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Mychal Thompson

Mychal George Thompson

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-10    Weight: 226 lbs.
Born: January 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas
High School: Jackson in Miami, Florida
College: University of Minnesota

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 1978 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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 73 2144 460 938 .490 154 269 .572 198 406 604 176 67 134 205 270 1074
1980-81 26 POR NBA 79 2790 569 1151 .494 0 1 .000 207 323 .641 223 463 686 284 62 170 241 260 1345
1981-82 27 POR NBA 79 78 3129 681 1303 .523 0 0 280 446 .628 258 663 921 319 69 107 245 233 1642
1982-83 28 POR NBA 80 80 3017 505 1033 .489 0 1 .000 249 401 .621 183 570 753 380 68 110 281 213 1259
1983-84 29 POR NBA 79 74 2648 487 929 .524 0 2 .000 266 399 .667 235 453 688 308 84 108 235 237 1240
1984-85 30 POR NBA 79 55 2616 572 1111 .515 0 0 307 449 .684 211 407 618 205 78 104 231 216 1451
1985-86 31 POR NBA 82 78 2569 503 1011 .498 0 0 198 309 .641 181 427 608 176 76 35 196 267 1204
1986-87 32 TOT NBA 82 7 1890 359 797 .450 1 2 .500 219 297 .737 138 274 412 115 45 71 134 202 938
1986-87 32 SAS NBA 49 6 1210 230 528 .436 1 1 1.000 144 196 .735 91 185 276 87 31 41 77 117 605
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 33 1 680 129 269 .480 0 1 .000 75 101 .743 47 89 136 28 14 30 57 85 333
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 80 0 2007 370 722 .512 0 3 .000 185 292 .634 198 291 489 66 38 79 113 251 925
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 80 8 1994 291 521 .559 0 1 .000 156 230 .678 157 310 467 48 58 59 97 224 738
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 70 70 1883 281 562 .500 0 0 144 204 .706 173 304 477 43 33 73 79 207 706
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 72 4 1077 113 228 .496 0 2 .000 62 88 .705 74 154 228 21 23 23 47 112 288
Career NBA 935 454 27764 5191 10306 .504 1 12 .083 2427 3707 .655 2229 4722 6951 2141 701 1073 2104 2692 12810

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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 73 29.4 6.3 12.8 .490 2.1 3.7 .572 2.7 5.6 8.3 2.4 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.7 14.7
1980-81 26 POR NBA 79 35.3 7.2 14.6 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 4.1 .641 2.8 5.9 8.7 3.6 0.8 2.2 3.1 3.3 17.0
1981-82 27 POR NBA 79 78 39.6 8.6 16.5 .523 0.0 0.0 3.5 5.6 .628 3.3 8.4 11.7 4.0 0.9 1.4 3.1 2.9 20.8
1982-83 28 POR NBA 80 80 37.7 6.3 12.9 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 5.0 .621 2.3 7.1 9.4 4.8 0.9 1.4 3.5 2.7 15.7
1983-84 29 POR NBA 79 74 33.5 6.2 11.8 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.1 .667 3.0 5.7 8.7 3.9 1.1 1.4 3.0 3.0 15.7
1984-85 30 POR NBA 79 55 33.1 7.2 14.1 .515 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.7 .684 2.7 5.2 7.8 2.6 1.0 1.3 2.9 2.7 18.4
1985-86 31 POR NBA 82 78 31.3 6.1 12.3 .498 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.8 .641 2.2 5.2 7.4 2.1 0.9 0.4 2.4 3.3 14.7
1986-87 32 TOT NBA 82 7 23.0 4.4 9.7 .450 0.0 0.0 .500 2.7 3.6 .737 1.7 3.3 5.0 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 2.5 11.4
1986-87 32 SAS NBA 49 6 24.7 4.7 10.8 .436 0.0 0.0 1.000 2.9 4.0 .735 1.9 3.8 5.6 1.8 0.6 0.8 1.6 2.4 12.3
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 33 1 20.6 3.9 8.2 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.1 .743 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.7 2.6 10.1
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 80 0 25.1 4.6 9.0 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.7 .634 2.5 3.6 6.1 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.4 3.1 11.6
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 80 8 24.9 3.6 6.5 .559 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.9 .678 2.0 3.9 5.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 2.8 9.2
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 70 70 26.9 4.0 8.0 .500 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.9 .706 2.5 4.3 6.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.1 3.0 10.1
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 72 4 15.0 1.6 3.2 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .705 1.0 2.1 3.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.6 4.0
Career NBA 935 454 29.7 5.6 11.0 .504 0.0 0.0 .083 2.6 4.0 .655 2.4 5.1 7.4 2.3 0.7 1.1 2.3 2.9 13.7

