John Long 
#25 SG | 6-5, 208lbs | Bullets | Experience: 5 years
Born: 8/28/1956 (27) | College: Detroit

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 80 88 86 50 47 25 46 16 21 65 77 21 73 65 43 90  
 Potential: B A A C C D C D D B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $670,000  $670,000  $670,000  $670,000  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 5                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL WAS 82 74 33.3 20.2 1.7 2.2 2.6 2.4 1.08 1.5 0.2 2.8 .531 .869 .203  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 82 64 34.4 19.0 1.5 2.1 2.6 2.4 1.06 1.4 0.1 3.8 .506 .863 .277  
 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     479 302 35.0 20.2 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.5 0.99 1.5 0.2 3.2 .505 .846 .229  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL WAS 8.1 15.2 .531 3.9 4.5 .869 3.9 5.9 .669 4.0 8.5 .468 0.2 0.8 .203  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 7.6 15.0 .506 3.6 4.2 .863 3.8 5.5 .688 3.6 8.7 .412 0.2 0.8 .277  
 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     8.3 16.4 .505 3.5 4.1 .846 2.9 4.2 .684 2.8 6.5 .429 0.2 0.7 .229  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 74 2730 661 1245 319 367 14 69 1655 139 322 212 124 197 124 13 230 -145 
 1982 82 64 2818 621 1228 297 344 18 65 1557 120 296 212 111 200 111 11 313 448 
 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 479 302 16768 3958 7839 1668 1972 73 319 9657 787 1764 1161 696 1174 696 85 1530 1238 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL WAS .589 1.33 11.7 10.9 24.3 5.8 7.6 6.7 19.3 358.1 11.9 -1.8 108.1 110.5  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .564 1.27 11.8 11.2 23.4 5.1 6.9 6.0 16.1 235.9 7.9 5.5 108.8 101.4  
 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     .554 1.23 10.5 10.6 17.4 5.1 6.3 5.7 18.2 1290.4 43.0 2.6 110.6 105.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL WAS 12 12 32.8 13.4 2.0 1.7 3.1 1.9 1.61 1.0 0.3 2.4 .416 .865 .143  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 11 11 35.4 20.0 1.5 2.1 2.6 2.7 0.97 1.6 0.2 4.1 .489 .843 .333  
 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     36 36 35.5 19.9 1.9 2.0 2.9 2.7 1.08 1.3 0.2 3.3 .474 .871 .316  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL WAS 5.3 12.8 .416 2.7 3.1 .865 2.3 5.3 .422 3.0 6.9 .434 0.1 0.6 .143  
 1982 NPSBL PHX 7.9 16.2 .489 3.9 4.6 .843 4.3 6.8 .627 3.4 8.5 .394 0.3 0.8 .333  
 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     8.0 16.9 .474 3.6 4.1 .871 4.0 6.8 .588 3.7 9.1 .407 0.3 1.1 .316  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 12 12 394 64 154 32 37 1 7 161 24 44 37 12 23 12 3 29 -9 
 1982 11 11 389 87 178 43 51 3 9 220 17 40 29 18 30 18 2 45 -41 
 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 36 36 1277 289 610 128 147 12 38 718 70 142 105 48 97 48 8 120 -66 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL WAS .471 1.05 16.1 10.0 24.3 6.5 5.1 5.8 8.6 -11.0 -0.4 -0.8 104.5 104.7  
