LaSalle Thompson

LaSalle Thompson III (Tank)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: June 23, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio
High School: Withrow in Cincinnati, Ohio
College: University of Texas at Austin
Draft: Kansas City Kings, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 20, 1982

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 23, 2013 10:17 AM

All-Time Rank: #477. Raef LaFrentz… #478. Rich Kelley… #479. Rafer Alston… #480. LASALLE THOMPSON… #481. Mark West… #482. Jamaal Tinsley… #483. John Salley…

All-Time Rank: #477. Raef LaFrentz… #478. Rich Kelley… #479. Rafer Alston… #480. LASALLE THOMPSON… #481. Mark West… #482. Jamaal Tinsley… #483. John Salley…

Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1982-83	21	KCK	NBA	C	71	3	987	147	287	.512	0	1	.000	89	137	.650	133	242	375	33	40	61	96	186	383
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	80	38	1915	333	637	.523	0	0		160	223	.717	260	449	709	86	71	145	168	327	826
1984-85	23	KCK	NBA	C	82	77	2458	369	695	.531	0	0		227	315	.721	274	580	854	130	98	128	202	328	965
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	80	64	2377	411	794	.518	0	1	.000	202	276	.732	252	518	770	168	71	109	184	295	1024
1986-87	25	SAC	NBA	C	82	53	2166	362	752	.481	0	5	.000	188	255	.737	237	450	687	122	69	126	143	290	912
1987-88	26	SAC	NBA	C	69	9	1257	215	456	.471	2	5	.400	118	164	.720	138	289	427	68	54	73	109	217	550
1988-89	27	TOT	NBA	C	76	71	2329	416	850	.489	0	1	.000	227	281	.808	224	494	718	81	79	94	179	285	1059
1988-89	27	SAC	NBA	C	43	42	1276	247	536	.461	0	1	.000	152	188	.809	120	272	392	44	46	55	117	153	646
1988-89	27	IND	NBA	C	33	29	1053	169	314	.538	0	0		75	93	.806	104	222	326	37	33	39	62	132	413
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	82	60	2126	223	471	.473	1	5	.200	107	134	.799	175	455	630	106	65	71	150	313	554
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	82	77	1946	276	565	.488	1	5	.200	72	104	.692	154	409	563	147	63	63	168	265	625
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	80	49	1299	168	359	.468	0	2	.000	58	71	.817	98	283	381	102	52	34	98	207	394
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	63	0	730	104	213	.488	0	1	.000	29	39	.744	55	123	178	34	29	24	47	137	237
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	30	1	282	27	77	.351	0	0		16	30	.533	26	49	75	16	10	8	23	59	70
1994-95	33	IND	NBA	C	38	3	453	49	118	.415	0	0		14	16	.875	28	61	89	18	18	10	33	76	112
1995-96	34	PHI	NBA	C	44	11	773	33	83	.398	0	0		19	24	.792	62	137	199	26	19	20	37	125	85
1996-97	35	TOT	NBA	C	26	0	140	3	19	.158	0	0		4	6	.667	7	27	34	2	3	6	9	33	10
1996-97	35	DEN	NBA	C	17	0	105	3	16	.188	0	0		1	2	.500	5	21	26	0	3	6	7	26	7
1996-97	35	IND	NBA	C	9	0	35	0	3	.000	0	0		3	4	.750	2	6	8	2	0	0	2	7	3
Career			NBA		985	516	21238	3136	6376	.492	4	26	.154	1530	2075	.737	2123	4566	6689	1139	741	972	1646	3143	7806

