Campy Russell

Michael Campanella Russell (Campy, Mr. Moves)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: January 12, 1952 in Jackson, Tennessee
High School: Central in Pontiac, Michigan
College: University of Michigan
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 1974 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 18, 1974
Relatives: Brother of Frank Russell and Walker Russell

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All-Star

Totals

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
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	68		754	150	365	.411				124	165	.752	43	109	152	45	21	3		100	424
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	82		1961	483	1003	.482				266	344	.773	134	211	345	107	69	10		231	1232
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	70		2109	435	1003	.434				288	370	.778	144	275	419	189	70	24		196	1158
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	72		2520	523	1168	.448				352	469	.751	154	304	458	278	88	12	206	193	1398
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	74		2859	603	1268	.476				417	523	.797	147	356	503	348	98	25	259	222	1623
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	41		1331	284	630	.451	1	9	.111	178	239	.745	76	149	225	173	72	20	148	113	747
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	79		2865	508	1095	.464	8	26	.308	268	343	.781	109	244	353	257	99	8	212	248	1292
1981-82	30	NYK	NBA	77	63	2358	410	858	.478	25	57	.439	228	294	.776	86	150	236	284	77	12	195	221	1073
1984-85	33	CLE	NBA	3	0	24	2	7	.286	0	1	.000	2	3	.667	0	5	5	3	0	0	5	3	6
Career			NBA	566	63	16781	3398	7397	.459	34	93	.366	2123	2750	.772	893	1803	2696	1684	594	114	1025	1527	8953

Per Game

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
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	68		11.1	2.2	5.4	.411				1.8	2.4	.752	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.0		1.5	6.2
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	82		23.9	5.9	12.2	.482				3.2	4.2	.773	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.1		2.8	15.0
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	70		30.1	6.2	14.3	.434				4.1	5.3	.778	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.7	1.0	0.3		2.8	16.5
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	72		35.0	7.3	16.2	.448				4.9	6.5	.751	2.1	4.2	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	19.4
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	74		38.6	8.1	17.1	.476				5.6	7.1	.797	2.0	4.8	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	3.5	3.0	21.9
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	41		32.5	6.9	15.4	.451	0.0	0.2	.111	4.3	5.8	.745	1.9	3.6	5.5	4.2	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.8	18.2
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	79		36.3	6.4	13.9	.464	0.1	0.3	.308	3.4	4.3	.781	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.3	1.3	0.1	2.7	3.1	16.4
1981-82	30	NYK	NBA	77	63	30.6	5.3	11.1	.478	0.3	0.7	.439	3.0	3.8	.776	1.1	1.9	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.9	13.9
1984-85	33	CLE	NBA	3	0	8.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.0
Career			NBA	566	63	29.6	6.0	13.1	.459	0.2	0.5	.366	3.8	4.9	.772	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	3.0	2.7	15.8

Per 36 Minutes

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
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	68		754	7.2	17.4	.411				5.9	7.9	.752	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.1	1.0	0.1		4.8	20.2
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	82		1961	8.9	18.4	.482				4.9	6.3	.773	2.5	3.9	6.3	2.0	1.3	0.2		4.2	22.6
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	70		2109	7.4	17.1	.434				4.9	6.3	.778	2.5	4.7	7.2	3.2	1.2	0.4		3.3	19.8
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	72		2520	7.5	16.7	.448				5.0	6.7	.751	2.2	4.3	6.5	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.9	2.8	20.0
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	74		2859	7.6	16.0	.476				5.3	6.6	.797	1.9	4.5	6.3	4.4	1.2	0.3	3.3	2.8	20.4
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	41		1331	7.7	17.0	.451	0.0	0.2	.111	4.8	6.5	.745	2.1	4.0	6.1	4.7	1.9	0.5	4.0	3.1	20.2
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	79		2865	6.4	13.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.308	3.4	4.3	.781	1.4	3.1	4.4	3.2	1.2	0.1	2.7	3.1	16.2
1981-82	30	NYK	NBA	77	63	2358	6.3	13.1	.478	0.4	0.9	.439	3.5	4.5	.776	1.3	2.3	3.6	4.3	1.2	0.2	3.0	3.4	16.4
1984-85	33	CLE	NBA	3	0	24	3.0	10.5	.286	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	4.5	.667	0.0	7.5	7.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	7.5	4.5	9.0
Career			NBA	566	63	16781	7.3	15.9	.459	0.2	0.5	.366	4.6	5.9	.772	1.9	3.9	5.8	3.6	1.3	0.2	3.1	3.3	19.2

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1974-75	23	CLE	NBA	68	754	15.8	.484	.411	6.0	15.4	10.7	9.1	1.3	0.2				98	0.4	0.7	1.1	.069
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	82	1961	19.0	.534	.482	6.8	11.5	9.0	8.6	1.7	0.3				98	4.7	2.0	6.7	.164
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	70	2109	17.3	.497	.434	6.7	13.7	10.1	13.5	1.6	0.6				99	3.2	2.3	5.5	.126
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	72	2520	18.2	.509	.448	6.1	12.3	9.2	16.4	1.6	0.2	13.0	24.9	103	101	4.0	2.6	6.6	.127
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	74	2859	18.6	.542	.476	5.3	14.5	9.6	17.6	1.6	0.5	14.7	24.4	107	108	5.0	1.6	6.7	.112
1979-80	28	CLE	NBA	41	1331	16.2	.508	.452	5.8	12.4	8.9	17.5	2.5	0.8	16.8	25.5	99	105	0.5	1.4	1.8	.067
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	79	2865	12.9	.518	.468	4.2	10.1	7.0	12.7	1.6	0.2	14.5	20.7	102	107	1.8	2.5	4.3	.071
1981-82	30	NYK	NBA	77	2358	13.3	.543	.492	4.1	7.4	5.7	16.9	1.6	0.3	16.5	20.7	105	111	2.0	1.2	3.2	.066
1984-85	33	CLE	NBA	3	24	-2.6	.361	.286	0.0	22.5	11.3	15.7	0.0	0.0	37.5	22.3	56	110	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.246
Career			NBA	566	16781	16.3	.520	.462	5.5	11.8	8.6	14.5	1.7	0.4	14.9	23.0	104	104	21.4	14.4	35.8	.103

