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Kurt Thomas

Kurt Vincent Thomas

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 4, 1972 in Dallas, Texas
High School: Hillcrest in Dallas, Texas
College: Texas Christian University

Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1995 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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 74 42 1655 274 547 .501 0 2 .000 118 178 .663 122 317 439 46 47 36 98 271 666
1996-97 24 MIA NBA 18 9 374 39 105 .371 0 1 .000 35 46 .761 31 76 107 9 12 9 25 67 113
1997-98 25 DAL NBA 5 0 73 17 45 .378 0 0 3 3 1.000 8 16 24 3 1 0 10 19 37
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 50 44 1182 170 368 .462 0 1 .000 66 108 .611 82 204 286 55 45 17 73 159 406
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 80 21 1971 270 535 .505 1 3 .333 100 128 .781 144 361 505 82 51 42 105 278 641
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 77 29 2125 314 614 .511 1 3 .333 171 210 .814 172 343 515 63 61 69 99 287 800
2001-02 29 NYK NBA 82 82 2771 463 938 .494 1 6 .167 216 265 .815 214 533 747 87 71 79 153 341 1143
2002-03 30 NYK NBA 81 81 2577 497 1028 .483 2 3 .667 138 184 .750 160 477 637 162 81 97 138 344 1134
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 80 75 2548 392 829 .473 0 3 .000 106 127 .835 145 517 662 149 56 80 132 298 890
2004-05 32 NYK NBA 80 80 2855 424 901 .471 2 4 .500 66 84 .786 170 661 831 160 70 79 99 310 916
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 53 50 1411 190 391 .486 0 0 75 92 .815 102 313 415 57 23 54 57 193 455
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 67 13 1208 126 259 .486 0 1 .000 56 71 .789 86 293 379 24 24 29 35 156 308
2007-08 35 TOT NBA 70 48 1584 195 396 .492 0 1 .000 53 80 .663 130 377 507 67 56 57 46 188 443
2007-08 35 SEA NBA 42 39 1060 139 271 .513 0 0 39 56 .696 94 275 369 53 35 43 28 131 317
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 28 9 524 56 125 .448 0 1 .000 14 24 .583 36 102 138 14 21 14 18 57 126
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 79 10 1404 153 304 .503 0 2 .000 37 45 .822 134 271 405 66 34 58 42 170 343
2009-10 37 MIL NBA 56 2 727 69 139 .496 0 0 5 8 .625 53 137 190 29 18 36 37 121 143
Career NBA 952 586 24465 3593 7399 .486 7 30 .233 1245 1629 .764 1753 4896 6649 1059 650 742 1149 3202 8438

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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 74 42 22.4 3.7 7.4 .501 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.4 .663 1.6 4.3 5.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.3 3.7 9.0
1996-97 24 MIA NBA 18 9 20.8 2.2 5.8 .371 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.6 .761 1.7 4.2 5.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.4 3.7 6.3
1997-98 25 DAL NBA 5 0 14.6 3.4 9.0 .378 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.000 1.6 3.2 4.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 2.0 3.8 7.4
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 50 44 23.6 3.4 7.4 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.2 .611 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.1 0.9 0.3 1.5 3.2 8.1
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 80 21 24.6 3.4 6.7 .505 0.0 0.0 .333 1.3 1.6 .781 1.8 4.5 6.3 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.3 3.5 8.0
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 77 29 27.6 4.1 8.0 .511 0.0 0.0 .333 2.2 2.7 .814 2.2 4.5 6.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 3.7 10.4
2001-02 29 NYK NBA 82 82 33.8 5.6 11.4 .494 0.0 0.1 .167 2.6 3.2 .815 2.6 6.5 9.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.9 4.2 13.9
2002-03 30 NYK NBA 81 81 31.8 6.1 12.7 .483 0.0 0.0 .667 1.7 2.3 .750 2.0 5.9 7.9 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.7 4.2 14.0
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 80 75 31.9 4.9 10.4 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.6 .835 1.8 6.5 8.3 1.9 0.7 1.0 1.7 3.7 11.1
2004-05 32 NYK NBA 80 80 35.7 5.3 11.3 .471 0.0 0.1 .500 0.8 1.1 .786 2.1 8.3 10.4 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 3.9 11.5
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 53 50 26.6 3.6 7.4 .486 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.7 .815 1.9 5.9 7.8 1.1 0.4 1.0 1.1 3.6 8.6
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 67 13 18.0 1.9 3.9 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .789 1.3 4.4 5.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.3 4.6
2007-08 35 TOT NBA 70 48 22.6 2.8 5.7 .492 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .663 1.9 5.4 7.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 2.7 6.3
2007-08 35 SEA NBA 42 39 25.2 3.3 6.5 .513 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .696 2.2 6.5 8.8 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.1 7.5
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 28 9 18.7 2.0 4.5 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .583 1.3 3.6 4.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 2.0 4.5
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 79 10 17.8 1.9 3.8 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .822 1.7 3.4 5.1 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.2 4.3
2009-10 37 MIL NBA 56 2 13.0 1.2 2.5 .496 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .625 0.9 2.4 3.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.2 2.6
Career NBA 952 586 25.7 3.8 7.8 .486 0.0 0.0 .233 1.3 1.7 .764 1.8 5.1 7.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.2 3.4 8.9

