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JaVale McGee

Career (regular season)

GP
909
PTS
7.6
REB
5.0
AST
0.4

Personal details

Position
Center-Forward
Height and weight
2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) · 122 kg (269 lb)
Born
January 19, 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Flint, Estados Unidos
School / club
Nevada
Draft
2008: round 1, pick 18
NBA career
2008-2023 · 16 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2008-09 WAS 75 489 294 23 1,143 33 75 61 49.4 — 66.0
2009-10 WAS 60 386 243 14 968 16 101 51 50.8 0.0 63.8
2010-11 WAS 79 798 634 38 2,193 41 193 102 55.0 0.0 58.3
2011-12 WAS 41 486 362 25 1,124 25 101 68 53.5 — 50.0
2011-12 DEN 20 205 115 6 411 10 31 19 61.2 — 37.3
2011-12 TOT 61 691 477 31 1,535 35 132 87 55.6 — 46.1
2012-13 DEN 79 717 381 24 1,433 30 157 90 57.5 100.0 59.1
2013-14 DEN 5 35 17 2 79 1 7 8 44.7 — 100.0
2014-15 DEN 17 88 48 1 195 2 19 13 55.7 — 69.0
2014-15 PHI 6 18 13 2 61 0 1 5 44.4 — 50.0
2014-15 TOT 23 106 61 3 256 2 20 18 53.2 — 66.7
2015-16 DAL 34 172 133 3 370 5 26 21 57.5 0.0 50.0
2016-17 GSW 77 472 244 17 739 19 67 40 65.2 0.0 50.5
2017-18 GSW 65 310 169 33 615 21 57 27 62.1 0.0 73.1
2018-19 LAL 75 897 566 52 1,671 47 148 108 62.4 8.3 63.2
2019-20 LAL 68 446 390 37 1,130 36 94 55 63.7 50.0 64.6
2020-21 CLE 33 265 170 33 503 16 40 45 52.1 25.0 65.5
2020-21 DEN 13 72 69 6 175 3 14 15 47.8 0.0 66.7
2020-21 TOT 46 337 239 39 678 19 54 60 51.1 20.8 65.7
2021-22 PHX 74 680 496 42 1,172 22 81 98 62.9 22.2 69.9
2022-23 DAL 42 186 107 11 355 4 26 36 64.0 40.0 58.5
2023-24 SAC 46 185 126 17 339 14 20 34 59.8 14.3 57.8
Career 909 6,907 4,577 386 14,676 345 1,258 896 57.8 19.2 60.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2011-12 DEN 7 60 67 5 181 5 22 4 43.4 — 53.8
2012-13 DEN 6 43 31 0 112 4 6 11 58.1 — 38.9
2015-16 DAL 2 4 3 0 14 1 0 3 50.0 — 33.3
2016-17 GSW 16 95 48 4 149 2 15 8 73.2 — 72.2
2017-18 GSW 13 84 42 4 158 3 11 5 67.2 0.0 66.7
2019-20 LAL 14 41 44 7 135 2 10 9 62.5 0.0 50.0
2020-21 DEN 4 8 12 3 34 1 5 1 30.0 0.0 33.3
2021-22 PHX 12 81 48 7 133 3 5 9 70.0 0.0 84.6
Career 74 416 295 30 916 21 74 50 61.6 0.0 57.1

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

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion (3): 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20
  • Shaqtin' a Fool MVP (2): 2011-12, 2012-13

Championship rings (3)

  • Drawing of the Golden State Warriors championship ring, 2016-1720172016-17

    Maker: Jason of Beverly Hills

    We have not found a reliable description of this ring.

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    Golden State Warriors

  • Drawing of the Golden State Warriors championship ring, 2017-1820182017-18

    Maker: Jason of Beverly Hills

    Reversible: la tapa se gira para mostrar 74 zafiros azules o 74 diamantes blancos (uno por victoria de la temporada y los playoffs), con dos trofeos Larry O’Brien por 2017 y 2018. Debajo, el lema «Strength in Numbers».

