Vitaly Potapenko C-F

Height: 6-10 (208cm)

Weight: 280 lbs (127kg)

Born: Mar 21, 1975 (50 years old)

Hometown: Kiev, Ukraine

Nationality: Ukraine

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1996 Round 1, Pick 12, Cleveland Cavaliers

Pre-Draft Team: Wright State (So)

High School: Kozchagin High School (Kiev, Ukraine)

Vitaly Potapenko Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK
1/20/2008	UCAM Murcia CB	2	1	0	1	0
1/13/2008	Hestia Menorca	3	1	0	1	0
1/6/2008	Baloncesto Leon	7	5	0	0	0
12/30/2007	Bilbao Basket	8	3	0	0	0
12/27/2007	CB Granada	9	4	2	1	1

NBA Career
NCAA Career
International Career

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1996-97	21	CLE	80	15.5	5.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	.440	.500	.736
1997-98	22	CLE	80	17.7	7.1	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.6	.480	.000	.708
1998-99	23	BOS, CLE	50	27.9	10.0	6.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.0	.495	.000	.587
1999-00	24	BOS	79	22.7	9.2	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.8	.499	.000	.681
2000-01	25	BOS	82	23.2	7.5	6.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	.476	.000	.728
2001-02	26	BOS	79	17.0	4.6	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	.455	.000	.742
2002-03	27	SEA	26	15.5	4.0	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0	.441	.000	.759
2003-04	28	SEA	65	21.8	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.2	.489	.000	.641
2004-05	29	SEA	33	10.2	3.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	.517	.000	.871
2005-06	30	SEA, SAC	33	10.7	2.5	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	.521	.000	.588
2006-07	31	SAC	3	4.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	.000	.000
CAREER			610	19.0	6.5	4.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	.479	.167	.694

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1996-97	21	CLE	80	3	15.5	5.8	2.3	5.3	.440	0.0	.500	1.1	1.6	.736	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.7
1997-98	22	CLE	80	0	17.7	7.1	2.9	6.1	.480	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.708	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.6	2.5
1998-99 *	23	All Teams	50	44	27.9	10.0	4.1	8.2	.495	0.0	.000	1.8	3.1	.587	2.3	4.4	6.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.4
1998-99 *	23	BOS	33	32	28.1	10.8	4.5	8.7	.521	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.547	2.8	4.5	7.2	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.2	3.5
1998-99 *	23	CLE	17	12	27.5	8.4	3.2	7.4	.437	0.1	.000	1.9	2.9	.673	1.4	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.6	3.1
1999-00	24	BOS	79	72	22.7	9.2	3.9	7.8	.499	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.681	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.8	3.0