Playoffs

				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
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	13	328	65	161			47	55	25	71	14	8	7		51	177	.404		.855	25.2	13.6	5.5	1.1
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	3	100	21	54			11	15	10	26	10	3	1		10	53	.389		.733	33.3	17.7	8.7	3.3
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	2	88	19	39			17	21	7	15	11	3	1	10	9	55	.487		.810	44.0	27.5	7.5	5.5
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	2	89	15	34	0	2	16	17	1	9	9	4	1	8	9	46	.441	.000	.941	44.5	23.0	4.5	4.5
Career			NBA	20	605	120	288	0	2	91	108	43	121	44	18	10	18	79	331	.417	.000	.843	30.3	16.6	6.1	2.2

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1975-76	24	CLE	NBA	13	328	16.0	.478	.404	7.8	15.7	11.5	7.3	1.2	1.3				95	0.2	0.5	0.8	.110
1976-77	25	CLE	NBA	3	100	15.4	.437	.389	8.5	17.2	12.4	15.5	1.4	0.6				95	0.0	0.2	0.2	.094
1977-78	26	CLE	NBA	2	88	20.7	.570	.487	8.6	11.3	9.9	18.7	1.6	0.6	17.2	25.4	111	117	0.2	-0.1	0.2	.097
1980-81	29	NYK	NBA	2	89	16.6	.554	.441	1.2	10.9	5.7	17.6	2.3	0.7	16.2	23.3	106	103	0.1	0.1	0.2	.126
Career			NBA	20	605	16.7	.493	.417	7.0	14.6	10.6	11.8	1.5	1.0	16.7	24.4	109	99	0.6	0.7	1.4	.108

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	27	CLE	NBA	1	0	13:00	2	8	.250				0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Career			NBA	1	0	13	2	8	.250				0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 9 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Campy Russell		6.7	6.7	6.6	5.5	4.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	-0.1
Wil Jones	90.3	7.4	6.9	6.0	5.4	4.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	0.6
Loy Vaught	90.0	6.3	6.3	5.5	5.5	4.2	4.1	2.2	0.5	-0.2
Jamal Mashburn	89.0	7.3	6.4	6.3	4.1	3.6	3.4	1.8	0.9	0.2
Raef LaFrentz	87.0	7.5	6.8	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.2
Jim Pollard	86.1	7.2	5.7	5.7	5.4	4.6	4.2	2.1
Ed Pinckney	86.1	7.5	6.2	6.1	4.7	4.0	2.9	2.7	2.3	0.3
Gus Johnson	86.1	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.1
Al Jefferson	85.9	7.8	7.7	6.6	4.9	4.6	2.7	2.3
Lonnie Shelton	85.5	7.5	5.9	5.8	5.1	4.8	4.6	2.1	0.9	0.1
Larry Siegfried	85.5	6.4	5.8	5.6	5.1	3.5	3.2	2.9	0.5	0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Campy Russell		6.7	6.7	6.6	5.5	4.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	-0.1
Wil Jones	90.3	7.4	6.9	6.0	5.4	4.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	0.6
Loy Vaught	89.6	6.3	6.3	5.5	5.5	4.2	4.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Jim Pollard	86.1	7.2	5.7	5.7	5.4	4.6	4.2	2.1
Raef LaFrentz	86.1	7.5	6.8	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.2
Al Jefferson	85.9	7.8	7.7	6.6	4.9	4.6	2.7	2.3
Larry Siegfried	85.5	6.4	5.8	5.6	5.1	3.5	3.2	2.9	0.5	0.1
Ruben Patterson	84.9	6.7	5.6	5.5	5.4	3.4	3.2	3.0	2.1	0.2	0.1
Gus Johnson	84.6	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.1
Lonnie Shelton	84.6	7.5	5.9	5.8	5.1	4.8	4.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1
Keith Van Horn	83.8	6.5	6.3	6.3	5.5	4.8	3.7	3.5	2.8	2.3

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
1971-72	20	MICHIGAN	12		148	284			66	102		151						362	.521		.647		30.2	12.6
1972-73	21	MICHIGAN	24		177	404			88	121		231						442	.438		.727		18.4	9.6
1973-74	22	MICHIGAN	27		254	542			132	171		300						640	.469		.772		23.7	11.1
Career			51		431	946			220	292		531						1082	.456		.753		21.2	10.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 1979 NBA	Honors 1973-74 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)	Games 1975-76 NBA 82 (2)	3-Pt Field Goals 1981-82 NBA 25 (9)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct 1981-82 NBA .439 (1)	Free Throws 1978-79 NBA 417 (9)	Minutes Per Game 1978-79 NBA 38.6 (6)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.006 (338)

Transactions

May 28, 1974: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics (as a 1974 1st round draft pick) with Dick Snyder to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1974 1st round draft pick (Tom Burleson).

May 28, 1974: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1974 NBA Draft.

September 25, 1980: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the New York Knicks; the Kansas City Kings traded Bill Robinzine to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the New York Knicks traded Joe Meriweather and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson) to the Kansas City Kings.

September 29, 1984: Traded by the New York Knicks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1985 2nd round draft pick. The 2nd round draft pick was contingent upon Russell being on Cleveland's roster on 1 December 1984 but he was waived on 5 November 1984.

November 5, 1984: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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