Lonnie Shelton

Lonnie Jewel Shelton

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: October 19, 1955 in Bakersfield, California
High School: Foothill in Bakersfield, California
College: Oregon State University
Draft: New York Knicks, 2nd round (8th pick, 25th overall), 1976 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 21, 1976

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 19, 2013 7:17 PM

All-Time Rank: #414. Dana Barros… #415. Kevin Loughery… #416. Charles Smith… #417. LONNIE SHELTON… #418. Rodney Rogers… #419. Troy Murphy… #420. Gerald Henderson…

All-Time Rank: #414. Dana Barros… #415. Kevin Loughery… #416. Charles Smith… #417. LONNIE SHELTON… #418. Rodney Rogers… #419. Troy Murphy… #420. Gerald Henderson…

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
1976-77	21	NYK	NBA	PF	82		2104	398	836	.476				159	225	.707	220	413	633	149	125	98		363	955
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	82		2319	508	988	.514				203	276	.736	204	376	580	195	109	112	228	350	1219
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	76		2158	446	859	.519				131	189	.693	182	286	468	110	76	75	188	266	1023
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	76		2243	425	802	.530	1	5	.200	184	241	.763	199	383	582	145	92	79	169	292	1035
1980-81	25	SEA	NBA	PF	14		440	73	174	.420	0	0		36	55	.655	31	47	78	35	22	3	41	48	182
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	81	81	2667	508	1046	.486	0	8	.000	188	240	.783	161	348	509	252	99	43	199	317	1204
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	82	79	2572	437	915	.478	1	6	.167	141	187	.754	158	337	495	237	75	72	172	310	1016
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	79	78	2101	371	779	.476	1	5	.200	107	140	.764	140	241	381	179	76	55	165	279	850
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	57	14	1244	158	363	.435	0	5	.000	51	77	.662	82	185	267	96	44	18	74	187	367
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	44	1	682	92	188	.489	0	2	.000	14	16	.875	38	105	143	61	21	4	48	128	198
Career			NBA		673	253	18530	3416	6950	.492	3	31	.097	1214	1646	.738	1415	2721	4136	1459	739	559	1284	2540	8049

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
1976-77	21	NYK	NBA	PF	82		25.7	4.9	10.2	.476				1.9	2.7	.707	2.7	5.0	7.7	1.8	1.5	1.2		4.4	11.6
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	82		28.3	6.2	12.0	.514				2.5	3.4	.736	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3	14.9
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	76		28.4	5.9	11.3	.519				1.7	2.5	.693	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	13.5
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	76		29.5	5.6	10.6	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.2	.763	2.6	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	3.8	13.6
1980-81	25	SEA	NBA	PF	14		31.4	5.2	12.4	.420	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.9	.655	2.2	3.4	5.6	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.9	3.4	13.0
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	81	81	32.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.783	2.0	4.3	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.9	14.9
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	82	79	31.4	5.3	11.2	.478	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.754	1.9	4.1	6.0	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.1	3.8	12.4
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	79	78	26.6	4.7	9.9	.476	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.8	.764	1.8	3.1	4.8	2.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.5	10.8
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	57	14	21.8	2.8	6.4	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.662	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.3	6.4
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	44	1	15.5	2.1	4.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.875	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.9	4.5
Career			NBA		673	253	27.5	5.1	10.3	.492	0.0	0.1	.097	1.8	2.4	.738	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.8	2.2	3.8	12.0

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
1976-77	21	NYK	NBA	PF	82		2104	6.8	14.3	.476				2.7	3.8	.707	3.8	7.1	10.8	2.5	2.1	1.7		6.2	16.3
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	82		2319	7.9	15.3	.514				3.2	4.3	.736	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.0	1.7	1.7	3.5	5.4	18.9
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	76		2158	7.4	14.3	.519				2.2	3.2	.693	3.0	4.8	7.8	1.8	1.3	1.3	3.1	4.4	17.1
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	76		2243	6.8	12.9	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	3.0	3.9	.763	3.2	6.1	9.3	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.7	4.7	16.6
1980-81	25	SEA	NBA	PF	14		440	6.0	14.2	.420	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.5	.655	2.5	3.8	6.4	2.9	1.8	0.2	3.4	3.9	14.9
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	81	81	2667	6.9	14.1	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.2	.783	2.2	4.7	6.9	3.4	1.3	0.6	2.7	4.3	16.3
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	82	79	2572	6.1	12.8	.478	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.6	.754	2.2	4.7	6.9	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.3	14.2
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	79	78	2101	6.4	13.3	.476	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.4	.764	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.1	1.3	0.9	2.8	4.8	14.6
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	57	14	1244	4.6	10.5	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.2	.662	2.4	5.4	7.7	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.1	5.4	10.6
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	44	1	682	4.9	9.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.875	2.0	5.5	7.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	6.8	10.5
Career			NBA		673	253	18530	6.6	13.5	.492	0.0	0.1	.097	2.4	3.2	.738	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.8	1.4	1.1	2.8	4.9	15.6

