Felton Spencer

Felton LaFrance Spencer

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: January 15, 1968 in Louisville, Kentucky
High School: Eastern in Middletown, Kentucky
College: University of Louisville
Draft: Minnesota Timberwolves, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1990 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 2, 1990

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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
1990-91	23	MIN	NBA	C	81	46	2099	195	381	.512	1	.000	182	252	.722	272	369	641	25	48	121	77	337	572
1991-92	24	MIN	NBA	C	61	54	1481	141	331	.426	0		123	178	.691	167	268	435	53	27	79	70	241	405
1992-93	25	MIN	NBA	C	71	48	1296	105	226	.465	0		83	127	.654	134	190	324	17	23	66	70	243	293
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	79	79	2210	256	507	.505	0		165	272	.607	235	423	658	43	41	67	127	304	677
1994-95	27	UTA	NBA	C	34	34	905	105	215	.488	0		107	135	.793	90	170	260	17	12	32	68	131	317
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	71	70	1267	146	281	.520	0		104	151	.689	100	206	306	11	20	54	77	240	396
1996-97	29	TOT	NBA	C	73	65	1558	139	284	.489	0		94	161	.584	157	259	416	22	34	50	88	275	372
1996-97	29	ORL	NBA	C	1	1	19	2	2	1.000	0		0	0		5	1	6	1	0	0	1	2	4
1996-97	29	GSW	NBA	C	72	64	1539	137	282	.486	0		94	161	.584	152	258	410	21	34	50	87	273	368
1997-98	30	GSW	NBA	C	68	0	813	59	129	.457	0		44	79	.557	93	133	226	17	23	37	49	175	162
1998-99	31	GSW	NBA	C	26	0	159	15	33	.455	0		12	26	.462	18	28	46	0	5	10	9	41	42
1999-00	32	SAS	NBA	C	26	0	149	15	33	.455	0		20	30	.667	15	24	39	3	6	8	9	32	50
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	18	0	113	12	20	.600	0		15	25	.600	16	19	35	2	2	2	11	24	39
2001-02	34	NYK	NBA	C	32	8	248	6	26	.231	0		17	33	.515	16	34	50	3	7	8	12	73	29
Career			NBA		640	404	12298	1194	2466	.484	1	.000	966	1469	.658	1313	2123	3436	213	248	534	667	2116	3354

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1990-91	23	MIN	NBA	C	81	46	25.9	2.4	4.7	.512	.000	2.2	3.1	.722	3.4	4.6	7.9	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.0	4.2	7.1
1991-92	24	MIN	NBA	C	61	54	24.3	2.3	5.4	.426		2.0	2.9	.691	2.7	4.4	7.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.1	4.0	6.6
1992-93	25	MIN	NBA	C	71	48	18.3	1.5	3.2	.465		1.2	1.8	.654	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.0	3.4	4.1
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	79	79	28.0	3.2	6.4	.505		2.1	3.4	.607	3.0	5.4	8.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.6	3.8	8.6
1994-95	27	UTA	NBA	C	34	34	26.6	3.1	6.3	.488		3.1	4.0	.793	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.0	3.9	9.3
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	71	70	17.8	2.1	4.0	.520		1.5	2.1	.689	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.4	5.6
1996-97	29	TOT	NBA	C	73	65	21.3	1.9	3.9	.489		1.3	2.2	.584	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.8	5.1
1996-97	29	ORL	NBA	C	1	1	19.0	2.0	2.0	1.000		0.0	0.0		5.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0
1996-97	29	GSW	NBA	C	72	64	21.4	1.9	3.9	.486		1.3	2.2	.584	2.1	3.6	5.7	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.2	3.8	5.1
1997-98	30	GSW	NBA	C	68	0	12.0	0.9	1.9	.457		0.6	1.2	.557	1.4	2.0	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.7	2.6	2.4
1998-99	31	GSW	NBA	C	26	0	6.1	0.6	1.3	.455		0.5	1.0	.462	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.6
1999-00	32	SAS	NBA	C	26	0	5.7	0.6	1.3	.455		0.8	1.2	.667	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.9
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	18	0	6.3	0.7	1.1	.600		0.8	1.4	.600	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.2
2001-02	34	NYK	NBA	C	32	8	7.8	0.2	0.8	.231		0.5	1.0	.515	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	2.3	0.9
Career			NBA		640	404	19.2	1.9	3.9	.484	.000	1.5	2.3	.658	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.0	3.3	5.2

