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Bob Thornton

Career (regular season)

GP
283
PTS
3.0
REB
2.5
AST
0.3

Personal details

Position
Forward
Height and weight
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) · 102 kg (225 lb)
Born
June 10, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos
School / club
California-Irvine
Draft
1984: round 4, pick 87
NBA career
1985-1995 · 8 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1985-86 NYK 71 336 290 43 1,323 30 7 83 45.6 — 53.1
1986-87 NYK 33 71 56 8 282 4 3 24 43.3 0.0 65.0
1987-88 NYK 7 17 13 4 85 2 0 8 31.6 — 62.5
1987-88 PHI 41 147 99 11 508 9 3 27 53.2 0.0 61.7
1987-88 TOT 48 164 112 15 593 11 3 35 50.0 0.0 61.8
1988-89 PHI 54 127 92 15 449 8 7 23 42.3 33.3 53.3
1989-90 PHI 56 123 133 17 592 20 12 35 42.9 33.3 51.0
1990-91 MIN 12 16 15 1 110 0 3 9 30.8 — 80.0
1991-92 UTA 2 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 14.3 — 100.0
1995-96 WAS 7 3 12 0 31 1 0 1 16.7 — 50.0
Career 283 844 712 99 3,386 74 35 210 44.4 22.2 55.8

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1989-90 PHI 9 19 15 4 89 2 1 2 38.9 — 50.0
1991-92 UTA 7 7 9 1 32 0 0 1 40.0 — 75.0
Career 16 26 24 5 121 2 1 3 39.1 — 57.1

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Waived

    The New York Knicks waived Bob Thornton.

  2. · Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Bob Thornton as a free agent.

  3. · Trade

    The Minnesota Timberwolves traded a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Alvaro Teheran was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Bob Thornton.

  4. · Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Bob Thornton to a contract for the rest of the season.

  5. · Waived

    The Utah Jazz released Bob Thornton.

  6. · Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Bob Thornton as a free agent.

  7. · Waived

    The Portland Trail Blazers waived Bob Thornton.

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  1. · Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Bob Thornton to the first of two 10-day contracts.

  2. · Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Bob Thornton as a free agent.

  3. · Waived

    The Washington Bullets released Bob Thornton.

  4. · Coaching staff

    Memphis nombra a Bob Thornton asistente del entrenador y a Lloyd Pierce entrenador de desarrollo de jugadores.

  5. · Coaching staff

    Memphis renueva a Bob Thornton como asistente del entrenador y nombra en el mismo rol a Elston Turner, Duane Ticknor y Shawn Respert y Jason March promociona a ojeador avanzado.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1985-86 NYK $0.1M
1986-87 NYK $0.1M
1987-88 PHI $0.1M
1988-89 PHI $0.2M
1990-91 MIN $0.3M
1991-92 MIN $0.3M
Career total $1.2M

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