Ricky Pierce 
#24 SG | 6-4, 219lbs | Suns | Experience: 5 years
Born: 8/19/1959 (28) | College: Rice

 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
  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 
 Value: $2,300,000  $2,600,000  $2,900,000  $3,200,000  $3,500,000  $3,800,000  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 5                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NBA PHX 82 82 38.5 20.9 2.0 2.8 3.2 2.1 1.52 0.9 0.2 3.0 .420 .859 .289  
 1986 NBA PHX 82 82 38.2 21.2 1.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 1.14 1.0 0.2 2.6 .464 .864 .273  
 1985 NBA HOU 82 82 38.4 23.4 2.2 3.1 2.8 2.4 1.16 0.8 0.2 2.4 .454 .821 .284  
 1984 NBA HOU 82 82 30.1 19.6 1.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.16 0.7 0.2 2.0 .473 .841 .327  
 1983 NBA HOU 81 81 31.3 15.8 1.8 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.17 0.7 0.1 2.2 .414 .824 .357  
 1982 NBA DET 82 82 33.5 17.6 1.4 2.3 2.0 2.5 0.79 0.6 0.3 2.6 .408 .871 .346  
 Career     491 491 35.0 19.8 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.15 0.8 0.2 2.5 .440 .847 .311  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NBA PHX 7.7 18.4 .420 3.9 4.6 .859 4.3 7.0 .614 1.9 6.1 .311 1.5 5.3 .289  
 1986 NBA PHX 8.2 17.6 .464 3.7 4.3 .864 5.2 8.1 .644 1.8 5.2 .340 1.2 4.3 .273  
 1985 NBA HOU 8.5 18.8 .454 5.0 6.1 .821 5.4 9.0 .604 1.8 5.2 .345 1.3 4.5 .284  
 1984 NBA HOU 6.5 13.7 .473 5.5 6.5 .841 4.1 6.5 .630 1.3 3.9 .337 1.1 3.3 .327  
 1983 NBA HOU 5.8 13.9 .414 2.7 3.3 .824 1.8 2.7 .688 2.3 6.7 .344 1.6 4.5 .357  
 1982 NBA DET 5.7 14.0 .408 4.8 5.5 .871 3.0 4.9 .605 1.3 5.0 .265 1.4 4.1 .346  
 Career     7.1 16.1 .440 4.3 5.1 .847 4.0 6.4 .625 1.7 5.4 .324 1.3 4.3 .311  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 82 82 3158 634 1508 323 376 125 433 1716 162 389 259 73 170 73 15 250 383 
 1986 82 82 3131 671 1447 304 352 96 352 1742 151 366 214 83 188 83 19 214 282 
 1985 82 82 3149 699 1538 414 504 105 370 1917 183 436 228 69 196 69 17 193 -65 
 1984 82 82 2469 533 1127 451 536 89 272 1606 124 323 167 57 144 57 17 162 195 
 1983 81 81 2536 466 1125 220 267 130 364 1282 145 351 186 57 159 57 10 182 -339 
 1982 82 82 2743 468 1146 393 451 116 335 1445 111 301 162 51 204 51 21 210 -197 
 Career 491 491 17186 3471 7891 2105 2486 661 2126 9708 876 2166 1216 390 1061 390 99 1211 259 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NBA PHX .513 1.14 12.3 8.1 23.8 5.1 7.4 6.2 15.1 215.2 7.2 4.7 107.8 102.2  
 1986 NBA PHX .544 1.20 10.7 9.4 24.1 5.1 7.4 6.2 17.2 312.3 10.4 3.4 107.8 103.4  
 1985 NBA HOU .544 1.25 10.4 9.0 25.0 5.8 8.4 7.0 18.6 380.3 12.7 -0.8 103.4 104.6  
 1984 NBA HOU .589 1.43 10.0 8.6 24.8 5.1 8.2 6.7 20.6 373.2 12.4 2.4 108.7 105.4  
