Fat Lever PG

Lafayette Lever

Height: 6-3 (191cm)

Weight: 170 lbs (77kg)

Born: Aug 18, 1960 (64 years old)

Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1982 Round 1, Pick 11, Portland Trail Blazers

Pre-Draft Team: Arizona State (Sr)

High School: Pueblo Magnet High School (Tucson, Arizona)

2x All-Star, #12 retired by DEN

Fat Lever Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK
4/24/1994	Timberwolves	7	9	2	1	0
4/22/1994	Rockets	14	6	5	5	0
4/21/1994	Rockets	8	3	2	1	1
4/18/1994	Suns	4	5	4	1	0
4/16/1994	Kings	12	2	3	3	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1982-83	22	POR	81	24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	.431	.333	.730
1983-84	23	POR	81	24.8	9.7	2.7	4.6	1.7	0.4	1.5	.447	.200	.743
1984-85	24	DEN	82	31.2	12.8	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	2.5	.430	.250	.770
1985-86	25	DEN	78	33.5	13.8	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	.441	.316	.725
1986-87	26	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	2.0	.469	.239	.782
1987-88 ☆	27	DEN	82	37.3	18.8	8.1	7.7	2.7	0.3	2.2	.473	.211	.783
1988-89	28	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	2.2	.457	.348	.785
1989-90 ☆	29	DEN	79	35.8	18.3	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	2.0	.443	.414	.804
1990-91	30	DAL	4	21.5	7.2	3.8	3.0	1.5	0.8	2.5	.391	.000	.786
1991-92	31	DAL	31	28.5	11.2	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.4	1.2	.387	.327	.750
1993-94	33	DAL	81	24.0	6.9	3.5	2.6	2.0	0.2	1.1	.408	.351	.765
CAREER			752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	2.0	.447	.310	.771

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	22	POR	81	45	24.9	7.8	3.2	7.3	.431	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	2.0	.730	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.2
1983-84	23	POR	81	22	24.8	9.7	3.9	8.7	.447	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.6	.743	1.2	1.5	2.7	4.6	1.7	0.4	1.5	2.2
1984-85	24	DEN	82	82	31.2	12.8	5.2	12.0	.430	0.1	0.3	.250	2.4	3.1	.770	1.8	3.2	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	2.5	2.8
1985-86	25	DEN	78	77	33.5	13.8	6.0	13.6	.441	0.2	0.5	.316	1.7	2.3	.725	1.7	3.6	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	2.7	2.6
1986-87	26	DEN	82	82	37.2	18.9	7.8	16.7	.469	0.3	1.1	.239	3.0	3.8	.782	2.6	6.3	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	2.0	2.7
1987-88 ☆	27	DEN	82	82	37.3	18.8	7.8	16.5	.473	0.1	0.7	.211	3.0	3.8	.783	2.5	5.6	8.1	7.7	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.6
1988-89	28	DEN	71	71	38.7	19.8	7.9	17.2	.457	0.3	0.9	.348	3.8	4.8	.785	2.6	6.7	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	2.2	2.5
1989-90 ☆	29	DEN	79	79	35.8	18.3	7.2	16.2	.443	0.5	1.1	.414	3.4	4.3	.804	2.9	6.4	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	2.0	2.2
1990-91	30	DAL	4	0	21.5	7.2	2.2	5.8	.391	0.0	0.8	.000	2.8	3.5	.786	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.0	1.5	0.8	2.5	1.2
1991-92	31	DAL	31	5	28.5	11.2	4.4	11.3	.387	0.5	1.7	.327	1.9	2.6	.750	1.8	3.4	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.4	1.2	2.4
1993-94	33	DAL	81	54	24.0	6.9	2.8	6.9	.408	0.3	0.9	.351	0.9	1.2	.765	1.0	2.5	3.5	2.6	2.0	0.2	1.1	1.9
CAREER			752	599	31.7	13.9	5.6	12.6	.447	0.2	0.7	.310	2.4	3.1	.771	1.9	4.1	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	22	POR	81	45	2,020	633	256	594	.431	5	15	.333	116	159	.730	85	140	225	426	153	15	137	179
1983-84	23	POR	81	22	2,010	788	313	701	.447	3	15	.200	159	214	.743	96	122	218	372	135	31	125	178
1984-85	24	DEN	82	82	2,559	1,051	424	985	.430	6	24	.250	197	256	.770	147	264	411	613	202	30	203	226
1985-86	25	DEN	78	77	2,616	1,080	468	1,061	.441	12	38	.316	132	182	.725	136	284	420	584	178	15	209	204
1986-87	26	DEN	82	82	3,054	1,552	643	1,370	.469	22	92	.239	244	312	.782	216	513	729	654	201	34	167	219
1987-88 ☆	27	DEN	82	82	3,057	1,538	640	1,354	.473	12	57	.211	246	314	.783	203	463	666	631	222	21	182	215
1988-89	28	DEN	71	71	2,745	1,409	558	1,221	.457	23	66	.348	270	344	.785	187	475	662	559	195	20	157	178
1989-90 ☆	29	DEN	79	79	2,832	1,443	568	1,283	.443	36	87	.414	271	337	.804	230	504	734	517	168	13	156	172
1990-91	30	DAL	4	0	86	29	9	23	.391	0	3	.000	11	14	.786	3	12	15	12	6	3	10	5
1991-92	31	DAL	31	5	884	347	135	349	.387	17	52	.327	60	80	.750	56	105	161	107	46	12	36	73
1993-94	33	DAL	81	54	1,947	555	227	557	.408	26	74	.351	75	98	.765	83	200	283	213	159	15	88	155
CAREER			752	599	23,810	10,425	4,241	9,498	.447	162	523	.310	1,781	2,310	.771	1,442	3,082	4,524	4,688	1,665	209	1,470	1,804

