Otis Birdsong 
#21 SG | 6-4, 205lbs | Spirits | Experience: 10 years
Born: 12/9/1955 (32) | College: Houston

 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: $1,433,950  $1,577,345  $1,720,740  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 2                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NBA STL 75 75 32.4 17.4 1.9 2.4 4.4 2.1 2.05 1.4 0.1 1.8 .418 .627 .239  
 1986 NBA STL 84 84 33.0 19.9 2.0 2.5 3.5 2.0 1.71 1.8 0.1 2.3 .436 .648 .234  
 1985 NBA SDC 82 82 37.9 25.9 2.2 2.8 3.9 2.7 1.44 2.0 0.2 2.6 .453 .610 .234  
 1984 NBA IND 80 80 38.5 20.9 2.7 3.6 4.7 2.9 1.61 2.0 0.2 2.9 .405 .598 .207  
 1983 NBA IND 78 78 39.1 24.0 2.5 3.0 3.7 2.8 1.30 2.7 0.2 2.8 .439 .677 .263  
 1982 NBA IND 82 82 35.9 22.9 2.4 3.0 3.5 2.8 1.26 2.3 0.2 2.9 .424 .665 .230  
 1981 NBA KCK 77 77 35.3 23.3 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.3 1.23 1.7 0.2 2.6 .451 .683 .269  
 1980 NBA KCK 82 82 41.6 25.3 2.4 2.6 3.3 2.5 1.32 1.8 0.1 3.0 .422 .692 .221  
 1979 NBA KCK 66 66 38.7 22.5 2.0 2.5 3.4 2.4 1.40 2.0 0.3 3.2 .429 .697 .209  
 1978 NBA KCK 82 0 34.6 21.7 2.1 2.2 3.4 2.4 1.41 1.5 0.2 3.1 .509 .725 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 73 0 25.7 15.8 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.20 1.0 0.2 2.5 .492 .697 .000  
 Career     861 706 35.8 21.8 2.1 2.6 3.5 2.5 1.44 1.9 0.2 2.7 .441 .666 .233  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NBA STL 7.4 17.6 .418 2.2 3.5 .627 3.2 5.3 .602 3.7 10.2 .360 0.5 2.1 .239  
 1986 NBA STL 8.3 19.1 .436 2.9 4.5 .648 3.8 6.1 .625 4.1 11.5 .361 0.4 1.5 .234  
 1985 NBA SDC 10.8 23.9 .453 3.7 6.1 .610 5.7 9.7 .593 4.6 12.0 .381 0.5 2.2 .234  
 1984 NBA IND 8.9 22.0 .405 2.6 4.3 .598 2.6 4.3 .617 5.7 15.2 .379 0.5 2.5 .207  
 1983 NBA IND 9.7 22.0 .439 4.1 6.1 .677 3.5 5.0 .703 5.7 15.0 .376 0.5 2.0 .263  
 1982 NBA IND 9.6 22.6 .424 3.2 4.8 .665 3.1 4.8 .647 5.9 15.4 .384 0.5 2.3 .230  
 1981 NBA KCK 9.8 21.7 .451 3.2 4.7 .683 3.4 5.1 .668 5.9 14.7 .400 0.5 1.9 .269  
 1980 NBA KCK 10.7 25.4 .422 3.3 4.8 .692 3.2 4.9 .663 7.0 18.2 .383 0.5 2.3 .221  
 1979 NBA KCK 9.1 21.1 .429 4.0 5.7 .697 3.4 5.2 .664 5.2 13.9 .373 0.4 2.0 .209  
 1978 NBA KCK 9.0 17.8 .509 3.6 5.0 .725 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA KCK 6.4 13.1 .492 3.0 4.2 .697 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.1 20.6 .441 3.2 4.9 .666 2.9 4.6 .637 4.4 11.5 .379 0.4 1.7 .233  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 75 75 2429 553 1323 163 260 38 159 1307 144 325 328 105 160 105 11 133 397 
