Dan Issel 
#32 C | 6-9, 259lbs | Nuggets | Experience: 11 years
Born: 10/25/1948 (33) | College: Kentucky

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $433,649  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 9                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NBA DEN 82 82 29.9 15.7 2.1 4.4 2.0 2.0 1.04 0.8 0.5 3.1 .493 .832 .000  
 1980 NBA DEN 76 76 34.6 18.9 2.5 5.7 2.6 1.8 1.46 0.8 0.5 3.6 .485 .800 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 82 82 36.1 22.8 2.4 5.9 2.4 2.3 1.04 0.7 0.6 3.6 .494 .820 .000  
 1978 NBA DEN 81 0 33.9 17.0 3.0 6.1 3.1 2.1 1.49 0.8 0.6 2.9 .517 .754 .000  
 1977 NBA DEN 82 0 34.8 21.3 3.1 7.0 3.7 3.2 1.17 1.2 0.5 3.4 .512 .782 .000  
 1976 NBA DEN 79 0 31.7 22.3 2.7 6.1 2.2 0.0 177.00 1.2 0.4 3.1 .515 .797 .000  
 1975 NBA DEN 84 0 34.0 23.0 3.6 7.4 2.4 2.4 1.01 1.2 0.7 3.2 .511 .816 .250  
 1974 NBA KYC 83 0 34.5 17.7 2.9 5.6 2.3 1.9 1.20 0.9 0.6 2.4 .471 .738 .000  
 1973 NBA KYC 83 0 40.3 25.5 3.3 6.9 1.7 2.1 0.80 0.8 0.4 2.4 .480 .787 .176  
 1972 NBA KYC 84 0 42.0 27.3 3.5 7.4 2.6 2.6 1.02 0.0 0.0 3.0 .513 .764 .200  
 1971 NBA KYC 83 0 43.0 30.6 4.3 6.9 2.3 2.9 0.80 0.0 0.0 2.9 .486 .785 .273  
 1970 NBA KYC 83 0 39.4 29.9 4.3 8.9 2.0 0.0 162.00 0.0 0.0 3.9 .485 .807 .000  
 Career     982 240 36.2 22.7 3.2 6.5 2.4 1.9 1.26 0.7 0.4 3.1 .496 .792 .145  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NBA DEN 6.1 12.4 .493 3.5 4.2 .832 4.8 8.5 .563 1.4 4.0 .346 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NBA DEN 7.0 14.4 .485 4.9 6.1 .800 5.3 9.7 .549 1.6 4.6 .351 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 7.6 15.4 .494 7.6 9.3 .820 6.2 10.7 .579 1.4 4.7 .302 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NBA DEN 6.6 12.7 .517 3.9 5.2 .754 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA DEN 8.0 15.7 .512 5.2 6.7 .782 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA DEN 8.4 16.2 .515 5.6 7.1 .797 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NBA DEN 9.0 17.5 .511 5.1 6.2 .816 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .250  
 1974 NBA KYC 7.4 15.7 .471 2.9 3.9 .738 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1973 NBA KYC 10.0 20.8 .480 5.5 7.0 .787 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .176  
 1972 NBA KYC 10.7 20.9 .513 5.8 7.6 .764 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .200  
 1971 NBA KYC 11.7 24.1 .486 7.1 9.1 .785 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .273  
 1970 NBA KYC 11.3 23.3 .485 7.3 9.0 .807 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .000  
 Career     8.7 17.5 .496 5.4 6.8 .792 1.3 2.4 .565 0.4 1.1 .332 0.0 0.1 .145  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 82 82 2449 502 1018 287 345 0 1 1291 169 530 167 63 161 63 42 254 -215 