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1990-91	23	MIN	NBA	C	81	46	2099	3.3	6.5	.512	.000	3.1	4.3	.722	4.7	6.3	11.0	0.4	0.8	2.1	1.3	5.8	9.8
1991-92	24	MIN	NBA	C	61	54	1481	3.4	8.0	.426		3.0	4.3	.691	4.1	6.5	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	5.9	9.8
1992-93	25	MIN	NBA	C	71	48	1296	2.9	6.3	.465		2.3	3.5	.654	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.5	0.6	1.8	1.9	6.8	8.1
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	79	79	2210	4.2	8.3	.505		2.7	4.4	.607	3.8	6.9	10.7	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	5.0	11.0
1994-95	27	UTA	NBA	C	34	34	905	4.2	8.6	.488		4.3	5.4	.793	3.6	6.8	10.3	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.2	12.6
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	71	70	1267	4.1	8.0	.520		3.0	4.3	.689	2.8	5.9	8.7	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.2	6.8	11.3
1996-97	29	TOT	NBA	C	73	65	1558	3.2	6.6	.489		2.2	3.7	.584	3.6	6.0	9.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.0	6.4	8.6
1996-97	29	ORL	NBA	C	1	1	19	3.8	3.8	1.000		0.0	0.0		9.5	1.9	11.4	1.9	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.8	7.6
1996-97	29	GSW	NBA	C	72	64	1539	3.2	6.6	.486		2.2	3.8	.584	3.6	6.0	9.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.0	6.4	8.6
1997-98	30	GSW	NBA	C	68	0	813	2.6	5.7	.457		1.9	3.5	.557	4.1	5.9	10.0	0.8	1.0	1.6	2.2	7.7	7.2
1998-99	31	GSW	NBA	C	26	0	159	3.4	7.5	.455		2.7	5.9	.462	4.1	6.3	10.4	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.0	9.3	9.5
1999-00	32	SAS	NBA	C	26	0	149	3.6	8.0	.455		4.8	7.2	.667	3.6	5.8	9.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	2.2	7.7	12.1
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	18	0	113	3.8	6.4	.600		4.8	8.0	.600	5.1	6.1	11.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	3.5	7.6	12.4
2001-02	34	NYK	NBA	C	32	8	248	0.9	3.8	.231		2.5	4.8	.515	2.3	4.9	7.3	0.4	1.0	1.2	1.7	10.6	4.2
Career			NBA		640	404	12298	3.5	7.2	.484	.000	2.8	4.3	.658	3.8	6.2	10.1	0.6	0.7	1.6	2.0	6.2	9.8

