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Ennis Whatley

Ennis Whatley

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 177 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1962 in Birmingham, Alabama
High School: Phillips in Birmingham, Alabama
College: University of Alabama
Draft: Kansas City Kings, 1st round (13th pick, 13th overall), 1983 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1983

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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
1983-84 21 CHI NBA PG 80 73 2159 261 556 .469 0 2 .000 146 200 .730 63 134 197 662 119 17 268 223 668
1984-85 22 CHI NBA PG 70 44 1385 140 313 .447 1 9 .111 68 86 .791 34 67 101 381 66 10 144 141 349
1985-86 23 TOT NBA PG 14 1 107 15 35 .429 0 0 5 10 .500 4 10 14 23 5 1 10 10 35
1985-86 23 CLE NBA PG 8 0 66 9 19 .474 0 0 4 7 .571 2 5 7 13 5 0 6 8 22
1985-86 23 WSB NBA PG 4 0 27 5 14 .357 0 0 1 3 .333 2 5 7 7 0 1 0 1 11
1985-86 23 SAS NBA PG 2 1 14 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 2
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 73 72 1816 246 515 .478 0 2 .000 126 165 .764 58 136 194 392 92 10 138 172 618
1987-88 25 ATL NBA PG 5 0 24 4 9 .444 0 0 3 4 .750 0 4 4 2 2 0 4 3 11
1988-89 26 LAC NBA PG 8 0 90 12 33 .364 0 0 10 11 .909 2 14 16 22 7 1 11 15 34
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 23 0 209 21 51 .412 0 4 .000 27 31 .871 6 15 21 34 14 3 14 12 69
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 82 1 1004 120 236 .508 0 6 .000 52 66 .788 22 77 99 181 59 2 78 93 292
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 27 2 292 24 53 .453 2 8 .250 20 32 .625 9 21 30 54 19 0 19 37 70
1996-97 34 POR NBA PG 3 0 22 2 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 5 4
Career NBA 385 193 7108 845 1805 .468 3 31 .097 457 605 .755 198 481 679 1754 383 44 687 711 2150

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 21 CHI NBA PG 80 73 27.0 3.3 7.0 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.5 .730 0.8 1.7 2.5 8.3 1.5 0.2 3.4 2.8 8.4
1984-85 22 CHI NBA PG 70 44 19.8 2.0 4.5 .447 0.0 0.1 .111 1.0 1.2 .791 0.5 1.0 1.4 5.4 0.9 0.1 2.1 2.0 5.0
1985-86 23 TOT NBA PG 14 1 7.6 1.1 2.5 .429 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .500 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.7 2.5
1985-86 23 CLE NBA PG 8 0 8.3 1.1 2.4 .474 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .571 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 2.8
1985-86 23 WSB NBA PG 4 0 6.8 1.3 3.5 .357 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .333 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.8
1985-86 23 SAS NBA PG 2 1 7.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.5 1.0
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 73 72 24.9 3.4 7.1 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.3 .764 0.8 1.9 2.7 5.4 1.3 0.1 1.9 2.4 8.5
1987-88 25 ATL NBA PG 5 0 4.8 0.8 1.8 .444 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .750 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.6 2.2
1988-89 26 LAC NBA PG 8 0 11.3 1.5 4.1 .364 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.4 .909 0.3 1.8 2.0 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.4 1.9 4.3
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 23 0 9.1 0.9 2.2 .412 0.0 0.2 .000 1.2 1.3 .871 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.5 3.0
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 82 1 12.2 1.5 2.9 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.8 .788 0.3 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.1 3.6
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 27 2 10.8 0.9 2.0 .453 0.1 0.3 .250 0.7 1.2 .625 0.3 0.8 1.1 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.4 2.6
1996-97 34 POR NBA PG 3 0 7.3 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 1.3
Career NBA 385 193 18.5 2.2 4.7 .468 0.0 0.1 .097 1.2 1.6 .755 0.5 1.2 1.8 4.6 1.0 0.1 1.8 1.8 5.6

