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Trent Tucker

Kelvin Trent Tucker (Trent, Doc)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-5    Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: December 20, 1959 in Tarboro, North Carolina
High School: Northwestern Community in Flint, Michigan
College: University of Minnesota

Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall) of the 1982 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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 78 59 1830 299 647 .462 14 30 .467 43 64 .672 75 141 216 195 56 6 70 235 655
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 63 21 1228 225 450 .500 6 16 .375 25 33 .758 43 87 130 138 63 8 54 124 481
1984-85 25 NYK NBA 77 46 1819 293 606 .483 29 72 .403 38 48 .792 74 114 188 199 75 15 64 195 653
1985-86 26 NYK NBA 77 23 1788 349 740 .472 41 91 .451 79 100 .790 70 99 169 192 65 8 70 167 818
1986-87 27 NYK NBA 70 15 1691 325 691 .470 68 161 .422 77 101 .762 49 86 135 166 116 13 78 169 795
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 71 4 1248 193 455 .424 69 167 .413 51 71 .718 32 87 119 117 53 6 47 158 506
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 81 24 1824 263 579 .454 118 296 .399 43 55 .782 55 121 176 132 88 6 59 163 687
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 81 2 1725 253 606 .417 95 245 .388 66 86 .767 57 117 174 173 74 8 73 159 667
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 65 13 1194 191 434 .440 64 153 .418 17 27 .630 33 72 105 111 44 9 46 120 463
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 24 0 415 60 129 .465 19 48 .396 16 20 .800 8 29 37 27 21 3 14 39 155
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 69 0 909 143 295 .485 53 131 .405 18 22 .818 16 55 71 82 24 6 18 65 357
Career NBA 756 207 15671 2594 5632 .461 576 1410 .409 473 627 .754 512 1008 1520 1532 679 88 593 1594 6237

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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 78 59 23.5 3.8 8.3 .462 0.2 0.4 .467 0.6 0.8 .672 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.5 0.7 0.1 0.9 3.0 8.4
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 63 21 19.5 3.6 7.1 .500 0.1 0.3 .375 0.4 0.5 .758 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.2 1.0 0.1 0.9 2.0 7.6
1984-85 25 NYK NBA 77 46 23.6 3.8 7.9 .483 0.4 0.9 .403 0.5 0.6 .792 1.0 1.5 2.4 2.6 1.0 0.2 0.8 2.5 8.5
1985-86 26 NYK NBA 77 23 23.2 4.5 9.6 .472 0.5 1.2 .451 1.0 1.3 .790 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.9 2.2 10.6
1986-87 27 NYK NBA 70 15 24.2 4.6 9.9 .470 1.0 2.3 .422 1.1 1.4 .762 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.4 1.7 0.2 1.1 2.4 11.4
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 71 4 17.6 2.7 6.4 .424 1.0 2.4 .413 0.7 1.0 .718 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.1 0.7 2.2 7.1
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 81 24 22.5 3.2 7.1 .454 1.5 3.7 .399 0.5 0.7 .782 0.7 1.5 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.1 0.7 2.0 8.5
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 81 2 21.3 3.1 7.5 .417 1.2 3.0 .388 0.8 1.1 .767 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 2.0 8.2
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 65 13 18.4 2.9 6.7 .440 1.0 2.4 .418 0.3 0.4 .630 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.8 7.1
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 24 0 17.3 2.5 5.4 .465 0.8 2.0 .396 0.7 0.8 .800 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.6 1.6 6.5
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 69 0 13.2 2.1 4.3 .485 0.8 1.9 .405 0.3 0.3 .818 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.9 5.2
Career NBA 756 207 20.7 3.4 7.4 .461 0.8 1.9 .409 0.6 0.8 .754 0.7 1.3 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.1 0.8 2.1 8.3

