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1984-85 Kansas City Kings Roster and Statistics

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31-51, Finished 6th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.8 points per game, Allowed 117.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-48)
Coached by Jack McKinney (1-8), Phil Johnson (30-43)

Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 262,812 (23rd of 23)

SRS: -2.71 (18th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.4 (5th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.5 (10th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 112.1 (22nd of 23)

1984-85 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Buse G 6-4 190 August 10, 1950 12 University of Evansville
22 Larry Drew G 6-1 170 April 2, 1958 4 University of Missouri
8 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
25 Billy Knight G-F 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 10 University of Pittsburgh
35 Mark McNamara C-F 6-11 235 June 8, 1959 2 University of California
50 Joe Meriweather C-F 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 9 Southern Illinois University
2 Kenny Natt G 6-3 185 October 5, 1958 2 University of Louisiana at Monroe
20 Ed Nealy F 6-7 238 February 19, 1960 2 Kansas State University
53 Mark Olberding F 6-8 225 April 21, 1956 9 University of Minnesota
30 David Pope F 6-7 220 April 15, 1962 R Norfolk State University
2 Dane Suttle G 6-3 190 August 9, 1961 1 Pepperdine University
24 Reggie Theus G 6-7 190 October 13, 1957 6 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
41 LaSalle Thompson C-F 6-10 245 June 23, 1961 2 University of Texas at Austin
33 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 R Providence College
40 Pete Verhoeven F 6-9 215 February 15, 1959 3 California State University, Fresno
42 Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 4 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19755 3664 7275 .504 63 238 .265 2022 2595 .779 1167 2327 3494 2342 661 300 1593 2169 9413 114.8
Opponent 82 19755 3805 7461 .510 65 259 .251 1957 2546 .769 1166 2267 3433 2344 761 512 1424 2205 9632 117.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Eddie Johnson 25 82 81 3029 769 1565 .491 13 54 .241 325 373 .871 151 256 407 273 83 22 225 237 1876
2 Reggie Theus 27 82 80 2543 501 1029 .487 5 38 .132 334 387 .863 106 164 270 656 95 18 307 250 1341
3 Mike Woodson 26 78 3 1998 530 1068 .496 5 21 .238 264 330 .800 69 129 198 143 117 28 139 216 1329
4 Larry Drew 26 72 66 2373 457 913 .501 7 28 .250 154 194 .794 39 125 164 484 93 8 179 147 1075
5 Otis Thorpe 22 82 23 1918 411 685 .600 0 2 .000 230 371 .620 187 369 556 111 34 37 187 256 1052
6 LaSalle Thompson 23 82 77 2458 369 695 .531 0 0 227 315 .721 274 580 854 130 98 128 202 328 965
7 Mark Olberding 28 81 62 2277 265 528 .502 0 3 .000 293 352 .832 139 374 513 243 56 11 185 298 823
8 Joe Meriweather 31 76 4 1061 121 243 .498 1 2 .500 96 124 .774 94 169 263 27 17 28 50 181 339
9 Don Buse 34 65 14 939 82 203 .404 31 87 .356 23 30 .767 21 40 61 203 38 1 45 75 218
10 Pete Verhoeven 25 54 0 366 51 108 .472 0 0 21 25 .840 28 35 63 17 15 7 20 85 123
11 Mark McNamara 25 33 0 210 28 58 .483 0 0 23 44 .523 24 33 57 6 5 7 13 22 79
