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Marcus Thornton

Marcus Terrell Thornton ▪ Twitter: @OfficialMT23

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 5, 1987 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
High School: Tara in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
College: Louisiana State University
Draft: Miami Heat, 2nd round (13th pick, 43rd overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 6, 2009
Age: 25 years, 351 days ▪ Experience: 4 years

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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
2009-10 22 NOH NBA SG 73 17 1872 398 883 .451 117 313 .374 144 177 .814 72 139 211 114 58 11 76 127 1057
2010-11 23 TOT NBA SG 73 23 1775 350 807 .434 88 240 .367 145 184 .788 61 197 258 135 64 9 93 110 933
2010-11 23 NOH NBA SG 46 0 745 137 334 .410 35 93 .376 50 66 .758 25 106 131 43 19 4 37 50 359
2010-11 23 SAC NBA SG 27 23 1030 213 473 .450 53 147 .361 95 118 .805 36 91 127 92 45 5 56 60 574
2011-12 24 SAC NBA SG 51 51 1780 352 803 .438 107 310 .345 141 163 .865 84 104 188 98 71 12 84 111 952
2012-13 25 SAC NBA SG 72 8 1726 332 774 .429 141 379 .372 111 126 .881 50 131 181 91 61 4 68 105 916
Career NBA 269 99 7153 1432 3267 .438 453 1242 .365 541 650 .832 267 571 838 438 254 36 321 453 3858

Per Game

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
2009-10 22 NOH NBA SG 73 17 25.6 5.5 12.1 .451 1.6 4.3 .374 2.0 2.4 .814 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.7 14.5
2010-11 23 TOT NBA SG 73 23 24.3 4.8 11.1 .434 1.2 3.3 .367 2.0 2.5 .788 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.5 12.8
2010-11 23 NOH NBA SG 46 0 16.2 3.0 7.3 .410 0.8 2.0 .376 1.1 1.4 .758 0.5 2.3 2.8 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.1 7.8
2010-11 23 SAC NBA SG 27 23 38.1 7.9 17.5 .450 2.0 5.4 .361 3.5 4.4 .805 1.3 3.4 4.7 3.4 1.7 0.2 2.1 2.2 21.3
2011-12 24 SAC NBA SG 51 51 34.9 6.9 15.7 .438 2.1 6.1 .345 2.8 3.2 .865 1.6 2.0 3.7 1.9 1.4 0.2 1.6 2.2 18.7
2012-13 25 SAC NBA SG 72 8 24.0 4.6 10.8 .429 2.0 5.3 .372 1.5 1.8 .881 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.9 1.5 12.7
Career NBA 269 99 26.6 5.3 12.1 .438 1.7 4.6 .365 2.0 2.4 .832 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 1.2 1.7 14.3

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
2009-10 22 NOH NBA SG 73 17 1872 7.7 17.0 .451 2.3 6.0 .374 2.8 3.4 .814 1.4 2.7 4.1 2.2 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.4 20.3
2010-11 23 TOT NBA SG 73 23 1775 7.1 16.4 .434 1.8 4.9 .367 2.9 3.7 .788 1.2 4.0 5.2 2.7 1.3 0.2 1.9 2.2 18.9
2010-11 23 NOH NBA SG 46 0 745 6.6 16.1 .410 1.7 4.5 .376 2.4 3.2 .758 1.2 5.1 6.3 2.1 0.9 0.2 1.8 2.4 17.3
2010-11 23 SAC NBA SG 27 23 1030 7.4 16.5 .450 1.9 5.1 .361 3.3 4.1 .805 1.3 3.2 4.4 3.2 1.6 0.2 2.0 2.1 20.1
2011-12 24 SAC NBA SG 51 51 1780 7.1 16.2 .438 2.2 6.3 .345 2.9 3.3 .865 1.7 2.1 3.8 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.7 2.2 19.3
2012-13 25 SAC NBA SG 72 8 1726 6.9 16.1 .429 2.9 7.9 .372 2.3 2.6 .881 1.0 2.7 3.8 1.9 1.3 0.1 1.4 2.2 19.1
Career NBA 269 99 7153 7.2 16.4 .438 2.3 6.3 .365 2.7 3.3 .832 1.3 2.9 4.2 2.2 1.3 0.2 1.6 2.3 19.4

