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Avery Johnson

Career (regular season)

GP
1,054
PTS
8.4
REB
1.7
AST
5.5

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) · 84 kg (185 lb)
Born
March 25, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Nueva Orleans, Estados Unidos
School / club
Southern
Draft
Undrafted
NBA career
1988-2003 · 16 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1988-89 SEA 43 68 24 73 291 21 3 18 34.9 11.1 56.3
1989-90 SEA 53 140 43 162 575 26 1 48 38.7 25.0 72.5
1990-91 DEN 21 79 21 77 217 14 2 27 42.6 0.0 65.6
1990-91 SAS 47 241 56 153 742 33 2 47 48.3 20.0 69.1
1990-91 TOT 68 320 77 230 959 47 4 74 46.9 11.1 67.8
1991-92 SAS 20 135 35 100 463 21 3 45 50.9 20.0 75.0
1991-92 HOU 49 251 45 166 772 40 6 65 46.4 30.0 60.9
1991-92 TOT 69 386 80 266 1,235 61 9 110 47.9 26.7 65.3
1992-93 SAS 75 656 146 561 2,030 85 16 145 50.2 0.0 79.1
1993-94 GSW 82 890 176 433 2,332 113 8 172 49.2 0.0 70.4
1994-95 SAS 82 1,101 208 670 3,011 114 13 207 51.9 13.6 68.5
1995-96 SAS 82 1,071 206 789 3,084 119 21 195 49.4 19.4 72.1
1996-97 SAS 76 800 147 513 2,473 96 15 146 47.7 23.1 69.0
1997-98 SAS 75 766 150 591 2,674 84 18 165 47.8 15.4 72.6
1998-99 SAS 50 487 118 369 1,672 51 11 112 47.3 8.3 56.8
1999-00 SAS 82 919 158 491 2,571 76 18 140 47.3 11.1 73.5
2000-01 SAS 55 310 85 237 1,290 33 4 60 44.7 16.7 68.3
2001-02 DEN 51 481 64 258 1,203 35 8 67 48.6 0.0 74.7
2001-02 DAL 17 54 5 28 151 5 1 9 42.9 — 70.6
2001-02 TOT 68 535 69 286 1,354 40 9 76 47.9 0.0 74.2
2002-03 DAL 48 156 31 64 430 15 1 29 42.0 0.0 76.9
2003-04 GSW 46 212 33 111 637 26 3 51 40.2 0.0 66.7
Career 1,054 8,817 1,751 5,846 26,618 1,007 154 1,748 47.9 14.5 70.6

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1988-89 SEA 6 11 4 5 31 4 0 0 41.7 0.0 50.0
1990-91 SAS 3 2 0 4 19 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0
1992-93 SAS 10 82 31 81 314 10 1 23 51.4 0.0 71.4
1993-94 GSW 3 18 3 10 41 4 1 3 52.9 0.0 —
1994-95 SAS 15 218 32 125 575 20 6 30 51.7 0.0 62.1
1995-96 SAS 10 123 36 94 407 20 1 24 43.0 0.0 70.4
1997-98 SAS 9 156 13 55 342 9 0 21 60.4 0.0 66.7
1998-99 SAS 17 215 42 126 653 20 1 50 48.7 33.3 68.1
1999-00 SAS 4 48 9 21 144 4 0 10 45.2 — 71.4
2000-01 SAS 13 76 16 41 281 10 1 10 38.6 0.0 53.3
Career 90 949 186 562 2,807 102 11 171 48.6 6.3 66.1

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

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion: 1998-99
  • Sportsmanship Award (Joe Dumars Trophy): 1997-98

Championship rings (1)

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Retired number

  • San Antonio Spurs: No. 6 (1990-1992 with the team)
    He played for the franchise again at season 1992/93 and from de 1994 a 2001

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  2. · Trade

    The Denver Nuggets traded a 1997 2nd round draft pick to the Seattle SuperSonics for Avery Johnson. Conditional 1997 2nd-rd pick did not convey

  3. · Waived

    The Denver Nuggets waived Avery Johnson.

  4. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    The San Antonio Spurs waived Avery Johnson.

  6. · Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Avery Johnson to the first of two 10-day contracts.

  7. · Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

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  1. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  2. · Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  3. · Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Avery Johnson as an unrestricted free agent.

  4. · Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  5. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded Tim Hardaway, Donnell Harvey, Juwan Howard, cash and a 2002 1st round draft pick (Frank Williams was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Avery Johnson, Raef LaFrentz and Nick Van Exel.

  6. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded Evan Eschmeyer, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones, Antoine Rigaudeau and Nick Van Exel to the Golden State Warriors for Danny Fortson, Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills and Jiří Welsch.

  7. · Signing

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.

  8. · Retirement

    Avery Johnson retired from the Dallas Mavericks.

  9. · Coaching staff

    New Jersey nombra nuevo entrenador jefe a Avery Johnson.

  10. · Coaching staff

    Brooklyn despide al entrenador Avery Johnson y nombra a PJ Carlesimo entrenador interino.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1988-89 SEA $0.1M
1990-91 SAS $0.1M
1992-93 SAS $0.1M
1993-94 GSW $0.3M
1994-95 SAS $0.7M
1995-96 SAS $0.8M
1996-97 SAS $1.0M
1997-98 SAS $3.0M
1998-99 SAS $3.0M
1999-00 SAS $3.2M
2000-01 SAS $8.0M
2001-02 DEN $4.5M
2002-03 DAL $5.0M
2003-04 GSW $5.4M
2004-05 DAL $1.1M
Career total $36.4M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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