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Paul Pressey

Paul Matthew Pressey

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: December 24, 1958 in Richmond, Virginia
High School: George Wythe in Richmond, Virginia
College: University of Tulsa

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (20th pick, 20th overall) of the 1982 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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 79 18 1528 213 466 .457 1 9 .111 105 176 .597 83 198 281 207 99 47 162 174 532
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 81 18 1730 276 528 .523 2 9 .222 120 200 .600 102 180 282 252 86 50 157 241 674
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 80 80 2876 480 928 .517 7 20 .350 317 418 .758 149 280 429 543 129 56 247 258 1284
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 80 80 2704 411 843 .488 8 44 .182 316 392 .806 127 272 399 623 168 71 240 247 1146
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 61 60 2057 294 616 .477 16 55 .291 242 328 .738 98 198 296 441 110 47 186 213 846
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 75 75 2484 345 702 .491 8 39 .205 285 357 .798 130 245 375 523 112 34 198 233 983
1988-89 30 MIL NBA 67 62 2170 307 648 .474 12 55 .218 187 241 .776 73 189 262 439 119 44 184 221 813
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 57 2 1400 239 506 .472 6 43 .140 144 190 .758 59 113 172 244 71 23 109 149 628
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 70 18 1683 201 426 .472 16 57 .281 110 133 .827 50 126 176 271 63 32 130 174 528
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 56 7 759 60 161 .373 3 21 .143 28 41 .683 22 73 95 142 29 19 64 86 151
1992-93 34 GSW NBA 18 0 268 29 66 .439 0 4 .000 21 27 .778 8 23 31 30 11 5 23 36 79
Career NBA 724 420 19659 2855 5890 .485 79 356 .222 1875 2503 .749 901 1897 2798 3715 997 428 1700 2032 7664

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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 79 18 19.3 2.7 5.9 .457 0.0 0.1 .111 1.3 2.2 .597 1.1 2.5 3.6 2.6 1.3 0.6 2.1 2.2 6.7
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 81 18 21.4 3.4 6.5 .523 0.0 0.1 .222 1.5 2.5 .600 1.3 2.2 3.5 3.1 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.0 8.3
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 80 80 36.0 6.0 11.6 .517 0.1 0.3 .350 4.0 5.2 .758 1.9 3.5 5.4 6.8 1.6 0.7 3.1 3.2 16.1
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 80 80 33.8 5.1 10.5 .488 0.1 0.6 .182 4.0 4.9 .806 1.6 3.4 5.0 7.8 2.1 0.9 3.0 3.1 14.3
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 61 60 33.7 4.8 10.1 .477 0.3 0.9 .291 4.0 5.4 .738 1.6 3.2 4.9 7.2 1.8 0.8 3.0 3.5 13.9
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 75 75 33.1 4.6 9.4 .491 0.1 0.5 .205 3.8 4.8 .798 1.7 3.3 5.0 7.0 1.5 0.5 2.6 3.1 13.1
1988-89 30 MIL NBA 67 62 32.4 4.6 9.7 .474 0.2 0.8 .218 2.8 3.6 .776 1.1 2.8 3.9 6.6 1.8 0.7 2.7 3.3 12.1
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 57 2 24.6 4.2 8.9 .472 0.1 0.8 .140 2.5 3.3 .758 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.3 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.6 11.0
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 70 18 24.0 2.9 6.1 .472 0.2 0.8 .281 1.6 1.9 .827 0.7 1.8 2.5 3.9 0.9 0.5 1.9 2.5 7.5
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 56 7 13.6 1.1 2.9 .373 0.1 0.4 .143 0.5 0.7 .683 0.4 1.3 1.7 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.7
1992-93 34 GSW NBA 18 0 14.9 1.6 3.7 .439 0.0 0.2 .000 1.2 1.5 .778 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.3 1.3 2.0 4.4
Career NBA 724 420 27.2 3.9 8.1 .485 0.1 0.5 .222 2.6 3.5 .749 1.2 2.6 3.9 5.1 1.4 0.6 2.3 2.8 10.6