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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 73 2144 7.7 15.8 .490 2.6 4.5 .572 3.3 6.8 10.1 3.0 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.5 18.0
1980-81 26 POR NBA 79 2790 7.3 14.9 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 4.2 .641 2.9 6.0 8.9 3.7 0.8 2.2 3.1 3.4 17.4
1981-82 27 POR NBA 79 78 3129 7.8 15.0 .523 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.1 .628 3.0 7.6 10.6 3.7 0.8 1.2 2.8 2.7 18.9
1982-83 28 POR NBA 80 80 3017 6.0 12.3 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.8 .621 2.2 6.8 9.0 4.5 0.8 1.3 3.4 2.5 15.0
1983-84 29 POR NBA 79 74 2648 6.6 12.6 .524 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 5.4 .667 3.2 6.2 9.4 4.2 1.1 1.5 3.2 3.2 16.9
1984-85 30 POR NBA 79 55 2616 7.9 15.3 .515 0.0 0.0 4.2 6.2 .684 2.9 5.6 8.5 2.8 1.1 1.4 3.2 3.0 20.0
1985-86 31 POR NBA 82 78 2569 7.0 14.2 .498 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .641 2.5 6.0 8.5 2.5 1.1 0.5 2.7 3.7 16.9
1986-87 32 TOT NBA 82 7 1890 6.8 15.2 .450 0.0 0.0 .500 4.2 5.7 .737 2.6 5.2 7.8 2.2 0.9 1.4 2.6 3.8 17.9
1986-87 32 SAS NBA 49 6 1210 6.8 15.7 .436 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.3 5.8 .735 2.7 5.5 8.2 2.6 0.9 1.2 2.3 3.5 18.0
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 33 1 680 6.8 14.2 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.3 .743 2.5 4.7 7.2 1.5 0.7 1.6 3.0 4.5 17.6
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 80 0 2007 6.6 13.0 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 5.2 .634 3.6 5.2 8.8 1.2 0.7 1.4 2.0 4.5 16.6
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 80 8 1994 5.3 9.4 .559 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 4.2 .678 2.8 5.6 8.4 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.8 4.0 13.3
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 70 70 1883 5.4 10.7 .500 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.9 .706 3.3 5.8 9.1 0.8 0.6 1.4 1.5 4.0 13.5
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 72 4 1077 3.8 7.6 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.9 .705 2.5 5.1 7.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.6 3.7 9.6
Career NBA 935 454 27764 6.7 13.4 .504 0.0 0.0 .083 3.1 4.8 .655 2.9 6.1 9.0 2.8 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.5 16.6

