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Jay Vincent

Jay Fletcher Vincent

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
High School: Eastern in Lansing, Michigan
College: Michigan State University
Draft: Dallas Mavericks, 2nd round (1st pick, 24th overall), 1981 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Sam Vincent

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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 DAL NBA PF 81 62 2626 719 1448 .497 1 4 .250 293 409 .716 182 383 565 176 89 22 194 308 1732
1982-83 23 DAL NBA PF 81 73 2726 622 1272 .489 0 3 .000 269 343 .784 217 375 592 212 70 45 188 295 1513
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 61 5 1421 252 579 .435 0 1 .000 168 215 .781 81 166 247 114 30 10 113 159 672
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 79 47 2543 545 1138 .479 0 4 .000 351 420 .836 185 519 704 169 48 22 170 226 1441
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 80 3 1994 442 919 .481 0 3 .000 222 274 .810 107 261 368 180 66 21 145 193 1106
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 51 17 1386 274 613 .447 0 3 .000 130 169 .769 69 141 210 85 40 17 77 127 678
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 73 8 1755 446 958 .466 1 4 .250 231 287 .805 80 229 309 143 46 26 137 198 1124
1988-89 29 TOT NBA SF 29 4 646 104 257 .405 1 3 .333 40 60 .667 38 72 110 27 6 4 42 63 249
1988-89 29 DEN NBA SF 5 1 95 13 38 .342 1 2 .500 5 9 .556 2 16 18 5 1 1 5 11 32
1988-89 29 SAS NBA SF 24 3 551 91 219 .416 0 1 .000 35 51 .686 36 56 92 22 5 3 37 52 217
1989-90 30 TOT NBA SF 41 6 459 86 183 .470 1 2 .500 41 49 .837 20 42 62 18 18 5 33 52 214
1989-90 30 PHI NBA SF 17 5 259 45 105 .429 1 1 1.000 33 37 .892 13 23 36 8 10 2 14 23 124
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 24 1 200 41 78 .526 0 1 .000 8 12 .667 7 19 26 10 8 3 19 29 90
Career NBA 576 225 15556 3490 7367 .474 4 27 .148 1745 2226 .784 979 2188 3167 1124 413 172 1099 1621 8729

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 DAL NBA PF 81 62 32.4 8.9 17.9 .497 0.0 0.0 .250 3.6 5.0 .716 2.2 4.7 7.0 2.2 1.1 0.3 2.4 3.8 21.4
1982-83 23 DAL NBA PF 81 73 33.7 7.7 15.7 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.2 .784 2.7 4.6 7.3 2.6 0.9 0.6 2.3 3.6 18.7
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 61 5 23.3 4.1 9.5 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.5 .781 1.3 2.7 4.0 1.9 0.5 0.2 1.9 2.6 11.0
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 79 47 32.2 6.9 14.4 .479 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .836 2.3 6.6 8.9 2.1 0.6 0.3 2.2 2.9 18.2
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 80 3 24.9 5.5 11.5 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.4 .810 1.3 3.3 4.6 2.3 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.4 13.8
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 51 17 27.2 5.4 12.0 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.3 .769 1.4 2.8 4.1 1.7 0.8 0.3 1.5 2.5 13.3
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 73 8 24.0 6.1 13.1 .466 0.0 0.1 .250 3.2 3.9 .805 1.1 3.1 4.2 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 15.4
1988-89 29 TOT NBA SF 29 4 22.3 3.6 8.9 .405 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 2.1 .667 1.3 2.5 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.4 2.2 8.6
1988-89 29 DEN NBA SF 5 1 19.0 2.6 7.6 .342 0.2 0.4 .500 1.0 1.8 .556 0.4 3.2 3.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.2 6.4
1988-89 29 SAS NBA SF 24 3 23.0 3.8 9.1 .416 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .686 1.5 2.3 3.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.5 2.2 9.0
1989-90 30 TOT NBA SF 41 6 11.2 2.1 4.5 .470 0.0 0.0 .500 1.0 1.2 .837 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.3 5.2
1989-90 30 PHI NBA SF 17 5 15.2 2.6 6.2 .429 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.9 2.2 .892 0.8 1.4 2.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.4 7.3
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 24 1 8.3 1.7 3.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .667 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.2 3.8
Career NBA 576 225 27.0 6.1 12.8 .474 0.0 0.0 .148 3.0 3.9 .784 1.7 3.8 5.5 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.8 15.2

