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Darnell Valentine

Darnell Terrell Valentine

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Wichita Heights in Wichita, Kansas
College: University of Kansas

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (16th pick, 16th 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 POR NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 POR NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 POR NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 POR NBA 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
1982-83 23 POR NBA 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
1983-84 24 POR NBA 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
1984-85 25 POR NBA 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
1985-86 26 TOT NBA 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
1985-86 26 POR NBA 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
1985-86 26 LAC NBA 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
1986-87 27 LAC NBA 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
1987-88 28 LAC NBA 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
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 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
1990-91 31 CLE NBA 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
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

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 POR NBA 7 205 34 80 1 2 16 21 5 15 61 10 3 19 21 85 .425 .500 .762 29.3 12.1 2.1 8.7
1983-84 24 POR NBA 5 178 30 60 0 0 32 35 3 11 42 9 1 11 23 92 .500 .914 35.6 18.4 2.2 8.4
1984-85 25 POR NBA 9 244 43 88 0 0 29 31 6 17 58 16 0 21 28 115 .489 .935 27.1 12.8 1.9 6.4
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 5 80 7 20 0 0 7 8 3 7 16 5 0 5 7 21 .350 .875 16.0 4.2 1.4 3.2
Career NBA 26 707 114 248 1 2 84 95 17 50 177 40 4 56 79 313 .460 .500 .884 27.2 12.0 1.9 6.8

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 POR NBA 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
1983-84 24 POR NBA 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
1984-85 25 POR NBA 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
1988-89 29 CLE NBA 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
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

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 Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (91)
Career 5.0 (92)

Assist Pct

1986-87 NBA 37.3 (6)
Career NBA 29.2 (54)
Career 29.2 (54)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (542)
      

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

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $210,000
1985-86 Total NBA $265,000
1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers NBA *$282,500
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) $1,622,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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