12 Billy Knight 32 16 0 189 31 69 .449 1 1 1.000 13 16 .813 10 12 22 21 2 1 13 14 76
13 Ed Nealy 24 22 0 225 26 44 .591 0 0 10 19 .526 15 29 44 18 3 1 12 26 62
14 David Pope 22 22 0 129 17 53 .321 0 1 .000 7 13 .538 9 9 18 5 3 3 7 30 41
15 Dane Suttle 23 6 0 24 6 13 .462 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 14
16 Kenny Natt 26 4 0 16 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Eddie Johnson 25 82 81 36.9 9.4 19.1 .491 0.2 0.7 .241 4.0 4.5 .871 1.8 3.1 5.0 3.3 1.0 0.3 2.7 2.9 22.9
2 Mike Woodson 26 78 3 25.6 6.8 13.7 .496 0.1 0.3 .238 3.4 4.2 .800 0.9 1.7 2.5 1.8 1.5 0.4 1.8 2.8 17.0
3 Reggie Theus 27 82 80 31.0 6.1 12.5 .487 0.1 0.5 .132 4.1 4.7 .863 1.3 2.0 3.3 8.0 1.2 0.2 3.7 3.0 16.4
4 Larry Drew 26 72 66 33.0 6.3 12.7 .501 0.1 0.4 .250 2.1 2.7 .794 0.5 1.7 2.3 6.7 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.0 14.9
5 Otis Thorpe 22 82 23 23.4 5.0 8.4 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 4.5 .620 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.4 0.4 0.5 2.3 3.1 12.8
6 LaSalle Thompson 23 82 77 30.0 4.5 8.5 .531 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.8 .721 3.3 7.1 10.4 1.6 1.2 1.6 2.5 4.0 11.8
7 Mark Olberding 28 81 62 28.1 3.3 6.5 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.3 .832 1.7 4.6 6.3 3.0 0.7 0.1 2.3 3.7 10.2
8 Billy Knight 32 16 0 11.8 1.9 4.3 .449 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.8 1.0 .813 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.9 4.8
9 Joe Meriweather 31 76 4 14.0 1.6 3.2 .498 0.0 0.0 .500 1.3 1.6 .774 1.2 2.2 3.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 2.4 4.5
10 Don Buse 34 65 14 14.4 1.3 3.1 .404 0.5 1.3 .356 0.4 0.5 .767 0.3 0.6 0.9 3.1 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.2 3.4
11 Ed Nealy 24 22 0 10.2 1.2 2.0 .591 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .526 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.2 2.8
12 Mark McNamara 25 33 0 6.4 0.8 1.8 .483 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .523 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 2.4
13 Dane Suttle 23 6 0 4.0 1.0 2.2 .462 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 2.3
14 Pete Verhoeven 25 54 0 6.8 0.9 2.0 .472 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 .840 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.6 2.3
15 David Pope 22 22 0 5.9 0.8 2.4 .321 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .538 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.9
16 Kenny Natt 26 4 0 4.0 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Woodson 26 78 3 1998 9.5 19.2 .496 0.1 0.4 .238 4.8 5.9 .800 1.2 2.3 3.6 2.6 2.1 0.5 2.5 3.9 23.9
2 Eddie Johnson 25 82 81 3029 9.1 18.6 .491 0.2 0.6 .241 3.9 4.4 .871 1.8 3.0 4.8 3.2 1.0 0.3 2.7 2.8 22.3
3 Dane Suttle 23 6 0 24 9.0 19.5 .462 0.0 1.5 .000 3.0 3.0 1.000 0.0 4.5 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 4.5 21.0
4 Otis Thorpe 22 82 23 1918 7.7 12.9 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 7.0 .620 3.5 6.9 10.4 2.1 0.6 0.7 3.5 4.8 19.7
5 Reggie Theus 27 82 80 2543 7.1 14.6 .487 0.1 0.5 .132 4.7 5.5 .863 1.5 2.3 3.8 9.3 1.3 0.3 4.3 3.5 19.0
6 Larry Drew 26 72 66 2373 6.9 13.9 .501 0.1 0.4 .250 2.3 2.9 .794 0.6 1.9 2.5 7.3 1.4 0.1 2.7 2.2 16.3
