Adrian Dantley 
#4 SG | 6-5, 211lbs | Pacers | Experience: 6 years
Born: 2/28/1956 (27) | College: Notre Dame

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 100 59 79 0 45 46 63 39 32 50 50 12 72 75 95 92  
 Potential: A C B F C C B D D C C F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989 
 Value: $475,000  $570,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 82 82 36.4 30.6 2.3 4.0 4.3 3.7 1.16 1.1 0.2 2.5 .534 .799 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 76 76 36.3 32.8 1.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 1.10 1.0 0.1 2.3 .541 .820 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 82 82 35.7 30.4 1.8 3.4 3.8 3.5 1.07 1.1 0.1 2.1 .511 .843 .000  
 1979 NPSBL UTA 68 0 39.3 28.0 2.7 4.9 2.8 3.4 0.82 1.4 0.2 3.1 .576 .842 .000  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 60 0 29.6 17.3 2.2 3.5 2.3 2.6 0.89 1.1 0.2 2.7 .510 .854 .000  
 1977 NPSBL IND 79 0 37.1 21.5 3.4 4.5 3.2 2.9 1.11 1.5 0.3 2.9 .512 .796 .000  
 1976 NPSBL BUF 77 0 36.6 20.3 3.3 4.4 1.9 0.0 144.00 1.2 0.2 2.8 .520 .818 .000  
 Career     524 240 36.0 26.1 2.5 4.1 3.2 2.8 1.14 1.2 0.2 2.6 .531 .822 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 10.6 19.9 .534 9.3 11.6 .799 7.6 11.5 .665 3.0 8.5 .357 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 11.1 20.4 .541 10.7 13.0 .820 7.8 11.6 .674 3.2 8.9 .366 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 9.6 18.8 .511 11.2 13.3 .843 7.3 11.0 .657 2.4 7.7 .306 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1979 NPSBL UTA 10.7 18.6 .576 6.5 7.7 .842 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 6.2 12.2 .510 4.9 5.7 .854 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL IND 7.3 14.3 .512 6.8 8.6 .796 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL BUF 7.1 13.6 .520 6.2 7.6 .818 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.0 17.0 .531 8.1 9.9 .822 3.5 5.2 .665 1.3 3.8 .344 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 82 82 2986 873 1635 762 954 0 1 2508 188 513 349 90 301 90 15 201 426 
 1981 76 76 2756 840 1554 813 991 0 0 2493 147 444 307 74 279 74 11 171 563 
 1980 82 82 2928 789 1545 918 1089 0 5 2496 149 429 310 88 291 88 11 175 599 
 1979 68 0 2674 730 1267 443 526 0 2 1903 183 516 191 96 233 96 14 211 0 
 1978 60 0 1775 374 733 292 342 0 0 1040 131 342 138 63 155 63 12 162 0 
 1977 79 0 2933 578 1128 541 680 0 0 1697 265 620 253 118 228 118 24 233 0 
 1976 77 0 2816 544 1046 476 582 0 0 1564 251 587 144 91 0 91 15 215 0 
 Career 524 240 18868 4728 8908 4245 5164 0 8 13701 1314 3451 1692 620 1487 620 102 1368 1588 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL IND .610 1.53 12.9 11.1 33.4 7.0 12.4 9.6 29.2 832.3 27.7 5.2 110.5 103.6  