 1983 NBA HOU .516 1.14 11.7 10.0 22.2 5.7 9.3 7.4 15.1 173.9 5.8 -4.2 101.8 108.3  
 1982 NBA DET .537 1.26 9.5 11.9 22.8 4.5 8.4 6.3 15.0 183.6 6.1 -2.4 104.2 107.6  
 Career     .540 1.23 10.8 9.4 23.8 5.2 8.1 6.6 16.9 1638.5 54.6 0.5 105.7 105.1  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NBA PHX 3 3 41.0 20.0 1.7 2.3 1.3 4.3 0.31 0.7 0.0 3.3 .383 .800 .333  
 1986 NBA PHX 17 17 39.3 22.3 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.6 0.96 0.9 0.3 2.8 .453 .787 .284  
 1985 NBA HOU 3 3 34.7 17.3 1.7 1.3 3.7 2.3 1.57 1.0 0.3 2.7 .429 1.000 .357  
 1984 NBA HOU 3 3 27.7 21.0 2.0 2.3 1.0 2.3 0.43 0.7 0.0 0.7 .519 .750 .125  
 Career     26 26 37.6 21.3 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.8 0.85 0.9 0.2 2.6 .449 .798 .289  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NBA PHX 7.7 20.0 .383 2.7 3.3 .800 4.3 7.3 .591 1.3 6.7 .200 2.0 6.0 .333  
 1986 NBA PHX 9.0 19.9 .453 2.8 3.6 .787 5.7 8.1 .703 1.8 6.6 .277 1.5 5.2 .284  
 1985 NBA HOU 7.0 16.3 .429 1.7 1.7 1.000 4.0 8.0 .500 1.3 3.7 .364 1.7 4.7 .357  
 1984 NBA HOU 9.3 18.0 .519 2.0 2.7 .750 6.0 10.0 .600 3.0 5.3 .563 0.3 2.7 .125  
 Career     8.7 19.3 .449 2.6 3.2 .798 5.4 8.2 .654 1.8 6.1 .302 1.4 4.9 .289  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 3 3 123 23 60 8 10 6 18 60 5 12 4 2 13 2 0 10 -35 
 1986 17 17 668 153 338 48 61 25 88 379 46 97 43 16 45 16 5 48 11 
 1985 3 3 104 21 49 5 5 5 14 52 5 9 11 3 7 3 1 8 -17 
 1984 3 3 83 28 54 6 8 1 8 63 6 13 3 2 7 2 0 2 -16 
 Career 26 26 978 225 501 67 84 37 128 554 62 131 61 23 72 23 6 68 -57 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NBA PHX .469 1.00 4.9 16.0 23.8 3.8 7.3 5.2 4.9 -10.3 -0.3 -11.7 103.0 113.8  
 1986 NBA PHX .521 1.12 9.5 9.9 25.7 6.9 8.1 7.5 12.1 16.5 0.6 0.6 106.0 105.4  
 1985 NBA HOU .510 1.06 15.9 10.1 23.9 4.6 4.2 4.4 11.4 1.6 0.1 -5.7 97.4 103.9  
 1984 NBA HOU .552 1.17 4.4 10.3 30.9 6.4 7.9 7.1 16.4 7.5 0.2 -5.3 98.9 108.0  
 Career     .515 1.11 9.1 10.7 22.7 6.2 7.6 6.9 11.5 15.3 0.5 -2.2 104.1 106.5  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 - 36 0 25.7 40.5 2.8 3.9 5.6 2.7 2.06 1.6 0.7 2.1 .564 .843 .500  
 Total   36 0 25.7 40.5 2.8 3.9 5.6 2.7 2.06 1.6 0.7 2.1 .564 .843 .500  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 36 0 924 653 1157 150 178 2 4 1458 102 242 200 56 97 56 25 74 0 
 Career 36 0 924 653 1157 150 178 2 4 1458 102 242 200 56 97 56 25 74 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 44 6 12 8 3 2 6 18 33 12 14 6 15  
 Playoff 46 8 12 6 3 2 6 19 40 7 9 3 8  
 Career 46 8 12 9 6 2 7 19 40 15 18 6 15  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 POR W 24 3 7 0 0 2 2 8 2 4 4 3 1 0 4 18
 10/21 BAL W 41 10 21 6 7 0 6 26 3 5 3 2 1 1 4 20
 10/23 PHI L 39 5 16 1 1 0 3 11 2 4 0 2 1 0 3 -19
 10/25 DEN W 36 9 18 1 4 3 5 22 1 6 2 2 1 1 2 19