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1982-83	21	KCK	NBA	C	71	3	13.9	2.1	4.0	.512	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.650	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.6	5.4
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	80	38	23.9	4.2	8.0	.523	0.0		2.0	2.8	.717	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.1	10.3
1984-85	23	KCK	NBA	C	82	77	30.0	4.5	8.5	.531	0.0		2.8	3.8	.721	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	11.8
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	80	64	29.7	5.1	9.9	.518	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.732	3.2	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	12.8
1986-87	25	SAC	NBA	C	82	53	26.4	4.4	9.2	.481	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.737	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.5	11.1
1987-88	26	SAC	NBA	C	69	9	18.2	3.1	6.6	.471	0.1	.400	1.7	2.4	.720	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.1	8.0
1988-89	27	TOT	NBA	C	76	71	30.6	5.5	11.2	.489	0.0	.000	3.0	3.7	.808	2.9	6.5	9.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	13.9
1988-89	27	SAC	NBA	C	43	42	29.7	5.7	12.5	.461	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.809	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.7	3.6	15.0
1988-89	27	IND	NBA	C	33	29	31.9	5.1	9.5	.538	0.0		2.3	2.8	.806	3.2	6.7	9.9	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	4.0	12.5
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	82	60	25.9	2.7	5.7	.473	0.1	.200	1.3	1.6	.799	2.1	5.5	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.8	6.8
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	82	77	23.7	3.4	6.9	.488	0.1	.200	0.9	1.3	.692	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.2	7.6
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	80	49	16.2	2.1	4.5	.468	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.817	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	4.9
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	63	0	11.6	1.7	3.4	.488	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.744	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	3.8
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	30	1	9.4	0.9	2.6	.351	0.0		0.5	1.0	.533	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	2.3
1994-95	33	IND	NBA	C	38	3	11.9	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0		0.4	0.4	.875	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.9
1995-96	34	PHI	NBA	C	44	11	17.6	0.8	1.9	.398	0.0		0.4	0.5	.792	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.8	1.9
1996-97	35	TOT	NBA	C	26	0	5.4	0.1	0.7	.158	0.0		0.2	0.2	.667	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.4
1996-97	35	DEN	NBA	C	17	0	6.2	0.2	0.9	.188	0.0		0.1	0.1	.500	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	0.4
1996-97	35	IND	NBA	C	9	0	3.9	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0		0.3	0.4	.750	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3
Career			NBA		985	516	21.6	3.2	6.5	.492	0.0	.154	1.6	2.1	.737	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.2	7.9

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1982-83	21	KCK	NBA	C	71	3	987	5.4	10.5	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.0	.650	4.9	8.8	13.7	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.5	6.8	14.0
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	80	38	1915	6.3	12.0	.523	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.2	.717	4.9	8.4	13.3	1.6	1.3	2.7	3.2	6.1	15.5
1984-85	23	KCK	NBA	C	82	77	2458	5.4	10.2	.531	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.6	.721	4.0	8.5	12.5	1.9	1.4	1.9	3.0	4.8	14.1
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	80	64	2377	6.2	12.0	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.732	3.8	7.8	11.7	2.5	1.1	1.7	2.8	4.5	15.5
1986-87	25	SAC	NBA	C	82	53	2166	6.0	12.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.2	.737	3.9	7.5	11.4	2.0	1.1	2.1	2.4	4.8	15.2
1987-88	26	SAC	NBA	C	69	9	1257	6.2	13.1	.471	0.1	0.1	.400	3.4	4.7	.720	4.0	8.3	12.2	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.1	6.2	15.8
1988-89	27	TOT	NBA	C	76	71	2329	6.4	13.1	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.3	.808	3.5	7.6	11.1	1.3	1.2	1.5	2.8	4.4	16.4
1988-89	27	SAC	NBA	C	43	42	1276	7.0	15.1	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.3	.809	3.4	7.7	11.1	1.2	1.3	1.6	3.3	4.3	18.2
1988-89	27	IND	NBA	C	33	29	1053	5.8	10.7	.538	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.2	.806	3.6	7.6	11.1	1.3	1.1	1.3	2.1	4.5	14.1
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	82	60	2126	3.8	8.0	.473	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.3	.799	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.8	1.1	1.2	2.5	5.3	9.4
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	82	77	1946	5.1	10.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.9	.692	2.8	7.6	10.4	2.7	1.2	1.2	3.1	4.9	11.6
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	80	49	1299	4.7	9.9	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.817	2.7	7.8	10.6	2.8	1.4	0.9	2.7	5.7	10.9
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	63	0	730	5.1	10.5	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.744	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.7	1.4	1.2	2.3	6.8	11.7
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	30	1	282	3.4	9.8	.351	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	.533	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.9	7.5	8.9
1994-95	33	IND	NBA	C	38	3	453	3.9	9.4	.415	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.3	.875	2.2	4.8	7.1	1.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	6.0	8.9
1995-96	34	PHI	NBA	C	44	11	773	1.5	3.9	.398	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.1	.792	2.9	6.4	9.3	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.7	5.8	4.0
1996-97	35	TOT	NBA	C	26	0	140	0.8	4.9	.158	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	.667	1.8	6.9	8.7	0.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	8.5	2.6
1996-97	35	DEN	NBA	C	17	0	105	1.0	5.5	.188	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	.500	1.7	7.2	8.9	0.0	1.0	2.1	2.4	8.9	2.4
1996-97	35	IND	NBA	C	9	0	35	0.0	3.1	.000	0.0	0.0		3.1	4.1	.750	2.1	6.2	8.2	2.1	0.0	0.0	2.1	7.2	3.1
Career			NBA		985	516	21238	5.3	10.8	.492	0.0	0.0	.154	2.6	3.5	.737	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.9	1.3	1.6	2.8	5.3	13.2