2000-01	25	BOS	82	7	23.2	7.5	3.0	6.4	.476	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.728	2.5	3.5	6.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.8
2001-02	26	BOS	79	9	17.0	4.6	1.7	3.8	.455	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.742	2.1	2.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.2
2002-03	27	SEA	26	2	15.5	4.0	1.6	3.6	.441	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.759	1.0	2.5	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8
2003-04	28	SEA	65	39	21.8	7.1	3.1	6.3	.489	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.641	1.6	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5
2004-05	29	SEA	33	1	10.2	3.5	1.4	2.6	.517	0.0	.000	0.8	0.9	.871	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.6
2005-06 *	30	All Teams	33	12	10.7	2.5	1.1	2.2	.521	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.588	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.5
2005-06 *	30	SEA	24	12	13.4	3.1	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.588	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.8
2005-06 *	30	SAC	9	0	3.5	1.1	0.6	0.8	.714	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7
2006-07	31	SAC	3	0	4.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0
CAREER			610	189	19.0	6.5	2.7	5.6	.479	0.0	.167	1.2	1.7	.694	1.7	2.7	4.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	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
1996-97	21	CLE	80	3	1,238	465	186	423	.440	1	2	.500	92	125	.736	105	112	217	40	26	34	109	216
1997-98	22	CLE	80	0	1,412	570	234	488	.480	0	1	.000	102	144	.708	110	203	313	57	27	28	132	198
1998-99 *	23	All Teams	50	44	1,394	499	204	412	.495	0	1	.000	91	155	.587	114	218	332	75	35	36	100	169
1998-99 *	23	BOS	33	32	927	356	149	286	.521	0	0	.000	58	106	.547	91	147	238	59	24	20	72	116
1998-99 *	23	CLE	17	12	467	143	55	126	.437	0	1	.000	33	49	.673	23	71	94	16	11	16	28	53
1999-00	24	BOS	79	72	1,797	723	307	615	.499	0	1	.000	109	160	.681	182	317	499	77	41	29	145	239
2000-01	25	BOS	82	7	1,901	611	248	521	.476	0	0	.000	115	158	.728	206	289	495	64	52	23	105	228
2001-02	26	BOS	79	9	1,343	363	137	301	.455	0	0	.000	89	120	.742	167	180	347	30	37	18	63	174
2002-03	27	SEA	26	2	403	104	41	93	.441	0	0	.000	22	29	.759	25	64	89	4	9	8	25	46
2003-04	28	SEA	65	39	1,419	459	200	409	.489	0	0	.000	59	92	.641	101	188	289	53	22	28	77	161
2004-05	29	SEA	33	1	335	117	45	87	.517	0	1	.000	27	31	.871	30	48	78	9	7	3	12	53
2005-06 *	30	All Teams	33	12	352.7	84	37	71	.521	0	0	.000	10	17	.588	27	37	64	9	2	2	16	50
2005-06 *	30	SEA	24	12	320.9	74	32	64	.500	0	0	.000	10	17	.588	26	36	62	7	2	2	14	44
2005-06 *	30	SAC	9	0	31.8	10	5	7	.714	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	6
2006-07	31	SAC	3	0	12.9	0	0	4	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	3
CAREER			610	189	11,607.6	3,995	1,639	3,424	.479	1	6	.167	716	1,031	.694	1,067	1,658	2,725	418	258	209	786	1,537