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
1990-91	23	MIN	NBA	C	81	2099	13.8	.581	.512	14.1	21.8	17.7	1.6	1.2	3.7	13.5	11.7	121	108	3.5	2.1	5.6	.128
1991-92	24	MIN	NBA	C	61	1481	11.2	.495	.426	12.1	20.6	16.2	4.7	0.9	3.2	14.6	13.8	105	110	0.7	1.2	2.0	.064
1992-93	25	MIN	NBA	C	71	1296	8.2	.520	.465	12.6	17.5	15.0	1.9	0.9	3.2	19.9	12.1	101	111	0.1	0.9	1.1	.039
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	79	2210	11.7	.540	.505	12.5	21.8	17.2	2.8	1.0	2.1	16.9	15.1	105	103	1.4	3.2	4.7	.102
1994-95	27	UTA	NBA	C	34	905	12.3	.578	.488	13.1	22.3	18.0	2.7	0.7	2.9	19.9	17.2	107	105	0.7	1.3	2.0	.104
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	71	1267	10.4	.570	.520	9.9	19.4	14.8	1.3	0.8	3.6	18.1	15.3	105	105	0.7	1.7	2.4	.089
1996-97	29	TOT	NBA	C	73	1558	9.2	.524	.489	11.9	19.8	15.8	2.1	1.1	2.5	19.9	12.7	101	110	0.4	0.9	1.3	.040
1996-97	29	ORL	NBA	C	1	19	17.1	1.000	1.000	30.1	6.3	18.5	8.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	7.3	154	113	0.1	0.0	0.1	.186
1996-97	29	GSW	NBA	C	72	1539	9.1	.521	.486	11.7	19.9	15.8	2.1	1.2	2.5	19.8	12.7	101	110	0.3	0.9	1.2	.038
1997-98	30	GSW	NBA	C	68	813	8.5	.495	.457	11.9	18.0	14.8	3.2	1.5	3.1	23.0	11.4	94	103	-0.2	1.0	0.9	.052
1998-99	31	GSW	NBA	C	26	159	9.8	.473	.455	11.8	19.3	15.5	0.0	1.7	4.7	16.8	14.9	93	97	0.0	0.3	0.3	.078
1999-00	32	SAS	NBA	C	26	149	13.6	.541	.455	12.0	17.5	14.9	3.1	2.1	3.7	16.3	17.1	106	95	0.2	0.3	0.5	.159
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	18	113	13.5	.629	.600	17.7	19.7	18.7	3.0	1.0	1.4	26.2	18.2	106	97	0.2	0.2	0.4	.152
2001-02	34	NYK	NBA	C	32	248	0.8	.358	.231	7.5	15.9	11.7	1.8	1.5	2.4	22.8	9.9	75	104	-0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.013
Career			NBA		640	12298	10.8	.539	.484	12.3	20.3	16.3	2.5	1.0	3.0	17.6	13.6	106	107	7.4	13.5	20.9	.081

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
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	16	16	492	47	105	.448	0		33	50	.660	61	74	135	7	3	20	24	73	127
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	18	18	276	23	53	.434	1	.000	5	9	.556	26	28	54	2	5	22	19	58	51
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	2	0	4	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career			NBA		36	34	772	70	158	.443	1	.000	38	59	.644	87	102	189	9	8	42	43	133	178

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
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	16	16	30.8	2.9	6.6	.448	0.0		2.1	3.1	.660	3.8	4.6	8.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.6	7.9
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	18	18	15.3	1.3	2.9	.434	0.1	.000	0.3	0.5	.556	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.1	0.3	1.2	1.1	3.2	2.8
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	2	0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Career			NBA		36	34	21.4	1.9	4.4	.443	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.644	2.4	2.8	5.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.2	3.7	4.9

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
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	16	16	492	3.4	7.7	.448	0.0		2.4	3.7	.660	4.5	5.4	9.9	0.5	0.2	1.5	1.8	5.3	9.3
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	18	18	276	3.0	6.9	.434	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.556	3.4	3.7	7.0	0.3	0.7	2.9	2.5	7.6	6.7
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	2	0	4	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0
Career			NBA		36	34	772	3.3	7.4	.443	0.0	.000	1.8	2.8	.644	4.1	4.8	8.8	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.0	6.2	8.3

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
1993-94	26	UTA	NBA	C	16	492	10.8	.500	.448	14.1	17.6	15.8	2.3	0.3	3.1	15.9	14.4	104	105	0.3	0.5	0.8	.079
1995-96	28	UTA	NBA	C	18	276	6.2	.448	.434	11.8	13.1	12.4	1.1	1.0	7.2	25.0	13.3	83	99	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.033
2000-01	33	NYK	NBA	C	2	4	-9.7			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		112	0.0	0.0	0.0	.005
Career			NBA		36	772	9.1	.484	.443	13.2	15.9	14.5	1.9	0.6	4.6	18.9	13.9	97	103	0.0	1.0	1.0	.063

