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Bob Thornton

Robert George Thornton (Bob)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: July 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Mission Viejo in Mission Viejo, California
College: University of California, Irvine

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 4th round (17th pick, 87th overall) of the 1984 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
1985-86 23 NYK NBA 71 23 1323 125 274 .456 0 0 86 162 .531 113 177 290 43 30 7 83 209 336
1986-87 24 NYK NBA 33 4 282 29 67 .433 0 1 .000 13 20 .650 18 38 56 8 4 3 24 48 71
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 48 2 593 65 130 .500 0 2 .000 34 55 .618 46 66 112 15 11 3 35 103 164
1987-88 25 NYK NBA 7 0 85 6 19 .316 0 0 5 8 .625 5 8 13 4 2 0 8 23 17
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 41 2 508 59 111 .532 0 2 .000 29 47 .617 41 58 99 11 9 3 27 80 147
1988-89 26 PHI NBA 54 0 449 47 111 .423 1 3 .333 32 60 .533 36 56 92 15 8 7 23 87 127
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 56 0 592 48 112 .429 1 3 .333 26 51 .510 45 88 133 17 20 12 35 105 123
1990-91 28 MIN NBA 12 1 110 4 13 .308 0 0 8 10 .800 1 14 15 1 0 3 9 18 16
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 2 0 6 1 7 .143 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
1995-96 33 WSB NBA 7 0 31 1 6 .167 0 0 1 2 .500 6 6 12 0 1 0 1 7 3
Career NBA 283 30 3386 320 720 .444 2 9 .222 202 362 .558 267 445 712 99 74 35 210 578 844

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
1985-86 23 NYK NBA 71 23 18.6 1.8 3.9 .456 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 .531 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.9 4.7
1986-87 24 NYK NBA 33 4 8.5 0.9 2.0 .433 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .650 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.2
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 48 2 12.4 1.4 2.7 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .618 1.0 1.4 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.1 3.4
1987-88 25 NYK NBA 7 0 12.1 0.9 2.7 .316 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .625 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.1 3.3 2.4
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 41 2 12.4 1.4 2.7 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .617 1.0 1.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.0 3.6
1988-89 26 PHI NBA 54 0 8.3 0.9 2.1 .423 0.0 0.1 .333 0.6 1.1 .533 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.6 2.4
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 56 0 10.6 0.9 2.0 .429 0.0 0.1 .333 0.5 0.9 .510 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.9 2.2
1990-91 28 MIN NBA 12 1 9.2 0.3 1.1 .308 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 .800 0.1 1.2 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.5 1.3
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 2 0 3.0 0.5 3.5 .143 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0
1995-96 33 WSB NBA 7 0 4.4 0.1 0.9 .167 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.9 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.4
Career NBA 283 30 12.0 1.1 2.5 .444 0.0 0.0 .222 0.7 1.3 .558 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 2.0 3.0

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
1985-86 23 NYK NBA 71 23 1323 3.4 7.5 .456 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.4 .531 3.1 4.8 7.9 1.2 0.8 0.2 2.3 5.7 9.1
1986-87 24 NYK NBA 33 4 282 3.7 8.6 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.6 .650 2.3 4.9 7.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 3.1 6.1 9.1
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 48 2 593 3.9 7.9 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.3 .618 2.8 4.0 6.8 0.9 0.7 0.2 2.1 6.3 10.0
1987-88 25 NYK NBA 7 0 85 2.5 8.0 .316 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.4 .625 2.1 3.4 5.5 1.7 0.8 0.0 3.4 9.7 7.2
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 41 2 508 4.2 7.9 .532 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.3 .617 2.9 4.1 7.0 0.8 0.6 0.2 1.9 5.7 10.4
1988-89 26 PHI NBA 54 0 449 3.8 8.9 .423 0.1 0.2 .333 2.6 4.8 .533 2.9 4.5 7.4 1.2 0.6 0.6 1.8 7.0 10.2
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 56 0 592 2.9 6.8 .429 0.1 0.2 .333 1.6 3.1 .510 2.7 5.4 8.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 2.1 6.4 7.5
1990-91 28 MIN NBA 12 1 110 1.3 4.3 .308 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.3 .800 0.3 4.6 4.9 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.9 5.9 5.2
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 2 0 6 6.0 42.0 .143 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.000 12.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 24.0
1995-96 33 WSB NBA 7 0 31 1.2 7.0 .167 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 .500 7.0 7.0 13.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.2 8.1 3.5
Career NBA 283 30 3386 3.4 7.7 .444 0.0 0.1 .222 2.1 3.8 .558 2.8 4.7 7.6 1.1 0.8 0.4 2.2 6.1 9.0

