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Reggie Theus

Reggie Wayne Theus

Position: Guard
Height: 6-7    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 13, 1957 in Inglewood, California
High School: Inglewood in Inglewood, California
College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall) of the 1978 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

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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
1978-79 21 CHI NBA 82 2753 537 1119 .480 264 347 .761 92 136 228 429 93 18 303 270 1338
1979-80 22 CHI NBA 82 3029 566 1172 .483 28 105 .267 500 597 .838 143 186 329 515 114 20 348 262 1660
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 82 2820 543 1097 .495 18 90 .200 445 550 .809 124 163 287 426 122 20 259 258 1549
1981-82 24 CHI NBA 82 82 2838 560 1194 .469 25 100 .250 363 449 .808 115 197 312 476 87 16 277 243 1508
1982-83 25 CHI NBA 82 81 2856 749 1567 .478 21 91 .231 434 542 .801 91 209 300 484 143 17 321 281 1953
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 61 35 1498 262 625 .419 7 42 .167 214 281 .762 50 79 129 352 50 12 156 171 745
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 5 601 92 237 .388 3 15 .200 84 108 .778 21 25 46 142 21 3 59 78 271
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 30 30 897 170 388 .438 4 27 .148 130 173 .751 29 54 83 210 29 9 97 93 474
1984-85 27 KCK NBA 82 80 2543 501 1029 .487 5 38 .132 334 387 .863 106 164 270 656 95 18 307 250 1341
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 82 82 2919 546 1137 .480 6 35 .171 405 490 .827 73 231 304 788 112 20 327 231 1503
1986-87 29 SAC NBA 79 76 2872 577 1223 .472 17 78 .218 429 495 .867 86 180 266 692 78 16 289 208 1600
1987-88 30 SAC NBA 73 73 2653 619 1318 .470 16 59 .271 320 385 .831 72 160 232 463 59 16 234 173 1574
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 82 82 2517 497 1067 .466 17 58 .293 285 335 .851 86 156 242 387 108 16 194 236 1296
1989-90 32 ORL NBA 76 71 2350 517 1178 .439 26 105 .248 378 443 .853 75 146 221 407 60 12 226 194 1438
1990-91 33 NJN NBA 81 81 2955 583 1247 .468 52 144 .361 292 343 .851 69 160 229 378 85 35 252 231 1510
Career NBA 1026 743 34603 7057 14973 .471 238 945 .252 4663 5644 .826 1182 2167 3349 6453 1206 236 3493 3008 19015

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
1978-79 21 CHI NBA 82 33.6 6.5 13.6 .480 3.2 4.2 .761 1.1 1.7 2.8 5.2 1.1 0.2 3.7 3.3 16.3
1979-80 22 CHI NBA 82 36.9 6.9 14.3 .483 0.3 1.3 .267 6.1 7.3 .838 1.7 2.3 4.0 6.3 1.4 0.2 4.2 3.2 20.2
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 82 34.4 6.6 13.4 .495 0.2 1.1 .200 5.4 6.7 .809 1.5 2.0 3.5 5.2 1.5 0.2 3.2 3.1 18.9
1981-82 24 CHI NBA 82 82 34.6 6.8 14.6 .469 0.3 1.2 .250 4.4 5.5 .808 1.4 2.4 3.8 5.8 1.1 0.2 3.4 3.0 18.4
1982-83 25 CHI NBA 82 81 34.8 9.1 19.1 .478 0.3 1.1 .231 5.3 6.6 .801 1.1 2.5 3.7 5.9 1.7 0.2 3.9 3.4 23.8
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 61 35 24.6 4.3 10.2 .419 0.1 0.7 .167 3.5 4.6 .762 0.8 1.3 2.1 5.8 0.8 0.2 2.6 2.8 12.2
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 5 19.4 3.0 7.6 .388 0.1 0.5 .200 2.7 3.5 .778 0.7 0.8 1.5 4.6 0.7 0.1 1.9 2.5 8.7
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 30 30 29.9 5.7 12.9 .438 0.1 0.9 .148 4.3 5.8 .751 1.0 1.8 2.8 7.0 1.0 0.3 3.2 3.1 15.8
1984-85 27 KCK NBA 82 80 31.0 6.1 12.5 .487 0.1 0.5 .132 4.1 4.7 .863 1.3 2.0 3.3 8.0 1.2 0.2 3.7 3.0 16.4
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 82 82 35.6 6.7 13.9 .480 0.1 0.4 .171 4.9 6.0 .827 0.9 2.8 3.7 9.6 1.4 0.2 4.0 2.8 18.3
1986-87 29 SAC NBA 79 76 36.4 7.3 15.5 .472 0.2 1.0 .218 5.4 6.3 .867 1.1 2.3 3.4 8.8 1.0 0.2 3.7 2.6 20.3
1987-88 30 SAC NBA 73 73 36.3 8.5 18.1 .470 0.2 0.8 .271 4.4 5.3 .831 1.0 2.2 3.2 6.3 0.8 0.2 3.2 2.4 21.6
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 82 82 30.7 6.1 13.0 .466 0.2 0.7 .293 3.5 4.1 .851 1.0 1.9 3.0 4.7 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.9 15.8
1989-90 32 ORL NBA 76 71 30.9 6.8 15.5 .439 0.3 1.4 .248 5.0 5.8 .853 1.0 1.9 2.9 5.4 0.8 0.2 3.0 2.6 18.9
1990-91 33 NJN NBA 81 81 36.5 7.2 15.4 .468 0.6 1.8 .361 3.6 4.2 .851 0.9 2.0 2.8 4.7 1.0 0.4 3.1 2.9 18.6
Career NBA 1026 743 33.7 6.9 14.6 .471 0.3 1.0 .252 4.5 5.5 .826 1.2 2.1 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.2 3.4 2.9 18.5

