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Height: 6-5 (196cm)

Weight: 195 lbs (88kg)

Born: Jul 13, 1954 (70 years old)

Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1975 Round 1, Pick 1, Atlanta Hawks

Pre-Draft Team: NC State (Sr)

High School: Crest High School (Shelby, North Carolina)

Hall of Fame Player, 2x All-NBA 1st, 4x All-Star, #33 retired by DEN

David Thompson Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	BLK
3/9/1984	Sixers	4	1
3/8/1984	Wizards	13	0
3/6/1984	Knicks	6	0
3/4/1984	Celtics	8	0
3/2/1984	Pacers	16	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

9 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77 ☆	22	DEN	82	36.6	25.9	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	.507	-	.766
1977-78 ☆	23	DEN	80	37.8	27.1	4.9	4.5	1.1	1.2	3.1	.521	-	.778
1978-79 ☆	24	DEN	76	35.1	24.0	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	.512	-	.753
1979-80	25	DEN	39	31.8	21.5	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	.468	.368	.758
1980-81	26	DEN	77	34.0	25.5	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	.506	.256	.795
1981-82	27	DEN	61	20.4	14.9	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	.486	.286	.814
1982-83 ☆	28	SEA	75	28.7	15.9	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	.481	.200	.784
1983-84	29	SEA	19	18.4	12.6	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.4	.539	.000	.849
CAREER			509	32.0	22.1	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	2.6	.504	.277	.778

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Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77 ☆	22	DEN	82	-	36.6	25.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9
1977-78 ☆	23	DEN	80	-	37.8	27.1	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.3	.778	1.9	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.1	1.2	3.1	2.7
1978-79 ☆	24	DEN	76	-	35.1	24.0	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4
1979-80	25	DEN	39	-	31.8	21.5	7.4	15.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.368	6.5	8.6	.758	1.4	3.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7
1980-81	26	DEN	77	-	34.0	25.5	9.5	18.8	.506	0.1	0.5	.256	6.4	8.0	.795	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.0
1981-82	27	DEN	61	5	20.4	14.9	5.1	10.6	.486	0.1	0.2	.286	4.5	5.6	.814	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4
1982-83 ☆	28	SEA	75	64	28.7	15.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9
1983-84	29	SEA	19	0	18.4	12.6	4.7	8.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	3.8	.849	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.6
CAREER			509	69	32.0	22.1	8.3	16.4	.504	0.1	0.3	.277	5.5	7.1	.778	1.4	2.3	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.5

☆ 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
1976-77 ☆	22	DEN	82	-	3,001	2,125	824	1,626	.507	-	-	-	477	623	.766	138	196	334	337	114	53	-	236
1977-78 ☆	23	DEN	80	-	3,025	2,172	826	1,584	.521	-	-	-	520	668	.778	156	234	390	362	92	99	245	213
1978-79 ☆	24	DEN	76	-	2,670	1,825	693	1,353	.512	-	-	-	439	583	.753	109	165	274	225	70	82	186	180
1979-80	25	DEN	39	-	1,239	839	289	617	.468	7	19	.368	254	335	.758	56	118	174	124	39	38	116	106
1980-81	26	DEN	77	-	2,620	1,967	734	1,451	.506	10	39	.256	489	615	.795	107	180	287	231	53	60	250	231
1981-82	27	DEN	61	5	1,246	906	313	644	.486	4	14	.286	276	339	.814	57	91	148	117	34	29	142	149
1982-83 ☆	28	SEA	75	64	2,155	1,190	445	925	.481	2	10	.200	298	380	.784	96	174	270	222	47	33	163	142
1983-84	29	SEA	19	0	349	240	89	165	.539	0	1	.000	62	73	.849	18	26	44	13	10	13	27	30
CAREER			509	69	16,305	11,264	4,213	8,365	.504	23	83	.277	2,815	3,616	.778	737	1,184	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287

