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Sam Perkins



Position: Power Forward, Center
Full Name: Samuel Bruce Perkins
Nickname: Big Smooth
Born: June 14, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York
Height: 6-9
Weight: 235
High School: Shaker in Latham, New York
College: University of North Carolina
Drafted: 1st Round, 4th Pick - Dallas Mavericks, 1984
Jersey#: 14

Played for the Lakers from 1990 to 1993


Throughout his career, Perkins played for several great teams, and always came close, but never captured an NBA championship. In Dallas, he teamed up with Rolando Blackman, Mark Aguirre, and Derek Harper to form a late-1980s championship contender, but his team was knocked out by the Magic Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers nearly every time. After the dismantling of the Mavericks core, Sam went on to play for the Lakers where he joined Magic, as well as former UNC teammate James Worthy. He appeared in the 1991 NBA Finals with the Lakers to face another former UNC teammate of Perkins, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls and hitting the shot that would win Game 1. The Bulls rallied back the next four games and won the championship. After a few more years in L.A., Perkins moved to the Seattle SuperSonics, who were led by a young Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.

In 1996 the Sonics made the NBA Finals, where they would face the Chicago Bulls. For Perkins, this particular series would be a rematch against Jordan, fresh from retirement and having led the Bulls to a NBA record 72-10. The Bulls would beat the Sonics for the 1996 title. Perkins ended his career with the Indiana Pacers. who made the NBA Finals in 2000, eventually succumbing to the Los Angeles Lakers. Perkins retired after the 2000-01 season, having played for 18 years.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1985 DAL 82 2317 347 736 .471 200 244 .820 9 36 .250 605 7.4 135 236 63 102 63 903 11.0
1986 DAL 80 2626 458 910 .503 307 377 .814 11 33 .333 685 8.6 153 212 75 145 94 1234 15.4
1987 DAL 80 2687 461 957 .482 245 296 .828 19 54 .352 616 7.7 146 269 109 132 77 1186 14.8
1988 DAL 75 2499 394 876 .450 273 332 .822 5 30 .167 601 8.0 118 227 74 119 54 1066 14.2
1989 DAL 78 2860 445 959 .464 274 329 .833 7 38 .184 688 8.8 127 224 76 141 92 1171 15.0
1990 DAL 76 2668 435 883 .493 330 424 .778 6 28 .214 572 7.5 175 225 88 148 64 1206 15.9
1991 LAL 73 2504 368 744 .495 229 279 .821 18 64 .281 538 7.4 108 247 64 103 78 983 13.5
1992 LAL 63 2332 361 803 .450 304 372 .817 15 69 .217 556 8.8 141 192 64 83 62 1041 16.5
1993 SEA 30 762 139 272 .511 66 83 .795 19 42 .452 145 4.8 28 86 20 32 31 363 12.1
1993 LAL 49 1589 242 527 .459 184 222 .829 5 29 .172 379 7.7 128 139 40 76 51 673 13.7
1993 TOT 79 2351 381 799 .477 250 305 .820 24 71 .338 524 6.6 156 225 60 108 82 1036 13.1
1994 SEA 81 2170 341 779 .438 218 272 .801 99 270 .367 366 4.5 111 197 67 103 31 999 12.3
1995 SEA 82 2356 346 742 .466 215 269 .799 136 343 .397 393 4.8 135 186 72 77 45 1043 12.7
1996 SEA 82 2169 325 797 .408 191 241 .793 129 363 .355 367 4.5 120 174 83 82 48 970 11.8
1997 SEA 81 1976 290 661 .439 187 229 .817 122 309 .395 300 3.7 103 134 69 77 49 889 11.0
1998 SEA 81 1675 196 471 .416 101 128 .789 87 222 .392 255 3.1 113 158 62 62 29 580 7.2
1999 IND 48 789 80 200 .400 43 60 .717 35 90 .389 138 2.9 25 74 15 22 14 238 5.0
2000 IND 81 1620 184 441 .417 80 97 .825 89 218 .408 289 3.6 68 136 31 63 33 537 6.6
2001 IND 64 999 86 226 .381 32 38 .842 38 110 .345 168 2.6 41 61 33 19 18 242 3.8
CAREER 1286 36598 5498 11984 .459 3479 4292 .811 849 2348 .362 7661 6.0 1975 3177 1105 1586 933 15324 11.9


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1985 DAL 4 169 24 49 .490 26 34 .765 1 4 .250 51 12.8 11 13 2 3 1 75 18.8
1986 DAL 10 347 57 133 .429 33 43 .767 2 8 .250 83 8.3 24 32 9 16 14 149 14.9
1987 DAL 4 133 26 52 .500 16 23 .696 0 4 - 34 8.5 5 16 4 9 1 68 17.0
1988 DAL 17 572 88 195 .451 53 66 .803 1 7 .143 112 6.6 31 51 25 30 17 230 13.5
1990 DAL 3 118 16 36 .444 13 17 .765 0 1 - 22 7.3 8 17 3 7 2 45 15.0
1991 LAL 19 752 121 221 .548 83 109 .761 11 30 .367 157 8.3 33 69 15 37 27 336 17.7
1993 SEA 19 626 98 225 .436 48 55 .873 30 79 .380 133 7.0 37 55 19 21 25 274 14.4
1994 SEA 5 141 14 42 .333 15 17 .882 6 14 .429 36 7.2 4 15 4 6 2 49 9.8
1995 SEA 4 141 21 48 .438 2 2 1.000 10 22 .455 31 7.8 13 12 3 9 5 54 13.5
1996 SEA 21 654 90 196 .459 46 61 .754 32 87 .368 90 4.3 35 44 15 30 6 258 12.3
1997 SEA 12 340 31 92 .337 25 29 .862 14 45 .311 53 4.4 15 34 12 13 12 101 8.4
1998 SEA 10 210 16 42 .381 12 20 .600 10 24 .417 32 3.2 14 22 3 11 5 54 5.4
1999 IND 13 146 18 35 .514 6 9 .667 11 24 .458 25 1.9 6 13 0 7 3 53 4.1
2000 IND 23 417 34 105 .324 19 21 .905 23 66 .348 73 3.2 10 45 4 8 6 110 4.8
2001 IND 3 19 2 8 .250 0 0 - 1 4 .250 4 1.3 0 3 0 0 0 5 1.7
CAREER 167 4785 656 1479 .444 397 506 .785 152 419 .363 936 5.6 246 441 118 207 126 1861 11.1