 1981 NPSBL IND .626 1.60 11.9 10.8 34.2 6.3 12.1 9.3 30.6 826.1 27.5 7.4 113.0 103.9  
 1980 NPSBL IND .617 1.62 11.8 11.1 32.2 6.1 10.4 8.3 29.6 833.6 27.8 7.3 110.5 101.4  
 1979 NPSBL UTA .636 1.50 9.9 12.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL LAL .589 1.42 11.7 13.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL IND .594 1.50 13.3 11.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL BUF .601 1.50 10.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .613 1.54 11.8 10.4 15.3 6.5 11.6 9.1 29.4 2492.1 83.1 3.0 111.3 102.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 5 5 43.0 35.0 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.6 1.04 0.8 0.6 4.0 .438 .852 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 15 15 38.7 38.9 1.9 4.7 5.1 4.1 1.25 1.3 0.1 3.5 .545 .839 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 14 14 38.8 26.5 1.9 4.5 3.9 3.7 1.06 0.8 0.2 3.4 .444 .856 .000  
 Career     34 34 39.4 33.2 2.3 4.5 4.6 4.0 1.14 1.0 0.2 3.5 .492 .847 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 10.6 24.2 .438 13.8 16.2 .852 7.8 14.0 .557 2.8 10.2 .275 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 13.9 25.5 .545 11.1 13.3 .839 10.1 14.3 .702 3.8 11.1 .343 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 8.8 19.8 .444 8.9 10.4 .856 5.5 9.7 .566 3.3 10.0 .329 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     11.3 22.9 .492 10.6 12.5 .847 7.9 12.4 .634 3.4 10.5 .328 0.0 0.1 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 5 5 215 53 121 69 81 0 0 175 21 42 24 4 23 4 3 20 -28 
 1981 15 15 581 208 382 167 199 0 1 583 29 99 76 19 61 19 2 52 -23 
 1980 14 14 543 123 277 125 146 0 1 371 27 90 55 11 52 11 3 48 -11 
 Career 34 34 1339 384 780 361 426 0 2 1129 77 231 155 34 136 34 8 120 -62 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL IND .561 1.45 11.8 11.3 33.4 10.0 11.4 10.6 19.5 28.7 1.0 -5.6 106.0 111.8  
 1981 NPSBL IND .621 1.53 12.5 10.0 39.0 5.9 14.0 10.0 25.8 133.4 4.4 -1.5 109.2 111.1  
 1980 NPSBL IND .545 1.34 12.3 11.6 30.2 5.4 12.6 9.0 16.9 51.9 1.7 -0.8 103.5 103.3  
 Career     .583 1.45 12.3 10.8 29.2 6.4 13.0 9.7 21.2 214.1 7.1 -1.8 106.4 108.0  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 55 7 13 12 5 3 9 17 36 21 26 0 1  
 Playoff 56 8 12 10 3 2 7 19 41 24 27 0 1  
 Career 56 8 13 12 5 3 9 19 41 24 29 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/19 MIL L 45 9 24 9 10 0 0 27 1 5 6 2 2 0 4 -6
 10/20 MIL W 42 10 25 9 10 0 0 29 2 6 7 3 2 0 4 7
