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Sam Young

Samuel David Young ▪ Twitter: @SamYoung4

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: June 1, 1985 in Washington, District of Columbia
High School: Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia
College: University of Pittsburgh
Draft: Memphis Grizzlies, 2nd round (6th pick, 36th overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 2009
Age: 28 years, 18 days ▪ Experience: 4 years

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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
2009-10	24	MEM	NBA	SF	80	1	1321	224	497	.451	11	56	.196	136	175	.777	77	124	201	52	34	20	94	106	595
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	78	46	1577	233	494	.472	17	50	.340	89	116	.767	40	147	187	71	68	23	61	120	572
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SF	35	2	375	45	127	.354	5	17	.294	19	26	.731	20	42	62	15	17	6	16	23	114
2011-12	26	MEM	NBA	SF	21	2	240	32	83	.386	0	9	.000	10	12	.833	14	27	41	9	11	2	9	12	74
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	14	0	135	13	44	.295	5	8	.625	9	14	.643	6	15	21	6	6	4	7	11	40
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	56	3	693	58	148	.392	16	52	.308	23	43	.535	26	97	123	42	15	8	33	62	155
Career			NBA		249	52	3966	560	1266	.442	49	175	.280	267	360	.742	163	410	573	180	134	57	204	311	1436

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
2009-10	24	MEM	NBA	SF	80	1	16.5	2.8	6.2	.451	0.1	0.7	.196	1.7	2.2	.777	1.0	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.3	7.4
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	78	46	20.2	3.0	6.3	.472	0.2	0.6	.340	1.1	1.5	.767	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.5	7.3
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SF	35	2	10.7	1.3	3.6	.354	0.1	0.5	.294	0.5	0.7	.731	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.3
2011-12	26	MEM	NBA	SF	21	2	11.4	1.5	4.0	.386	0.0	0.4	.000	0.5	0.6	.833	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.6	3.5
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	14	0	9.6	0.9	3.1	.295	0.4	0.6	.625	0.6	1.0	.643	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.9
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	56	3	12.4	1.0	2.6	.392	0.3	0.9	.308	0.4	0.8	.535	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	2.8
Career			NBA		249	52	15.9	2.2	5.1	.442	0.2	0.7	.280	1.1	1.4	.742	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.2	5.8

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
2009-10	24	MEM	NBA	SF	80	1	1321	6.1	13.5	.451	0.3	1.5	.196	3.7	4.8	.777	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.4	0.9	0.5	2.6	2.9	16.2
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	78	46	1577	5.3	11.3	.472	0.4	1.1	.340	2.0	2.6	.767	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.6	1.6	0.5	1.4	2.7	13.1
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SF	35	2	375	4.3	12.2	.354	0.5	1.6	.294	1.8	2.5	.731	1.9	4.0	6.0	1.4	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.2	10.9
2011-12	26	MEM	NBA	SF	21	2	240	4.8	12.4	.386	0.0	1.4	.000	1.5	1.8	.833	2.1	4.1	6.1	1.4	1.6	0.3	1.4	1.8	11.1
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	14	0	135	3.5	11.7	.295	1.3	2.1	.625	2.4	3.7	.643	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.9	2.9	10.7
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	56	3	693	3.0	7.7	.392	0.8	2.7	.308	1.2	2.2	.535	1.4	5.0	6.4	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.7	3.2	8.1
Career			NBA		249	52	3966	5.1	11.5	.442	0.4	1.6	.280	2.4	3.3	.742	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.9	2.8	13.0

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
2009-10	24	MEM	NBA	SF	80	1321	13.0	.518	.462	6.8	11.0	8.9	6.2	1.3	1.2	14.1	22.1	102	112	0.6	0.7	1.2	.044
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	78	1577	12.5	.525	.489	3.0	11.2	7.1	6.9	2.3	1.2	10.1	17.3	106	106	1.1	1.8	2.9	.088
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SF	35	375	9.7	.412	.374	6.0	13.1	9.5	6.2	2.4	1.2	10.4	18.9	89	101	-0.3	0.6	0.2	.030
2011-12	26	MEM	NBA	SF	21	240	10.6	.419	.386	6.7	13.4	10.0	6.0	2.4	0.7	9.3	18.4	92	102	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.042
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	14	135	8.2	.399	.352	4.9	12.4	8.6	6.5	2.4	2.2	12.2	19.9	83	98	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.010
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	56	693	7.5	.464	.446	4.3	15.3	9.9	9.4	1.2	0.9	16.5	13.2	94	102	-0.2	1.1	0.9	.062
Career			NBA		249	3966	11.5	.504	.462	4.8	12.0	8.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	12.5	18.4	101	107	1.1	4.1	5.2	.063

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
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	13	11	256	43	96	.448	3	12	.250	9	15	.600	7	23	30	2	6	3	8	18	98
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	2	0	4	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	15	0	130	9	24	.375	2	10	.200	6	8	.750	11	18	29	4	4	1	7	17	26
Career			NBA		30	11	390	52	122	.426	5	23	.217	15	23	.652	18	41	59	6	10	4	15	35	124