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 21 CHI NBA PG 80 73 2159 4.4 9.3 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .730 1.1 2.2 3.3 11.0 2.0 0.3 4.5 3.7 11.1
1984-85 22 CHI NBA PG 70 44 1385 3.6 8.1 .447 0.0 0.2 .111 1.8 2.2 .791 0.9 1.7 2.6 9.9 1.7 0.3 3.7 3.7 9.1
1985-86 23 TOT NBA PG 14 1 107 5.0 11.8 .429 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.4 .500 1.3 3.4 4.7 7.7 1.7 0.3 3.4 3.4 11.8
1985-86 23 CLE NBA PG 8 0 66 4.9 10.4 .474 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.8 .571 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.1 2.7 0.0 3.3 4.4 12.0
1985-86 23 WSB NBA PG 4 0 27 6.7 18.7 .357 0.0 0.0 1.3 4.0 .333 2.7 6.7 9.3 9.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.3 14.7
1985-86 23 SAS NBA PG 2 1 14 2.6 5.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.0 10.3 2.6 5.1
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 73 72 1816 4.9 10.2 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.3 .764 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.8 1.8 0.2 2.7 3.4 12.3
1987-88 25 ATL NBA PG 5 0 24 6.0 13.5 .444 0.0 0.0 4.5 6.0 .750 0.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 4.5 16.5
1988-89 26 LAC NBA PG 8 0 90 4.8 13.2 .364 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.4 .909 0.8 5.6 6.4 8.8 2.8 0.4 4.4 6.0 13.6
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 23 0 209 3.6 8.8 .412 0.0 0.7 .000 4.7 5.3 .871 1.0 2.6 3.6 5.9 2.4 0.5 2.4 2.1 11.9
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 82 1 1004 4.3 8.5 .508 0.0 0.2 .000 1.9 2.4 .788 0.8 2.8 3.5 6.5 2.1 0.1 2.8 3.3 10.5
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 27 2 292 3.0 6.5 .453 0.2 1.0 .250 2.5 3.9 .625 1.1 2.6 3.7 6.7 2.3 0.0 2.3 4.6 8.6
1996-97 34 POR NBA PG 3 0 22 3.3 6.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 0.0 0.0 1.6 8.2 6.5
Career NBA 385 193 7108 4.3 9.1 .468 0.0 0.2 .097 2.3 3.1 .755 1.0 2.4 3.4 8.9 1.9 0.2 3.5 3.6 10.9

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 21 CHI NBA PG 80 2159 13.5 .519 .469 3.3 7.2 5.2 43.4 2.7 0.5 29.4 17.5 98 108 -0.3 2.2 1.9 .043
1984-85 22 CHI NBA PG 70 1385 11.3 .497 .449 2.9 5.5 4.2 35.7 2.3 0.4 29.1 14.9 99 111 -0.1 0.9 0.8 .029
1985-86 23 TOT NBA PG 14 107 11.5 .444 .429 4.1 10.2 7.2 29.8 2.2 0.5 20.2 19.0 92 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .011
1985-86 23 CLE NBA PG 8 66 12.4 .498 .474 3.3 8.4 5.9 26.5 3.6 0.0 21.4 17.4 98 107 0.0 0.1 0.1 .049
1985-86 23 WSB NBA PG 4 27 17.8 .359 .357 8.0 20.0 14.0 40.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 23.7 101 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .075
1985-86 23 SAS NBA PG 2 14 -5.1 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.6 0.0 0.0 66.7 17.3 50 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.295
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 73 1816 14.0 .526 .478 3.3 8.1 5.7 30.1 2.4 0.3 19.0 16.0 108 109 1.5 1.8 3.3 .088
1987-88 25 ATL NBA PG 5 24 9.6 .511 .444 0.0 18.7 9.3 11.8 4.2 0.0 27.1 25.9 81 102 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.046
1988-89 26 LAC NBA PG 8 90 12.1 .449 .364 2.4 16.6 9.5 32.4 3.6 0.6 22.5 21.4 91 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .005
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 23 209 14.0 .534 .412 3.1 7.8 5.5 21.0 3.2 0.9 17.8 15.3 112 104 0.3 0.3 0.6 .134
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 82 1004 12.8 .551 .508 2.4 8.5 5.4 25.7 3.0 0.1 22.7 14.7 105 103 0.8 1.4 2.2 .105
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 27 292 12.4 .522 .472 3.5 8.6 6.0 27.6 3.5 0.0 22.1 13.4 108 105 0.2 0.4 0.7 .109
1996-97 34 POR NBA PG 3 22 5.1 .500 .500 0.0 15.7 8.1 20.5 0.0 0.0 20.0 10.2 103 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 .063
Career NBA 385 7108 13.0 .519 .469 3.1 7.6 5.3 34.2 2.6 0.4 24.9 16.1 102 108 2.2 7.4 9.6 .065

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
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 2 2 32 3 12 .250 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 8 2 6
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 15 0 96 6 20 .300 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 10 10 13 7 0 4 11 16
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 11 0 113 9 28 .321 0 0 6 8 .750 3 11 14 12 7 0 9 18 24
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 3 0 19 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
Career NBA 31 2 260 18 64 .281 0 1 .000 10 12 .833 5 26 31 32 16 0 21 33 46

