Michael Cooper 
#23 SF | 6-7, 216lbs | Pacers | Experience: 5 years
Born: 4/15/1956 (28) | College: New Mexico

 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
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $770,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 81 81 37.5 12.9 1.9 4.1 5.2 2.0 2.56 2.7 0.8 3.1 .441 .840 .393  
 1982 NBA IND 82 82 34.8 13.3 1.4 3.4 4.4 1.9 2.27 2.3 0.7 3.4 .477 .854 .417  
 1981 NBA LAL 82 22 22.0 8.1 0.7 1.7 2.4 1.3 1.80 1.4 0.5 2.3 .448 .906 .288  
 1980 NBA LAL 72 72 35.8 12.9 1.0 2.4 3.8 1.8 2.13 2.1 0.5 3.1 .468 .824 .333  
 1979 NBA LAL 82 10 30.8 11.7 1.1 1.9 2.9 1.8 1.60 2.1 0.4 2.8 .501 .851 .362  
 1978 NBA LAL 3 0 2.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.3 0.0 0.3 .500 .000 .000  
 Career     402 267 31.9 11.7 1.2 2.7 3.7 1.8 2.10 2.1 0.6 2.9 .468 .854 .368  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 4.6 10.4 .441 2.5 3.0 .840 1.8 2.8 .638 1.6 4.6 .352 1.2 3.0 .393  
 1982 NBA IND 4.9 10.4 .477 2.1 2.5 .854 1.7 2.5 .668 2.0 4.7 .416 1.3 3.2 .417  
 1981 NBA LAL 2.9 6.4 .448 1.9 2.1 .906 1.3 1.8 .700 1.1 3.0 .380 0.5 1.6 .288  
 1980 NBA LAL 5.1 10.8 .468 1.9 2.3 .824 2.0 2.8 .724 2.1 5.2 .405 0.9 2.8 .333  
 1979 NBA LAL 4.2 8.5 .501 2.3 2.7 .851 1.5 2.0 .720 1.9 4.0 .473 0.9 2.4 .362  
 1978 NBA LAL 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.3 9.2 .468 2.1 2.5 .854 1.6 2.4 .687 1.7 4.2 .406 1.0 2.6 .368  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 81 81 3039 373 845 204 243 97 247 1047 155 490 418 220 163 220 68 251 522 
 1982 82 82 2853 405 849 175 205 108 259 1093 115 395 361 191 159 191 59 276 358 
 1981 82 22 1807 235 524 155 171 38 132 663 55 198 196 112 109 112 40 188 348 
 1980 72 72 2579 364 778 136 165 68 204 932 73 248 271 154 127 154 37 222 764 
 1979 82 10 2528 348 694 189 222 71 196 956 91 243 239 170 149 170 29 230 655 
 1978 3 0 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 
 Career 402 267 12813 1728 3696 859 1006 382 1038 4697 489 1574 1485 848 708 848 233 1168 2647 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA IND .550 1.24 27.3 10.6 15.7 5.4 10.6 8.1 17.5 319.5 10.6 6.4 104.0 96.0  
 1982 NBA IND .581 1.29 24.7 10.9 16.3 4.2 10.5 7.3 18.0 321.0 10.7 4.4 105.5 99.1  
 1981 NBA LAL .554 1.27 21.7 12.1 16.2 4.0 9.3 6.8 14.5 106.6 3.6 4.2 112.7 104.1  
 1980 NBA LAL .548 1.20 21.7 10.2 16.2 3.6 7.7 5.7 15.2 180.9 6.0 10.6 111.4 96.7  
 1979 NBA LAL .604 1.38 20.3 12.6 15.4 4.6 6.6 5.7 15.6 193.7 6.5 8.0 112.7 101.1  
