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Doc Rivers

Glenn Anton Rivers (Doc)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-4    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 13, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Proviso East in Maywood, Illinois
College: Marquette University

Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (7th pick, 31st overall) of the 1983 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 81 47 1938 250 541 .462 2 12 .167 255 325 .785 72 148 220 314 127 30 174 286 757
1984-85 23 ATL NBA 69 58 2126 334 701 .476 15 36 .417 291 378 .770 66 148 214 410 163 53 176 250 974
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 53 50 1571 220 464 .474 0 16 .000 172 283 .608 49 113 162 443 120 13 141 185 612
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 82 82 2590 342 758 .451 4 21 .190 365 441 .828 83 216 299 823 171 30 217 287 1053
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 80 80 2502 403 890 .453 9 33 .273 319 421 .758 83 283 366 747 140 41 210 272 1134
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 76 76 2462 371 816 .455 43 124 .347 247 287 .861 89 197 286 525 181 40 158 263 1032
1989-90 28 ATL NBA 48 44 1526 218 480 .454 24 66 .364 138 170 .812 47 153 200 264 116 22 98 151 598
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 79 79 2586 444 1020 .435 88 262 .336 221 262 .844 47 206 253 340 148 47 125 216 1197
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 59 25 1657 226 533 .424 26 92 .283 163 196 .832 23 124 147 233 111 19 92 166 641
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 77 45 1886 216 494 .437 39 123 .317 133 162 .821 26 166 192 405 123 9 114 215 604
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 19 19 499 55 127 .433 19 52 .365 14 22 .636 4 35 39 100 25 5 29 44 143
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 63 0 989 108 302 .358 45 127 .354 60 82 .732 15 94 109 162 65 21 60 150 321
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 3 0 47 4 13 .308 3 5 .600 8 11 .727 2 7 9 8 4 0 4 8 19
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 60 0 942 104 289 .360 42 122 .344 52 71 .732 13 87 100 154 61 21 56 142 302
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 78 0 1235 108 290 .372 47 137 .343 48 64 .750 30 108 138 123 73 21 57 175 311
Career NBA 864 605 23567 3295 7416 .444 361 1101 .328 2426 3093 .784 634 1991 2625 4889 1563 351 1651 2660 9377

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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 81 47 23.9 3.1 6.7 .462 0.0 0.1 .167 3.1 4.0 .785 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.9 1.6 0.4 2.1 3.5 9.3
1984-85 23 ATL NBA 69 58 30.8 4.8 10.2 .476 0.2 0.5 .417 4.2 5.5 .770 1.0 2.1 3.1 5.9 2.4 0.8 2.6 3.6 14.1
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 53 50 29.6 4.2 8.8 .474 0.0 0.3 .000 3.2 5.3 .608 0.9 2.1 3.1 8.4 2.3 0.2 2.7 3.5 11.5
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 82 82 31.6 4.2 9.2 .451 0.0 0.3 .190 4.5 5.4 .828 1.0 2.6 3.6 10.0 2.1 0.4 2.6 3.5 12.8
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 80 80 31.3 5.0 11.1 .453 0.1 0.4 .273 4.0 5.3 .758 1.0 3.5 4.6 9.3 1.8 0.5 2.6 3.4 14.2
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 76 76 32.4 4.9 10.7 .455 0.6 1.6 .347 3.3 3.8 .861 1.2 2.6 3.8 6.9 2.4 0.5 2.1 3.5 13.6
1989-90 28 ATL NBA 48 44 31.8 4.5 10.0 .454 0.5 1.4 .364 2.9 3.5 .812 1.0 3.2 4.2 5.5 2.4 0.5 2.0 3.1 12.5
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 79 79 32.7 5.6 12.9 .435 1.1 3.3 .336 2.8 3.3 .844 0.6 2.6 3.2 4.3 1.9 0.6 1.6 2.7 15.2
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 59 25 28.1 3.8 9.0 .424 0.4 1.6 .283 2.8 3.3 .832 0.4 2.1 2.5 3.9 1.9 0.3 1.6 2.8 10.9
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 77 45 24.5 2.8 6.4 .437 0.5 1.6 .317 1.7 2.1 .821 0.3 2.2 2.5 5.3 1.6 0.1 1.5 2.8 7.8
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 19 19 26.3 2.9 6.7 .433 1.0 2.7 .365 0.7 1.2 .636 0.2 1.8 2.1 5.3 1.3 0.3 1.5 2.3 7.5
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 63 0 15.7 1.7 4.8 .358 0.7 2.0 .354 1.0 1.3 .732 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.0 2.4 5.1
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 3 0 15.7 1.3 4.3 .308 1.0 1.7 .600 2.7 3.7 .727 0.7 2.3 3.0 2.7 1.3 0.0 1.3 2.7 6.3
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 60 0 15.7 1.7 4.8 .360 0.7 2.0 .344 0.9 1.2 .732 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.6 1.0 0.4 0.9 2.4 5.0
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 78 0 15.8 1.4 3.7 .372 0.6 1.8 .343 0.6 0.8 .750 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 2.2 4.0
Career NBA 864 605 27.3 3.8 8.6 .444 0.4 1.3 .328 2.8 3.6 .784 0.7 2.3 3.0 5.7 1.8 0.4 1.9 3.1 10.9

