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Rod Thorn

Rodney King Thorn (Rod)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 23, 1941 in Princeton, West Virginia
High School: Princeton in Princeton, West Virginia
College: West Virginia University
Draft: Baltimore Bullets, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1963 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 16, 1963
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 35-42, .455 W-L% (Full Record)
As Executive: CHI/NJN/PHI franchises, 1978-2011 (Full Record)

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Totals

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
1963-64 22 BAL NBA 75 2594 411 1015 .405 258 353 .731 360 281 187 1080
1964-65 23 DET NBA 74 1770 320 750 .427 176 243 .724 266 161 122 816
1965-66 24 TOT NBA 73 1739 306 728 .420 168 236 .712 210 145 144 780
1965-66 24 DET NBA 27 815 143 343 .417 90 123 .732 101 64 67 376
1965-66 24 STL NBA 46 924 163 385 .423 78 113 .690 109 81 77 404
1966-67 25 STL NBA 67 1166 233 524 .445 125 172 .727 160 118 88 591
1967-68 26 SEA NBA 66 1668 377 835 .451 252 342 .737 265 230 117 1006
1968-69 27 SEA NBA 29 567 131 283 .463 71 97 .732 83 80 58 333
1969-70 28 SEA NBA 19 105 20 45 .444 15 24 .625 16 17 8 55
1970-71 29 SEA NBA 63 767 141 299 .472 69 102 .676 103 182 60 351
Career NBA 466 10376 1939 4479 .433 1134 1569 .723 1463 1214 784 5012

Per Game

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
1963-64 22 BAL NBA 75 34.6 5.5 13.5 .405 3.4 4.7 .731 4.8 3.7 2.5 14.4
1964-65 23 DET NBA 74 23.9 4.3 10.1 .427 2.4 3.3 .724 3.6 2.2 1.6 11.0
1965-66 24 TOT NBA 73 23.8 4.2 10.0 .420 2.3 3.2 .712 2.9 2.0 2.0 10.7
1965-66 24 DET NBA 27 30.2 5.3 12.7 .417 3.3 4.6 .732 3.7 2.4 2.5 13.9
1965-66 24 STL NBA 46 20.1 3.5 8.4 .423 1.7 2.5 .690 2.4 1.8 1.7 8.8
1966-67 25 STL NBA 67 17.4 3.5 7.8 .445 1.9 2.6 .727 2.4 1.8 1.3 8.8
1967-68 26 SEA NBA 66 25.3 5.7 12.7 .451 3.8 5.2 .737 4.0 3.5 1.8 15.2
1968-69 27 SEA NBA 29 19.6 4.5 9.8 .463 2.4 3.3 .732 2.9 2.8 2.0 11.5
1969-70 28 SEA NBA 19 5.5 1.1 2.4 .444 0.8 1.3 .625 0.8 0.9 0.4 2.9
1970-71 29 SEA NBA 63 12.2 2.2 4.7 .472 1.1 1.6 .676 1.6 2.9 1.0 5.6
Career NBA 466 22.3 4.2 9.6 .433 2.4 3.4 .723 3.1 2.6 1.7 10.8

Per 36 Minutes

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
1963-64 22 BAL NBA 75 2594 5.7 14.1 .405 3.6 4.9 .731 5.0 3.9 2.6 15.0
1964-65 23 DET NBA 74 1770 6.5 15.3 .427 3.6 4.9 .724 5.4 3.3 2.5 16.6
1965-66 24 TOT NBA 73 1739 6.3 15.1 .420 3.5 4.9 .712 4.3 3.0 3.0 16.1
1965-66 24 DET NBA 27 815 6.3 15.2 .417 4.0 5.4 .732 4.5 2.8 3.0 16.6
1965-66 24 STL NBA 46 924 6.4 15.0 .423 3.0 4.4 .690 4.2 3.2 3.0 15.7
1966-67 25 STL NBA 67 1166 7.2 16.2 .445 3.9 5.3 .727 4.9 3.6 2.7 18.2
1967-68 26 SEA NBA 66 1668 8.1 18.0 .451 5.4 7.4 .737 5.7 5.0 2.5 21.7
1968-69 27 SEA NBA 29 567 8.3 18.0 .463 4.5 6.2 .732 5.3 5.1 3.7 21.1
1969-70 28 SEA NBA 19 105 6.9 15.4 .444 5.1 8.2 .625 5.5 5.8 2.7 18.9
1970-71 29 SEA NBA 63 767 6.6 14.0 .472 3.2 4.8 .676 4.8 8.5 2.8 16.5
Career NBA 466 10376 6.7 15.5 .433 3.9 5.4 .723 5.1 4.2 2.7 17.4

