Tom Burleson 
#42 C | 7-2, 230lbs | Nuggets | Experience: 6 years
Born: 2/24/1952 (29) | College: North Carolina State

 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
  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987 
 Value: $68,864  $77,472  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 NBA DEN 82 6 15.5 4.2 1.4 3.0 0.7 1.0 0.76 0.4 1.1 2.5 .500 .745 .000  
 1979 NBA KCK 82 82 27.0 6.4 1.7 4.1 0.9 1.5 0.64 0.3 1.5 4.3 .534 .700 .000  
 1978 NBA KCK 56 0 16.6 7.8 1.5 3.5 0.9 1.1 0.78 0.5 1.0 3.3 .459 .716 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 76 0 20.1 8.6 2.2 4.1 1.7 1.6 1.07 0.8 1.1 3.4 .434 .794 .000  
 1976 NBA SEA 82 0 22.0 9.7 2.2 4.5 1.1 0.0 93.00 0.9 1.4 3.2 .442 .731 .000  
 1975 NBA SEA 82 0 32.3 15.6 3.1 5.9 2.2 0.0 180.00 0.9 1.8 3.3 .481 .750 .000  
 1974 NBA SEA 82 0 23.0 10.1 1.9 5.1 1.4 0.0 115.00 0.8 1.9 2.7 .417 .687 .000  
 Career     542 88 22.7 9.0 2.0 4.4 1.3 0.7 1.83 0.7 1.4 3.2 .460 .735 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1980 NBA DEN 1.5 2.9 .500 1.2 1.7 .745 1.2 1.9 .623 0.3 1.0 .279 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA KCK 2.6 4.9 .534 1.2 1.7 .700 2.2 3.3 .668 0.4 1.6 .260 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NBA KCK 2.8 6.1 .459 2.2 3.0 .716 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 3.0 6.9 .434 2.6 3.3 .794 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA SEA 3.5 8.0 .442 2.7 3.7 .731 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NBA SEA 6.0 12.6 .481 3.5 4.7 .750 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NBA SEA 3.9 9.4 .417 2.2 3.2 .687 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.4 7.3 .460 2.2 3.0 .735 0.5 0.8 .652 0.1 0.4 .267 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 82 6 1275 120 240 102 137 0 0 342 114 357 61 32 80 32 90 204 31 
 1979 82 82 2218 213 399 98 140 0 0 524 143 482 77 25 120 25 122 353 -142 
 1978 56 0 927 157 342 121 169 0 0 435 84 281 50 26 64 26 58 183 0 
 1977 76 0 1525 228 525 197 248 0 0 653 170 482 131 62 123 62 81 259 0 
 1976 82 0 1803 288 652 220 301 0 0 796 184 551 93 74 0 74 117 259 0 
 1975 82 0 2647 496 1032 291 388 0 0 1283 258 742 180 70 0 70 150 273 0 
 1974 82 0 1888 322 772 182 265 0 0 826 155 572 115 64 0 64 153 221 0 
 Career 542 88 12283 1824 3962 1211 1648 0 0 4859 1108 3467 707 353 387 353 771 1752 -111 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1980 NBA DEN .570 1.43 13.8 18.1 12.1 9.9 21.9 15.8 13.4 52.9 1.8 0.4 101.5 102.6  
 1979 NBA KCK .568 1.31 11.7 18.2 11.2 7.8 19.7 13.6 9.8 -25.5 -0.9 -1.7 101.3 103.5  
 1978 NBA KCK .524 1.27 9.4 12.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA KCK .514 1.24 14.8 13.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA SEA .508 1.22 10.6 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NBA SEA .534 1.24 13.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NBA SEA .465 1.07 11.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .518 1.23 12.2 6.7 3.3 8.7 20.6 14.5 12.7 27.4 0.9 -0.2 101.4 103.1  

