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Purvis Short

Purvis Short

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-7    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: July 2, 1957 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
High School: Blair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
College: Jackson State University

Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall) of the 1978 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
1978-79 21 GSW NBA 75 1703 369 771 .479 57 85 .671 127 220 347 97 54 12 111 233 795
1979-80 22 GSW NBA 62 1636 461 916 .503 0 6 .000 134 165 .812 119 197 316 123 63 9 122 186 1056
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 79 2309 549 1157 .475 3 17 .176 168 205 .820 151 240 391 249 78 19 143 244 1269
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 76 8 1782 456 935 .488 6 28 .214 177 221 .801 123 143 266 209 65 10 122 220 1095
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 67 57 2397 589 1209 .487 4 15 .267 255 308 .828 145 209 354 228 94 14 194 242 1437
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 79 76 2945 714 1509 .473 22 72 .306 353 445 .793 184 254 438 246 103 11 228 252 1803
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 78 77 3081 819 1780 .460 47 150 .313 501 613 .817 157 241 398 234 116 27 241 255 2186
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 64 63 2427 633 1313 .482 15 49 .306 351 406 .865 126 203 329 237 92 22 184 229 1632
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 34 15 950 240 501 .479 4 17 .235 137 160 .856 55 82 137 86 45 7 68 103 621
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 81 11 1949 474 986 .481 5 21 .238 206 240 .858 71 151 222 162 58 14 118 197 1159
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 65 16 1157 198 480 .413 9 33 .273 77 89 .865 65 114 179 107 44 13 70 116 482
1989-90 32 NJN NBA 82 24 2213 432 950 .455 10 35 .286 198 237 .835 101 147 248 145 66 20 119 202 1072
Career NBA 842 347 24549 5934 12507 .474 125 443 .282 2614 3174 .824 1424 2201 3625 2123 878 178 1720 2479 14607

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
1978-79 21 GSW NBA 75 22.7 4.9 10.3 .479 0.8 1.1 .671 1.7 2.9 4.6 1.3 0.7 0.2 1.5 3.1 10.6
1979-80 22 GSW NBA 62 26.4 7.4 14.8 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.7 .812 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.0 1.0 0.1 2.0 3.0 17.0
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 79 29.2 6.9 14.6 .475 0.0 0.2 .176 2.1 2.6 .820 1.9 3.0 4.9 3.2 1.0 0.2 1.8 3.1 16.1
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 76 8 23.4 6.0 12.3 .488 0.1 0.4 .214 2.3 2.9 .801 1.6 1.9 3.5 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.6 2.9 14.4
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 67 57 35.8 8.8 18.0 .487 0.1 0.2 .267 3.8 4.6 .828 2.2 3.1 5.3 3.4 1.4 0.2 2.9 3.6 21.4
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 79 76 37.3 9.0 19.1 .473 0.3 0.9 .306 4.5 5.6 .793 2.3 3.2 5.5 3.1 1.3 0.1 2.9 3.2 22.8
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 78 77 39.5 10.5 22.8 .460 0.6 1.9 .313 6.4 7.9 .817 2.0 3.1 5.1 3.0 1.5 0.3 3.1 3.3 28.0
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 64 63 37.9 9.9 20.5 .482 0.2 0.8 .306 5.5 6.3 .865 2.0 3.2 5.1 3.7 1.4 0.3 2.9 3.6 25.5
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 34 15 27.9 7.1 14.7 .479 0.1 0.5 .235 4.0 4.7 .856 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.5 1.3 0.2 2.0 3.0 18.3
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 81 11 24.1 5.9 12.2 .481 0.1 0.3 .238 2.5 3.0 .858 0.9 1.9 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.5 2.4 14.3
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 65 16 17.8 3.0 7.4 .413 0.1 0.5 .273 1.2 1.4 .865 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.6 0.7 0.2 1.1 1.8 7.4
1989-90 32 NJN NBA 82 24 27.0 5.3 11.6 .455 0.1 0.4 .286 2.4 2.9 .835 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.8 0.8 0.2 1.5 2.5 13.1
Career NBA 842 347 29.2 7.0 14.9 .474 0.2 0.6 .282 3.1 3.8 .824 1.7 2.6 4.3 2.5 1.0 0.2 2.0 2.9 17.3

