John Long 
#28 SG | 6-5, 201lbs | Suns | Experience: 3 years
Born: 8/28/1956 (25) | College: Detroit

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 67 72 82 42 41 21 38 12 19 59 69 19 73 63 43 86  
 Potential: B A A C C D C D D B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $235,837  $235,837  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 82 82 36.5 18.7 1.6 1.6 2.4 2.2 1.07 1.1 0.1 3.6 .515 .811 .219  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 82 82 41.0 27.5 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.1 0.86 1.7 0.1 3.0 .505 .858 .239  
 1979 NPSBL DET 69 0 34.3 19.4 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.0 1.00 1.9 0.4 3.2 .505 .825 .083  
 1978 NPSBL DET 82 0 30.5 16.1 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 0.88 1.2 0.2 2.7 .469 .826 .000  
 Career     315 164 35.6 20.5 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.5 0.95 1.5 0.2 3.1 .499 .834 .222  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 7.4 14.4 .515 3.7 4.5 .811 4.0 5.7 .699 3.3 7.9 .412 0.2 0.8 .219  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 11.0 21.7 .505 5.3 6.2 .858 5.2 7.6 .681 5.4 12.7 .427 0.3 1.3 .239  
 1979 NPSBL DET 8.5 16.9 .505 2.3 2.8 .825 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .083  
 1978 NPSBL DET 7.1 15.1 .469 1.9 2.3 .826 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     8.5 17.0 .499 3.3 4.0 .834 2.4 3.5 .689 2.3 5.4 .421 0.1 0.6 .222  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 82 82 2996 609 1183 301 371 14 64 1533 129 263 194 89 182 89 11 293 575 
 1980 82 82 3362 898 1779 434 506 26 109 2256 120 280 216 141 252 141 5 249 360 
 1979 69 0 2364 588 1164 160 194 1 12 1337 152 337 206 129 206 129 26 221 0 
 1978 82 0 2498 581 1240 157 190 0 0 1319 127 266 121 102 137 102 19 224 0 
 Career 315 164 11220 2676 5366 1052 1261 41 185 6445 528 1146 737 461 777 461 61 987 935 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .569 1.30 11.3 10.6 21.4 5.3 5.1 5.2 14.9 196.9 6.6 7.0 114.0 104.7  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .563 1.27 8.7 10.2 28.3 4.5 5.7 5.1 20.5 499.6 16.7 4.4 111.3 105.7  
 1979 NPSBL DET .535 1.15 12.4 12.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL DET .498 1.06 7.6 8.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .544 1.20 9.9 10.5 14.2 4.9 5.4 5.1 16.6 696.5 23.2 3.0 112.6 105.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 7 7 37.4 24.6 1.7 2.1 2.7 2.7 1.00 1.1 0.3 4.0 .547 .850 .500  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 6 6 38.7 27.5 2.8 2.3 3.3 4.2 0.80 1.7 0.2 3.0 .447 .923 .250  
 Career     13 13 38.0 25.9 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.4 0.89 1.4 0.2 3.5 .496 .898 .364  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 10.7 19.6 .547 2.4 2.9 .850 5.3 7.4 .712 4.7 10.7 .440 0.7 1.4 .500  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 10.5 23.5 .447 6.0 6.5 .923 5.3 8.7 .615 4.7 12.8 .364 0.5 2.0 .250  
 Career     10.6 21.4 .496 4.1 4.5 .898 5.3 8.0 .663 4.7 11.7 .401 0.6 1.7 .364  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 7 7 262 75 137 17 20 5 10 172 12 27 19 8 19 8 2 28 19 
 1980 6 6 232 63 141 36 39 3 12 165 17 31 20 10 25 10 1 18 -35 
