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David Thirdkill

David Thirdkill

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: April 12, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri
High School: Soldan in St. Louis, Missouri
College: Bradley University
Draft: Phoenix Suns, 1st round (15th pick, 15th overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1982

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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
1982-83 22 PHO NBA 49 2 521 74 170 .435 1 7 .143 45 78 .577 28 44 72 36 19 4 48 93 194
1983-84 23 DET NBA 46 0 291 31 72 .431 0 1 .000 15 31 .484 9 22 31 27 10 3 19 44 77
1984-85 24 TOT NBA 18 3 183 20 38 .526 0 1 .000 11 19 .579 10 7 17 4 5 3 14 22 51
1984-85 24 DET NBA 10 1 115 12 23 .522 0 1 .000 5 11 .455 4 4 8 1 3 2 12 16 29
1984-85 24 MIL NBA 6 0 16 3 4 .750 0 0 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 2 2 52 5 11 .455 0 0 5 6 .833 5 2 7 3 2 1 2 5 15
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 49 0 385 54 110 .491 0 1 .000 55 88 .625 27 43 70 15 11 3 19 55 163
1986-87 26 BOS NBA 17 0 89 10 24 .417 0 1 .000 5 16 .313 5 14 19 2 2 0 5 12 25
Career NBA 179 5 1469 189 414 .457 1 11 .091 131 232 .565 79 130 209 84 47 13 105 226 510

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
1982-83 22 PHO NBA 49 2 10.6 1.5 3.5 .435 0.0 0.1 .143 0.9 1.6 .577 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.9 4.0
1983-84 23 DET NBA 46 0 6.3 0.7 1.6 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .484 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.7
1984-85 24 TOT NBA 18 3 10.2 1.1 2.1 .526 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 1.1 .579 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.2 2.8
1984-85 24 DET NBA 10 1 11.5 1.2 2.3 .522 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 1.1 .455 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.6 2.9
1984-85 24 MIL NBA 6 0 2.7 0.5 0.7 .750 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .500 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 2 2 26.0 2.5 5.5 .455 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.0 .833 2.5 1.0 3.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.5 7.5
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 49 0 7.9 1.1 2.2 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.8 .625 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1 3.3
1986-87 26 BOS NBA 17 0 5.2 0.6 1.4 .417 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.9 .313 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.5
Career NBA 179 5 8.2 1.1 2.3 .457 0.0 0.1 .091 0.7 1.3 .565 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.8

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
1982-83 22 PHO NBA 49 2 521 5.1 11.7 .435 0.1 0.5 .143 3.1 5.4 .577 1.9 3.0 5.0 2.5 1.3 0.3 3.3 6.4 13.4
1983-84 23 DET NBA 46 0 291 3.8 8.9 .431 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 3.8 .484 1.1 2.7 3.8 3.3 1.2 0.4 2.4 5.4 9.5
1984-85 24 TOT NBA 18 3 183 3.9 7.5 .526 0.0 0.2 .000 2.2 3.7 .579 2.0 1.4 3.3 0.8 1.0 0.6 2.8 4.3 10.0
1984-85 24 DET NBA 10 1 115 3.8 7.2 .522 0.0 0.3 .000 1.6 3.4 .455 1.3 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.9 0.6 3.8 5.0 9.1
1984-85 24 MIL NBA 6 0 16 6.8 9.0 .750 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.5 .500 2.3 2.3 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 15.8
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 2 2 52 3.5 7.6 .455 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.2 .833 3.5 1.4 4.8 2.1 1.4 0.7 1.4 3.5 10.4
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 49 0 385 5.0 10.3 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 5.1 8.2 .625 2.5 4.0 6.5 1.4 1.0 0.3 1.8 5.1 15.2
1986-87 26 BOS NBA 17 0 89 4.0 9.7 .417 0.0 0.4 .000 2.0 6.5 .313 2.0 5.7 7.7 0.8 0.8 0.0 2.0 4.9 10.1
Career NBA 179 5 1469 4.6 10.1 .457 0.0 0.3 .091 3.2 5.7 .565 1.9 3.2 5.1 2.1 1.2 0.3 2.6 5.5 12.5