 1982 NPSBL PHX .550 1.24 11.2 11.6 25.2 5.0 6.6 5.8 12.1 9.1 0.3 -3.7 104.1 108.1  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .589 1.26 10.3 10.3 25.9 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     .532 1.18 12.0 11.1 19.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 12.2 31.9 1.1 -1.8 105.8 107.7  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 43 5 11 8 5 2 7 17 25 11 12 1 5  
 Playoff 40 6 9 7 3 2 6 16 29 13 13 2 6  
 Career 52 6 11 8 6 2 9 22 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 +/-
 10/18 LAL L 35 8 13 2 2 0 0 18 0 2 3 2 0 0 4 1
 10/20 ATL W 42 6 12 6 6 0 1 18 0 4 2 8 3 0 2 5
 10/21 PHI W 40 3 12 7 8 0 1 13 4 6 2 2 4 0 3 21
 10/24 SEA L 44 10 19 8 9 0 0 28 3 5 3 0 1 0 3 -12
 10/25 SAS W 30 11 15 6 7 0 0 28 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 27
 10/27 WAS L 37 6 14 2 2 0 1 14 2 5 3 4 0 0 5 0
 11/1 LAL L 41 13 18 5 8 0 2 31 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 -21
 11/2 KCK L 39 12 19 2 3 1 3 27 2 4 4 1 3 0 5 -6
 11/6 NYK W 43 8 19 4 4 1 1 21 3 9 4 2 1 0 1 15
 11/8 UTA W 32 9 17 0 0 0 1 18 4 6 6 5 1 0 3 2
 11/10 DET L 28 6 14 2 2 0 2 14 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 -12
 11/11 LAL W 28 5 11 3 4 0 0 13 2 5 1 1 0 0 5 1
 11/14 POR L 32 8 14 4 4 1 2 21 1 6 4 3 0 0 4 -2
 11/17 SEA W 38 6 16 8 11 0 0 20 2 5 0 3 4 1 4 6
 11/20 DET L 41 7 12 4 4 1 3 19 2 3 2 4 1 0 2 2
 11/21 DAL L 31 9 13 1 2 0 0 19 2 2 2 3 1 0 3 -4
 11/25 CHI W 31 10 17 0 0 0 0 20 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 11
 11/26 DAL W 38 17 22 9 9 0 0 43 3 6 2 4 3 1 4 10
 11/28 SEA L 39 7 17 4 6 0 2 18 3 3 4 2 2 0 1 -18
 11/30 BOS L 35 7 10 6 6 0 0 20 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 -9
 12/1 MIL W 32 9 15 0 0 0 1 18 0 1 4 3 3 0 3 23
 12/5 SAS W 42 8 17 2 2 0 0 18 2 5 5 1 1 0 5 3
 12/7 GSW L 24 5 6 5 5 0 1 15 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 -17
 12/10 MIL W 39 12 25 9 10 0 2 33 1 4 1 0 3 0 3 22
 12/11 SDC L 32 7 10 7 8 0 1 21 4 5 1 1 2 0 5 -12
 12/13 ATL W 39 11 21 2 2 0 1 24 4 6 2 4 2 0 3 1
 12/17 IND L 29 7 13 3 4 0 0 17 1 3 1 2 0 0 4 -17
 12/18 GSW L 26 7 10 2 2 1 1 17 1 4 4 2 0 0 4 0
 12/22 SDC L 38 13 21 3 4 0 0 29 2 4 3 1 5 0 2 -14
 12/24 SDC L 33 7 20 4 4 0 2 18 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 -28
 12/26 LAL W 43 9 22 6 6 0 3 24 5 11 1 2 3 0 2 5
 12/27 POR L 33 9 19 6 8 1 2 25 1 4 3 3 0 1 4 -12
 12/29 NJN W 33 9 14 3 4 0 0 21 2 2 4 0 0 0 4 10
 12/31 BOS W 40 13 23 8 8 0 1 34 3 7 3 2 4 0 5 18
 1/3 SAS W 20 4 11 2 2 0 0 10 2 3 1 1 0 0 5 -16
 1/4 UTA L 43 10 23 8 8 0 1 28 1 5 4 4 3 0 5 1
 1/7 NJN L 32 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 -31
 1/8 SEA L 40 4 11 5 6 0 1 13 1 1 5 3 3 0 2 -18
 1/10 HOU W 43 15 22 0 0 0 0 30 4 9 2 2 3 0 3 6
 1/12 SDC L 36 5 16 2 4 0 0 12 2 4 4 4 0 2 1 -23
 1/16 DAL L 31 5 10 4 4 0 2 14 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 -18
 1/17 SEA L 23 3 6 0 0 1 1 7 0 1 6 1 1 0 3 -13
 1/20 UTA L 20 6 11 2 2 0 1 14 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -15
 1/21 DAL L 41 7 19 7 7 0 0 21 2 6 3 1 5 0 1 -9
 1/23 CHI L 35 5 14 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 3 5 3 0 4 -17
 1/24 POR L 26 6 11 3 4 0 0 15 2 4 0 3 3 0 6 -23