☆ 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
1976-77 ☆	22	DEN	82	-	.559	.507	4.8	6.5	5.7	17.7	-	1.6	0.9	-	127.2	-	1.3	-	99.8	20.4
1977-78 ☆	23	DEN	80	-	.578	.521	5.5	7.7	6.6	19.3	11.5	1.3	1.7	26.8	130.0	-0.1	1.4	114.4	104.2	22.9
1978-79 ☆	24	DEN	76	-	.567	.512	4.3	6.4	5.4	13.3	10.4	1.2	1.6	25.9	126.5	-1.3	1.3	113.9	106.2	20.4
1979-80	25	DEN	39	-	.549	.474	4.6	10.2	7.3	15.6	13.2	1.5	1.6	27.8	159.5	-2.7	1.4	107.9	108.6	19.0
1980-81	26	DEN	77	-	.571	.509	4.1	7.2	5.6	13.2	12.7	0.9	1.2	27.9	155.7	-3.4	1.4	111.1	112.6	19.6
1981-82	27	DEN	61	5	.571	.489	5.0	7.6	6.4	12.5	15.2	1.2	1.2	28.5	158.6	-4.7	1.4	108.4	115.6	18.3
1982-83 ☆	28	SEA	75	64	.545	.482	5.0	8.2	6.7	14.7	13.0	1.0	0.8	23.3	146.5	-0.7	1.3	108.2	106.5	16.3
1983-84	29	SEA	19	0	.609	.539	5.9	8.4	7.2	6.0	12.0	1.4	2.1	26.7	138.9	-5.3	1.5	113.8	109.2	20.1
CAREER			509	69	.566	.505	4.8	7.5	6.2	15.3	12.3	1.3	1.3	26.9	155.9	-1.9	1.3	111.2	107.9	19.7

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77 ☆	22	DEN	82	-	4	.323	-	-	0.4	50	32	.610	7.6	3.1	10.7
1977-78 ☆	23	DEN	80	-	7	.335	1.5	0.4	0.4	47	33	.588	10.8	1.9	12.7
1978-79 ☆	24	DEN	76	-	1	.261	1.2	0.4	0.4	44	32	.579	7.4	2.1	9.5
1979-80	25	DEN	39	-	0	.119	1.1	0.3	0.5	15	24	.385	2.2	0.8	3.0
1980-81	26	DEN	77	-	4	.255	0.9	0.2	0.4	34	43	.442	6.0	0.4	6.4
1981-82	27	DEN	61	5	1	.108	0.8	0.2	0.5	37	24	.607	2.1	-	2.0
1982-83 ☆	28	SEA	75	64	0	.185	1.4	0.3	0.4	44	31	.587	3.6	1.8	5.4
1983-84	29	SEA	19	0	0	.029	0.5	0.4	0.4	7	12	.368	0.8	0.3	1.0
CAREER			509	69	17	.202	1.1	0.3	0.4	278	231	.546	40.5	10.4	50.7

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

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Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	22	DEN	6	39.5	24.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	.463	-	.679
1977-78	23	DEN	13	37.0	25.2	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	.450	-	.825
1978-79	24	DEN	3	40.7	28.0	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	.551	-	.727
1981-82	27	DEN	3	22.0	11.7	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	.455	.333	.571
1982-83	28	SEA	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	.360	.000	.600
CAREER			27	36.0	22.9	4.3	3.7	0.9	1.0	3.0	.462	.333	.745

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	22	DEN	6	-	39.5	24.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7
1977-78	23	DEN	13	-	37.0	25.2	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6
1978-79	24	DEN	3	-	40.7	28.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0
1981-82	27	DEN	3	0	22.0	11.7	5.0	11.0	.455	0.3	1.0	.333	1.3	2.3	.571	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7
1982-83	28	SEA	2	0	32.5	12.0	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5
CAREER			27	0	36.0	22.9	9.2	20.0	.462	0.2	0.6	.333	4.4	6.0	.745	1.6	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.9	1.0	3.0	3.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	22	DEN	6	-	237	148	56	121	.463	-	-	-	36	53	.679	13	18	31	24	9	4	-	22
1977-78	23	DEN	13	-	481	328	131	291	.450	-	-	-	66	80	.825	18	35	53	52	9	21	39	34
1978-79	24	DEN	3	-	122	84	38	69	.551	-	-	-	8	11	.727	7	14	21	12	4	1	12	12
1981-82	27	DEN	3	0	66	35	15	33	.455	1	3	.333	4	7	.571	4	6	10	6	1	0	8	8
1982-83	28	SEA	2	0	65	24	9	25	.360	0	0	.000	6	10	.600	0	0	0	7	1	1	4	7
CAREER			27	0	971	619	249	539	.462	1	3	.333	120	161	.745	42	73	115	101	24	27	63	83

