Mike Sweetney

Michael Damien Sweetney

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: October 25, 1982 in Oxon Hill, Maryland
High School: Oxon Hill in Oxon Hill, Maryland
College: Georgetown University
Draft: New York Knicks, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 2003 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 2003
D-League: 9 G, 13.3 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 0.9 APG (Full Record)

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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
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	42	1	494	69	140	.493	1	.000	42	58	.724	68	89	157	14	18	12	32	57	180
2004-05	22	NYK	NBA	C	77	28	1509	237	446	.531	1	.000	176	235	.749	169	249	418	44	27	28	108	224	650
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	66	44	1222	200	444	.450	0		133	204	.652	118	232	350	59	19	56	95	209	533
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	48	0	385	58	134	.433	0		37	66	.561	45	75	120	28	9	11	42	79	153
Career			NBA		233	73	3610	564	1164	.485	2	.000	388	563	.689	400	645	1045	145	73	107	277	569	1516

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
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	42	1	11.8	1.6	3.3	.493	.000	1.0	1.4	.724	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	4.3
2004-05	22	NYK	NBA	C	77	28	19.6	3.1	5.8	.531	.000	2.3	3.1	.749	2.2	3.2	5.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.4	2.9	8.4
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	66	44	18.5	3.0	6.7	.450		2.0	3.1	.652	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.4	3.2	8.1
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	48	0	8.0	1.2	2.8	.433		0.8	1.4	.561	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	3.2
Career			NBA		233	73	15.5	2.4	5.0	.485	.000	1.7	2.4	.689	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.4	6.5

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
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	42	1	494	5.0	10.2	.493	0.1	.000	3.1	4.2	.724	5.0	6.5	11.4	1.0	1.3	0.9	2.3	4.2	13.1
2004-05	22	NYK	NBA	C	77	28	1509	5.7	10.6	.531	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.749	4.0	5.9	10.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	2.6	5.3	15.5
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	66	44	1222	5.9	13.1	.450	0.0		3.9	6.0	.652	3.5	6.8	10.3	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	6.2	15.7
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	48	0	385	5.4	12.5	.433	0.0		3.5	6.2	.561	4.2	7.0	11.2	2.6	0.8	1.0	3.9	7.4	14.3
Career			NBA		233	73	3610	5.6	11.6	.485	0.0	.000	3.9	5.6	.689	4.0	6.4	10.4	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.8	5.7	15.1

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
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	42	494	17.2	.544	.493	16.1	20.5	18.3	4.8	2.0	1.8	16.2	18.6	107	101	0.8	0.7	1.4	.138
2004-05	22	NYK	NBA	C	77	1509	16.4	.592	.531	13.0	19.5	16.3	4.9	0.9	1.4	16.4	19.9	112	108	2.7	1.1	3.8	.122
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	66	1222	13.9	.499	.450	11.2	21.7	16.5	8.2	0.8	3.6	15.1	23.2	98	101	0.1	2.1	2.1	.084
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	48	385	10.9	.469	.433	13.4	22.1	17.8	11.7	1.2	2.2	20.5	23.7	91	98	-0.4	0.8	0.4	.049
Career			NBA		233	3610	15.1	.537	.485	12.9	20.7	16.8	6.7	1.1	2.3	16.4	21.2	104	104	3.1	4.7	7.8	.103

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	4	0	57	6	11	.545	4	6	.667	4	6	10	0	0	1	0	7	16
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	6	6	120	14	34	.412	15	19	.789	16	17	33	7	3	6	7	24	43
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	1	0	3	1	2	.500	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Career			NBA		11	6	180	21	47	.447	19	27	.704	20	23	43	7	3	7	7	32	61

