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Wally Szczerbiak

Walter Robert Szczerbiak (Wally)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 244 lbs.
Born: March 5, 1977 in Madrid, Spain
High School: Cold Spring Harbor in Cold Spring Harbor, New York
College: Miami University

Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall) of the 1999 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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 73 53 2171 342 669 .511 28 78 .359 133 161 .826 89 183 272 201 58 23 83 175 845
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 82 82 2856 469 920 .510 26 77 .338 181 208 .870 133 314 447 260 59 33 138 226 1145
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 82 82 3117 609 1200 .508 87 191 .455 226 272 .831 120 271 391 257 66 21 181 188 1531
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 52 42 1836 351 729 .481 61 145 .421 150 173 .867 53 188 241 136 44 22 87 123 913
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 28 0 622 106 236 .449 20 46 .435 53 64 .828 24 64 88 33 12 1 28 42 285
2004-05 27 MIN NBA 81 37 2558 465 919 .506 63 169 .373 260 304 .855 82 221 303 191 40 16 132 178 1253
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 72 71 2729 493 1012 .487 102 255 .400 278 310 .897 77 236 313 213 40 19 136 150 1366
2005-06 28 MIN NBA 40 40 1555 292 590 .495 58 143 .406 163 182 .896 36 154 190 112 21 15 86 90 805
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 32 31 1174 201 422 .476 44 112 .393 115 128 .898 41 82 123 101 19 4 50 60 561
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 32 19 900 161 388 .415 44 106 .415 113 126 .897 16 82 98 55 18 3 54 65 479
2007-08 30 TOT NBA 75 2 1736 311 722 .431 90 218 .413 149 175 .851 34 183 217 104 23 12 76 103 861
2007-08 30 SEA NBA 50 1 1180 236 513 .460 71 166 .428 113 134 .843 16 120 136 69 14 5 56 67 656
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 25 1 556 75 209 .359 19 52 .365 36 41 .878 18 63 81 35 9 7 20 36 205
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 74 5 1527 179 398 .450 69 168 .411 90 106 .849 43 189 232 82 28 10 55 130 517
Career NBA 651 393 20052 3486 7193 .485 590 1453 .406 1633 1899 .860 671 1931 2602 1532 388 160 970 1380 9195

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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 73 53 29.7 4.7 9.2 .511 0.4 1.1 .359 1.8 2.2 .826 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.4 11.6
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 82 82 34.8 5.7 11.2 .510 0.3 0.9 .338 2.2 2.5 .870 1.6 3.8 5.5 3.2 0.7 0.4 1.7 2.8 14.0
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 82 82 38.0 7.4 14.6 .508 1.1 2.3 .455 2.8 3.3 .831 1.5 3.3 4.8 3.1 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.3 18.7
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 52 42 35.3 6.8 14.0 .481 1.2 2.8 .421 2.9 3.3 .867 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.6 0.8 0.4 1.7 2.4 17.6
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 28 0 22.2 3.8 8.4 .449 0.7 1.6 .435 1.9 2.3 .828 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.5 10.2
2004-05 27 MIN NBA 81 37 31.6 5.7 11.3 .506 0.8 2.1 .373 3.2 3.8 .855 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.4 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.2 15.5
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 72 71 37.9 6.8 14.1 .487 1.4 3.5 .400 3.9 4.3 .897 1.1 3.3 4.3 3.0 0.6 0.3 1.9 2.1 19.0
2005-06 28 MIN NBA 40 40 38.9 7.3 14.8 .495 1.5 3.6 .406 4.1 4.6 .896 0.9 3.9 4.8 2.8 0.5 0.4 2.2 2.3 20.1
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 32 31 36.7 6.3 13.2 .476 1.4 3.5 .393 3.6 4.0 .898 1.3 2.6 3.8 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.6 1.9 17.5
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 32 19 28.1 5.0 12.1 .415 1.4 3.3 .415 3.5 3.9 .897 0.5 2.6 3.1 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.7 2.0 15.0
2007-08 30 TOT NBA 75 2 23.1 4.1 9.6 .431 1.2 2.9 .413 2.0 2.3 .851 0.5 2.4 2.9 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.4 11.5
2007-08 30 SEA NBA 50 1 23.6 4.7 10.3 .460 1.4 3.3 .428 2.3 2.7 .843 0.3 2.4 2.7 1.4 0.3 0.1 1.1 1.3 13.1
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 25 1 22.2 3.0 8.4 .359 0.8 2.1 .365 1.4 1.6 .878 0.7 2.5 3.2 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.4 8.2
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 74 5 20.6 2.4 5.4 .450 0.9 2.3 .411 1.2 1.4 .849 0.6 2.6 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.8 7.0
Career NBA 651 393 30.8 5.4 11.0 .485 0.9 2.2 .406 2.5 2.9 .860 1.0 3.0 4.0 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.5 2.1 14.1