 Career 13 13 494 138 278 53 59 8 22 337 29 58 39 18 44 18 3 46 -16 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .589 1.26 10.3 10.3 21.4 5.2 5.8 5.5 15.1 18.0 0.6 2.7 115.0 112.1  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .519 1.17 9.9 12.3 34.4 7.6 7.1 7.4 15.0 15.9 0.5 -5.8 100.2 107.0  
 Career     .553 1.21 10.1 11.4 16.1 6.4 6.3 6.4 15.0 33.8 1.1 -1.2 108.3 109.8  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 34 6 8 6 4 2 6 17 26 15 18 1 3  
 Playoff 40 6 8 6 3 1 6 16 29 13 13 2 6  
 Career 43 6 9 7 6 2 9 19 35 15 18 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 DEN W 41 8 14 8 8 0 1 24 2 4 3 3 0 0 4 24
 10/21 POR W 44 7 20 2 3 0 0 16 3 6 2 2 0 0 4 4
 10/23 IND W 25 5 11 3 4 1 1 14 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 8
 10/24 SEA L 46 6 13 0 0 0 1 12 2 5 2 3 1 0 2 -9
 10/28 KCK W 32 7 10 1 2 0 2 15 0 2 3 5 1 0 4 9
 10/29 DET W 28 8 10 5 6 0 0 21 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 17
 11/3 SEA W 34 5 10 0 2 0 0 10 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 17
 11/6 BOS W 43 9 17 5 6 0 3 23 3 7 2 0 1 0 2 23
 11/7 DAL W 27 4 12 6 10 0 1 14 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 10
 11/9 DEN W 43 6 13 8 8 0 0 20 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0
 11/11 NYK L 38 7 14 0 0 0 1 14 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 4
 11/14 DET W 44 4 8 11 12 0 0 19 1 5 3 2 2 0 3 1
 11/15 UTA L 30 6 11 4 4 0 1 16 0 1 4 3 1 0 6 -8
 11/18 POR L 31 5 19 4 6 0 2 14 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -18
 11/20 NYK L 45 11 16 0 0 0 0 22 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 -4
 11/22 LAL L 18 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 1 0 6 7
 11/24 POR W 34 8 11 8 11 0 2 24 0 2 4 1 2 0 4 27
 11/26 POR W 29 7 15 4 4 1 1 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 9
 11/30 DEN W 28 4 5 3 4 0 0 11 1 1 3 3 0 0 5 -3
 12/2 SDC L 24 7 13 4 4 0 0 18 1 1 1 3 0 0 6 -4
 12/4 SDC L 47 7 14 2 2 0 1 16 2 3 3 3 0 0 4 -13
 12/5 SEA W 34 7 12 0 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 3 1 0 4 25
 12/9 DEN L 27 7 11 1 2 0 1 15 3 4 0 4 0 1 6 -2
 12/10 PHI W 42 10 16 5 6 0 0 25 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 19
 12/14 SDC W 44 17 25 0 0 0 1 34 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 14
 12/15 SAS W 25 5 8 4 4 0 1 14 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 0
 12/18 DEN L 35 8 13 6 8 0 1 22 2 4 2 2 0 0 5 8
 12/19 CLE W 45 7 13 3 4 0 1 17 1 5 4 3 1 1 3 8
 12/23 UTA L 41 12 23 2 2 1 2 27 1 2 4 3 2 0 6 -3
 12/24 LAL W 42 7 11 11 14 0 0 25 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 13
 12/26 GSW W 31 6 13 5 6 1 1 18 5 5 2 1 2 0 3 26
 12/27 CHI W 40 11 21 5 5 0 1 27 4 7 0 2 2 1 4 24
 12/30 LAL W 28 9 19 2 2 0 1 20 2 2 2 3 1 1 4 23
 12/31 PHI L 43 9 15 6 10 0 0 24 2 5 2 4 2 0 4 1
 1/2 POR L 41 11 26 2 2 0 1 24 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 -2
 1/6 ATL L 43 9 21 2 2 0 1 20 0 4 1 6 2 0 4 0
 1/7 LAL W 39 6 11 6 9 0 0 18 1 2 4 2 1 0 5 16
 1/9 GSW L 45 8 18 3 5 0 1 19 4 7 2 4 1 0 4 4
 1/11 KCK L 18 5 8 3 4 0 0 13 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 -4
 1/13 SEA W 30 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 2 31
 1/15 SEA W 37 5 11 5 6 0 0 15 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 18
