David Thompson 
#32 SF | 6-4, 213lbs | Knicks | Experience: 8 years
Born: 7/13/1954 (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: Out 291 Days - Torn ACL
 Status: Inactive

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $975,000  $1,087,500  $1,200,000  $1,312,500  $1,425,000  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 8                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA NYK 80 80 34.8 29.3 1.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.7 0.5 3.4 .527 .772 .301  
 1982 NBA NYK 82 82 36.9 33.3 1.6 3.5 3.1 3.4 0.90 0.9 0.7 3.9 .528 .806 .304  
 1981 NBA DEN 82 82 34.2 28.8 1.8 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.09 0.8 0.5 3.6 .514 .823 .164  
 1980 NBA DEN 82 82 36.7 30.5 1.5 3.6 3.0 3.2 0.93 0.8 0.7 3.6 .500 .781 .148  
 1979 NBA DEN 82 82 37.7 28.6 1.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 1.05 0.8 0.7 3.5 .501 .813 .218  
 1978 NBA DEN 76 0 35.1 24.0 1.4 2.2 3.0 2.4 1.21 0.9 1.1 2.4 .512 .753 .000  
 1977 NBA DEN 80 0 37.8 27.2 2.0 2.9 4.5 3.1 1.48 1.2 1.2 2.7 .521 .778 .000  
 1976 NBA DEN 82 0 36.6 25.9 1.7 2.4 4.1 0.0 337.00 1.4 0.6 2.9 .507 .766 .000  
 1975 NBA DEN 83 0 37.4 26.0 2.4 3.9 3.7 3.0 1.23 1.6 1.2 3.4 .515 .794 .158  
 Career     729 408 36.4 28.2 1.8 3.2 3.4 2.6 1.28 1.0 0.8 3.3 .514 .790 .243  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA NYK 10.3 19.6 .527 8.0 10.4 .772 7.6 11.1 .687 2.1 6.4 .324 0.7 2.2 .301  
 1982 NBA NYK 11.9 22.5 .528 9.3 11.6 .806 8.8 12.9 .681 2.9 8.9 .323 0.2 0.7 .304  
 1981 NBA DEN 10.2 19.8 .514 8.3 10.1 .823 6.8 10.6 .638 3.3 8.4 .392 0.1 0.8 .164  
 1980 NBA DEN 10.6 21.2 .500 9.3 11.9 .781 6.9 11.0 .626 3.6 9.5 .378 0.1 0.7 .148  
 1979 NBA DEN 9.1 18.3 .501 10.1 12.5 .813 6.0 9.5 .635 3.0 8.1 .366 0.1 0.7 .218  
 1978 NBA DEN 9.1 17.8 .512 5.8 7.7 .753 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA DEN 10.3 19.8 .521 6.5 8.4 .778 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA DEN 10.0 19.8 .507 5.8 7.6 .766 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NBA DEN 9.7 18.9 .515 6.5 8.2 .794 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .158  
 Career     10.2 19.8 .514 7.8 9.8 .790 4.0 6.2 .655 1.7 4.6 .358 0.1 0.6 .243  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 80 80 2780 826 1568 642 832 52 173 2346 131 391 237 57 237 57 39 268 697 
 1982 82 82 3025 972 1842 766 950 17 56 2727 133 424 251 70 280 70 56 318 413 
 1981 82 82 2805 836 1626 682 829 11 67 2365 144 417 249 68 229 68 40 296 -251 