 1980 76 76 2633 530 1092 373 466 0 0 1433 189 622 197 57 135 57 39 272 103 
 1979 82 82 2962 624 1264 625 762 0 1 1873 198 678 196 56 189 56 46 299 267 
 1978 81 0 2742 532 1030 316 419 0 0 1380 240 738 255 61 171 61 46 233 0 
 1977 82 0 2851 659 1287 428 547 0 0 1746 253 830 304 100 259 100 41 279 0 
 1976 79 0 2507 660 1282 445 558 0 0 1765 211 696 177 91 0 91 29 246 0 
 1975 84 0 2856 752 1472 425 521 1 4 1930 303 923 201 100 200 100 56 266 0 
 1974 83 0 2864 614 1303 237 321 0 5 1465 244 710 188 76 157 76 48 197 0 
 1973 83 0 3347 829 1726 457 581 3 17 2118 277 847 137 69 171 69 32 199 0 
 1972 84 0 3531 902 1757 485 635 3 15 2292 297 922 220 0 216 0 0 255 0 
 1971 83 0 3570 972 2001 591 753 3 11 2538 359 931 195 0 244 0 0 242 0 
 1970 83 0 3274 938 1934 604 748 0 15 2480 354 1093 162 0 0 0 0 323 0 
 Career 982 240 35586 8514 17166 5273 6656 10 69 22311 3094 9520 2399 673 1903 673 379 3065 155 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NBA DEN .552 1.27 11.1 10.7 22.0 7.9 18.7 13.0 18.7 296.8 9.9 -2.6 102.6 106.4  
 1980 NBA DEN .552 1.31 12.1 8.3 21.9 8.5 19.2 13.9 20.4 384.3 12.8 1.4 106.5 103.3  
 1979 NBA DEN .585 1.48 9.9 9.5 25.1 8.3 20.9 14.5 23.5 571.2 19.0 3.3 107.9 102.5  
 1978 NBA DEN .568 1.34 15.5 10.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA DEN .571 1.36 14.5 12.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA DEN .577 1.38 10.4 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NBA DEN .567 1.31 9.6 9.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NBA KYC .507 1.12 10.5 8.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NBA KYC .534 1.23 6.0 7.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1972 NBA KYC .563 1.30 8.9 8.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1971 NBA KYC .544 1.27 7.0 8.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1970 NBA KYC .548 1.28 6.7 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .555 1.30 9.8 7.8 5.2 8.2 19.6 13.8 19.2 1252.3 41.7 0.2 105.8 104.0  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 NBA DEN 8 8 33.0 16.6 2.4 4.8 2.4 1.4 1.73 1.1 0.5 3.8 .471 .881 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 19 19 35.8 25.0 2.9 5.8 2.5 2.0 1.26 1.1 0.7 4.4 .506 .834 .000  
 Career     27 27 35.0 22.5 2.7 5.5 2.5 1.8 1.37 1.1 0.6 4.2 .498 .845 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1980 NBA DEN 6.0 12.8 .471 4.6 5.3 .881 4.5 7.6 .590 1.5 5.1 .293 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 9.3 18.4 .506 6.4 7.6 .834 7.5 13.2 .572 1.8 5.3 .340 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     8.3 16.7 .498 5.9 6.9 .845 6.6 11.5 .576 1.7 5.2 .326 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 8 8 264 48 102 37 42 0 0 133 19 57 19 9 11 9 4 30 -7 
 1979 19 19 680 177 350 121 145 0 0 475 55 166 48 20 38 20 13 83 17 