 1978 NBA LAL .500 1.00 0.0 14.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .567 1.27 23.5 11.2 16.0 4.4 9.1 6.9 16.4 1121.8 37.4 6.6 108.7 99.0  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 5 5 37.2 16.0 0.8 4.0 4.4 2.6 1.69 3.2 1.4 2.2 .458 .864 .412  
 1982 NBA IND 13 13 38.7 14.9 1.7 4.5 3.7 2.5 1.45 2.3 0.5 3.4 .464 .852 .547  
 1981 NBA LAL 10 0 17.0 6.8 0.7 1.8 2.3 1.1 2.09 1.7 0.3 1.9 .500 .714 .333  
 1980 NBA LAL 12 12 35.2 14.7 0.8 2.3 4.0 1.5 2.67 1.5 0.4 3.7 .520 .878 .357  
 1979 NBA LAL 6 0 30.8 8.3 1.5 2.0 4.3 2.3 1.86 2.0 0.0 4.2 .392 .750 .444  
 Career     46 30 31.9 12.3 1.1 3.0 3.6 1.9 1.88 2.0 0.5 3.1 .475 .832 .451  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NBA IND 5.4 11.8 .458 3.8 4.4 .864 1.6 2.8 .571 2.4 5.6 .429 1.4 3.4 .412  
 1982 NBA IND 5.5 11.8 .464 1.8 2.1 .852 1.2 2.6 .441 2.1 5.1 .409 2.2 4.1 .547  
 1981 NBA LAL 2.4 4.8 .500 1.5 2.1 .714 1.3 1.6 .813 0.6 1.7 .353 0.5 1.5 .333  
 1980 NBA LAL 5.4 10.4 .520 3.0 3.4 .878 2.4 2.9 .829 2.2 5.2 .419 0.8 2.3 .357  
 1979 NBA LAL 3.3 8.5 .392 1.0 1.3 .750 1.0 1.8 .545 1.7 5.2 .323 0.7 1.5 .444  
 Career     4.5 9.5 .475 2.2 2.6 .832 1.5 2.4 .645 1.8 4.4 .397 1.2 2.7 .451  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 5 5 186 27 59 19 22 7 17 80 4 24 22 16 13 16 7 11 -20 
 1982 13 13 503 71 153 23 27 29 53 194 22 81 48 30 33 30 7 44 31 
 1981 10 0 170 24 48 15 21 5 15 68 7 25 23 17 11 17 3 19 52 
 1980 12 12 422 65 125 36 41 10 28 176 9 36 48 18 18 18 5 44 28 
 1979 6 0 185 20 51 6 8 4 9 50 9 21 26 12 14 12 0 25 -13 
 Career 46 30 1466 207 436 99 119 55 122 568 51 187 167 93 89 93 22 143 78 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NBA IND .580 1.36 21.2 12.5 15.7 2.2 10.4 6.4 16.1 15.5 0.5 -4.0 93.0 97.1  
 1982 NBA IND .588 1.27 19.5 13.4 15.6 4.2 12.0 8.0 13.5 22.4 0.7 2.4 101.8 98.6  
 1981 NBA LAL .596 1.42 25.3 12.1 16.9 5.3 12.2 9.0 17.3 17.2 0.6 5.2 112.4 101.4  
 1980 NBA LAL .615 1.41 23.0 8.6 16.8 2.8 7.5 5.3 13.7 20.2 0.7 2.3 108.5 104.9  
 1979 NBA LAL .455 0.98 27.4 14.7 15.4 5.2 8.8 6.8 8.1 -6.8 -0.2 -2.2 104.6 109.9  
 Career     .582 1.30 22.4 12.0 16.4 3.8 10.2 7.0 13.7 68.5 2.3 1.7 104.1 101.8  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 28 5 11 12 8 4 6 10 18 12 13 5 8  
 Playoff 29 5 12 9 7 3 7 11 19 7 8 5 9  
 Career 33 6 12 12 10 4 8 12 20 14 14 5 9  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 POR W 39 8 10 1 2 0 0 17 3 3 8 1 1 0 2 13
 10/20 LAL L 37 3 8 4 4 0 2 10 3 6 7 0 2 0 2 -16
 10/21 NJN L 40 8 15 0 0 3 6 19 1 4 7 6 2 4 3 -20
 10/24 SAS W 41 5 10 8 8 1 3 19 1 5 4 0 1 0 4 12