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
1978-79 21 CHI NBA 82 2753 7.0 14.6 .480 3.5 4.5 .761 1.2 1.8 3.0 5.6 1.2 0.2 4.0 3.5 17.5
1979-80 22 CHI NBA 82 3029 6.7 13.9 .483 0.3 1.2 .267 5.9 7.1 .838 1.7 2.2 3.9 6.1 1.4 0.2 4.1 3.1 19.7
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 82 2820 6.9 14.0 .495 0.2 1.1 .200 5.7 7.0 .809 1.6 2.1 3.7 5.4 1.6 0.3 3.3 3.3 19.8
1981-82 24 CHI NBA 82 82 2838 7.1 15.1 .469 0.3 1.3 .250 4.6 5.7 .808 1.5 2.5 4.0 6.0 1.1 0.2 3.5 3.1 19.1
1982-83 25 CHI NBA 82 81 2856 9.4 19.8 .478 0.3 1.1 .231 5.5 6.8 .801 1.1 2.6 3.8 6.1 1.8 0.2 4.0 3.5 24.6
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 61 35 1498 6.3 15.0 .419 0.2 1.0 .167 5.1 6.8 .762 1.2 1.9 3.1 8.5 1.2 0.3 3.7 4.1 17.9
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 5 601 5.5 14.2 .388 0.2 0.9 .200 5.0 6.5 .778 1.3 1.5 2.8 8.5 1.3 0.2 3.5 4.7 16.2
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 30 30 897 6.8 15.6 .438 0.2 1.1 .148 5.2 6.9 .751 1.2 2.2 3.3 8.4 1.2 0.4 3.9 3.7 19.0
1984-85 27 KCK NBA 82 80 2543 7.1 14.6 .487 0.1 0.5 .132 4.7 5.5 .863 1.5 2.3 3.8 9.3 1.3 0.3 4.3 3.5 19.0
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 82 82 2919 6.7 14.0 .480 0.1 0.4 .171 5.0 6.0 .827 0.9 2.8 3.7 9.7 1.4 0.2 4.0 2.8 18.5
1986-87 29 SAC NBA 79 76 2872 7.2 15.3 .472 0.2 1.0 .218 5.4 6.2 .867 1.1 2.3 3.3 8.7 1.0 0.2 3.6 2.6 20.1
1987-88 30 SAC NBA 73 73 2653 8.4 17.9 .470 0.2 0.8 .271 4.3 5.2 .831 1.0 2.2 3.1 6.3 0.8 0.2 3.2 2.3 21.4
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 82 82 2517 7.1 15.3 .466 0.2 0.8 .293 4.1 4.8 .851 1.2 2.2 3.5 5.5 1.5 0.2 2.8 3.4 18.5
1989-90 32 ORL NBA 76 71 2350 7.9 18.0 .439 0.4 1.6 .248 5.8 6.8 .853 1.1 2.2 3.4 6.2 0.9 0.2 3.5 3.0 22.0
1990-91 33 NJN NBA 81 81 2955 7.1 15.2 .468 0.6 1.8 .361 3.6 4.2 .851 0.8 1.9 2.8 4.6 1.0 0.4 3.1 2.8 18.4
Career NBA 1026 743 34603 7.3 15.6 .471 0.3 1.1 .252 4.9 5.9 .826 1.2 2.3 3.5 6.7 1.3 0.2 3.6 3.1 19.8