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
1985-86 23 NYK NBA 71 1323 6.9 .487 .456 9.2 15.9 12.4 4.5 1.1 0.3 19.4 13.6 93 106 -0.6 1.6 0.9
1986-87 24 NYK NBA 33 282 4.1 .468 .433 7.1 15.3 11.1 3.8 0.7 0.6 24.0 14.8 83 112 -0.4 0.2 -0.3
1987-88 25 TOT NBA 48 593 7.0 .532 .500 8.9 13.0 10.9 3.6 0.9 0.3 18.5 13.4 101 112 0.1 0.3 0.4
1987-88 25 NYK NBA 7 85 -0.9 .377 .316 6.5 11.1 8.8 6.0 1.1 0.0 26.2 14.6 73 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1987-88 25 PHI NBA 41 508 8.3 .558 .532 9.3 13.3 11.3 3.1 0.9 0.4 17.0 13.2 107 113 0.3 0.2 0.5
1988-89 26 PHI NBA 54 449 6.4 .462 .428 8.9 14.1 11.5 4.3 0.9 0.9 14.3 14.8 97 113 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 56 592 6.1 .457 .433 8.7 16.7 12.7 3.7 1.7 1.2 20.7 12.1 91 107 -0.4 0.7 0.3
1990-91 28 MIN NBA 12 110 -0.5 .460 .308 1.0 15.8 7.9 1.2 0.0 1.7 34.1 10.3 68 114 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 2 6 1.7 .254 .143 39.5 0.0 18.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.6 79 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995-96 33 WSB NBA 7 31 4.1 .218 .167 23.2 22.3 22.8 0.0 1.7 0.0 12.7 11.4 83 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 283 3386 6.2 .480 .446 8.8 15.3 11.9 3.9 1.1 0.6 19.3 13.5 93 109 -1.7 3.0 1.3

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
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 9 89 7 18 0 0 5 10 11 15 4 2 1 2 22 19 .389 .500 9.9 2.1 1.7 0.4
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 7 32 2 5 0 0 3 4 4 9 1 0 0 1 3 7 .400 .750 4.6 1.0 1.3 0.1
Career NBA 16 121 9 23 0 0 8 14 15 24 5 2 1 3 25 26 .391 .571 7.6 1.6 1.5 0.3

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
1989-90 27 PHI NBA 9 89 6.0 .424 .389 14.1 5.7 10.1 6.3 1.2 0.7 8.2 12.1 107 117 0.0 0.0 0.1
1991-92 29 UTA NBA 7 32 9.9 .518 .400 16.1 19.1 17.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 12.9 11.0 120 116 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 16 121 7.0 .446 .391 14.6 9.2 12.1 5.8 0.9 0.5 9.3 11.8 110 117 0.1 0.0 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
1981-82 19 UCIRVINE 29 452 44 88 33 45 93 30 11 7 44 54 121 .500 .733 15.6 4.2 3.2 1.0
1982-83 20 UCIRVINE 27 639 125 216 75 117 161 27 13 7 50 73 325 .579 .641 23.7 12.0 6.0 1.0
1983-84 21 UCIRVINE 29 817 151 236 65 118 236 27 18 8 57 92 367 .640 .551 28.2 12.7 8.1 0.9
Career 85 1908 320 540 173 280 490 84 42 22 151 219 813 .593 .618 22.4 9.6 5.8 1.0

Transactions

June 19, 1984: Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 4th round (87th pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

December 16, 1987: Waived by the New York Knickerbockers.

December 19, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

November 10, 1990: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Alvaro Teheran).

April 15, 1992: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Utah Jazz

June 24, 1992: Released by the Utah Jazz.

October 1, 1995: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

October 24, 1995: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

March 25, 1996: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Washington Bullets.

April 14, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

July 15, 1996: Released by the Washington Bullets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 New York Knickerbockers NBA $70,000
1986-87 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$97,500
1987-88 Total NBA $125,000
1988-89 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $200,000
1989-90 Philadelphia 76ers NBA *$267,500
1990-91 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $335,000
1991-92 Utah Jazz NBA $335,000
1995-96 Washington Bullets NBA *$225,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,655,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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