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Elston Turner

Elston Howard Turner

Position: Guard-Forward
Height: 6-5    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee
High School: Austin-East in Knoxville, Tennessee
College: University of Mississippi

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (20th pick, 43rd overall) of the 1981 NBA draft.

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Dallas Mavericks
1982-1984		 20
Denver Nuggets
1985-1986		 21
Chicago Bulls
1987-1988		 21
Denver Nuggets
1989

Game Logs and Splits

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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 DAL NBA 80 62 1996 282 639 .441 0 4 .000 97 138 .703 143 158 301 189 75 2 116 182 661
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 59 16 879 96 238 .403 2 3 .667 20 30 .667 68 84 152 88 47 0 59 75 214
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 47 1 536 54 150 .360 1 9 .111 28 34 .824 42 51 93 59 26 0 29 40 137
1984-85 25 DEN NBA 81 2 1491 181 388 .466 1 6 .167 51 65 .785 88 128 216 158 96 7 70 152 414
1985-86 26 DEN NBA 73 0 1324 165 379 .435 0 9 .000 39 53 .736 64 137 201 165 70 6 80 150 369
1986-87 27 CHI NBA 70 4 936 112 252 .444 1 8 .125 23 31 .742 34 81 115 102 30 4 31 97 248
1987-88 28 CHI NBA 17 0 98 8 30 .267 0 0 1 2 .500 8 2 10 9 8 0 10 5 17
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 78 12 1746 151 353 .428 2 7 .286 33 56 .589 109 178 287 144 90 8 60 209 337
Career NBA 505 97 9006 1049 2429 .432 7 46 .152 292 409 .714 556 819 1375 914 442 27 455 910 2397

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 DAL NBA 80 62 25.0 3.5 8.0 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.7 .703 1.8 2.0 3.8 2.4 0.9 0.0 1.5 2.3 8.3
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 59 16 14.9 1.6 4.0 .403 0.0 0.1 .667 0.3 0.5 .667 1.2 1.4 2.6 1.5 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.3 3.6
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 47 1 11.4 1.1 3.2 .360 0.0 0.2 .111 0.6 0.7 .824 0.9 1.1 2.0 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.9 2.9
1984-85 25 DEN NBA 81 2 18.4 2.2 4.8 .466 0.0 0.1 .167 0.6 0.8 .785 1.1 1.6 2.7 2.0 1.2 0.1 0.9 1.9 5.1
1985-86 26 DEN NBA 73 0 18.1 2.3 5.2 .435 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.7 .736 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.1 2.1 5.1
1986-87 27 CHI NBA 70 4 13.4 1.6 3.6 .444 0.0 0.1 .125 0.3 0.4 .742 0.5 1.2 1.6 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.4 3.5
1987-88 28 CHI NBA 17 0 5.8 0.5 1.8 .267 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .500 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.0
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 78 12 22.4 1.9 4.5 .428 0.0 0.1 .286 0.4 0.7 .589 1.4 2.3 3.7 1.8 1.2 0.1 0.8 2.7 4.3
Career NBA 505 97 17.8 2.1 4.8 .432 0.0 0.1 .152 0.6 0.8 .714 1.1 1.6 2.7 1.8 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.8 4.7

