Etan Thomas

Dedrick Etan Thomas

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 256 lbs.
Born: April 1, 1978 in Harlem, New York
High School: Booker T. Washington in Tulsa, Oklahoma
College: Syracuse University
Draft: Dallas Mavericks, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 2000 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 2001

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Totals

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2001-02	23	WAS	NBA	47	0	618	81	151	.536	41	74	.554	55	126	181	6	17	35	26	76	203
2002-03	24	WAS	NBA	38	0	513	61	124	.492	60	94	.638	70	95	165	3	8	23	33	66	182
2003-04	25	WAS	NBA	79	15	1901	257	526	.489	191	295	.647	183	345	528	68	36	123	113	219	705
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	47	10	976	128	255	.502	76	144	.528	85	159	244	20	17	51	50	133	332
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	71	9	1121	131	246	.533	75	125	.600	99	180	279	14	20	68	51	148	337
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	65	32	1246	159	277	.574	77	138	.558	136	241	377	29	22	89	71	162	395
2008-09	30	WAS	NBA	26	7	306	32	66	.485	16	23	.696	25	41	66	6	3	18	18	35	80
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	23	1	321	31	68	.456	13	22	.591	18	46	64	1	4	16	18	39	75
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	13	0	82	10	21	.476	12	15	.800	6	17	23	2	1	4	5	11	32
Career			NBA	409	74	7084	890	1734	.513	561	930	.603	677	1250	1927	149	128	427	385	889	2341

Per Game

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2001-02	23	WAS	NBA	47	0	13.1	1.7	3.2	.536	0.9	1.6	.554	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	4.3
2002-03	24	WAS	NBA	38	0	13.5	1.6	3.3	.492	1.6	2.5	.638	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	4.8
2003-04	25	WAS	NBA	79	15	24.1	3.3	6.7	.489	2.4	3.7	.647	2.3	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.8	8.9
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	47	10	20.8	2.7	5.4	.502	1.6	3.1	.528	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.8	7.1
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	71	9	15.8	1.8	3.5	.533	1.1	1.8	.600	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	4.7
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	65	32	19.2	2.4	4.3	.574	1.2	2.1	.558	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.5	6.1
2008-09	30	WAS	NBA	26	7	11.8	1.2	2.5	.485	0.6	0.9	.696	1.0	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.1
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	23	1	14.0	1.3	3.0	.456	0.6	1.0	.591	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	3.3
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	13	0	6.3	0.8	1.6	.476	0.9	1.2	.800	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.5
Career			NBA	409	74	17.3	2.2	4.2	.513	1.4	2.3	.603	1.7	3.1	4.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.2	5.7

Per 36 Minutes

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2001-02	23	WAS	NBA	47	0	618	4.7	8.8	.536	2.4	4.3	.554	3.2	7.3	10.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	4.4	11.8
2002-03	24	WAS	NBA	38	0	513	4.3	8.7	.492	4.2	6.6	.638	4.9	6.7	11.6	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	12.8
2003-04	25	WAS	NBA	79	15	1901	4.9	10.0	.489	3.6	5.6	.647	3.5	6.5	10.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.1	4.1	13.4
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	47	10	976	4.7	9.4	.502	2.8	5.3	.528	3.1	5.9	9.0	0.7	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.9	12.2
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	71	9	1121	4.2	7.9	.533	2.4	4.0	.600	3.2	5.8	9.0	0.4	0.6	2.2	1.6	4.8	10.8
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	65	32	1246	4.6	8.0	.574	2.2	4.0	.558	3.9	7.0	10.9	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.1	4.7	11.4
2008-09	30	WAS	NBA	26	7	306	3.8	7.8	.485	1.9	2.7	.696	2.9	4.8	7.8	0.7	0.4	2.1	2.1	4.1	9.4
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	23	1	321	3.5	7.6	.456	1.5	2.5	.591	2.0	5.2	7.2	0.1	0.4	1.8	2.0	4.4	8.4
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	13	0	82	4.4	9.2	.476	5.3	6.6	.800	2.6	7.5	10.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	4.8	14.0
Career			NBA	409	74	7084	4.5	8.8	.513	2.9	4.7	.603	3.4	6.4	9.8	0.8	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.5	11.9

Advanced

▪ ▪ Finders: Game ▪ Streak ▪ Head2Head

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2001-02	23	WAS	NBA	47	618	15.7	.553	.536	10.2	24.0	17.0	1.6	1.5	4.2	12.4	15.6	109	101	0.8	0.9	1.6	.127
2002-03	24	WAS	NBA	38	513	15.8	.550	.492	16.1	22.0	19.0	1.0	0.8	3.4	16.6	18.2	107	102	0.7	0.6	1.3	.125
2003-04	25	WAS	NBA	79	1901	16.4	.538	.489	10.5	20.9	15.6	6.4	1.0	4.7	14.7	17.9	106	102	2.5	2.1	4.5	.115
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	47	976	13.0	.521	.502	9.5	19.0	14.1	3.3	0.9	3.9	13.6	16.5	104	106	0.6	1.0	1.6	.079
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	71	1121	13.6	.560	.533	10.0	19.3	14.5	2.0	0.9	4.7	14.5	14.0	110	105	1.2	1.3	2.5	.107
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	65	1246	15.6	.585	.574	12.2	22.9	17.4	3.6	0.9	5.5	17.4	14.4	111	107	1.5	1.2	2.7	.105
2008-09	30	WAS	NBA	26	306	10.1	.525	.485	9.3	16.2	12.7	3.0	0.5	4.8	19.1	14.0	99	113	0.0	0.1	0.1	.018
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	23	321	6.9	.483	.456	6.6	16.0	11.4	0.5	0.6	3.7	18.8	13.4	89	105	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.028
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	13	82	15.1	.580	.476	8.9	24.8	16.9	3.9	0.7	3.7	15.3	18.9	110	104	0.1	0.1	0.2	.130
Career			NBA	409	7084	14.5	.546	.513	10.7	20.7	15.6	3.5	0.9	4.5	15.2	15.9	107	105	7.1	7.7	14.9	.101