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
1978-79 21 CHI NBA 82 2753 13.3 .526 .480 3.7 5.4 4.5 22.8 1.6 0.3 19.2 22.9 99 107 1.5 1.7 3.2
1979-80 22 CHI NBA 82 3029 17.0 .579 .495 5.4 6.7 6.1 25.9 1.8 0.4 19.5 24.0 108 109 5.2 1.7 6.9
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 82 2820 18.4 .578 .503 5.2 6.3 5.8 22.2 2.1 0.4 16.2 23.1 115 108 7.1 2.1 9.2
1981-82 24 CHI NBA 82 2838 16.2 .542 .479 4.8 7.5 6.2 25.8 1.5 0.3 16.6 24.6 107 111 3.8 1.5 5.3
1982-83 25 CHI NBA 82 2856 19.2 .541 .485 3.4 7.8 5.6 27.1 2.3 0.3 15.1 28.8 106 109 5.0 1.6 6.5
1983-84 26 TOT NBA 61 1498 14.3 .498 .425 3.8 6.1 4.9 34.1 1.6 0.5 17.2 24.5 102 110 0.7 1.0 1.8
1983-84 26 CHI NBA 31 601 12.9 .476 .395 4.0 4.9 4.4 35.1 1.7 0.3 17.2 23.7 100 110 0.1 0.4 0.5
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 30 897 15.3 .511 .443 3.6 7.0 5.3 33.4 1.5 0.6 17.3 25.1 103 110 0.6 0.6 1.2
1984-85 27 KCK NBA 82 2543 17.0 .559 .489 4.8 7.3 6.1 35.3 1.7 0.4 20.4 23.4 109 114 3.7 0.9 4.6
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 82 2919 17.9 .556 .483 2.8 8.9 5.9 38.2 1.8 0.4 19.5 23.3 109 110 4.5 1.9 6.4
1986-87 29 SAC NBA 79 2872 17.9 .555 .479 3.3 6.9 5.1 35.0 1.3 0.3 16.7 24.1 112 115 5.4 0.8 6.2
1987-88 30 SAC NBA 73 2653 16.5 .529 .476 2.9 6.6 4.8 27.2 1.1 0.3 13.6 26.1 108 116 3.4 0.3 3.7
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 82 2517 16.1 .534 .474 3.7 6.9 5.2 23.2 2.1 0.4 13.8 22.8 111 110 3.9 2.0 5.9
1989-90 32 ORL NBA 76 2350 15.9 .524 .450 3.3 6.8 5.0 26.5 1.2 0.3 14.1 26.6 107 117 2.7 -0.1 2.5
1990-91 33 NJN NBA 81 2955 14.2 .540 .488 2.4 5.9 4.1 20.1 1.4 0.7 15.3 22.4 107 112 2.9 1.8 4.7
Career NBA 1026 34603 16.6 .545 .479 3.8 6.9 5.3 27.7 1.6 0.4 16.7 24.3 108 111 49.7 17.2 66.9

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
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 6 232 40 90 2 9 37 43 7 21 38 9 0 15 22 119 .444 .222 .860 38.7 19.8 3.5 6.3
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 3 81 17 43 0 3 9 10 4 11 16 5 0 9 9 43 .395 .000 .900 27.0 14.3 3.7 5.3
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 3 102 18 46 0 1 9 12 3 8 19 3 2 14 9 45 .391 .000 .750 34.0 15.0 2.7 6.3
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 5 127 14 38 0 2 9 12 3 7 24 1 0 10 18 37 .368 .000 .750 25.4 7.4 1.4 4.8
Career NBA 17 542 89 217 2 15 64 77 17 47 97 18 2 48 58 244 .410 .133 .831 31.9 14.4 2.8 5.7

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
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 6 232 18.6 .546 .456 3.3 7.3 5.2 24.3 1.9 0.0 12.1 22.4 117 111 0.7 0.1 0.7
1983-84 26 KCK NBA 3 81 14.3 .454 .395 4.8 11.2 7.6 31.7 3.0 0.0 16.0 27.9 94 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1985-86 28 SAC NBA 3 102 9.2 .439 .391 2.8 5.9 4.2 32.1 1.5 1.2 21.4 25.7 89 119 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1988-89 31 ATL NBA 5 127 6.0 .427 .368 2.9 4.2 3.5 31.6 0.4 0.0 18.8 19.3 94 121 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 17 542 13.3 .486 .415 3.3 6.9 5.0 28.6 1.7 0.2 16.1 23.1 103 114 0.3 0.1 0.4

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
1980-81 23 CHI NBA 1 1 19 4 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 8
1982-83 25 CHI NBA 1 0 8 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
Career NBA 2 1 27 4 12 .333 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 6 1 8