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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 74 42 1655 6.0 11.9 .501 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.9 .663 2.7 6.9 9.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 2.1 5.9 14.5
1996-97 24 MIA NBA 18 9 374 3.8 10.1 .371 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.4 .761 3.0 7.3 10.3 0.9 1.2 0.9 2.4 6.4 10.9
1997-98 25 DAL NBA 5 0 73 8.4 22.2 .378 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.000 3.9 7.9 11.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 4.9 9.4 18.2
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 50 44 1182 5.2 11.2 .462 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.3 .611 2.5 6.2 8.7 1.7 1.4 0.5 2.2 4.8 12.4
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 80 21 1971 4.9 9.8 .505 0.0 0.1 .333 1.8 2.3 .781 2.6 6.6 9.2 1.5 0.9 0.8 1.9 5.1 11.7
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 77 29 2125 5.3 10.4 .511 0.0 0.1 .333 2.9 3.6 .814 2.9 5.8 8.7 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.7 4.9 13.6
2001-02 29 NYK NBA 82 82 2771 6.0 12.2 .494 0.0 0.1 .167 2.8 3.4 .815 2.8 6.9 9.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 2.0 4.4 14.8
2002-03 30 NYK NBA 81 81 2577 6.9 14.4 .483 0.0 0.0 .667 1.9 2.6 .750 2.2 6.7 8.9 2.3 1.1 1.4 1.9 4.8 15.8
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 80 75 2548 5.5 11.7 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.8 .835 2.0 7.3 9.4 2.1 0.8 1.1 1.9 4.2 12.6
2004-05 32 NYK NBA 80 80 2855 5.3 11.4 .471 0.0 0.1 .500 0.8 1.1 .786 2.1 8.3 10.5 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 3.9 11.6
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 53 50 1411 4.8 10.0 .486 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.3 .815 2.6 8.0 10.6 1.5 0.6 1.4 1.5 4.9 11.6
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 67 13 1208 3.8 7.7 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.1 .789 2.6 8.7 11.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 4.6 9.2
2007-08 35 TOT NBA 70 48 1584 4.4 9.0 .492 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .663 3.0 8.6 11.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 4.3 10.1
2007-08 35 SEA NBA 42 39 1060 4.7 9.2 .513 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 .696 3.2 9.3 12.5 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.0 4.4 10.8
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 28 9 524 3.8 8.6 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.6 .583 2.5 7.0 9.5 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.2 3.9 8.7
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 79 10 1404 3.9 7.8 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.2 .822 3.4 6.9 10.4 1.7 0.9 1.5 1.1 4.4 8.8
2009-10 37 MIL NBA 56 2 727 3.4 6.9 .496 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .625 2.6 6.8 9.4 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.8 6.0 7.1
Career NBA 952 586 24465 5.3 10.9 .486 0.0 0.0 .233 1.8 2.4 .764 2.6 7.2 9.8 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.7 4.7 12.4