 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 0 15.5 5.4 1.0 3.3 0.9 0.8 1.17 0.1 1.3 2.1 .583 .938 .000  
 Career     8 0 15.5 5.4 1.0 3.3 0.9 0.8 1.17 0.1 1.3 2.1 .583 .938 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1980 NBA DEN 1.8 3.0 .583 1.9 2.0 .938 1.4 1.9 .733 0.4 1.1 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.8 3.0 .583 1.9 2.0 .938 1.4 1.9 .733 0.4 1.1 .333 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 0 124 14 24 15 16 0 0 43 8 34 7 1 6 1 10 17 -37 
 Career 8 0 124 14 24 15 16 0 0 43 8 34 7 1 6 1 10 17 -37 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1980 NBA DEN .710 1.79 15.9 13.6 12.1 7.3 27.1 16.5 14.5 7.1 0.2 -4.6 99.2 117.1  
 Career     .710 1.79 15.9 13.6 0.0 7.3 27.1 16.5 14.6 7.1 0.2 -4.6 99.2 117.1  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 14 5 14 3 4 6 4 5 8 6 6 0 0  
 Playoff 10 2 8 3 1 5 2 4 5 4 4 0 0  
 Career 19 6 14 4 4 6 4 7 13 6 8 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 KCK W 9 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1
 10/22 HOU W 19 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 3 1 1 4 6
 10/23 ATL L 20 3 6 7 8 0 0 13 2 5 0 3 1 2 1 -3
 10/25 MIL L 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 2
 10/26 SLS W 17 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 1 5 2 1 0 3 2 -2
 10/30 SEA W 16 2 6 0 2 0 0 4 1 6 0 3 1 3 1 16
 11/4 GSW W 18 0 2 6 6 0 0 6 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 9
 11/5 SLS W 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0
 11/10 HOU L 29 3 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 7 2 3 1 3 3 -16
 11/11 POR W 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 -1
 11/14 NYK W 20 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 4 3
 11/15 KCK W 7 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
 11/18 KCK W 12 0 2 4 6 0 0 4 2 5 1 1 0 2 2 9
 11/19 HOU L 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -8
 11/22 HOU L 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 2 0 0 5 -14
 11/24 LAL L 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 1 2 4 -10
 11/26 CHI W 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 4
 11/27 MIL W 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/29 DET W 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
 12/1 POR W 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 17
 12/2 HOU L 18 3 6 2 4 0 0 8 2 4 0 1 2 1 4 -4
 12/4 DAL W 14 2 2 3 4 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 11
 12/6 SLS W 12 2 2 1 2 0 0 5 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 17
 12/7 POR W 11 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
 12/10 CHI W 19 2 5 1 3 0 0 5 5 10 1 3 0 0 1 3
 12/13 GSW W 27 5 8 4 6 0 0 14 4 12 1 2 0 3 4 18
 12/14 SDC L 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 2 2 0 0 1 4
 12/17 ATL W 16 1 1 3 6 0 0 5 2 5 1 1 0 3 3 5
 12/18 SAS L 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 5
 12/20 NYK L 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 5 8 1 3 0 2 5 -9
 12/23 MIA W 19 3 5 3 4 0 0 9 2 4 3 0 0 4 4 -2
 12/24 LAL L 17 5 7 2 2 0 0 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 7
 12/26 CLE L 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -14
 12/28 SDC L 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 -3
 12/30 SAS L 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3
 12/31 ATL L 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 -2
 1/2 SAS W 11 2 4 4 4 0 0 8 3 5 1 1 0 1 2 4
 1/6 HOU L 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 -11
 1/7 GSW W 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 2 3 2 8
 1/10 GSW W 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 0 1 4 12
 1/11 SEA L 16 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 5 0 1 0 0 5 -8
 1/15 PHI W 17 3 5 2 2 0 0 8 1 5 0 3 1 0 5 5
 1/16 SEA L 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
 1/20 WAS W 11 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 5
 1/22 HOU L 13 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 1 2 1 0 4 -13
 1/24 LAL W 23 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 1 1 -8
 1/25 SEA W 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 8
 1/29 KCK W 13 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 3
 1/31 POR W 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 10
 2/1 DET W 17 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 -12
 2/4 BOS W 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 2 0 1 4 -9
 2/5 PHX W 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 4
 2/10 BOS L 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 2 0 0 4 1 5
 2/11 SDC W 14 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
 2/14 SLS W 15 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 9
 2/16 LAL L 9 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 -7
 2/17 SEA L 10 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 2 4 1 5 1
 2/20 NJN L 14 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 -6
 2/21 MIL W 14 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 7 3 1 0 0 3 4
 2/23 SLS L 14 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
 2/24 IND L 14 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 6
 2/26 PHX L 17 2 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 5 2 0 1 0 3 -1
 2/28 KCK L 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 1 3 -10
 3/1 KCK W 10 1 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 3/4 SLS W 30 2 7 6 6 0 0 10 3 14 1 3 1 6 4 7
 3/5 PHX W 15 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 4 -4
 3/7 DAL W 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 -2
 3/10 PHI W 17 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 6 13
 3/11 SAS L 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
 3/16 DAL W 15 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 10
 3/17 IND L 11 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 2 4 -3
 3/21 SDC W 20 4 4 1 2 0 0 9 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 10
 3/22 KCK W 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 1 4 -1
 3/26 SLS W 15 0 1 4 4 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
 3/27 WAS W 14 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 -8
 3/31 PHX L 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 -7
 4/3 MIA W 15 1 2 3 4 0 0 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 -5
 4/4 POR L 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 -3
 4/6 SAS W 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 5 2 1 0 0 1 1
 4/9 DAL L 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 -1
 4/11 SAS W 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 10
 4/13 CLE L 32 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 9 2 1 1 1 5 -2
 4/15 NJN L 34 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 4 9 1 4 2 0 3 -4
 4/17 PHX W 39 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 1 2 2 2 4 -8
 4/18 LAL L 21 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 5 -16
 4/20 DAL W 40 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 3 12 0 4 0 1 5 7
 4/22 DAL W 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 5 6
 4/23 SDC L 25 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 -11
 4/25 PHX L 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 5
 4/27 PHX W 14 2 3 1 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 -2
 4/29 PHX W 15 2 2 4 4 0 0 8 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 -4
 5/1 HOU L 29 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 3 2 1 0 3 -12
 5/2 HOU L 27 4 5 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 0 1 4 -15
 5/4 HOU L 12 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 -4
 5/5 HOU W 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3
 5/7 HOU L 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 -8

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1

 Transactions
 Date Action
 8/15/1980 Signed with the Nuggets for $146,336 over 2 years.

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