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Larry Smith

Larry Smith (Mr. Mean)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-8    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: January 18, 1958 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi
High School: Simmons in Hollandale, Mississippi
College: Alcorn State University

Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (1st pick, 24th overall) of the 1980 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
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 82 2578 304 594 .512 0 0 177 301 .588 433 561 994 93 70 63 146 316 785
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 74 55 2213 220 412 .534 0 1 .000 88 159 .553 279 534 813 83 65 54 105 291 528
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 49 41 1433 180 306 .588 0 0 53 99 .535 209 276 485 46 36 20 83 186 413
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 75 63 2091 244 436 .560 0 0 94 168 .560 282 390 672 72 61 22 124 274 582
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 80 78 2497 366 690 .530 0 0 155 256 .605 405 464 869 96 78 54 160 285 887
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 77 74 2441 314 586 .536 0 1 .000 112 227 .493 384 472 856 95 62 50 135 286 740
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 80 78 2374 297 544 .546 0 1 .000 113 197 .574 366 551 917 95 71 56 135 295 707
1987-88 30 GSW NBA 20 10 499 58 123 .472 0 1 .000 11 27 .407 79 103 182 25 12 11 36 63 127
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 80 78 1897 219 397 .552 0 0 18 58 .310 272 380 652 118 61 54 110 248 456
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 74 0 1300 101 213 .474 0 2 .000 20 55 .364 180 272 452 69 56 28 70 203 222
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 81 28 1923 128 263 .487 0 0 12 50 .240 302 407 709 88 83 22 93 265 268
1991-92 34 HOU NBA 45 7 800 50 92 .543 0 1 .000 4 11 .364 107 149 256 33 21 7 44 121 104
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 66 13 833 38 87 .437 0 0 9 22 .409 103 165 268 28 23 16 39 133 85
Career NBA 883 525 22879 2519 4743 .531 0 7 .000 866 1630 .531 3401 4724 8125 941 699 457 1280 2966 5904

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
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 82 31.4 3.7 7.2 .512 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.7 .588 5.3 6.8 12.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.8 3.9 9.6
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 74 55 29.9 3.0 5.6 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.1 .553 3.8 7.2 11.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.4 3.9 7.1
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 49 41 29.2 3.7 6.2 .588 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.0 .535 4.3 5.6 9.9 0.9 0.7 0.4 1.7 3.8 8.4
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 75 63 27.9 3.3 5.8 .560 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.2 .560 3.8 5.2 9.0 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.7 3.7 7.8
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 80 78 31.2 4.6 8.6 .530 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.2 .605 5.1 5.8 10.9 1.2 1.0 0.7 2.0 3.6 11.1
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 77 74 31.7 4.1 7.6 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.9 .493 5.0 6.1 11.1 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.8 3.7 9.6
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 80 78 29.7 3.7 6.8 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.5 .574 4.6 6.9 11.5 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.7 3.7 8.8
1987-88 30 GSW NBA 20 10 25.0 2.9 6.2 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 1.4 .407 4.0 5.2 9.1 1.3 0.6 0.6 1.8 3.2 6.4
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 80 78 23.7 2.7 5.0 .552 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 .310 3.4 4.8 8.2 1.5 0.8 0.7 1.4 3.1 5.7
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 74 0 17.6 1.4 2.9 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .364 2.4 3.7 6.1 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.9 2.7 3.0
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 81 28 23.7 1.6 3.2 .487 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 .240 3.7 5.0 8.8 1.1 1.0 0.3 1.1 3.3 3.3
1991-92 34 HOU NBA 45 7 17.8 1.1 2.0 .543 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .364 2.4 3.3 5.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.7 2.3
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 66 13 12.6 0.6 1.3 .437 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .409 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 2.0 1.3
Career NBA 883 525 25.9 2.9 5.4 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.8 .531 3.9 5.3 9.2 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.4 3.4 6.7