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 DAL NBA PF 81 62 2626 9.9 19.9 .497 0.0 0.1 .250 4.0 5.6 .716 2.5 5.3 7.7 2.4 1.2 0.3 2.7 4.2 23.7
1982-83 23 DAL NBA PF 81 73 2726 8.2 16.8 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.5 .784 2.9 5.0 7.8 2.8 0.9 0.6 2.5 3.9 20.0
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 61 5 1421 6.4 14.7 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.4 .781 2.1 4.2 6.3 2.9 0.8 0.3 2.9 4.0 17.0
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 79 47 2543 7.7 16.1 .479 0.0 0.1 .000 5.0 5.9 .836 2.6 7.3 10.0 2.4 0.7 0.3 2.4 3.2 20.4
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 80 3 1994 8.0 16.6 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.9 .810 1.9 4.7 6.6 3.2 1.2 0.4 2.6 3.5 20.0
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 51 17 1386 7.1 15.9 .447 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.4 .769 1.8 3.7 5.5 2.2 1.0 0.4 2.0 3.3 17.6
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 73 8 1755 9.1 19.7 .466 0.0 0.1 .250 4.7 5.9 .805 1.6 4.7 6.3 2.9 0.9 0.5 2.8 4.1 23.1
1988-89 29 TOT NBA SF 29 4 646 5.8 14.3 .405 0.1 0.2 .333 2.2 3.3 .667 2.1 4.0 6.1 1.5 0.3 0.2 2.3 3.5 13.9
1988-89 29 DEN NBA SF 5 1 95 4.9 14.4 .342 0.4 0.8 .500 1.9 3.4 .556 0.8 6.1 6.8 1.9 0.4 0.4 1.9 4.2 12.1
1988-89 29 SAS NBA SF 24 3 551 5.9 14.3 .416 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.3 .686 2.4 3.7 6.0 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.4 3.4 14.2
1989-90 30 TOT NBA SF 41 6 459 6.7 14.4 .470 0.1 0.2 .500 3.2 3.8 .837 1.6 3.3 4.9 1.4 1.4 0.4 2.6 4.1 16.8
1989-90 30 PHI NBA SF 17 5 259 6.3 14.6 .429 0.1 0.1 1.000 4.6 5.1 .892 1.8 3.2 5.0 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.9 3.2 17.2
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 24 1 200 7.4 14.0 .526 0.0 0.2 .000 1.4 2.2 .667 1.3 3.4 4.7 1.8 1.4 0.5 3.4 5.2 16.2
Career NBA 576 225 15556 8.1 17.0 .474 0.0 0.1 .148 4.0 5.2 .784 2.3 5.1 7.3 2.6 1.0 0.4 2.5 3.8 20.2

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 DAL NBA PF 81 2626 18.7 .532 .497 7.7 17.3 12.3 11.5 1.7 0.5 10.6 28.6 107 109 3.6 2.0 5.6 .102
1982-83 23 DAL NBA PF 81 2726 17.1 .532 .489 8.4 15.1 11.7 11.1 1.2 0.9 11.7 23.4 109 109 4.8 1.2 6.0 .105
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 61 1421 12.1 .499 .435 6.6 13.5 10.1 11.0 1.0 0.4 14.4 23.1 100 111 0.2 0.9 1.1 .038
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 79 2543 18.0 .545 .479 8.1 23.8 15.8 9.7 0.9 0.5 11.4 24.6 110 108 4.0 2.6 6.5 .123
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 80 1994 16.4 .532 .481 6.0 14.1 10.2 13.0 1.6 0.6 12.2 24.2 106 111 2.2 1.2 3.4 .081
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 51 1386 13.2 .493 .447 5.2 11.0 8.0 9.4 1.4 0.7 10.1 22.2 104 109 0.7 1.2 1.9 .067
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 73 1755 15.6 .518 .466 4.6 14.3 9.2 11.7 1.2 0.8 11.2 27.1 103 108 0.9 1.9 2.8 .076
1988-89 29 TOT NBA SF 29 646 7.0 .439 .407 6.2 12.7 9.3 5.7 0.4 0.4 12.9 19.5 90 112 -0.6 0.3 -0.3 -0.024
1988-89 29 DEN NBA SF 5 95 4.7 .381 .355 2.1 18.4 9.8 6.4 0.5 0.6 10.6 18.9 80 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.056
1988-89 29 SAS NBA SF 24 551 7.4 .449 .416 6.9 11.7 9.2 5.6 0.4 0.3 13.3 19.6 92 113 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.018
1989-90 30 TOT NBA SF 41 459 11.8 .523 .473 5.0 10.2 7.7 5.8 2.0 0.6 13.9 22.0 100 109 0.1 0.4 0.5 .052
1989-90 30 PHI NBA SF 17 259 13.2 .511 .433 5.7 10.0 7.9 4.5 1.9 0.5 10.3 22.1 105 110 0.2 0.2 0.4 .076
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 24 200 10.2 .540 .526 4.2 10.5 7.4 7.6 2.0 0.9 18.6 21.8 94 108 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .020
Career NBA 576 15556 15.9 .523 .474 6.9 15.9 11.3 10.7 1.3 0.6 11.6 24.6 106 109 15.7 11.8 27.5 .085

