Sam Bowie 
#53 C | 7-1, 270lbs | Hawks | Experience: 6 years
Born: 3/17/1961 (30) | 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
  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997 
 Value: $3,250,000  $3,625,000  $4,000,000  $4,375,000  $4,750,000  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1990 NBA ATL 82 82 36.6 16.5 2.8 5.9 2.2 1.8 1.18 0.4 2.2 2.5 .463 .683 .273  
 1989 NBA ATL 73 73 31.9 16.2 3.1 4.9 1.9 1.5 1.27 0.4 1.7 3.1 .459 .743 .158  
 1988 NBA BAL 74 74 34.6 19.7 2.5 8.4 2.0 2.0 1.03 0.6 2.6 2.8 .494 .709 .239  
 1987 NBA BAL 82 82 33.6 22.0 3.0 7.3 2.7 2.0 1.40 0.5 3.1 3.1 .475 .752 .233  
 1986 NBA BAL 82 82 34.8 16.5 3.3 7.9 2.2 1.8 1.20 0.5 2.4 3.3 .450 .800 .205  
 1985 NBA BAL 82 82 34.7 13.0 2.8 7.3 2.1 1.6 1.34 0.4 2.3 3.3 .465 .743 .217  
 1984 NBA BAL 77 77 27.0 9.8 2.0 5.2 1.8 1.6 1.14 0.5 1.9 3.0 .482 .744 .261  
 Career     552 552 33.4 16.3 2.8 6.7 2.1 1.7 1.22 0.5 2.3 3.0 .470 .740 .227  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1990 NBA ATL 6.7 14.4 .463 2.7 3.9 .683 3.8 6.5 .581 2.5 6.4 .392 0.4 1.6 .273  
 1989 NBA ATL 6.6 14.3 .459 2.8 3.8 .743 4.0 6.9 .580 2.3 6.0 .385 0.2 1.3 .158  
 1988 NBA BAL 8.2 16.7 .494 3.0 4.2 .709 5.4 8.9 .602 2.6 6.6 .393 0.3 1.2 .239  
 1987 NBA BAL 8.8 18.4 .475 4.3 5.7 .752 5.4 9.0 .596 3.1 8.3 .376 0.2 1.0 .233  
 1986 NBA BAL 6.6 14.7 .450 3.1 3.8 .800 4.1 7.8 .531 2.3 5.9 .385 0.2 1.0 .205  
 1985 NBA BAL 5.3 11.3 .465 2.3 3.1 .743 3.8 6.4 .593 1.3 4.2 .311 0.2 0.7 .217  
 1984 NBA BAL 3.8 7.9 .482 2.0 2.7 .744 2.8 4.8 .579 0.9 2.6 .354 0.2 0.6 .261  
 Career     6.6 14.0 .470 2.9 3.9 .740 4.2 7.2 .580 2.1 5.7 .376 0.2 1.1 .227  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1990 82 82 2998 548 1183 218 319 36 132 1350 231 716 177 36 150 36 178 207 242 
 1989 73 73 2326 479 1043 208 280 15 95 1181 227 584 138 30 109 30 124 223 -140 
 1988 74 74 2560 610 1235 219 309 21 88 1460 186 804 151 42 146 42 195 209 12 
 1987 82 82 2757 718 1510 351 467 20 86 1807 243 841 224 42 160 42 255 256 -126 
 1986 82 82 2856 541 1202 252 315 17 83 1351 268 919 178 40 148 40 194 273 43 
 1985 82 82 2849 432 929 191 257 13 60 1068 229 824 171 32 128 32 185 267 -153 
 1984 77 77 2081 295 612 154 207 12 46 756 151 551 141 37 124 37 146 233 -250 
 Career 552 552 18427 3623 7714 1593 2154 134 590 8973 1535 5239 1180 259 965 259 1277 1668 -372 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1990 NBA ATL .510 1.14 10.7 9.1 21.1 8.4 17.9 13.1 18.2 340.0 11.3 3.0 107.1 102.6  
 1989 NBA ATL .506 1.13 9.8 7.7 23.8 10.5 18.1 14.1 19.0 291.6 9.7 -1.9 106.7 108.9  