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
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 82 2578 4.2 8.3 .512 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.2 .588 6.0 7.8 13.9 1.3 1.0 0.9 2.0 4.4 11.0
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 74 55 2213 3.6 6.7 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.6 .553 4.5 8.7 13.2 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.7 4.7 8.6
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 49 41 1433 4.5 7.7 .588 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.5 .535 5.3 6.9 12.2 1.2 0.9 0.5 2.1 4.7 10.4
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 75 63 2091 4.2 7.5 .560 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.9 .560 4.9 6.7 11.6 1.2 1.1 0.4 2.1 4.7 10.0
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 80 78 2497 5.3 9.9 .530 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.7 .605 5.8 6.7 12.5 1.4 1.1 0.8 2.3 4.1 12.8
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 77 74 2441 4.6 8.6 .536 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 3.3 .493 5.7 7.0 12.6 1.4 0.9 0.7 2.0 4.2 10.9
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 80 78 2374 4.5 8.2 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 3.0 .574 5.6 8.4 13.9 1.4 1.1 0.8 2.0 4.5 10.7
1987-88 30 GSW NBA 20 10 499 4.2 8.9 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.9 .407 5.7 7.4 13.1 1.8 0.9 0.8 2.6 4.5 9.2
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 80 78 1897 4.2 7.5 .552 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 .310 5.2 7.2 12.4 2.2 1.2 1.0 2.1 4.7 8.7
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 74 0 1300 2.8 5.9 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 1.5 .364 5.0 7.5 12.5 1.9 1.6 0.8 1.9 5.6 6.1
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 81 28 1923 2.4 4.9 .487 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 .240 5.7 7.6 13.3 1.6 1.6 0.4 1.7 5.0 5.0
1991-92 34 HOU NBA 45 7 800 2.3 4.1 .543 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.5 .364 4.8 6.7 11.5 1.5 0.9 0.3 2.0 5.4 4.7
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 66 13 833 1.6 3.8 .437 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 .409 4.5 7.1 11.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.7 5.7 3.7
Career NBA 883 525 22879 4.0 7.5 .531 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.6 .531 5.4 7.4 12.8 1.5 1.1 0.7 2.0 4.7 9.3

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
1980-81 23 GSW NBA 82 2578 14.8 .540 .512 18.3 24.5 21.4 4.6 1.3 1.4 16.7 13.4 113 107 3.7 2.4 6.1
1981-82 24 GSW NBA 74 2213 12.8 .548 .534 13.5 26.8 20.0 4.6 1.4 1.4 17.9 10.7 113 104 2.3 3.0 5.2
1982-83 25 GSW NBA 49 1433 13.2 .591 .588 15.3 21.6 18.3 4.1 1.2 0.8 19.2 11.8 113 107 1.9 1.1 3.1
1983-84 26 GSW NBA 75 2091 12.1 .571 .560 13.7 21.9 17.5 4.5 1.4 0.6 19.6 11.8 110 108 1.8 2.1 4.0
1984-85 27 GSW NBA 80 2497 15.1 .553 .530 16.7 22.8 19.5 5.2 1.5 1.2 16.6 15.1 112 111 3.1 1.6 4.7
1985-86 28 GSW NBA 77 2441 13.4 .539 .536 16.4 21.8 19.0 4.9 1.2 1.1 16.4 13.2 111 110 2.7 1.6 4.3
1986-87 29 GSW NBA 80 2374 14.2 .561 .546 16.7 25.7 21.1 5.2 1.4 1.4 17.6 13.0 113 108 2.7 2.7 5.4
1987-88 30 GSW NBA 20 499 10.8 .471 .472 17.2 23.6 20.3 6.6 1.1 1.3 21.1 13.9 97 111 -0.1 0.4 0.3
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 80 1897 11.9 .540 .552 14.4 19.9 17.2 7.6 1.4 1.6 20.7 10.6 109 106 1.4 2.3 3.7
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 74 1300 9.8 .468 .474 14.9 21.7 18.4 6.6 2.0 1.3 22.8 9.6 100 101 0.1 2.5 2.6
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 81 1923 10.3 .470 .487 16.8 22.4 19.6 5.8 2.1 0.7 24.6 8.1 106 101 0.7 3.6 4.4
1991-92 34 HOU NBA 45 800 8.1 .537 .543 15.3 20.2 17.8 5.4 1.3 0.5 31.2 7.6 104 107 0.2 0.9 1.2
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 66 833 7.1 .440 .437 14.8 21.7 18.4 4.3 1.4 1.2 28.7 7.2 100 105 0.0 1.2 1.2
Career NBA 883 22879 12.6 .541 .531 15.8 23.0 19.3 5.2 1.4 1.1 19.0 11.7 110 107 20.6 25.4 46.0

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 10 329 43 81 0 0 17 24 61 137 17 12 6 14 39 103 .531 .708 32.9 10.3 13.7 1.7
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 8 148 4 16 0 0 0 0 17 40 16 6 11 6 24 8 .250 18.5 1.0 5.0 2.0
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 4 73 6 8 0 0 0 0 7 13 5 4 0 5 11 12 .750 18.3 3.0 3.3 1.3
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 3 57 1 4 0 1 0 1 6 13 4 1 1 2 11 2 .250 .000 .000 19.0 0.7 4.3 1.3
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 6 50 2 3 0 0 3 4 8 16 1 4 2 1 16 7 .667 .750 8.3 1.2 2.7 0.2
Career NBA 31 657 56 112 0 1 20 29 99 219 43 27 20 28 101 132 .500 .000 .690 21.2 4.3 7.1 1.4