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 10 353 48 124 .387 0 1 .000 56 62 .903 29 41 70 19 7 1 25 36 152
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 4 2 134 20 56 .357 0 0 22 29 .759 9 13 22 3 6 3 11 16 62
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 10 0 204 38 99 .384 0 0 30 34 .882 15 24 39 15 4 1 17 19 106
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 3 0 72 11 30 .367 0 0 8 9 .889 2 7 9 3 2 0 4 10 30
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 8 0 200 53 104 .510 0 1 .000 34 40 .850 10 27 37 6 5 4 14 25 140
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 3 0 8 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Career NBA 38 2 971 170 415 .410 0 2 .000 150 174 .862 65 112 177 46 24 9 73 107 490

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 10 35.3 4.8 12.4 .387 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.2 .903 2.9 4.1 7.0 1.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 3.6 15.2
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 4 2 33.5 5.0 14.0 .357 0.0 0.0 5.5 7.3 .759 2.3 3.3 5.5 0.8 1.5 0.8 2.8 4.0 15.5
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 10 0 20.4 3.8 9.9 .384 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.4 .882 1.5 2.4 3.9 1.5 0.4 0.1 1.7 1.9 10.6
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 3 0 24.0 3.7 10.0 .367 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.0 .889 0.7 2.3 3.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 1.3 3.3 10.0
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 8 0 25.0 6.6 13.0 .510 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 5.0 .850 1.3 3.4 4.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.8 3.1 17.5
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 3 0 2.7 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0
Career NBA 38 2 25.6 4.5 10.9 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.6 .862 1.7 2.9 4.7 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.8 12.9

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 10 353 4.9 12.6 .387 0.0 0.1 .000 5.7 6.3 .903 3.0 4.2 7.1 1.9 0.7 0.1 2.5 3.7 15.5
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 4 2 134 5.4 15.0 .357 0.0 0.0 5.9 7.8 .759 2.4 3.5 5.9 0.8 1.6 0.8 3.0 4.3 16.7
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 10 0 204 6.7 17.5 .384 0.0 0.0 5.3 6.0 .882 2.6 4.2 6.9 2.6 0.7 0.2 3.0 3.4 18.7
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 3 0 72 5.5 15.0 .367 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.5 .889 1.0 3.5 4.5 1.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 15.0
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 8 0 200 9.5 18.7 .510 0.0 0.2 .000 6.1 7.2 .850 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 2.5 4.5 25.2
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 3 0 8 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.0
Career NBA 38 2 971 6.3 15.4 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.5 .862 2.4 4.2 6.6 1.7 0.9 0.3 2.7 4.0 18.2

