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
Draft: New York Knicks, 4th round (17th pick, 87th overall), 1984 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1985

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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%	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		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	.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	.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		0.7	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	.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	0.1	.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	0.1	.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		0.7	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		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		0.1	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	.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	WS/48
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	.034
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	-0.044
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	.034
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	-0.070
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	.051
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	.010
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	.022
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	-0.079
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	-0.288
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	.001
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	.018

Playoffs

				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

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	WS	WS/48
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	0.1	.029
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	0.1	.086
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	0.1	.044

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Bob Thornton		0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.3
Ronald Dupree	65.2	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
Cal Bowdler	61.6	1.0	0.5	0.2
Jerrod Mustaf	58.5	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0
Viktor Khryapa	56.3	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.0
Maceo Baston	51.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3
Mark Hendrickson	51.2	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.1
Winston Bennett	49.1	1.1	0.3	0.2
Bob Arnzen	48.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	-0.1
Tremaine Fowlkes	47.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.0
Ansu Sesay	47.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	-0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Bob Thornton		0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.3
Ronald Dupree	65.2	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
Cal Bowdler	61.6	1.0	0.5	0.2
Jerrod Mustaf	58.5	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0
Viktor Khryapa	56.3	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.0
Maceo Baston	51.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3
Mark Hendrickson	51.2	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.1
Winston Bennett	49.1	1.1	0.3	0.2
Bob Arnzen	48.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	-0.1
Tremaine Fowlkes	47.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.0
Ansu Sesay	47.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	-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 Knicks in the 4th round (87th pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

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

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

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	New York Knicks	NBA	$70,000
1987-88	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	$125,000
1988-89	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	$200,000
1990-91	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$335,000
1991-92	Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA	$335,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$1,065,000

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