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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 78 59 1830 5.9 12.7 .462 0.3 0.6 .467 0.8 1.3 .672 1.5 2.8 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.1 1.4 4.6 12.9
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 63 21 1228 6.6 13.2 .500 0.2 0.5 .375 0.7 1.0 .758 1.3 2.6 3.8 4.0 1.8 0.2 1.6 3.6 14.1
1984-85 25 NYK NBA 77 46 1819 5.8 12.0 .483 0.6 1.4 .403 0.8 0.9 .792 1.5 2.3 3.7 3.9 1.5 0.3 1.3 3.9 12.9
1985-86 26 NYK NBA 77 23 1788 7.0 14.9 .472 0.8 1.8 .451 1.6 2.0 .790 1.4 2.0 3.4 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.4 3.4 16.5
1986-87 27 NYK NBA 70 15 1691 6.9 14.7 .470 1.4 3.4 .422 1.6 2.2 .762 1.0 1.8 2.9 3.5 2.5 0.3 1.7 3.6 16.9
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 71 4 1248 5.6 13.1 .424 2.0 4.8 .413 1.5 2.0 .718 0.9 2.5 3.4 3.4 1.5 0.2 1.4 4.6 14.6
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 81 24 1824 5.2 11.4 .454 2.3 5.8 .399 0.8 1.1 .782 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.6 1.7 0.1 1.2 3.2 13.6
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 81 2 1725 5.3 12.6 .417 2.0 5.1 .388 1.4 1.8 .767 1.2 2.4 3.6 3.6 1.5 0.2 1.5 3.3 13.9
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 65 13 1194 5.8 13.1 .440 1.9 4.6 .418 0.5 0.8 .630 1.0 2.2 3.2 3.3 1.3 0.3 1.4 3.6 14.0
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 24 0 415 5.2 11.2 .465 1.6 4.2 .396 1.4 1.7 .800 0.7 2.5 3.2 2.3 1.8 0.3 1.2 3.4 13.4
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 69 0 909 5.7 11.7 .485 2.1 5.2 .405 0.7 0.9 .818 0.6 2.2 2.8 3.2 1.0 0.2 0.7 2.6 14.1
Career NBA 756 207 15671 6.0 12.9 .461 1.3 3.2 .409 1.1 1.4 .754 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.6 0.2 1.4 3.7 14.3

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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 78 1830 11.6 .485 .473 4.8 9.1 6.9 16.1 1.5 0.2 9.4 17.3 104 102 1.5 2.4 4.0
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 63 1228 13.6 .518 .507 4.3 8.6 6.4 16.8 2.5 0.4 10.4 17.6 109 104 1.2 1.8 3.0
1984-85 25 NYK NBA 77 1819 12.6 .521 .507 4.6 7.5 6.0 15.5 2.0 0.5 9.3 15.7 111 111 2.1 1.2 3.3
1985-86 26 NYK NBA 77 1788 14.6 .522 .499 4.2 6.6 5.3 17.2 1.8 0.3 8.2 20.0 109 108 2.3 1.7 4.0
1986-87 27 NYK NBA 70 1691 15.4 .540 .520 3.2 5.8 4.5 15.1 3.3 0.4 9.6 20.1 110 111 2.1 1.3 3.4
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 71 1248 11.8 .520 .500 2.8 8.2 5.5 13.5 2.1 0.3 8.8 17.3 113 108 1.6 1.3 2.9
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 81 1824 12.1 .569 .556 3.3 7.6 5.4 9.2 2.2 0.2 8.9 14.1 121 110 3.2 1.5 4.6
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 81 1725 12.0 .518 .496 3.8 7.3 5.6 13.9 2.1 0.3 10.2 17.3 111 110 1.9 1.4 3.3
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 65 1194 11.7 .519 .514 3.3 6.8 5.1 13.9 1.9 0.5 9.4 18.0 107 110 1.0 1.0 1.9
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 24 415 12.3 .562 .539 2.1 7.6 4.9 9.2 2.5 0.4 9.2 15.4 115 106 0.6 0.5 1.1
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 69 909 14.2 .586 .575 2.0 7.2 4.5 12.5 1.4 0.4 5.6 15.4 127 110 2.2 0.7 2.9
Career NBA 756 15671 12.9 .528 .512 3.7 7.5 5.6 14.3 2.1 0.3 9.1 17.3 111 108 19.5 14.7 34.3

