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Kelly Tripucka

Peter Kelly Tripucka (Kelly)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1959 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
High School: Bloomfield in Bloomfield, New Jersey
College: University of Notre Dame
Draft: Detroit Pistons, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1981 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 20, 2013 12:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #300. Bob Boozer… #301. Fred Brown… #302. P.J. Brown… #303. KELLY TRIPUCKA… #304. Paul Pressey… #305. Damon Stoudamire… #306. Sleepy Floyd… 

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
1981-82 22 DET NBA SF 82 82 3077 636 1281 .496 5 22 .227 495 621 .797 219 224 443 270 89 16 280 241 1772
1982-83 23 DET NBA SF 58 58 2252 565 1156 .489 14 37 .378 392 464 .845 126 138 264 237 67 20 187 157 1536
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 76 75 2493 595 1296 .459 2 17 .118 426 523 .815 119 187 306 228 65 17 190 190 1618
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 55 43 1675 396 831 .477 2 5 .400 255 288 .885 66 152 218 135 49 14 118 118 1049
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 81 81 2626 615 1236 .498 12 25 .480 380 444 .856 116 232 348 265 93 10 183 167 1622
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 79 76 1865 291 621 .469 19 52 .365 197 226 .872 54 188 242 243 85 11 167 147 798
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 49 21 976 139 303 .459 31 74 .419 59 68 .868 30 87 117 105 34 4 68 68 368
1988-89 29 CHH NBA SF 71 65 2302 568 1215 .467 30 84 .357 440 508 .866 79 188 267 224 88 16 236 196 1606
1989-90 30 CHH NBA SF 79 73 2404 442 1029 .430 38 104 .365 310 351 .883 82 240 322 224 75 16 176 220 1232
1990-91 31 CHH NBA SF 77 1 1289 187 412 .454 15 45 .333 152 167 .910 46 130 176 159 33 13 92 130 541
Career NBA 707 575 20959 4434 9380 .473 168 465 .361 3106 3660 .849 937 1766 2703 2090 678 137 1697 1634 12142

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
1981-82 22 DET NBA SF 82 82 37.5 7.8 15.6 .496 0.1 0.3 .227 6.0 7.6 .797 2.7 2.7 5.4 3.3 1.1 0.2 3.4 2.9 21.6
1982-83 23 DET NBA SF 58 58 38.8 9.7 19.9 .489 0.2 0.6 .378 6.8 8.0 .845 2.2 2.4 4.6 4.1 1.2 0.3 3.2 2.7 26.5
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 76 75 32.8 7.8 17.1 .459 0.0 0.2 .118 5.6 6.9 .815 1.6 2.5 4.0 3.0 0.9 0.2 2.5 2.5 21.3
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 55 43 30.5 7.2 15.1 .477 0.0 0.1 .400 4.6 5.2 .885 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.5 0.9 0.3 2.1 2.1 19.1
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 81 81 32.4 7.6 15.3 .498 0.1 0.3 .480 4.7 5.5 .856 1.4 2.9 4.3 3.3 1.1 0.1 2.3 2.1 20.0
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 79 76 23.6 3.7 7.9 .469 0.2 0.7 .365 2.5 2.9 .872 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.1 1.1 0.1 2.1 1.9 10.1
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 49 21 19.9 2.8 6.2 .459 0.6 1.5 .419 1.2 1.4 .868 0.6 1.8 2.4 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.4 7.5
1988-89 29 CHH NBA SF 71 65 32.4 8.0 17.1 .467 0.4 1.2 .357 6.2 7.2 .866 1.1 2.6 3.8 3.2 1.2 0.2 3.3 2.8 22.6
1989-90 30 CHH NBA SF 79 73 30.4 5.6 13.0 .430 0.5 1.3 .365 3.9 4.4 .883 1.0 3.0 4.1 2.8 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.8 15.6
1990-91 31 CHH NBA SF 77 1 16.7 2.4 5.4 .454 0.2 0.6 .333 2.0 2.2 .910 0.6 1.7 2.3 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.7 7.0
Career NBA 707 575 29.6 6.3 13.3 .473 0.2 0.7 .361 4.4 5.2 .849 1.3 2.5 3.8 3.0 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.3 17.2

