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Kevin Porter

Kevin Porter

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: April 17, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: DuSable in Chicago, Illinois
College: Saint Francis University

Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 3rd round (9th pick, 39th overall) of the 1972 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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 71 1217 205 451 .455 62 101 .614 72 237 206 472
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 81 2339 477 997 .478 180 249 .723 79 100 179 469 95 9 319 1134
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 81 2589 406 827 .491 131 186 .704 55 97 152 650 152 11 320 943
1975-76 25 DET NBA 19 687 99 235 .421 42 56 .750 14 30 44 193 35 3 83 240
1976-77 26 DET NBA 81 2117 310 605 .512 97 133 .729 28 70 98 592 88 8 271 717
1977-78 27 TOT NBA 82 2813 495 1055 .469 244 320 .763 53 161 214 837 123 15 360 283 1234
1977-78 27 DET NBA 8 127 14 31 .452 9 13 .692 5 10 15 36 5 0 12 18 37
1977-78 27 NJN NBA 74 2686 481 1024 .470 235 307 .765 48 151 199 801 118 15 348 265 1197
1978-79 28 DET NBA 82 3064 534 1110 .481 192 266 .722 62 147 209 1099 158 5 337 302 1260
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 70 1494 201 438 .459 0 4 .000 110 137 .803 25 57 82 457 59 11 164 180 512
1980-81 30 WSB NBA 81 2577 446 859 .519 3 12 .250 191 247 .773 35 89 124 734 110 10 251 257 1086
1982-83 32 WSB NBA 11 0 210 21 40 .525 0 0 5 6 .833 2 3 5 46 10 0 21 30 47
Career NBA 659 0 19107 3194 6617 .483 3 16 .188 1254 1701 .737 353 754 1179 5314 830 72 1133 2251 7645

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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 71 17.1 2.9 6.4 .455 0.9 1.4 .614 1.0 3.3 2.9 6.6
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 81 28.9 5.9 12.3 .478 2.2 3.1 .723 1.0 1.2 2.2 5.8 1.2 0.1 3.9 14.0
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 81 32.0 5.0 10.2 .491 1.6 2.3 .704 0.7 1.2 1.9 8.0 1.9 0.1 4.0 11.6
1975-76 25 DET NBA 19 36.2 5.2 12.4 .421 2.2 2.9 .750 0.7 1.6 2.3 10.2 1.8 0.2 4.4 12.6
1976-77 26 DET NBA 81 26.1 3.8 7.5 .512 1.2 1.6 .729 0.3 0.9 1.2 7.3 1.1 0.1 3.3 8.9
1977-78 27 TOT NBA 82 34.3 6.0 12.9 .469 3.0 3.9 .763 0.6 2.0 2.6 10.2 1.5 0.2 4.4 3.5 15.0
1977-78 27 DET NBA 8 15.9 1.8 3.9 .452 1.1 1.6 .692 0.6 1.3 1.9 4.5 0.6 0.0 1.5 2.3 4.6
1977-78 27 NJN NBA 74 36.3 6.5 13.8 .470 3.2 4.1 .765 0.6 2.0 2.7 10.8 1.6 0.2 4.7 3.6 16.2
1978-79 28 DET NBA 82 37.4 6.5 13.5 .481 2.3 3.2 .722 0.8 1.8 2.5 13.4 1.9 0.1 4.1 3.7 15.4
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 70 21.3 2.9 6.3 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.0 .803 0.4 0.8 1.2 6.5 0.8 0.2 2.3 2.6 7.3
1980-81 30 WSB NBA 81 31.8 5.5 10.6 .519 0.0 0.1 .250 2.4 3.0 .773 0.4 1.1 1.5 9.1 1.4 0.1 3.1 3.2 13.4
1982-83 32 WSB NBA 11 0 19.1 1.9 3.6 .525 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 .833 0.2 0.3 0.5 4.2 0.9 0.0 1.9 2.7 4.3
Career NBA 659 0 29.0 4.8 10.0 .483 0.0 0.1 .188 1.9 2.6 .737 0.6 1.3 1.8 8.1 1.4 0.1 3.5 3.4 11.6

