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Darnell Valentine

Darnell Terrell Valentine

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Wichita Heights in Wichita, Kansas
College: University of Kansas
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (16th pick, 16th overall), 1981 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 26, 2013 4:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #524. Dave Corzine… #525. Greg Anthony… #526. Greg Ostertag… #527. DARNELL VALENTINE… #528. Oliver Miller… #529. Tony Battie… #530. Ervin Johnson… 

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 POR NBA PG 82 14 1387 187 453 .413 0 9 .000 152 200 .760 48 101 149 270 94 3 127 187 526
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 47 36 1298 209 460 .454 0 1 .000 169 213 .793 34 83 117 293 101 5 131 139 587
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 68 60 1893 251 561 .447 0 3 .000 194 246 .789 49 78 127 395 107 6 149 179 696
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 75 59 2278 321 679 .473 0 2 .000 230 290 .793 54 165 219 522 143 5 194 189 872
1985-86 26 TOT NBA PG 62 29 1217 161 388 .415 4 14 .286 130 175 .743 32 93 125 246 72 2 115 123 456
1985-86 26 POR NBA PG 28 27 734 92 206 .447 1 3 .333 71 100 .710 20 52 72 139 49 1 58 78 256
1985-86 26 LAC NBA PG 34 2 483 69 182 .379 3 11 .273 59 75 .787 12 41 53 107 23 1 57 45 200
1986-87 27 LAC NBA PG 65 52 1759 275 671 .410 13 56 .232 163 200 .815 38 112 150 447 116 10 167 148 726
1987-88 28 LAC NBA PG 79 31 1636 223 533 .418 15 33 .455 101 136 .743 37 119 156 382 122 8 148 135 562
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 77 4 1086 136 319 .426 3 14 .214 91 112 .813 22 81 103 174 57 7 83 88 366
1990-91 31 CLE NBA PG 65 60 1841 230 496 .464 6 25 .240 143 172 .831 37 135 172 351 98 12 126 170 609
Career NBA 620 345 14395 1993 4560 .437 41 157 .261 1373 1744 .787 351 967 1318 3080 910 58 1240 1358 5400

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 POR NBA PG 82 14 16.9 2.3 5.5 .413 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.4 .760 0.6 1.2 1.8 3.3 1.1 0.0 1.5 2.3 6.4
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 47 36 27.6 4.4 9.8 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.5 .793 0.7 1.8 2.5 6.2 2.1 0.1 2.8 3.0 12.5
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 68 60 27.8 3.7 8.3 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.6 .789 0.7 1.1 1.9 5.8 1.6 0.1 2.2 2.6 10.2
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 75 59 30.4 4.3 9.1 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 3.9 .793 0.7 2.2 2.9 7.0 1.9 0.1 2.6 2.5 11.6
1985-86 26 TOT NBA PG 62 29 19.6 2.6 6.3 .415 0.1 0.2 .286 2.1 2.8 .743 0.5 1.5 2.0 4.0 1.2 0.0 1.9 2.0 7.4
1985-86 26 POR NBA PG 28 27 26.2 3.3 7.4 .447 0.0 0.1 .333 2.5 3.6 .710 0.7 1.9 2.6 5.0 1.8 0.0 2.1 2.8 9.1
1985-86 26 LAC NBA PG 34 2 14.2 2.0 5.4 .379 0.1 0.3 .273 1.7 2.2 .787 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.1 0.7 0.0 1.7 1.3 5.9
1986-87 27 LAC NBA PG 65 52 27.1 4.2 10.3 .410 0.2 0.9 .232 2.5 3.1 .815 0.6 1.7 2.3 6.9 1.8 0.2 2.6 2.3 11.2
1987-88 28 LAC NBA PG 79 31 20.7 2.8 6.7 .418 0.2 0.4 .455 1.3 1.7 .743 0.5 1.5 2.0 4.8 1.5 0.1 1.9 1.7 7.1
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 77 4 14.1 1.8 4.1 .426 0.0 0.2 .214 1.2 1.5 .813 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.1 1.1 1.1 4.8
1990-91 31 CLE NBA PG 65 60 28.3 3.5 7.6 .464 0.1 0.4 .240 2.2 2.6 .831 0.6 2.1 2.6 5.4 1.5 0.2 1.9 2.6 9.4
Career NBA 620 345 23.2 3.2 7.4 .437 0.1 0.3 .261 2.2 2.8 .787 0.6 1.6 2.1 5.0 1.5 0.1 2.0 2.2 8.7

