Purvis Short 
#25 SF | 6-7, 221lbs | Hawks | Experience: 3 years
Born: 7/2/1957 (24) | College: Jackson State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 76 61 80 33 47 34 60 23 36 45 61 16 73 50 74 79  
 Potential: A B A D C C C D D C B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $364,317  $364,317  $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 ATL 82 82 33.8 16.4 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.3 1.38 1.0 0.1 3.4 .470 .808 .258  
 1980 NPSBL ATL 82 82 36.3 16.0 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.4 1.25 0.9 0.3 3.5 .430 .837 .205  
 1979 NPSBL GSW 62 0 26.4 17.0 1.9 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.01 1.0 0.1 3.0 .503 .812 .000  
 1978 NPSBL GSW 75 0 22.7 10.6 1.7 2.9 1.3 1.5 0.87 0.7 0.2 3.1 .479 .671 .000  
 Career     301 164 30.2 15.0 2.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.17 0.9 0.2 3.3 .467 .807 .211  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL ATL 6.5 13.9 .470 3.2 4.0 .808 2.8 4.5 .625 3.6 9.0 .401 0.1 0.4 .258  
 1980 NPSBL ATL 6.2 14.5 .430 3.4 4.1 .837 3.0 4.8 .621 3.1 9.2 .342 0.1 0.5 .205  
 1979 NPSBL GSW 7.4 14.8 .503 2.2 2.7 .812 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1978 NPSBL GSW 4.9 10.3 .479 0.8 1.1 .671 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.2 13.3 .467 2.5 3.0 .807 1.6 2.5 .623 1.8 5.0 .371 0.1 0.3 .211  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 82 82 2769 537 1143 265 328 8 31 1347 164 400 255 86 185 86 8 276 -276 
 1980 82 82 2976 510 1187 282 337 8 39 1310 210 449 244 70 195 70 24 286 -875 
 1979 62 0 1636 461 916 134 165 0 6 1056 119 316 123 63 122 63 9 186 0 
 1978 75 0 1703 369 771 57 85 0 0 795 127 347 97 54 111 54 12 233 0 
 Career 301 164 9084 1877 4017 738 915 16 76 4508 620 1512 719 273 613 273 53 981 -1151 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL ATL .524 1.18 14.8 10.7 23.0 7.0 10.1 8.5 15.1 191.6 6.4 -3.4 103.9 108.2  
 1980 NPSBL ATL .491 1.10 13.8 11.0 22.0 8.2 9.7 8.9 13.7 140.8 4.7 -10.7 99.0 112.1  
 1979 NPSBL GSW .534 1.15 10.0 9.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL GSW .493 1.03 9.5 10.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .510 1.12 12.5 10.7 14.2 7.6 9.9 8.7 14.7 332.4 11.1 -3.8 101.3 110.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 Career     0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 Career     0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 Career     .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 45 7 12 8 5 2 8 16 31 17 20 1 3  
 Playoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Career 45 8 12 8 5 2 8 16 31 17 20 1 4  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 7

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Atlanta with pick #6 of round 2 of the creation draft.

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