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Derek Strong

Derek Lamar Strong

Position: Forward
Height: 6-8    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1968 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Pacific Palisades in Pacific Palisades, California
College: Xavier University

Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (20th pick, 47th overall) of the 1990 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
1991-92 23 WSB NBA 1 0 12 0 4 .000 0 0 3 4 .750 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3
1992-93 24 MIL NBA 23 0 339 42 92 .457 4 8 .500 68 85 .800 40 75 115 14 11 1 13 20 156
1993-94 25 MIL NBA 67 11 1131 141 341 .413 3 13 .231 159 206 .772 109 172 281 48 38 14 61 69 444
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 70 24 1344 149 329 .453 2 7 .286 141 172 .820 136 239 375 44 24 13 79 143 441
1995-96 27 LAL NBA 63 0 746 72 169 .426 1 9 .111 69 85 .812 60 118 178 32 18 12 20 80 214
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 82 21 2004 262 586 .447 0 13 .000 175 218 .803 174 345 519 73 47 20 102 196 699
1997-98 29 ORL NBA 58 8 1638 259 617 .420 0 4 .000 218 279 .781 152 275 427 51 31 24 74 122 736
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 44 0 695 76 180 .422 0 2 .000 71 99 .717 66 95 161 17 15 7 37 64 223
1999-00 31 ORL NBA 20 0 148 21 48 .438 1 4 .250 11 14 .786 11 33 44 4 5 2 12 15 54
2000-01 32 LAC NBA 28 8 491 45 117 .385 0 1 .000 28 37 .757 34 74 108 7 14 1 22 30 118
Career NBA 456 72 8548 1067 2483 .430 11 61 .180 943 1199 .786 783 1430 2213 291 203 94 421 740 3088

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
1991-92 23 WSB NBA 1 0 12.0 0.0 4.0 .000 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 .750 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
1992-93 24 MIL NBA 23 0 14.7 1.8 4.0 .457 0.2 0.3 .500 3.0 3.7 .800 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.9 6.8
1993-94 25 MIL NBA 67 11 16.9 2.1 5.1 .413 0.0 0.2 .231 2.4 3.1 .772 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.0 6.6
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 70 24 19.2 2.1 4.7 .453 0.0 0.1 .286 2.0 2.5 .820 1.9 3.4 5.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.1 2.0 6.3
1995-96 27 LAL NBA 63 0 11.8 1.1 2.7 .426 0.0 0.1 .111 1.1 1.3 .812 1.0 1.9 2.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3 3.4
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 82 21 24.4 3.2 7.1 .447 0.0 0.2 .000 2.1 2.7 .803 2.1 4.2 6.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 2.4 8.5
1997-98 29 ORL NBA 58 8 28.2 4.5 10.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.8 .781 2.6 4.7 7.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.1 12.7
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 44 0 15.8 1.7 4.1 .422 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.3 .717 1.5 2.2 3.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.5 5.1
1999-00 31 ORL NBA 20 0 7.4 1.1 2.4 .438 0.1 0.2 .250 0.6 0.7 .786 0.6 1.7 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.8 2.7
2000-01 32 LAC NBA 28 8 17.5 1.6 4.2 .385 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .757 1.2 2.6 3.9 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.1 4.2
Career NBA 456 72 18.7 2.3 5.4 .430 0.0 0.1 .180 2.1 2.6 .786 1.7 3.1 4.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.6 6.8

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
1991-92 23 WSB NBA 1 0 12 0.0 12.0 .000 0.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 .750 3.0 12.0 15.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 9.0
1992-93 24 MIL NBA 23 0 339 4.5 9.8 .457 0.4 0.8 .500 7.2 9.0 .800 4.2 8.0 12.2 1.5 1.2 0.1 1.4 2.1 16.6
1993-94 25 MIL NBA 67 11 1131 4.5 10.9 .413 0.1 0.4 .231 5.1 6.6 .772 3.5 5.5 8.9 1.5 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.2 14.1
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 70 24 1344 4.0 8.8 .453 0.1 0.2 .286 3.8 4.6 .820 3.6 6.4 10.0 1.2 0.6 0.3 2.1 3.8 11.8
1995-96 27 LAL NBA 63 0 746 3.5 8.2 .426 0.0 0.4 .111 3.3 4.1 .812 2.9 5.7 8.6 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.0 3.9 10.3
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 82 21 2004 4.7 10.5 .447 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 3.9 .803 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.8 3.5 12.6
1997-98 29 ORL NBA 58 8 1638 5.7 13.6 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.1 .781 3.3 6.0 9.4 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.6 2.7 16.2
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 44 0 695 3.9 9.3 .422 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 5.1 .717 3.4 4.9 8.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 1.9 3.3 11.6
1999-00 31 ORL NBA 20 0 148 5.1 11.7 .438 0.2 1.0 .250 2.7 3.4 .786 2.7 8.0 10.7 1.0 1.2 0.5 2.9 3.6 13.1
2000-01 32 LAC NBA 28 8 491 3.3 8.6 .385 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.7 .757 2.5 5.4 7.9 0.5 1.0 0.1 1.6 2.2 8.7
Career NBA 456 72 8548 4.5 10.5 .430 0.0 0.3 .180 4.0 5.0 .786 3.3 6.0 9.3 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.8 3.1 13.0