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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 79 18 1528 5.0 11.0 .457 0.0 0.2 .111 2.5 4.1 .597 2.0 4.7 6.6 4.9 2.3 1.1 3.8 4.1 12.5
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 81 18 1730 5.7 11.0 .523 0.0 0.2 .222 2.5 4.2 .600 2.1 3.7 5.9 5.2 1.8 1.0 3.3 5.0 14.0
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 80 80 2876 6.0 11.6 .517 0.1 0.3 .350 4.0 5.2 .758 1.9 3.5 5.4 6.8 1.6 0.7 3.1 3.2 16.1
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 80 80 2704 5.5 11.2 .488 0.1 0.6 .182 4.2 5.2 .806 1.7 3.6 5.3 8.3 2.2 0.9 3.2 3.3 15.3
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 61 60 2057 5.1 10.8 .477 0.3 1.0 .291 4.2 5.7 .738 1.7 3.5 5.2 7.7 1.9 0.8 3.3 3.7 14.8
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 75 75 2484 5.0 10.2 .491 0.1 0.6 .205 4.1 5.2 .798 1.9 3.6 5.4 7.6 1.6 0.5 2.9 3.4 14.2
1988-89 30 MIL NBA 67 62 2170 5.1 10.8 .474 0.2 0.9 .218 3.1 4.0 .776 1.2 3.1 4.3 7.3 2.0 0.7 3.1 3.7 13.5
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 57 2 1400 6.1 13.0 .472 0.2 1.1 .140 3.7 4.9 .758 1.5 2.9 4.4 6.3 1.8 0.6 2.8 3.8 16.1
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 70 18 1683 4.3 9.1 .472 0.3 1.2 .281 2.4 2.8 .827 1.1 2.7 3.8 5.8 1.3 0.7 2.8 3.7 11.3
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 56 7 759 2.8 7.6 .373 0.1 1.0 .143 1.3 1.9 .683 1.0 3.5 4.5 6.7 1.4 0.9 3.0 4.1 7.2
1992-93 34 GSW NBA 18 0 268 3.9 8.9 .439 0.0 0.5 .000 2.8 3.6 .778 1.1 3.1 4.2 4.0 1.5 0.7 3.1 4.8 10.6
Career NBA 724 420 19659 5.2 10.8 .485 0.1 0.7 .222 3.4 4.6 .749 1.6 3.5 5.1 6.8 1.8 0.8 3.1 3.7 14.0

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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 79 1528 12.8 .489 .458 6.3 13.6 10.1 18.3 3.1 1.7 23.0 19.1 92 98 -0.9 2.8 2.0
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 81 1730 14.5 .547 .525 7.0 11.4 9.3 20.7 2.5 1.7 20.3 18.9 103 102 0.9 2.9 3.8
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 80 2876 17.6 .577 .521 5.8 10.7 8.3 25.8 2.2 1.2 18.2 19.2 114 104 5.2 4.4 9.6
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 80 2704 18.6 .564 .492 5.3 11.1 8.2 30.4 2.9 1.5 19.1 18.6 114 101 5.1 4.7 9.8
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 61 2057 16.7 .556 .490 5.2 10.8 8.0 29.3 2.6 1.4 19.7 18.8 110 105 2.6 2.9 5.5
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 75 2484 17.0 .572 .497 5.9 11.1 8.5 29.6 2.2 0.8 18.7 17.9 114 108 4.3 2.7 7.1
1988-89 30 MIL NBA 67 2170 15.0 .539 .483 3.8 10.2 7.0 28.1 2.7 1.3 19.6 17.9 107 106 2.1 2.7 4.8
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 57 1400 15.9 .533 .478 4.8 9.4 7.0 25.6 2.5 1.0 15.6 20.9 108 108 1.6 1.4 3.0
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 70 1683 11.4 .545 .491 3.5 7.9 5.8 21.8 1.8 1.1 21.2 15.2 105 106 1.0 2.2 3.2
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 56 759 8.0 .422 .382 3.2 10.4 6.8 24.2 1.9 1.5 26.3 13.5 89 105 -0.7 1.0 0.3
1992-93 34 GSW NBA 18 268 8.4 .507 .439 3.3 9.6 6.5 14.6 2.0 1.2 22.8 15.4 96 111 -0.1 0.2 0.1
Career NBA 724 19659 15.5 .548 .491 5.2 10.7 8.0 25.9 2.5 1.3 19.6 18.3 108 104 21.0 28.0 49.0