 1980 82 82 3013 868 1736 761 974 8 54 2505 122 420 243 62 261 62 57 293 148 
 1979 82 82 3089 750 1498 832 1023 12 55 2344 145 426 237 62 226 62 56 287 289 
 1978 76 0 2670 693 1353 439 583 0 0 1825 109 274 225 70 186 70 82 180 0 
 1977 80 0 3025 826 1584 520 668 0 0 2172 156 390 362 92 245 92 99 213 0 
 1976 82 0 3001 824 1626 477 623 0 0 2125 138 334 337 114 0 114 53 236 0 
 1975 83 0 3101 807 1567 541 681 3 19 2158 203 525 308 136 250 136 102 282 0 
 Career 729 408 26509 7402 14400 5660 7163 103 424 20567 1281 3601 2449 731 1914 731 584 2373 1296 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA NYK .607 1.50 9.8 9.8 32.6 5.5 9.5 7.7 27.2 694.8 23.2 8.7 105.3 91.9  
 1982 NBA NYK .604 1.48 9.0 10.0 33.2 5.2 9.7 7.6 28.1 795.4 26.5 5.0 105.3 98.1  
 1981 NBA DEN .594 1.45 10.1 9.3 32.0 6.0 12.1 8.9 27.9 728.6 24.3 -3.1 103.4 107.4  
 1980 NBA DEN .578 1.44 9.1 9.8 32.0 4.7 11.5 8.1 26.1 699.4 23.3 1.8 106.8 103.7  
 1979 NBA DEN .602 1.56 9.8 9.4 29.2 5.9 11.3 8.6 26.3 729.1 24.3 3.5 106.1 101.2  
 1978 NBA DEN .566 1.35 11.1 9.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA DEN .578 1.37 14.6 9.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA DEN .559 1.31 15.1 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NBA DEN .578 1.38 12.7 10.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .586 1.43 11.2 8.7 17.6 5.4 10.7 8.2 27.2 3647.3 121.6 1.8 105.4 100.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA NYK 18 18 31.7 27.5 1.9 2.8 2.8 3.6 0.77 0.4 0.7 3.7 .527 .759 .257  
 1982 NBA NYK 5 5 38.0 32.8 0.4 5.4 1.8 2.4 0.75 0.6 1.0 3.6 .504 .844 .000  
 1980 NBA DEN 5 5 34.4 27.2 0.8 3.0 3.2 4.8 0.67 1.0 1.2 2.2 .471 .702 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 19 19 37.5 29.8 2.3 3.3 2.9 3.1 0.95 0.7 0.7 3.9 .516 .758 .308  
 Career     47 47 35.0 29.0 1.8 3.3 2.8 3.4 0.82 0.6 0.8 3.6 .514 .760 .236  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA NYK 11.2 21.3 .527 4.6 6.0 .759 8.3 12.6 .664 2.4 6.8 .352 0.5 1.9 .257  
 1982 NBA NYK 12.6 25.0 .504 7.6 9.0 .844 8.8 14.0 .629 3.8 10.4 .365 0.0 0.6 .000  
 1980 NBA DEN 9.6 20.4 .471 8.0 11.4 .702 6.2 9.0 .689 3.4 10.6 .321 0.0 0.8 .000  
 1979 NBA DEN 10.4 20.2 .516 8.7 11.5 .758 7.1 10.9 .649 3.1 8.6 .362 0.2 0.7 .308  
 Career     10.9 21.1 .514 6.9 9.1 .760 7.7 11.7 .656 2.9 8.3 .354 0.3 1.2 .236  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 18 18 570 202 383 82 108 9 35 495 34 85 50 8 65 8 13 67 123 
 1982 5 5 190 63 125 38 45 0 3 164 2 29 9 3 12 3 5 18 12 