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	4	0	14.3	1.5	2.8	.545	1.0	1.5	.667	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.8	4.0
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	6	6	20.0	2.3	5.7	.412	2.5	3.2	.789	2.7	2.8	5.5	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.2	4.0	7.2
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	1	0	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Career			NBA		11	6	16.4	1.9	4.3	.447	1.7	2.5	.704	1.8	2.1	3.9	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	2.9	5.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	4	0	57	3.8	6.9	.545	2.5	3.8	.667	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	4.4	10.1
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	6	6	120	4.2	10.2	.412	4.5	5.7	.789	4.8	5.1	9.9	2.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	7.2	12.9
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	1	0	3	12.0	24.0	.500	0.0	24.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	24.0
Career			NBA		11	6	180	4.2	9.4	.447	3.8	5.4	.704	4.0	4.6	8.6	1.4	0.6	1.4	1.4	6.4	12.2

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
2003-04	21	NYK	NBA	PF	4	57	12.0	.587	.545	7.2	14.2	10.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	10.7	130	108	0.1	0.0	0.1	.114
2005-06	23	CHI	NBA	C	6	120	14.8	.508	.412	15.7	16.3	16.0	9.9	1.3	4.3	14.2	18.7	109	104	0.1	0.2	0.3	.124
2006-07	24	CHI	NBA	C	1	3	-4.2	.347	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	44.4	64	110	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.366
Career			NBA		11	180	13.6	.518	.447	12.7	15.4	13.9	6.6	0.8	3.4	10.6	16.6	111	106	0.3	0.2	0.4	.113

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 4 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Mike Sweetney		3.8	2.1	1.4	0.4
Luke Walton	94.9	3.8	2.0	1.6	0.5
Don Boven	93.4	3.8	2.2	1.5
Darren Daye	93.0	3.8	2.4	1.3	0.6
Darrell Arthur	89.6	3.8	1.7	1.7	0.3
Scott Williams	89.0	3.9	2.3	1.7	0.9
Rod Higgins	88.4	3.8	2.0	1.0	0.1
Antoine Carr	88.1	3.8	2.2	2.1	0.7
Tony Jaros	88.0	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.6
Willie Long	88.0	3.5	2.1	1.2
Dave Budd	87.2	4.1	2.3	1.2	0.9

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Mike Sweetney		3.8	2.1	1.4	0.4
Don Boven	93.4	3.8	2.2	1.5
Darrell Arthur	89.6	3.8	1.7	1.7	0.3
Greg Kelser	89.6	3.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.0
Willie Long	88.0	3.5	2.1	1.2
Tony Jaros	88.0	4.4	2.2	1.3	0.6
Bostjan Nachbar	87.1	4.1	2.2	1.7	0.8	0.1	-0.1
Patrick Patterson	86.3	4.1	2.4	1.6
Zeke Zawoluk	86.0	3.9	2.5	1.7
Ime Udoka	83.8	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andy Johnson	82.9	4.6	1.8	1.3	0.3

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
2000-01	18	GEORGETOWN	33	798	159	308	0	0	104	168		245	59	26	23	75	67	422	.516		.619	24.2	12.8	7.4	1.8
2001-02	19	GEORGETOWN	29	883	185	326	0	1	182	231		290	49	25	48	90	62	552	.567	.000	.788	30.4	19.0	10.0	1.7
2002-03	20	GEORGETOWN	34	1100	264	483	0	3	248	336		352	66	50	109	71	95	776	.547	.000	.738	32.4	22.8	10.4	1.9
Career			96	2781	608	1117	0	4	534	735		887	174	101	180	236	224	1750	.544	.000	.727	29.0	18.2	9.2	1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Offensive Rebound Pct 2004-05 NBA 13.0 (7)

Offensive Rebound Pct

2004-05 NBA 13.0 (7)

Transactions

June 26, 2003: Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2003 NBA Draft.

October 4, 2005: Traded by the New York Knicks with Jermaine Jackson, Tim Thomas, a 2006 1st round draft pick (LaMarcus Aldridge), a 2007 1st round draft pick (Joakim Noah), a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Kyrylo Fesenko) and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Jon Brockman) to the Chicago Bulls for Eddy Curry, Antonio Davis and a 2007 1st round draft pick (Wilson Chandler).

December 12, 2011: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

December 22, 2011: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2003-04	New York Knicks	NBA	$1,840,800
2004-05	New York Knicks	NBA	$1,978,920
2005-06	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$2,116,920
2006-07	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$2,696,956
Career	(may be incomplete)		$8,633,596

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