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
1981-82 22 DET NBA SF 82 82 3077 7.4 15.0 .496 0.1 0.3 .227 5.8 7.3 .797 2.6 2.6 5.2 3.2 1.0 0.2 3.3 2.8 20.7
1982-83 23 DET NBA SF 58 58 2252 9.0 18.5 .489 0.2 0.6 .378 6.3 7.4 .845 2.0 2.2 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.3 3.0 2.5 24.6
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 76 75 2493 8.6 18.7 .459 0.0 0.2 .118 6.2 7.6 .815 1.7 2.7 4.4 3.3 0.9 0.2 2.7 2.7 23.4
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 55 43 1675 8.5 17.9 .477 0.0 0.1 .400 5.5 6.2 .885 1.4 3.3 4.7 2.9 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.5 22.5
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 81 81 2626 8.4 16.9 .498 0.2 0.3 .480 5.2 6.1 .856 1.6 3.2 4.8 3.6 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.3 22.2
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 79 76 1865 5.6 12.0 .469 0.4 1.0 .365 3.8 4.4 .872 1.0 3.6 4.7 4.7 1.6 0.2 3.2 2.8 15.4
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 49 21 976 5.1 11.2 .459 1.1 2.7 .419 2.2 2.5 .868 1.1 3.2 4.3 3.9 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.5 13.6
1988-89 29 CHH NBA SF 71 65 2302 8.9 19.0 .467 0.5 1.3 .357 6.9 7.9 .866 1.2 2.9 4.2 3.5 1.4 0.3 3.7 3.1 25.1
1989-90 30 CHH NBA SF 79 73 2404 6.6 15.4 .430 0.6 1.6 .365 4.6 5.3 .883 1.2 3.6 4.8 3.4 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.3 18.4
1990-91 31 CHH NBA SF 77 1 1289 5.2 11.5 .454 0.4 1.3 .333 4.2 4.7 .910 1.3 3.6 4.9 4.4 0.9 0.4 2.6 3.6 15.1
Career NBA 707 575 20959 7.6 16.1 .473 0.3 0.8 .361 5.3 6.3 .849 1.6 3.0 4.6 3.6 1.2 0.2 2.9 2.8 20.9

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
1981-82 22 DET NBA SF 82 3077 16.4 .570 .498 7.6 8.2 7.9 12.7 1.3 0.3 15.3 23.3 111 110 5.4 2.1 7.5 .117
1982-83 23 DET NBA SF 58 2252 19.8 .565 .495 5.7 6.5 6.1 15.9 1.3 0.5 12.1 26.5 113 109 5.9 1.2 7.1 .151
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 76 2493 16.8 .530 .460 4.9 8.3 6.5 12.8 1.2 0.4 11.1 26.5 110 111 4.1 1.5 5.7 .109
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 55 1675 16.7 .548 .478 3.9 9.9 6.8 11.0 1.3 0.5 11.0 24.6 111 109 2.8 1.4 4.2 .121
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 81 2626 18.3 .567 .502 4.6 9.6 7.0 14.1 1.6 0.2 11.3 24.1 114 110 5.6 1.9 7.5 .136
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 79 1865 13.0 .554 .484 3.0 10.6 6.7 17.9 2.1 0.3 18.8 18.9 103 105 0.8 2.6 3.3 .085
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 49 976 11.4 .553 .510 3.5 9.2 6.4 14.5 1.6 0.2 17.0 16.8 104 106 0.5 1.2 1.7 .083
1988-89 29 CHH NBA SF 71 2302 17.7 .558 .480 3.6 9.5 6.4 15.7 1.8 0.4 14.1 29.8 105 113 2.4 0.9 3.3 .069
1989-90 30 CHH NBA SF 79 2404 13.6 .521 .448 3.7 12.0 7.6 14.5 1.5 0.4 12.9 24.1 101 112 0.6 1.5 2.1 .042
1990-91 31 CHH NBA SF 77 1289 13.5 .557 .472 4.0 11.9 7.8 18.0 1.3 0.6 15.9 19.1 109 112 1.4 0.7 2.0 .076
Career NBA 707 20959 16.2 .552 .482 4.7 9.4 7.0 14.5 1.5 0.4 13.4 24.1 109 110 29.5 14.9 44.4 .102