 1980 5 5 172 48 102 40 57 0 4 136 4 19 16 5 24 5 6 11 -20 
 1979 19 19 712 198 384 166 219 4 13 566 43 105 55 13 58 13 13 75 -24 
 Career 47 47 1644 511 994 326 429 13 55 1361 83 238 130 29 159 29 37 171 91 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA NYK .575 1.29 9.2 11.9 32.6 6.9 9.1 8.1 19.3 74.4 2.5 6.8 104.3 92.6  
 1982 NBA NYK .566 1.31 5.4 7.2 33.1 1.3 13.5 8.2 19.2 24.8 0.8 2.4 104.1 100.5  
 1980 NBA DEN .535 1.33 9.6 14.4 36.9 3.1 9.9 6.8 16.5 16.0 0.5 -4.0 104.9 109.5  
 1979 NBA DEN .590 1.47 9.3 9.8 31.1 7.0 11.0 8.9 19.8 99.6 3.3 -1.3 106.2 107.3  
 Career     .575 1.37 8.8 10.8 34.0 6.0 10.5 8.3 19.2 214.8 7.2 1.9 105.2 101.6  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 48 5 12 7 3 2 9 17 34 28 30 3 6  
 Playoff 46 5 11 8 3 3 10 21 35 19 22 3 5  
 Career 62 6 13 8 4 4 10 24 41 28 32 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 NJN W 34 9 16 13 18 0 0 31 1 4 2 4 1 1 5 7
 10/19 DEN W 33 9 23 12 15 1 2 31 1 4 1 0 3 2 3 23
 10/22 ATL L 36 11 22 6 9 2 3 30 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 -11
 10/24 SEA W 35 14 26 11 13 0 1 39 2 5 4 1 0 0 4 20
 10/25 GSW L 41 13 28 7 10 0 4 33 1 4 3 6 1 1 4 -2
 10/27 DAL L 38 14 31 6 11 0 1 34 3 7 6 4 0 1 5 -8
 11/2 NJN W 24 7 16 3 3 0 2 17 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 -4
 11/4 ATL W 37 8 19 12 18 1 2 29 2 5 3 2 1 0 3 21
 11/6 MIA W 22 8 13 0 0 1 1 17 1 4 1 0 1 1 5 11
 11/8 SAC W 30 10 13 4 4 2 3 26 0 4 4 3 0 0 5 18
 11/9 MIA W 33 7 13 8 11 1 3 23 2 4 4 2 1 0 3 16
 11/13 ATL L 28 6 9 6 6 1 1 19 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 1
 11/15 SEA W 32 7 18 4 6 0 2 18 2 5 6 3 1 0 3 20
 11/17 MIA W 38 11 19 21 22 0 1 43 1 4 5 2 2 0 2 16
 11/18 PHI W 44 11 24 8 11 0 3 30 4 8 4 7 0 1 4 1
 11/22 DET W 37 5 15 4 6 0 0 14 1 5 2 2 0 1 3 -3
 11/23 DET L 37 10 22 5 7 1 2 26 2 4 2 2 0 1 3 -6
 11/26 ATL W 31 10 22 6 10 1 3 27 1 8 4 0 0 1 0 21
 11/27 POR W 31 9 16 8 10 0 3 26 0 2 7 3 1 1 3 50
 12/1 GSW W 34 17 24 4 4 3 5 41 2 4 2 4 1 0 2 15
 12/3 DEN W 38 13 21 11 17 0 3 37 0 0 4 4 0 1 4 -3
 12/5 SAC W 22 6 7 8 10 0 0 20 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 9
 12/7 STL W 36 8 18 9 12 2 3 27 5 9 5 5 1 0 5 10
 12/8 PHI L 42 7 27 10 12 0 3 24 2 3 4 3 2 1 3 -14
 12/11 CLE L 38 13 22 10 14 1 3 37 2 6 3 1 0 0 2 -15
 12/15 LAL W 38 13 23 8 11 1 2 35 4 8 3 4 0 2 6 15
 12/16 DEN W 29 10 19 7 10 0 2 27 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 23
 12/19 CHI L 41 11 20 8 12 1 3 31 1 6 1 2 1 0 4 0