 10/22 CHI W 43 4 21 11 14 0 0 19 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 0
 10/24 PHI W 37 13 23 7 8 0 0 33 2 7 5 4 2 0 1 25
 10/25 UTA W 42 11 23 19 21 0 0 41 4 7 5 7 1 0 2 15
 10/31 WAS L 44 11 20 15 16 0 0 37 1 6 5 8 0 0 4 -9
 11/2 MIL W 31 16 23 7 9 0 0 39 3 6 2 3 2 0 2 28
 11/5 WAS L 40 9 22 6 12 0 0 24 1 1 7 0 5 0 2 -14
 11/6 NJN W 29 9 17 6 8 0 0 24 1 3 4 1 0 0 4 15
 11/8 GSW L 40 16 36 10 11 0 0 42 3 6 6 3 1 0 2 -5
 11/9 WAS L 39 11 25 12 12 0 0 34 3 6 3 4 0 1 0 -3
 11/11 PHX W 41 13 21 13 14 0 0 39 4 10 4 3 1 0 0 8
 11/12 CLE L 40 10 26 14 22 0 0 34 3 9 7 5 0 0 3 3
 11/14 MIL L 35 7 21 6 8 0 0 20 1 6 2 3 0 0 5 -19
 11/18 SDC W 38 10 14 4 6 0 0 24 3 8 4 5 1 0 1 29
 11/20 ATL W 37 15 25 10 12 0 0 40 3 6 7 2 3 0 4 14
 11/22 DET L 40 10 17 18 18 0 0 38 2 4 4 3 1 0 2 1
 11/24 DAL W 19 8 10 2 2 0 0 18 0 3 3 2 0 0 5 12
 11/26 CLE L 36 12 20 5 11 0 0 29 0 3 3 4 0 0 5 -1
 11/27 NYK W 33 4 10 10 12 0 0 18 1 8 3 3 0 0 5 24
 11/30 WAS L 44 15 24 6 9 0 0 36 3 8 6 3 1 0 2 -5
 12/1 ATL W 41 10 20 12 15 0 0 32 3 10 11 1 3 0 3 9
 12/5 NJN W 42 12 27 11 17 0 0 35 1 12 12 3 0 3 2 6
 12/6 DAL L 38 9 21 9 10 0 0 27 1 4 2 6 1 0 3 -6
 12/10 DEN L 41 12 26 6 8 0 0 30 4 8 6 2 1 2 1 -6
 12/11 MIL W 36 14 21 7 10 0 0 35 3 9 6 4 0 0 1 16
 12/15 WAS L 37 12 24 12 16 0 0 36 0 2 4 2 2 0 4 -7
 12/16 WAS L 41 17 31 12 15 0 0 46 2 4 5 7 3 0 2 1
 12/19 CLE W 39 9 25 10 12 0 0 28 4 11 8 5 1 0 4 -2
 12/20 POR W 42 14 23 8 9 0 0 36 1 5 6 4 1 0 4 7
 12/22 SEA L 40 7 14 10 16 0 0 24 1 5 4 0 0 0 1 -14
 12/23 DET W 37 6 15 7 9 0 0 19 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 11
 12/26 MIL W 40 17 28 10 13 0 0 44 3 6 6 4 1 0 2 11
 12/27 BOS W 38 7 10 18 19 0 0 32 1 3 6 2 2 1 2 18
 12/29 ATL L 36 9 13 14 20 0 0 32 1 4 4 5 2 0 4 -7
 12/30 HOU W 33 13 16 12 14 0 0 38 1 4 6 2 3 0 2 21
 1/3 NJN W 40 12 24 14 20 0 0 38 4 9 4 3 2 0 1 9
 1/4 NYK L 42 17 30 9 11 0 0 43 2 7 1 9 2 1 2 -19
 1/7 UTA W 31 7 16 8 10 0 0 22 3 6 5 2 0 0 0 14
 1/8 ATL W 20 11 15 4 4 0 0 26 3 3 3 1 1 0 3 12
 1/10 CHI L 41 12 21 10 13 0 0 34 2 6 6 5 0 0 1 -13
 1/12 CHI W 40 8 21 4 7 0 1 20 4 7 4 3 1 0 0 12
 1/14 BOS L 39 7 19 12 17 0 0 26 5 8 4 5 0 1 2 -1
 1/15 KCK W 40 13 22 8 10 0 0 34 1 7 9 7 1 0 2 6
 1/18 KCK L 26 7 15 3 3 0 0 17 0 6 2 7 2 0 4 8
 1/19 UTA L 39 9 23 10 12 0 0 28 7 9 4 4 0 0 2 -3
 1/23 PHI L 39 16 29 7 10 0 0 39 4 7 4 5 1 0 2 -7
 1/24 MIL L 38 16 21 8 9 0 0 40 1 6 3 3 1 0 4 -7
 1/26 NYK W 40 11 21 11 15 0 0 33 1 10 1 2 0 1 1 9
 1/28 PHI L 39 8 17 4 5 0 0 20 0 2 4 5 1 0 2 -10
 1/29 ATL W 40 16 28 9 12 0 0 41 4 8 5 5 2 0 1 8
 1/31 NJN L 32 10 21 4 6 0 0 24 2 4 4 4 0 0 3 -10
 2/3 LAL L 30 9 18 3 4 0 0 21 2 8 4 3 3 0 3 -22
 2/4 CHI W 37 15 19 9 10 0 0 39 2 7 3 6 0 0 0 11