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
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	8	126	19	29	0	0	10	22	12	36	2	0	7	9	23	48	.655		.455	15.8	6.0	4.5	0.3
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	3	18	2	5	0	0	2	4	2	6	0	2	2	0	3	6	.400		.500	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	4	84	7	17	0	0	6	9	2	22	1	2	3	6	9	20	.412		.667	21.0	5.0	5.5	0.3
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	2	17	5	6	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	12	.833		1.000	8.5	6.0	2.0	0.0
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000			7.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Career			NBA	18	252	33	59	0	0	20	37	18	69	3	4	12	16	37	86	.559		.541	14.0	4.8	3.8	0.2

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
2004-05	26	WAS	NBA	8	126	13.8	.620	.655	10.2	21.6	15.8	2.7	0.0	4.5	18.9	16.3	108	108	0.1	0.1	0.2	.094
2005-06	27	WAS	NBA	3	18	22.4	.444	.400	12.8	27.3	19.8	0.0	5.9	8.2	0.0	17.6	109	91	0.0	0.1	0.1	.196
2006-07	28	WAS	NBA	4	84	7.6	.477	.412	2.4	29.5	14.7	1.9	1.3	2.7	22.3	15.2	79	107	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.040
2009-10	31	OKC	NBA	2	17	30.0	.872	.833	6.5	19.7	13.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.7	21.1	145	109	0.1	0.0	0.1	.275
2010-11	32	ATL	NBA	1	7	-9.2	.000	.000	17.4	0.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	35	115	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.267
Career			NBA	18	252	12.8	.571	.559	7.8	23.9	15.3	2.0	0.9	3.8	17.5	16.3	101	107	0.0	0.3	0.3	.059

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 9 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Etan Thomas		4.5	2.7	2.5	1.6	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.1
Tim Bassett	86.1	3.7	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.1
Darius Songaila	85.6	4.3	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.0
Francisco Garcia	85.4	4.2	3.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	1.0
James Bailey	84.7	4.9	2.9	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.3
Tyrus Thomas	82.7	4.6	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.8
David Benoit	82.6	4.6	3.9	2.3	2.0	1.6	1.6	0.7
Brian Skinner	82.6	4.1	2.7	1.9	1.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1
Ed Manning	82.3	4.3	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4	0.2	-0.3
John Brown	82.2	4.2	3.7	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.1
Danny Vranes	82.1	4.2	3.4	2.4	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Etan Thomas		4.5	2.7	2.5	1.6	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.1
Tim Bassett	86.1	3.7	2.6	2.4	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.1
Darius Songaila	85.6	4.3	2.6	2.5	2.4	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.0
Francisco Garcia	85.4	4.2	3.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	1.0
James Bailey	84.7	4.9	2.9	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.3
Tyrus Thomas	82.7	4.6	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.8
David Benoit	82.6	4.6	3.9	2.3	2.0	1.6	1.6	0.7
Ed Manning	82.3	4.3	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4	0.2	-0.3
John Brown	82.2	4.2	3.7	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.1
Danny Vranes	82.1	4.2	3.4	2.4	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.6
Tim Perry	81.9	5.7	2.6	2.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	0.3	-0.1

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
1996-97	18	SYRACUSE	25	408	55	103	0	0	33	71		105	3	9	48	33	58	143	.534		.465	16.3	5.7	4.2	0.1
1997-98	19	SYRACUSE	35	1009	144	236	0	0	109	178		230	15	27	138	58	99	397	.610		.612	28.8	11.3	6.6	0.4
1998-99	20	SYRACUSE	33	913	148	240	0	0	109	190		243	17	27	131	56	92	405	.617		.574	27.7	12.3	7.4	0.5
1999-00	21	SYRACUSE	29	940	148	246	0	0	99	146		269	16	22	107	59	92	395	.602		.678	32.4	13.6	9.3	0.6
Career			122	3270	495	825	0	0	350	585		847	51	85	424	206	341	1340	.600		.598	26.8	11.0	6.9	0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (975)

Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (975)

Transactions

June 28, 2000: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2000 NBA Draft.

February 22, 2001: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Courtney Alexander, Hubert Davis, Christian Laettner, Loy Vaught and cash to the Washington Wizards for Calvin Booth, Obinna Ekezie and Juwan Howard.

June 24, 2009: Traded by the Washington Wizards with Oleksiy Pecherov, Darius Songaila and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Ricky Rubio) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Randy Foye and Mike Miller.

July 27, 2009: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 2010 2nd round draft pick (Dexter Pittman) and a 2010 2nd round draft pick (Magnum Rolle) to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Chucky Atkins and Damien Wilkins.

September 2, 2010: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2000-01	Dallas Mavericks	NBA	$1,388,880
2001-02	Washington Wizards	NBA	$1,493,040
2002-03	Washington Wizards	NBA	$1,597,200
2003-04	Washington Wizards	NBA	$2,200,942
2004-05	Washington Wizards	NBA	$4,903,000
2005-06	Washington Wizards	NBA	$5,393,300
2006-07	Washington Wizards	NBA	$5,883,600
2007-08	Washington Wizards	NBA	$6,373,900
2008-09	Washington Wizards	NBA	$6,864,200
2009-10	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$7,350,000
2010-11	Atlanta Hawks	NBA	$1,223,166
Career	(may be incomplete)		$44,671,228

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