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Wesley Person

Career (regular season)

GP
733
PTS
11.2
REB
3.3
AST
1.7

Personal details

Position
Guard-Forward
Height and weight
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) · 91 kg (201 lb)
Born
March 28, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Brantley, Estados Unidos
School / club
Auburn
Draft
1994: round 1, pick 23
NBA career
1994-2004 · 11 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1994-95 PHX 78 814 201 105 1,800 48 24 79 48.4 43.6 79.2
1995-96 PHX 82 1,045 321 138 2,609 55 22 89 44.5 37.4 77.1
1996-97 PHX 80 1,080 292 123 2,331 86 20 76 45.3 41.3 79.8
1997-98 CLE 82 1,204 363 188 3,198 129 49 110 46.0 43.0 77.6
1998-99 CLE 45 503 142 80 1,342 37 16 41 45.3 37.5 60.4
1999-00 CLE 79 727 267 146 2,056 40 19 60 42.8 42.4 79.2
2000-01 CLE 44 314 130 64 958 27 11 40 43.8 40.5 80.0
2001-02 CLE 78 1,176 294 173 2,793 77 37 74 49.5 44.4 79.8
2002-03 MEM 66 727 192 112 1,941 42 19 56 45.6 43.3 81.4
2003-04 MEM 16 83 18 23 288 5 2 16 30.8 25.6 75.0
2003-04 POR 33 215 74 38 620 11 6 18 47.6 47.4 76.0
2003-04 ATL 9 40 25 5 132 3 1 4 33.3 42.1 100.0
2003-04 TOT 58 338 117 66 1,040 19 9 38 40.1 39.9 79.5
2004-05 MIA 16 62 22 11 208 6 0 7 43.9 38.1 100.0
2004-05 DEN 25 202 61 28 461 13 4 10 48.5 48.5 55.6
2004-05 TOT 41 264 83 39 669 19 4 17 47.3 46.1 69.2
Career 733 8,192 2,402 1,234 20,737 579 230 680 45.7 41.8 77.8

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1994-95 PHX 10 96 21 11 247 3 2 9 41.0 37.8 91.7
1995-96 PHX 4 57 23 3 183 3 1 5 39.3 31.0 80.0
1996-97 PHX 5 78 33 6 163 4 3 4 47.2 42.4 77.8
1997-98 CLE 4 32 9 10 136 3 0 1 37.9 36.8 75.0
2004-05 DEN 4 15 1 1 54 1 0 1 42.9 37.5 —
Career 27 278 87 31 783 14 6 20 41.7 37.3 82.1

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

Awards and titles

  • All-Rookie Second Team: 1994-95
  • Rising Stars: 1995

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 2005 1st round draft pick (Sean May was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns; the Denver Nuggets traded Antonio McDyess to the Phoenix Suns; the Phoenix Suns traded Tony Dumas and Wesley Person to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the Phoenix Suns traded a 1998 1st round draft pick (Tyronn Lue was later selected), a 1999 1st round draft pick (James Posey was later selected), a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Dan McClintock was later selected), a 2001 1st round draft pick (Joseph Forte was later selected) and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Rod Grizzard was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets.

  2. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Wesley Person to the Memphis Grizzlies for Nick Anderson and Matt Barnes.

  3. · Trade

    The Memphis Grizzlies traded Wesley Person and a 2004 1st round draft pick (Sergei Monia was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Bonzi Wells.

  4. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Dan Dickau and Theo Ratliff to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wesley Person and Rasheed Wallace.

  5. · Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Wesley Person as a free agent.

  6. · Waived

    The Miami Heat waived Wesley Person.

  7. · Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Wesley Person as a free agent.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1994-95 PHX $0.7M
1995-96 PHX $0.8M
1996-97 PHX $1.0M
1997-98 CLE $3.5M
1998-99 CLE $4.2M
1999-00 CLE $4.9M
2000-01 CLE $5.6M
2001-02 CLE $6.3M
2002-03 MEM $7.0M
2003-04 POR $7.7M
2004-05 MIA $1.6M
2005-06 MIA $1.8M
Career total $45.1M

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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