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Kelly Tripucka

Peter Kelly Tripucka (Kelly)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-6    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1959 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
High School: Bloomfield Senior in Bloomfield, New Jersey
College: University of Notre Dame

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (12th pick, 12th 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 22 DET NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 22 DET NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 22 DET NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 22 DET NBA 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
1982-83 23 DET NBA 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
1983-84 24 DET NBA 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
1984-85 25 DET NBA 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
1985-86 26 DET NBA 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
1986-87 27 UTA NBA 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
1987-88 28 UTA NBA 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
1988-89 29 CHH NBA 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
1989-90 30 CHH NBA 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
1990-91 31 CHH NBA 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
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

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
1983-84 24 DET NBA 5 208 48 102 0 1 41 51 10 23 15 11 0 18 22 137 .471 .000 .804 41.6 27.4 4.6 3.0
1984-85 25 DET NBA 9 288 49 118 0 1 35 40 19 39 29 4 3 19 22 133 .415 .000 .875 32.0 14.8 4.3 3.2
1985-86 26 DET NBA 4 175 33 71 0 0 21 23 10 23 9 3 2 16 14 87 .465 .913 43.8 21.8 5.8 2.3
1986-87 27 UTA NBA 5 70 14 20 0 3 4 4 1 7 3 4 0 7 6 32 .700 .000 1.000 14.0 6.4 1.4 0.6
1987-88 28 UTA NBA 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333 4.5 1.0 0.5 0.5
Career NBA 25 750 145 314 0 5 101 118 41 93 57 22 5 61 65 391 .462 .000 .856 30.0 15.6 3.7 2.3

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
1983-84 24 DET NBA 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
1984-85 25 DET NBA 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
1985-86 26 DET NBA 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
1986-87 27 UTA NBA 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
1987-88 28 UTA NBA 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
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

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg 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 1 0 15 3 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 6
1983-84 24 DET NBA 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
Career NBA 2 0 21 3 7 .429 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 4 2 0 3 4 7

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 Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1984 NBA

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 (132)

Games

1981-82 NBA 82 (4)

Minutes Played

1981-82 NBA 3077 (4)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1987-88 NBA .419 (5)

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)

Free Throw Pct

1982-83 NBA .845 (7)
1984-85 NBA .885 (4)
1990-91 NBA .910 (4)
Career NBA .849 (44)
Career .849 (46)

Turnovers

1981-82 NBA 280 (7)

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 (87)
Career 24.1 (93)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.010 (254)
    

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

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $700,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $971,000
1986-87 Utah Jazz NBA *$971,000
1987-88 Utah Jazz NBA $971,000
1988-89 Charlotte Hornets NBA $980,000
1989-90 Charlotte Hornets NBA *$990,000
1990-91 Charlotte Hornets NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $6,583,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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