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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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 73 2144 17.0 .508 .490 10.1 21.3 15.7 12.1 1.5 3.5 16.3 23.2 99 100 1.2 3.2 4.4
1980-81 26 POR NBA 79 2790 16.6 .520 .494 8.7 18.1 13.4 13.8 1.0 3.4 15.7 21.8 103 104 2.1 3.3 5.3
1981-82 27 POR NBA 79 3129 19.2 .548 .523 9.3 23.4 16.4 14.6 1.1 1.9 14.0 22.9 109 106 4.5 3.6 8.2
1982-83 28 POR NBA 80 3017 15.4 .520 .489 6.8 21.3 14.0 17.8 1.1 2.1 18.9 20.1 100 103 1.5 3.9 5.4
1983-84 29 POR NBA 79 2648 17.9 .561 .524 10.2 20.8 15.4 15.9 1.5 2.4 17.5 20.4 110 106 3.6 3.3 6.9
1984-85 30 POR NBA 79 2616 17.5 .554 .515 9.1 17.3 13.2 11.0 1.4 2.2 15.0 23.3 107 107 2.9 3.1 6.1
1985-86 31 POR NBA 82 2569 13.7 .525 .498 8.0 18.9 13.4 9.6 1.4 0.8 14.6 20.7 103 108 1.3 2.4 3.7
1986-87 32 TOT NBA 82 1890 13.9 .506 .451 8.1 16.1 12.0 8.5 1.1 2.1 12.6 22.6 103 109 0.8 1.8 2.6
1986-87 32 SAS NBA 49 1210 14.6 .492 .437 8.0 17.6 12.6 10.2 1.2 1.9 11.1 22.9 104 110 0.6 1.0 1.6
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 33 680 12.6 .531 .480 8.3 13.6 11.1 5.4 1.0 2.5 15.4 22.1 102 107 0.2 0.8 1.0
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 80 2007 14.6 .544 .512 11.8 15.7 13.8 4.6 0.9 2.2 11.7 20.0 110 107 2.4 2.3 4.6
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 80 1994 13.3 .593 .559 9.4 16.2 13.1 3.2 1.4 1.7 13.5 14.9 115 106 2.8 2.4 5.2
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 70 1883 13.4 .542 .500 10.9 17.9 14.5 3.2 0.9 2.3 10.8 16.6 112 107 2.4 2.3 4.7
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 72 1077 9.6 .540 .496 8.3 15.9 12.3 2.6 1.1 1.3 15.0 12.7 107 105 0.6 1.4 2.1
Career NBA 935 27764 15.7 .537 .504 9.1 19.0 14.1 10.8 1.2 2.2 15.0 20.5 106 106 26.1 33.0 59.1

Playoffs

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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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 3 121 27 54 5 10 9 31 6 2 5 5 11 59 .500 .500 40.3 19.7 10.3 2.0
1980-81 26 POR NBA 3 132 31 51 0 0 13 18 5 23 4 3 9 7 10 75 .608 .722 44.0 25.0 7.7 1.3
1982-83 28 POR NBA 7 284 40 85 0 0 25 38 16 56 39 6 8 28 24 105 .471 .658 40.6 15.0 8.0 5.6
1983-84 29 POR NBA 4 121 22 44 0 0 17 22 9 29 15 5 3 6 11 61 .500 .773 30.3 15.3 7.3 3.8
1984-85 30 POR NBA 9 250 50 102 0 0 33 49 25 72 14 7 12 19 32 133 .490 .673 27.8 14.8 8.0 1.6
1985-86 31 POR NBA 4 140 31 54 0 0 14 26 11 33 14 1 3 10 13 76 .574 .538 35.0 19.0 8.3 3.5
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 18 401 62 137 0 0 34 50 29 88 9 7 17 16 50 158 .453 .680 22.3 8.8 4.9 0.5
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 24 615 98 191 0 0 36 62 63 170 12 17 21 33 70 232 .513 .581 25.6 9.7 7.1 0.5
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 15 377 65 128 0 0 41 60 39 77 11 6 12 14 52 171 .508 .683 25.1 11.4 5.1 0.7
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 9 225 21 44 0 0 16 26 15 39 2 2 13 17 26 58 .477 .615 25.0 6.4 4.3 0.2
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 8 42 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 3 1 10 4 .286 5.3 0.5 1.1 0.0
Career NBA 104 2708 449 897 0 0 234 361 224 627 126 56 106 156 309 1132 .501 .648 26.0 10.9 6.0 1.2