 Career 27 27 944 225 452 158 187 0 0 608 74 223 67 29 49 29 17 113 10 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1980 NBA DEN .550 1.30 12.7 7.3 21.2 9.1 18.9 13.9 15.7 20.1 0.7 -0.9 103.2 103.1  
 1979 NBA DEN .575 1.36 9.6 7.6 27.4 9.2 21.3 14.9 20.0 94.9 3.2 0.9 109.6 107.8  
 Career     .569 1.35 10.3 7.5 25.6 9.2 20.7 14.6 18.8 115.0 3.8 0.4 107.8 106.5  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 34 7 12 5 4 4 6 14 25 13 14 0 1  
 Playoff 39 5 17 6 5 3 4 15 32 13 14 0 0  
 Career 43 7 17 7 5 4 8 15 32 21 23 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 DET L 31 10 17 3 3 0 0 23 2 7 2 2 0 0 4 -14
 10/21 WAS W 30 4 13 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 4 1 0 0 4 11
 10/24 LAL L 22 6 10 2 2 0 0 14 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 -8
 10/26 CLE L 34 6 14 3 5 0 0 15 1 8 4 3 0 1 3 -10
 10/27 IND W 32 12 17 12 14 0 0 36 4 10 2 3 2 0 3 11
 10/29 NYK L 21 4 11 8 8 0 0 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 -16
 11/3 KCK L 33 6 9 3 4 0 0 15 1 6 3 1 0 1 2 -3
 11/4 SLS W 36 6 18 9 10 0 0 21 0 9 0 3 1 4 3 -1
 11/6 HOU W 34 3 11 0 2 0 0 6 3 8 0 1 1 1 3 6
 11/8 IND L 37 6 15 2 2 0 0 14 1 2 1 5 4 0 3 -14
 11/12 LAL L 34 6 19 2 4 0 0 14 3 5 0 2 1 1 4 -25
 11/13 SEA L 30 5 14 4 4 0 0 14 2 8 1 1 0 0 4 -1
 11/16 KCK L 24 7 14 0 0 0 0 14 1 6 2 2 0 0 3 -12
 11/17 KCK L 32 5 11 3 4 0 0 13 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 0
 11/19 SAS L 27 6 12 4 6 0 0 16 3 7 2 2 0 1 4 -8
 11/20 WAS L 29 3 14 3 6 0 0 9 1 6 0 1 2 0 5 -8
 11/22 SAS L 27 4 6 1 2 0 0 9 0 6 3 1 1 1 2 -18
 11/24 NJN L 28 5 8 4 4 0 0 14 1 8 3 0 2 0 5 -5
 11/25 CLE L 24 3 8 6 8 0 0 12 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 -5
 11/28 SAS L 19 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 5 -11
 11/30 KCK L 30 3 7 4 4 0 0 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 -8
 12/1 CHI L 28 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 3 1 0 3 -8
 12/3 SEA L 33 6 10 2 2 0 0 14 4 8 3 4 0 0 5 -8
 12/5 CLE W 35 5 16 2 2 0 0 12 5 9 4 1 1 0 2 -7
 12/7 GSW L 29 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 3 2 0 5 -21
 12/9 SEA W 29 6 8 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 2 1 3 0 4 21
 12/12 HOU L 27 3 14 3 4 0 0 9 2 5 3 3 0 2 2 -38
 12/13 PHI L 23 3 6 3 4 0 0 9 3 5 1 2 0 1 4 -9
 12/17 POR L 33 7 16 11 11 0 0 25 3 5 3 3 0 0 1 -12
 12/18 ATL L 33 5 7 5 6 0 0 15 2 11 0 2 0 2 3 -5
 12/22 MIA W 32 4 8 2 2 0 0 10 1 9 1 5 1 1 2 -2
 12/23 IND L 27 5 11 3 4 0 0 13 1 3 0 4 0 0 3 -35
 12/26 SDC L 32 5 16 2 2 0 0 12 3 8 5 1 0 0 2 -8
 12/28 DAL L 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 -22
 12/30 HOU W 29 6 9 4 4 0 0 16 3 7 1 3 1 1 5 8
 12/31 BOS L 28 10 12 2 2 0 0 22 0 5 1 5 0 1 4 -12
 1/3 NJN L 32 11 23 3 4 0 0 25 2 5 2 2 1 0 4 -7
 1/4 PHX L 31 6 11 1 2 0 0 13 7 11 2 2 0 1 3 -15