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
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	13	11	19.7	3.3	7.4	.448	0.2	0.9	.250	0.7	1.2	.600	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.4	7.5
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	2	0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	15	0	8.7	0.6	1.6	.375	0.1	0.7	.200	0.4	0.5	.750	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.7
Career			NBA		30	11	13.0	1.7	4.1	.426	0.2	0.8	.217	0.5	0.8	.652	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	4.1

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
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	13	11	256	6.0	13.5	.448	0.4	1.7	.250	1.3	2.1	.600	1.0	3.2	4.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.5	13.8
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	2	0	4	0.0	18.0	.000	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	0.0
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	15	0	130	2.5	6.6	.375	0.6	2.8	.200	1.7	2.2	.750	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	4.7	7.2
Career			NBA		30	11	390	4.8	11.3	.426	0.5	2.1	.217	1.4	2.1	.652	1.7	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.4	3.2	11.4

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
2010-11	25	MEM	NBA	SF	13	256	10.3	.478	.464	3.1	10.6	6.7	1.4	1.3	1.0	7.2	19.7	96	109	0.0	0.2	0.1	.023
2011-12	26	PHI	NBA	SF	2	4	-21.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.9	0	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.551
2012-13	27	IND	NBA	SG	15	130	8.1	.472	.417	10.4	15.6	13.1	5.1	1.7	0.6	20.3	12.4	97	104	0.0	0.1	0.2	.056
Career			NBA		30	390	9.2	.469	.447	5.5	12.1	8.8	2.6	1.4	0.9	10.2	17.3	95	107	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.028

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 4 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
Sam Young		2.9	1.2	0.9	0.2
Marty Conlon	88.3	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.3
Charles Jones	86.4	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.1
Kenny Gattison	86.3	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.0
Andray Blatche	84.7	3.0	1.4	0.5	0.1
Jeff Lamp	84.4	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.6
Al Harrington	84.2	2.6	1.2	1.0	-0.2
Al-Farouq Aminu	84.1	3.1	1.4	0.7
Lorenzo Williams	83.6	3.1	1.7	1.1	0.3
Rory White	83.3	2.6	1.5	1.0	0.4
Bill Willoughby	82.7	3.0	1.2	1.1	0.9

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sam Young		2.9	1.2	0.9	0.2
Charles Jones	86.4	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.1
Rowland Garrett	86.1	3.1	1.1	0.8	0.5	-0.1
Al-Farouq Aminu	84.1	3.1	1.4	0.7
Jeff Lamp	82.3	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.0	-0.1
John Trapp	81.1	3.3	1.2	1.2	0.6	0.0
Grady Lewis	80.8	2.4	1.1	0.8
Carey Scurry	80.8	2.6	1.8	0.9
Dick Schulz	80.2	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.0
Derrick Brown	79.9	2.3	1.3	1.0
Al Eberhard	79.6	2.6	1.8	0.9	0.0

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			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
2005-06	20	PITT	33	672	98	188	4	21	61	88		144	28					261	.521	.190	.693	20.4	7.9	4.4	0.8
2006-07	21	PITT	37	637	103	225	13	42	46	77		111	25					265	.458	.310	.597	17.2	7.2	3.0	0.7
2007-08	22	PITT	37	1187	254	505	44	115	116	168		232	45					668	.503	.383	.690	32.1	18.1	6.3	1.2
2008-09	23	PITT	36	1146	261	520	54	145	114	154		225	40					690	.502	.372	.740	31.8	19.2	6.3	1.1
Career			143	3642	716	1438	115	323	337	487		712	138					1884	.498	.356	.692	25.5	13.2	5.0	1.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 2008-09 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Honors

2008-09 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)

Transactions

June 26, 2008: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Memphis Grizzlies (as a 2009 2nd round draft pick) with Donte Greene to the Houston Rockets; the Houston Rockets traded Nicolas Batum to the Portland Trail Blazers; the Portland Trail Blazers traded Joey Dorsey to the Houston Rockets; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Darrell Arthur to the Memphis Grizzlies.

December 23, 2008: Traded by the Houston Rockets (as a 2009 2nd round draft pick) with Steve Francis and cash to the Memphis Grizzlies for a 2011 2nd round draft pick. Houston did not receive the 2nd round draft pick because it was top 55 protected.

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2nd round (36th pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

March 15, 2012: Traded by the Memphis Grizzlies to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ricky Sanchez.

September 6, 2012: Signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

January 6, 2013: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.

January 28, 2013: Signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2009-10	Memphis Grizzlies	NBA	$824,200
2010-11	Memphis Grizzlies	NBA	$886,000
2011-12	Memphis Grizzlies	NBA	$947,800
Career	(may be incomplete)		$2,658,000

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13
Indiana Pacers	$402,065

Signed September 4, 2012 for an assumed minimum salary for 1 year.
Waived January 6, 2013.

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