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1982-83	21	KCK	NBA	C	71	987	14.7	.551	.512	14.6	26.5	20.5	4.2	1.8	3.5	21.7	17.3	101	99	0.5	1.7	2.3	.110
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	80	1915	16.9	.562	.523	15.2	27.3	21.1	6.3	1.7	4.3	18.6	19.0	106	102	1.5	3.3	4.9	.122
1984-85	23	KCK	NBA	C	82	2458	15.6	.579	.531	12.8	26.7	19.8	6.8	1.8	2.9	19.5	16.6	108	106	2.3	3.0	5.3	.103
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	80	2377	16.4	.559	.518	12.1	24.5	18.3	9.8	1.4	2.6	16.7	18.7	108	105	2.5	3.1	5.6	.113
1986-87	25	SAC	NBA	C	82	2166	15.7	.528	.481	11.9	22.8	17.3	7.8	1.5	3.3	14.2	18.6	108	107	2.0	2.5	4.5	.100
1987-88	26	SAC	NBA	C	69	1257	15.3	.521	.474	11.9	25.2	18.5	7.7	2.0	3.2	17.1	20.4	101	106	0.3	1.6	1.9	.074
1988-89	27	TOT	NBA	C	76	2329	15.6	.544	.489	10.7	22.7	16.8	5.2	1.6	2.3	15.5	20.4	104	106	1.5	2.9	4.4	.090
1988-89	27	SAC	NBA	C	43	1276	15.6	.522	.461	9.9	23.3	16.5	5.3	1.7	2.5	15.9	23.6	100	106	0.1	1.7	1.7	.065
1988-89	27	IND	NBA	C	33	1053	15.5	.582	.538	11.6	22.1	17.2	5.1	1.5	2.1	14.9	16.6	113	107	1.4	1.2	2.6	.120
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	82	2126	10.3	.523	.475	10.1	23.9	17.3	6.7	1.5	2.0	22.1	13.9	99	107	0.0	2.5	2.4	.055
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	82	1946	11.2	.512	.489	9.4	23.3	16.6	10.4	1.6	1.9	21.6	16.8	96	108	-0.7	1.9	1.2	.030
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	80	1299	10.9	.505	.468	8.8	22.9	16.2	10.5	1.9	1.6	20.1	15.8	98	106	-0.2	1.7	1.6	.058
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	63	730	10.7	.515	.488	8.4	18.3	13.4	6.6	2.0	2.1	17.0	16.1	100	107	0.1	0.9	0.9	.061
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	30	282	6.1	.388	.351	11.1	19.4	15.4	8.0	1.8	1.9	20.3	17.6	82	101	-0.5	0.5	0.0	-0.005
1994-95	33	IND	NBA	C	38	453	6.8	.448	.415	7.6	16.0	11.9	6.2	2.1	1.7	20.9	16.0	86	104	-0.6	0.7	0.1	.015
1995-96	34	PHI	NBA	C	44	773	6.2	.454	.398	9.0	21.0	14.9	5.1	1.3	1.9	28.3	7.5	92	111	-0.3	0.5	0.2	.013
1996-97	35	TOT	NBA	C	26	140	-0.5	.231	.158	5.9	21.9	14.0	2.0	1.1	2.9	29.4	9.9	51	106	-0.4	0.2	-0.3	-0.086
1996-97	35	DEN	NBA	C	17	105	-0.9	.207	.188	5.5	22.5	14.1	0.0	1.5	3.9	29.3	10.2	44	106	-0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.109
1996-97	35	IND	NBA	C	9	35	0.8	.315	.000	6.9	20.1	13.6	8.0	0.0	0.0	29.6	8.9	76	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.017
Career			NBA		985	21238	13.6	.535	.492	11.4	23.9	17.7	7.4	1.7	2.6	18.4	17.2	103	106	8.1	27.0	35.0	.079