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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 71 1217 6.1 13.3 .455 1.8 3.0 .614 2.1 7.0 6.1 14.0
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 81 2339 7.3 15.3 .478 2.8 3.8 .723 1.2 1.5 2.8 7.2 1.5 0.1 4.9 17.5
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 81 2589 5.6 11.5 .491 1.8 2.6 .704 0.8 1.3 2.1 9.0 2.1 0.2 4.4 13.1
1975-76 25 DET NBA 19 687 5.2 12.3 .421 2.2 2.9 .750 0.7 1.6 2.3 10.1 1.8 0.2 4.3 12.6
1976-77 26 DET NBA 81 2117 5.3 10.3 .512 1.6 2.3 .729 0.5 1.2 1.7 10.1 1.5 0.1 4.6 12.2
1977-78 27 TOT NBA 82 2813 6.3 13.5 .469 3.1 4.1 .763 0.7 2.1 2.7 10.7 1.6 0.2 4.6 3.6 15.8
1977-78 27 DET NBA 8 127 4.0 8.8 .452 2.6 3.7 .692 1.4 2.8 4.3 10.2 1.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 10.5
1977-78 27 NJN NBA 74 2686 6.4 13.7 .470 3.1 4.1 .765 0.6 2.0 2.7 10.7 1.6 0.2 4.7 3.6 16.0
1978-79 28 DET NBA 82 3064 6.3 13.0 .481 2.3 3.1 .722 0.7 1.7 2.5 12.9 1.9 0.1 4.0 3.5 14.8
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 70 1494 4.8 10.6 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.3 .803 0.6 1.4 2.0 11.0 1.4 0.3 4.0 4.3 12.3
1980-81 30 WSB NBA 81 2577 6.2 12.0 .519 0.0 0.2 .250 2.7 3.5 .773 0.5 1.2 1.7 10.3 1.5 0.1 3.5 3.6 15.2
1982-83 32 WSB NBA 11 0 210 3.6 6.9 .525 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 .833 0.3 0.5 0.9 7.9 1.7 0.0 3.6 5.1 8.1
Career NBA 659 0 19107 6.0 12.5 .483 0.0 0.1 .188 2.4 3.2 .737 0.7 1.5 2.2 10.0 1.7 0.1 4.0 4.2 14.4

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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 71 1217 12.4 .476 .455 2.8 25.7 0.7 1.6 2.3
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 81 2339 16.7 .512 .478 3.2 4.1 3.6 29.6 1.8 0.2 98 2.7 2.4 5.2
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 81 2589 16.0 .519 .491 2.1 3.8 2.9 33.9 2.7 0.2 94 2.7 3.8 6.5
1975-76 25 DET NBA 19 687 15.4 .462 .421 2.1 4.6 3.3 37.6 2.3 0.2 103 0.2 0.3 0.5
1976-77 26 DET NBA 81 2117 14.7 .540 .512 1.4 3.4 2.4 34.6 1.8 0.2 105 2.1 0.6 2.7
1977-78 27 TOT NBA 82 2813 15.7 .516 .469 1.8 5.8 3.7 41.6 1.9 0.3 23.1 20.4 98 104 2.3 1.9 4.2
1977-78 27 DET NBA 8 127 13.3 .504 .452 4.2 8.1 6.2 36.1 1.8 0.0 24.6 14.7 104 104 0.2 0.1 0.2
1977-78 27 NJN NBA 74 2686 15.8 .516 .470 1.7 5.7 3.6 41.9 1.9 0.3 23.1 20.7 98 104 2.1 1.8 4.0
1978-79 28 DET NBA 82 3064 17.2 .513 .481 2.0 5.2 3.5 47.0 2.3 0.1 21.5 19.4 106 107 4.3 1.9 6.2
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 70 1494 13.1 .514 .459 1.7 3.9 2.8 40.0 1.8 0.4 24.8 17.5 101 108 0.8 1.0 1.8
1980-81 30 WSB NBA 81 2577 16.2 .561 .521 1.4 3.7 2.5 39.3 2.0 0.2 20.6 19.0 108 106 3.8 2.6 6.4
1982-83 32 WSB NBA 11 210 8.4 .551 .525 1.0 1.6 1.3 29.8 2.3 0.0 33.0 12.6 95 103 0.0 0.3 0.2
Career NBA 659 19107 15.6 .519 .483 1.9 4.3 3.1 37.5 2.1 0.2 22.4 19.2 103 103 19.6 16.4 36.0