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1982-83	22	POR	81	45	.477	.435	4.7	7.8	6.2	28.2	17.1	3.6	0.4	16.1	149.4	7.4	1.1	104.3	102.6	15.0
1983-84	23	POR	81	22	.495	.449	5.5	7.4	6.4	24.3	13.6	3.2	0.9	18.4	138.9	6.1	1.1	109.9	107.0	16.3
1984-85	24	DEN	82	82	.479	.434	5.8	11.7	8.6	29.5	15.6	3.5	0.7	19.2	145.0	7.6	1.1	105.7	105.9	16.9
1985-86	25	DEN	78	77	.473	.447	5.2	11.9	8.4	29.3	15.5	3.1	0.3	19.9	148.2	6.6	1.0	101.5	104.5	15.7
1986-87	26	DEN	82	82	.515	.477	7.0	18.8	12.5	29.1	10.0	3.0	0.6	21.1	149.1	8.4	1.1	114.6	106.7	20.8
1987-88 ☆	27	DEN	82	82	.515	.477	6.7	16.6	11.4	27.8	10.9	3.3	0.4	21.4	146.7	7.4	1.1	112.4	103.4	20.3
1988-89	28	DEN	71	71	.513	.466	6.6	19.1	12.4	27.0	10.3	3.2	0.4	21.4	159.0	7.3	1.2	112.9	104.3	20.6
1989-90 ☆	29	DEN	79	79	.504	.457	8.0	19.9	13.6	24.8	9.8	2.7	0.3	22.0	166.1	6.2	1.1	111.4	104.4	19.7
1990-91	30	DAL	4	0	.497	.391	4.1	16.8	10.4	18.4	25.5	3.6	2.2	19.4	117.7	-2.4	1.3	91.6	101.0	13.0
1991-92	31	DAL	31	5	.452	.411	6.3	13.4	9.7	18.6	8.6	2.7	0.8	20.4	146.4	4.1	1.0	104.0	110.1	14.9
1993-94	33	DAL	81	54	.462	.431	4.5	12.4	8.2	16.6	12.8	4.2	0.5	15.1	152.4	2.8	1.0	101.8	105.9	13.2
CAREER			752	599	.496	.455	6.2	14.7	10.2	26.7	12.3	3.3	0.5	19.9	152.7	6.7	1.1	109.1	105.0	17.9

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	20 Reb	20 Ast	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1982-83	22	POR	81	45	3	0	0	0	.197	3.1	1.1	0.3	46	35	.568	1.7	2.6	4.4
1983-84	23	POR	81	22	5	0	0	0	.189	3.0	1.1	0.3	47	34	.580	2.5	2.2	4.8
1984-85	24	DEN	82	82	17	0	0	0	.268	3.0	1.0	0.3	52	30	.634	2.1	3.2	5.2
1985-86	25	DEN	78	77	19	1	0	0	.298	2.8	0.9	0.2	44	34	.564	0.9	3.7	4.5
1986-87	26	DEN	82	82	46	16	0	0	.346	3.9	1.2	0.2	37	45	.451	5.9	3.9	9.7
1987-88 ☆	27	DEN	82	82	40	11	2	0	.337	3.5	1.2	0.2	54	28	.659	5.2	5.0	10.2
1988-89	28	DEN	71	71	39	9	0	1	.339	3.6	1.2	0.3	38	33	.535	4.9	4.1	9.0
1989-90 ☆	29	DEN	79	79	37	5	2	0	.303	3.3	1.1	0.3	41	38	.519	4.4	4.4	8.8
1990-91	30	DAL	4	0	0	0	0	0	.127	1.2	0.6	0.6	3	1	.750	-0.1	0.2	0.1
1991-92	31	DAL	31	5	1	0	0	0	.201	3.0	1.3	0.2	8	23	.258	0.4	0.8	1.2
1993-94	33	DAL	81	54	1	0	0	0	.146	2.4	1.8	0.2	13	68	.160	0.6	2.2	2.9
CAREER			752	599	208	42	4	1	.268	3.2	1.1	0.2	383	369	.509	28.6	32.1	60.8

