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Vitaly Potapenko

Vitaly Nikolaevich Potapenko

Position: Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 280 lbs.
Born: March 21, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine
High School: Kozchagin in Kiev, Ukraine
College: Wright State University

Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall) of the 1996 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
1996-97 21 CLE NBA 80 3 1238 186 423 .440 1 2 .500 92 125 .736 105 112 217 40 26 34 109 216 465
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 80 0 1412 234 488 .480 0 1 .000 102 144 .708 110 203 313 57 27 28 132 198 570
1998-99 23 TOT NBA 50 44 1394 204 412 .495 0 1 .000 91 155 .587 114 218 332 75 35 36 100 169 499
1998-99 23 CLE NBA 17 12 467 55 126 .437 0 1 .000 33 49 .673 23 71 94 16 11 16 28 53 143
1998-99 23 BOS NBA 33 32 927 149 286 .521 0 0 58 106 .547 91 147 238 59 24 20 72 116 356
1999-00 24 BOS NBA 79 72 1797 307 615 .499 0 1 .000 109 160 .681 182 317 499 77 41 29 145 239 723
2000-01 25 BOS NBA 82 7 1901 248 521 .476 0 0 115 158 .728 206 289 495 64 52 23 105 228 611
2001-02 26 BOS NBA 79 9 1343 137 301 .455 0 0 89 120 .742 167 180 347 30 37 18 63 174 363
2002-03 27 SEA NBA 26 2 403 41 93 .441 0 0 22 29 .759 25 64 89 4 9 8 25 46 104
2003-04 28 SEA NBA 65 39 1419 200 409 .489 0 0 59 92 .641 101 188 289 53 22 28 77 161 459
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 33 1 335 45 87 .517 0 1 .000 27 31 .871 30 48 78 9 7 3 12 53 117
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 33 12 353 37 71 .521 0 0 10 17 .588 27 37 64 9 2 2 16 50 84
2005-06 30 SEA NBA 24 12 321 32 64 .500 0 0 10 17 .588 26 36 62 7 2 2 14 44 74
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 9 0 32 5 7 .714 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 6 10
2006-07 31 SAC NBA 3 0 13 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 0
Career NBA 610 189 11608 1639 3424 .479 1 6 .167 716 1031 .694 1067 1658 2725 418 258 209 786 1537 3995

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
1996-97 21 CLE NBA 80 3 15.5 2.3 5.3 .440 0.0 0.0 .500 1.2 1.6 .736 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 2.7 5.8
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 80 0 17.7 2.9 6.1 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .708 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.7 2.5 7.1
1998-99 23 TOT NBA 50 44 27.9 4.1 8.2 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.1 .587 2.3 4.4 6.6 1.5 0.7 0.7 2.0 3.4 10.0
1998-99 23 CLE NBA 17 12 27.5 3.2 7.4 .437 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.9 .673 1.4 4.2 5.5 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.1 8.4
1998-99 23 BOS NBA 33 32 28.1 4.5 8.7 .521 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.2 .547 2.8 4.5 7.2 1.8 0.7 0.6 2.2 3.5 10.8
1999-00 24 BOS NBA 79 72 22.7 3.9 7.8 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.0 .681 2.3 4.0 6.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.8 3.0 9.2
2000-01 25 BOS NBA 82 7 23.2 3.0 6.4 .476 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.9 .728 2.5 3.5 6.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 2.8 7.5
2001-02 26 BOS NBA 79 9 17.0 1.7 3.8 .455 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .742 2.1 2.3 4.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.2 4.6
2002-03 27 SEA NBA 26 2 15.5 1.6 3.6 .441 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .759 1.0 2.5 3.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.8 4.0
2003-04 28 SEA NBA 65 39 21.8 3.1 6.3 .489 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .641 1.6 2.9 4.4 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 2.5 7.1
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 33 1 10.2 1.4 2.6 .517 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 0.9 .871 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.6 3.5
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 33 12 10.7 1.1 2.2 .521 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .588 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.5 2.5
2005-06 30 SEA NBA 24 12 13.4 1.3 2.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .588 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.8 3.1
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 9 0 3.6 0.6 0.8 .714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.1
2006-07 31 SAC NBA 3 0 4.3 0.0 1.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0
Career NBA 610 189 19.0 2.7 5.6 .479 0.0 0.0 .167 1.2 1.7 .694 1.7 2.7 4.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.3 2.5 6.5

