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Sam Vincent

James Samuel Vincent (Sam)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 18, 1963 in Lansing, Michigan
High School: Eastern in Lansing, Michigan
College: Michigan State University
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (20th pick, 20th overall), 1985 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 26, 1985
As Coach: 1 Yr, 32-50, .390 W-L% (Full Record)
Relatives: Brother of Jay Vincent

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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
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 57 0 432 59 162 .364 1 4 .250 65 70 .929 11 37 48 69 17 4 49 59 184
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 46 5 374 60 136 .441 0 0 51 55 .927 5 22 27 59 13 1 33 33 171
1987-88 24 TOT NBA 72 27 1501 210 461 .456 8 21 .381 145 167 .868 35 117 152 381 55 16 136 145 573
1987-88 24 SEA NBA 43 0 548 72 152 .474 5 13 .385 46 60 .767 17 32 49 137 21 4 52 63 195
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 29 27 953 138 309 .447 3 8 .375 99 107 .925 18 85 103 244 34 12 84 82 378
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 70 56 1703 274 566 .484 2 17 .118 106 129 .822 34 156 190 335 53 10 142 124 656
1989-90 26 ORL NBA 63 45 1657 258 564 .457 1 14 .071 188 214 .879 37 157 194 354 65 20 132 108 705
1990-91 27 ORL NBA 49 17 975 152 353 .431 3 19 .158 99 120 .825 17 90 107 197 30 5 91 74 406
1991-92 28 ORL NBA 39 18 885 150 349 .430 1 13 .077 110 130 .846 19 82 101 148 35 4 72 55 411
Career NBA 396 168 7527 1163 2591 .449 16 88 .182 764 885 .863 158 661 819 1543 268 60 655 598 3106

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
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 57 0 7.6 1.0 2.8 .364 0.0 0.1 .250 1.1 1.2 .929 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.0 3.2
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 46 5 8.1 1.3 3.0 .441 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.2 .927 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 3.7
1987-88 24 TOT NBA 72 27 20.8 2.9 6.4 .456 0.1 0.3 .381 2.0 2.3 .868 0.5 1.6 2.1 5.3 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.0 8.0
1987-88 24 SEA NBA 43 0 12.7 1.7 3.5 .474 0.1 0.3 .385 1.1 1.4 .767 0.4 0.7 1.1 3.2 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 4.5
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 29 27 32.9 4.8 10.7 .447 0.1 0.3 .375 3.4 3.7 .925 0.6 2.9 3.6 8.4 1.2 0.4 2.9 2.8 13.0
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 70 56 24.3 3.9 8.1 .484 0.0 0.2 .118 1.5 1.8 .822 0.5 2.2 2.7 4.8 0.8 0.1 2.0 1.8 9.4
1989-90 26 ORL NBA 63 45 26.3 4.1 9.0 .457 0.0 0.2 .071 3.0 3.4 .879 0.6 2.5 3.1 5.6 1.0 0.3 2.1 1.7 11.2
1990-91 27 ORL NBA 49 17 19.9 3.1 7.2 .431 0.1 0.4 .158 2.0 2.4 .825 0.3 1.8 2.2 4.0 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.5 8.3
1991-92 28 ORL NBA 39 18 22.7 3.8 8.9 .430 0.0 0.3 .077 2.8 3.3 .846 0.5 2.1 2.6 3.8 0.9 0.1 1.8 1.4 10.5
Career NBA 396 168 19.0 2.9 6.5 .449 0.0 0.2 .182 1.9 2.2 .863 0.4 1.7 2.1 3.9 0.7 0.2 1.7 1.5 7.8