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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 73 53 2171 5.7 11.1 .511 0.5 1.3 .359 2.2 2.7 .826 1.5 3.0 4.5 3.3 1.0 0.4 1.4 2.9 14.0
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 82 82 2856 5.9 11.6 .510 0.3 1.0 .338 2.3 2.6 .870 1.7 4.0 5.6 3.3 0.7 0.4 1.7 2.8 14.4
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 82 82 3117 7.0 13.9 .508 1.0 2.2 .455 2.6 3.1 .831 1.4 3.1 4.5 3.0 0.8 0.2 2.1 2.2 17.7
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 52 42 1836 6.9 14.3 .481 1.2 2.8 .421 2.9 3.4 .867 1.0 3.7 4.7 2.7 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.4 17.9
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 28 0 622 6.1 13.7 .449 1.2 2.7 .435 3.1 3.7 .828 1.4 3.7 5.1 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.6 2.4 16.5
2004-05 27 MIN NBA 81 37 2558 6.5 12.9 .506 0.9 2.4 .373 3.7 4.3 .855 1.2 3.1 4.3 2.7 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.5 17.6
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 72 71 2729 6.5 13.3 .487 1.3 3.4 .400 3.7 4.1 .897 1.0 3.1 4.1 2.8 0.5 0.3 1.8 2.0 18.0
2005-06 28 MIN NBA 40 40 1555 6.8 13.7 .495 1.3 3.3 .406 3.8 4.2 .896 0.8 3.6 4.4 2.6 0.5 0.3 2.0 2.1 18.6
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 32 31 1174 6.2 12.9 .476 1.3 3.4 .393 3.5 3.9 .898 1.3 2.5 3.8 3.1 0.6 0.1 1.5 1.8 17.2
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 32 19 900 6.4 15.5 .415 1.8 4.2 .415 4.5 5.0 .897 0.6 3.3 3.9 2.2 0.7 0.1 2.2 2.6 19.2
2007-08 30 TOT NBA 75 2 1736 6.4 15.0 .431 1.9 4.5 .413 3.1 3.6 .851 0.7 3.8 4.5 2.2 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.1 17.9
2007-08 30 SEA NBA 50 1 1180 7.2 15.7 .460 2.2 5.1 .428 3.4 4.1 .843 0.5 3.7 4.1 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.7 2.0 20.0
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 25 1 556 4.9 13.5 .359 1.2 3.4 .365 2.3 2.7 .878 1.2 4.1 5.2 2.3 0.6 0.5 1.3 2.3 13.3
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 74 5 1527 4.2 9.4 .450 1.6 4.0 .411 2.1 2.5 .849 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.3 3.1 12.2
Career NBA 651 393 20052 6.3 12.9 .485 1.1 2.6 .406 2.9 3.4 .860 1.2 3.5 4.7 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.7 2.5 16.5