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1982-83	22	POR	7	19.1	6.0	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	.452	.000	.800
1983-84	23	POR	5	15.0	5.2	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	.267	.667	.800
1984-85	24	DEN	11	31.1	13.3	6.5	8.5	2.4	0.2	3.1	.402	.000	.762
1985-86	25	DEN	10	34.7	14.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	.450	.571	.708
1986-87	26	DEN	3	33.0	15.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	0.7	.380	.250	.667
1987-88	27	DEN	7	39.0	17.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	.459	.429	.788
1988-89	28	DEN	2	29.0	11.0	6.5	9.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	.375	.667	1.000
1989-90	29	DEN	3	37.7	17.3	10.7	7.0	2.7	0.3	1.7	.373	.143	.929
CAREER			48	30.0	12.4	5.8	6.2	1.9	0.2	1.7	.414	.409	.775

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	22	POR	7	0	19.1	6.0	2.7	6.0	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.7	.800	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.9
1983-84	23	POR	5	0	15.0	5.2	1.6	6.0	.267	0.4	0.6	.667	1.6	2.0	.800	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2
1984-85	24	DEN	11	8	31.1	13.3	4.5	11.1	.402	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.7	.762	2.1	4.4	6.5	8.5	2.4	0.2	3.1	3.0
1985-86	25	DEN	10	10	34.7	14.3	5.9	13.1	.450	0.8	1.4	.571	1.7	2.4	.708	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.2	2.3	3.3
1986-87	26	DEN	3	3	33.0	15.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	2.7	.250	2.0	3.0	.667	1.7	4.3	6.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	0.7	2.3
1987-88	27	DEN	7	7	39.0	17.0	6.4	14.0	.459	0.4	1.0	.429	3.7	4.7	.788	2.3	7.0	9.3	7.0	1.9	0.6	0.6	2.1
1988-89	28	DEN	2	2	29.0	11.0	4.5	12.0	.375	1.0	1.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	5.5	6.5	9.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.0
1989-90	29	DEN	3	3	37.7	17.3	6.3	17.0	.373	0.3	2.3	.143	4.3	4.7	.929	3.7	7.0	10.7	7.0	2.7	0.3	1.7	2.3
CAREER			48	33	30.0	12.4	4.7	11.4	.414	0.4	0.9	.409	2.6	3.3	.775	1.8	4.0	5.8	6.2	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1982-83	22	POR	7	0	134	42	19	42	.452	0	0	.000	4	5	.800	3	11	14	31	7	0	4	13
1983-84	23	POR	5	0	75	26	8	30	.267	2	3	.667	8	10	.800	10	5	15	9	4	0	3	6
1984-85	24	DEN	11	8	342	146	49	122	.402	0	2	.000	48	63	.762	23	48	71	93	26	2	34	33
1985-86	25	DEN	10	10	347	143	59	131	.450	8	14	.571	17	24	.708	15	33	48	53	20	2	23	33
1986-87	26	DEN	3	3	99	46	19	50	.380	2	8	.250	6	9	.667	5	13	18	22	7	0	2	7
1987-88	27	DEN	7	7	273	119	45	98	.459	3	7	.429	26	33	.788	16	49	65	49	13	4	4	15
1988-89	28	DEN	2	2	58	22	9	24	.375	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	2	11	13	19	4	0	6	4
1989-90	29	DEN	3	3	113	52	19	51	.373	1	7	.143	13	14	.929	11	21	32	21	8	1	5	7
CAREER			48	33	1,441	596	227	548	.414	18	44	.409	124	160	.775	85	191	276	297	89	9	81	118

