Danny Ainge 
#21 SG | 6-5, 206lbs | Pacers | Experience: 7 years
Born: 3/17/1959 (30) | College: Brigham Young

 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
  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995 
 Value: $1,300,000  $1,300,000  $1,300,000  $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%  
 1988 NBA IND 82 82 33.0 14.7 1.2 3.0 4.4 1.9 2.34 1.8 0.1 2.1 .465 .803 .314  
 1987 NBA SAC 77 77 32.1 12.9 1.1 2.9 3.5 1.8 2.01 1.7 0.2 2.5 .444 .804 .259  
 1986 NBA SAC 63 63 32.5 14.0 1.4 2.7 3.6 1.9 1.92 1.5 0.1 2.0 .471 .754 .315  
 1985 NBA SAC 66 66 31.3 13.1 1.4 2.7 3.8 1.9 1.96 1.4 0.1 2.1 .432 .750 .250  
 1984 NBA HOU 56 5 15.5 6.3 0.6 1.2 1.9 1.1 1.81 1.0 0.1 0.9 .444 .732 .250  
 1983 NBA HOU 82 1 12.3 5.2 0.4 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.33 0.7 0.1 1.2 .410 .778 .333  
 1982 NBA DET 82 0 29.2 11.9 1.1 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.04 1.3 0.2 3.2 .409 .858 .274  
 1981 NBA DET 82 0 22.9 8.7 0.9 1.7 1.8 1.9 0.94 0.9 0.1 2.1 .404 .873 .246  
 Career     590 294 26.2 10.9 1.0 2.2 2.8 1.7 1.64 1.3 0.1 2.0 .438 .805 .284  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NBA IND 5.7 12.3 .465 2.0 2.5 .803 3.0 4.4 .681 1.5 4.0 .377 1.2 3.9 .314  
 1987 NBA SAC 4.8 10.9 .444 2.4 3.0 .804 2.8 4.3 .645 1.2 3.4 .360 0.8 3.2 .259  
 1986 NBA SAC 5.5 11.7 .471 2.2 2.9 .754 3.3 5.0 .671 1.3 4.0 .327 0.8 2.7 .315  
 1985 NBA SAC 5.0 11.5 .432 2.5 3.4 .750 2.8 4.5 .630 1.5 4.4 .336 0.6 2.5 .250  
 1984 NBA HOU 2.3 5.1 .444 1.5 2.0 .732 1.2 2.0 .580 0.8 2.0 .412 0.3 1.1 .250  
 1983 NBA HOU 1.8 4.3 .410 1.3 1.6 .778 0.7 1.0 .651 0.7 2.1 .331 0.4 1.2 .333  
 1982 NBA DET 3.9 9.5 .409 3.5 4.1 .858 1.9 3.0 .642 1.5 4.6 .316 0.5 2.0 .274  
 1981 NBA DET 2.9 7.2 .404 2.5 2.9 .873 1.4 2.0 .679 1.2 3.6 .321 0.4 1.6 .246  
 Career     4.0 9.1 .438 2.3 2.8 .805 2.1 3.2 .652 1.2 3.5 .342 0.6 2.3 .284  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 82 82 2706 468 1007 167 208 100 318 1203 98 346 360 146 154 146 9 173 528 
 1987 77 77 2473 371 836 185 230 63 243 990 84 308 272 134 135 134 16 190 749 
 1986 63 63 2045 346 735 138 183 53 168 883 88 255 228 96 119 96 9 123 417 
 1985 66 66 2067 327 757 168 224 42 168 864 93 270 249 90 127 90 9 137 443 
 1984 56 5 870 127 286 82 112 15 60 351 34 103 107 57 59 57 3 52 -48 
 1983 82 1 1005 144 351 105 135 32 96 425 36 114 108 58 81 58 5 100 -1 
 1982 82 0 2393 320 783 291 339 45 164 976 89 287 175 106 169 106 16 261 -20 
 1981 82 0 1879 239 591 207 237 32 130 717 71 207 147 77 157 77 12 171 -241 
 Career 590 294 15438 2342 5346 1343 1668 382 1347 6409 593 1890 1646 764 1001 764 79 1207 1827 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NBA IND .548 1.19 22.3 9.5 19.9 4.0 9.8 6.9 16.7 251.1 8.4 6.4 110.2 100.7  
 1987 NBA SAC .528 1.18 20.2 10.0 18.6 3.6 8.8 6.3 14.7 155.8 5.2 9.7 110.0 95.1  
 1986 NBA SAC .542 1.20 19.6 10.2 19.6 4.4 8.1 6.3 16.6 187.6 6.3 6.6 105.4 95.4  
 1985 NBA SAC .505 1.14 20.2 10.3 20.6 4.8 8.6 6.8 15.4 151.0 5.0 6.7 105.1 94.4  
 1984 NBA HOU .525 1.23 21.4 11.8 19.3 4.2 8.7 6.4 15.2 55.2 1.8 -0.9 105.2 109.5  
 1983 NBA HOU .517 1.21 18.0 13.5 20.2 3.5 8.9 5.9 13.9 43.9 1.5 0.0 104.4 106.6  
 1982 NBA DET .524 1.25 13.7 13.2 18.9 4.2 9.8 6.9 12.9 85.5 2.8 -0.2 103.5 103.8  
