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Forward · 6′8″ 225 lb · Born 1960-03-08 · High school: Rocky Mount · College: Maryland · 1981 NBA draft, round 1, pick 3 by New Jersey Nets

Seasons

17

Teams

3

NBA playoff seasons

14

Awards and honours

• NBA Rookie of the Year: 1981-82
• NBA All-NBA Team (second team): 1982-83
• NBA All-Defensive Team (first team) ×2: 1989-90, 1990-91
• NBA All-Defensive Team (second team) ×2: 1987-88, 1991-92
• NBA All-Rookie Team (first team): 1981-82
• NBA All-Star Game selection ×3: 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86

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4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1981-82	Nets	82	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	.582	.000	.624
1982-83	Nets	82	82	36.1	17.0	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	.588	.000	.620
1983-84	Nets	81	81	37.1	15.7	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	.535	.000	.570
1984-85	Nets	82	82	38.8	18.2	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	.530	.250	.625
1985-86	Nets	82	82	37.4	15.9	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	.523	.000	.676
1986-87	Nets	82	82	36.3	18.0	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	.557	.000	.731
1987-88	Nets	70	70	37.7	18.3	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	.560	1.000	.668
1988-89	Nets	74	72	33.1	13.0	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	.531	.000	.666
1989-90	Trail Blazers	82	82	34.2	13.6	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	.548	.000	.706
1990-91	Trail Blazers	80	80	32.3	11.7	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	.602		.705
1991-92	Trail Blazers	80	80	31.5	11.3	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	.604	.000	.754
1992-93	Trail Blazers	82	82	30.5	8.3	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	.511	.000	.645
1993-94	Trail Blazers	81	81	32.5	9.7	10.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	.555	.000	.679
1994-95	Trail Blazers	82	82	29.5	9.2	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	.512	.500	.673
1995-96	Trail Blazers	70	10	23.9	7.3	5.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	.500	.667	.668

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
1996-97	Knicks	74		20.3	465	6.3	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	.537	.000	.642	.566
1997-98	Knicks	41		18.0	202	4.9	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	.503		.732	.553
Total	2 seasons	115		19.5	667	5.8	5.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	.526	.000	.668	.562

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Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1981-82	Nets	2		39.5	17.5	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.538		.467
1982-83	Nets	2		42.5	19.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	.500		.800
1983-84	Nets	11		43.0	15.5	14.1	1.5	1.5	1.5	.485		.556
1984-85	Nets	3	3	41.0	24.7	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	.650		.733
1985-86	Nets	3	3	42.0	20.7	10.3	0.7	2.0	0.3	.724		.769
1989-90	Trail Blazers	21	21	37.0	13.0	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	.508		.676
1990-91	Trail Blazers	16	16	35.8	10.3	8.9	0.9	0.6	0.3	.500		.603
1991-92	Trail Blazers	21	21	36.1	9.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	.508		.758
1992-93	Trail Blazers	21	21	36.1	9.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	.508		.758
1993-94	Trail Blazers	4	4	31.3	12.8	8.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	.679		.867
1994-95	Trail Blazers	3	3	34.3	8.3	6.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	.600	.000	.636
1995-96	Trail Blazers	5	1	26.6	4.8	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	.391	.500	.714

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
1996-97	Knicks	10		19.2	43	4.3	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	.486		.529	.499
1997-98	Knicks	3		15.1	14	4.7	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	.444		.750	.547
Total	2 seasons	13		18.3	57	4.4	4.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	.477		.600	.510

NBA advanced measures (as published by NBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
1996-97	Knicks	74	.147	.574	.537	101.8	96.4	5.5	.059	.139	91.88	.099
1997-98	Knicks	41	.135	.560	.503	100.9	99.8	1.1	.046	.131	90.6	.082

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as NBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.