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
Felton Spencer		5.6	4.7	2.4	2.0	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Dennis Awtrey	88.0	5.2	5.0	3.1	2.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0
Mikki Moore	87.2	5.7	4.6	2.8	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Randy Breuer	87.0	5.1	4.5	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Dale Schlueter	85.3	6.3	4.4	3.0	2.0	1.6	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.0
Chris Kaman	81.9	6.1	3.6	2.9	2.4	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.0
Joel Przybilla	79.2	6.6	4.7	4.3	2.3	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1
Jerome Whitehead	78.1	5.3	3.6	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1
Bob Ferry	78.0	4.9	3.9	3.1	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.0
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	76.8	6.5	3.7	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.3
Oliver Miller	76.3	5.3	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.0

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Felton Spencer		5.6	4.7	2.4	2.0	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Dennis Awtrey	88.0	5.2	5.0	3.1	2.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0
Mikki Moore	87.1	5.7	4.6	2.8	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Randy Breuer	87.0	5.1	4.5	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Dale Schlueter	85.3	6.3	4.4	3.0	2.0	1.6	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.0
Chris Kaman	81.9	6.1	3.6	2.9	2.4	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.0
Joel Przybilla	79.2	6.6	4.7	4.3	2.3	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
Jerome Whitehead	78.1	5.3	3.6	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1
Bob Ferry	78.0	4.9	3.9	3.1	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.0
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	76.8	6.5	3.7	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.3
Oliver Miller	76.3	5.3	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	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
1986-87	19	LOUISVILLE	31	356	43	78			32	65		83	12	3	18	35	60	118	.551		.492	11.5	3.8	2.7	0.4
1987-88	20	LOUISVILLE	35	532	93	157			73	114		146	18	8	17	38	101	259	.592		.640	15.2	7.4	4.2	0.5
1988-89	21	LOUISVILLE	33	581	85	140			99	135		169	20	14	29	48	100	269	.607		.733	17.6	8.2	5.1	0.6
1989-90	22	LOUISVILLE	35	995	188	276			146	204		296	45	43	69	81	126	522	.681		.716	28.4	14.9	8.5	1.3
Career			134	2464	409	651			350	518		694	95	68	133	202	387	1168	.628		.676	18.4	8.7	5.2	0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1990-91 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)	Offensive Rebounds 1990-91 NBA 272 (7)	Personal Fouls 1990-91 NBA 337 (2) 1993-94 NBA 304 (3)	Offensive Rebound Pct 1990-91 NBA 14.1 (5)
Total Rebound Pct 1990-91 NBA 17.7 (10)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (1043)

Transactions

June 27, 1990: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft.

June 30, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Utah Jazz for Mike Brown.

August 9, 1996: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Orlando Magic for Kenny Gattison, Brooks Thompson and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Andrei Kirilenko).

November 2, 1996: Traded by the Orlando Magic with Jon Koncak and Donald Royal to the Golden State Warriors for Clifford Rozier, Rony Seikaly and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Laron Profit).

August 31, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 3, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1990-91	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$1,070,000
1991-92	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$1,340,000
1992-93	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$1,610,000
1993-94	Utah Jazz	NBA	$1,581,000
1994-95	Utah Jazz	NBA	$1,881,250
1995-96	Utah Jazz	NBA	$2,181,000
1996-97	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$2,694,000
1997-98	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$2,178,099
1998-99	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$1,650,000
1999-00	San Antonio Spurs	NBA	$510,000
2000-01	New York Knicks	NBA	$1,000,000
2001-02	New York Knicks	NBA	$1,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$18,695,349

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