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 POR NBA PG 82 14 1387 4.9 11.8 .413 0.0 0.2 .000 3.9 5.2 .760 1.2 2.6 3.9 7.0 2.4 0.1 3.3 4.9 13.7
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 47 36 1298 5.8 12.8 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 4.7 5.9 .793 0.9 2.3 3.2 8.1 2.8 0.1 3.6 3.9 16.3
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 68 60 1893 4.8 10.7 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.7 .789 0.9 1.5 2.4 7.5 2.0 0.1 2.8 3.4 13.2
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 75 59 2278 5.1 10.7 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.6 .793 0.9 2.6 3.5 8.2 2.3 0.1 3.1 3.0 13.8
1985-86 26 TOT NBA PG 62 29 1217 4.8 11.5 .415 0.1 0.4 .286 3.8 5.2 .743 0.9 2.8 3.7 7.3 2.1 0.1 3.4 3.6 13.5
1985-86 26 POR NBA PG 28 27 734 4.5 10.1 .447 0.0 0.1 .333 3.5 4.9 .710 1.0 2.6 3.5 6.8 2.4 0.0 2.8 3.8 12.6
1985-86 26 LAC NBA PG 34 2 483 5.1 13.6 .379 0.2 0.8 .273 4.4 5.6 .787 0.9 3.1 4.0 8.0 1.7 0.1 4.2 3.4 14.9
1986-87 27 LAC NBA PG 65 52 1759 5.6 13.7 .410 0.3 1.1 .232 3.3 4.1 .815 0.8 2.3 3.1 9.1 2.4 0.2 3.4 3.0 14.9
1987-88 28 LAC NBA PG 79 31 1636 4.9 11.7 .418 0.3 0.7 .455 2.2 3.0 .743 0.8 2.6 3.4 8.4 2.7 0.2 3.3 3.0 12.4
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 77 4 1086 4.5 10.6 .426 0.1 0.5 .214 3.0 3.7 .813 0.7 2.7 3.4 5.8 1.9 0.2 2.8 2.9 12.1
1990-91 31 CLE NBA PG 65 60 1841 4.5 9.7 .464 0.1 0.5 .240 2.8 3.4 .831 0.7 2.6 3.4 6.9 1.9 0.2 2.5 3.3 11.9
Career NBA 620 345 14395 5.0 11.4 .437 0.1 0.4 .261 3.4 4.4 .787 0.9 2.4 3.3 7.7 2.3 0.1 3.1 3.4 13.5