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	3		93	18	40	.450	9	11	.818	11	19	30	4	3	4	5	14	45
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	3	3	99	11	32	.344	7	12	.583	14	21	35	2	2	6	4	8	29
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	3	0	54	7	15	.467	4	4	1.000	6	9	15	2	0	1	7	13	18
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	5	5	126	19	39	.487	7	7	1.000	6	25	31	8	4	7	10	15	45
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	3	3	63	7	11	.636	2	2	1.000	2	11	13	4	1	4	3	11	16
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	4	0	73	5	15	.333	5	6	.833	7	7	14	3	3	2	4	9	15
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	7	0	39	4	11	.364	2	3	.667	3	7	10	5	3	1	4	9	10
Career			NBA		28	11	547	71	163	.436	36	45	.800	49	99	148	28	16	25	37	79	178

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	3		31.0	6.0	13.3	.450	3.0	3.7	.818	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.7	15.0
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	3	3	33.0	3.7	10.7	.344	2.3	4.0	.583	4.7	7.0	11.7	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	9.7
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	3	0	18.0	2.3	5.0	.467	1.3	1.3	1.000	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.3	6.0
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	5	5	25.2	3.8	7.8	.487	1.4	1.4	1.000	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	9.0
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	3	3	21.0	2.3	3.7	.636	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.7	5.3
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	4	0	18.3	1.3	3.8	.333	1.3	1.5	.833	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	3.8
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	7	0	5.6	0.6	1.6	.364	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.4
Career			NBA		28	11	19.5	2.5	5.8	.436	1.3	1.6	.800	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.8	6.4

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	3		93	7.0	15.5	.450	3.5	4.3	.818	4.3	7.4	11.6	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.9	5.4	17.4
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	3	3	99	4.0	11.6	.344	2.5	4.4	.583	5.1	7.6	12.7	0.7	0.7	2.2	1.5	2.9	10.5
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	3	0	54	4.7	10.0	.467	2.7	2.7	1.000	4.0	6.0	10.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	4.7	8.7	12.0
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	5	5	126	5.4	11.1	.487	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.7	7.1	8.9	2.3	1.1	2.0	2.9	4.3	12.9
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	3	3	63	4.0	6.3	.636	1.1	1.1	1.000	1.1	6.3	7.4	2.3	0.6	2.3	1.7	6.3	9.1
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	4	0	73	2.5	7.4	.333	2.5	3.0	.833	3.5	3.5	6.9	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	4.4	7.4
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	7	0	39	3.7	10.2	.364	1.8	2.8	.667	2.8	6.5	9.2	4.6	2.8	0.9	3.7	8.3	9.2
Career			NBA		28	11	547	4.7	10.7	.436	2.4	3.0	.800	3.2	6.5	9.7	1.8	1.1	1.6	2.4	5.2	11.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	C	3	93	16.5	.502	.450	11.5	26.5	17.9	6.7	1.6	2.5	10.0	21.5	106	107	0.1	0.1	0.2	.098
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	C	3	99	12.2	.389	.344	13.7	25.7	19.0	3.1	1.0	3.6	9.7	16.7	96	113	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.012
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	C	3	54	6.7	.537	.467	14.3	20.0	17.2	6.2	0.0	1.1	29.5	20.8	90	116	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.055
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	C	5	126	11.9	.535	.487	5.7	25.1	15.1	8.8	1.5	3.4	19.2	17.2	98	113	0.0	0.1	0.1	.022
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	C	3	63	11.1	.673	.636	3.8	20.0	12.0	10.0	0.8	3.5	20.2	10.8	116	116	0.1	0.0	0.1	.065
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	C	4	73	8.0	.425	.333	12.0	11.2	11.6	6.0	2.2	1.8	18.5	14.0	94	109	0.0	0.1	0.0	.019
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	C	7	39	10.2	.406	.364	9.7	20.9	15.5	21.7	4.2	2.0	24.5	19.2	84	91	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.055
Career			NBA		28	547	11.5	.487	.436	9.9	22.2	15.7	7.9	1.5	2.7	16.8	17.2	98	110	-0.1	0.5	0.4	.032

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
LaSalle Thompson		5.6	5.3	4.9	4.5	4.4	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Ervin Johnson	89.4	6.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	3.9	3.0	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.0
Dave Corzine	88.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	2.9	2.9	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2
Benoit Benjamin	87.8	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.0	3.0	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Greg Ostertag	87.5	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Alton Lister	86.7	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Wayne Embry	84.0	6.7	6.3	5.6	4.5	3.4	3.4	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.1
Steve Hawes	82.7	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.4	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0
Kent Benson	82.7	6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.0
Kelvin Cato	81.4	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.2	3.8	2.7	1.7	1.6	0.3	0.1
Herb Williams	81.0	6.2	4.7	4.6	3.5	2.8	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.4