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 DAL NBA 80 62 1996 5.1 11.5 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.5 .703 2.6 2.8 5.4 3.4 1.4 0.0 2.1 3.3 11.9
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 59 16 879 3.9 9.7 .403 0.1 0.1 .667 0.8 1.2 .667 2.8 3.4 6.2 3.6 1.9 0.0 2.4 3.1 8.8
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 47 1 536 3.6 10.1 .360 0.1 0.6 .111 1.9 2.3 .824 2.8 3.4 6.2 4.0 1.7 0.0 1.9 2.7 9.2
1984-85 25 DEN NBA 81 2 1491 4.4 9.4 .466 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 1.6 .785 2.1 3.1 5.2 3.8 2.3 0.2 1.7 3.7 10.0
1985-86 26 DEN NBA 73 0 1324 4.5 10.3 .435 0.0 0.2 .000 1.1 1.4 .736 1.7 3.7 5.5 4.5 1.9 0.2 2.2 4.1 10.0
1986-87 27 CHI NBA 70 4 936 4.3 9.7 .444 0.0 0.3 .125 0.9 1.2 .742 1.3 3.1 4.4 3.9 1.2 0.2 1.2 3.7 9.5
1987-88 28 CHI NBA 17 0 98 2.9 11.0 .267 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .500 2.9 0.7 3.7 3.3 2.9 0.0 3.7 1.8 6.2
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 78 12 1746 3.1 7.3 .428 0.0 0.1 .286 0.7 1.2 .589 2.2 3.7 5.9 3.0 1.9 0.2 1.2 4.3 6.9
Career NBA 505 97 9006 4.2 9.7 .432 0.0 0.2 .152 1.2 1.6 .714 2.2 3.3 5.5 3.7 1.8 0.1 1.8 3.6 9.6

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 LS WSAA
1981-82 22 DAL NBA 80 1996 10.7 .472 .441 7.9 9.4 8.6 13.2 1.8 0.1 14.2 16.8 100 111 0.9 2.9 4 20 -8.0
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 59 879 9.0 .426 .408 8.2 10.5 9.3 12.2 2.5 0.0 19.0 14.0 92 109 0.0 1.6 1 9 -4.0
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 47 536 9.9 .415 .363 9.1 11.0 10.1 13.7 2.4 0.0 15.0 15.1 97 109 0.0 1.4 1 5 -2.0
1984-85 25 DEN NBA 81 1491 10.9 .497 .468 5.9 9.8 7.7 12.4 2.9 0.3 14.4 12.3 107 108 2.9 4.9 8 6 1.0
1985-86 26 DEN NBA 73 1324 9.6 .459 .435 4.8 11.3 7.9 15.3 2.4 0.3 16.6 14.0 96 106 0.0 5.1 5 10 -2.5
1986-87 27 CHI NBA 70 936 9.4 .467 .446 4.0 10.0 7.0 14.9 1.6 0.3 10.5 13.4 105 110 1.0 2.2 3 7 -2.0
1987-88 28 CHI NBA 17 98 3.1 .275 .267 9.4 2.3 5.9 11.7 4.1 0.0 24.5 17.9 65 105 0.0 0.4 0 2 -1.0
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 78 1746 7.8 .446 .431 6.1 11.1 8.5 9.5 2.3 0.3 13.7 9.6 101 108 0.5 5.5 6 10 -2.0
Career NBA 505 9006 9.6 .459 .433 6.5 10.3 8.3 12.7 2.3 0.2 14.9 13.5 100 109 5.3 24.0 28 69 -20.5

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 DAL NBA 8 53 7 20 0 0 0 0 5 10 8 6 1 3 4 14 .350 6.6 1.8 1.3 1.0
1984-85 25 DEN NBA 15 358 50 102 2 2 12 19 30 73 46 17 1 26 42 114 .490 1.000 .632 23.9 7.6 4.9 3.1
1985-86 26 DEN NBA 10 196 29 54 1 1 7 8 12 29 22 7 0 5 19 66 .537 1.000 .875 19.6 6.6 2.9 2.2
1986-87 27 CHI NBA 3 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 8 .800 8.3 2.7 0.7 0.3
1987-88 28 CHI NBA 4 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 0 1 2 2 .167 7.3 0.5 1.3 1.5
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 3 74 6 13 0 1 2 6 2 11 3 1 0 0 9 14 .462 .000 .333 24.7 4.7 3.7 1.0
Career NBA 43 735 97 200 3 4 21 33 51 130 86 33 2 35 79 218 .485 .750 .636 17.1 5.1 3.0 2.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (883)

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Denver Nuggets NBA $100,000
1985-86 Denver Nuggets NBA $125,000
1986-87 Chicago Bulls NBA *$100,000
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $75,000
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $225,000
Career (may be incomplete) $625,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).