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    Golden State Warriors

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 2019-2020202019-20

    Maker: Jason of Beverly Hills

    804 piedras: 15,50 quilates de diamantes blancos y amarillos y 0,95 de amatista. La tapa se desmonta y muestra las camisetas retiradas del techo, con los números 8 y 24 de Kobe Bryant; tras cada dorsal hay una serpiente mamba. 17 amatistas dibujan la «L» de los 17 títulos.

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    Los Angeles Lakers

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Medals

  • Gold · 2020 Olympic Games (United States)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Rookies

    Washington firma contrato al rookie JaVale McGee

  2. · Extension

    Washington ejerce su opción de extensión de contrato para la temporada 2010-2011 al escolta Nick Young y al pívot JaVale McGee.

  3. · Extension

    Washington renegocia los dos años restantes y extiende el contrato del ala-pívot Andray Blatche por tres años más a partir de la 2012-2013. Además, ejerce su opción extensión de contrato para la temporada 2011-2012 al pívot JaVale McGee.

  4. · Multi-team trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Denver Nuggets traded Nenê to the Washington Wizards; the Los Angeles Clippers traded Brian Cook and a 2015 2nd round draft pick (Artūras Gudaitis was later selected) to the Washington Wizards; the Washington Wizards traded JaVale McGee and Ronny Turiaf to the Denver Nuggets; and the Washington Wizards traded Nick Young to the Los Angeles Clippers.

  5. · Extension

    Denver renueva por 4 años al pívot JaVale McGee.

  6. · Trade

    The Denver Nuggets traded Chukwudiebere Maduabum, JaVale McGee and a 2016 1st round draft pick (Furkan Korkmaz was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Cenk Akyol and cash.

  7. · Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived JaVale McGee.

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  1. · Partially guaranteed

    The Dallas Mavericks signed JaVale McGee to a multi-year contract.

  2. · Free agency

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Deron Williams.

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Dwight Powell to a multi-year contract.

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Dorian Finney-Smith to a multi-year contract.

    The Dallas Mavericks signed A.J. Hammons to a multi-year contract.

  3. · Waived

    The Dallas Mavericks waived JaVale McGee.

  4. · Non-guaranteed

    Golden State firma contrato por un año no garantizado a los bases Phil Pressey y Cameron Jones, al pívot JaVale McGee, y al alero Elgin Cook.

  5. · Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed JaVale McGee.

  6. · Extension

    The Golden State Warriors signed JaVale McGee.

  7. · Free agency

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Lance Stephenson as a free agent.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk to a multi-year contract.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed JaVale McGee as a free agent.

  8. · Free agency

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Danny Green as a free agent.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed DeMarcus Cousins as a free agent.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as a free agent.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed JaVale McGee as a free agent.

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Quinn Cook as a free agent.

  9. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Jordan Bell and Alfonzo McKinnie to the Los Angeles Lakers for JaVale McGee and a 2026 2nd round draft pick (Lajae Jones was later selected). 2026 2nd-rd pick was LAL own Los Angeles received a trade exception.

  10. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded JaVale McGee to the Denver Nuggets for Isaiah Hartenstein, a 2023 2nd round draft pick and a 2027 2nd round draft pick. 2023 2nd-rd pick was eventually forfeited and never used 2027 2nd-rd pick is DEN own Denver received a trade exception. Cleveland received a trade exception.

  11. · Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed JaVale McGee.

  12. · Signing

    The Dallas Mavericks signed JaVale McGee to a multi-year contract.

  13. · Waived

    The Dallas Mavericks waived JaVale McGee.

  14. · Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed JaVale McGee.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
2008-09 WAS $1.4M
2009-10 WAS $1.5M
2010-11 WAS $1.6M
2011-12 WAS $2.5M
2012-13 DEN $10.0M
2013-14 DEN $10.8M
2014-15 PHI $11.3M
2015-16 PHI ≈ $13.3M
2016-17 GSW $1.4M
2017-18 GSW $1.5M
2018-19 LAL ≈ $2.4M
2019-20 LAL $4.0M
2020-21 DEN $4.2M
2021-22 PHX $5.0M
2022-23 DAL $5.5M
2023-24 DAL ≈ $4.4M
2024-25 DAL $2.2M
2025-26 DAL $2.2M
Career total $84.9M

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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