 10/30 NYK W 20 4 11 0 0 3 6 11 1 4 2 1 0 0 3 25
 10/31 CLE W 40 10 27 2 2 1 6 23 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 12
 11/3 ANA L 43 4 17 1 2 1 4 10 5 8 3 3 1 0 1 -3
 11/4 DET L 36 8 20 4 4 1 4 21 2 4 1 3 0 0 3 -20
 11/6 SAS W 46 9 15 2 2 4 8 24 2 5 4 4 2 1 2 -3
 11/7 MIA L 35 3 14 0 0 0 5 6 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 -22
 11/9 BAL W 27 6 11 2 4 0 2 14 1 2 4 1 1 0 2 20
 11/11 MIN W 45 7 23 6 6 1 6 21 5 10 2 3 2 0 3 1
 11/12 LAL W 43 10 24 10 11 2 9 32 3 6 3 3 2 1 3 13
 11/14 DAL L 46 9 20 4 5 1 4 23 3 5 4 4 2 0 4 -10
 11/16 DEN W 28 3 10 2 2 0 3 8 0 1 3 2 1 0 3 18
 11/18 SAC L 42 7 22 3 4 1 6 18 3 6 2 2 1 0 3 -3
 11/19 POR L 44 9 22 4 5 3 12 25 1 4 2 3 2 0 4 -6
 11/21 MIN W 39 9 18 10 12 3 6 31 2 5 5 3 1 0 1 2
 11/22 POR W 41 12 20 6 7 2 5 32 1 3 5 3 2 0 3 12
 11/26 HOU W 39 7 19 7 8 0 5 21 4 8 1 2 1 0 3 7
 11/27 NOJ L 44 13 26 4 5 3 8 33 0 3 3 2 1 0 3 -7
 11/29 SAS W 23 0 3 4 4 0 1 4 1 2 2 3 0 0 4 11
 12/1 NYK W 44 6 22 0 0 1 9 13 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 11
 12/2 ATL W 30 4 14 2 2 0 8 10 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 1
 12/4 LAL W 34 9 17 4 4 1 4 23 2 7 3 2 0 0 3 13
 12/5 GSW W 41 16 24 5 5 3 7 40 2 3 5 0 2 0 2 25
 12/8 MIN W 39 7 15 2 2 3 5 19 0 2 6 1 1 0 1 2
 12/9 NJN L 41 11 28 4 5 2 5 28 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 4
 12/13 STL W 27 8 15 0 0 4 8 20 1 4 2 1 1 0 5 18
 12/14 STL L 47 8 19 8 8 3 8 27 1 3 4 1 0 1 4 -6
 12/16 ANA W 24 8 13 5 6 1 3 22 3 5 0 1 2 0 4 24
 12/19 ANA W 47 6 22 5 6 0 3 17 2 8 5 0 2 0 2 2
 12/20 GSW L 44 6 20 0 0 1 8 13 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 2
 12/24 MIL W 28 7 17 1 2 4 8 19 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 25
 12/25 DEN W 33 6 17 1 2 2 7 15 6 8 1 1 1 0 1 16
 12/27 STL L 32 7 12 3 4 1 2 18 1 4 5 3 0 1 6 -11
 12/28 DAL W 36 8 18 0 0 0 4 16 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 22
 12/31 POR L 43 4 19 3 4 0 5 11 2 4 8 2 3 0 4 -12
 1/1 ANA W 40 9 20 7 10 1 4 26 5 7 2 3 0 1 3 17
 1/6 SAC L 41 8 16 5 5 0 2 21 3 5 2 6 1 0 5 -3
 1/8 NYK W 20 4 5 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 10
 1/12 SEA W 33 4 10 2 2 0 0 10 3 5 2 2 0 0 2 6
 1/14 SAC L 42 3 18 0 0 0 6 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 -14
 1/16 SAC W 43 5 16 1 2 1 5 12 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 6
 1/17 SEA L 45 6 21 2 2 0 6 14 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 -9
 1/19 BOS L 38 10 19 9 9 1 6 30 0 2 2 3 0 0 5 -11
 1/21 ORL W 46 6 26 8 10 0 7 20 3 11 1 1 2 0 1 14
 1/25 GSW W 45 18 32 8 9 0 5 44 2 4 4 2 2 0 3 -1
 1/26 NJN L 45 12 33 4 4 2 11 30 6 12 2 6 1 0 0 -6
 1/29 LAL W 40 11 21 2 2 2 3 26 3 4 5 2 0 0 5 -2
 1/31 BOS L 38 7 17 0 0 1 5 15 1 3 5 1 0 0 5 2