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
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 2 2 16.0 1.5 6.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 3.0
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 15 0 6.4 0.4 1.3 .300 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.1
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 11 0 10.3 0.8 2.5 .321 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .750 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.6 2.2
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 3 0 6.3 0.0 1.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
Career NBA 31 2 8.4 0.6 2.1 .281 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .833 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.1 1.5

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
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 2 2 32 3.4 13.5 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.3 3.4 6.8 2.3 0.0 9.0 2.3 6.8
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 15 0 96 2.3 7.5 .300 0.0 0.4 .000 1.5 1.5 1.000 0.0 3.7 3.7 4.9 2.6 0.0 1.5 4.1 6.0
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 11 0 113 2.9 8.9 .321 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.5 .750 1.0 3.5 4.5 3.8 2.2 0.0 2.9 5.7 7.6
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 3 0 19 0.0 7.6 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 5.7 7.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.0
Career NBA 31 2 260 2.5 8.9 .281 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.7 .833 0.7 3.6 4.3 4.4 2.2 0.0 2.9 4.6 6.4

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
1986-87 24 WSB NBA PG 2 32 -4.3 .250 .250 3.0 7.0 4.9 29.2 3.0 0.0 40.0 26.1 45 112 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.397
1991-92 29 POR NBA PG 15 96 7.0 .368 .300 0.0 12.6 6.4 17.9 3.7 0.0 15.5 11.6 90 108 -0.1 0.1 0.1 .030
1993-94 31 ATL NBA PG 11 113 5.4 .381 .321 2.9 11.3 7.0 16.4 3.4 0.0 22.2 16.5 77 100 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.019
1994-95 32 ATL NBA PG 3 19 -3.3 .000 .000 5.7 18.8 11.9 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 31 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.168
Career NBA 31 260 4.2 .332 .281 2.1 11.8 6.9 17.9 3.2 0.0 23.3 15.4 72 106 -0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.058

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ennis Whatley 3.3 2.2 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rick Adelman 88.3 3.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Sam Vincent 86.9 3.3 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3
Greg Minor 85.6 3.0 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Jose Barea 80.9 3.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.1
Nick Young 80.5 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.4
Quinton Ross 79.2 3.2 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 -0.1
Ken Charles 79.1 3.3 3.0 2.3 0.6 0.6
Ronald Murray 79.0 3.1 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.3
George Dempsey 78.5 3.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4
Ron Lee 78.0 3.8 2.8 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ennis Whatley 3.3 2.2 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rick Adelman 88.3 3.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.1
Sam Vincent 86.9 3.3 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3
Greg Minor 85.6 3.0 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Jose Barea 80.9 3.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.1
Nick Young 80.5 2.8 2.3 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.4
Quinton Ross 79.2 3.2 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 -0.1
Ken Charles 79.1 3.3 3.0 2.3 0.6 0.6
Ronald Murray 79.0 3.1 1.8 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 -0.3 -0.3
George Dempsey 78.5 3.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.4
Ron Lee 78.0 3.8 2.8 1.6 1.4 0.8 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
1981-82 19 ALABAMA 31 996 141 285 93 129 76 178 42 6 113 81 375 .495 .721 32.1 12.1 2.5 5.7
1982-83 20 ALABAMA 32 1109 183 366 121 157 128 220 61 13 124 92 487 .500 .771 34.7 15.2 4.0 6.9
Career 63 2105 324 651 214 286 204 398 103 19 237 173 862 .498 .748 33.4 13.7 3.2 6.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1981 McDonald's All American
1982-83 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
Games
1993-94 NBA 82 (1)
Assists
1983-84 NBA 662 (7)
Turnovers
1983-84 NBA 268 (7)
Assists Per Game
1983-84 NBA 8.3 (8)
Assist Pct
1983-84 NBA 43.4 (2)
    

Transactions

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1983: Traded by the Kansas City Kings with Chris McNealy and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman) to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Micheaux and Mark Olberding.

June 18, 1985: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with Keith Lee to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Charles Oakley and Calvin Duncan.

December 16, 1985: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

January 2, 1986: Signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Bullets.

February 1, 1986: Signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs.

September 4, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.

November 3, 1987: Waived by the Washington Bullets.

February 11, 1988: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Atlanta Hawks.

September 14, 1988: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

October 31, 1988: Waived by the Boston Celtics.

March 20, 1989: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Los Angeles Clippers.

October 4, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

October 8, 1992: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.

October 14, 1992: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.

October, 1993: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.

July, 1994: Released by the Atlanta Hawks.

March 1, 1995: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Atlanta Hawks.

March 21, 1995: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Atlanta Hawks

January 24, 1997: Signed a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $200,000
1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $130,000
1993-94 Atlanta Hawks NBA $150,000
Career (may be incomplete) $480,000

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