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
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 57 0 432 4.9 13.5 .364 0.1 0.3 .250 5.4 5.8 .929 0.9 3.1 4.0 5.7 1.4 0.3 4.1 4.9 15.3
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 46 5 374 5.8 13.1 .441 0.0 0.0 4.9 5.3 .927 0.5 2.1 2.6 5.7 1.3 0.1 3.2 3.2 16.5
1987-88 24 TOT NBA 72 27 1501 5.0 11.1 .456 0.2 0.5 .381 3.5 4.0 .868 0.8 2.8 3.6 9.1 1.3 0.4 3.3 3.5 13.7
1987-88 24 SEA NBA 43 0 548 4.7 10.0 .474 0.3 0.9 .385 3.0 3.9 .767 1.1 2.1 3.2 9.0 1.4 0.3 3.4 4.1 12.8
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 29 27 953 5.2 11.7 .447 0.1 0.3 .375 3.7 4.0 .925 0.7 3.2 3.9 9.2 1.3 0.5 3.2 3.1 14.3
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 70 56 1703 5.8 12.0 .484 0.0 0.4 .118 2.2 2.7 .822 0.7 3.3 4.0 7.1 1.1 0.2 3.0 2.6 13.9
1989-90 26 ORL NBA 63 45 1657 5.6 12.3 .457 0.0 0.3 .071 4.1 4.6 .879 0.8 3.4 4.2 7.7 1.4 0.4 2.9 2.3 15.3
1990-91 27 ORL NBA 49 17 975 5.6 13.0 .431 0.1 0.7 .158 3.7 4.4 .825 0.6 3.3 4.0 7.3 1.1 0.2 3.4 2.7 15.0
1991-92 28 ORL NBA 39 18 885 6.1 14.2 .430 0.0 0.5 .077 4.5 5.3 .846 0.8 3.3 4.1 6.0 1.4 0.2 2.9 2.2 16.7
Career NBA 396 168 7527 5.6 12.4 .449 0.1 0.4 .182 3.7 4.2 .863 0.8 3.2 3.9 7.4 1.3 0.3 3.1 2.9 14.9

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 WS/48
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 57 432 10.0 .477 .367 3.0 8.9 6.1 20.0 1.9 0.5 20.3 23.0 94 104 -0.3 0.6 0.3 .037
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 46 374 12.8 .534 .441 1.6 6.1 4.1 20.8 1.7 0.1 17.1 22.0 104 110 0.2 0.3 0.5 .069
1987-88 24 TOT NBA 72 1501 15.1 .536 .464 2.6 8.9 5.8 34.6 1.8 0.6 20.3 18.7 109 109 1.8 1.5 3.3 .106
1987-88 24 SEA NBA 43 548 13.5 .547 .490 3.4 6.7 5.0 32.8 1.8 0.5 22.6 16.9 109 111 0.6 0.4 1.0 .089
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 29 953 16.1 .531 .451 2.2 10.2 6.2 35.6 1.8 0.8 19.1 19.8 109 107 1.2 1.1 2.3 .115
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 70 1703 13.6 .527 .486 2.4 10.3 6.4 27.7 1.5 0.4 18.6 19.3 104 110 1.0 1.3 2.3 .065
1989-90 26 ORL NBA 63 1657 15.4 .536 .458 2.3 10.3 6.2 29.8 1.8 0.7 16.7 18.6 110 115 2.0 0.4 2.4 .070
1990-91 27 ORL NBA 49 975 13.1 .500 .435 1.8 10.4 6.0 29.8 1.5 0.3 18.3 20.7 102 112 0.3 0.6 0.9 .043
1991-92 28 ORL NBA 39 885 14.6 .506 .431 2.3 10.6 6.4 25.8 1.9 0.3 15.1 22.4 104 112 0.5 0.6 1.1 .059
Career NBA 396 7527 14.1 .521 .452 2.3 9.8 6.0 28.8 1.7 0.5 18.0 19.9 105 111 5.6 5.3 10.9 .069

