN	19		60	138			19	38		129						139	.435		.500		7.3	6.8
1975-76	20	CMICHIGAN	26		143	293			65	92		237						351	.488		.707		13.5	9.1
1976-77	21	CMICHIGAN	28		179	369			103	132		309						461	.485		.780		16.5	11.0
Career			98		443	930			209	303		813						1095	.476		.690		11.2	8.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1979-80 NBA 82 (2) 1980-81 NBA 82 (3) 1981-82 NBA 82 (4)	Blocks 1979-80 NBA 162 (6) 1980-81 NBA 174 (7)	Personal Fouls 1980-81 NBA 342 (1)	Blocks Per Game 1979-80 NBA 2.0 (8) 1980-81 NBA 2.1 (9)
Block Pct 1979-80 NBA 3.9 (7) 1980-81 NBA 3.6 (10) Career NBA 2.8 (68) Career 2.8 (75)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (910)	NBA Elo Player Rating 531st (overall) as of May 23, 2013, 5:07AM

Transactions

June 10, 1977: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (36th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

July 27, 1979: Sent to the Utah Jazz with a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson) as compensation for the Detroit Pistons signing Jim McElroy as a veteran free agent.

October 14, 1983: Sold by the Utah Jazz to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

February 15, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Chicago Bulls for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Chucky Brown).

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA	$284,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$284,000

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