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
1978-79 24 POR NBA 3 121 17.7 .505 .500 7.7 20.5 13.8 8.3 0.8 2.5 7.9 21.6 105 100 0.2 0.2 0.3
1980-81 26 POR NBA 3 132 22.5 .636 .608 4.2 16.3 10.0 4.8 1.1 4.0 10.6 21.4 121 103 0.4 0.2 0.6
1982-83 28 POR NBA 7 284 12.5 .516 .471 6.2 16.0 11.0 18.9 1.0 1.6 21.6 19.2 97 108 0.0 0.2 0.2
1983-84 29 POR NBA 4 121 21.5 .568 .500 7.8 22.8 14.3 18.9 2.0 1.5 10.1 20.6 122 112 0.3 0.1 0.4
1984-85 30 POR NBA 9 250 16.3 .538 .490 10.3 21.2 15.5 7.4 1.3 2.8 13.3 22.2 108 114 0.2 0.1 0.4
1985-86 31 POR NBA 4 140 16.3 .581 .574 9.1 15.3 12.5 14.6 0.3 1.1 13.3 21.5 112 114 0.2 0.1 0.3
1986-87 32 LAL NBA 18 401 11.1 .497 .453 9.0 15.0 12.3 2.9 0.8 2.3 9.1 18.0 107 109 0.1 0.6 0.7
1987-88 33 LAL NBA 24 615 13.8 .531 .513 12.6 19.7 16.3 2.8 1.4 2.1 13.1 18.2 107 109 0.3 0.8 1.1
1988-89 34 LAL NBA 15 377 14.9 .554 .508 12.8 10.8 11.8 4.4 0.8 1.9 8.3 19.4 118 112 0.7 0.3 1.0
1989-90 35 LAL NBA 9 225 7.0 .523 .477 8.3 12.2 10.3 1.2 0.5 3.6 23.5 14.2 92 112 -0.2 0.2 0.0
1990-91 36 LAL NBA 8 42 1.3 .286 .286 8.9 17.2 13.1 0.0 0.0 4.6 12.5 8.6 76 110 -0.1 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 104 2708 13.9 .536 .501 9.8 16.6 13.2 6.6 1.0 2.3 12.9 18.9 108 110 2.2 2.7 4.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1976-77 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1977-78 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1978-79 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1981-82 NBA 0.001 (21)
Career 0.001 (218)

Games

1985-86 NBA 82 (2)
1986-87 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1981-82 NBA 3129 (3)
1982-83 NBA 3017 (3)

Field Goal Pct

Career NBA .504 (84)
Career .504 (86)

Offensive Rebounds

1981-82 NBA 258 (7)
Career NBA 2229 (50)
Career 2229 (59)

Defensive Rebounds

1981-82 NBA 663 (2)
Career NBA 4722 (67)
Career 4722 (74)

Total Rebounds

1981-82 NBA 921 (4)
Career NBA 6951 (88)
Career 6951 (97)

Blocks

1980-81 NBA 170 (9)
Career NBA 1073 (65)
Career 1073 (67)

Turnovers

1982-83 NBA 281 (7)
Career NBA 2104 (77)
Career 2104 (82)

Minutes Per Game

1981-82 NBA 39.6 (3)
1982-83 NBA 37.7 (5)

Rebounds Per Game

1981-82 NBA 11.7 (4)

Blocks Per Game

1980-81 NBA 2.2 (8)
Career NBA 1.1 (66)
Career 1.1 (68)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1983-84 NBA 10.2 (10)
Career NBA 9.1 (78)
Career 9.1 (87)

Defensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 19.0 (86)
Career 19.0 (90)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 14.1 (87)
Career 14.1 (93)

Block Pct

Career NBA 2.2 (69)
Career 2.2 (71)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.007 (269)
    

Transactions

June 8, 1978: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 1978 1st round draft pick) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Johnny Davis and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rick Robey).

June 9, 1978: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

June 19, 1986: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with Larry Krystkowiak to the San Antonio Spurs for Steve Johnson.

February 13, 1987: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Los Angeles Lakers for Frank Brickowski, Petur Gudmundsson, a 1987 1st round draft pick (Greg Anderson) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Sean Higgins).

October 2, 1991: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $750,000
1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $595,000
1986-87 Total NBA *$653,500
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $712,000
1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $812,000
1989-90 Los Angeles Lakers NBA *$713,500
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $615,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $1,807,000
Career (may be incomplete) $6,658,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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