Playoffs 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
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 5 208 48 102 .471 0 1 .000 41 51 .804 10 13 23 15 11 0 18 22 137
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 9 9 288 49 118 .415 0 1 .000 35 40 .875 19 20 39 29 4 3 19 22 133
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 4 4 175 33 71 .465 0 0 21 23 .913 10 13 23 9 3 2 16 14 87
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 5 5 70 14 20 .700 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 1 6 7 3 4 0 7 6 32
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 2 0 9 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2
Career NBA 25 18 750 145 314 .462 0 5 .000 101 118 .856 41 52 93 57 22 5 61 65 391

Playoffs 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
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 5 41.6 9.6 20.4 .471 0.0 0.2 .000 8.2 10.2 .804 2.0 2.6 4.6 3.0 2.2 0.0 3.6 4.4 27.4
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 9 9 32.0 5.4 13.1 .415 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.4 .875 2.1 2.2 4.3 3.2 0.4 0.3 2.1 2.4 14.8
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 4 4 43.8 8.3 17.8 .465 0.0 0.0 5.3 5.8 .913 2.5 3.3 5.8 2.3 0.8 0.5 4.0 3.5 21.8
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 5 5 14.0 2.8 4.0 .700 0.0 0.6 .000 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.8 0.0 1.4 1.2 6.4
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 2 0 4.5 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
Career NBA 25 18 30.0 5.8 12.6 .462 0.0 0.2 .000 4.0 4.7 .856 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.3 0.9 0.2 2.4 2.6 15.6

Playoffs 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
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 5 208 8.3 17.7 .471 0.0 0.2 .000 7.1 8.8 .804 1.7 2.3 4.0 2.6 1.9 0.0 3.1 3.8 23.7
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 9 9 288 6.1 14.7 .415 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.0 .875 2.4 2.5 4.9 3.6 0.5 0.4 2.4 2.7 16.6
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 4 4 175 6.8 14.6 .465 0.0 0.0 4.3 4.7 .913 2.1 2.7 4.7 1.9 0.6 0.4 3.3 2.9 17.9
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 5 5 70 7.2 10.3 .700 0.0 1.5 .000 2.1 2.1 1.000 0.5 3.1 3.6 1.5 2.1 0.0 3.6 3.1 16.5
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 2 0 9 4.0 12.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 8.0
Career NBA 25 18 750 7.0 15.1 .462 0.0 0.2 .000 4.8 5.7 .856 2.0 2.5 4.5 2.7 1.1 0.2 2.9 3.1 18.8

Playoffs 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
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 5 208 18.1 .550 .471 5.1 7.2 6.1 11.6 2.5 0.0 12.6 27.4 110 110 0.3 0.2 0.5 .123
1984-85 25 DET NBA SF 9 288 12.1 .490 .415 6.7 7.7 7.2 13.0 0.6 0.6 12.3 21.0 105 117 0.1 0.1 0.2 .033
1985-86 26 DET NBA SF 4 175 11.5 .536 .465 5.8 8.7 7.2 7.0 0.8 0.7 16.5 22.0 103 117 0.0 0.1 0.1 .020
1986-87 27 UTA NBA SF 5 70 14.1 .735 .700 1.7 10.0 5.8 7.3 2.9 0.0 24.3 17.4 110 108 0.0 0.1 0.2 .105
1987-88 28 UTA NBA SF 2 9 0.6 .333 .333 13.7 0.0 6.4 16.1 0.0 0.0 25.0 19.5 74 118 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.158
Career NBA 25 750 13.7 .534 .462 5.7 7.9 6.7 10.7 1.4 0.4 14.3 22.7 106 114 0.5 0.4 0.9 .059

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 22 DET NBA SF 1 0 15:00 3 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
1983-84 24 DET NBA SF 1 0 6:00 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1
Career NBA 2 0 21 3 7 .429 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 7