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA SF 10 353 12.6 .502 .387 8.5 14.1 11.1 8.0 1.0 0.2 14.2 21.3 104 114 0.2 0.1 0.3 .041
1984-85 25 DAL NBA PF 4 134 9.8 .451 .357 7.2 11.3 9.2 3.3 2.2 1.2 13.8 25.0 92 116 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.046
1985-86 26 DAL NBA PF 10 204 11.9 .465 .384 8.3 13.7 11.0 10.5 1.0 0.3 13.0 27.0 98 117 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.013
1986-87 27 WSB NBA SF 3 72 7.6 .442 .367 2.7 10.9 6.5 7.1 1.4 0.0 10.5 22.0 91 114 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.029
1987-88 28 DEN NBA SF 8 200 19.0 .576 .510 5.0 15.6 9.9 4.9 1.2 1.2 10.3 27.8 113 113 0.3 0.1 0.5 .113
1989-90 30 LAL NBA SF 3 8 -23.6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 22.0 0 119 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.609
Career NBA 38 971 12.7 .498 .410 7.1 13.6 10.1 7.1 1.2 0.5 12.9 24.4 101 115 0.0 0.4 0.4 .022

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
Jay Vincent 6.5 6.0 5.6 3.4 2.8 1.9 1.1 0.5 -0.3
Chuck Hayes 88.7 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 0.6
Curtis Perry 87.2 7.6 6.0 5.3 4.8 2.8 1.7 1.3 0.2
Kenny Carr 87.1 6.7 5.8 5.1 3.8 3.1 2.9 2.1 1.1 0.0
Bruce Bowen 86.8 6.1 5.4 5.1 4.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 0.0 0.0
Mitch Kupchak 86.1 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.0
Dave Gambee 85.7 7.0 5.3 4.6 3.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 0.0
Chris Andersen 85.0 5.9 5.4 4.5 3.2 2.4 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.0
Rich Jones 84.0 6.6 6.3 5.8 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.2
George Lynch 83.7 6.5 5.8 3.9 2.6 2.5 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.7
Sonny Parker 83.5 7.0 6.8 6.2 3.0 2.3 1.6
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Jay Vincent 6.5 6.0 5.6 3.4 2.8 1.9 1.1 0.5 -0.3
Chuck Hayes 88.7 6.4 6.3 4.4 3.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 0.6
Curtis Perry 87.2 7.6 6.0 5.3 4.8 2.8 1.7 1.3 0.2
Mitch Kupchak 86.1 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.0
Rich Jones 84.0 6.6 6.3 5.8 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.2
Sonny Parker 83.5 7.0 6.8 6.2 3.0 2.3 1.6
Amir Johnson 83.1 7.3 5.6 4.5 4.0 3.0 2.7 0.5 0.2
Adam Keefe 82.7 6.5 4.6 4.1 3.3 2.3 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.4
Warren Davis 82.4 8.1 5.8 5.7 3.4 3.4 3.2
Rudy Gay 82.1 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.0 3.3 0.5
Mel Hutchins 81.9 6.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 3.8 2.8 0.3

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 MICHIGANST 29 137 239 55 86 110 329 .573 .640 11.3 3.8
1978-79 19 MICHIGANST 31 939 170 343 54 93 161 394 .496 .581 30.3 12.7 5.2
1979-80 20 MICHIGANST 27 965 233 451 116 161 209 582 .517 .720 35.7 21.6 7.7
1980-81 21 MICHIGANST 27 1001 259 522 91 141 229 609 .496 .645 37.1 22.6 8.5
Career 114 2905 799 1555 316 481 709 1914 .514 .657 34.2 16.8 6.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide)

Rookie of the Month: 3 times (Show/Hide)
Honors
1980-81 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1981-82 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1981-82 NBA 0.001 (21)
Career 0.001 (227)
Field Goal Attempts
1981-82 NBA 1448 (8)
Personal Fouls
1981-82 NBA 308 (9)
Usage Pct
1981-82 NBA 28.6 (5)
1987-88 NBA 27.1 (9)
Career NBA 24.6 (75)
Career 24.6 (88)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.003 (397)
  

Transactions

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

September 3, 1986: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Washington Bullets for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Willie Burton).

November 2, 1987: Traded by the Washington Bullets with Michael Adams to the Denver Nuggets for Mark Alarie and Darrell Walker.

January 26, 1989: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Calvin Natt to the San Antonio Spurs for Darwin Cook and Dave Greenwood.

August 28, 1989: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Johnny Dawkins to the Philadelphia 76ers for Maurice Cheeks, Chris Welp and David Wingate.

December 14, 1989: Waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.

December 24, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $275,000
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $415,625
1988-89 Denver Nuggets NBA $415,600
Career (may be incomplete) $1,106,225

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