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Blair Rasmussen

Blair Allen Rasmussen

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: November 13, 1962 in Auburn, Washington
High School: Auburn in Auburn, Washington
College: University of Oregon
Draft: Denver Nuggets, 1st round (15th pick, 15th overall), 1985 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 25, 1985

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 48 1 330 61 150 .407 0 0 31 39 .795 37 60 97 16 3 10 40 63 153
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 74 23 1421 268 570 .470 0 0 169 231 .732 183 282 465 60 24 58 79 224 705
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 79 45 1779 435 884 .492 0 0 132 170 .776 130 307 437 78 22 81 73 241 1002
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 77 22 1308 257 577 .445 0 0 69 81 .852 105 182 287 49 29 41 49 194 583
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 81 55 1995 445 895 .497 0 1 .000 111 134 .828 174 420 594 82 40 104 75 300 1001
1990-91 28 DEN NBA C 70 69 2325 405 885 .458 2 5 .400 63 93 .677 170 508 678 70 52 132 81 307 875
1991-92 29 ATL NBA C 81 61 1968 347 726 .478 5 23 .217 30 40 .750 94 299 393 107 35 48 51 233 729
1992-93 30 ATL NBA C 22 6 283 30 80 .375 2 6 .333 9 13 .692 20 35 55 5 5 10 12 61 71
Career NBA 532 282 11409 2248 4767 .472 9 35 .257 614 801 .767 913 2093 3006 467 210 484 460 1623 5119

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 48 1 6.9 1.3 3.1 .407 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .795 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.3 3.2
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 74 23 19.2 3.6 7.7 .470 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.1 .732 2.5 3.8 6.3 0.8 0.3 0.8 1.1 3.0 9.5
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 79 45 22.5 5.5 11.2 .492 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .776 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.9 3.1 12.7
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 77 22 17.0 3.3 7.5 .445 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.1 .852 1.4 2.4 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 2.5 7.6
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 81 55 24.6 5.5 11.0 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.7 .828 2.1 5.2 7.3 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.9 3.7 12.4
1990-91 28 DEN NBA C 70 69 33.2 5.8 12.6 .458 0.0 0.1 .400 0.9 1.3 .677 2.4 7.3 9.7 1.0 0.7 1.9 1.2 4.4 12.5
1991-92 29 ATL NBA C 81 61 24.3 4.3 9.0 .478 0.1 0.3 .217 0.4 0.5 .750 1.2 3.7 4.9 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.9 9.0
1992-93 30 ATL NBA C 22 6 12.9 1.4 3.6 .375 0.1 0.3 .333 0.4 0.6 .692 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 2.8 3.2
Career NBA 532 282 21.4 4.2 9.0 .472 0.0 0.1 .257 1.2 1.5 .767 1.7 3.9 5.7 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.1 9.6

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 48 1 330 6.7 16.4 .407 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.3 .795 4.0 6.5 10.6 1.7 0.3 1.1 4.4 6.9 16.7
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 74 23 1421 6.8 14.4 .470 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.9 .732 4.6 7.1 11.8 1.5 0.6 1.5 2.0 5.7 17.9
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 79 45 1779 8.8 17.9 .492 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .776 2.6 6.2 8.8 1.6 0.4 1.6 1.5 4.9 20.3
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 77 22 1308 7.1 15.9 .445 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.2 .852 2.9 5.0 7.9 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.3 5.3 16.0
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 81 55 1995 8.0 16.2 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.4 .828 3.1 7.6 10.7 1.5 0.7 1.9 1.4 5.4 18.1
1990-91 28 DEN NBA C 70 69 2325 6.3 13.7 .458 0.0 0.1 .400 1.0 1.4 .677 2.6 7.9 10.5 1.1 0.8 2.0 1.3 4.8 13.5
1991-92 29 ATL NBA C 81 61 1968 6.3 13.3 .478 0.1 0.4 .217 0.5 0.7 .750 1.7 5.5 7.2 2.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 4.3 13.3
1992-93 30 ATL NBA C 22 6 283 3.8 10.2 .375 0.3 0.8 .333 1.1 1.7 .692 2.5 4.5 7.0 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.5 7.8 9.0
Career NBA 532 282 11409 7.1 15.0 .472 0.0 0.1 .257 1.9 2.5 .767 2.9 6.6 9.5 1.5 0.7 1.5 1.5 5.1 16.2