 1981 NBA DET .515 1.21 14.7 15.7 18.6 4.3 8.9 6.5 11.4 9.9 0.3 -2.9 102.7 108.8  
 Career     .527 1.20 18.9 11.5 19.4 4.1 9.0 6.6 14.7 940.0 31.3 3.1 106.2 100.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NBA IND 10 10 32.5 14.5 1.1 3.4 4.3 1.6 2.69 1.8 0.3 1.4 .444 .679 .364  
 1987 NBA SAC 3 3 35.3 12.0 2.3 4.0 2.7 3.0 0.89 1.3 0.3 1.0 .417 .667 .200  
 1986 NBA SAC 11 11 34.0 10.9 1.7 2.2 3.4 2.1 1.61 1.5 0.0 2.3 .308 .816 .231  
 1985 NBA SAC 10 10 34.5 12.8 1.1 3.0 4.8 1.4 3.43 1.0 0.0 2.2 .407 .795 .043  
 1984 NBA HOU 1 0 8.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.00 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 1.000 .000  
 Career     35 34 33.1 12.3 1.4 2.9 3.9 1.8 2.17 1.4 0.1 1.9 .385 .772 .239  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NBA IND 5.5 12.4 .444 1.9 2.8 .679 2.9 4.4 .659 1.0 3.6 .278 1.6 4.4 .364  
 1987 NBA SAC 5.0 12.0 .417 1.3 2.0 .667 3.7 4.7 .786 0.7 4.0 .167 0.7 3.3 .200  
 1986 NBA SAC 3.6 11.8 .308 2.8 3.5 .816 1.8 3.5 .513 1.0 4.7 .212 0.8 3.5 .231  
 1985 NBA SAC 4.8 11.8 .407 3.1 3.9 .795 2.9 4.6 .630 1.8 4.9 .367 0.1 2.3 .043  
 1984 NBA HOU 0.0 2.0 .000 3.0 3.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000  
 Career     4.5 11.7 .385 2.5 3.3 .772 2.5 4.1 .622 1.2 4.3 .273 0.8 3.3 .239  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 10 10 325 55 124 19 28 16 44 145 11 45 43 18 16 18 3 14 27 
 1987 3 3 106 15 36 4 6 2 10 36 7 19 8 4 9 4 1 3 -36 
 1986 11 11 374 40 130 31 38 9 39 120 19 43 37 16 23 16 0 25 44 
 1985 10 10 345 48 118 31 39 1 23 128 11 41 48 10 14 10 0 22 4 
 1984 1 0 8 0 2 3 3 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 
 Career 35 34 1158 158 410 88 114 28 117 432 49 150 137 48 63 48 4 65 41 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NBA IND .529 1.17 22.1 8.2 19.9 3.7 11.5 7.6 12.9 11.6 0.4 2.7 104.3 101.6  
 1987 NBA SAC .462 1.00 14.3 16.1 20.0 6.7 13.8 9.9 7.3 -5.0 -0.2 -12.0 101.4 119.4  
 1986 NBA SAC .408 0.92 17.9 11.1 19.4 4.9 6.3 5.6 6.9 -19.8 -0.7 4.0 105.8 100.6  
 1985 NBA SAC .474 1.08 24.4 7.1 19.2 3.4 9.1 6.3 10.7 1.5 0.1 0.4 100.3 99.9  
 1984 NBA HOU .667 1.50 20.0 20.0 22.7 11.1 12.5 11.8 7.5 -0.4 0.0 2.0 83.3 68.4  
 Career     .470 1.05 20.8 9.5 14.0 4.4 9.2 6.7 9.8 -12.1 -0.4 1.2 103.2 102.1  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 - 32 0 31.3 12.6 1.3 3.2 6.8 1.1 6.44 1.5 0.3 2.3 .485 .804 .250  
 Total   32 0 31.3 12.6 1.3 3.2 6.8 1.1 6.44 1.5 0.3 2.3 .485 .804 .250  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 32 0 1003 180 371 41 51 1 4 402 40 142 219 47 34 47 8 75 0 
 Career 32 0 1003 180 371 41 51 1 4 402 40 142 219 47 34 47 8 75 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 32 4 10 11 6 1 7 12 22 7 8 6 8  
 Playoff 24 5 10 10 3 1 5 10 20 9 10 4 9  
 Career 32 6 11 11 7 3 7 13 24 13 13 6 9  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 12
 1981 NBA All-Rookie Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 7/1/1981 Drafted by the Pistons with pick #14 of round 1.
 6/29/1983 Traded to the Rockets
 8/8/1985 Signed with the Kings for $2,700,000 over 3 years.
 8/9/1988 Signed with the Pacers for $3,900,000 over 3 years.

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