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
1978-79 21 GSW NBA 75 1703 7.8 16.3 .479 1.2 1.8 .671 2.7 4.7 7.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 2.3 4.9 16.8
1979-80 22 GSW NBA 62 1636 10.1 20.2 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.6 .812 2.6 4.3 7.0 2.7 1.4 0.2 2.7 4.1 23.2
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 79 2309 8.6 18.0 .475 0.0 0.3 .176 2.6 3.2 .820 2.4 3.7 6.1 3.9 1.2 0.3 2.2 3.8 19.8
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 76 8 1782 9.2 18.9 .488 0.1 0.6 .214 3.6 4.5 .801 2.5 2.9 5.4 4.2 1.3 0.2 2.5 4.4 22.1
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 67 57 2397 8.8 18.2 .487 0.1 0.2 .267 3.8 4.6 .828 2.2 3.1 5.3 3.4 1.4 0.2 2.9 3.6 21.6
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 79 76 2945 8.7 18.4 .473 0.3 0.9 .306 4.3 5.4 .793 2.2 3.1 5.4 3.0 1.3 0.1 2.8 3.1 22.0
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 78 77 3081 9.6 20.8 .460 0.5 1.8 .313 5.9 7.2 .817 1.8 2.8 4.7 2.7 1.4 0.3 2.8 3.0 25.5
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 64 63 2427 9.4 19.5 .482 0.2 0.7 .306 5.2 6.0 .865 1.9 3.0 4.9 3.5 1.4 0.3 2.7 3.4 24.2
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 34 15 950 9.1 19.0 .479 0.2 0.6 .235 5.2 6.1 .856 2.1 3.1 5.2 3.3 1.7 0.3 2.6 3.9 23.5
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 81 11 1949 8.8 18.2 .481 0.1 0.4 .238 3.8 4.4 .858 1.3 2.8 4.1 3.0 1.1 0.3 2.2 3.6 21.4
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 65 16 1157 6.2 14.9 .413 0.3 1.0 .273 2.4 2.8 .865 2.0 3.5 5.6 3.3 1.4 0.4 2.2 3.6 15.0
1989-90 32 NJN NBA 82 24 2213 7.0 15.5 .455 0.2 0.6 .286 3.2 3.9 .835 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.4 1.1 0.3 1.9 3.3 17.4
Career NBA 842 347 24549 8.7 18.3 .474 0.2 0.7 .282 3.8 4.7 .824 2.1 3.2 5.3 3.1 1.3 0.3 2.5 3.6 21.4

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
1978-79 21 GSW NBA 75 1703 13.1 .492 .479 8.0 14.0 10.9 8.1 1.5 0.4 12.1 21.8 99 103 0.7 1.9 2.6
1979-80 22 GSW NBA 62 1636 19.1 .534 .503 7.8 13.7 10.6 12.4 1.8 0.3 11.0 28.0 106 107 2.3 1.4 3.7
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 79 2309 17.0 .509 .476 7.1 11.7 9.4 16.2 1.6 0.5 10.3 23.9 110 110 4.3 1.1 5.4
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 76 1782 18.8 .530 .491 7.4 8.9 8.1 17.6 1.7 0.3 10.6 26.1 112 109 3.7 1.3 5.0
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 67 2397 17.6 .534 .489 6.3 9.8 8.0 14.2 1.8 0.3 12.6 25.2 107 109 4.0 1.2 5.2
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 79 2945 16.9 .529 .480 6.3 10.1 8.1 13.0 1.6 0.2 11.8 25.6 108 111 4.1 1.9 6.0
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 78 3081 18.9 .533 .473 5.3 9.6 7.2 12.3 1.8 0.5 10.5 29.1 110 114 5.4 0.8 6.2
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 64 2427 19.1 .547 .488 5.4 9.4 7.3 14.8 1.7 0.5 11.0 27.1 112 113 4.9 0.9 5.7
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 34 950 18.6 .543 .483 6.3 9.5 7.9 14.2 2.2 0.4 10.6 27.1 110 112 1.6 0.6 2.2
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 81 1949 15.8 .531 .483 3.8 8.0 5.9 13.0 1.4 0.4 9.8 24.9 109 109 2.6 1.8 4.4
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 65 1157 11.4 .464 .422 6.1 10.6 8.4 13.4 1.8 0.7 11.9 20.5 99 107 0.0 1.4 1.4
1989-90 32 NJN NBA 82 2213 13.4 .508 .460 4.6 7.5 6.0 10.8 1.4 0.5 10.1 21.3 107 112 2.0 1.3 3.3
Career NBA 842 24549 16.9 .525 .479 6.1 10.1 8.0 13.3 1.7 0.4 11.0 25.3 108 110 35.6 15.5 51.1