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
LaSalle Thompson		5.6	5.3	4.9	4.5	4.4	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Ervin Johnson	89.4	6.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	3.9	3.0	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.0
Dave Corzine	88.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	2.9	2.9	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2
Benoit Benjamin	87.8	5.4	5.1	4.1	4.0	3.0	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Greg Ostertag	87.5	5.9	5.0	4.2	3.8	3.8	3.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	0.7
Alton Lister	86.4	5.5	5.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Wayne Embry	84.0	6.7	6.3	5.6	4.5	3.4	3.4	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.1
Steve Hawes	82.7	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.4	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0
Kent Benson	82.7	6.4	5.2	4.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.0
Kelvin Cato	81.4	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.2	3.8	2.7	1.7	1.6	0.3	0.1
Joe Barry Carroll	80.9	7.0	5.7	5.5	4.7	4.6	3.4	2.3	1.6	0.7	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	18	TEXAS	30	971	153	274			77	103		292	13	6	36		94	383	.558		.748	32.4	12.8	9.7	0.4
1980-81	19	TEXAS	30	1106	235	411			107	147		370	36	18	51		103	577	.572		.728	36.9	19.2	12.3	1.2
1981-82	20	TEXAS	27	1042	196	371			111	164		365	35	18	58	70	92	503	.528		.677	38.6	18.6	13.5	1.3
Career			87	3119	584	1056			295	414		1027	84	42	145	70	289	1463	.553		.713	35.9	16.8	11.8	1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1984-85 NBA 82 (1) 1986-87 NBA 82 (1) 1989-90 NBA 82 (1) 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)	Offensive Rebounds 1983-84 NBA 260 (8) 1984-85 NBA 274 (6) Career NBA 2123 (69) Career 2123 (80)	Defensive Rebounds 1984-85 NBA 580 (8) Career NBA 4566 (87) Career 4566 (95)	Total Rebounds 1984-85 NBA 854 (7) 1985-86 NBA 770 (10)
Blocks 1983-84 NBA 145 (5) Career NBA 972 (86) Career 972 (88)	Personal Fouls 1983-84 NBA 327 (5) 1984-85 NBA 328 (2) 1985-86 NBA 295 (10) 1989-90 NBA 313 (5) Career NBA 3143 (52) Career 3143 (61)	Rebounds Per Game 1984-85 NBA 10.4 (10) 1985-86 NBA 9.6 (8)	Blocks Per Game 1983-84 NBA 1.8 (6)
Offensive Rebound Pct 1983-84 NBA 15.2 (2) 1984-85 NBA 12.8 (5) 1985-86 NBA 12.1 (9) Career NBA 11.4 (31) Career 11.4 (34)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1983-84 NBA 27.3 (2) 1984-85 NBA 26.7 (5) 1985-86 NBA 24.5 (10) 1988-89 NBA 22.7 (7) Career NBA 23.9 (23) Career 23.9 (25)	Total Rebound Pct 1983-84 NBA 21.1 (1) 1984-85 NBA 19.8 (2) 1985-86 NBA 18.3 (8) 1989-90 NBA 17.3 (10) Career NBA 17.7 (22) Career 17.7 (25)	Block Pct 1983-84 NBA 4.3 (4) Career NBA 2.6 (77) Career 2.6 (84)
Defensive Rating 1983-84 NBA 101.8 (6)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (773)	NBA Elo Player Rating 483rd (overall) as of May 23, 2013, 5:12AM

Transactions

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

February 20, 1989: Traded by the Sacramento Kings with Randy Wittman to the Indiana Pacers for Wayman Tisdale and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Bimbo Coles).

October 3, 1995: Released by the Indiana Pacers.

January 11, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

July 11, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia 76ers.

October 16, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets.

February 20, 1997: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Mark Jackson to the Indiana Pacers for Vincent Askew, Eddie Johnson, a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Jason Lawson) and a 1998 2nd round draft pick (Tremaine Fowlkes).

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Sacramento Kings	NBA	$352,000
1987-88	Sacramento Kings	NBA	$636,000
1988-89	Sacramento Kings	NBA	$636,000
1990-91	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$2,000,000
1991-92	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$2,000,000
1992-93	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$2,000,000
1993-94	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$2,000,000
1994-95	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$2,000,000
1996-97	Denver Nuggets	NBA	$247,500
1999-00	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$510,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$12,381,500

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