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Melvin Turpin

Melvin Harrison Turpin (Mel)

Position: Center
Height: 6-11    Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: December 28, 1960 in Lexington, Kentucky
High School: Bryan Station in Lexington, Kentucky
College: University of Kentucky

Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall) of the 1984 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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 79 45 1949 363 711 .511 0 0 109 139 .784 155 297 452 36 38 87 118 211 835
1985-86 25 CLE NBA 80 69 2292 456 838 .544 0 4 .000 185 228 .811 182 374 556 55 65 106 134 260 1097
1986-87 26 CLE NBA 64 1 801 169 366 .462 0 0 55 77 .714 62 128 190 33 11 40 63 90 393
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 79 0 1011 199 389 .512 1 3 .333 71 98 .724 88 148 236 32 26 68 71 157 470
1989-90 29 WSB NBA 59 12 818 110 209 .526 0 2 .000 56 71 .789 88 133 221 27 15 47 45 135 276
Career NBA 361 127 6871 1297 2513 .516 1 9 .111 476 613 .777 575 1080 1655 183 155 348 431 853 3071

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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 79 45 24.7 4.6 9.0 .511 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.8 .784 2.0 3.8 5.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.5 2.7 10.6
1985-86 25 CLE NBA 80 69 28.7 5.7 10.5 .544 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 2.9 .811 2.3 4.7 7.0 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.7 3.3 13.7
1986-87 26 CLE NBA 64 1 12.5 2.6 5.7 .462 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.2 .714 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.4 6.1
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 79 0 12.8 2.5 4.9 .512 0.0 0.0 .333 0.9 1.2 .724 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.9 2.0 5.9
1989-90 29 WSB NBA 59 12 13.9 1.9 3.5 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .789 1.5 2.3 3.7 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.3 4.7
Career NBA 361 127 19.0 3.6 7.0 .516 0.0 0.0 .111 1.3 1.7 .777 1.6 3.0 4.6 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.2 2.4 8.5

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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 79 45 1949 6.7 13.1 .511 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .784 2.9 5.5 8.3 0.7 0.7 1.6 2.2 3.9 15.4
1985-86 25 CLE NBA 80 69 2292 7.2 13.2 .544 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.6 .811 2.9 5.9 8.7 0.9 1.0 1.7 2.1 4.1 17.2
1986-87 26 CLE NBA 64 1 801 7.6 16.4 .462 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.5 .714 2.8 5.8 8.5 1.5 0.5 1.8 2.8 4.0 17.7
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 79 0 1011 7.1 13.9 .512 0.0 0.1 .333 2.5 3.5 .724 3.1 5.3 8.4 1.1 0.9 2.4 2.5 5.6 16.7
1989-90 29 WSB NBA 59 12 818 4.8 9.2 .526 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.1 .789 3.9 5.9 9.7 1.2 0.7 2.1 2.0 5.9 12.1
Career NBA 361 127 6871 6.8 13.2 .516 0.0 0.0 .111 2.5 3.2 .777 3.0 5.7 8.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.3 4.5 16.1

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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 79 1949 13.1 .541 .511 8.6 16.5 12.6 2.7 0.9 2.5 13.3 18.3 105 108 1.1 2.0 3.1
1985-86 25 CLE NBA 80 2292 16.4 .585 .544 8.8 18.0 13.4 3.5 1.3 2.6 12.5 19.1 112 106 3.4 2.6 6.0
1986-87 26 CLE NBA 64 801 13.0 .491 .462 8.4 17.2 12.8 6.5 0.7 2.8 13.6 23.1 97 106 -0.3 1.0 0.8
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 79 1011 13.8 .544 .513 9.8 15.1 12.5 4.6 1.2 3.9 14.1 20.4 103 102 0.4 1.7 2.1
1989-90 29 WSB NBA 59 818 12.8 .574 .526 11.5 17.7 14.6 4.3 0.9 3.3 15.8 14.3 112 108 0.9 0.9 1.8
Career NBA 361 6871 14.3 .552 .516 9.2 17.0 13.1 3.9 1.1 2.9 13.4 19.0 106 106 5.5 8.2 13.7

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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 4 45 12 19 0 0 1 2 3 8 0 4 1 5 3 25 .632 .500 11.3 6.3 2.0 0.0
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 7 31 3 9 0 0 2 2 3 6 2 1 4 2 5 8 .333 1.000 4.4 1.1 0.9 0.3
Career NBA 11 76 15 28 0 0 3 4 6 14 2 5 5 7 8 33 .536 .750 6.9 3.0 1.3 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
1984-85 24 CLE NBA 4 45 17.1 .629 .632 8.2 13.1 10.7 0.0 4.2 1.3 20.1 22.6 100 106 0.0 0.1 0.1
1987-88 27 UTA NBA 7 31 10.1 .405 .333 12.0 10.4 11.1 9.2 1.6 7.6 16.8 16.8 90 105 0.0 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 11 76 14.3 .554 .536 9.7 12.0 10.9 3.7 3.2 3.9 19.0 20.2 96 106 0.0 0.1 0.1

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
1980-81 20 KENTUCKY 28 380 50 95 31 44 106 1 8 23 21 62 131 .526 .705 13.6 4.7 3.8 0.0
1981-82 21 KENTUCKY 30 912 160 275 72 106 212 22 26 67 62 90 392 .582 .679 30.4 13.1 7.1 0.7
1982-83 22 KENTUCKY 31 962 192 311 84 125 195 20 14 83 65 85 468 .617 .672 31.0 15.1 6.3 0.6
1983-84 23 KENTUCKY 34 1071 224 378 70 94 217 33 24 53 58 85 518 .593 .745 31.5 15.2 6.4 1.0
Career 123 3325 626 1059 257 369 730 76 72 226 206 322 1509 .591 .696 27.0 12.3 5.9 0.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1983-84 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Transactions

June 19, 1984: Traded by the Washington Bullets to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Tim McCormick and Cliff Robinson.

June 19, 1984: Drafted by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1984 NBA Draft.

October 8, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with Darryl Dawkins to the Utah Jazz for Kent Benson and Dell Curry.

September 9, 1988: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

August 8, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

July 24, 1990: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $260,000
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $450,000
1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA *$725,000
1987-88 Utah Jazz NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,435,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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