 2/8 DET W 34 8 13 8 10 0 0 24 3 7 6 3 1 0 4 11
 2/9 CLE L 40 15 27 7 8 0 0 37 7 13 1 8 0 0 2 -5
 2/13 WES L 21 7 11 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 -10
 2/15 BOS L 44 10 23 16 16 0 0 36 2 9 8 6 3 0 4 6
 2/17 GSW W 40 10 22 15 18 0 0 35 2 3 5 1 2 1 4 19
 2/19 CHI W 27 5 12 11 13 0 0 21 2 8 2 2 0 0 2 33
 2/20 DET W 37 11 23 12 16 0 0 34 2 3 5 9 0 0 4 7
 2/24 WAS L 37 14 21 11 14 0 0 39 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 -15
 2/25 MIL L 34 12 20 6 7 0 0 30 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 -17
 2/27 PHI W 40 11 20 14 20 0 0 36 2 8 1 7 4 0 4 9
 3/2 POR W 24 10 16 8 10 0 0 28 3 6 2 0 0 0 4 25
 3/3 BOS L 40 6 17 13 17 0 0 25 4 10 4 3 2 0 2 0
 3/5 SDC W 39 10 16 13 15 0 0 33 2 7 4 4 1 0 4 5
 3/7 SAS W 22 8 12 4 4 0 0 20 0 2 4 3 0 0 5 6
 3/9 HOU L 39 10 17 7 8 0 0 27 2 6 2 6 1 0 3 -14
 3/11 DET W 40 13 21 16 17 0 0 42 3 6 8 3 1 0 1 33
 3/12 PHI W 27 8 15 6 8 0 0 22 4 10 4 6 1 0 3 18
 3/16 CHI W 40 9 13 19 26 0 0 37 0 5 4 3 0 0 2 7
 3/17 CLE W 32 8 20 5 5 0 0 21 3 7 0 4 0 0 1 23
 3/20 SAS W 34 13 26 9 13 0 0 35 0 2 6 1 0 0 5 14
 3/22 PHX L 41 3 12 11 13 0 0 17 3 6 6 7 4 0 4 0
 3/23 NYK L 40 12 30 12 14 0 0 36 2 10 1 3 1 0 1 -7
 3/27 CHI W 40 8 16 8 11 0 0 24 3 9 1 4 1 0 3 9
 3/29 ATL W 40 10 21 8 8 0 0 28 4 8 2 2 3 0 1 18
 3/31 NJN L 41 12 26 13 15 0 0 37 7 11 5 5 0 0 2 -7
 4/1 CLE W 29 10 21 9 9 0 0 29 3 8 6 0 1 0 1 28
 4/4 PHI W 27 9 14 7 8 0 0 25 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 28
 4/6 LAL W 36 15 22 5 6 0 0 35 3 3 4 4 0 0 2 19
 4/7 BOS L 40 8 17 9 9 0 0 25 3 7 4 3 2 0 0 -7
 4/9 NYK L 39 4 9 9 14 0 0 17 1 6 4 6 1 0 2 -10
 4/12 DEN W 28 5 9 10 13 0 0 20 4 8 6 3 0 0 2 38
 4/13 BOS L 39 13 25 6 7 0 0 32 5 7 6 1 0 2 2 -4
 4/16 DET W 30 13 17 6 7 0 0 32 0 3 0 5 1 0 5 20
 4/17 SEA L 29 6 9 4 4 0 0 16 0 5 3 6 2 0 4 -9
 4/21 NYK W 41 17 28 21 24 0 0 55 2 5 1 4 3 0 1 3
 4/23 NYK L 48 15 28 12 15 0 0 42 4 9 8 5 0 0 5 -3
 4/24 NYK L 46 11 28 13 16 0 0 35 8 11 5 5 1 1 4 -13
 4/26 NYK W 46 12 26 22 24 0 0 46 7 11 2 7 2 0 4 1
 4/27 NYK L 27 7 18 11 12 0 0 25 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 -12
 4/29 NYK L 48 8 21 11 14 0 0 27 2 10 6 4 1 2 3 -1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 96
 Total Player of the Week: 13
 Total Player of the Month: 4
 Total All-Star Appearances: 3
 Total All-League First Team: 3
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1980 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL All-League First Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Indiana with pick #11 of round 1 of the creation draft.

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