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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 9 150 19 47 0 1 8 20 14 33 14 9 6 18 23 46 .404 .000 .400 16.7 5.1 3.7 1.6
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 16 351 52 100 0 3 38 56 17 59 50 22 9 38 53 142 .520 .000 .679 21.9 8.9 3.7 3.1
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 8 296 45 88 1 3 31 38 15 48 61 18 5 32 27 122 .511 .333 .816 37.0 15.3 6.0 7.6
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 14 530 76 157 6 18 67 88 19 60 110 18 13 50 48 225 .484 .333 .761 37.9 16.1 4.3 7.9
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 12 465 68 146 1 8 34 46 28 62 103 28 8 35 51 171 .466 .125 .739 38.8 14.3 5.2 8.6
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 5 178 23 50 1 3 23 30 6 19 33 4 3 16 21 70 .460 .333 .767 35.6 14.0 3.8 6.6
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 4 129 19 44 0 3 21 26 8 21 30 6 1 7 14 59 .432 .000 .808 32.3 14.8 5.3 7.5
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 4 124 13 32 1 4 6 9 5 11 16 8 3 6 15 33 .406 .250 .667 31.0 8.3 2.8 4.0
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 3 46 6 18 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 3 1 5 9 13 .333 .500 15.3 4.3 1.0 1.0
Career NBA 75 2269 321 682 11 45 228 313 113 316 420 116 49 207 261 881 .471 .244 .728 30.3 11.7 4.2 5.6

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
1982-83 24 MIL NBA 9 150 9.0 .412 .404 10.0 14.6 12.2 13.1 3.0 2.3 24.4 20.7 80 99 -0.3 0.3 -0.1
1983-84 25 MIL NBA 16 351 14.8 .570 .520 6.0 12.6 9.6 22.3 3.1 1.5 23.4 19.9 102 102 0.1 0.7 0.7
1984-85 26 MIL NBA 8 296 16.6 .583 .517 6.3 12.7 9.6 29.6 2.9 1.0 23.4 19.1 110 109 0.3 0.3 0.6
1985-86 27 MIL NBA 14 530 15.2 .575 .503 4.2 9.2 6.7 28.3 1.6 1.5 20.3 19.2 111 114 0.6 0.3 1.0
1986-87 28 MIL NBA 12 465 15.4 .514 .469 6.8 9.1 7.9 29.9 2.9 1.0 17.4 17.9 109 114 0.3 0.4 0.7
1987-88 29 MIL NBA 5 178 13.0 .554 .470 3.7 8.7 6.1 26.5 1.1 1.0 20.2 18.7 109 116 0.2 0.1 0.2
1989-90 31 MIL NBA 4 129 20.3 .532 .432 7.7 13.1 10.3 40.0 2.4 0.5 11.2 21.9 119 117 0.3 0.0 0.4
1990-91 32 SAS NBA 4 124 9.7 .459 .422 4.7 5.8 5.3 17.5 3.1 1.6 14.3 14.0 100 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
1991-92 33 SAS NBA 3 46 1.6 .361 .361 2.5 5.5 3.9 9.0 3.3 1.3 21.7 21.5 70 119 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
Career NBA 75 2269 14.5 .537 .479 5.8 10.4 8.1 26.4 2.5 1.3 20.2 19.0 106 111 1.3 2.2 3.5

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
1980-81 22 TULSA 33 1050 137 288 66 114 178 340 .476 .579 31.8 10.3 5.4
1981-82 23 TULSA 30 973 154 275 87 131 192 395 .560 .664 32.4 13.2 6.4
Career 63 2023 291 563 153 245 370 735 .517 .624 32.1 11.7 5.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1981-82 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1984-85 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1985-86 NBA All-Defensive (1st)
1986-87 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1984-85 NBA 0.004 (17)
1985-86 NBA 0.004 (13)
Career 0.008 (163)

Assists

1985-86 NBA 623 (7)

Steals

1985-86 NBA 168 (7)

Assists Per Game

Career NBA 5.1 (82)
Career 5.1 (83)

Steals Per Game

1985-86 NBA 2.1 (8)

Assist Pct

Career NBA 25.9 (91)
Career 25.9 (93)

Steal Pct

1985-86 NBA 2.9 (10)

Defensive Rating

1983-84 NBA 102.3 (8)
1985-86 NBA 101.3 (10)

Defensive Win Shares

1984-85 NBA 4.4 (6)
1985-86 NBA 4.7 (6)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (473)
  

Transactions

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

August 1, 1990: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the San Antonio Spurs for Frank Brickowski.

May 5, 1992: Released by the San Antonio Spurs.

November 24, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

January 6, 1993: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $152,000
1985-86 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $242,000
1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks NBA *$496,000
1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $750,000
1988-89 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $800,000
1989-90 Milwaukee Bucks NBA *$850,000
1990-91 San Antonio Spurs NBA $900,000
1991-92 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,000,000
1992-93 Golden State Warriors NBA *$140,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,330,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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