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
1976-77	21	NYK	NBA	PF	82	2104	16.7	.511	.476	11.2	20.2	15.8	9.6	2.6	2.4				95	1.2	3.4	4.6	.105
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	82	2319	17.4	.549	.514	9.3	16.5	12.9	11.4	2.1	2.5	17.0	21.8	103	100	3.2	2.7	5.9	.122
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	76	2158	14.9	.543	.519	8.9	14.0	11.4	7.5	1.6	1.8	16.6	20.5	102	100	1.7	3.4	5.1	.114
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	76	2243	16.8	.570	.531	9.3	18.0	13.6	9.1	1.9	1.9	15.7	18.9	110	99	3.5	4.1	7.5	.161
1980-81	25	SEA	NBA	PF	14	440	10.9	.459	.420	7.9	11.5	9.7	11.7	2.4	0.4	17.1	22.1	91	104	-0.4	0.5	0.1	.016
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	81	2667	14.2	.523	.486	6.8	13.7	10.4	13.6	1.8	0.9	14.7	21.0	103	102	1.6	4.3	5.8	.105
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	82	2572	12.7	.509	.478	6.9	13.4	10.3	12.5	1.4	1.5	14.7	18.2	102	103	1.6	3.2	4.8	.090
1983-84	28	CLE	NBA	PF	79	2101	12.6	.506	.477	7.3	13.5	10.3	12.7	1.8	1.5	16.4	20.0	99	108	0.0	2.1	2.1	.048
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	57	1244	9.0	.462	.435	7.1	16.1	11.6	10.3	1.7	0.8	15.7	15.2	96	108	-0.4	1.3	0.9	.036
1985-86	30	CLE	NBA	PF	44	682	8.5	.508	.489	6.2	17.0	11.6	12.0	1.5	0.3	19.7	14.6	97	108	-0.1	0.6	0.5	.037
Career			NBA		673	18530	14.2	.524	.492	8.2	15.5	11.9	11.1	1.9	1.6	16.0	19.5	102	102	11.8	25.6	37.5	.097

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
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6		151	30	56	.536				6	8	.750	18	26	44	17	2	5	14	29	66
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	17		566	101	209	.483				18	26	.692	61	81	142	34	19	18	31	80	220
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	15		469	74	146	.507	0	1	.000	32	51	.627	35	90	125	25	23	12	37	54	180
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	8		266	40	85	.471	0	0		22	32	.688	24	35	59	16	5	7	20	38	102
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	2		53	4	23	.174	0	3	.000	2	5	.400	13	8	21	5	1	0	2	7	10
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	106	19	34	.559	0	0		8	10	.800	6	16	22	4	2	1	6	20	46
Career			NBA		52	0	1611	268	553	.485	0	4	.000	88	132	.667	157	256	413	101	52	43	110	228	624

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
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6		25.2	5.0	9.3	.536				1.0	1.3	.750	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.8	11.0
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	17		33.3	5.9	12.3	.483				1.1	1.5	.692	3.6	4.8	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.7	12.9
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	15		31.3	4.9	9.7	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.4	.627	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.6	12.0
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	8		33.3	5.0	10.6	.471	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.0	.688	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.8	12.8
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	2		26.5	2.0	11.5	.174	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	2.5	.400	6.5	4.0	10.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.5	5.0
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	26.5	4.8	8.5	.559	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	.800	1.5	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.5	5.0	11.5
Career			NBA		52	0	31.0	5.2	10.6	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.5	.667	3.0	4.9	7.9	1.9	1.0	0.8	2.1	4.4	12.0

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
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6		151	7.2	13.4	.536				1.4	1.9	.750	4.3	6.2	10.5	4.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	6.9	15.7
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	17		566	6.4	13.3	.483				1.1	1.7	.692	3.9	5.2	9.0	2.2	1.2	1.1	2.0	5.1	14.0
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	15		469	5.7	11.2	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.9	.627	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.9	1.8	0.9	2.8	4.1	13.8
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	8		266	5.4	11.5	.471	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.3	.688	3.2	4.7	8.0	2.2	0.7	0.9	2.7	5.1	13.8
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	2		53	2.7	15.6	.174	0.0	2.0	.000	1.4	3.4	.400	8.8	5.4	14.3	3.4	0.7	0.0	1.4	4.8	6.8
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	0	106	6.5	11.5	.559	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.4	.800	2.0	5.4	7.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	2.0	6.8	15.6
Career			NBA		52	0	1611	6.0	12.4	.485	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.9	.667	3.5	5.7	9.2	2.3	1.2	1.0	2.5	5.1	13.9