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 48 330 8.7 .458 .407 11.2 19.9 15.3 6.4 0.4 1.7 19.3 24.2 88 106 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.021
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 74 1421 15.5 .525 .470 12.7 22.2 17.2 5.6 0.8 2.3 10.5 20.3 111 109 1.9 1.4 3.3 .111
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 79 1779 16.0 .523 .492 7.4 18.9 12.9 6.2 0.6 2.6 7.1 22.6 109 106 2.1 2.2 4.2 .114
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 77 1308 11.6 .476 .445 7.8 15.2 11.3 4.9 1.0 1.8 7.4 19.4 102 108 0.4 1.3 1.8 .065
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 81 1995 16.0 .525 .497 8.6 23.5 15.6 5.7 0.9 3.0 7.3 20.2 110 105 2.3 2.9 5.2 .125
1990-91 28 DEN NBA C 70 2325 11.7 .473 .459 6.3 22.9 13.8 3.7 0.9 3.0 8.0 15.3 102 113 0.6 1.1 1.7 .036
1991-92 29 ATL NBA C 81 1968 11.6 .490 .481 5.0 16.5 10.6 7.8 0.9 1.5 6.4 16.7 107 110 1.3 1.6 3.0 .072
1992-93 30 ATL NBA C 22 283 4.8 .414 .388 7.6 14.3 10.8 2.4 0.9 2.2 12.3 14.3 91 111 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.002
Career NBA 532 11409 13.3 .500 .473 7.8 20.0 13.5 5.6 0.8 2.4 8.2 18.8 106 109 8.0 11.1 19.0 .080

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 10 4 175 39 96 .406 0 0 33 41 .805 27 33 60 10 5 9 7 28 111
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 3 3 92 22 45 .489 0 0 5 10 .500 8 15 23 7 2 2 5 12 49
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 11 11 277 60 127 .472 0 0 18 20 .900 25 46 71 7 1 12 6 33 138
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 3 0 84 19 48 .396 0 0 9 10 .900 8 18 26 1 2 4 2 10 47
Career NBA 29 18 632 140 316 .443 0 0 65 81 .802 68 112 180 25 10 27 21 84 345

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 10 4 17.5 3.9 9.6 .406 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.1 .805 2.7 3.3 6.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.8 11.1
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 3 3 30.7 7.3 15.0 .489 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.3 .500 2.7 5.0 7.7 2.3 0.7 0.7 1.7 4.0 16.3
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 11 11 25.2 5.5 11.5 .472 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.8 .900 2.3 4.2 6.5 0.6 0.1 1.1 0.5 3.0 12.5
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 2 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 3 0 28.0 6.3 16.0 .396 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.3 .900 2.7 6.0 8.7 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.7 3.3 15.7
Career NBA 29 18 21.8 4.8 10.9 .443 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 .802 2.3 3.9 6.2 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.7 2.9 11.9

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 10 4 175 8.0 19.7 .406 0.0 0.0 6.8 8.4 .805 5.6 6.8 12.3 2.1 1.0 1.9 1.4 5.8 22.8
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 3 3 92 8.6 17.6 .489 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.9 .500 3.1 5.9 9.0 2.7 0.8 0.8 2.0 4.7 19.2
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 11 11 277 7.8 16.5 .472 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.6 .900 3.2 6.0 9.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 0.8 4.3 17.9
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 2 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 3 0 84 8.1 20.6 .396 0.0 0.0 3.9 4.3 .900 3.4 7.7 11.1 0.4 0.9 1.7 0.9 4.3 20.1
Career NBA 29 18 632 8.0 18.0 .443 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.6 .802 3.9 6.4 10.3 1.4 0.6 1.5 1.2 4.8 19.7

