Purvis Short

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: July 2, 1957 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
High School: Blair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
College: Jackson State University
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1978 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 14, 1978
Relatives: Brother of Gene Short

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 21, 2013 2:17 PM

All-Time Rank: #344. Guy Rodgers… #345. Kendall Gill… #346. Nate McMillan… #347. PURVIS SHORT… #348. Jason Williams… #349. Sam Lacey… #350. Ray Williams…

All-Time Rank: #344. Guy Rodgers… #345. Kendall Gill… #346. Nate McMillan… #347. PURVIS SHORT… #348. Jason Williams… #349. Sam Lacey… #350. Ray Williams…

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
1978-79	21	GSW	NBA	PF	75		1703	369	771	.479				57	85	.671	127	220	347	97	54	12	111	233	795
1979-80	22	GSW	NBA	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SG	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	SF	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	SF	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

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
1978-79	21	GSW	NBA	PF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SG	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	SF	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	SF	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

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
1978-79	21	GSW	NBA	PF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SF	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	SG	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	SF	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	SF	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

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
1978-79	21	GSW	NBA	PF	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	.074
1979-80	22	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.109
1980-81	23	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.111
1981-82	24	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.135
1982-83	25	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.103
1983-84	26	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.098
1984-85	27	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.097
1985-86	28	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.113
1986-87	29	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.111
1987-88	30	HOU	NBA	SG	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	.108
1988-89	31	HOU	NBA	SF	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	.058
1989-90	32	NJN	NBA	SF	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	.071
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	.100

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1986-87	29	GSW	NBA	SF	10	2	253	57	123	.463	2	.000	32	36	.889	12	21	33	27	12	2	21	34	146
1987-88	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	0	71	7	26	.269	1	.000	8	8	1.000	4	5	9	1	1	0	4	8	22
1988-89	31	HOU	NBA	SF	4	0	37	8	21	.381	2	.000	3	5	.600	6	3	9	1	0	0	1	7	19
Career			NBA		18	2	361	72	170	.424	5	.000	43	49	.878	22	29	51	29	13	2	26	49	187

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1986-87	29	GSW	NBA	SF	10	2	25.3	5.7	12.3	.463	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	14.6
1987-88	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	0	17.8	1.8	6.5	.269	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.5
1988-89	31	HOU	NBA	SF	4	0	9.3	2.0	5.3	.381	0.5	.000	0.8	1.3	.600	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	4.8
Career			NBA		18	2	20.1	4.0	9.4	.424	0.3	.000	2.4	2.7	.878	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.7	10.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1986-87	29	GSW	NBA	SF	10	2	253	8.1	17.5	.463	0.3	.000	4.6	5.1	.889	1.7	3.0	4.7	3.8	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.8	20.8
1987-88	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	0	71	3.5	13.2	.269	0.5	.000	4.1	4.1	1.000	2.0	2.5	4.6	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	4.1	11.2
1988-89	31	HOU	NBA	SF	4	0	37	7.8	20.4	.381	1.9	.000	2.9	4.9	.600	5.8	2.9	8.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.8	18.5
Career			NBA		18	2	361	7.2	17.0	.424	0.5	.000	4.3	4.9	.878	2.2	2.9	5.1	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	18.6

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
1986-87	29	GSW	NBA	SF	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	.055
1987-88	30	HOU	NBA	SG	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	-0.072
1988-89	31	HOU	NBA	SF	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	.001
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	.024

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 12 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Purvis Short		6.2	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.4	3.7	3.3	2.6	2.2	1.4
Joe Smith	92.7	6.8	6.3	6.1	5.5	4.7	4.4	4.4	3.7	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.3
Robert Horry	92.5	6.9	6.6	5.9	5.7	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.2	3.6	2.9	2.6	1.7
Juwan Howard	91.4	7.0	6.0	5.6	4.9	4.6	4.4	3.7	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.8	1.9
Clarence Weatherspoon	89.1	8.6	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.3	2.6
Eddie Johnson	88.8	7.4	6.5	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3	4.8	4.3	4.0	3.9	3.0	1.8
Larry Smith	88.3	6.1	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.0	3.7	3.1	2.6	1.2	0.3
Metta World Peace	88.0	8.0	7.2	6.7	5.5	5.3	4.7	4.4	3.7	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.3
Caron Butler	87.6	7.2	6.3	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.5	3.6	3.5	2.3	2.1	1.2
Junior Bridgeman	87.5	6.7	6.1	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.0	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.1	0.8	0.6
Xavier McDaniel	87.4	7.4	6.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.4	2.3	1.4	0.7	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Purvis Short		6.2	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.4	3.7	3.3	2.6	2.2	1.4
Larry Smith	89.2	6.1	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.0	3.7	3.1	2.6	1.2	1.2	0.3
Clarence Weatherspoon	88.2	8.6	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.3	2.6	1.1
Caron Butler	87.6	7.2	6.3	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.5	3.6	3.5	2.3	2.1	1.2
Junior Bridgeman	87.5	6.7	6.1	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.0	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.1	0.8	0.6
Xavier McDaniel	87.4	7.4	6.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.4	2.3	1.4	0.7	0.0
Juwan Howard	87.1	7.0	6.0	5.6	4.9	4.9	4.6	4.4	3.7	3.6	3.2	2.8	2.8	2.6	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Wayman Tisdale	87.1	7.0	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.4	4.5	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.8	1.7	-0.6
Cazzie Russell	86.6	7.3	7.1	6.6	5.9	5.2	5.2	4.1	3.0	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.1
Orlando Woolridge	86.5	9.0	6.8	5.6	5.3	4.8	4.4	3.9	3.6	3.3	2.3	1.8	1.5	0.8
Kenyon Martin	86.3	7.1	6.7	5.3	5.0	4.9	4.0	3.8	3.3	2.7	2.1	1.2	0.9	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
1974-75	17	JACKSONST	28		190	325			44	66		218						424	.585		.667		15.1	7.8
1975-76	18	JACKSONST	28		324	635			66	91		283						714	.510		.725		25.5	10.1
1976-77	19	JACKSONST	26		288	541			70	92		218						646	.532		.761		24.8	8.4
1977-78	20	JACKSONST	22		285	535			80	111		250						650	.533		.721		29.5	11.4
Career			104		1087	2036			260	360		969						2434	.534		.722		23.4	9.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide) Jan 8, 1984	MVP Award Shares 1984-85 NBA 0.003 (20) Career 0.003 (209)	Games 1989-90 NBA 82 (1)	Minutes Played 1984-85 NBA 3081 (7)
Field Goals 1984-85 NBA 819 (5)	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)	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 1987-88 NBA 9.8 (10) Career NBA 11.0 (68) Career 11.0 (79)	Usage Pct 1979-80 NBA 28.0 (6) 1984-85 NBA 29.1 (8) Career NBA 25.3 (58) Career 25.3 (66)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.005 (359)
NBA Elo Player Rating 348th (overall) as of May 21, 2013, 5:22AM

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

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$545,000
1987-88	Houston Rockets	NBA	$425,000
1988-89	Houston Rockets	NBA	$650,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$1,620,000

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