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Roy Tarpley

Roy James Tarpley Jr.

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-11    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: November 28, 1964 in New York, New York
High School: Cooley in Detroit, Michigan
College: University of Michigan

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1986 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
1986-87 22 DAL NBA 75 1 1405 233 499 .467 1 3 .333 94 139 .676 180 353 533 52 56 79 101 232 561
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 81 9 2307 444 888 .500 0 5 .000 205 277 .740 360 599 959 86 103 86 172 313 1093
1988-89 24 DAL NBA 19 6 591 131 242 .541 0 1 .000 66 96 .688 77 141 218 17 28 30 45 70 328
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 45 35 1648 314 696 .451 0 6 .000 130 172 .756 189 400 589 67 79 70 117 160 758
1990-91 26 DAL NBA 5 5 171 43 79 .544 0 1 .000 16 18 .889 16 39 55 12 6 9 13 20 102
1994-95 30 DAL NBA 55 1 1354 292 610 .479 5 18 .278 102 122 .836 142 307 449 58 45 55 109 155 691
Career NBA 280 57 7476 1457 3014 .483 6 34 .176 613 824 .744 964 1839 2803 292 317 329 557 950 3533

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
1986-87 22 DAL NBA 75 1 18.7 3.1 6.7 .467 0.0 0.0 .333 1.3 1.9 .676 2.4 4.7 7.1 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.3 3.1 7.5
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 81 9 28.5 5.5 11.0 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.4 .740 4.4 7.4 11.8 1.1 1.3 1.1 2.1 3.9 13.5
1988-89 24 DAL NBA 19 6 31.1 6.9 12.7 .541 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.1 .688 4.1 7.4 11.5 0.9 1.5 1.6 2.4 3.7 17.3
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 45 35 36.6 7.0 15.5 .451 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .756 4.2 8.9 13.1 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.6 3.6 16.8
1990-91 26 DAL NBA 5 5 34.2 8.6 15.8 .544 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 3.6 .889 3.2 7.8 11.0 2.4 1.2 1.8 2.6 4.0 20.4
1994-95 30 DAL NBA 55 1 24.6 5.3 11.1 .479 0.1 0.3 .278 1.9 2.2 .836 2.6 5.6 8.2 1.1 0.8 1.0 2.0 2.8 12.6
Career NBA 280 57 26.7 5.2 10.8 .483 0.0 0.1 .176 2.2 2.9 .744 3.4 6.6 10.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 2.0 3.4 12.6

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
1986-87 22 DAL NBA 75 1 1405 6.0 12.8 .467 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.6 .676 4.6 9.0 13.7 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.6 5.9 14.4
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 81 9 2307 6.9 13.9 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.3 .740 5.6 9.3 15.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 2.7 4.9 17.1
1988-89 24 DAL NBA 19 6 591 8.0 14.7 .541 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.8 .688 4.7 8.6 13.3 1.0 1.7 1.8 2.7 4.3 20.0
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 45 35 1648 6.9 15.2 .451 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .756 4.1 8.7 12.9 1.5 1.7 1.5 2.6 3.5 16.6
1990-91 26 DAL NBA 5 5 171 9.1 16.6 .544 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 3.8 .889 3.4 8.2 11.6 2.5 1.3 1.9 2.7 4.2 21.5
1994-95 30 DAL NBA 55 1 1354 7.8 16.2 .479 0.1 0.5 .278 2.7 3.2 .836 3.8 8.2 11.9 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.9 4.1 18.4
Career NBA 280 57 7476 7.0 14.5 .483 0.0 0.2 .176 3.0 4.0 .744 4.6 8.9 13.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.7 4.6 17.0