 2/2 PHI L 23 6 16 2 3 3 4 17 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5
 2/3 LAL L 33 4 14 0 0 1 2 9 1 3 4 2 0 1 2 -37
 2/9 DAL W 48 8 25 2 2 1 6 19 3 6 0 3 3 0 2 1
 2/10 SEA W 31 4 12 2 2 0 2 10 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 18
 2/12 CHI W 46 8 20 1 2 1 4 18 2 6 0 2 2 0 3 11
 2/13 CLE W 40 6 19 5 6 2 7 19 3 6 3 3 2 0 3 11
 2/16 SLS W 28 8 15 9 10 0 3 25 2 4 1 0 1 0 4 33
 2/17 LAL W 40 6 16 8 8 2 8 22 4 6 3 1 1 0 3 5
 2/21 BAL W 39 8 14 6 6 4 6 26 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 15
 2/22 SAC L 42 8 19 3 4 1 3 20 3 6 4 4 0 0 2 -16
 2/25 SLS W 34 9 16 5 6 2 5 25 3 6 3 2 0 0 2 31
 2/26 PHI W 41 7 16 8 9 0 3 22 0 3 3 5 1 0 1 0
 2/28 SEA W 39 13 25 3 4 6 8 35 2 3 3 2 0 0 4 25
 3/2 CHI W 25 10 17 6 6 2 4 28 2 4 2 4 2 0 2 19
 3/3 CLE W 44 10 23 5 8 0 5 25 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 20
 3/7 NOJ W 36 5 14 4 4 2 4 16 2 4 6 3 2 0 5 25
 3/8 POR L 39 8 18 1 1 3 7 20 1 6 3 2 0 1 5 -12
 3/12 ANA L 41 7 22 3 4 3 11 20 2 7 3 2 0 0 5 -8
 3/13 MIL W 25 12 18 3 4 2 3 29 1 2 4 0 2 1 3 35
 3/15 ORL W 44 5 7 0 0 1 3 11 0 4 3 2 1 0 3 13
 3/18 HOU L 47 5 25 7 8 2 15 19 2 2 4 4 1 0 5 -10
 3/19 SEA W 39 7 19 3 4 1 4 18 4 5 6 1 1 2 1 21
 3/22 DET W 46 6 14 4 5 3 6 19 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 5
 3/23 HOU W 43 12 22 5 5 2 6 31 2 4 8 2 1 0 3 17
 3/28 POR L 41 7 22 6 6 3 5 23 4 8 4 2 0 0 4 -20
 4/1 ATL W 48 6 18 7 8 1 1 20 2 8 4 1 1 0 4 12
 4/2 SAS W 11 2 6 1 4 1 1 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 14
 4/5 GSW L 42 11 23 8 10 3 6 33 1 3 5 4 0 0 3 -9
 4/6 MIA L 36 5 13 4 4 0 3 14 2 6 2 0 1 0 6 1
 4/8 IND W 25 6 15 5 6 0 3 17 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 13
 4/10 DAL L 52 14 29 4 4 4 6 36 4 8 3 3 1 0 4 -4
 4/12 STL W 47 13 28 8 8 2 10 36 1 7 6 1 0 2 3 10
 4/13 SLS W 47 10 24 3 3 2 6 25 6 8 6 2 1 0 1 5
 4/16 SLS W 40 12 18 2 2 2 3 28 3 9 2 4 0 0 3 25
 4/17 GSW W 45 11 22 5 6 4 8 31 5 8 7 3 1 0 3 10
 4/20 DEN L 46 6 17 12 14 1 6 25 2 5 3 5 2 0 4 -29
 4/21 IND L 38 9 17 3 4 2 3 23 1 3 1 2 1 0 4 -17
 4/23 POR L 50 7 20 1 2 2 5 17 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 -5
 4/24 POR L 45 9 22 3 4 2 7 23 1 2 1 6 1 0 4 -11
 4/26 POR L 28 7 18 4 4 2 6 20 3 4 1 3 0 0 3 -19

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 55
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 1982 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1982 NBA All-Rookie First Team
 1983 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1984 NBA All-Star
 1985 NBA All-Star

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/30/1982 Drafted by the Pistons with pick #18 of round 1.
 6/29/1983 Traded to the Rockets
 7/18/1986 Re-signed with the Rockets for $20,300,000 over 7 years.
 10/21/1986 Traded to the Suns

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