 1986 84 84 2775 700 1607 243 375 30 128 1673 167 376 294 153 172 153 8 191 220 
 1985 82 82 3108 887 1959 304 498 43 184 2121 183 411 319 165 221 165 13 212 -148 
 1984 80 80 3082 712 1757 204 341 42 203 1670 218 508 373 159 232 159 14 234 -75 
 1983 78 78 3053 754 1716 320 473 41 156 1869 196 430 288 213 222 213 17 218 474 
 1982 82 82 2941 786 1852 260 391 44 191 1876 195 444 285 186 227 186 15 237 -1 
 1981 77 77 2718 754 1670 248 363 39 145 1795 167 352 214 133 174 133 16 200 -24 
 1980 82 82 3410 878 2080 274 396 42 190 2072 196 410 273 151 207 151 12 244 -17 
 1979 66 66 2555 598 1395 264 379 28 134 1488 133 301 226 129 161 129 17 209 -117 
 1978 82 0 2839 741 1456 296 408 0 0 1778 176 354 281 125 200 125 17 255 0 
 1977 73 0 1878 470 955 216 310 0 0 1156 70 175 174 74 145 74 12 179 0 
 Career 861 706 30788 7833 17770 2792 4194 347 1490 18805 1845 4086 3055 1593 2121 1593 152 2312 709 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NBA STL .455 0.99 17.0 8.3 27.1 6.0 6.8 6.4 15.8 193.1 6.4 5.3 107.4 100.0  
 1986 NBA STL .472 1.04 13.1 7.7 28.5 6.1 7.4 6.8 18.1 316.1 10.5 2.6 105.1 101.3  
 1985 NBA SDC .487 1.08 11.7 8.1 32.3 6.0 7.7 6.9 20.5 461.8 15.4 -1.8 100.2 102.0  
 1984 NBA IND .438 0.95 14.8 9.2 28.6 6.9 9.4 8.2 15.3 199.9 6.7 -0.9 102.4 103.3  
 1983 NBA IND .485 1.09 11.8 9.1 28.0 6.7 7.6 7.2 19.4 383.6 12.8 6.1 105.7 98.4  
 1982 NBA IND .463 1.01 11.2 9.0 30.5 6.8 10.0 8.3 18.9 367.9 12.3 0.0 101.2 101.0  
 1981 NBA KCK .491 1.07 9.6 7.8 31.2 7.3 8.9 8.1 20.9 420.8 14.0 -0.3 103.6 104.2  
 1980 NBA KCK .460 1.00 10.0 7.6 30.7 6.5 7.8 7.1 17.8 373.9 12.5 -0.2 102.0 102.1  
 1979 NBA KCK .476 1.07 11.6 8.3 28.7 6.1 8.2 7.1 17.7 275.9 9.2 -1.8 100.9 103.1  
 1978 NBA KCK .543 1.22 13.3 9.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA KCK .530 1.21 12.3 10.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .479 1.06 12.3 8.6 25.1 6.5 8.2 7.3 17.9 2993.1 99.8 0.8 103.1 101.7  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NBA STL 12 12 33.9 19.0 1.9 3.4 4.8 1.8 2.64 1.2 0.2 2.1 .406 .636 .227  
 1986 NBA STL 4 4 36.3 25.0 2.8 3.0 2.3 3.3 0.69 1.0 0.5 1.8 .433 .500 .000  
 1984 NBA IND 1 1 39.0 11.0 2.0 7.0 0.0 2.0 0.00 1.0 0.0 2.0 .500 .167 .000  
 1983 NBA IND 5 5 36.4 19.0 1.0 2.6 4.6 3.6 1.28 2.4 0.2 3.0 .430 .650 .200  
 1982 NBA IND 13 13 35.6 23.2 3.1 3.5 4.2 2.5 1.67 1.8 0.2 3.9 .395 .767 .351  
 1980 NBA KCK 2 2 47.0 25.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.0 0.5 2.5 .365 .500 .500  
