Michael Cooper 
#13 SG | 6-7, 180lbs | Bulls | Experience: 3 years
Born: 4/15/1956 (26) | College: New Mexico

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 27 96 81 61 47 69 35 35 37 81 84 44 69 67 41 85  
 Potential: C A A B A B D D D A A C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $475,000  $475,000  $475,000  $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 CHI 82 82 33.8 12.6 1.5 3.5 5.8 2.2 2.64 1.8 0.4 2.3 .507 .814 .375  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 82 82 35.2 13.5 1.2 4.0 6.1 2.8 2.20 1.8 0.3 2.1 .490 .864 .316  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 82 0 24.1 8.8 1.2 1.6 2.7 1.7 1.56 1.0 0.5 2.6 .524 .776 .250  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 3 0 2.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.3 0.0 0.3 .500 .000 .000  
 Career     249 164 30.7 11.5 1.3 3.0 4.8 2.2 2.18 1.5 0.4 2.3 .504 .823 .335  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 5.2 10.3 .507 1.8 2.2 .814 1.9 2.8 .671 2.9 6.5 .455 0.4 1.0 .375  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 5.5 11.3 .490 2.2 2.5 .864 1.8 2.5 .731 3.4 7.9 .436 0.3 0.9 .316  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 3.7 7.0 .524 1.4 1.7 .776 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .250  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.8 9.4 .504 1.8 2.1 .823 1.2 1.7 .699 2.1 4.7 .444 0.2 0.7 .335  

 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 426 841 149 183 30 80 1031 119 403 478 150 181 150 30 191 83 
 1980 82 82 2890 453 924 178 206 24 76 1108 102 431 498 144 226 144 22 169 36 
 1979 82 0 1973 303 578 111 143 5 20 722 101 229 221 86 142 86 38 215 0 
 1978 3 0 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 
 Career 249 164 7639 1185 2349 438 532 59 176 2867 322 1063 1197 381 550 381 90 576 119 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .560 1.23 30.2 11.4 18.7 5.1 11.6 8.5 17.9 304.0 10.1 1.0 105.4 103.7  
 1980 NPSBL CHI .546 1.20 28.6 13.0 19.6 4.1 13.0 8.6 17.6 307.0 10.2 0.4 101.5 101.2  
 1979 NPSBL LAL .563 1.25 22.0 14.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL LAL .500 1.00 0.0 14.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .555 1.22 27.6 12.7 14.2 4.6 12.3 8.5 17.8 611.0 20.4 0.5 103.4 102.4  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 4 4 38.8 14.3 0.5 4.5 6.8 2.5 2.70 2.5 0.3 3.3 .500 1.000 .143  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 5 5 32.6 11.4 1.2 3.2 3.2 2.4 1.33 1.4 0.4 2.8 .400 .909 .500  
 Career     9 9 35.3 12.7 0.9 3.8 4.8 2.4 1.95 1.9 0.3 3.0 .443 .960 .308  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 5.3 10.5 .500 3.5 3.5 1.000 2.0 2.5 .800 3.0 6.3 .480 0.3 1.8 .143  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 4.4 11.0 .400 2.0 2.2 .909 1.0 2.2 .455 2.8 7.6 .368 0.6 1.2 .500  
 Career     4.8 10.8 .443 2.7 2.8 .960 1.4 2.3 .619 2.9 7.0 .413 0.4 1.4 .308  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 4 4 155 21 42 14 14 1 7 57 2 20 27 10 10 10 1 13 -56 
 1980 5 5 163 22 55 10 11 3 6 57 6 22 16 7 12 7 2 14 -58 
 Career 9 9 318 43 97 24 25 4 13 114 8 42 43 17 22 17 3 27 -114 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .583 1.36 31.8 11.8 18.7 1.4 13.8 7.4 12.6 5.0 0.2 -14.0 97.9 115.4  
 1980 NPSBL CHI .467 1.04 18.2 13.6 19.0 3.8 12.1 7.6 8.9 -3.9 -0.1 -11.6 94.2 110.8  
 Career     .528 1.18 24.9 12.7 9.8 2.7 13.0 7.5 10.7 1.0 0.0 -12.7 95.9 113.0  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 26 7 10 12 6 2 6 12 18 7 10 2 3  
 Playoff 23 4 7 8 4 2 4 7 17 8 8 1 4  
 Career 29 7 12 14 7 2 8 14 20 12 13 2 4  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 20
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 2
 1980 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Chicago with pick #12 of round 1 of the creation draft.

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