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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 4 41 6 12 0 0 2 9 11 12 .500 10.3 3.0 0.5 2.3
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 7 195 33 85 9 14 10 17 32 8 0 30 75 .388 .643 27.9 10.7 2.4 4.6
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 17 625 99 197 46 69 13 41 124 21 0 73 244 .503 .667 36.8 14.4 2.4 7.3
1976-77 26 DET NBA 3 61 5 14 6 9 1 6 17 1 0 7 16 .357 .667 20.3 5.3 2.0 5.7
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 2 49 7 16 0 1 2 5 2 2 9 3 0 4 7 16 .438 .000 .400 24.5 8.0 1.0 4.5
Career NBA 33 971 150 324 0 1 63 97 26 68 191 33 0 4 128 363 .463 .000 .649 29.4 11.0 2.1 5.8

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
1972-73 22 BAL NBA 4 41 11.3 .500 .500 2.7 31.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1973-74 23 CAP NBA 7 195 13.4 .411 .388 5.5 3.7 4.6 25.4 2.1 0.0 100 -0.2 0.1 0.0
1974-75 24 WSB NBA 17 625 15.0 .537 .503 2.3 4.3 3.3 28.5 1.5 0.0 100 0.7 0.5 1.2
1976-77 26 DET NBA 3 61 12.4 .445 .357 1.6 7.1 4.6 35.1 0.8 0.0 114 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1979-80 29 WSB NBA 2 49 9.6 .440 .438 4.3 0.0 2.2 26.2 3.0 0.0 18.0 18.5 91 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 33 971 14.1 .495 .463 3.0 4.1 3.6 28.3 1.7 0.0 18.0 18.5 91 101 0.6 0.5 1.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1978-79 NBA 3064 (9)

Assists

1973-74 NBA 469 (8)
1974-75 NBA 650 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 592 (5)
1977-78 NBA 837 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 1099 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 734 (1)
 Career NBA 5314 (40)
Career 5314 (40)

Steals

1974-75 NBA 152 (9)
1978-79 NBA 158 (7)

Turnovers

1977-78 NBA 360 (2)
1978-79 NBA 337 (2)

Personal Fouls

1973-74 NBA 319 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 320 (3)

Assists Per Game

1973-74 NBA 5.8 (10)
1974-75 NBA 8.0 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 7.3 (4)
1977-78 NBA 10.2 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 13.4 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 6.5 (10)
1980-81 NBA 9.1 (1)
 Career NBA 8.1 (12)
Career 8.1 (12)

Steals Per Game

1978-79 NBA 1.9 (9)

Assist Pct

1973-74 NBA 29.6 (4)
1974-75 NBA 33.9 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 34.6 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 41.6 (1)
 1978-79 NBA 47.0 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 40.0 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 39.3 (1)
 Career NBA 37.5 (12)
Career 37.5 (12)

Steal Pct

1974-75 NBA 2.7 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.003 (320)
  

Transactions

April 10, 1972: Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 3rd round (39th pick) of the 1972 NBA Draft.

August 28, 1975: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the Detroit Pistons for Dave Bing and a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tree Rollins).

November 7, 1977: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Howard Porter and cash to the New Jersey Nets for Al Skinner, a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Terry Tyler) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Tony Price).

September 8, 1978: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Detroit Pistons for Eric Money.

July 12, 1979: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Washington Bullets; the Detroit Pistons received a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown) and a 1982 1st round draft pick (John Bagley) as compensation.

January 18, 1983: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1972-73 Baltimore Bullets NBA $35,000
1973-74 Capital Bullets NBA $45,000
Career (may be incomplete) $80,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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