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
2009-10 22 NOH NBA SG 73 1872 17.4 .550 .517 4.4 8.9 6.6 10.3 1.6 0.4 7.3 25.3 111 112 3.1 0.9 4.0 .103
2010-11 23 TOT NBA SG 73 1775 16.5 .525 .488 4.0 13.3 8.6 13.2 1.9 0.4 9.5 24.9 106 108 1.9 1.6 3.5 .095
2010-11 23 NOH NBA SG 46 745 14.0 .494 .463 4.1 17.4 10.7 10.3 1.4 0.4 9.2 25.6 99 106 0.0 0.9 0.9 .057
2010-11 23 SAC NBA SG 27 1030 18.2 .547 .506 3.9 10.3 7.0 15.3 2.2 0.4 9.6 24.4 112 110 1.9 0.8 2.6 .123
2011-12 24 SAC NBA SG 51 1780 17.4 .544 .505 4.9 6.7 5.8 9.4 2.0 0.5 8.8 23.4 111 112 3.7 0.1 3.8 .103
2012-13 25 SAC NBA SG 72 1726 16.3 .552 .520 3.2 9.0 6.0 9.0 1.8 0.2 7.6 23.1 111 114 3.1 0.1 3.2 .089
Career NBA 269 7153 16.9 .543 .508 4.2 9.5 6.8 10.5 1.8 0.4 8.3 24.2 110 112 11.8 2.7 14.6 .098

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 4 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4
Marcus Thornton 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.2
John Mengelt 96.3 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5
Trent Tucker 95.9 4.0 4.0 3.3 3.0
John Williamson 93.9 4.2 3.9 3.3 2.8
Mike Gale 89.9 4.7 3.9 3.4 2.6
John Long 87.9 4.7 3.6 3.6 2.4
Courtney Lee 86.5 4.4 3.2 3.1 2.7
Kelvin Ransey 86.2 3.8 3.7 2.8 2.2
Sam Cassell 85.6 4.7 3.9 3.9 2.2
Daniel Gibson 84.7 4.1 3.8 2.6 2.0
Jim Seminoff 84.6 5.4 4.5 3.6 3.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marcus Thornton 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.2
Eric Money 86.0 4.2 3.6 3.3 2.7 0.6 0.3
Jim Seminoff 84.6 5.4 4.5 3.6 3.4
Otis Smith 84.2 3.6 3.5 3.3 2.5 -0.2 -0.4
Darren Collison 82.3 5.6 4.3 3.8 2.9
Charles Dudley 81.5 4.6 4.0 3.6 1.6 0.2 -0.1
Speedy Claxton 80.5 4.2 3.7 3.0 2.8 1.2 0.0 -0.7
Joe Hamilton 79.0 4.1 2.9 2.9 2.2 0.2 0.2
Bob Donham 78.3 6.1 4.5 3.8 3.5
Skeeter Swift 78.2 4.3 3.4 2.7 1.8 0.0
DeMar DeRozan 77.0 4.7 3.2 2.5 2.3

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant
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
2007-08 20 LSU 31 1043 212 486 90 239 94 115 174 42 608 .436 .377 .817 33.6 19.6 5.6 1.4
2008-09 21 LSU 35 1116 256 542 78 201 149 200 192 75 739 .472 .388 .745 31.9 21.1 5.5 2.1
Career 66 2159 468 1028 168 440 243 315 366 117 1347 .455 .382 .771 32.7 20.4 5.5 1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
2009-10 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts
2011-12 NBA 310 (10)
Turnover Pct
2009-10 NBA 7.3 (3)
2012-13 NBA 7.6 (5)

Transactions

June 28, 2007: Traded by the Indiana Pacers (as a 2009 2nd round draft pick) to the Miami Heat for Stanko Barac.

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Miami Heat in the 2nd round (43rd pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

June 25, 2009: Traded by the Miami Heat to the New Orleans Hornets for a 2010 2nd round draft pick (Jarvis Varnado) and a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Jae Crowder).

February 23, 2011: Traded by the New Orleans Hornets with cash to the Sacramento Kings for Carl Landry.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2009-10 New Orleans Hornets NBA $457,888
2010-11 Sacramento Kings NBA $762,195
2011-12 Sacramento Kings NBA $7,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $8,220,083

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Sacramento Kings $7,525,000 $8,050,000 $8,575,000
  • Signed December 9, 2011 for an assumed $31,150,000 for 4 years.

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