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Ray Tolbert

Raymond Lee Tolbert (Ray)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1958 in Anderson, Indiana
High School: Madison Heights in Anderson, Indiana
College: Indiana University

Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall) of the 1981 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
1981-82 23 TOT NBA 64 0 607 100 202 .495 0 2 .000 19 35 .543 50 76 126 33 12 16 45 83 219
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 12 0 115 20 44 .455 0 1 .000 4 8 .500 11 16 27 8 4 2 12 19 44
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 52 0 492 80 158 .506 0 1 .000 15 27 .556 39 60 99 25 8 14 33 64 175
1982-83 24 TOT NBA 73 2 1107 157 314 .500 0 3 .000 52 103 .505 72 170 242 50 26 47 83 153 366
1982-83 24 SEA NBA 45 2 712 100 190 .526 0 2 .000 24 44 .545 46 105 151 31 16 24 51 97 224
1982-83 24 DET NBA 28 0 395 57 124 .460 0 1 .000 28 59 .475 26 65 91 19 10 23 32 56 142
1983-84 25 DET NBA 49 0 475 64 121 .529 0 1 .000 23 45 .511 45 53 98 26 12 20 26 88 151
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 25 0 259 35 69 .507 0 0 19 30 .633 23 32 55 10 8 5 21 39 89
1987-88 29 NYK NBA 11 0 177 19 41 .463 0 0 9 17 .529 14 21 35 5 5 2 10 25 47
1987-88 29 LAL NBA 14 0 82 16 28 .571 0 0 10 13 .769 9 11 20 5 3 3 11 14 42
1988-89 30 ATL NBA 50 0 341 40 94 .426 0 0 23 37 .622 31 57 88 16 13 13 35 55 103
Career NBA 261 2 2789 396 800 .495 0 6 .000 136 250 .544 221 388 609 135 71 101 210 418 928

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
1981-82 23 TOT NBA 64 0 9.5 1.6 3.2 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .543 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.3 3.4
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 12 0 9.6 1.7 3.7 .455 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.9 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.0 1.6 3.7
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 52 0 9.5 1.5 3.0 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .556 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.2 3.4
1982-83 24 TOT NBA 73 2 15.2 2.2 4.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.4 .505 1.0 2.3 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.1 2.1 5.0
1982-83 24 SEA NBA 45 2 15.8 2.2 4.2 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.0 .545 1.0 2.3 3.4 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.1 2.2 5.0
1982-83 24 DET NBA 28 0 14.1 2.0 4.4 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 2.1 .475 0.9 2.3 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.0 5.1
1983-84 25 DET NBA 49 0 9.7 1.3 2.5 .529 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .511 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.8 3.1
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 25 0 10.4 1.4 2.8 .507 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.2 .633 0.9 1.3 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.6 3.6
1987-88 29 NYK NBA 11 0 16.1 1.7 3.7 .463 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .529 1.3 1.9 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.3 4.3
1987-88 29 LAL NBA 14 0 5.9 1.1 2.0 .571 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 .769 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.0 3.0
1988-89 30 ATL NBA 50 0 6.8 0.8 1.9 .426 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .622 0.6 1.1 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.1
Career NBA 261 2 10.7 1.5 3.1 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.0 .544 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.6 3.6

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
1981-82 23 TOT NBA 64 0 607 5.9 12.0 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 2.1 .543 3.0 4.5 7.5 2.0 0.7 0.9 2.7 4.9 13.0
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 12 0 115 6.3 13.8 .455 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 2.5 .500 3.4 5.0 8.5 2.5 1.3 0.6 3.8 5.9 13.8
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 52 0 492 5.9 11.6 .506 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 2.0 .556 2.9 4.4 7.2 1.8 0.6 1.0 2.4 4.7 12.8
1982-83 24 TOT NBA 73 2 1107 5.1 10.2 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 3.3 .505 2.3 5.5 7.9 1.6 0.8 1.5 2.7 5.0 11.9
1982-83 24 SEA NBA 45 2 712 5.1 9.6 .526 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 2.2 .545 2.3 5.3 7.6 1.6 0.8 1.2 2.6 4.9 11.3
1982-83 24 DET NBA 28 0 395 5.2 11.3 .460 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 5.4 .475 2.4 5.9 8.3 1.7 0.9 2.1 2.9 5.1 12.9
1983-84 25 DET NBA 49 0 475 4.9 9.2 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 3.4 .511 3.4 4.0 7.4 2.0 0.9 1.5 2.0 6.7 11.4
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 25 0 259 4.9 9.6 .507 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.2 .633 3.2 4.4 7.6 1.4 1.1 0.7 2.9 5.4 12.4
1987-88 29 NYK NBA 11 0 177 3.9 8.3 .463 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.5 .529 2.8 4.3 7.1 1.0 1.0 0.4 2.0 5.1 9.6
1987-88 29 LAL NBA 14 0 82 7.0 12.3 .571 0.0 0.0 4.4 5.7 .769 4.0 4.8 8.8 2.2 1.3 1.3 4.8 6.1 18.4
1988-89 30 ATL NBA 50 0 341 4.2 9.9 .426 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.9 .622 3.3 6.0 9.3 1.7 1.4 1.4 3.7 5.8 10.9
Career NBA 261 2 2789 5.1 10.3 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 3.2 .544 2.9 5.0 7.9 1.7 0.9 1.3 2.7 5.4 12.0