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
1975-76 18 UNLV 31 496 68 163 48 60 53 139 184 .417 .800 16.0 5.9 1.7 4.5
1976-77 19 UNLV 32 814 178 358 108 132 145 136 464 .497 .818 25.4 14.5 4.5 4.3
1977-78 20 UNLV 28 990 181 389 167 207 191 126 529 .465 .807 35.4 18.9 6.8 4.5
Career 91 2300 427 910 323 399 389 401 1177 .469 .810 25.3 12.9 4.3 4.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1981 NBA
1983 NBA

Honors

1978-79 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1980-81 NBA 0.009 (19)
Career 0.009 (158)

Games

1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
 Career NBA 1026 (80)
Career 1026 (86)

Minutes Played

1979-80 NBA 3029 (8)
1985-86 NBA 2919 (9)
Career NBA 34603 (55)
Career 34603 (61)

Field Goals

1982-83 NBA 749 (7)
Career NBA 7057 (53)
Career 7057 (55)

Field Goal Attempts

1982-83 NBA 1567 (3)
Career NBA 14973 (50)
Career 14973 (53)

3-Pt Field Goals

1981-82 NBA 25 (9)
1982-83 NBA 21 (10)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1979-80 NBA 105 (10)
1980-81 NBA 90 (9)
1981-82 NBA 100 (5)
1982-83 NBA 91 (5)

Free Throws

1979-80 NBA 500 (5)
1980-81 NBA 445 (8)
1982-83 NBA 434 (5)
1985-86 NBA 405 (9)
Career NBA 4663 (36)
Career 4663 (41)

Free Throw Attempts

1979-80 NBA 597 (5)
1980-81 NBA 550 (9)
1982-83 NBA 542 (8)
Career NBA 5644 (45)
Career 5644 (50)

Free Throw Pct

Career NBA .826 (92)
Career .826 (98)

Assists

1979-80 NBA 515 (10)
1984-85 NBA 656 (7)
1985-86 NBA 788 (3)
1986-87 NBA 692 (6)
Career NBA 6453 (22)
Career 6453 (22)

Steals

Career NBA 1206 (66)
Career 1206 (71)

Turnovers

1978-79 NBA 303 (10)
1979-80 NBA 348 (2)
1980-81 NBA 259 (10)
1981-82 NBA 277 (8)
1982-83 NBA 321 (3)
1984-85 NBA 307 (2)
1985-86 NBA 327 (2)
1986-87 NBA 289 (6)
1990-91 NBA 252 (9)
Career NBA 3493 (8)
Career 3493 (10)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3008 (61)
Career 3008 (71)

Points

1982-83 NBA 1953 (5)
Career NBA 19015 (44)
Career 19015 (48)

Points Per Game

1982-83 NBA 23.8 (9)
Career NBA 18.5 (82)
Career 18.5 (88)

Assists Per Game

1984-85 NBA 8.0 (7)
1985-86 NBA 9.6 (3)
1986-87 NBA 8.8 (6)
Career NBA 6.3 (41)
Career 6.3 (42)

Assist Pct

1984-85 NBA 35.3 (8)
1985-86 NBA 38.2 (7)
1986-87 NBA 35.0 (9)
Career NBA 27.7 (74)
Career 27.7 (75)

Usage Pct

1982-83 NBA 28.8 (6)
Career NBA 24.3 (82)
Career 24.3 (88)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.041 (185)
    

Transactions

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

February 15, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Bulls to the Kansas City Kings for Steve Johnson, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Greg Wiltjer), a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Ken Johnson).

June 27, 1988: Traded by the Sacramento Kings with a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Jorge Gonzalez) to the Atlanta Hawks for Randy Wittman and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Ricky Berry).

June 15, 1989: Drafted by the Orlando Magic from the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA expansion draft.

June 25, 1990: Traded by the Orlando Magic to the New Jersey Nets for a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Adonis Jordan) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Rashard Griffith).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1979-80 Chicago Bulls NBA $100,000
1980-81 Chicago Bulls NBA $250,000
1981-82 Chicago Bulls NBA *$296,250
1982-83 Chicago Bulls NBA *$342,500
1983-84 Total NBA *$388,750
1984-85 Kansas City Kings NBA $435,000
1985-86 Sacramento Kings NBA $485,000
1986-87 Sacramento Kings NBA *$642,500
1987-88 Sacramento Kings NBA $800,000
1988-89 Atlanta Hawks NBA $450,000
1989-90 Orlando Magic NBA *$607,500
1990-91 New Jersey Nets NBA $765,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,562,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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