 Career     37 37 35.9 21.2 2.4 3.5 4.2 2.6 1.59 1.5 0.2 2.8 .406 .648 .272  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NBA STL 8.4 20.8 .406 1.8 2.8 .636 3.3 5.8 .557 4.8 13.1 .363 0.4 1.8 .227  
 1986 NBA STL 11.3 26.0 .433 2.5 5.0 .500 5.0 8.0 .625 6.3 16.3 .385 0.0 1.8 .000  
 1984 NBA IND 5.0 10.0 .500 1.0 6.0 .167 3.0 5.0 .600 2.0 4.0 .500 0.0 1.0 .000  
 1983 NBA IND 8.0 18.6 .430 2.6 4.0 .650 1.2 2.4 .500 6.4 14.2 .451 0.4 2.0 .200  
 1982 NBA IND 9.3 23.5 .395 3.5 4.6 .767 2.4 3.8 .620 5.9 16.8 .352 1.0 2.8 .351  
 1980 NBA KCK 11.5 31.5 .365 1.5 3.0 .500 3.0 6.0 .500 7.5 23.5 .319 1.0 2.0 .500  
 Career     9.1 22.3 .406 2.5 3.9 .648 2.8 4.9 .580 5.6 15.2 .369 0.6 2.2 .272  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 12 12 407 101 249 21 33 5 22 228 23 64 58 14 22 14 2 25 42 
 1986 4 4 145 45 104 10 20 0 7 100 11 23 9 4 13 4 2 7 -13 
 1984 1 1 39 5 10 1 6 0 1 11 2 9 0 1 2 1 0 2 -16 
 1983 5 5 182 40 93 13 20 2 10 95 5 18 23 12 18 12 1 15 -40 
 1982 13 13 463 121 306 46 60 13 37 301 40 86 55 23 33 23 2 51 7 
 1980 2 2 94 23 63 3 6 2 4 51 7 16 9 2 9 2 1 5 -19 
 Career 37 37 1330 335 825 94 145 22 81 786 88 216 154 56 97 56 8 105 -39 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NBA STL .432 0.92 16.9 6.4 27.1 5.5 9.6 7.6 12.0 8.9 0.3 3.5 105.7 100.9  
 1986 NBA STL .442 0.96 6.7 9.6 36.9 7.1 7.4 7.3 11.5 2.4 0.1 -3.3 93.0 97.4  
 1984 NBA IND .462 1.10 0.0 13.3 14.7 4.3 19.4 10.8 5.6 -3.1 -0.1 -16.0 86.7 102.3  
 1983 NBA IND .471 1.02 16.1 12.6 27.4 2.7 7.5 5.1 11.8 2.1 0.1 -8.0 96.1 104.9  
 1982 NBA IND .452 0.98 13.1 7.9 30.4 8.2 10.6 9.4 15.6 36.0 1.2 0.5 101.2 100.6  
 1980 NBA KCK .394 0.81 10.7 10.7 34.0 7.0 12.7 9.4 7.9 -3.4 -0.1 -9.5 96.9 106.7  
 Career     .442 0.95 13.5 8.5 21.2 6.4 9.8 8.0 12.7 43.0 1.4 -1.1 100.3 101.4  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 42 6 11 10 4 3 6 17 30 7 8 3 6  
 Playoff 40 5 11 10 6 2 7 18 39 6 10 3 6  
 Career 53 9 15 11 8 3 9 21 39 16 25 3 8  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 112
 Total Player of the Week: 3
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 Total All-League Third Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1980 NBA All-Star
 1980 NBA All-League Third Team
 1983 NBA All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NBA Steals Leader
 1985 NBA All-Star
 1985 NBA All-League Third Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/18/1981 Re-signed with the Kings for $3,675,000 over 4 years.
 1/11/1983 Traded to the Pacers
 7/28/1985 Signed with the Clippers for $7,169,750 over 5 years.
 12/4/1986 Traded to the Spirits

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