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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 81 47 1938 4.6 10.0 .462 0.0 0.2 .167 4.7 6.0 .785 1.3 2.7 4.1 5.8 2.4 0.6 3.2 5.3 14.1
1984-85 23 ATL NBA 69 58 2126 5.7 11.9 .476 0.3 0.6 .417 4.9 6.4 .770 1.1 2.5 3.6 6.9 2.8 0.9 3.0 4.2 16.5
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 53 50 1571 5.0 10.6 .474 0.0 0.4 .000 3.9 6.5 .608 1.1 2.6 3.7 10.2 2.7 0.3 3.2 4.2 14.0
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 82 82 2590 4.8 10.5 .451 0.1 0.3 .190 5.1 6.1 .828 1.2 3.0 4.2 11.4 2.4 0.4 3.0 4.0 14.6
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 80 80 2502 5.8 12.8 .453 0.1 0.5 .273 4.6 6.1 .758 1.2 4.1 5.3 10.7 2.0 0.6 3.0 3.9 16.3
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 76 76 2462 5.4 11.9 .455 0.6 1.8 .347 3.6 4.2 .861 1.3 2.9 4.2 7.7 2.6 0.6 2.3 3.8 15.1
1989-90 28 ATL NBA 48 44 1526 5.1 11.3 .454 0.6 1.6 .364 3.3 4.0 .812 1.1 3.6 4.7 6.2 2.7 0.5 2.3 3.6 14.1
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 79 79 2586 6.2 14.2 .435 1.2 3.6 .336 3.1 3.6 .844 0.7 2.9 3.5 4.7 2.1 0.7 1.7 3.0 16.7
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 59 25 1657 4.9 11.6 .424 0.6 2.0 .283 3.5 4.3 .832 0.5 2.7 3.2 5.1 2.4 0.4 2.0 3.6 13.9
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 77 45 1886 4.1 9.4 .437 0.7 2.3 .317 2.5 3.1 .821 0.5 3.2 3.7 7.7 2.3 0.2 2.2 4.1 11.5
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 19 19 499 4.0 9.2 .433 1.4 3.8 .365 1.0 1.6 .636 0.3 2.5 2.8 7.2 1.8 0.4 2.1 3.2 10.3
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 63 0 989 3.9 11.0 .358 1.6 4.6 .354 2.2 3.0 .732 0.5 3.4 4.0 5.9 2.4 0.8 2.2 5.5 11.7
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 3 0 47 3.1 10.0 .308 2.3 3.8 .600 6.1 8.4 .727 1.5 5.4 6.9 6.1 3.1 0.0 3.1 6.1 14.6
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 60 0 942 4.0 11.0 .360 1.6 4.7 .344 2.0 2.7 .732 0.5 3.3 3.8 5.9 2.3 0.8 2.1 5.4 11.5
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 78 0 1235 3.1 8.5 .372 1.4 4.0 .343 1.4 1.9 .750 0.9 3.1 4.0 3.6 2.1 0.6 1.7 5.1 9.1
Career NBA 864 605 23567 5.0 11.3 .444 0.6 1.7 .328 3.7 4.7 .784 1.0 3.0 4.0 7.5 2.4 0.5 2.5 4.1 14.3