 12/21 PHI L 41 16 30 7 9 2 5 41 2 5 4 6 1 1 3 -10
 12/22 POR L 29 9 17 4 6 0 3 22 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 -19
 12/24 MIA W 35 6 20 21 26 1 3 34 0 2 3 3 3 0 4 22
 12/26 MIL W 37 12 27 4 4 3 6 31 2 6 4 3 0 0 1 20
 12/30 DET L 43 11 22 8 16 0 2 30 4 8 4 5 0 0 3 -20
 12/31 CHI W 29 11 17 9 10 0 0 31 1 2 4 0 0 0 3 33
 1/2 NOJ W 27 14 21 6 9 1 2 35 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 34
 1/4 MIL W 40 14 18 9 13 0 0 37 1 11 4 3 0 1 2 25
 1/6 BOS L 44 12 28 11 13 1 3 36 2 5 2 9 0 2 4 -13
 1/7 MIL W 41 7 22 10 11 0 3 24 3 6 6 2 2 0 2 25
 1/10 MIL W 41 9 18 6 8 0 2 24 2 6 3 2 1 2 4 19
 1/11 LAL L 40 13 23 7 7 1 3 34 3 8 4 2 0 0 4 3
 1/13 IND W 20 8 13 2 4 1 1 19 1 3 0 4 0 0 4 8
 1/16 BOS W 40 15 23 8 11 1 1 39 1 3 2 5 2 1 3 6
 1/17 HOU W 42 17 26 14 17 0 2 48 4 9 6 2 3 0 4 11
 1/21 SDC W 27 7 13 13 16 1 2 28 0 5 4 2 0 0 3 24
 1/22 CHI L 39 13 25 10 13 2 3 38 4 7 5 4 0 0 5 -4
 1/24 PHX W 34 16 23 14 19 1 1 47 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 19
 1/26 IND W 14 3 7 3 4 0 1 9 0 5 2 4 1 1 0 17
 1/28 SEA L 39 6 15 8 9 0 3 20 2 4 6 3 0 0 4 -14
 1/29 SDC W 39 11 24 8 12 1 3 31 5 12 3 0 0 0 1 7
 2/1 NJN L 36 11 17 5 6 0 1 27 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 -16
 2/2 CLE W 38 11 20 13 14 1 2 36 2 7 2 2 0 1 4 26
 2/4 IND L 32 10 20 5 7 0 1 25 1 2 4 3 0 1 5 -4
 2/6 DET W 40 9 20 28 30 0 0 46 2 3 1 2 0 1 4 11
 2/9 CLE L 38 10 22 7 8 0 1 27 3 5 5 6 0 0 4 1
 2/12 WES L 27 4 8 0 0 1 2 9 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 -4
 2/14 WAS W 34 7 21 11 15 1 5 26 1 8 3 2 0 0 4 15
 2/16 PHX W 27 7 16 8 8 0 3 22 4 9 3 1 0 0 4 7
 2/18 PHI L 42 11 20 6 9 2 3 30 1 6 2 3 2 0 4 -2
 2/20 ATL L 25 6 13 1 2 0 2 13 1 2 3 2 0 0 4 -5
 2/22 SAS W 41 15 24 5 6 1 1 36 1 5 4 4 2 2 4 1
 2/24 NJN W 38 10 19 11 15 0 0 31 5 8 3 4 1 1 2 25
 2/25 SLS W 42 16 26 11 14 1 2 44 2 7 4 3 1 0 4 17
 2/27 DAL W 42 16 30 9 12 1 3 42 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 2
 2/29 NOJ W 36 16 34 4 6 1 3 37 2 5 0 3 0 0 4 9
 3/2 GSW W 35 10 21 8 9 0 3 28 1 4 3 5 0 1 5 6
 3/6 NOJ W 26 9 18 3 4 1 3 22 2 5 1 1 2 0 3 23
 3/8 CHI W 31 6 19 4 4 1 4 17 2 6 2 2 0 0 3 32
 3/9 CLE L 42 14 23 12 14 1 2 41 2 5 2 3 0 1 3 -4
 3/12 WAS W 22 6 10 7 13 0 0 19 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 20
 3/16 HOU L 36 8 20 6 10 1 2 23 0 2 3 2 1 0 4 -14
 3/19 ATL W 33 10 15 13 20 0 0 33 1 5 4 3 1 0 4 24
 3/20 NOJ W 30 6 13 6 6 0 3 18 1 2 3 3 0 2 3 33
 3/22 PHI W 30 9 17 5 6 0 4 23 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 12