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
1985-86 23 DEN NBA C 10 175 20.1 .487 .406 14.9 20.7 17.6 8.6 1.3 2.8 5.8 27.5 112 107 0.3 0.2 0.5 .147
1986-87 24 DEN NBA C 3 92 13.7 .496 .489 7.6 18.3 12.3 11.1 1.0 1.2 9.2 22.1 101 125 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.034
1987-88 25 DEN NBA C 11 277 15.8 .508 .472 9.1 19.1 13.8 3.8 0.2 2.6 4.2 21.0 113 114 0.4 0.2 0.6 .098
1988-89 26 DEN NBA C 2 4 -15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 9.8 0 121 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.327
1989-90 27 DEN NBA C 3 84 14.5 .448 .396 8.7 22.4 15.1 1.8 1.1 2.4 3.7 25.1 98 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 .008
Career NBA 29 632 16.3 .491 .443 10.4 19.8 14.7 5.9 0.7 2.4 5.6 23.4 109 114 0.6 0.4 1.0 .077

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Blair Rasmussen 5.2 4.2 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0 -0.1
Oliver Miller 90.8 5.3 3.8 3.4 3.1 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.0
Nenad Krstic 86.8 5.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 1.9 1.7 -0.1
Jason Collins 85.2 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.1 -0.2
Randy Breuer 84.1 5.1 4.5 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.3
Kevin Kunnert 82.7 5.1 4.8 4.1 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.0 0.2
Randy Denton 82.7 5.5 4.3 3.9 3.1 3.0 0.4
Tim McCormick 82.4 6.0 4.6 3.9 3.8 2.0 1.1 0.2 -0.1
Kurt Nimphius 82.2 4.8 3.3 3.1 2.9 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.1
Eddy Curry 82.1 4.7 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0
Nazr Mohammed 82.0 4.6 4.5 3.7 3.3 2.5 0.4 0.0 -0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Blair Rasmussen 5.2 4.2 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0 -0.1
Nenad Krstic 86.8 5.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 1.9 1.7 -0.1
Oliver Miller 85.7 5.3 3.8 3.4 3.1 1.8 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.0
Randy Breuer 84.0 5.1 4.5 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0
Randy Denton 82.7 5.5 4.3 3.9 3.1 3.0 0.4
Kevin Kunnert 82.6 5.1 4.8 4.1 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.0
Tim McCormick 82.4 6.0 4.6 3.9 3.8 2.0 1.1 0.2 -0.1
Kurt Nimphius 82.2 4.8 3.3 3.1 2.9 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.1
John Gianelli 81.4 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.2 -0.4
Eddy Curry 80.6 4.7 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.0 1.8 1.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3
Jason Collins 80.4 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.2

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
1981-82 19 OREGON 27 521 67 141 39 53 129 13 13 20 52 89 173 .475 .736 19.3 6.4 4.8 0.5
1982-83 20 OREGON 27 819 160 296 80 116 146 27 6 21 78 101 400 .541 .690 30.3 14.8 5.4 1.0
1983-84 21 OREGON 29 1017 196 377 90 112 176 31 7 42 34 88 482 .520 .804 35.1 16.6 6.1 1.1
1984-85 22 OREGON 31 1081 195 381 109 151 222 34 14 33 65 107 499 .512 .722 34.9 16.1 7.2 1.1
Career 114 3438 618 1195 318 432 673 105 40 116 229 385 1554 .517 .736 30.2 13.6 5.9 0.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Personal Fouls
1989-90 NBA 300 (8)
1990-91 NBA 307 (6)
Turnover Pct
1987-88 NBA 7.1 (2)
1989-90 NBA 7.3 (3)
1990-91 NBA 8.0 (3)
1991-92 NBA 6.4 (1)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (831)

Transactions

June 7, 1984: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers (as a 1985 1st round draft pick) with Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, Calvin Natt and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White) to the Denver Nuggets for Kiki Vandeweghe.

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

July 1, 1991: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Atlanta Hawks; the Atlanta Hawks traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Josh Grant) to the Denver Nuggets; the Atlanta Hawks traded Anthony Avent to the Milwaukee Bucks; and the Milwaukee Bucks traded Kevin Brooks and a 1994 2nd round draft pick (Rodney Dent) to the Denver Nuggets.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $202,500
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $300,000
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $405,000
1990-91 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,185,000
1991-92 Atlanta Hawks NBA $1,558,000
1992-93 Atlanta Hawks NBA $1,988,000
1993-94 Atlanta Hawks NBA $2,457,000
1994-95 Atlanta Hawks NBA $2,747,500
1995-96 Atlanta Hawks NBA $3,088,000
Career (may be incomplete) $14,931,000

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