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 WS/48
1982-83 22 PHO NBA 49 521 7.5 .475 .438 6.2 8.9 7.6 9.1 1.7 0.4 19.0 19.8 89 102 -0.4 0.7 0.3 .023
1983-84 23 DET NBA 46 291 5.9 .450 .431 3.2 8.4 5.7 10.9 1.6 0.6 18.2 13.8 91 110 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .002
1984-85 24 TOT NBA 18 183 5.8 .550 .526 6.0 4.2 5.0 2.6 1.3 0.9 23.2 12.9 94 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .012
1984-85 24 DET NBA 10 115 2.0 .521 .522 3.5 3.8 3.6 1.0 1.2 1.0 30.1 13.3 76 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.054
1984-85 24 MIL NBA 6 16 15.4 .717 .750 7.0 6.9 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 150 110 0.1 0.0 0.1 .195
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 2 52 11.1 .550 .455 11.2 4.2 7.6 6.9 1.8 1.1 12.8 12.0 120 112 0.1 0.0 0.1 .103
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 49 385 12.1 .548 .491 8.3 11.5 10.0 4.9 1.4 0.4 11.3 17.9 111 104 0.5 0.5 1.0 .129
1986-87 26 BOS NBA 17 89 4.5 .403 .417 6.9 16.3 12.0 2.8 1.1 0.0 13.9 17.3 81 108 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.038
Career NBA 179 1469 8.0 .494 .458 6.2 9.4 7.8 7.2 1.5 0.5 16.9 17.1 95 106 -0.4 1.7 1.3 .042

Playoffs

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
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 5 22 1 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 .250 .000 .500 4.4 0.8 0.4 0.4
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 13 47 6 18 0 1 5 11 1 8 3 2 0 3 5 17 .333 .000 .455 3.6 1.3 0.6 0.2
Career NBA 18 69 7 22 0 3 7 15 1 10 5 2 0 7 9 21 .318 .000 .467 3.8 1.2 0.6 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1984-85 24 SAS NBA 5 22 -6.1 .347 .250 0.0 9.9 5.3 11.2 0.0 0.0 41.0 18.2 51 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.269
1985-86 25 BOS NBA 13 47 5.3 .372 .333 2.6 15.4 9.5 8.2 2.1 0.0 11.6 23.2 79 104 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.054
Career NBA 18 69 1.7 .367 .318 1.7 13.6 8.1 9.2 1.4 0.0 19.7 21.6 71 110 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.123

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 5 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5
David Thirdkill 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Kenny Dennard 87.1 1.1 0.3 0.1
Shavlik Randolph 83.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jim Tucker 81.5 1.0 0.3 0.0
Dwayne Jones 76.6 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Bob Peterson 74.4 0.9 0.4
Winston Bennett 74.0 1.1 0.3 0.2
Ivano Newbill 71.8 1.1 0.1 -0.1
Jackie Butler 70.9 1.2 0.1 0.1
Bob Arnzen 70.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1
Stephen Howard 69.0 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5
David Thirdkill 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1
Kenny Dennard 87.1 1.1 0.3 0.1
Shavlik Randolph 83.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jim Tucker 81.5 1.0 0.3 0.0
Dwayne Jones 76.6 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Bob Peterson 74.4 0.9 0.4
Winston Bennett 74.0 1.1 0.3 0.2
Ivano Newbill 71.8 1.1 0.1 -0.1
Jackie Butler 70.9 1.2 0.1 0.1
Bob Arnzen 70.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1
Stephen Howard 69.0 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.0

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
1979-80 19 BRADLEY 33 1112 181 427 78 123 165 440 .424 .634 33.7 13.3 5.0
1980-81 20 BRADLEY 26 143 255 71 111 121 357 .561 .640 13.7 4.7
1981-82 21 BRADLEY 35 164 296 136 193 242 464 .554 .705 13.3 6.9
Career 94 1112 488 978 285 427 528 1261 .499 .667 33.7 13.4 5.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1986 Boston Celtics (NBA)

Transactions

June 21, 1982: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1982 1st round draft pick) to the Phoenix Suns for Rich Kelley.

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

October 17, 1983: Traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Detroit Pistons for a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hornacek) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Bruce Dalrymple).

November 29, 1984: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

February 12, 1985: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Milwaukee Bucks.

March 6, 1985: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

April 9, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

July 16, 1985: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

September 12, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

December 23, 1986: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

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