 10/27 MIA W 32 4 8 2 2 1 3 11 2 5 3 2 1 0 5 5
 10/28 CLE W 29 6 11 2 2 1 3 15 3 7 5 2 4 0 3 25
 11/1 LAL W 42 2 14 3 4 1 3 8 1 5 7 2 0 1 5 5
 11/2 SDC W 31 1 5 0 0 1 1 3 1 10 2 2 0 1 4 7
 11/4 NOJ W 26 2 7 2 2 1 2 7 4 5 1 1 1 1 2 -2
 11/7 CHI L 41 6 17 0 0 1 5 13 2 5 4 6 2 0 4 -7
 11/9 DEN W 38 1 7 6 6 0 1 8 1 2 7 1 0 0 3 11
 11/13 DEN W 40 4 12 4 6 1 5 13 4 8 8 1 2 1 4 5
 11/15 CHI W 42 5 11 3 4 2 4 15 0 4 10 1 2 0 3 10
 11/19 NJN W 41 5 8 2 2 1 2 13 3 5 7 2 3 1 3 17
 11/20 WAS W 40 4 15 0 0 2 3 10 1 6 4 1 2 1 2 -2
 11/23 CLE L 40 1 7 1 2 0 3 3 3 10 5 3 1 2 4 -13
 11/24 NJN L 46 3 10 1 2 1 3 8 4 10 6 4 3 0 3 -12
 11/27 BOS L 41 3 9 2 2 0 3 8 1 6 7 0 1 1 2 -13
 11/28 SAS W 38 10 13 4 4 4 5 28 3 11 7 2 1 2 4 21
 12/1 MIA W 40 8 12 3 3 2 4 21 2 5 9 1 3 1 5 13
 12/2 NJN L 39 9 15 1 1 3 6 22 1 7 4 1 4 1 0 -15
 12/5 MIL W 41 3 9 5 6 2 5 13 0 2 7 4 1 1 4 13
 12/6 PHX W 28 5 6 4 4 1 2 15 2 5 7 0 5 1 1 38
 12/8 DET W 31 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 4 6 7 1 5 1 2 27
 12/10 PHI L 34 4 9 0 0 1 4 9 0 9 4 5 3 0 5 -11
 12/12 CHI L 40 4 7 0 0 1 2 9 1 5 10 4 3 1 3 -12
 12/13 MIL L 45 6 16 1 1 1 3 14 3 10 3 3 0 0 4 -15
 12/17 WAS L 34 3 12 1 2 0 2 7 4 7 4 0 1 0 5 3
 12/18 POR W 35 6 7 3 4 3 4 18 3 10 2 3 4 0 0 30
 12/22 ATL W 46 6 14 6 7 2 7 20 2 11 5 2 1 0 2 11
 12/26 SAC W 34 5 6 0 2 0 0 10 1 5 3 3 8 2 3 4
 12/27 PHI W 26 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 4 12
 12/30 MIA L 41 4 11 0 0 0 4 8 3 7 9 2 3 0 3 0
 12/31 SDC W 48 2 6 2 4 0 0 6 2 9 3 2 1 1 2 7
 1/2 POR W 43 5 13 2 2 0 2 12 2 8 5 3 5 2 4 5
 1/4 BOS W 40 5 13 4 4 1 4 15 2 9 5 3 3 1 3 12
 1/6 STL W 36 5 11 3 4 0 0 13 2 6 3 1 3 0 2 21
 1/7 DET W 44 9 14 7 8 1 6 26 3 5 5 5 2 0 2 9
 1/11 WAS W 42 3 8 7 7 0 1 13 2 5 5 1 1 0 1 11
 1/13 NYK L 35 2 7 2 4 0 1 6 2 8 4 0 4 0 5 -3
 1/14 WAS W 41 7 16 0 0 1 3 15 1 5 5 2 4 1 2 10
 1/17 DET L 32 2 9 2 2 0 4 6 2 5 5 1 2 1 4 -8
 1/18 SLS W 38 5 13 3 3 1 3 14 3 7 5 0 0 1 3 25
 1/21 NJN W 39 8 16 0 0 2 6 18 3 8 7 1 2 0 4 0
 1/22 NJN L 41 6 18 3 4 2 5 17 3 7 8 2 4 0 4 7
 1/26 NYK L 23 3 8 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 3 1 2 0 4 -25
 1/27 WAS W 30 5 8 6 6 2 3 18 3 7 12 1 3 2 4 43
 1/31 PHX W 16 4 8 2 2 0 1 10 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 15
 2/1 NOJ W 14 2 3 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 21
 2/4 NYK W 44 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 5 9 6 1 3 1 4 4
 2/5 NOJ W 25 5 9 3 3 3 3 16 5 9 4 0 2 0 4 29
 2/8 GSW W 48 8 17 2 2 2 3 20 2 5 7 4 0 1 4 9
 2/9 CHI L 43 7 13 3 4 1 5 18 3 6 8 3 2 0 3 -17