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 10 329 16.9 .562 .531 19.8 28.3 23.7 6.9 1.8 1.1 13.3 13.3 123 109 0.6 0.5 1.0
1988-89 31 GSW NBA 8 148 8.3 .250 .250 11.6 15.0 13.3 12.5 1.9 4.1 27.3 5.9 94 111 -0.1 0.1 0.1
1989-90 32 HOU NBA 4 73 9.3 .750 .750 10.5 11.9 11.1 9.6 2.8 0.0 38.5 7.7 108 114 0.0 0.0 0.1
1990-91 33 HOU NBA 3 57 3.4 .225 .250 12.8 15.5 14.2 9.0 0.9 1.3 31.1 5.1 90 110 0.0 0.1 0.0
1992-93 35 SAS NBA 6 50 12.6 .735 .667 19.0 17.6 18.3 2.6 4.1 2.6 17.4 5.1 152 99 0.1 0.1 0.2
Career NBA 31 657 12.6 .529 .500 16.2 21.6 18.7 8.3 2.0 1.8 18.3 9.7 116 109 0.6 0.8 1.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1980-81 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Field Goal Pct

Career NBA .531 (27)
Career .531 (27)

Offensive Rebounds

1980-81 NBA 433 (2)
1981-82 NBA 279 (4)
1983-84 NBA 282 (6)
1984-85 NBA 405 (2)
1985-86 NBA 384 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 366 (2)
1988-89 NBA 272 (10)
1990-91 NBA 302 (4)
Career NBA 3401 (14)
Career 3401 (17)

Defensive Rebounds

1980-81 NBA 561 (10)
Career NBA 4724 (66)
Career 4724 (73)

Total Rebounds

1980-81 NBA 994 (3)
1981-82 NBA 813 (9)
1984-85 NBA 869 (6)
1985-86 NBA 856 (6)
1986-87 NBA 917 (7)
Career NBA 8125 (52)
Career 8125 (62)

Personal Fouls

1980-81 NBA 316 (7)
Career NBA 2966 (65)
Career 2966 (75)

Rebounds Per Game

1980-81 NBA 12.1 (3)
1981-82 NBA 11.0 (6)
1984-85 NBA 10.9 (6)
1985-86 NBA 11.1 (6)
1986-87 NBA 11.5 (7)
Career NBA 9.2 (68)
Career 9.2 (71)

Effective Field Goal Pct

Career NBA .531 (44)
Career .531 (44)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1980-81 NBA 18.3 (1)
 1981-82 NBA 13.5 (3)
1983-84 NBA 13.7 (3)
1984-85 NBA 16.7 (2)
1985-86 NBA 16.4 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 16.7 (2)
1988-89 NBA 14.4 (3)
1990-91 NBA 16.8 (2)
Career NBA 15.8 (4)
Career 15.8 (4)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1980-81 NBA 24.5 (5)
1981-82 NBA 26.8 (3)
1984-85 NBA 22.8 (10)
1986-87 NBA 25.7 (5)
Career NBA 23.0 (34)
Career 23.0 (35)

Total Rebound Pct

1980-81 NBA 21.4 (1)
 1981-82 NBA 20.0 (2)
1983-84 NBA 17.5 (7)
1984-85 NBA 19.5 (3)
1985-86 NBA 19.0 (3)
1986-87 NBA 21.1 (1)
 Career NBA 19.3 (5)
Career 19.3 (5)

Defensive Rating

1990-91 NBA 100.8 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (687)
    

Transactions

October 9, 1978: Traded by the Detroit Pistons (as a 1980 2nd round draft pick) to the Golden State Warriors for Rickey Green.

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

July 11, 1989: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Houston Rockets.

August 10, 1992: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Golden State Warriors NBA $300,000
1985-86 Golden State Warriors NBA $525,000
1986-87 Golden State Warriors NBA *$562,500
1987-88 Golden State Warriors NBA $600,000
1988-89 Golden State Warriors NBA $625,000
1989-90 Houston Rockets NBA *$712,500
1990-91 Houston Rockets NBA $800,000
1991-92 Houston Rockets NBA $997,000
1992-93 San Antonio Spurs NBA $500,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,622,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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