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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 6 85 9 15 1 2 7 10 2 9 5 2 0 2 7 26 .600 .500 .700 14.2 4.3 1.5 0.8
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 12 254 42 84 1 5 6 10 6 18 27 11 3 12 32 91 .500 .200 .600 21.2 7.6 1.5 2.3
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 4 71 8 19 6 13 3 4 0 2 4 3 0 1 4 25 .421 .462 .750 17.8 6.3 0.5 1.0
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 9 159 27 58 15 32 2 4 9 19 14 10 2 6 20 71 .466 .469 .500 17.7 7.9 2.1 1.6
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 10 178 22 55 10 27 6 6 5 14 20 10 0 6 19 60 .400 .370 1.000 17.8 6.0 1.4 2.0
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 3 66 9 25 4 10 2 2 3 12 9 1 0 1 7 24 .360 .400 1.000 22.0 8.0 4.0 3.0
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 3 38 6 14 1 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 3 3 14 .429 .200 1.000 12.7 4.7 1.0 0.7
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 19 208 19 46 12 26 3 6 4 17 19 7 0 7 15 53 .413 .462 .500 10.9 2.8 0.9 1.0
Career NBA 66 1059 142 316 50 120 30 43 30 94 100 44 5 38 107 364 .449 .417 .698 16.0 5.5 1.4 1.5

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
1982-83 23 NYK NBA 6 85 12.0 .670 .633 2.8 9.6 6.2 8.2 1.2 0.0 9.3 10.7 133 110 0.2 0.0 0.2
1983-84 24 NYK NBA 12 254 11.1 .515 .506 2.7 5.3 4.0 15.5 2.1 0.7 12.0 16.4 106 113 0.1 0.1 0.3
1987-88 28 NYK NBA 4 71 11.3 .602 .579 0.0 3.3 1.7 8.2 2.1 0.0 4.6 13.0 127 120 0.1 0.0 0.1
1988-89 29 NYK NBA 9 159 16.5 .594 .595 6.3 7.7 7.0 13.5 3.2 0.9 9.1 17.8 122 111 0.3 0.2 0.5
1989-90 30 NYK NBA 10 178 11.9 .520 .491 3.2 6.2 4.6 15.7 2.8 0.0 9.4 15.6 112 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
1990-91 31 NYK NBA 3 66 12.6 .464 .440 5.7 17.1 11.4 25.4 0.8 0.0 3.7 18.6 112 116 0.1 0.0 0.1
1991-92 32 SAS NBA 3 38 6.2 .485 .464 3.0 6.6 4.8 7.6 0.0 0.0 17.2 19.7 93 127 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1992-93 33 CHI NBA 19 208 9.8 .545 .543 2.4 7.6 5.0 12.6 1.8 0.0 12.6 12.3 113 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
Career NBA 66 1059 11.8 .543 .528 3.3 7.2 5.3 13.9 2.1 0.3 10.2 15.2 113 114 1.2 0.5 1.7

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
1978-79 19 MINNESOTA 25 114 239 19 32 85 247 .477 .594 9.9 3.4
1979-80 20 MINNESOTA 32 152 310 34 46 103 338 .490 .739 10.6 3.2
1980-81 21 MINNESOTA 29 187 362 56 69 102 430 .517 .812 14.8 3.5
1981-82 22 MINNESOTA 29 178 353 74 90 103 430 .504 .822 14.8 3.6
Career 115 631 1264 183 237 393 1445 .499 .772 12.6 3.4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

3-Pt Field Goals

1985-86 NBA 41 (9)
1986-87 NBA 68 (9)
1987-88 NBA 69 (7)
1988-89 NBA 118 (4)
1989-90 NBA 95 (8)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1988-89 NBA 296 (4)
1989-90 NBA 245 (9)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1984-85 NBA .403 (4)
1985-86 NBA .451 (2)
1986-87 NBA .422 (5)
1987-88 NBA .413 (8)
1990-91 NBA .418 (2)
1992-93 NBA .405 (8)
Career NBA .408 (14)
Career .408 (14)

Turnover Pct

Career NBA 9.1 (15)
Career 9.1 (16)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (690)
      

Transactions

June 29, 1982: Drafted by the New York Knickerbockers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.

October 1, 1991: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers with Jerrod Mustaf, a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Brian Davis) and a 1994 2nd round draft pick (Anthony Goldwire) to the Phoenix Suns for Xavier McDaniel.

November 15, 1991: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

February 29, 1992: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the San Antonio Spurs.

March 18, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 4, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 New York Knickerbockers NBA $273,000
1985-86 New York Knickerbockers NBA $300,000
1986-87 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$312,500
1987-88 New York Knickerbockers NBA $325,000
1988-89 New York Knickerbockers NBA $375,000
1989-90 New York Knickerbockers NBA *$605,000
1990-91 New York Knickerbockers NBA $835,000
1991-92 San Antonio Spurs NBA $813,000
1992-93 Chicago Bulls NBA $350,000
Career (may be incomplete) $4,188,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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