 1988 NBA BAL .532 1.18 9.1 8.8 24.4 7.8 25.1 16.6 21.7 423.4 14.1 0.2 105.0 104.7  
 1987 NBA BAL .527 1.20 10.7 7.6 27.6 8.7 22.2 15.3 24.6 577.2 19.2 -1.5 102.9 105.4  
 1986 NBA BAL .504 1.12 10.7 8.9 20.8 9.1 22.2 15.6 18.7 343.3 11.4 0.5 103.8 102.9  
 1985 NBA BAL .512 1.15 12.8 9.5 17.5 8.2 21.8 14.9 16.6 257.1 8.6 -1.9 100.8 102.8  
 1984 NBA BAL .538 1.24 14.6 12.8 17.1 7.9 20.6 14.3 15.5 151.1 5.0 -3.2 99.9 105.8  
 Career     .518 1.16 10.9 8.9 21.8 8.7 21.2 14.9 19.3 2383.7 79.5 -0.7 103.8 104.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1990 NBA ATL 5 5 31.6 15.6 1.8 4.8 1.2 0.6 2.00 0.2 2.2 3.6 .515 .769 .000  
 1986 NBA BAL 3 3 31.7 14.0 2.7 7.0 2.3 1.0 2.33 0.0 3.7 3.0 .356 .833 .000  
 1985 NBA BAL 4 4 36.8 10.3 4.0 5.5 1.8 1.8 1.00 0.5 4.0 3.3 .396 .750 .000  
 Career     12 12 33.3 13.4 2.8 5.6 1.7 1.1 1.54 0.3 3.2 3.3 .434 .793 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1990 NBA ATL 6.8 13.2 .515 2.0 2.6 .769 4.8 7.0 .686 2.0 5.4 .370 0.0 0.8 .000  
 1986 NBA BAL 5.3 15.0 .356 3.3 4.0 .833 3.3 5.7 .588 2.0 8.0 .250 0.0 1.3 .000  
 1985 NBA BAL 4.8 12.0 .396 0.8 1.0 .750 3.0 6.8 .444 1.8 5.0 .350 0.0 0.3 .000  
 Career     5.8 13.3 .434 1.9 2.4 .793 3.8 6.6 .582 1.9 5.9 .324 0.0 0.8 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1990 5 5 158 34 66 10 13 0 4 78 9 33 6 1 3 1 11 18 -16 
 1986 3 3 95 16 45 10 12 0 4 42 8 29 7 0 3 0 11 9 -27 
 1985 4 4 147 19 48 3 4 0 1 41 16 38 7 2 7 2 16 13 -29 
 Career 12 12 400 69 159 23 29 0 9 161 33 100 20 3 13 3 38 40 -72 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1990 NBA ATL .542 1.18 7.4 3.7 21.1 6.1 18.8 12.0 14.1 8.2 0.3 -3.2 102.6 105.4  
 1986 NBA BAL .420 0.93 11.7 5.0 21.4 8.3 18.9 14.0 14.4 5.3 0.2 -9.0 97.3 109.5  
 1985 NBA BAL .400 0.85 10.9 10.9 16.8 9.2 14.9 11.8 9.7 -2.2 -0.1 -7.3 91.5 100.7  
 Career     .465 1.01 9.8 6.3 19.1 7.9 17.3 12.5 12.5 11.3 0.4 -6.0 97.2 104.8  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 - 36 0 32.2 18.3 3.7 8.7 1.8 1.9 0.93 0.6 1.9 2.6 .566 .730 .000  
 Total   36 0 32.2 18.3 3.7 8.7 1.8 1.9 0.93 0.6 1.9 2.6 .566 .730 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 36 0 1158 245 433 170 233 0 0 660 134 447 65 22 70 22 69 95 0 
 Career 36 0 1158 245 433 170 233 0 0 660 134 447 65 22 70 22 69 95 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 31 8 16 7 3 6 7 13 28 10 12 4 5  
 Playoff 27 6 14 4 1 6 4 13 27 6 6 0 4  
 Career 50 10 23 9 5 8 8 18 33 13 17 4 5  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 SAS L 38 4 19 2 2 0 1 10 2 8 2 1 0 3 3 -7
 10/17 SAC L 34 7 13 0 0 0 1 14 3 7 2 1 0 1 5 -21
 10/19 PHI L 34 3 9 1 1 0 0 7 4 9 2 2 0 5 2 -14