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
1996-97 21 CLE NBA 80 3 1238 5.4 12.3 .440 0.0 0.1 .500 2.7 3.6 .736 3.1 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.8 1.0 3.2 6.3 13.5
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 80 0 1412 6.0 12.4 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.7 .708 2.8 5.2 8.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 3.4 5.0 14.5
1998-99 23 TOT NBA 50 44 1394 5.3 10.6 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 4.0 .587 2.9 5.6 8.6 1.9 0.9 0.9 2.6 4.4 12.9
1998-99 23 CLE NBA 17 12 467 4.2 9.7 .437 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.8 .673 1.8 5.5 7.2 1.2 0.8 1.2 2.2 4.1 11.0
1998-99 23 BOS NBA 33 32 927 5.8 11.1 .521 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.1 .547 3.5 5.7 9.2 2.3 0.9 0.8 2.8 4.5 13.8
1999-00 24 BOS NBA 79 72 1797 6.2 12.3 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.2 .681 3.6 6.4 10.0 1.5 0.8 0.6 2.9 4.8 14.5
2000-01 25 BOS NBA 82 7 1901 4.7 9.9 .476 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.0 .728 3.9 5.5 9.4 1.2 1.0 0.4 2.0 4.3 11.6
2001-02 26 BOS NBA 79 9 1343 3.7 8.1 .455 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.2 .742 4.5 4.8 9.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.7 4.7 9.7
2002-03 27 SEA NBA 26 2 403 3.7 8.3 .441 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .759 2.2 5.7 8.0 0.4 0.8 0.7 2.2 4.1 9.3
2003-04 28 SEA NBA 65 39 1419 5.1 10.4 .489 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .641 2.6 4.8 7.3 1.3 0.6 0.7 2.0 4.1 11.6
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 33 1 335 4.8 9.3 .517 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.3 .871 3.2 5.2 8.4 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.3 5.7 12.6
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 33 12 353 3.8 7.2 .521 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 .588 2.8 3.8 6.5 0.9 0.2 0.2 1.6 5.1 8.6
2005-06 30 SEA NBA 24 12 321 3.6 7.2 .500 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 .588 2.9 4.0 7.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.6 4.9 8.3
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 9 0 32 5.6 7.9 .714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 6.8 11.3
2006-07 31 SAC NBA 3 0 13 0.0 11.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 8.3 0.0
Career NBA 610 189 11608 5.1 10.6 .479 0.0 0.0 .167 2.2 3.2 .694 3.3 5.1 8.5 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.4 4.8 12.4

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
1996-97 21 CLE NBA 80 1238 9.5 .486 .441 10.9 12.0 11.4 6.1 1.2 2.5 18.6 23.7 91 104 -1.2 1.7 0.5
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 80 1412 11.0 .517 .480 9.7 17.4 13.6 7.4 1.0 1.5 19.3 22.4 93 101 -0.7 2.2 1.5
1998-99 23 TOT NBA 50 1394 13.6 .520 .495 9.3 18.6 13.9 9.4 1.3 2.0 17.2 19.1 98 102 0.7 1.5 2.2
1998-99 23 CLE NBA 17 467 10.5 .485 .437 6.3 19.2 12.8 6.5 1.3 2.8 15.9 18.3 91 101 -0.2 0.6 0.4
1998-99 23 BOS NBA 33 927 15.1 .535 .521 10.7 18.3 14.4 10.9 1.4 1.6 17.8 19.5 101 102 0.8 1.0 1.8
1999-00 24 BOS NBA 79 1797 13.8 .527 .499 11.0 21.2 15.8 7.1 1.2 1.2 17.5 20.0 100 106 1.0 1.5 2.5
2000-01 25 BOS NBA 82 1901 12.8 .517 .476 12.1 18.5 15.2 5.9 1.4 0.9 15.1 16.6 103 104 1.8 1.7 3.4
2001-02 26 BOS NBA 79 1343 11.4 .513 .455 13.3 15.1 14.2 3.6 1.4 1.0 15.1 14.1 107 102 1.3 1.7 3.1
2002-03 27 SEA NBA 26 403 8.2 .492 .441 7.2 19.0 13.0 1.6 1.2 1.6 19.1 15.2 90 104 -0.2 0.4 0.2
2003-04 28 SEA NBA 65 1419 11.2 .511 .489 8.4 15.5 12.0 6.2 0.8 1.5 14.6 17.2 100 110 0.8 0.3 1.1
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 33 335 14.5 .581 .517 11.0 17.5 14.2 4.5 1.1 0.7 10.7 15.5 122 110 0.8 0.2 1.0
2005-06 30 TOT NBA 33 353 7.4 .535 .521 9.1 12.8 10.9 3.9 0.3 0.4 16.9 12.0 105 117 0.2 -0.1 0.1
2005-06 30 SEA NBA 24 321 7.4 .518 .500 9.6 13.7 11.7 3.2 0.3 0.5 16.4 11.9 104 118 0.2 -0.1 0.0
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 9 32 8.2 .714 .714 3.7 3.6 3.7 10.6 0.0 0.0 22.2 12.9 112 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006-07 31 SAC NBA 3 13 -22.1 .000 .000 0.0 18.4 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 20.7 0 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 610 11608 11.8 .515 .479 10.6 17.2 13.8 6.2 1.2 1.4 16.9 18.5 99 105 4.3 11.3 15.5

