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%	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	0.1	.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	.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	0.1	.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	0.1	.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		0.2	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		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	.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	0.1	.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	0.1	.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%	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	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	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	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)

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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