7 Billy Knight 32 16 0 189 5.9 13.1 .449 0.2 0.2 1.000 2.5 3.0 .813 1.9 2.3 4.2 4.0 0.4 0.2 2.5 2.7 14.5
8 LaSalle Thompson 23 82 77 2458 5.4 10.2 .531 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.6 .721 4.0 8.5 12.5 1.9 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.8 14.1
9 Mark McNamara 25 33 0 210 4.8 9.9 .483 0.0 0.0 3.9 7.5 .523 4.1 5.7 9.8 1.0 0.9 1.2 2.2 3.8 13.5
10 Mark Olberding 28 81 62 2277 4.2 8.3 .502 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.6 .832 2.2 5.9 8.1 3.8 0.9 0.2 2.9 4.7 13.0
11 Pete Verhoeven 25 54 0 366 5.0 10.6 .472 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.5 .840 2.8 3.4 6.2 1.7 1.5 0.7 2.0 8.4 12.1
12 Joe Meriweather 31 76 4 1061 4.1 8.2 .498 0.0 0.1 .500 3.3 4.2 .774 3.2 5.7 8.9 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.7 6.1 11.5
13 David Pope 22 22 0 129 4.7 14.8 .321 0.0 0.3 .000 2.0 3.6 .538 2.5 2.5 5.0 1.4 0.8 0.8 2.0 8.4 11.4
14 Ed Nealy 24 22 0 225 4.2 7.0 .591 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.0 .526 2.4 4.6 7.0 2.9 0.5 0.2 1.9 4.2 9.9
15 Don Buse 34 65 14 939 3.1 7.8 .404 1.2 3.3 .356 0.9 1.2 .767 0.8 1.5 2.3 7.8 1.5 0.0 1.7 2.9 8.4
16 Kenny Natt 26 4 0 16 0.0 2.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 LaSalle Thompson 23 82 2458 15.6 .579 .531 12.8 26.7 19.8 6.8 1.8 2.9 19.5 16.6 108 106 2.3 3.1 5.4
2 Eddie Johnson 25 82 3029 16.2 .542 .496 5.7 9.6 7.7 13.4 1.3 0.4 11.5 25.5 109 114 4.5 0.9 5.4
3 Reggie Theus 27 82 2543 17.0 .559 .489 4.8 7.3 6.1 35.3 1.7 0.4 20.4 23.4 109 114 3.8 0.9 4.7
4 Mike Woodson 26 78 1998 17.5 .548 .499 4.0 7.3 5.7 10.8 2.7 0.8 10.3 26.7 109 111 3.0 1.2 4.3
5 Otis Thorpe 22 82 1918 16.6 .620 .600 11.2 21.8 16.5 8.1 0.8 1.1 18.1 21.3 111 111 2.8 1.3 4.1
6 Mark Olberding 28 81 2277 12.2 .603 .502 7.0 18.6 12.9 13.2 1.1 0.3 21.3 15.0 112 112 2.8 1.3 4.1
7 Larry Drew 26 72 2373 14.7 .538 .504 1.9 6.0 3.9 27.8 1.8 0.2 15.2 19.6 110 114 3.0 0.7 3.7
8 Joe Meriweather 31 76 1061 10.2 .570 .500 10.2 18.0 14.1 3.1 0.7 1.4 14.4 12.9 114 112 1.3 0.6 1.9
9 Don Buse 34 65 939 10.5 .504 .480 2.6 4.8 3.7 25.7 1.9 0.1 17.2 11.0 114 114 1.0 0.2 1.3
10 Pete Verhoeven 25 54 366 8.6 .517 .472 8.8 10.8 9.8 5.9 1.9 1.0 14.4 15.0 105 112 0.2 0.2 0.4
11 Ed Nealy 24 22 225 9.6 .592 .591 7.7 14.6 11.2 9.9 0.6 0.2 18.6 11.3 112 114 0.2 0.1 0.3
12 Mark McNamara 25 33 210 12.0 .511 .483 13.1 17.8 15.5 3.6 1.1 1.8 14.4 17.0 104 111 0.1 0.1 0.2
13 Billy Knight 32 16 189 10.2 .500 .457 6.1 7.2 6.6 14.6 0.5 0.3 14.6 18.6 103 116 0.1 0.0 0.1
14 Dane Suttle 23 6 24 14.3 .504 .462 0.0 14.1 7.1 12.3 1.9 0.0 6.7 24.5 106 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Kenny Natt 26 4 16 7.3 .000 .000 7.2 0.0 3.6 20.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 2.5 123 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 David Pope 22 22 129 2.1 .349 .321 8.0 7.9 8.0 4.9 1.1 1.3 10.7 20.1 80 114 -0.3 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Drew $700,000
2 Eddie Johnson $491,000
3 Reggie Theus $435,000
4 Billy Knight $433,000
5 Mike Woodson $375,000
6 Mark Olberding $375,000
7 LaSalle Thompson $277,000
8 Joe Meriweather $225,000
9 Otis Thorpe $225,000
10 Mark McNamara $165,000
11 Don Buse $130,000
12 David Pope $65,000
13 Pete Verhoeven $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)