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1982-83	22	POR	7	0	.475	.452	2.4	9.3	5.8	31.9	8.3	2.6	-	15.1	125.2	13.1	1.0	112.7	107.5	15.6
1983-84	23	POR	5	0	.378	.300	14.0	9.2	11.9	16.4	8.0	2.6	-	20.9	173.3	4.2	0.9	101.2	113.9	13.0
1984-85	24	DEN	11	8	.488	.402	6.7	16.3	11.1	32.5	18.5	3.4	0.3	20.2	116.4	7.7	1.2	105.5	106.7	17.5
1985-86	25	DEN	10	10	.505	.481	4.2	10.4	7.1	21.4	14.0	2.7	0.3	18.9	173.0	3.5	1.1	104.7	109.3	14.4
1986-87	26	DEN	3	3	.426	.400	4.4	14.8	8.9	30.4	3.6	3.2	-	21.1	129.7	11.9	0.9	104.0	122.0	17.5
1987-88	27	DEN	7	7	.529	.474	6.0	20.9	13.0	24.9	3.4	2.3	0.9	17.6	167.6	10.5	1.2	128.0	107.5	21.7
1988-89	28	DEN	2	2	.442	.417	3.3	19.0	10.9	46.2	19.4	3.1	-	21.1	204.2	10.7	0.9	96.1	105.0	16.4
1989-90	29	DEN	3	3	.455	.382	8.9	19.4	13.8	25.3	8.0	3.1	0.4	21.3	144.4	7.2	1.0	106.0	111.6	18.8
CAREER			48	33	.482	.431	5.9	15.2	10.2	27.5	11.6	2.9	0.4	19.2	159.8	7.9	1.1	108.9	109.0	17.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1982-83	22	POR	7	0	0	0	.169	7.8	1.8	0.1	3	4	.429	0.2	0.1	0.3
1983-84	23	POR	5	0	0	0	.085	3.0	1.3	0.3	2	3	.400	-	-	-
1984-85	24	DEN	11	8	4	1	.200	2.7	0.8	0.5	5	6	.455	0.2	0.5	0.7
1985-86	25	DEN	10	10	0	0	.256	2.3	0.9	0.2	5	5	.500	0.1	0.4	0.5
1986-87	26	DEN	3	3	1	0	.308	11.0	3.5	0.2	0	3	.000	-	-	-
1987-88	27	DEN	7	7	5	1	.315	12.2	3.2	0.3	5	2	.714	0.8	0.4	1.2
1988-89	28	DEN	2	2	1	1	.337	3.2	0.7	0.1	0	2	.000	-	0.1	0.1
1989-90	29	DEN	3	3	2	0	.308	4.2	1.6	0.3	0	3	.000	0.1	0.1	0.2
CAREER			48	33	13	3	.229	3.7	1.1	0.3	20	28	.417	1.4	1.6	3.0

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 29, 1982	The Portland Trail Blazers selected Fat Lever in Round 1 with Pick 11 in the 1982 NBA Draft.
Oct 7, 1982	Fat Lever signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Jun 7, 1984	Fat Lever was acquired by the Denver Nuggets from the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade.
Jun 8, 1984	Fat Lever signed a veteran extension with the Denver Nuggets.
Jul 1, 1989	Fat Lever, previously with the Denver Nuggets, became a free agent.
Oct 15, 1989	Fat Lever signed a multi-year contract with the Denver Nuggets.
Jun 21, 1990	Fat Lever was acquired by the Dallas Mavericks from the Denver Nuggets in a trade.
Jul 1, 1994	Fat Lever, previously with the Dallas Mavericks, became a free agent.
Sep 2, 1994	The Dallas Mavericks renounced their free-agent exception rights to Fat Lever.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-NBA Second Team	1987
1x All-NBA Defensive Second Team	1988
1x Player of the Month	Apr 1988
2x Player of the Week	2/01/1987, 4/17/1988
2x All-Star	1988, 1990
1x Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1988
1x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1990

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG%	3P%	FT%
1988	27	West	1	31.0	17.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	.500	.000	.750
1990	29	West	1	22.0	16.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	.538	.000	1.000
CAREER			2	26.5	16.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	.519	.000	.833

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	PF
1988	27	West	1	1	31	17	7	14	.500	0	.000	3	4	.750	4	4	3	0	4
1990	29	West	1	0	22	16	7	13	.538	2	.000	2	2	1.000	3	3	2	2	0
CAREER			2	1	53	33	14	27	.519	2	.000	5	6	.833	7	7	5	2	4

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13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3

FG%	3P%	FT%
44.7%	31.0%	77.1%