 1/7 CHI L 38 6 15 3 4 0 0 15 4 11 1 4 1 0 3 3
 1/9 SLS W 27 7 9 3 4 0 0 17 2 5 4 1 1 1 4 21
 1/11 LAL L 27 6 16 0 0 0 0 12 3 4 2 3 1 1 3 -22
 1/12 HOU W 22 5 11 6 6 0 0 16 2 7 1 1 0 3 5 5
 1/15 WAS L 31 5 12 3 6 0 0 13 4 9 4 1 0 0 3 -8
 1/16 GSW L 37 8 22 4 4 0 0 20 6 9 0 0 1 0 3 -7
 1/18 DAL W 30 7 11 2 2 0 0 16 1 9 1 1 1 0 2 -3
 1/19 PHX W 35 14 25 6 6 0 0 34 2 5 3 1 3 1 3 6
 1/24 SLS W 15 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 11
 1/25 LAL L 25 4 10 2 2 0 0 10 4 7 5 1 0 2 4 2
 1/27 SEA L 32 10 15 4 4 0 0 24 3 7 5 1 2 0 4 -3
 1/30 PHI W 29 5 11 10 11 0 0 20 3 6 3 1 0 1 4 10
 1/31 POR L 37 9 17 3 8 0 0 21 2 6 1 1 0 0 4 -2
 2/3 DET W 34 8 11 10 10 0 0 26 2 8 1 0 1 1 3 6
 2/4 MIL W 30 7 13 1 2 0 0 15 4 9 2 4 1 0 2 5
 2/9 DAL W 33 11 19 10 10 0 0 32 1 7 2 1 0 0 0 3
 2/10 SDC W 33 1 8 3 4 0 0 5 1 6 3 0 0 0 2 13
 2/13 SDC W 33 7 12 2 2 0 0 16 5 12 4 1 0 0 5 -9
 2/15 SAS W 26 9 13 6 6 0 0 24 2 6 3 2 0 0 2 25
 2/16 NYK W 26 2 6 5 6 0 0 9 1 3 5 1 0 0 2 17
 2/20 HOU W 36 4 10 5 6 0 0 13 3 8 1 2 1 0 2 -8
 2/21 LAL L 22 4 11 0 0 0 0 8 2 6 0 2 1 0 3 -6
 2/24 GSW L 31 11 18 5 5 0 0 27 2 5 3 3 1 1 4 -10
 2/25 GSW L 27 10 14 2 2 0 0 22 1 10 0 1 3 0 2 -1
 2/27 DAL W 27 4 7 6 6 0 0 14 0 5 1 2 2 0 2 15
 2/28 SDC W 33 10 14 0 0 0 0 20 4 8 4 3 1 1 4 -5
 3/3 NYK L 36 8 18 0 0 0 0 16 3 7 2 0 0 1 1 -9
 3/4 DAL W 29 2 9 3 4 0 0 7 1 5 3 0 0 1 4 3
 3/6 MIA W 29 4 12 13 13 0 0 21 2 7 4 3 1 2 2 18
 3/7 SAS W 30 9 22 3 4 0 0 21 3 11 1 0 1 0 3 0
 3/11 SAS L 33 10 17 4 6 0 0 24 2 6 1 2 1 2 2 -1
 3/13 KCK L 27 7 12 1 2 0 0 15 3 8 1 1 1 0 3 -11
 3/16 BOS W 31 10 12 1 2 0 0 21 1 10 4 2 0 0 3 24
 3/17 HOU L 32 5 17 7 8 0 1 17 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 -13
 3/21 LAL W 36 6 11 4 4 0 0 16 2 9 5 4 2 0 4 -2
 3/22 DAL W 27 4 8 11 14 0 0 19 2 6 2 2 0 0 3 -10
 3/26 POR W 34 7 12 3 3 0 0 17 2 9 4 6 0 1 3 11
 3/27 SDC L 32 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 1 8 2 1 0 1 4 5
 3/29 POR W 33 7 18 4 6 0 0 18 0 7 2 0 2 0 4 23
 3/31 SLS W 31 12 19 3 5 0 0 27 2 6 0 3 1 0 4 11
 4/2 PHX L 32 6 14 2 2 0 0 14 4 8 1 2 0 1 3 -4
 4/3 MIL L 27 7 14 0 0 0 0 14 2 5 0 1 2 0 3 -10
 4/6 SLS W 30 8 11 6 7 0 0 22 2 5 5 2 2 0 2 -1
 4/7 KCK W 37 6 14 3 6 0 0 15 3 7 3 2 0 1 3 -6
 4/11 SEA L 31 12 20 6 6 0 0 30 3 9 1 3 0 1 2 -15
 4/12 POR L 31 7 14 4 6 0 0 18 3 7 0 3 0 0 4 -8
 4/16 SLS W 20 6 9 7 8 0 0 19 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 17
 4/19 ATL L 15 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 -5
 4/20 DET L 16 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 -1
 4/22 PHX W 40 7 16 7 8 0 0 21 4 8 3 5 1 0 2 4

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 48
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 1979 NBA All-Star
 1980 NBA All-Star

 Transactions
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