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Jay Vincent

Jay Fletcher Vincent

Position: Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
High School: Eastern in Lansing, Michigan
College: Michigan State University

Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (1st pick, 24th 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 DAL NBA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 DAL NBA 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
1982-83 23 DAL NBA 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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 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
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 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
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 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
1986-87 27 WSB NBA 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
1987-88 28 DEN NBA 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
1988-89 29 TOT NBA 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
1988-89 29 DEN NBA 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
1988-89 29 SAS NBA 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
1989-90 30 TOT NBA 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
1989-90 30 PHI NBA 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
1989-90 30 LAL NBA 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
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

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 10 353 48 124 0 1 56 62 29 70 19 7 1 25 36 152 .387 .000 .903 35.3 15.2 7.0 1.9
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 4 134 20 56 0 0 22 29 9 22 3 6 3 11 16 62 .357 .759 33.5 15.5 5.5 0.8
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 10 204 38 99 0 0 30 34 15 39 15 4 1 17 19 106 .384 .882 20.4 10.6 3.9 1.5
1986-87 27 WSB NBA 3 72 11 30 0 0 8 9 2 9 3 2 0 4 10 30 .367 .889 24.0 10.0 3.0 1.0
1987-88 28 DEN NBA 8 200 53 104 0 1 34 40 10 37 6 5 4 14 25 140 .510 .000 .850 25.0 17.5 4.6 0.8
1989-90 30 LAL NBA 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .000 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 38 971 170 415 0 2 150 174 65 177 46 24 9 73 107 490 .410 .000 .862 25.6 12.9 4.7 1.2

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
1983-84 24 DAL NBA 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
1984-85 25 DAL NBA 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
1985-86 26 DAL NBA 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
1986-87 27 WSB NBA 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
1987-88 28 DEN NBA 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
1989-90 30 LAL NBA 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
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (218)

Field Goal Attempts

1981-82 NBA 1448 (8)

Personal Fouls

1981-82 NBA 308 (9)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1984-85 NBA 23.8 (9)

Turnover Pct

Career NBA 11.6 (90)
Career 11.6 (96)

Usage Pct

1981-82 NBA 28.6 (4)
Career NBA 24.6 (74)
Career 24.6 (79)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (370)

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

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Dallas Mavericks NBA $250,000
1985-86 Dallas Mavericks NBA $275,000
1986-87 Washington Bullets NBA *$345,313
1987-88 Denver Nuggets NBA $415,625
1988-89 Total NBA $415,600
Career (may be incomplete) $1,701,538
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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