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
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 4 70 6 15 0 0 5 10 3 11 3 2 0 6 8 17 .400 .500 17.5 4.3 2.8 0.8
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 5 37 5 10 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 8 10 .500 7.4 2.0 1.4 0.0
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 4 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .500 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.0
Career NBA 13 116 13 29 0 0 5 10 7 19 3 3 0 6 18 31 .448 .500 8.9 2.4 1.5 0.2

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
1997-98 22 CLE NBA 4 70 4.6 .438 .400 6.2 16.6 11.4 9.1 1.7 0.0 23.6 18.3 78 109 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
2004-05 29 SEA NBA 5 37 8.2 .500 .500 10.3 13.0 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 121 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
2005-06 30 SAC NBA 4 9 19.1 .500 .500 12.8 0.0 7.0 0.0 6.1 0.0 0.0 20.9 116 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 13 116 6.9 .464 .448 8.0 14.2 11.2 5.5 1.5 0.0 15.2 16.6 92 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0

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
1994-95 19 WRIGHTST 30 900 212 352 151 206 193 41 17 39 133 110 575 .602 .733 30.0 19.2 6.4 1.4
1995-96 20 WRIGHTST 25 807 197 322 1 6 139 195 182 36 11 17 102 97 534 .612 .167 .713 32.3 21.4 7.3 1.4
Career 55 1707 409 674 1 6 290 401 375 77 28 56 235 207 1109 .607 .167 .723 31.0 20.2 6.8 1.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
 2000-01 NBA 82 (2)

Field Goal Pct

1998-99 NBA .495 (8)

Personal Fouls

1998-99 NBA 169 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (922)

Transactions

September 27, 1995: Traded by the Washington Bullets (as a 1996 1st round draft pick) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mark Price.

June 26, 1996: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1996 NBA Draft.

March 11, 1999: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics for Andrew DeClercq and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Andre Miller).

July 22, 2002: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Kenny Anderson and Joseph Forte to the Seattle Supersonics for Vin Baker and Shammond Williams.

February 23, 2006: As part of a 4-team trade, traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the Sacramento Kings; 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 Portland Trail Blazers traded Ruben Patterson and Charles Smith to the Denver Nuggets; and the Sacramento Kings traded Brian Skinner to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,068,000
1997-98 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,228,560
1998-99 Total NBA $1,339,000
1999-00 Boston Celtics NBA $3,810,000
2000-01 Boston Celtics NBA $4,290,000
2001-02 Boston Celtics NBA $4,762,500
2002-03 Seattle Supersonics NBA $5,238,750
2003-04 Seattle Supersonics NBA $5,715,000
2004-05 Seattle Supersonics NBA $6,191,250
2005-06 Seattle Supersonics NBA $3,320,000
2006-07 Sacramento Kings NBA $3,674,584
Career (may be incomplete) $40,637,644
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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