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Ralph Sampson

Career (regular season)

GP
456
PTS
15.4
REB
8.8
AST
2.3

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) · 103 kg (227 lb)
Born
July 7, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Harrisonburg, Estados Unidos
School / club
Virginia
Draft
1983: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
1983-1991 · 9 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1983-84 HOU 82 1,720 913 163 2,693 70 197 294 52.3 25.0 66.1
1984-85 HOU 82 1,809 853 224 3,086 81 168 326 50.2 0.0 67.6
1985-86 HOU 79 1,491 879 283 2,864 99 129 285 48.8 13.3 64.1
1986-87 HOU 43 672 372 120 1,326 40 58 126 48.9 0.0 62.4
1987-88 HOU 19 303 172 37 705 17 33 62 43.9 33.3 74.1
1987-88 GSW 29 446 290 85 958 24 55 109 43.8 0.0 77.5
1987-88 TOT 48 749 462 122 1,663 41 88 171 43.8 18.2 76.0
1988-89 GSW 61 393 307 77 1,086 31 65 90 44.9 37.5 65.3
1989-90 SAC 26 109 84 28 417 14 22 34 37.2 25.0 52.2
1990-91 SAC 25 74 111 17 348 11 17 27 36.6 20.0 26.3
1991-92 WAS 10 22 30 4 108 3 8 10 31.0 0.0 66.7
Career 456 7,039 4,011 1,038 13,591 390 752 1,363 48.6 17.2 66.1

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1984-85 HOU 5 106 83 7 193 2 8 17 43.0 100.0 51.4
1985-86 HOU 20 399 215 80 741 30 35 71 51.8 100.0 72.9
1986-87 HOU 10 186 88 21 330 2 12 31 51.4 50.0 81.4
1988-89 GSW 3 20 14 1 43 1 2 4 40.9 0.0 50.0
Career 38 711 400 109 1,307 35 57 123 49.7 37.5 70.3

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

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2012 (as a player)
  • Rookie of the Year: 1983-84
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1984-85
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1984-85
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1983-84
  • All-Star (4): 1984, 1985 (starter), 1986 (starter), 1987

Draft

In the ACB (Spain)

Jugó 8 partidos en el Unicaja de Málaga en la temporada 91-92

Original text in Spanish.

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Golden State Warriors traded Joe Barry Carroll, Sleepy Floyd and cash to the Houston Rockets for Steve Harris and Ralph Sampson.

  2. · Trade

    The Golden State Warriors traded Ralph Sampson to the Sacramento Kings for Jim Petersen.

  3. · Waived

    The Sacramento Kings waived Ralph Sampson.

  4. · Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Ralph Sampson as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    The Washington Bullets waived Ralph Sampson.

  6. · Coaching staff

    Phoenix nombra a Lindsey Hunter director del programa de desarrollo de jugadores y a Ralph Sampson y Sean Rooks asistentes.

The old UltimateNBA news are only in Spanish.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 HOU $1.3M
1985-86 HOU $1.2M
1986-87 HOU $1.4M
1987-88 GSW $1.7M
1988-89 GSW $2.0M
1989-90 SAC $2.1M
1990-91 SAC $2.3M
1991-92 SAC $2.7M
1992-93 SAC $2.7M
Career total $17.2M

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