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1996-97	21	CLE	80	3	.486	.441	10.9	12.0	11.5	6.1	18.6	1.2	2.5	23.8	167.6	-7.2	1.1	91.1	104.0	9.4
1997-98	22	CLE	80	0	.517	.480	9.8	17.3	13.6	7.4	19.3	1.0	1.5	22.4	118.8	-6.7	1.2	93.0	100.9	11.0
1998-99 *	23	All Teams	50	44	.520	.495	9.8	18.7	14.3	9.7	17.2	1.4	2.0	19.4	108.2	-3.6	1.2	98.4	101.1	13.6
1998-99 *	23	BOS	33	32	.535	.521	11.1	18.2	14.6	10.9	17.8	1.4	1.6	19.9	106.8	-3.5	1.2	101.5	102.1	15.3
1998-99 *	23	CLE	17	12	.485	.437	6.8	19.8	13.4	6.8	15.9	1.3	2.8	18.3	111.0	-3.8	1.1	90.9	99.2	10.3
1999-00	24	BOS	79	72	.527	.499	11.0	21.1	15.8	7.1	17.5	1.2	1.2	20.0	118.0	-5.1	1.2	100.1	105.4	13.7
2000-01	25	BOS	82	7	.517	.476	12.1	18.5	15.2	5.9	15.1	1.4	0.9	16.6	120.4	-3.2	1.2	103.4	104.4	12.9
2001-02	26	BOS	79	9	.513	.455	13.3	15.1	14.2	3.6	15.1	1.4	1.1	14.1	119.7	-3.1	1.2	106.8	102.3	11.5
2002-03	27	SEA	26	2	.492	.441	7.1	19.6	13.1	1.7	19.1	1.2	1.6	15.4	119.9	-5.8	1.1	89.5	103.5	8.3
2003-04	28	SEA	65	39	.511	.489	8.5	15.8	12.2	6.3	14.6	0.8	1.5	17.3	113.0	-3.0	1.1	100.1	111.1	11.3
2004-05	29	SEA	33	1	.581	.517	10.6	17.4	14.0	4.6	10.7	1.1	0.7	15.5	138.8	-1.9	1.3	121.7	111.7	14.6
2005-06 *	30	All Teams	33	12	.535	.521	9.1	13.6	11.2	3.9	16.9	0.3	0.5	12.4	110.9	-2.9	1.2	104.9	117.0	7.5
2005-06 *	30	SEA	24	12	.518	.500	9.6	14.8	12.0	3.4	16.4	0.3	0.5	12.2	108.8	-2.9	1.2	104.5	120.1	7.5
2005-06 *	30	SAC	9	0	.714	.714	3.8	3.9	3.8	10.1	22.2	-	-	13.4	71.4	-2.1	1.4	111.8	111.3	8.2
2006-07	31	SAC	3	0	.000	.000	-	17.0	8.9	-	33.3	-	-	20.6	0.0	-14.7	0.0	-	112.0	-20.5
CAREER			610	189	.515	.479	10.7	17.3	14.0	6.2	16.9	1.2	1.4	18.6	134.0	-4.4	1.2	99.1	105.0	11.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1996-97	21	CLE	80	3	0	0	.086	0.4	0.2	0.3	40	40	.500	-1.2	1.7	0.4
1997-98	22	CLE	80	0	2	0	.106	0.4	0.2	0.3	47	33	.588	-0.7	2.2	1.5
1998-99 *	23	All Teams	50	44	6	0	.165	0.8	0.3	0.4	20	30	.400	0.8	1.6	2.4
1998-99 *	23	BOS	33	32	5	0	.175	0.8	0.3	0.4	12	21	.364	0.9	1.0	1.9
1998-99 *	23	CLE	17	12	1	0	.140	0.6	0.4	0.4	8	9	.471	-0.2	0.7	0.5
1999-00	24	BOS	79	72	10	0	.130	0.5	0.3	0.3	35	44	.443	1.0	1.6	2.5
2000-01	25	BOS	82	7	7	0	.113	0.6	0.5	0.3	36	46	.439	1.8	1.6	3.4
2001-02	26	BOS	79	9	5	0	.061	0.5	0.6	0.4	47	32	.595	1.3	1.8	3.1
2002-03	27	SEA	26	2	0	0	.051	0.2	0.4	0.3	8	18	.308	-0.2	0.4	0.2
2003-04	28	SEA	65	39	3	6	.110	0.7	0.3	0.2	29	36	.446	0.8	-	0.8
2004-05	29	SEA	33	1	0	0	.047	0.8	0.6	0.4	16	17	.485	0.8	0.1	0.9
2005-06 *	30	All Teams	33	12	0	0	.038	0.6	0.1	0.2	17	16	.515	0.2	-0.1	0.1
2005-06 *	30	SEA	24	12	0	0	.045	0.5	0.1	0.3	11	13	.458	0.2	-0.2	-
2005-06 *	30	SAC	9	0	0	0	.021	1.0	0.0	0.0	6	3	.667	-	-	-
2006-07	31	SAC	3	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	.333	-0.1	-	-0.1
CAREER			610	189	33	6	.097	0.5	0.3	0.3	296	314	.485	3.6	11.7	15.3