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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 73 2171 15.4 .571 .532 4.7 9.9 7.3 14.2 1.4 0.8 10.1 17.1 116 106 4.5 1.7 6.2
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 82 2856 15.8 .566 .524 5.3 12.7 8.9 14.5 1.1 0.8 12.0 18.2 112 106 5.7 1.7 7.4
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 82 3117 17.1 .580 .544 4.5 9.9 7.2 13.6 1.1 0.5 12.1 21.8 113 108 7.0 1.7 8.7
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 52 1836 17.3 .567 .523 3.4 11.3 7.4 12.2 1.3 0.9 9.8 22.0 112 106 3.8 1.3 5.2
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 28 622 15.3 .539 .492 4.7 11.2 8.1 8.9 1.0 0.1 9.6 22.1 107 103 1.0 0.6 1.6
2004-05 27 MIN NBA 81 2558 17.1 .595 .540 3.8 9.5 6.8 12.7 0.8 0.5 11.1 21.5 116 110 5.9 1.3 7.3
2005-06 28 TOT NBA 72 2729 17.7 .595 .538 3.5 10.2 6.9 14.1 0.8 0.5 10.6 22.1 116 110 6.3 1.7 8.0
2005-06 28 MIN NBA 40 1555 18.1 .601 .544 2.9 11.6 7.3 13.4 0.7 0.7 11.4 23.1 114 108 3.3 1.2 4.6
2005-06 28 BOS NBA 32 1174 17.2 .586 .528 4.4 8.3 6.4 15.1 0.8 0.3 9.5 20.7 118 111 2.9 0.5 3.4
2006-07 29 BOS NBA 32 900 14.8 .540 .472 2.1 11.2 6.5 11.3 1.0 0.3 10.9 25.0 106 110 1.0 0.5 1.6
2007-08 30 TOT NBA 75 1736 13.9 .539 .493 2.2 11.8 6.9 10.1 0.7 0.5 8.7 22.1 108 112 2.0 0.9 2.9
2007-08 30 SEA NBA 50 1180 15.7 .573 .529 1.5 11.1 6.3 9.9 0.6 0.3 8.9 23.0 112 113 1.9 0.4 2.3
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 25 556 10.3 .451 .404 3.6 13.3 8.3 10.4 0.9 1.0 8.1 20.2 99 109 0.0 0.5 0.5
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 74 1527 12.1 .581 .536 3.5 14.2 9.0 8.3 1.0 0.5 11.0 15.4 116 105 2.3 2.2 4.5
Career NBA 651 20052 16.0 .573 .526 3.9 11.0 7.5 12.6 1.0 0.6 10.8 20.5 113 108 39.5 13.8 53.3

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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 4 94 12 30 0 3 0 0 2 8 2 3 1 1 7 24 .400 .000 23.5 6.0 2.0 0.5
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 4 143 18 37 0 1 20 25 4 18 10 5 3 12 6 56 .486 .000 .800 35.8 14.0 4.5 2.5
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 3 131 21 44 2 9 16 18 9 21 6 2 0 8 8 60 .477 .222 .889 43.7 20.0 7.0 2.0
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 6 252 29 61 3 14 26 30 6 30 13 6 1 18 19 87 .475 .214 .867 42.0 14.5 5.0 2.2
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 12 298 47 112 10 29 38 41 9 39 20 6 2 24 31 142 .420 .345 .927 24.8 11.8 3.3 1.7
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 13 374 47 125 20 62 26 28 4 23 19 2 1 10 32 140 .376 .323 .929 28.8 10.8 1.8 1.5
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 12 154 16 36 2 12 9 11 8 28 7 2 1 9 19 43 .444 .167 .818 12.8 3.6 2.3 0.6
Career NBA 54 1446 190 445 37 130 135 153 42 167 77 26 9 82 122 552 .427 .285 .882 26.8 10.2 3.1 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
1999-00 22 MIN NBA 4 94 6.9 .400 .400 2.8 9.1 5.8 3.6 1.9 0.9 3.2 16.5 87 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2000-01 23 MIN NBA 4 143 15.0 .583 .486 3.1 11.3 7.1 13.6 1.9 1.7 20.0 19.8 101 102 0.1 0.2 0.3
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 3 131 16.5 .578 .500 7.0 10.1 8.5 7.8 0.8 0.0 13.4 19.6 115 120 0.3 -0.1 0.2
2002-03 25 MIN NBA 6 252 10.7 .586 .500 3.0 9.9 6.7 7.9 1.2 0.3 19.5 16.5 102 113 0.1 0.0 0.1
2003-04 26 MIN NBA 12 298 15.5 .546 .464 3.7 11.0 7.5 12.3 1.1 0.5 15.6 24.4 101 105 0.5 0.1 0.6
2007-08 30 CLE NBA 13 374 9.2 .510 .456 1.3 6.3 3.7 9.7 0.3 0.2 6.8 18.8 107 108 0.3 0.3 0.7
2008-09 31 CLE NBA 12 154 8.6 .526 .472 6.9 16.3 11.7 7.4 0.7 0.6 18.1 15.6 101 105 0.0 0.2 0.2
Career NBA 54 1446 11.8 .539 .469 3.4 10.0 6.8 9.5 1.0 0.5 13.8 19.2 104 109 1.3 0.7 2.0

