Dream Team I Guard 6-9 225 lbs. 08/14/59 Lansing, Mich. Michigan State '79

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NBA Most Valuable Player (1987, 1989-90) NBA All-Rookie Team selection (1980) Selected in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history IBM Awardee for all-around contribution to team's success (1984) Citizenship Award recipient (1992) Member of the 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988 Los Angeles Lakers NBA World Championship teams Nine-time All-NBA First Team selection (1983-1991) All-NBA Second Team selection (1982) NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1980, 1982, 1987) Holds Playoff career records for most assists -(2,346) and steals-(358) Scored 42 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in rookie year as starting center in place of the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the title-clinching game of the 1980 NBA Finals Holds NBA Finals single-series records for highest assist-per-game average - (14.0; 1985); and highest assists-per-game average by a rookie-(8.7; 1980) Holds NBA Finals single-game record for most points by a rookie-(42; 05/16/80 vs. Philadelphia) Holds NBA Finals single game record for most assists-(21; 06/03/84 vs. Boston) Holds NBA Finals single-game record for most assists by a rookie-(11; 05/07/80 vs. Philadelphia) Holds single-series Playoff record for highest assist-per-game-average-(17.0; 1985) Sank his famous "Junior Skyhook" over Bird, Parish and McHale to lift LA Lakers past the Boston Celtics in Game Four of 1987 NBA Finals and later on win the Championship NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1990 and 1992) Member and Co-captain of Gold-medal winning 1992 USA Men's Olympic Basketball "Dream Team" Member of the 1979 Michigan State University Spartans NCAA Championship team beating the Larry Bird-led top-seed Indiana State University Sycamores in one of the greatest NCAA Finals in Collegiate basketball history CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round (first pick overall) of the 1979 NBA Draft. Retired on 11/7/91. Rejoined the Lakers on 1/30/96. Retired for good on 5/2/96.

C A R E E R   A V E R A G E S								REBOUNDS
YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DFF	TOT	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
79-80	LAL	77		36.3	.530	.226	.810	2.2	5.6	7.8	7.3	2.43	0.53	18.0
80-81	LAL	37		37.0	.532	.176	.760	2.7	5.9	8.6	8.6	3.43	0.73	21.6
81-82	LAL	78		38.3	.537	.207	.760	3.2	6.4	9.6	9.5	2.67	0.44	18.6
82-83	LAL	79		36.8	.548	.000	.800	2.7	5.9	8.6	10.5	2.22	0.60	16.8
83-84	LAL	67		38.3	.565	.207	.810	1.5	5.8	7.3	13.1	2.23	0.73	17.6
84-85	LAL	77		36.1	.561	.189	.843	1.2	5.0	6.2	12.6	1.47	0.32	18.3
85-86	LAL	72		36.6	.526	.233	.871	1.2	4.7	5.9	12.6	1.57	0.22	18.8
86-87	LAL	80		36.3	.522	.205	.848	1.5	4.8	6.3	12.2	1.72	0.45	23.9
87-88	LAL	72		36.6	.492	.196	.853	1.2	5.0	6.2	11.9	1.58	0.18	19.6
88-89	LAL	77		37.5	.509	.314	.911	1.4	6.7	7.8	12.8	1.72	0.28	22.5
89-90	LAL	79		37.2	.480	.384	.890	1.6	5.0	6.6	11.5	1.67	0.43	22.3
90-91	LAL	79		37.1	.477	.320	.906	1.3	5.6	6.9	12.5	1.29	0.21	19.4
95-96	LAL	32		29.9	.466	.379	.856	1.3	4.5	5.8	6.9	0.81	0.41	14.6
Career		906		34.5	.520	.304	.848	1.8	5.5	7.2	11.2	1.90	0.41	19.5
Playoff		190		39.7	.501	.240	.838	1.8	5.9	7.7	12.3	1.88	0.34	19.5
All-Star		11		30.0	.489	.476	.905	1.9	3.3	5.2	11.5	1.90	0.64	16.0

C A R E E R   T O T A L S								REBOUNDS
YEAR	TEAM	G	GS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
79-80	LAL	77		2795	503-949	7-31	374-462	166	430	596	563	187	41	1387
80-81	LAL	37		1371	312-587	3-17	171-225	101	219	320	317	127	27	798
81-82	LAL	78		2991	556-1036	6-29	329-433	252	499	751	743	208	34	1447
82-83	LAL	79		2907	511-933	0-21	304-380	214	469	683	829	176	47	1326
83-84	LAL	67		2567	441-780	6-29	290-358	99	392	491	875	150	49	1178
84-85	LAL	77		2781	504-899	7-37	391-464	90	386	476	968	113	25	1406
85-86	LAL	72		2578	483-918	10-43	378-434	85	341	426	907	113	16	1354
86-87	LAL	80		2904	683-1308	8-39	535-631	122	382	504	977	138	36	1909
87-88	LAL	72		2637	490-996	11-56	467-489	88	361	449	858	114	13	1408
88-89	LAL	77		2886	579-1137	59-188	513-563	111	496	607	988	138	22	1730
89-90	LAL	79		2937	546-1138	106-276	567-637	128	394	522	907	132	34	1765
90-91	LAL	79		2933	466-976	80-250	519-573	105	446	551	989	102	17	1531
95-96	LAL	32		958	137-294	24-58	122-201	40	143	183	220	26	13	468
Career		906		31245	6211-11951	327-1074	4960-5850	1601	4958	6559	10141	1724	374	17707
Playoff		190		7538	1291-2552	51-212	1068-1274	349	1116	1465	2346	358	64	3707
All-Star		11		331	64-131	10-21	38-42	21	36	57	127	21	7	176

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