 10/20 CLE L 32 7 16 1 2 0 2 15 3 6 0 1 0 0 3 -7
 10/25 PHI L 32 5 10 2 2 0 0 12 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 -25
 10/28 DET W 34 4 8 4 4 0 0 12 4 7 5 1 0 3 3 14
 10/30 NYK L 40 10 17 2 2 0 0 22 5 14 3 1 1 1 4 0
 11/1 CHI W 39 5 9 3 4 1 2 14 8 11 1 0 1 1 5 17
 11/3 PHI L 37 4 20 6 8 1 4 15 2 11 4 0 0 1 1 -6
 11/4 SLS W 34 2 9 3 4 0 2 7 2 13 1 1 3 1 0 11
 11/8 MIA L 31 4 11 1 2 0 0 9 0 4 0 2 0 5 3 -6
 11/9 CHA W 34 8 12 3 4 1 2 20 2 11 2 3 1 0 3 18
 11/13 PHI L 36 5 13 0 0 1 2 11 3 10 4 1 0 0 2 -6
 11/14 DEN W 31 6 14 2 4 0 1 14 5 13 2 1 0 2 1 32
 11/16 POR L 37 7 13 4 8 0 0 18 0 6 3 1 0 1 4 5
 11/18 MIA L 37 10 17 5 8 1 3 26 3 7 2 6 0 1 5 -8
 11/19 PHX L 38 6 20 0 0 4 5 16 2 9 1 2 1 3 2 -7
 11/22 PHX W 47 5 16 5 8 0 2 15 4 13 7 3 1 1 1 2
 11/24 NYK L 40 8 22 5 6 0 1 21 2 8 0 2 1 1 3 -4
 11/26 BAL W 31 5 14 4 6 1 1 15 0 3 4 1 0 2 3 14
 11/28 NYK L 32 2 11 1 4 0 3 5 3 9 1 1 1 3 3 -1
 11/30 CHI L 30 4 10 2 2 1 3 11 3 7 1 2 0 2 3 -16
 12/2 POR W 37 4 11 5 6 0 1 13 1 7 3 2 1 2 1 5
 12/6 BOS L 38 3 8 6 10 0 3 12 4 15 1 3 0 4 3 -1
 12/7 CHI W 36 8 16 4 8 0 1 20 5 13 0 1 0 3 2 13
 12/10 SEA L 43 13 21 4 4 0 1 30 4 9 0 4 0 2 3 -7
 12/11 SAC W 40 9 17 2 2 0 2 20 1 6 2 3 1 3 5 9
 12/13 HOU L 38 9 16 5 5 0 3 23 1 7 1 2 0 0 4 13
 12/15 MIA L 37 3 8 6 8 1 2 13 0 11 5 1 0 4 3 7
 12/17 BAL W 32 7 17 4 6 2 3 20 4 9 3 0 1 2 0 31
 12/18 CLE W 39 5 13 2 2 1 4 13 2 10 4 3 1 2 4 2
 12/20 MIL W 37 6 11 4 4 0 1 16 3 10 4 2 1 2 2 8
 12/22 SEA L 30 8 16 0 0 2 4 18 3 7 1 3 0 1 3 11
 12/24 LAL W 38 12 19 2 4 0 0 26 2 8 1 0 0 5 3 15
 12/26 IND W 36 7 12 10 11 0 1 24 1 7 1 2 0 0 3 14
 12/28 STL W 38 3 8 4 5 0 0 10 2 8 5 1 0 0 3 0
 12/31 NOJ L 24 4 10 3 4 0 2 11 3 4 1 3 0 3 3 -3
 1/2 DET W 36 6 11 1 1 0 1 13 2 8 0 1 0 2 2 17
 1/3 SAS W 37 8 15 2 2 2 2 20 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 18
 1/7 PHI W 39 4 13 2 2 1 2 11 3 9 3 1 0 5 4 1
 1/8 LVE W 45 9 20 0 0 0 1 18 3 12 1 2 0 1 4 8
 1/12 CLE W 36 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 1 9 2 2 1 3 4 6
 1/13 ANA W 40 8 15 4 6 1 1 21 4 9 5 0 2 5 3 20
 1/17 GSW W 38 10 17 0 0 0 2 20 1 5 3 3 0 3 3 19
 1/18 MIN L 39 4 14 0 0 0 0 8 2 7 2 3 0 4 2 8
 1/22 ANA L 38 4 15 2 2 0 0 10 6 12 3 1 0 2 1 -6
 1/23 ORL W 39 10 16 4 8 0 1 24 4 12 0 4 1 1 1 12
 1/26 DAL W 32 7 11 1 2 0 1 15 2 7 2 1 1 0 4 9
 1/27 NJN L 35 4 15 0 0 1 4 9 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 -28
 1/31 NJN W 37 7 21 3 5 0 2 17 8 14 2 3 0 1 0 3
 2/1 ORL L 31 5 12 1 2 1 2 12 2 5 1 2 0 1 2 -21
 2/3 NJN W 36 8 10 4 4 1 2 21 3 10 2 3 1 3 2 1
 2/5 HOU L 39 8 17 0 0 0 3 16 2 8 1 3 1 1 1 -11
 2/7 ORL L 37 7 11 0 0 2 2 16 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 -6