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 24 MIN NBA 1 0 12 4 6 .667 2 3 .667 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 10
Career NBA 1 0 12 4 6 .667 2 3 .667 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 10

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
1995-96 18 MIAMIOH 22 382 66 127 22 47 22 28 72 23 6 11 27 44 176 .520 .468 .786 17.4 8.0 3.3 1.0
1996-97 19 MIAMIOH 30 927 150 316 56 121 28 39 162 63 22 12 54 81 384 .475 .463 .718 30.9 12.8 5.4 2.1
1997-98 20 MIAMIOH 21 803 185 350 63 128 79 98 160 52 18 24 72 60 512 .529 .492 .806 38.2 24.4 7.6 2.5
1998-99 21 MIAMIOH 32 1181 270 517 63 177 172 207 272 93 39 32 101 98 775 .522 .356 .831 36.9 24.2 8.5 2.9
Career 105 3293 671 1310 204 473 301 372 666 231 85 79 254 283 1847 .512 .431 .809 31.4 17.6 6.3 2.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

2002 NBA

Honors

1998-99 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1999-00 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
2001-02 NBA 82 (3)

Field Goal Pct

1999-00 NBA .511 (7)
2000-01 NBA .510 (5)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

2001-02 NBA .456 (4)
2002-03 NBA .421 (5)
Career NBA .406 (15)
Career .406 (15)

Free Throw Pct

2005-06 NBA .897 (5)
Career NBA .860 (27)
Career .860 (29)

True Shooting Pct

2004-05 NBA .595 (10)
2005-06 NBA .595 (9)
Career NBA .573 (61)
Career .573 (61)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1999-00 NBA .532 (9)
2001-02 NBA .544 (8)
2004-05 NBA .540 (10)
Career NBA .526 (55)
Career .526 (55)

Turnover Pct

Career NBA 10.8 (54)
Career 10.8 (57)

Offensive Rating

1999-00 NBA 115.8 (6)
Career NBA 113.1 (73)
Career 113.1 (74)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (404)
  

Transactions

March 11, 1999: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the New Jersey Nets with Brian Evans to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Elliot Perry to the New Jersey Nets; the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Paul Grant to the Milwaukee Bucks; and the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Chris Carr, Bill Curley and Stephon Marbury to the New Jersey Nets.

June 30, 1999: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

January 26, 2006: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with Dwayne Jones, Michael Olowokandi and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn) to the Boston Celtics for Marcus Banks, Mark Blount, Ricky Davis, Justin Reed, a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Craig Smith) and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Nikola Pekovic).

June 28, 2007: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Jeff Green, Delonte West and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Trent Plaisted) to the Seattle Supersonics for Ray Allen and Glen Davis.

February 21, 2008: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Seattle Supersonics with Delonte West to the Cleveland Cavaliers; the Chicago Bulls traded Adrian Griffin to the Seattle Supersonics; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Shannon Brown, Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes and Cedric Simmons to the Chicago Bulls; and the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Donyell Marshall and Ira Newble to the Seattle Supersonics.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,011,440
2000-01 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,162,280
2001-02 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,313,240
2002-03 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $2,933,187
2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $8,000,000
2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $9,000,000
2005-06 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $10,000,000
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $11,775,000
2007-08 Total NBA $12,775,000
2008-09 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $13,775,000
Career (may be incomplete) $74,745,147
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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