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1976-77	22	DEN	6	-	.513	.463	5.7	8.2	6.9	17.5	-	1.7	0.9	-	114.2	-	1.2	-	100.7	18.1
1977-78	23	DEN	13	-	.503	.450	3.9	7.2	5.6	16.9	10.7	0.8	2.2	28.6	127.5	-0.9	1.1	105.1	109.9	18.8
1978-79	24	DEN	3	-	.569	.551	5.8	12.9	9.2	16.1	14.0	1.5	0.4	27.8	127.8	-3.3	1.2	107.7	108.7	21.5
1981-82	27	DEN	3	0	.485	.470	6.5	10.4	8.4	11.8	18.1	0.7	-	25.9	135.9	-5.8	1.1	91.1	116.8	10.9
1982-83	28	SEA	2	0	.408	.360	-	-	-	15.7	12.0	0.8	0.9	20.6	96.0	1.1	1.0	87.3	113.9	6.0
CAREER			27	0	.508	.463	4.5	7.9	6.2	16.5	11.9	1.2	1.5	28.5	154.1	-1.6	1.1	102.1	108.4	17.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77	22	DEN	6	-	1	.335	-	-	0.4	2	4	.333	0.4	0.2	0.6
1977-78	23	DEN	13	-	0	.321	1.3	0.2	0.3	6	7	.462	0.8	0.1	1.0
1978-79	24	DEN	3	-	0	.376	1.0	0.3	0.2	1	2	.333	0.3	-	0.3
1981-82	27	DEN	3	0	0	.146	0.8	0.1	0.2	1	2	.333	-0.1	-	-0.1
1982-83	28	SEA	2	0	0	.203	1.8	0.2	0.4	0	2	.000	-0.1	-	-0.1
CAREER			27	0	1	.255	1.2	0.2	0.3	10	17	.370	1.3	0.3	1.7

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
May 29, 1975	The Atlanta Hawks selected David Thompson in Round 1 with Pick 1 in the 1975 NBA Draft.
Aug 5, 1976	David Thompson signed a multi-year contract with the Denver Nuggets.
Jun 1, 1978	David Thompson signed a veteran extension with the Denver Nuggets.
Jun 16, 1982	David Thompson was acquired by the Seattle SuperSonics from the Denver Nuggets in a trade.
Jul 1, 1983	David Thompson, previously with the Seattle SuperSonics, became a free agent.
Jan 18, 1984	David Thompson signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jul 1, 1985	David Thompson, previously with the Seattle SuperSonics, became a free agent.
Oct 15, 1985	The Seattle SuperSonics renounced their free-agent exception rights to David Thompson.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
2x All-NBA First Team	1977, 1978
1x Player of the Week	11/02/1980
4x All-Star	1977, 1978, 1979, 1983
1x All-Star MVP	1979
4x Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1977, 1978, 1979, 1983

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1977	22	West	1	29.0	18.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	.778	-	.667
1978	23	West	1	35.0	22.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	.625	-	.500
1979	24	West	1	34.0	25.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	.647	-	.429
1983	28	West	1	17.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.714	.000	.000
CAREER			4	28.8	18.8	4.0	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.0	.673	.000	.529

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1977	22	West	1	-	29	18	7	9	.778	-	-	-	4	6	.667	0	7	7	3	3	0	-	3
1978	23	West	1	-	35	22	10	16	.625	-	-	-	2	4	.500	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	4
1979	24	West	1	-	34	25	11	17	.647	-	-	-	3	7	.429	3	2	5	2	1	1	1	4
1983	28	West	1	1	17	10	5	7	.714	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	2
CAREER			4	4	115	75	33	49	.673	0	0	.000	9	17	.529	3	13	16	10	6	1	8	13

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NCAA Career

College: NC State (1975)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Naismith College Player of the Year	1975
1x Adolph Rupp Trophy	1975
2x Helms Foundation Player of the Year	1974, 1975
3x Consensus All-American First Team	1973, 1974, 1975
1x NABC Player of the Year	1975
3x NABC All-American First Team	1973, 1974, 1975
2x AP Player of the Year	1974, 1975
3x AP All-American First Team	1973, 1974, 1975
1x Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA Player of the Year)	1975
2x USBWA All-American First Team	1974, 1975
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1973
1x Sporting News Player of the Year	1975
1x UPI Player of the Year	1975
3x UPI All-American First Team	1973, 1974, 1975
3x ACC Player of the Year (Media)	1973, 1974, 1975
1x NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player	1974
1x NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP)	1974

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
22.1	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8

FG%	3P%	FT%
50.4%	27.7%	77.8%