Purvis Short

Purvis Short
Born: July 2, 1957
Hattiesburg, MS USA
Position: F-G
High School: Blair
College: Jackson State
Drafted: 1978, Round 1 Pick 5, #5 Overall
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 210
Career: 1978-79-1989-90

Purvis Short averaged 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in his 842-game career with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets. He began playing during the 1978-79 season and last took the court during the 1989-90 campaign.

Golden State Warriors

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Golden State Warriors	75	0	1703	771	369	0	0	85	57	127	220	347	97	54	12	111	233	795
1979-80	Golden State Warriors	62	0	1636	916	461	6	0	165	134	119	197	316	123	63	9	122	186	1056
1980-81	Golden State Warriors	79	0	2309	1157	549	17	3	205	168	151	240	391	249	78	19	143	244	1269
1981-82	Golden State Warriors	76	8	1782	935	456	28	6	221	177	123	143	266	209	65	10	122	220	1095
1982-83	Golden State Warriors	67	57	2397	1209	589	15	4	308	255	145	209	354	228	94	14	194	242	1437
1983-84	Golden State Warriors	79	76	2945	1509	714	72	22	445	353	184	254	438	246	103	11	228	252	1803
1984-85	Golden State Warriors	78	77	3081	1780	819	150	47	613	501	157	241	398	234	116	27	241	255	2186
1985-86	Golden State Warriors	64	63	2427	1313	633	49	15	406	351	126	203	329	237	92	22	184	229	1632
1986-87	Golden State Warriors	34	15	950	501	240	17	4	160	137	55	82	137	86	45	7	68	103	621
1987-88	Houston Rockets	81	11	1949	986	474	21	5	240	206	71	151	222	162	58	14	118	197	1159
1988-89	Houston Rockets	65	16	1157	480	198	33	9	89	77	65	114	179	107	44	13	70	116	482
1989-90	New Jersey Nets	82	24	2213	950	432	35	10	237	198	101	147	248	145	66	20	119	202	1072
Totals		842	347	24549	12507	5934	443	125	3174	2614	1424	2201	3625	2123	878	178	1720	2479	14607

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1978-79	Golden State Warriors	75	0	22.7	47.9		67.1	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	10.6
1979-80	Golden State Warriors	62	0	26.4	50.3	0.0	81.2	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	17.0
1980-81	Golden State Warriors	79	0	29.2	47.5	17.6	82.0	1.9	3.0	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.1	16.1
1981-82	Golden State Warriors	76	8	23.4	48.8	21.4	80.1	1.6	1.9	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	14.4
1982-83	Golden State Warriors	67	57	35.8	48.7	26.7	82.8	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.6	21.4
1983-84	Golden State Warriors	79	76	37.3	47.3	30.6	79.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	3.2	22.8
1984-85	Golden State Warriors	78	77	39.5	46.0	31.3	81.7	2.0	3.1	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.3	28.0
1985-86	Golden State Warriors	64	63	37.9	48.2	30.6	86.5	2.0	3.2	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	25.5
1986-87	Golden State Warriors	34	15	27.9	47.9	23.5	85.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	2.0	3.0	18.3
1987-88	Houston Rockets	81	11	24.1	48.1	23.8	85.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	14.3
1988-89	Houston Rockets	65	16	17.8	41.3	27.3	86.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	7.4
1989-90	New Jersey Nets	82	24	27.0	45.5	28.6	83.5	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.5	13.1
Averages		842	347	29.2	47.4	28.2	82.4	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.9	17.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1986-87	Golden State Warriors	10	253	123	57	2		36	32	12	21	33	27	12	2	21	34	146
1987-88	Houston Rockets	4	71	26	7	1		8	8	4	5	9	1	1	0	4	8	22
1988-89	Houston Rockets	4	37	21	8	2		5	3	6	3	9	1	0	0	1	7	19
Totals		18	361	170	72	5	0	49	43	22	29	51	29	13	2	26	49	187

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1986-87	Golden State Warriors	10	25.3	46.3	88.9	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	14.6
1987-88	Houston Rockets	4	17.8	26.9	100.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.5
1988-89	Houston Rockets	4	9.3	38.1	60.0	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	4.8
Averages		842	20.1	42.4	87.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.7	10.4

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