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1963-64 22 BAL NBA 75 2594 12.9 .461 .405 1.2 1.7 2.9 .053
1964-65 23 DET NBA 74 1770 14.2 .476 .427 12.7 1.7 1.7 3.4 .093
1965-66 24 TOT NBA 73 1739 12.1 .469 .420 11.7 1.0 1.3 2.3 .063
1965-66 24 DET NBA 27 815 12.5 .473 .417 10.8 0.6 0.7 1.3 .075
1965-66 24 STL NBA 46 924 11.7 .465 .423 12.5 0.4 0.6 1.0 .052
1966-67 25 STL NBA 67 1166 14.7 .493 .445 14.3 1.3 0.8 2.1 .086
1967-68 26 SEA NBA 66 1668 17.4 .510 .451 18.9 2.7 0.8 3.5 .101
1968-69 27 SEA NBA 29 567 17.6 .511 .463 21.3 1.1 0.3 1.4 .118
1969-70 28 SEA NBA 19 105 15.7 .495 .444 21.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 .063
1970-71 29 SEA NBA 63 767 17.2 .510 .472 6.2 31.9 1.0 0.5 1.5 .096
Career NBA 466 10376 14.5 .485 .433 6.2 16.7 10.0 7.2 17.2 .080

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
1965-66 24 STL NBA 10 119 12 39 14 18 17 10 9 38 .308 .778 11.9 3.8 1.7 1.0
1966-67 25 STL NBA 9 156 33 77 25 27 28 11 13 91 .429 .926 17.3 10.1 3.1 1.2
Career NBA 19 275 45 116 39 45 45 21 22 129 .388 .867 14.5 6.8 2.4 1.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1965-66 24 STL NBA 10 119 8.0 .405 .308 10.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.028
1966-67 25 STL NBA 9 156 17.0 .512 .429 11.3 0.4 0.1 0.5 .143
Career NBA 19 275 13.1 .475 .388 11.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 .069

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
Rod Thorn 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.1
Mickael Pietrus 91.8 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.6
Steve Colter 91.6 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.4 0.3
Fatty Taylor 89.8 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.4
Keith Bogans 85.5 4.9 3.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.3 0.1
John Battle 85.3 4.0 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.5
Mike McGee 84.8 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.2 0.2
Anthony Peeler 84.8 4.1 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 1.1 0.8 0.6
Billy McKinney 83.9 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 0.9 0.1
Mike Dunleavy 83.8 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 0.2 0.1
Clint Richardson 83.8 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.1 1.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rod Thorn 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.1
Mickael Pietrus 91.8 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.6
Steve Colter 91.6 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.4 0.3
Fatty Taylor 89.8 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.3 1.2 0.4
Mike Dunleavy 86.9 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Keyon Dooling 86.8 3.7 3.7 2.9 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
Jim King 86.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.1
Tyronn Lue 85.9 3.7 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2
Keith Bogans 85.5 4.9 3.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.3 0.1
Mike McGee 84.8 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.2
Billy McKinney 83.9 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 0.9 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1961-62 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1962-63 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1963-64 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (617)

Transactions

April 30, 1963: Drafted by the Chicago Zephyrs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1963 NBA Draft.

June 18, 1964: Traded by the Baltimore Bullets with Terry Dischinger and Don Kojis to the Detroit Pistons for Bob Ferry, Bailey Howell, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl.

December 24, 1965: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the St. Louis Hawks for John Tresvant and Chico Vaughn.

May 1, 1967: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics from the St. Louis Hawks in the NBA expansion draft.

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