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
1977-78	22	NYK	NBA	PF	6	151	14.8	.554	.536	11.2	18.9	14.8	14.5	0.6	1.7	19.0	18.3	104	109	0.2	0.0	0.2	.068
1978-79	23	SEA	NBA	PF	17	566	15.0	.499	.483	11.7	15.9	13.8	8.8	1.6	1.7	12.3	17.8	107	100	0.8	0.8	1.6	.134
1979-80	24	SEA	NBA	PF	15	469	14.2	.534	.507	8.1	21.3	14.6	7.9	2.4	1.4	18.0	18.0	100	99	0.2	0.8	1.0	.102
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	8	266	11.8	.515	.471	9.6	13.4	11.6	9.3	1.0	1.5	16.8	18.9	100	104	0.1	0.4	0.4	.077
1982-83	27	SEA	NBA	PF	2	53	5.4	.198	.174	20.8	16.3	18.8	12.6	0.9	0.0	7.4	20.5	72	111	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.137
1984-85	29	CLE	NBA	PF	4	106	11.8	.599	.559	7.0	17.8	12.5	4.9	0.9	0.5	13.5	17.1	114	112	0.1	0.1	0.2	.097
Career			NBA		52	1611	13.7	.511	.485	10.2	17.5	13.8	9.0	1.6	1.5	15.3	18.1	103	102	1.2	2.1	3.3	.098

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	26	SEA	NBA	PF	1	1	20:00	3	3	1.000	0	0		1	2	.500	4	9	1	1	0	2	4	7
Career			NBA		1	1	20	3	3	1.000	0	0		1	2	.500	4	9	1	1	0	2	4	7

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 10 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lonnie Shelton		7.5	5.9	5.8	5.1	4.8	4.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1
Jim Pollard	92.7	7.2	5.7	5.7	5.4	4.6	4.2	2.1
Gus Johnson	92.3	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.1
Wil Jones	90.2	7.4	6.9	6.0	5.4	4.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	0.6
Raef LaFrentz	89.0	7.5	6.8	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.2
Loy Vaught	88.1	6.3	6.3	5.5	5.5	4.2	4.1	2.2	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Boris Diaw	87.7	8.9	6.2	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.1
Bill Bradley	87.3	7.0	5.4	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.2	2.8	2.5	1.1	0.8
M.L. Carr	87.1	7.9	5.9	5.2	4.5	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.4
Jerome Williams	86.7	7.6	5.4	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.3	3.5	2.6	0.2
Kurt Thomas	86.4	8.2	6.5	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.0	3.8	2.5	0.5	-0.2

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Lonnie Shelton		7.5	5.9	5.8	5.1	4.8	4.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1
Jim Pollard	92.7	7.2	5.7	5.7	5.4	4.6	4.2	2.1
Gus Johnson	92.3	7.2	5.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.1
Wil Jones	90.2	7.4	6.9	6.0	5.4	4.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	0.6
Loy Vaught	89.8	6.3	6.3	5.5	5.5	4.2	4.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.2	-0.2
Raef LaFrentz	89.0	7.5	6.8	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.2
Boris Diaw	87.7	8.9	6.2	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.1
Bill Bradley	87.3	7.0	5.4	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.2	2.8	2.5	1.1	0.8
M.L. Carr	87.1	7.9	5.9	5.2	4.5	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.4
Jerome Williams	86.7	7.6	5.4	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.3	3.5	2.6	0.2
Jim Washington	85.9	6.7	5.5	5.4	4.9	4.7	4.3	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	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
1973-74	18	OREGONST	26		135	260			48	75		204						318	.519		.640		12.2	7.8
1974-75	19	OREGONST	31		235	439			96	132		292						566	.535		.727		18.3	9.4
1975-76	20	OREGONST	23		167	296			76	111		178						410	.564		.685		17.8	7.7
Career			80		537	995			220	318		674						1294	.540		.692		16.2	8.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 1982 NBA	Honors 1981-82 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1979 Seattle SuperSonics (NBA)	Games 1976-77 NBA 82 (3) 1977-78 NBA 82 (3) 1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
Personal Fouls 1976-77 NBA 363 (1) 1977-78 NBA 350 (1) 1981-82 NBA 317 (6)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1976-77 NBA 11.2 (10)	Defensive Rating Career NBA 101.7 (70) Career 101.7 (86)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.005 (349)
NBA Elo Player Rating 415th (overall) as of May 19, 2013, 5:11AM

Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (25th pick) of the 1976 NBA Draft.

October 4, 1978: Traded by the New York Knicks with a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson) to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson). This exchange was arranged as compensation for New York signing veteran free agent Marvin Webster on September 29, 1978.

June 27, 1983: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Scooter McCray).

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA	$420,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$420,000

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