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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 74 1655 13.5 .533 .501 8.8 21.8 15.5 4.9 1.5 1.7 13.5 19.9 103 101 0.8 3.0 3.8
1996-97 24 MIA NBA 18 374 9.5 .451 .371 10.0 23.7 17.0 4.0 1.7 1.9 16.6 18.9 92 97 -0.3 0.8 0.5
1997-98 25 DAL NBA 5 73 6.4 .399 .378 11.9 24.9 18.3 8.4 0.7 0.0 17.8 35.3 76 105 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 50 1182 13.1 .489 .462 8.5 19.6 14.3 8.9 2.1 1.1 14.9 19.8 95 95 0.2 2.3 2.5
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 80 1971 13.6 .542 .506 8.9 21.1 15.2 7.0 1.4 1.6 15.1 16.7 105 99 1.9 3.4 5.2
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 77 2125 16.9 .566 .512 10.1 18.9 14.6 5.4 1.6 2.6 12.3 18.5 111 96 4.1 4.1 8.2
2001-02 29 NYK NBA 82 2771 15.8 .542 .494 9.0 22.3 15.6 5.8 1.4 2.1 12.7 20.3 105 103 3.1 3.4 6.5
2002-03 30 NYK NBA 81 2577 16.7 .511 .484 7.1 22.2 14.5 11.3 1.7 2.8 11.1 22.4 102 102 2.3 3.0 5.4
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 80 2548 14.1 .503 .473 6.7 23.1 15.0 10.2 1.2 2.4 13.0 18.5 101 101 1.7 3.3 5.0
2004-05 32 NYK NBA 80 2855 14.1 .488 .472 6.9 27.4 17.1 9.3 1.3 2.1 9.5 16.6 104 105 1.8 3.3 5.2
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 53 1411 13.1 .527 .486 8.2 24.1 16.3 5.6 0.8 2.7 11.7 15.5 107 103 1.3 2.0 3.3
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 67 1208 11.4 .531 .486 8.7 26.9 18.3 2.7 1.0 1.7 10.8 12.1 111 103 1.2 1.7 2.9
2007-08 35 TOT NBA 70 1584 14.2 .514 .492 9.2 26.4 17.8 6.5 1.8 2.6 9.6 13.5 109 102 1.3 2.7 4.1
2007-08 35 SEA NBA 42 1060 15.8 .536 .513 9.7 28.2 19.0 7.6 1.6 2.9 8.7 13.2 115 104 1.4 1.6 3.0
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 28 524 11.1 .465 .448 8.2 22.7 15.5 4.2 2.2 2.0 11.7 14.0 97 98 -0.1 1.2 1.1
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 79 1404 14.0 .530 .503 11.5 22.7 17.2 7.2 1.3 3.1 11.5 12.6 115 101 1.8 2.7 4.5
2009-10 37 MIL NBA 56 727 9.1 .502 .496 7.9 22.3 14.7 5.9 1.3 3.9 20.6 11.1 96 99 -0.1 1.4 1.3
Career NBA 952 24465 14.3 .520 .486 8.5 23.1 15.8 7.4 1.4 2.3 12.4 17.6 104 101 20.8 37.3 58.0

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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 3 60 4 10 0 0 4 4 4 16 3 2 1 5 13 12 .400 1.000 20.0 4.0 5.3 1.0
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 20 419 45 118 0 0 16 23 38 110 7 15 12 19 76 106 .381 .696 21.0 5.3 5.5 0.4
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 16 251 31 61 0 0 7 10 18 50 5 3 6 14 44 69 .508 .700 15.7 4.3 3.1 0.3
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 5 186 25 47 0 0 22 31 17 56 9 2 5 9 26 72 .532 .710 37.2 14.4 11.2 1.8
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 4 139 21 49 0 0 9 12 9 46 6 7 3 10 17 51 .429 .750 34.8 12.8 11.5 1.5
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 6.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 11 212 34 65 0 0 15 17 11 54 12 6 9 9 25 83 .523 .882 19.3 7.5 4.9 1.1
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 17 268 32 70 0 0 5 7 26 84 6 2 6 13 46 69 .457 .714 15.8 4.1 4.9 0.4
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 5 80 5 11 0 0 3 4 4 23 2 1 2 4 13 13 .455 .750 16.0 2.6 4.6 0.4
Career NBA 82 1621 197 431 0 0 82 110 127 440 50 38 44 83 262 476 .457 .745 19.8 5.8 5.4 0.6