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kelly Tripucka 7.5 7.5 7.1 5.7 4.2 3.3 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.7
Bo Outlaw 93.9 7.9 7.6 6.8 6.1 4.4 3.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.8
Metta World Peace 93.0 8.0 7.2 6.7 5.5 4.7 3.7 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.3
Cazzie Russell 90.1 7.3 7.1 5.9 5.2 5.2 4.1 3.0 2.2 2.0 1.8
Dave Greenwood 88.9 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.0 1.1
Scott Wedman 87.8 8.6 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 2.2 1.6 1.2
Robert Horry 87.3 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.7 4.9 4.2 3.6 2.9 2.6 1.7
Jamal Mashburn 87.0 9.0 7.3 6.4 6.3 4.1 3.6 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.2
Drew Gooden 86.9 8.5 6.6 6.5 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 1.9 1.8 1.7
Ed Pinckney 86.0 7.5 6.2 6.1 4.7 4.0 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.6 0.3
Antonio McDyess 85.6 9.4 7.8 6.2 5.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 1.8 1.2 0.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Kelly Tripucka 7.5 7.5 7.1 5.7 4.2 3.3 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.7
Bo Outlaw 89.5 7.9 7.6 6.8 6.1 4.4 3.6 3.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.0
Dave Greenwood 88.0 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.7 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.4
Jamal Mashburn 87.6 9.0 7.3 6.4 6.3 4.1 3.6 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.7 0.2
Ed Pinckney 87.3 7.5 6.2 6.1 4.7 4.0 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.3
Drew Gooden 86.8 8.5 6.6 6.5 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 -0.1
Bryon Russell 86.1 8.8 7.4 6.8 6.0 5.6 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.0
Keith Van Horn 85.2 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.5 4.8 3.7 3.5 2.8 2.3
Vin Baker 84.8 10.4 8.3 6.2 5.8 4.4 3.5 2.8 2.2 1.8 1.6 0.4 0.1 -0.4
Scott Wedman 84.2 8.6 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.6 1.2 -0.1
Cazzie Russell 84.0 7.3 7.1 6.6 5.9 5.2 5.2 4.1 3.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.1

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
1977-78 18 NOTREDAME 31 643 141 247 80 108 161 362 .571 .741 20.7 11.7 5.2
1978-79 19 NOTREDAME 29 807 143 277 129 151 125 415 .516 .854 27.8 14.3 4.3
1979-80 20 NOTREDAME 23 691 150 270 115 151 151 415 .556 .762 30.0 18.0 6.6
1980-81 21 NOTREDAME 29 919 195 354 137 168 169 527 .551 .815 31.7 18.2 5.8
Career 112 3060 629 1148 461 578 606 1719 .548 .798 27.3 15.3 5.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1982 NBA
1984 NBA
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 3 times (Show/Hide)
Honors
1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1981-82 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1981-82 NBA 0.020 (11)
Career 0.020 (139)
Games
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Minutes Played
1981-82 NBA 3077 (4)
Free Throws
1981-82 NBA 495 (5)
1983-84 NBA 426 (9)
Free Throw Attempts
1981-82 NBA 621 (6)
1983-84 NBA 523 (10)
Turnovers
1981-82 NBA 280 (7)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct
1987-88 NBA .419 (5)
Free Throw Pct
1982-83 NBA .845 (7)
1984-85 NBA .885 (4)
1990-91 NBA .910 (4)
Career NBA .849 (48)
Career .849 (52)
Minutes Per Game
1981-82 NBA 37.5 (7)
1982-83 NBA 38.8 (1)
Points Per Game
1982-83 NBA 26.5 (3)
Usage Pct
1988-89 NBA 29.8 (3)
Career NBA 24.1 (96)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.015 (275)
NBA Elo Player Rating
292nd (overall) as of Jun 19, 2013, 5:29PM

Transactions

June 12, 1980: Sent to the Detroit Pistons (as a 1981 1st round draft pick) as compensation for the Kansas City Kings signing Leon Douglas as a veteran free agent.

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

August 21, 1986: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Kent Benson to the Utah Jazz for Adrian Dantley, a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Norris Coleman) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Phil Henderson).

June 23, 1988: Traded by the Utah Jazz to the Charlotte Hornets for Mike Brown.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $971,000
1987-88 Utah Jazz NBA $971,000
1988-89 Charlotte Hornets NBA $980,000
1990-91 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $3,922,000

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