 2/12 NYK W 36 4 11 0 0 0 2 8 2 7 4 1 0 2 3 4
 2/16 MIL W 37 7 20 2 6 0 2 16 5 11 3 2 1 2 4 12
 2/17 LAL L 38 4 14 1 2 0 2 9 1 9 3 3 0 3 4 -7
 2/20 CHA W 42 7 21 3 6 0 4 17 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 6
 2/21 MIA L 42 6 16 1 2 0 0 13 5 12 2 2 0 0 3 -6
 2/23 CHA W 43 7 16 7 12 0 1 21 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 4
 2/24 ORL W 42 13 28 2 4 1 3 29 8 16 3 3 0 4 1 3
 2/28 DAL L 39 10 17 2 4 1 2 23 2 3 2 4 1 4 6 -2
 3/1 BOS W 40 9 17 0 0 0 0 18 5 10 1 2 0 1 1 11
 3/5 SAS L 38 4 19 6 6 0 3 14 4 11 4 2 1 0 1 -16
 3/6 DET W 40 12 14 7 9 0 1 31 1 5 3 1 0 1 3 5
 3/8 MIL W 28 6 10 1 4 0 0 13 6 13 0 3 0 2 4 -3
 3/10 SAC L 38 11 19 2 3 0 1 24 1 3 0 2 0 4 1 6
 3/13 NOJ L 30 5 7 3 6 0 0 13 1 3 1 2 0 3 4 -24
 3/14 DET L 39 8 14 1 2 0 1 17 3 11 2 1 2 4 4 -13
 3/16 DET W 39 9 14 3 6 0 0 21 3 7 3 2 0 1 1 13
 3/18 NOJ L 36 7 14 4 9 0 2 18 2 9 4 2 2 2 0 -9
 3/20 LVE W 32 2 8 3 4 0 1 7 0 5 2 3 0 1 3 12
 3/23 PHI W 32 5 10 2 2 1 3 13 2 6 4 1 0 1 5 14
 3/24 IND W 34 11 15 9 10 0 1 31 6 11 3 1 0 6 2 5
 3/26 MIN W 38 6 13 0 0 1 2 13 4 9 2 4 1 3 3 -3
 3/28 NJN L 40 7 9 4 4 0 0 18 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 -1
 3/30 NOJ L 41 11 23 4 5 0 1 26 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 -12
 4/1 STL L 30 7 14 3 4 1 1 18 4 9 0 3 0 3 3 -16
 4/2 CLE W 40 7 20 0 0 0 0 14 6 16 3 2 0 1 3 4
 4/5 IND W 38 10 14 0 1 2 2 22 2 10 3 0 1 5 2 -2
 4/6 DEN W 29 7 10 1 2 1 2 16 5 9 0 2 0 2 3 17
 4/8 SLS W 37 5 12 5 9 0 1 15 2 6 1 0 0 4 1 1
 4/9 BAL L 38 9 18 2 2 2 4 22 2 7 2 1 1 3 2 -1
 4/12 BOS W 36 4 19 3 4 0 3 11 4 10 3 7 0 4 1 21
 4/13 IND W 32 9 15 1 2 0 0 19 1 7 4 1 0 3 2 22
 4/15 CLE L 38 5 15 1 2 0 1 11 2 7 5 1 0 4 1 1
 4/17 BAL L 37 4 12 0 0 0 0 8 4 13 4 3 0 2 4 -6
 4/18 GSW L 28 4 11 4 4 0 1 12 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 -10
 4/20 MIA L 35 7 9 5 5 0 0 19 2 4 1 0 0 3 4 -5
 4/21 MIA W 37 7 15 0 0 0 0 14 2 10 3 2 1 4 1 0
 4/23 MIA L 26 5 9 4 6 0 0 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 5 5
 4/24 MIA L 40 13 27 1 2 0 4 27 4 9 0 0 0 4 3 -16
 4/26 MIA L 20 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 5 0

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 63
 Total Player of the Week: 2
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 1985 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1987 NBA All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/27/1984 Drafted by the Bullets with pick #5 of round 1.
 7/22/1988 Re-signed with the Bullets for $25,375,000 over 7 years.
 12/28/1989 Traded to the Hawks

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