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 POR NBA PG 82 1387 13.1 .486 .413 3.9 8.1 6.0 24.9 3.2 0.1 19.0 19.8 100 107 0.3 1.4 1.7 .059
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 47 1298 17.3 .530 .454 2.9 7.2 5.1 31.6 3.7 0.2 19.1 21.4 105 103 1.7 1.7 3.4 .124
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 68 1893 13.8 .520 .447 3.0 5.0 4.0 26.6 2.7 0.2 18.2 17.4 109 109 2.1 1.6 3.7 .093
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 75 2278 15.1 .541 .473 2.7 8.1 5.4 28.9 2.9 0.1 19.4 17.4 109 108 2.6 2.4 5.0 .106
1985-86 26 TOT NBA PG 62 1217 12.4 .490 .420 2.9 8.6 5.8 26.9 2.7 0.1 19.8 19.0 99 110 0.1 0.9 1.0 .038
1985-86 26 POR NBA PG 28 734 12.7 .512 .449 3.1 8.0 5.6 24.2 3.1 0.1 18.8 16.6 104 108 0.4 0.7 1.1 .074
1985-86 26 LAC NBA PG 34 483 11.8 .465 .387 2.7 9.5 6.1 31.0 2.2 0.1 21.0 22.6 94 113 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.017
1986-87 27 LAC NBA PG 65 1759 14.5 .478 .420 2.2 7.6 4.7 37.3 3.1 0.3 18.0 21.0 100 112 0.0 1.1 1.1 .029
1987-88 28 LAC NBA PG 79 1636 13.5 .474 .432 2.3 8.0 5.1 34.9 3.6 0.3 20.0 18.4 97 106 -0.5 2.0 1.5 .043
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 77 1086 11.5 .497 .431 2.4 8.0 5.3 21.3 2.6 0.4 18.4 17.7 100 105 0.1 1.5 1.7 .074
1990-91 31 CLE NBA PG 65 1841 13.5 .533 .470 2.3 8.5 5.4 27.4 2.7 0.4 18.1 16.5 107 109 1.5 1.7 3.1 .082
Career NBA 620 14395 14.0 .507 .442 2.7 7.6 5.1 29.2 3.0 0.2 18.9 18.6 103 108 7.8 14.3 22.1 .074

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
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 7 205 34 80 .425 1 2 .500 16 21 .762 5 10 15 61 10 3 19 21 85
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 5 178 30 60 .500 0 0 32 35 .914 3 8 11 42 9 1 11 23 92
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 9 9 244 43 88 .489 0 0 29 31 .935 6 11 17 58 16 0 21 28 115
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 5 0 80 7 20 .350 0 0 7 8 .875 3 4 7 16 5 0 5 7 21
Career NBA 26 9 707 114 248 .460 1 2 .500 84 95 .884 17 33 50 177 40 4 56 79 313

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
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 7 29.3 4.9 11.4 .425 0.1 0.3 .500 2.3 3.0 .762 0.7 1.4 2.1 8.7 1.4 0.4 2.7 3.0 12.1
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 5 35.6 6.0 12.0 .500 0.0 0.0 6.4 7.0 .914 0.6 1.6 2.2 8.4 1.8 0.2 2.2 4.6 18.4
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 9 9 27.1 4.8 9.8 .489 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.4 .935 0.7 1.2 1.9 6.4 1.8 0.0 2.3 3.1 12.8
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 5 0 16.0 1.4 4.0 .350 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.6 .875 0.6 0.8 1.4 3.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 4.2
Career NBA 26 9 27.2 4.4 9.5 .460 0.0 0.1 .500 3.2 3.7 .884 0.7 1.3 1.9 6.8 1.5 0.2 2.2 3.0 12.0

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
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 7 205 6.0 14.0 .425 0.2 0.4 .500 2.8 3.7 .762 0.9 1.8 2.6 10.7 1.8 0.5 3.3 3.7 14.9
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 5 178 6.1 12.1 .500 0.0 0.0 6.5 7.1 .914 0.6 1.6 2.2 8.5 1.8 0.2 2.2 4.7 18.6
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 9 9 244 6.3 13.0 .489 0.0 0.0 4.3 4.6 .935 0.9 1.6 2.5 8.6 2.4 0.0 3.1 4.1 17.0
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 5 0 80 3.2 9.0 .350 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.6 .875 1.4 1.8 3.2 7.2 2.3 0.0 2.3 3.2 9.5
Career NBA 26 9 707 5.8 12.6 .460 0.1 0.1 .500 4.3 4.8 .884 0.9 1.7 2.5 9.0 2.0 0.2 2.9 4.0 15.9

