Bob Lanier 
#53 C | 6-11, 275lbs | Suns | Experience: 13 years
Born: 9/10/1948 (35) | College: St. Bonaventure

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 54 35 64 0 35 34 47 52 53 23 49 50 7 64 56 59  
 Potential: C D B F C D C C C D C C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $130,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL PHX 82 82 25.8 9.3 1.6 3.9 2.3 1.6 1.42 0.5 0.6 4.4 .479 .733 .000  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 82 0 16.6 6.4 1.0 3.1 1.2 1.2 0.99 0.5 0.5 3.2 .541 .697 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NYK 68 27 21.1 7.5 1.3 3.1 1.6 1.6 0.97 0.5 0.6 3.1 .476 .756 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NYK 82 56 22.7 8.3 1.3 3.7 1.9 1.5 1.24 0.6 0.7 3.1 .497 .751 .000  
 1979 NPSBL DET 63 0 33.8 19.2 2.4 6.3 2.9 2.6 1.14 1.2 1.4 3.2 .537 .782 .167  
 1978 NPSBL DET 53 0 34.6 23.6 3.1 6.2 2.6 3.3 0.80 0.9 1.4 3.4 .515 .749 .000  
 1977 NPSBL DET 63 0 36.7 24.5 3.1 8.2 3.4 3.6 0.96 1.3 1.5 2.9 .537 .772 .000  
 1976 NPSBL DET 64 0 38.2 25.3 3.1 8.5 3.3 0.0 214.00 1.1 2.0 2.7 .534 .818 .000  
 1975 NPSBL DET 64 0 36.9 21.3 3.4 8.3 3.4 0.0 217.00 1.2 1.3 3.2 .532 .768 .000  
 1974 NPSBL DET 76 0 39.3 24.0 3.0 9.1 4.6 0.0 350.00 1.0 2.3 3.1 .510 .802 .000  
 1973 NPSBL DET 81 0 37.6 22.5 3.3 9.9 4.2 0.0 343.00 1.4 3.0 3.4 .504 .797 .000  
 1972 NPSBL DET 81 0 38.9 23.8 4.8 10.0 3.2 0.0 260.00 0.0 0.0 3.4 .490 .773 .000  
 1971 NPSBL DET 80 0 38.7 25.7 4.9 9.3 3.1 0.0 248.00 0.0 0.0 3.7 .493 .768 .000  
 1970 NPSBL DET 82 0 24.6 15.6 2.9 5.3 1.8 0.0 146.00 0.0 0.0 3.3 .455 .726 .000  
 Career     1021 165 31.5 18.0 2.8 6.8 2.8 1.0 2.79 0.7 1.0 3.3 .507 .769 .125  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL PHX 3.7 7.7 .479 1.9 2.6 .733 2.7 4.6 .598 0.9 3.1 .302 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 2.6 4.8 .541 1.2 1.7 .697 1.8 2.7 .661 0.8 2.0 .380 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NYK 2.9 6.1 .476 1.7 2.3 .756 2.2 3.8 .589 0.7 2.3 .290 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NYK 3.0 6.1 .497 2.2 2.9 .751 2.1 3.4 .622 0.9 2.7 .342 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL DET 7.4 13.8 .537 4.4 5.6 .782 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .167  
 1978 NPSBL DET 9.2 17.9 .515 5.2 6.9 .749 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL DET 9.9 18.4 .537 4.7 6.1 .772 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL DET 10.6 19.8 .534 4.1 5.0 .818 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NPSBL DET 8.5 15.9 .532 4.4 5.8 .768 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NPSBL DET 9.6 18.9 .510 4.8 5.9 .802 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 NPSBL DET 9.2 18.3 .504 4.0 5.0 .797 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 NPSBL DET 10.0 20.4 .490 3.8 4.9 .773 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 NPSBL DET 10.4 21.1 .493 4.9 6.3 .768 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 NPSBL DET 6.1 13.5 .455 3.3 4.6 .726 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     7.2 14.3 .507 3.5 4.6 .769 0.7 1.1 .614 0.3 0.8 .327 0.0 0.0 .125  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 82 2119 301 629 159 217 0 1 761 132 454 189 41 133 41 47 357 -488 
 1982 82 0 1358 211 390 99 142 0 0 521 85 341 95 37 96 37 41 266 16 
 1981 68 27 1436 197 414 118 156 0 1 512 89 297 108 32 111 32 40 209 99 
 1980 82 56 1861 250 503 178 237 0 0 678 107 412 153 48 123 48 56 252 161 
 1979 63 0 2131 466 867 277 354 1 6 1210 152 552 184 74 162 74 89 200 0 
 1978 53 0 1835 489 950 275 367 0 0 1253 164 494 140 50 175 50 75 181 0 