 3/25 STL W 43 9 21 12 12 0 1 30 3 5 2 2 2 0 4 0
 3/26 IND L 41 13 27 11 13 1 4 38 3 8 2 6 0 0 1 -5
 3/28 NOJ W 29 14 19 9 11 0 0 37 0 5 1 4 1 0 5 14
 3/30 CHI W 44 12 22 5 7 0 2 29 1 6 2 4 1 0 4 14
 4/1 NJN W 39 15 28 13 17 2 4 45 2 6 1 7 2 1 3 16
 4/4 BOS W 39 16 25 6 9 0 0 38 1 5 5 1 2 1 3 12
 4/5 WAS W 28 6 13 7 9 1 2 20 5 9 4 2 1 0 4 28
 4/9 DAL W 29 12 18 10 13 0 0 34 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 19
 4/11 CLE W 42 17 24 6 9 0 1 40 1 6 2 2 0 1 4 14
 4/13 MIL W 30 8 15 5 8 1 2 22 2 5 2 3 1 0 3 17
 4/14 BOS L 31 8 15 8 10 0 0 24 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 -28
 4/16 SAS W 42 13 22 6 8 2 5 34 1 5 3 6 3 0 4 16
 4/18 DET L 28 6 11 4 8 1 1 17 1 5 5 4 0 1 4 -16
 4/19 BOS L 36 7 18 6 7 0 4 20 0 1 3 3 2 0 4 -18
 4/21 IND W 19 4 10 6 7 0 1 14 3 5 2 4 0 1 6 11
 4/22 IND W 18 7 13 3 3 0 0 17 0 1 4 1 0 0 5 18
 4/24 IND L 38 17 31 4 8 0 2 38 2 5 3 2 0 1 4 -9
 4/25 IND L 41 20 33 2 4 1 5 43 2 6 4 8 0 1 0 -4
 4/27 IND W 42 9 32 5 7 0 3 23 3 6 3 2 0 0 1 7
 4/29 NJN W 39 9 22 11 12 0 3 29 4 8 2 1 0 1 4 -4
 4/30 NJN W 29 14 20 5 7 0 1 33 4 6 2 6 0 1 6 9
 5/2 NJN L 41 15 26 4 5 3 3 37 0 6 5 6 2 0 3 7
 5/3 NJN W 24 10 15 2 4 0 1 22 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 21
 5/5 NJN L 41 12 25 11 14 2 3 37 2 5 4 10 1 1 3 -12
 5/7 NJN W 29 8 21 1 2 0 4 17 2 2 3 3 0 0 5 17
 5/11 CHI W 33 12 20 5 7 0 0 29 1 3 4 2 1 1 4 22
 5/12 CHI W 40 17 34 5 7 1 3 40 4 7 3 3 0 1 0 13
 5/14 CHI W 24 9 12 4 4 0 0 22 1 5 3 3 0 1 4 27
 5/15 CHI W 40 9 23 3 4 0 1 21 4 7 2 3 0 0 4 -6
 5/23 LAL L 26 9 16 5 7 0 2 23 1 5 0 1 0 0 5 -2
 5/24 LAL L 28 13 21 6 6 2 3 34 0 2 2 5 3 1 4 -3
 5/26 LAL W 18 8 9 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 3 3 0 1 5 11

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 147
 Total Player of the Week: 11
 Total Player of the Month: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 5
 Total All-League First Team: 1
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 3
 Total Scoring Leader: 1
 1979 NBA All-Star
 1979 NBA All-League Second Team
 1980 NBA All-Star
 1980 NBA All-League Third Team
 1981 NBA All-Star
 1981 NBA All-League Third Team
 1982 NBA All-Star
 1982 NBA All-League First Team
 1982 NBA Scoring Leader
 1983 NBA All-Star
 1983 NBA All-League Third Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/18/1981 Re-signed with the Nuggets for $7,612,500 over 7 years.
 6/30/1982 Traded to the Knicks

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