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1997-98	22	CLE	4	17.5	4.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.5	.400	.000	.500
2004-05	29	SEA	5	7.4	2.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
2005-06	30	SAC	4	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	.500	.000	.000
CAREER			13	9.0	2.4	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	.448	.000	.500

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF
1997-98	22	CLE	4	17.5	4.2	1.5	3.8	.400	.000	1.2	2.5	.500	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.0
2004-05	29	SEA	5	7.4	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6
2005-06	30	SAC	4	2.4	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
CAREER			13	9.0	2.4	1.0	2.2	.448	.000	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF
1997-98	22	CLE	4	70	17	6	15	.400	.000	5	10	.500	3	8	11	3	2	6	8
2004-05	29	SEA	5	37	10	5	10	.500	.000	0	0	.000	3	4	7	0	0	0	8
2005-06	30	SAC	4	9.5	4	2	4	.500	.000	0	0	.000	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
CAREER			13	116.5	31	13	29	.448	.000	5	10	.500	7	12	19	3	3	6	18

Season	Age	Team	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1997-98	22	CLE	4	.438	.400	6.2	16.6	11.4	9.1	23.6	1.7	-	18.5	90.0	-6.3	1.1	77.6	109.9	4.8
2004-05	29	SEA	5	.500	.500	10.0	13.7	11.8	-	-	-	-	12.9	50.0	-	1.0	119.1	114.9	9.0
2005-06	30	SAC	4	.500	.500	12.0	-	6.8	-	-	5.9	-	20.4	50.0	-	1.0	113.9	115.5	19.3
CAREER			13	.464	.448	7.6	14.3	10.8	4.7	15.2	1.4	-	16.6	94.8	-3.7	1.1	92.0	115.0	7.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1997-98	22	CLE	4	0	.084	0.5	0.3	0.7	1	3	.250	-0.2	-	-0.1
2004-05	29	SEA	5	2	.029	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	3	.400	0.1	-	0.1
2005-06	30	SAC	4	0	.015	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	3	.250	-	-	-
CAREER			13	2	.039	0.5	0.5	0.3	4	9	.308	-0.1	-	-0.1

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 26, 1996	The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Vitaly Potapenko in Round 1 with Pick 12 in the 1996 NBA Draft.
Jul 26, 1996	Vitaly Potapenko signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Mar 11, 1999	Vitaly Potapenko was acquired by the Boston Celtics from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Andrew DeClercq and a 1999 1st round pick (BOS own).
Mar 13, 1999	Vitaly Potapenko signed a rookie scale extension with the Boston Celtics.
Jul 22, 2002	Vitaly Potapenko was acquired by the Seattle SuperSonics, along with Kenny Anderson and Joseph Forte, from the Boston Celtics in exchange for Vin Baker and Shammond Williams.
Jul 1, 2005	Vitaly Potapenko, previously with the Seattle SuperSonics, became a free agent.
Aug 12, 2005	Vitaly Potapenko signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Feb 23, 2006	Vitaly Potapenko was acquired by the Sacramento Kings, along with Sergei Monia and a TPE, from the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Brian Skinner.
Jul 1, 2007	Vitaly Potapenko, previously with the Sacramento Kings, became a free agent.
Jan 11, 2010	The Sacramento Kings renounced their free-agent exception rights to Vitaly Potapenko.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Rising Stars Challenge Participant	1997

NBA Rising Stars Challenge Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1997	21	East	1	12.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	.750	.000	.000
CAREER			1	12.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	.750	.000	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1997	21	East	1	0	12	6	3	4	.750	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
CAREER			1	0	12	6	3	4	.750	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3

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NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
3x Cleveland Cavaliers	1996, 1997, 1999
3x Boston Celtics	1999, 2000, 2001
4x Seattle SuperSonics	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
1x Sacramento Kings	2006

NCAA Career

College: Wright State (1996)

International Basketball Career

International Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2007-08	32	Movistar Estudiantes	ACB	6	20.2	5.3	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.5	.333	.000	.667

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2007-08	32	Movistar Estudiantes	ACB	6	3	20.2	5.3	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	3.0	.667	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.3

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2007-08	32	Movistar Estudiantes	ACB	6	3	121.3	32	10	30	.333	0	1	.000	12	18	.667	7	9	16	4	3	1	9	14

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2007-08	32	Movistar Estudiantes	ACB	6	3	.422	.333	7.2	10.7	8.8	6.4	19.2	1.5	0.9	19.4	100.0	-5.5	1.1	84.3	106.2	5.8

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2007-08	32	Movistar Estudiantes	ACB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	0.4	0.3	0.6	3	3	.500	-0.3	0.2	-0.1

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