 1977 63 0 2311 622 1159 298 386 0 0 1542 197 715 216 82 225 82 93 185 0 
 1976 64 0 2446 678 1269 260 318 0 0 1616 200 745 214 70 0 70 126 174 0 
 1975 64 0 2363 541 1017 284 370 0 0 1366 217 746 217 79 0 79 86 203 0 
 1974 76 0 2987 731 1433 361 450 0 0 1823 225 914 350 75 0 75 172 237 0 
 1973 81 0 3047 748 1483 326 409 0 0 1822 269 1074 343 110 0 110 247 273 0 
 1972 81 0 3150 810 1654 307 397 0 0 1927 392 1205 260 0 0 0 0 278 0 
 1971 80 0 3092 834 1690 388 505 0 0 2056 391 1132 248 0 0 0 0 297 0 
 1970 82 0 2017 504 1108 273 376 0 0 1281 234 665 146 0 0 0 0 272 0 
 Career 1021 165 32153 7382 14566 3603 4684 1 8 18368 2854 9746 2863 698 1025 698 1072 3384 -212 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL PHX .525 1.21 18.1 12.7 16.8 6.5 18.6 12.1 11.4 25.7 0.9 -6.0 102.6 111.5  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .575 1.34 14.8 14.9 17.0 7.4 20.6 14.3 13.1 50.0 1.7 0.2 105.0 105.0  
 1981 NPSBL NYK .530 1.24 15.4 15.8 17.2 6.9 16.9 11.8 11.3 15.7 0.5 1.5 105.0 101.5  
 1980 NPSBL NYK .558 1.35 17.3 13.9 16.6 6.3 19.1 12.6 14.5 84.0 2.8 2.0 105.5 101.4  
 1979 NPSBL DET .591 1.40 13.4 11.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL DET .563 1.32 9.8 12.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL DET .580 1.33 12.2 12.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL DET .573 1.27 13.2 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPSBL DET .579 1.34 15.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NPSBL DET .559 1.27 17.7 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NPSBL DET .548 1.23 17.1 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1972 NPSBL DET .527 1.17 12.4 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1971 NPSBL DET .538 1.22 11.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1970 NPSBL DET .503 1.16 10.3 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .552 1.26 14.0 5.0 3.6 6.7 18.8 12.6 11.7 175.4 5.8 -0.2 104.4 105.4  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 11 9 27.9 12.9 1.6 4.9 2.1 2.4 0.88 0.7 0.5 4.5 .491 .811 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NYK 5 0 15.4 7.0 1.2 2.2 1.2 1.8 0.67 0.0 1.2 3.6 .583 .875 .000  
 Career     16 9 24.0 11.1 1.5 4.1 1.8 2.2 0.83 0.5 0.7 4.2 .507 .822 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 5.1 10.4 .491 2.7 3.4 .811 3.5 6.1 .567 1.6 4.3 .383 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NYK 2.8 4.8 .583 1.4 1.6 .875 2.2 3.4 .647 0.6 1.4 .429 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.4 8.6 .507 2.3 2.8 .822 3.1 5.3 .583 1.3 3.4 .389 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 +/- 
 1982 11 9 307 56 114 30 37 0 0 142 18 72 23 8 26 8 5 49 31 
 1981 5 0 77 14 24 7 8 0 0 35 6 17 6 0 9 0 6 18 -42 
 Career 16 9 384 70 138 37 45 0 0 177 24 89 29 8 35 8 11 67 -11 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .546 1.25 12.8 14.5 21.8 6.8 19.7 13.4 10.4 -0.9 0.0 2.8 106.6 99.4  
 1981 NPSBL NYK .643 1.46 14.0 20.9 20.9 8.3 15.9 12.1 10.7 0.0 0.0 -8.4 91.6 118.4  
 Career     .557 1.28 13.1 15.8 21.6 7.2 19.0 13.1 10.4 -1.0 0.0 -0.7 103.5 103.1  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 28 8 12 8 4 3 5 12 16 9 10 0 1  
 Playoff 20 4 10 5 2 4 5 8 16 6 8 0 0  
 Career 28 8 12 8 4 5 6 12 16 10 15 0 1  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 2

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by New York with pick #1 of round 6 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1982 Signed with the Suns for $260,000 over 2 years.

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