 1/16 CHI W 41 9 19 2 2 0 0 20 2 5 1 6 4 0 1 9
 1/18 WAS L 46 4 9 8 12 0 0 16 1 2 2 0 4 0 3 -13
 1/20 KCK L 43 7 14 4 4 0 1 18 4 6 3 1 0 0 4 -6
 1/22 HOU W 45 11 20 3 6 0 1 25 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 10
 1/23 SDC W 37 7 15 2 2 0 0 16 1 3 3 1 1 0 4 19
 1/26 DET W 16 2 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 27
 1/27 SAS W 28 8 11 0 0 1 1 17 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 18
 1/31 IND W 39 9 18 4 5 1 1 23 1 2 4 0 3 0 3 20
 2/1 KCK L 32 9 17 1 2 0 2 19 0 2 1 4 2 0 4 -4
 2/4 UTA W 46 9 19 2 2 0 2 20 3 6 2 2 2 0 3 9
 2/9 UTA L 40 7 19 2 2 0 2 16 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 -3
 2/11 HOU W 30 6 9 6 6 0 0 18 0 1 5 3 1 0 4 21
 2/13 POR L 28 7 13 6 6 0 0 20 3 3 0 1 0 0 6 1
 2/14 HOU W 42 8 14 4 4 0 1 20 3 4 3 4 2 0 3 17
 2/17 DAL W 46 13 21 5 6 0 1 31 1 2 2 2 2 0 4 7
 2/18 HOU W 39 9 14 3 4 1 2 22 1 3 4 0 1 1 3 26
 2/21 DAL W 31 6 13 5 8 1 1 18 2 2 0 4 0 0 5 14
 2/23 ATL L 45 8 11 11 14 1 1 28 6 7 5 2 2 0 3 -7
 2/25 CLE W 33 5 10 1 2 0 0 11 0 1 2 4 2 0 3 -6
 3/1 BOS L 44 11 24 5 6 1 3 28 1 3 2 5 1 0 4 -6
 3/2 SDC W 43 6 15 1 2 0 1 13 2 4 3 3 0 0 4 10
 3/5 IND L 36 5 10 2 2 0 0 12 0 3 3 3 0 0 5 -1
 3/7 LAL L 43 11 23 9 10 0 0 31 4 6 1 2 0 0 3 -8
 3/8 DEN L 45 5 12 15 18 0 0 25 0 5 4 3 0 0 4 -9
 3/11 NJN W 43 8 18 0 0 0 0 16 1 3 5 4 2 0 2 10
 3/12 SAS W 27 9 14 0 2 0 1 18 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 5
 3/14 GSW L 32 6 14 1 2 0 0 13 3 5 2 2 0 0 4 -13
 3/16 GSW L 46 12 26 2 2 0 0 26 2 3 1 5 0 1 3 -13
 3/18 SAS W 34 8 11 4 4 0 1 20 3 4 2 2 2 0 3 21
 3/20 KCK W 29 7 13 3 4 1 1 18 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 22
 3/21 SDC W 39 9 16 0 0 0 1 18 3 8 6 3 0 0 2 15
 3/23 DAL W 12 1 1 4 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 14
 3/25 HOU W 37 15 26 4 4 0 0 34 4 7 2 1 4 0 4 24
 3/28 SAS L 46 8 18 7 10 1 3 24 0 0 4 2 1 0 3 -2
 3/29 GSW L 35 6 13 3 4 0 1 15 1 1 4 4 0 0 3 -24
 4/2 UTA W 26 7 11 2 2 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 23
 4/3 KCK L 47 5 14 3 3 0 1 13 1 5 5 4 1 0 4 -10
 4/6 DAL W 16 6 14 1 1 0 0 13 3 3 2 0 3 0 4 28
 4/8 MIL L 41 8 15 4 4 0 0 20 3 4 4 2 1 0 4 3
 4/9 NJN W 37 9 12 2 2 1 2 21 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 14
 4/12 WAS L 35 6 11 4 4 1 2 17 1 2 4 1 1 0 5 4
 4/13 LAL W 44 9 14 4 4 0 1 22 1 3 3 5 0 0 3 13
 4/16 SEA W 41 8 19 7 8 0 1 23 2 5 3 2 2 0 1 23
 4/17 POR L 43 7 16 2 2 0 1 16 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 6
 4/19 SEA W 40 8 15 2 2 1 1 19 4 5 3 2 2 0 1 23
 4/21 GSW L 45 5 13 8 8 0 1 18 1 1 6 1 1 0 2 -1
 4/22 MIL L 38 5 17 2 4 0 0 12 3 6 2 3 1 0 3 -22
 4/24 GSW W 40 12 22 6 6 2 3 32 1 3 2 2 1 0 4 20
 4/25 GSW W 36 6 13 5 6 0 1 17 0 2 3 3 3 1 3 24
 4/27 GSW L 41 16 29 2 2 1 1 35 4 5 2 4 2 0 4 4
 4/28 GSW L 46 10 15 0 0 1 1 21 0 4 4 4 1 0 5 -5
 4/30 GSW L 32 11 23 0 0 0 0 22 0 2 3 3 1 1 4 -9
 5/2 GSW W 25 9 14 2 4 1 2 21 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 -1
 5/4 GSW L 42 11 21 2 2 0 2 24 5 8 5 2 0 0 4 -14

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 9
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 1980 NPSBL All-League Third Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Phoenix with pick #1 of round 3 of the creation draft.

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