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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 81 1938 14.9 .553 .464 4.2 8.9 6.5 23.7 3.3 0.9 20.3 19.1 106 105 1.6 2.6 4.2
1984-85 23 ATL NBA 69 2126 18.1 .561 .487 3.5 7.5 5.5 27.2 3.7 1.4 16.9 20.2 112 105 3.4 3.0 6.3
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 53 1571 17.4 .520 .474 3.5 7.9 5.7 38.6 3.7 0.5 19.3 19.0 108 104 1.9 2.2 4.2
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 82 2590 19.9 .553 .454 3.5 9.0 6.2 43.0 3.3 0.7 18.6 18.6 119 104 6.4 3.9 10.3
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 80 2502 20.4 .527 .458 3.7 12.7 8.1 42.1 2.8 1.0 16.3 21.6 113 106 5.1 3.2 8.3
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 76 2462 18.4 .548 .481 3.9 8.9 6.3 30.0 3.6 1.0 14.4 18.2 118 106 5.4 3.2 8.5
1989-90 28 ATL NBA 48 1526 17.2 .539 .479 3.5 11.9 7.6 23.9 3.8 0.9 15.0 17.9 114 108 2.5 1.5 4.0
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 79 2586 16.2 .527 .478 1.9 9.0 5.3 19.5 2.8 1.1 9.9 20.1 113 110 4.1 2.2 6.3
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 59 1657 13.8 .518 .448 1.5 8.4 4.9 19.9 3.3 0.7 12.9 18.3 108 105 1.5 2.4 3.9
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 77 1886 14.6 .534 .477 1.6 9.5 5.7 31.1 3.3 0.3 16.8 15.6 112 99 2.4 4.1 6.5
1993-94 32 NYK NBA 19 499 12.9 .523 .508 0.9 7.8 4.4 29.7 2.6 0.7 17.5 14.5 110 99 0.6 0.9 1.5
1994-95 33 TOT NBA 63 989 12.2 .475 .432 1.8 10.3 6.3 23.3 3.3 1.5 15.1 17.7 103 103 0.3 1.7 2.0
1994-95 33 NYK NBA 3 47 16.2 .533 .423 5.2 16.9 11.2 25.4 4.5 0.0 18.3 21.3 109 98 0.1 0.1 0.2
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 60 942 12.0 .472 .433 1.6 10.0 6.0 23.2 3.3 1.5 14.9 17.6 102 103 0.3 1.5 1.8
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 78 1235 9.6 .489 .453 2.8 9.4 6.2 14.1 3.0 1.2 15.2 13.7 101 103 0.2 2.0 2.2
Career NBA 864 23567 16.6 .534 .469 3.0 9.4 6.2 29.2 3.3 0.9 15.8 18.6 112 105 35.3 32.9 68.2

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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 5 130 16 32 0 3 36 41 7 10 16 12 4 9 16 68 .500 .000 .878 26.0 13.6 2.0 3.2
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 9 262 40 92 3 6 31 42 10 42 78 18 0 26 38 114 .435 .500 .738 29.1 12.7 4.7 8.7
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 8 245 18 47 0 0 26 52 6 27 90 9 3 25 32 62 .383 .500 30.6 7.8 3.4 11.3
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 12 409 71 139 7 22 39 43 8 59 115 25 2 25 40 188 .511 .318 .907 34.1 15.7 4.9 9.6
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 5 191 22 57 6 19 17 24 4 24 34 7 2 12 22 67 .386 .316 .708 38.2 13.4 4.8 6.8
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 5 173 30 64 1 11 17 19 6 20 15 5 2 4 14 78 .469 .091 .895 34.6 15.6 4.0 3.0
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 5 187 25 56 4 8 22 27 4 19 21 6 0 3 16 76 .446 .500 .815 37.4 15.2 3.8 4.2
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 15 458 48 106 11 31 46 60 6 39 86 29 1 30 44 153 .453 .355 .767 30.5 10.2 2.6 5.7
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 15 318 37 95 17 46 26 31 3 29 24 14 9 18 40 117 .389 .370 .839 21.2 7.8 1.9 1.6
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 2 20 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 .333 .500 10.0 1.5 0.5 0.0
Career NBA 81 2393 308 691 50 148 260 339 54 270 479 125 23 153 265 926 .446 .338 .767 29.5 11.4 3.3 5.9

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
1983-84 22 ATL NBA 5 130 23.5 .679 .500 6.0 3.1 4.7 21.0 4.8 2.1 15.2 19.6 131 106 0.5 0.2 0.7
1985-86 24 ATL NBA 9 262 17.3 .516 .451 4.2 13.4 8.8 40.7 3.3 0.0 19.1 21.8 107 109 0.2 0.3 0.5
1986-87 25 ATL NBA 8 245 12.7 .444 .383 2.8 9.8 6.3 52.3 1.9 0.8 26.3 17.2 99 109 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 12 409 22.4 .595 .536 2.3 15.3 8.7 39.4 3.1 0.3 13.7 19.7 125 111 1.2 0.4 1.6
1988-89 27 ATL NBA 5 191 12.9 .496 .439 2.6 13.9 8.0 30.0 2.0 0.7 15.1 19.1 107 114 0.1 0.1 0.2
1990-91 29 ATL NBA 5 173 16.2 .539 .477 3.6 8.3 6.0 16.9 1.5 0.7 5.2 19.4 120 116 0.3 0.1 0.4
1991-92 30 LAC NBA 5 187 15.8 .560 .482 2.4 9.7 5.9 16.5 1.7 0.0 4.2 17.2 127 114 0.4 0.1 0.6
1992-93 31 NYK NBA 15 458 15.2 .578 .505 1.6 8.6 5.1 28.2 3.4 0.2 18.5 15.9 117 106 0.8 0.6 1.4
1994-95 33 SAS NBA 15 318 11.5 .538 .479 1.1 9.1 5.2 12.4 2.4 2.2 14.2 18.0 105 103 0.1 0.6 0.7
1995-96 34 SAS NBA 2 20 -1.1 .500 .500 0.0 5.9 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 9.7 73 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 81 2393 16.2 .551 .482 2.6 10.6 6.6 29.6 2.7 0.7 15.4 18.4 114 109 3.6 2.7 6.3