Playoffs

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
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 9 41 8 28 0 1 6 6 1 7 5 2 0 4 9 22 .286 .000 1.000 4.6 2.4 0.8 0.6
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 17 141 23 56 1 2 27 35 3 12 19 3 2 10 13 74 .411 .500 .771 8.3 4.4 0.7 1.1
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 10 251 41 110 0 3 20 25 6 19 44 8 1 27 23 102 .373 .000 .800 25.1 10.2 1.9 4.4
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 16 113 10 33 0 2 9 12 4 8 19 3 1 6 9 29 .303 .000 .750 7.1 1.8 0.5 1.2
Career NBA 52 546 82 227 1 8 62 78 14 46 87 16 4 47 54 227 .361 .125 .795 10.5 4.4 0.9 1.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1985-86 22 BOS NBA 9 41 5.3 .359 .286 2.9 15.1 9.5 17.2 2.4 0.0 11.5 35.6 80 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.109
1986-87 23 BOS NBA 17 141 13.4 .518 .420 2.6 7.3 5.1 18.9 1.1 0.8 12.3 24.9 107 118 0.1 0.0 0.1 .041
1987-88 24 CHI NBA 10 251 8.3 .421 .373 2.6 5.9 4.2 27.5 1.6 0.2 18.2 25.9 86 109 -0.6 0.3 -0.3 -0.059
1988-89 25 CHI NBA 16 113 7.7 .379 .303 4.3 3.9 4.1 25.3 1.4 0.6 13.6 17.8 93 112 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.005
Career NBA 52 546 9.3 .434 .363 3.0 6.5 4.8 24.1 1.5 0.4 15.2 24.7 92 112 -0.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.026

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sam Vincent 3.3 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3
Malik Sealy 86.3 3.2 3.2 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.2
Lucious Harris 85.6 4.1 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4
Rick Adelman 84.0 3.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Wes Matthews 83.7 3.0 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.4
Kevin Ollie 83.7 3.8 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.0 -0.1
Anthony Bowie 82.8 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.5
Randy Foye 82.1 3.1 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.1
Sonny Hertzberg 81.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Armond Hill 81.6 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.4
Charles Johnson 80.6 3.7 2.8 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sam Vincent 3.3 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3
Ennis Whatley 86.9 3.3 2.2 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rick Adelman 84.0 3.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Randy Foye 82.1 3.1 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.1
Sonny Hertzberg 81.6 4.0 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.7
Armond Hill 81.4 4.2 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 -0.4
Charles Johnson 80.6 3.7 2.8 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9
Si Green 80.4 2.6 2.6 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1
Ken Charles 80.3 3.3 3.0 2.3 0.6 0.6
Wes Matthews 79.9 3.0 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1
George Dempsey 79.8 3.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4

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
1981-82 18 MICHIGANST 28 965 130 282 68 91 78 41 4 76 328 .461 .747 34.5 11.7 2.8
1982-83 19 MICHIGANST 30 1066 180 401 5 11 133 172 79 44 8 93 83 498 .449 .455 .773 35.5 16.6 2.6
1983-84 20 MICHIGANST 23 740 130 261 99 122 62 32 3 73 55 359 .498 .811 32.2 15.6 2.7
1984-85 21 MICHIGANST 29 1093 245 450 176 208 112 42 3 115 84 666 .544 .846 37.7 23.0 3.9
Career 110 3864 685 1394 5 11 476 593 331 159 18 281 298 1851 .491 .455 .803 35.1 16.8 3.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1981 McDonald's All American
1984-85 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1986 Boston Celtics (NBA)

Transactions

December 3, 1980: Traded by the Denver Nuggets (as a 1985 1st round draft pick) with a 1981 1st round draft pick (Rolando Blackman) to the Dallas Mavericks for Kiki Vandeweghe and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Maurice Martin).

May 1, 1985: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks (as a 1985 1st round draft pick) to the Boston Celtics for a 1985 1st round draft pick (Terry Porter) and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Jose Vargas).

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

October 16, 1987: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Scott Wedman to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray).

February 25, 1988: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics to the Chicago Bulls for Sedale Threatt.

June 15, 1989: Drafted by the Orlando Magic from the Chicago Bulls in the NBA expansion draft.

August 4, 1992: Traded by the Orlando Magic with a 1994 2nd round draft pick (Voshon Lenard) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Lester Conner.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Boston Celtics NBA $87,500
1987-88 Chicago Bulls NBA $392,500
1988-89 Chicago Bulls NBA $375,000
1990-91 Orlando Magic NBA $980,000
1991-92 Orlando Magic NBA $1,260,000
1992-93 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $1,510,000
Career (may be incomplete) $4,605,000

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