LaSalle Thompson

LaSalle Thompson III (Tank)

Position: Center-Forward
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

Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall) of the 1982 NBA draft.

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Kansas City Kings
1983-1985

Sacramento Kings
1986-1989

Indiana Pacers
1989-1990

Indiana Pacers
1991-1997

Philadelphia 76ers
1996

Denver Nuggets
1997

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs	1996-97	1995-96	1994-95	1993-94	1992-93	1991-92	1990-91	1989-90	1988-89	1987-88	1986-87	Finder
Splits	1996-97	1995-96	1994-95	1993-94	1992-93	1991-92	1990-91	1989-90	1988-89	1987-88	1986-87

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	21	KCK	NBA	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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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	21	KCK	NBA	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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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	21	KCK	NBA	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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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	LS	WSAA
1982-83	21	KCK	NBA	71	987	14.7	.551	.512	14.6	26.5	20.5	4.2	1.8	3.5	21.7	17.3	101	99	1.6	5.2	7	4	1.5
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	80	1915	16.9	.562	.523	15.2	27.3	21.1	6.3	1.7	4.3	18.6	19.0	106	102	4.3	10.1	14	9	2.5
1984-85	23	KCK	NBA	82	2458	15.6	.579	.531	12.8	26.7	19.8	6.8	1.8	2.9	19.5	16.6	108	106	6.0	8.0	14	14	0.0
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	80	2377	16.4	.559	.518	12.1	24.5	18.3	9.8	1.4	2.6	16.7	18.7	108	105	7.7	10.1	18	11	3.5
1986-87	25	SAC	NBA	82	2166	15.7	.528	.481	11.9	22.8	17.3	7.8	1.5	3.3	14.2	18.6	108	107	4.7	6.8	12	14	-1.0
1987-88	26	SAC	NBA	69	1257	15.3	.521	.474	11.9	25.2	18.5	7.7	2.0	3.2	17.1	20.4	101	106	0.8	4.2	5	11	-3.0
1988-89	27	TOT	NBA	76	2329	15.6	.544	.489	10.7	22.7	16.8	5.2	1.6	2.3	15.5	20.4	104	106	3.6	8.1	12	17	-2.5
1988-89	27	SAC	NBA	43	1276	15.6	.522	.461	9.9	23.3	16.5	5.3	1.7	2.5	15.9	23.6	100	106	0.2	4.8	5	13	-4.0
1988-89	27	IND	NBA	33	1053	15.5	.582	.538	11.6	22.1	17.2	5.1	1.5	2.1	14.9	16.6	113	107	3.5	3.2	7	4	1.5
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	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	7.7	8	14	-3.0
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	82	1946	11.2	.512	.489	9.4	23.3	16.6	10.4	1.6	1.9	21.6	16.8	96	108	0.0	5.9	6	14	-4.0
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	80	1299	10.9	.505	.468	8.8	22.9	16.2	10.5	1.9	1.6	20.1	15.8	98	106	0.0	4.5	5	10	-2.5
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	63	730	10.7	.515	.488	8.4	18.3	13.4	6.6	2.0	2.1	17.0	16.1	100	107	0.2	2.3	3	5	-1.0
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	30	282	6.1	.388	.351	11.1	19.4	15.4	8.0	1.8	1.9	20.3	17.6	82	101	0.0	1.3	1	3	-1.0
1994-95	33	IND	NBA	38	453	6.8	.448	.415	7.6	16.0	11.9	6.2	2.1	1.7	20.9	16.0	86	104	0.0	2.2	2	4	-1.0
1995-96	34	PHI	NBA	44	773	6.2	.454	.398	9.0	21.0	14.9	5.1	1.3	1.9	28.3	7.5	92	111	0.0	1.8	2	6	-2.0
1996-97	35	TOT	NBA	26	140	-0.5	.231	.158	5.9	21.9	14.0	2.0	1.1	2.9	29.4	9.9	51	106	0.0	0.4	0	2	-1.0
1996-97	35	DEN	NBA	17	105	-0.9	.207	.188	5.5	22.5	14.1	0.0	1.5	3.9	29.3	10.2	44	106	0.0	0.3	0	2	-1.0
1996-97	35	IND	NBA	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	0.1	0	0	0.0
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	28.9	78.8	109	138	-14.5

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
1983-84	22	KCK	NBA	3	93	18	40	0	0	9	11	11	30	4	3	4	5	14	45	.450		.818	31.0	15.0	10.0	1.3
1985-86	24	SAC	NBA	3	99	11	32	0	0	7	12	14	35	2	2	6	4	8	29	.344		.583	33.0	9.7	11.7	0.7
1989-90	28	IND	NBA	3	54	7	15	0	0	4	4	6	15	2	0	1	7	13	18	.467		1.000	18.0	6.0	5.0	0.7
1990-91	29	IND	NBA	5	126	19	39	0	0	7	7	6	31	8	4	7	10	15	45	.487		1.000	25.2	9.0	6.2	1.6
1991-92	30	IND	NBA	3	63	7	11	0	0	2	2	2	13	4	1	4	3	11	16	.636		1.000	21.0	5.3	4.3	1.3
1992-93	31	IND	NBA	4	73	5	15	0	0	5	6	7	14	3	3	2	4	9	15	.333		.833	18.3	3.8	3.5	0.8
1993-94	32	IND	NBA	7	39	4	11	0	0	2	3	3	10	5	3	1	4	9	10	.364		.667	5.6	1.4	1.4	0.7
Career			NBA	28	547	71	163	0	0	36	45	49	148	28	16	25	37	79	178	.436		.800	19.5	6.4	5.3	1.0

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 Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games 1984-85 NBA 82 (1) 1986-87 NBA 82 (1) 1989-90 NBA 82 (1) 1990-91 NBA 82 (1) Career NBA 985 (95)	Offensive Rebounds 1983-84 NBA 260 (8) 1984-85 NBA 274 (6) Career NBA 2123 (60) Career 2123 (71)	Defensive Rebounds 1984-85 NBA 580 (8) Career NBA 4566 (71) Career 4566 (79)	Total Rebounds 1984-85 NBA 854 (7) 1985-86 NBA 770 (10) Career NBA 6689 (98)
Blocks 1983-84 NBA 145 (5) Career NBA 972 (77) Career 972 (79)	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 (47) Career 3143 (56)	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 (7) 1986-87 NBA 11.9 (10) Career NBA 11.4 (30) Career 11.4 (31)	Defensive Rebound Pct 1984-85 NBA 26.7 (3) 1985-86 NBA 24.5 (5) 1988-89 NBA 22.7 (5) 1989-90 NBA 23.9 (9) Career NBA 23.9 (17) Career 23.9 (18)	Total Rebound Pct 1984-85 NBA 19.8 (1) 1985-86 NBA 18.3 (4) 1988-89 NBA 16.8 (9) 1989-90 NBA 17.3 (8) Career NBA 17.7 (17) Career 17.7 (19)	Block Pct 1983-84 NBA 4.3 (5)
Defensive Rating 1983-84 NBA 101.8 (6)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (742)

Salaries

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Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1984-85	Kansas City Kings	NBA	$277,000
1985-86	Sacramento Kings	NBA	$352,000
1986-87	Sacramento Kings	NBA	*$494,000
1987-88	Sacramento Kings	NBA	$636,000
1988-89	Total	NBA	$636,000
1989-90	Indiana Pacers	NBA	*$1,318,000
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
1995-96	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	*$225,000
1996-97	Total	NBA	$247,500
1999-00	Indiana Pacers	NBA	$510,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$14,695,500

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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