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 26 ATL NBA 1 0 16 2 4 .500 0 0 5 11 .455 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 9
Career NBA 1 0 16 2 4 .500 0 0 5 11 .455 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 9

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 19 MARQUETTE 31 182 329 70 119 99 113 61 7 83 434 .553 .588 14.0 3.2 3.6
1981-82 20 MARQUETTE 29 173 382 70 108 99 170 65 23 83 416 .453 .648 14.3 3.4 5.9
1982-83 21 MARQUETTE 29 163 373 58 95 94 126 77 15 89 101 384 .437 .611 13.2 3.2 4.3
Career 89 518 1084 198 322 292 409 203 45 89 267 1234 .478 .615 13.9 3.3 4.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NBA

Honors

1980 McDonald's All American

Games

1986-87 NBA 82 (1)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1990-91 NBA 262 (7)

Assists

1986-87 NBA 823 (3)
1987-88 NBA 747 (5)
Career NBA 4889 (52)
Career 4889 (54)

Steals

1984-85 NBA 163 (10)
1986-87 NBA 171 (8)
1988-89 NBA 181 (8)
Career NBA 1563 (25)
Career 1563 (27)

Assists Per Game

1985-86 NBA 8.4 (9)
1986-87 NBA 10.0 (4)
1987-88 NBA 9.3 (5)
Career NBA 5.7 (62)
Career 5.7 (63)

Steals Per Game

1984-85 NBA 2.4 (5)
1986-87 NBA 2.1 (9)
1988-89 NBA 2.4 (7)
Career NBA 1.8 (21)
Career 1.8 (24)

Assist Pct

1985-86 NBA 38.6 (6)
1986-87 NBA 43.0 (3)
1987-88 NBA 42.1 (3)
Career NBA 29.2 (56)
Career 29.2 (56)

Steal Pct

1983-84 NBA 3.3 (6)
1984-85 NBA 3.7 (3)
1986-87 NBA 3.3 (6)
1987-88 NBA 2.8 (10)
1988-89 NBA 3.6 (3)
Career NBA 3.3 (7)
Career 3.3 (8)

Offensive Rating

Career NBA 112.0 (97)
Career 112.0 (100)

Defensive Rating

1992-93 NBA 98.7 (4)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (402)
      

Transactions

June 23, 1982: Traded by the Golden State Warriors (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) to the Chicago Bulls for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Wayne Sappleton).

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

June 26, 1991: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 1991 1st round draft pick (Stacey Augmon), a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Rich Manning) and a 1994 2nd round draft pick (Gaylon Nickerson).

September 22, 1992: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Los Angeles Clippers with Bo Kimble and Charles Smith to the New York Knickerbockers; the New York Knickerbockers traded Mark Jackson and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Constantin Popa) to the Los Angeles Clippers; the New York Knickerbockers traded a 1993 1st round draft pick (Geert Hammink) to the Orlando Magic; and the Orlando Magic traded Stanley Roberts to the Los Angeles Clippers.

December 26, 1994: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

July 11, 1996: Retired from the San Antonio Spurs.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Atlanta Hawks NBA $105,000
1985-86 Atlanta Hawks NBA $170,000
1986-87 Atlanta Hawks NBA *$310,000
1987-88 Atlanta Hawks NBA $450,000
1988-89 Atlanta Hawks NBA $475,000
1989-90 Atlanta Hawks NBA *$685,000
1990-91 Atlanta Hawks NBA $895,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,195,000
1992-93 New York Knickerbockers NBA $895,000
1993-94 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,110,000
1994-95 Total NBA $1,514,750
1995-96 San Antonio Spurs NBA $1,150,000
Career (may be incomplete) $8,954,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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