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
1991-92 23 WSB NBA 1 12 3.2 .260 .000 8.9 37.4 22.8 9.8 0.0 0.0 14.8 23.8 66 105 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1992-93 24 MIL NBA 23 339 20.0 .603 .478 13.5 25.8 19.6 5.9 1.6 0.2 9.1 18.0 129 108 1.1 0.4 1.5
1993-94 25 MIL NBA 67 1131 14.6 .514 .418 10.5 18.5 14.3 6.6 1.7 0.8 12.4 18.8 108 109 1.3 0.8 2.1
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 70 1344 12.5 .545 .456 11.5 20.8 16.1 4.7 0.9 0.7 16.3 15.6 110 110 1.4 1.1 2.4
1995-96 27 LAL NBA 63 746 12.4 .518 .429 9.6 18.1 13.9 6.0 1.3 1.1 8.8 13.6 117 107 1.1 0.8 1.9
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 82 2004 13.6 .513 .447 9.9 20.7 15.2 6.2 1.3 0.8 13.0 18.0 106 105 1.7 2.4 4.1
1997-98 29 ORL NBA 58 1638 16.6 .497 .420 10.7 20.2 15.3 5.8 1.0 1.1 9.1 22.8 108 104 2.5 2.0 4.4
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 44 695 12.1 .499 .422 10.8 16.1 13.4 4.1 1.2 0.8 14.2 17.0 102 99 0.6 1.0 1.6
1999-00 31 ORL NBA 20 148 12.0 .499 .448 8.1 24.2 16.2 4.1 1.7 0.9 18.1 18.8 94 99 0.0 0.2 0.2
2000-01 32 LAC NBA 28 491 8.8 .443 .385 8.2 16.8 12.6 2.3 1.5 0.1 14.2 14.6 92 105 -0.1 0.4 0.3
Career NBA 456 8548 13.8 .513 .432 10.4 19.8 15.0 5.5 1.3 0.8 12.3 18.0 108 106 9.4 9.1 18.5

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
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 4 81 4 12 0 0 3 6 13 24 3 3 1 5 7 11 .333 .500 20.3 2.8 6.0 0.8
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 5 195 21 40 0 1 19 25 20 50 4 2 2 14 20 61 .525 .000 .760 39.0 12.2 10.0 0.8
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 1 16 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 .500 1.000 16.0 4.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 10 292 26 54 0 1 24 33 33 74 7 6 3 20 29 76 .481 .000 .727 29.2 7.6 7.4 0.7

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
1994-95 26 BOS NBA 4 81 8.8 .376 .333 17.7 15.5 16.6 6.1 2.0 0.9 25.5 10.9 87 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1996-97 28 ORL NBA 5 195 13.4 .598 .525 11.7 17.8 14.8 4.0 0.6 1.0 21.5 16.6 108 109 0.2 0.2 0.3
1998-99 30 ORL NBA 1 16 7.3 .694 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 25.8 11.0 107 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 10 292 11.8 .555 .481 12.7 16.2 14.5 4.3 1.1 0.9 22.6 14.7 103 109 0.1 0.2 0.4

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
1987-88 19 XAVIER 30 669 112 197 0 0 94 131 213 23 20 11 61 91 318 .569 .718 22.3 10.6 7.1 0.8
1988-89 20 XAVIER 33 983 163 264 0 0 178 218 264 17 27 16 69 102 504 .617 .817 29.8 15.3 8.0 0.5
1989-90 21 XAVIER 33 981 146 274 0 0 177 211 328 31 26 26 79 111 469 .533 .839 29.7 14.2 9.9 0.9
Career 96 2633 421 735 0 0 449 560 805 71 73 53 209 304 1291 .573 .802 27.4 13.4 8.4 0.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1996-97 NBA 82 (4)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (866)

Transactions

June 27, 1990: Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (47th pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft.

March 5, 1992: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

March 13, 1992: Signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Bullets.

October 5, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

October 14, 1992: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

February 22, 1993: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Milwaukee Bucks.

March 14, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks.

June 29, 1994: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with Blue Edwards to the Boston Celtics for Ed Pinckney and Andrei Fetisov.

October 26, 1995: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

July 17, 1996: Released by the Los Angeles Lakers.

August 26, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

June 28, 2000: Traded by the Orlando Magic with Keyon Dooling, Corey Maggette and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Dan Langhi) to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 2006 1st round draft pick (Marcus Williams).

October 29, 2001: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1991-92 Washington Bullets NBA $130,000
1992-93 Milwaukee Bucks NBA *$140,000
1993-94 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $420,000
1994-95 Boston Celtics NBA $500,000
1995-96 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,000,000
1996-97 Orlando Magic NBA $247,500
1997-98 Orlando Magic NBA $326,700
1998-99 Orlando Magic NBA $3,000,000
1999-00 Orlando Magic NBA $3,159,000
2000-01 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $3,510,000
2001-02 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $3,861,000
Career (may be incomplete) $16,294,200
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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