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David Thompson

Career (regular season)

GP
509
PTS
22.1
REB
3.8
AST
3.2

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) · 88 kg (194 lb)
Country
United States
School / club
North Carolina State
Draft
1975: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
1976-1983 · 8 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 DEN 82 2,125 334 337 3,001 114 53 — 50.7 — 76.6
1977-78 DEN 80 2,172 390 362 3,025 92 99 245 52.1 — 77.8
1978-79 DEN 76 1,825 274 225 2,670 70 82 186 51.2 — 75.3
1979-80 DEN 39 839 174 124 1,239 39 38 116 46.8 36.8 75.8
1980-81 DEN 77 1,967 287 231 2,620 53 60 250 50.6 25.6 79.5
1981-82 DEN 61 906 148 117 1,246 34 29 142 48.6 28.6 81.4
1982-83 SEA 75 1,190 270 222 2,155 47 33 163 48.1 20.0 78.4
1983-84 SEA 19 240 44 13 349 10 13 27 53.9 0.0 84.9
Career 509 11,264 1,921 1,631 16,305 459 407 1,129 50.4 27.7 77.8

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 DEN 6 148 31 24 237 9 4 — 46.3 — 67.9
1977-78 DEN 13 328 53 52 481 9 21 39 45.0 — 82.5
1978-79 DEN 3 84 21 12 122 4 1 12 55.1 — 72.7
1981-82 DEN 3 35 10 6 66 1 0 8 45.5 33.3 57.1
1982-83 SEA 2 24 0 7 65 1 1 4 36.0 — 60.0
Career 27 619 115 101 971 24 27 63 46.2 33.3 74.5

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1996 (as a player)
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1978-79
  • All-NBA First Team (2): 1976-77, 1977-78
  • All-Star (4): 1977 (starter), 1978 (starter), 1979 (starter), 1983 (starter)

Retired number

  • Denver Nuggets: No. 33 (1975-1982 with the team)

Draft

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