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
1995-96 23 MIA NBA 3 60 7.4 .510 .400 7.8 25.0 16.1 8.8 1.8 1.4 29.8 13.0 89 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998-99 26 NYK NBA 20 419 10.1 .414 .381 11.1 21.2 16.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 12.9 17.3 89 95 -0.2 0.8 0.6
1999-00 27 NYK NBA 16 251 9.8 .528 .508 8.7 14.9 11.9 3.8 0.7 2.0 17.6 16.2 97 102 0.0 0.3 0.4
2000-01 28 NYK NBA 5 186 18.1 .594 .532 12.6 24.7 19.1 8.6 0.6 1.9 12.9 18.7 119 102 0.5 0.2 0.7
2003-04 31 NYK NBA 4 139 14.5 .470 .429 6.7 36.0 19.4 8.8 2.6 1.8 15.6 20.7 89 98 0.0 0.2 0.1
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 1 6 1.0 .568 0.0 19.6 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 123 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006-07 34 PHO NBA 11 212 17.3 .573 .523 6.3 22.4 14.8 8.7 1.4 3.2 11.0 17.3 113 101 0.4 0.3 0.7
2007-08 35 SAS NBA 17 268 9.2 .472 .457 11.2 24.9 18.1 3.7 0.4 1.6 15.1 15.4 96 104 -0.1 0.4 0.3
2008-09 36 SAS NBA 5 80 6.9 .509 .455 5.8 30.3 17.5 3.8 0.7 2.2 23.9 10.4 93 109 0.0 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 82 1621 11.9 .496 .457 9.5 23.2 16.3 5.4 1.3 2.2 14.8 16.7 99 101 0.5 2.3 2.8

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
1990-91 18 TXCHRIST 28 42 8 18 0 2 7 14 13 2 1 2 7 11 23 .444 .000 .500 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.1
1991-92 19 TXCHRIST 21 347 58 119 34 51 114 24 9 29 37 58 150 .487 .667 16.5 7.1 5.4 1.1
1993-94 21 TXCHRIST 27 805 224 440 12 46 98 152 262 50 26 69 73 108 558 .509 .261 .645 29.8 20.7 9.7 1.9
1994-95 22 TXCHRIST 27 872 288 526 3 12 202 283 393 32 51 66 77 106 781 .548 .250 .714 32.3 28.9 14.6 1.2
Career 103 2066 578 1103 15 60 341 500 782 108 87 166 194 283 1512 .524 .250 .682 20.1 14.7 7.6 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1994-95 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Games

1998-99 NBA 50 (1)
 2001-02 NBA 82 (3)

Field Goal Pct

2000-01 NBA .511 (4)

Defensive Rebounds

2004-05 NBA 661 (3)
Career NBA 4896 (61)
Career 4896 (69)

Total Rebounds

2004-05 NBA 831 (4)

Personal Fouls

2000-01 NBA 287 (6)
2001-02 NBA 341 (1)
 2002-03 NBA 344 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 298 (2)
2004-05 NBA 310 (3)
Active 3202 (3)
Career NBA 3202 (44)
Career 3202 (53)

Rebounds Per Game

2004-05 NBA 10.4 (7)

Defensive Rebound Pct

2004-05 NBA 27.4 (4)
Active 23.1 (9)
Career NBA 23.1 (35)
Career 23.1 (36)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 15.8 (52)
Career 15.8 (53)

Defensive Rating

1998-99 NBA 95.1 (10)
2000-01 NBA 95.8 (7)
Career NBA 101.2 (74)
Career 101.2 (77)

Defensive Win Shares

Career NBA 37.3 (92)
Career 37.3 (100)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.000 (111)
Career 0.000 (700)

Transactions

June 28, 1995: Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft.

February 14, 1997: Traded by the Miami Heat with Sasha Danilovic and Martin Muursepp to the Dallas Mavericks for Jamal Mashburn.

January 22, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

June 28, 2005: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers with Dijon Thompson to the Phoenix Suns for Quentin Richardson, Nate Robinson and future.

July 20, 2007: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with a 2008 1st round draft pick (Serge Ibaka) and a 2010 1st round draft pick to the Seattle Supersonics for and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Emir Preldzic).

February 20, 2008: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the San Antonio Spurs for Brent Barry, Francisco Elson and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Rodrique Beaubois).

June 23, 2009: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Bruce Bowen and Fabricio Oberto to the Milwaukee Bucks for Richard Jefferson.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Miami Heat NBA $1,071,000
1996-97 Miami Heat NBA $1,238,000
1997-98 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,398,960
1998-99 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,750,000
1999-00 New York Knickerbockers NBA $1,925,000
2000-01 New York Knickerbockers NBA $3,680,000
2001-02 New York Knickerbockers NBA $4,413,375
2002-03 New York Knickerbockers NBA $4,903,750
2003-04 New York Knickerbockers NBA $5,394,000
2004-05 New York Knickerbockers NBA $5,884,500
2005-06 Phoenix Suns NBA $6,620,062
2006-07 Phoenix Suns NBA $7,821,482
2007-08 Total NBA $8,091,188
2008-09 San Antonio Spurs NBA $4,200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $58,391,317
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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