 2/14 CLE W 48 4 11 5 8 0 1 13 2 10 4 4 3 2 2 1
 2/15 MIA W 35 7 13 1 4 4 5 19 0 5 6 2 4 1 3 15
 2/17 DET L 43 5 12 1 2 2 6 13 1 5 9 1 2 0 1 -3
 2/18 SAC W 36 6 11 0 0 2 4 14 2 8 3 3 0 2 2 28
 2/21 DAL W 45 6 16 2 2 2 7 16 5 8 5 2 2 0 3 6
 2/24 BOS L 41 5 12 0 0 2 7 12 2 7 5 2 2 1 1 3
 2/25 BOS L 40 5 12 0 0 2 8 12 1 4 6 3 3 0 3 -11
 2/27 ATL W 37 4 8 4 4 0 2 12 1 5 2 5 4 1 4 0
 2/29 MIL L 34 2 9 0 0 1 3 5 0 2 5 3 3 0 2 -15
 3/3 MIA W 40 4 9 12 13 1 1 21 1 4 3 2 7 0 3 18
 3/4 PHI L 43 6 9 2 2 2 4 16 3 9 4 4 2 2 3 -11
 3/7 SAS W 33 6 10 2 2 1 3 15 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 9
 3/8 LAL W 41 4 11 0 0 0 2 8 2 4 6 2 7 0 2 0
 3/11 DET W 40 5 8 2 2 1 1 13 0 5 3 4 5 1 3 -2
 3/12 HOU L 38 6 13 5 8 2 7 19 1 7 5 0 1 1 4 8
 3/14 ATL W 31 1 5 7 8 0 2 9 0 4 8 0 5 1 2 18
 3/16 MIL W 37 6 12 0 0 3 4 15 1 4 6 3 6 1 5 8
 3/18 ATL W 33 4 10 3 3 1 1 12 2 8 6 1 7 2 1 25
 3/19 SLS W 38 2 8 3 4 0 0 7 4 6 4 5 7 3 5 21
 3/22 CLE L 31 2 9 0 0 1 4 5 1 7 2 3 1 1 4 0
 3/23 STL W 36 4 7 4 4 2 2 14 0 2 2 1 1 3 4 8
 3/26 NYK W 34 2 6 4 4 1 1 9 2 3 6 1 4 0 3 -6
 3/27 BOS L 41 7 18 4 5 2 7 20 2 7 2 2 2 2 5 -10
 3/31 SEA L 42 2 7 2 2 2 2 8 0 2 2 2 3 4 4 -5
 4/1 CLE W 33 7 11 0 0 2 4 16 2 8 4 1 3 1 2 9
 4/5 MIA W 37 5 10 8 10 0 0 18 0 2 9 1 4 0 4 27
 4/6 GSW W 44 6 12 4 4 0 3 16 2 4 6 1 2 2 2 21
 4/9 SEA L 49 7 13 2 2 3 4 19 2 7 8 4 3 1 2 -4
 4/11 ATL W 38 4 10 1 2 2 4 11 1 7 2 2 2 2 5 -2
 4/12 PHI W 41 7 16 2 2 1 3 17 2 3 3 6 7 1 1 26
 4/15 HOU W 36 6 11 6 6 2 2 20 4 11 8 1 6 0 2 22
 4/16 DAL L 35 3 11 6 6 0 0 12 2 5 4 1 1 0 3 -15
 4/18 NOJ W 39 8 13 5 5 5 7 26 1 6 8 0 2 0 2 15
 4/19 NOJ W 28 3 3 1 2 0 0 7 2 7 3 1 2 2 5 18
 4/21 NYK L 32 4 8 6 8 1 2 15 1 6 2 0 2 1 3 -9
 4/22 NYK L 32 1 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 5 4 3 1 0 -22
 4/24 NYK W 32 8 17 2 2 3 6 21 1 3 5 1 2 0 4 17
 4/25 NYK W 45 6 12 4 4 1 4 17 0 4 4 5 6 3 1 4
 4/27 NYK L 45 8 15 7 8 2 4 25 2 8 6 3 3 2 3 -10

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 14
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 2
 Total Defensive Player of the Year: 1
 1979 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1979 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
 1980 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
 1982 NBA All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
 1983 NBA All-Defensive First Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 8/18/1982 Signed with the Pacers for $1,470,000 over 2 years.

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