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
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 10 253 57 123 0 2 32 36 12 33 27 12 2 21 34 146 .463 .000 .889 25.3 14.6 3.3 2.7
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 4 71 7 26 0 1 8 8 4 9 1 1 0 4 8 22 .269 .000 1.000 17.8 5.5 2.3 0.3
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 4 37 8 21 0 2 3 5 6 9 1 0 0 1 7 19 .381 .000 .600 9.3 4.8 2.3 0.3
Career NBA 18 361 72 170 0 5 43 49 22 51 29 13 2 26 49 187 .424 .000 .878 20.1 10.4 2.8 1.6

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
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 10 253 15.0 .526 .463 5.1 10.2 7.4 16.3 2.3 0.5 13.1 26.1 105 114 0.1 0.2 0.3
1987-88 30 HOU NBA 4 71 3.1 .373 .269 6.0 8.0 7.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 11.9 19.9 84 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1988-89 31 HOU NBA 4 37 10.0 .409 .381 18.6 9.3 13.9 4.4 0.0 0.0 4.1 27.2 98 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 18 361 12.2 .488 .424 6.6 9.7 8.0 12.3 1.8 0.3 12.0 25.0 101 114 -0.1 0.3 0.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

MVP Award Shares

1984-85 NBA 0.003 (20)
Career 0.003 (202)

Games

1989-90 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1984-85 NBA 3081 (7)

Field Goals

1984-85 NBA 819 (5)
Career NBA 5934 (97)

Field Goal Attempts

1983-84 NBA 1509 (8)
1984-85 NBA 1780 (3)

3-Pt Field Goals

1983-84 NBA 22 (9)
1984-85 NBA 47 (6)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1984-85 NBA 150 (5)

Free Throws

1984-85 NBA 501 (3)

Free Throw Attempts

1984-85 NBA 613 (4)

Free Throw Pct

Career NBA .824 (97)

Points

1984-85 NBA 2186 (5)

Minutes Per Game

1983-84 NBA 37.3 (7)
1984-85 NBA 39.5 (2)
1985-86 NBA 37.9 (4)

Points Per Game

1983-84 NBA 22.8 (10)
1984-85 NBA 28.0 (4)
1985-86 NBA 25.5 (5)

Turnover Pct

1980-81 NBA 10.3 (8)
Career NBA 11.0 (58)
Career 11.0 (62)

Usage Pct

1984-85 NBA 29.1 (8)
Career NBA 25.3 (57)
Career 25.3 (60)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.003 (326)

Transactions

June 1, 1977: Traded by the Kansas City Kings (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with Ollie Johnson and a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Ron Carter) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Lucius Allen.

July 11, 1977: Sent to the Golden State Warriors (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) with cash as compensation for the Los Angeles Lakers signing Jamaal Wilkes as a veteran free agent.

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

November 5, 1987: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Houston Rockets for Dave Feitl and a 1989 1st round draft pick (Dana Barros).

September 20, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Golden State Warriors NBA $495,000
1985-86 Golden State Warriors NBA $545,000
1986-87 Golden State Warriors NBA *$485,000
1987-88 Houston Rockets NBA $425,000
1988-89 Houston Rockets NBA $650,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,600,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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