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
1982-83 23 POR NBA PG 7 205 15.8 .476 .431 2.7 5.5 4.1 42.4 2.4 0.8 17.6 22.2 101 109 0.1 0.1 0.3 .062
1983-84 24 POR NBA PG 5 178 21.2 .610 .500 1.8 6.2 3.7 35.3 2.5 0.3 12.7 20.3 128 115 0.6 0.0 0.7 .183
1984-85 25 POR NBA PG 9 244 16.5 .566 .489 2.5 5.1 3.8 30.3 3.1 0.0 17.1 19.6 115 117 0.4 0.1 0.5 .091
1988-89 29 CLE NBA SG 5 80 12.1 .446 .350 4.4 5.9 5.1 30.5 3.3 0.0 17.5 16.4 101 107 0.0 0.1 0.1 .066
Career NBA 26 707 17.0 .540 .462 2.6 5.6 4.0 35.1 2.8 0.3 16.2 20.2 113 113 1.2 0.4 1.5 .103

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 9 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Darnell Valentine 5.0 3.7 3.4 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.0
Dell Curry 88.8 5.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.5
Johnny Egan 87.4 5.1 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.0 1.4 1.3 0.0
Bill Hanzlik 87.2 4.7 4.1 3.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.7
Steve Blake 86.8 5.8 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.1 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.3
Henry Bibby 86.5 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.3 1.5 1.0 1.0
Maurice Evans 86.0 4.9 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1
Chris Childs 85.2 5.8 3.9 3.7 2.9 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.1
Quinn Buckner 84.9 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.5
Lucious Harris 84.6 5.1 4.1 3.1 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4
Carlos Arroyo 84.4 4.7 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Darnell Valentine 5.0 3.7 3.4 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.0
Johnny Egan 87.7 5.1 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.0 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.0
Steve Blake 87.0 5.8 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.3
Henry Bibby 86.5 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.3 1.5 1.0 1.0
Maurice Evans 86.0 4.9 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1
Anthony Johnson 86.0 4.5 4.0 3.6 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 -0.2
Bill Hanzlik 85.8 4.7 4.1 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.7
Keith Bogans 85.6 4.9 3.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.0
Chris Childs 85.2 5.8 3.9 3.7 2.9 2.2 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.1
Lionel Hollins 85.2 5.2 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.5 2.3 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.1
Quinn Buckner 84.5 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.5 0.2

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 KANSAS 29 761 143 297 106 143 82 392 .481 .741 26.2 13.5 2.8
1978-79 19 KANSAS 29 1008 166 375 136 200 133 468 .443 .680 34.8 16.1 4.6
1979-80 20 KANSAS 28 951 155 322 153 197 89 463 .481 .777 34.0 16.5 3.2
1980-81 21 KANSAS 32 1186 176 350 146 214 118 498 .503 .682 37.1 15.6 3.7
Career 118 3906 640 1344 541 754 422 1821 .476 .718 33.1 15.4 3.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1977 McDonald's All American
1980-81 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
Games
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Assists Per Game
Career NBA 5.0 (96)
Career 5.0 (99)
Assist Pct
1986-87 NBA 37.3 (6)
1987-88 NBA 34.9 (8)
Steal Pct
1986-87 NBA 3.1 (10)
1987-88 NBA 3.6 (5)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (595)
NBA Elo Player Rating
530th (overall) as of May 25, 2013, 5:08AM
  

Transactions

June 10, 1980: Traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a 1981 1st round draft pick) with Kelvin Ransey to the Portland Trail Blazers for Ronnie Lester and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood).

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

January 14, 1986: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers with a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Tom Garrick) to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 1986 1st round draft pick (Arvydas Sabonis) and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Rolando Ferreira).

June 23, 1988: Drafted by the Miami Heat from the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA expansion draft.

June 23, 1988: Traded by the Miami Heat to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Steve Bardo).

December 3, 1990: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $265,000
1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $300,000
1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $335,000
1990-91 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $100,000
1991-92 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $130,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,130,000

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