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
1981-82 23 TOT NBA 64 607 10.3 .504 .495 9.3 13.4 11.4 7.6 0.9 1.5 17.1 17.8 96 104 -0.1 0.9 0.7
1981-82 23 NJN NBA 12 115 9.1 .463 .455 10.7 15.9 13.3 9.8 1.6 1.0 20.2 20.7 88 103 -0.1 0.2 0.0
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 52 492 10.5 .515 .506 8.9 12.8 10.9 7.0 0.8 1.6 16.3 17.1 99 104 0.0 0.7 0.7
1982-83 24 TOT NBA 73 1107 9.8 .509 .500 7.0 15.9 11.5 5.9 1.1 2.2 18.8 15.8 94 103 -0.3 1.3 1.1
1982-83 24 SEA NBA 45 712 9.7 .535 .526 7.2 15.0 11.3 5.7 1.0 1.8 19.6 14.6 96 103 0.0 0.9 0.9
1982-83 24 DET NBA 28 395 10.1 .473 .460 6.7 17.5 12.0 6.3 1.1 3.1 17.6 17.8 90 104 -0.3 0.4 0.2
1983-84 25 DET NBA 49 475 10.5 .536 .529 9.7 12.3 11.0 6.7 1.2 2.3 15.6 13.5 108 108 0.3 0.5 0.8
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 25 259 9.7 .541 .507 10.1 14.2 12.1 5.3 1.5 1.1 20.3 16.4 100 107 0.0 0.3 0.3
1987-88 29 NYK NBA 11 177 7.2 .485 .463 8.8 14.0 11.3 3.8 1.4 0.7 17.1 13.4 96 108 0.0 0.2 0.1
1987-88 29 LAL NBA 14 82 15.1 .623 .571 13.1 14.5 13.8 8.6 1.8 2.1 24.6 22.8 104 106 0.0 0.1 0.2
1988-89 30 ATL NBA 50 341 8.3 .467 .426 9.7 18.5 14.1 6.3 1.9 2.3 24.1 17.3 87 105 -0.4 0.5 0.0
Career NBA 261 2789 9.8 .510 .495 8.6 14.9 11.8 6.4 1.2 2.0 18.8 16.1 96 105 -0.5 3.4 2.9

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
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 4 31 3 5 0 0 4 8 1 5 1 4 0 0 7 10 .600 .500 7.8 2.5 1.3 0.3
1983-84 25 DET NBA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 5 33 3 5 0 0 4 8 1 5 1 4 0 0 7 10 .600 .500 6.6 2.0 1.0 0.2

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
1981-82 23 SEA NBA 4 31 15.6 .587 .600 3.4 13.2 8.4 4.6 6.5 0.0 0.0 11.6 129 93 0.1 0.1 0.1
1983-84 25 DET NBA 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 5 33 14.7 .587 .600 3.2 12.4 7.9 4.3 6.1 0.0 0.0 10.9 129 95 0.1 0.1 0.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1977 McDonald's All American

Transactions

August 15, 1980: Sent to the New Jersey Nets (as a 1981 1st round draft pick) as compensation for the San Antonio Spurs signing George Johnson as a veteran free agent.

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

November 25, 1981: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Danny Young) to the Seattle Supersonics for James Bailey.

February 13, 1983: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the Detroit Pistons; the Atlanta Hawks traded Steve Hawes to the Seattle Supersonics; and the Detroit Pistons traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tony Costner) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Lorenzo Charles) to the Atlanta Hawks.

October 23, 1984: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

October 9, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knickerbockers.

December 9, 1987: Waived by the New York Knickerbockers.

December 12, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

March 14, 1988: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

October 6, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Atlanta Hawks NBA $100,000
Career (may be incomplete) $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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