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
1986-87 22 DAL NBA 75 1405 15.2 .501 .468 14.1 26.7 20.5 5.0 1.9 3.2 15.3 19.1 103 102 0.6 2.5 3.1
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 81 2307 19.5 .541 .500 17.3 27.8 22.6 5.6 2.2 2.1 14.6 21.2 111 101 3.5 4.4 7.8
1988-89 24 DAL NBA 19 591 22.2 .577 .541 14.5 26.0 20.3 4.8 2.4 3.0 13.7 24.1 111 101 1.0 1.1 2.0
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 45 1648 18.0 .491 .451 13.2 27.1 20.3 6.5 2.4 2.6 13.2 23.7 101 100 0.3 3.3 3.5
1990-91 26 DAL NBA 5 171 23.6 .587 .544 10.7 26.0 18.3 12.4 1.8 3.3 13.0 25.9 112 104 0.3 0.3 0.6
1994-95 30 DAL NBA 55 1354 17.8 .521 .483 10.7 25.9 17.9 7.2 1.7 2.8 14.1 23.5 105 105 0.9 1.9 2.8
Career NBA 280 7476 18.4 .523 .484 14.2 26.9 20.6 6.1 2.1 2.6 14.2 22.1 106 102 6.6 13.3 19.8

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 22 DAL NBA 4 114 24 48 0 0 5 7 18 42 1 1 7 7 18 53 .500 .714 28.5 13.3 10.5 0.3
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 17 563 125 241 0 3 54 73 88 219 30 21 26 32 69 304 .519 .000 .740 33.1 17.9 12.9 1.8
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 3 129 22 46 0 1 6 12 9 46 1 7 10 9 12 50 .478 .000 .500 43.0 16.7 15.3 0.3
Career NBA 24 806 171 335 0 4 65 92 115 307 32 29 43 48 99 407 .510 .000 .707 33.6 17.0 12.8 1.3

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 22 DAL NBA 4 114 15.6 .519 .500 16.7 21.8 19.3 1.3 0.4 3.4 12.1 20.3 109 115 0.1 0.1 0.2
1987-88 23 DAL NBA 17 563 23.1 .557 .519 17.5 25.8 21.7 7.9 1.9 2.8 10.5 22.9 120 109 1.4 0.7 2.1
1989-90 25 DAL NBA 3 129 15.7 .488 .478 8.2 29.9 19.7 1.2 2.7 4.7 14.9 20.2 92 102 -0.1 0.2 0.1
Career NBA 24 806 20.9 .542 .510 15.9 25.9 21.0 5.9 1.8 3.1 11.3 22.1 114 109 1.3 1.0 2.3

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
1982-83 18 MICHIGAN 26 35 86 0 0 22 38 83 6 8 19 27 32 92 .407 .579 3.5 3.2 0.2
1983-84 19 MICHIGAN 33 932 166 315 81 102 266 29 19 69 58 95 413 .527 .794 28.2 12.5 8.1 0.9
1984-85 20 MICHIGAN 30 1018 223 425 124 160 313 48 28 66 87 92 570 .525 .775 33.9 19.0 10.4 1.6
1985-86 21 MICHIGAN 33 1045 205 379 116 143 291 45 48 97 86 102 526 .541 .811 31.7 15.9 8.8 1.4
Career 122 2995 629 1205 0 0 343 443 953 128 103 251 258 321 1601 .522 .774 31.2 13.1 7.8 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1987-88 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Honors

1984-85 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1985-86 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1986-87 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Offensive Rebounds

1987-88 NBA 360 (4)

Defensive Rebounds

1987-88 NBA 599 (5)

Total Rebounds

1987-88 NBA 959 (3)

Personal Fouls

1987-88 NBA 313 (8)

Rebounds Per Game

1987-88 NBA 11.8 (7)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1987-88 NBA 17.3 (1)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1987-88 NBA 27.8 (2)

Total Rebound Pct

1987-88 NBA 22.6 (1)

Defensive Rating

1986-87 NBA 102.3 (9)
1987-88 NBA 101.0 (4)
1989-90 NBA 100.3 (6)

Defensive Win Shares

1987-88 NBA 4.4 (10)

Transactions

October 30, 1980: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1986 1st round draft pick) with Bill Robinzine and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Derek Harper) to the Dallas Mavericks for Richard Washington and Jerome Whitehead.

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

December 6, 1995: Suspended from the Dallas Mavericks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $460,000
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $560,000
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$662,500
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $765,000
1992-93 Dallas Mavericks NBA $80,000
1993-94 Dallas Mavericks NBA $80,000
1994-95 Dallas Mavericks NBA $3,000,000
1995-96 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$775,000
Career (may be incomplete) $6,382,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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