 1/27 POR L 42 10 19 3 3 1 1 24 1 1 1 3 2 0 5 -7
 1/28 KCK L 30 10 15 9 10 0 0 29 1 5 1 3 1 0 4 -20
 1/30 KCK W 40 7 18 3 3 0 0 17 1 4 5 3 3 0 4 9
 1/31 POR L 27 7 9 2 2 1 1 17 1 3 1 3 0 0 4 -26
 2/4 HOU L 40 12 18 4 4 0 0 28 1 3 4 5 2 1 3 4
 2/6 DEN L 42 11 24 11 12 1 1 34 3 4 4 0 4 0 2 -4
 2/8 DEN L 43 7 19 0 0 0 1 14 4 7 8 6 1 1 5 -14
 2/9 DEN W 42 6 16 6 7 0 1 18 2 10 1 3 2 0 2 14
 2/14 ATL L 41 13 25 0 0 0 1 26 5 6 4 3 2 0 2 -23
 2/15 POR L 34 10 19 3 4 0 0 23 1 3 1 4 2 0 4 -9
 2/16 DEN W 23 6 9 5 9 0 0 17 2 5 1 2 2 0 1 8
 2/18 PHI W 15 2 6 2 2 1 1 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2
 2/19 DET W 28 10 19 5 6 0 1 25 2 4 1 3 1 0 5 10
 2/21 BOS L 20 4 7 2 2 0 1 10 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 4
 2/23 PHX W 16 7 9 2 2 0 0 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 17
 2/24 NYK W 27 3 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 5 2 3 1 0 3 7
 2/26 ATL W 25 3 4 6 7 0 0 12 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 1
 2/27 MIL L 27 2 13 6 6 0 1 10 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 -7
 3/1 CLE L 28 8 13 4 4 1 5 21 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 -28
 3/2 SEA W 22 7 8 2 2 0 0 16 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 14
 3/4 CLE L 34 10 19 5 6 1 2 26 3 6 1 2 3 0 5 -6
 3/5 DET L 30 11 16 1 2 0 0 23 2 3 1 7 2 0 3 -27
 3/9 UTA L 31 5 12 7 8 1 3 18 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 -12
 3/10 KCK L 30 15 20 5 5 0 0 35 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 4
 3/12 NJN W 23 6 7 5 5 0 0 17 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 17
 3/15 NJN L 26 7 16 8 8 0 0 22 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 -1
 3/16 ATL W 41 9 15 4 4 0 1 22 3 5 4 2 1 0 3 19
 3/19 LAL L 30 11 17 0 0 0 0 22 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 -1
 3/21 ATL W 37 7 15 6 6 0 1 20 1 3 6 2 0 0 2 23
 3/22 POR W 38 13 20 0 0 0 0 26 2 8 3 5 0 1 1 20
 3/26 DAL W 33 7 12 4 5 0 0 18 4 9 0 4 1 0 1 21
 3/27 DET L 44 10 21 10 10 0 2 30 3 7 3 3 1 0 3 -8
 3/31 MIL L 32 8 21 5 8 0 0 21 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 -25
 4/1 PHX W 29 8 9 4 6 0 0 20 2 4 5 3 1 0 3 30
 4/5 CHI W 39 12 21 6 8 0 1 30 0 4 4 5 2 0 2 15
 4/6 PHI W 31 4 10 3 3 0 0 11 2 3 3 0 3 1 0 27
 4/8 CHI L 39 9 18 6 8 0 0 24 0 6 0 1 0 0 4 -9
 4/10 IND W 38 9 15 7 8 0 2 25 1 3 3 4 1 0 4 0
 4/12 UTA W 37 7 17 0 0 0 1 14 3 3 3 4 1 0 3 17
 4/13 IND W 36 7 16 5 5 0 1 19 1 3 4 4 0 0 4 -2
 4/17 NJN W 34 11 17 4 4 0 1 26 4 8 3 1 3 0 3 22
 4/19 HOU L 37 4 16 2 4 0 1 10 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 -2
 5/3 CHI W 38 8 14 5 6 0 0 21 2 3 3 4 1 2 1 16
 5/4 CHI W 40 5 16 0 0 0 2 10 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 5
 5/6 CHI L 22 4 10 4 4 0 0 12 4 5 3 2 0 0 3 -6
 5/7 CHI W 38 8 20 6 7 0 1 22 3 5 4 1 3 0 1 3
 5/9 CHI L 37 7 12 1 2 0 1 15 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 -3
 5/11 CHI L 35 2 9 3 4 0 1 7 3 6 4 4 0 0 3 -15
 5/13 CHI W 34 7 13 1 1 0 0 15 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 17
 5/15 MIL L 19 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 2 1 0 3 -6
 5/16 MIL L 25 5 10 4 4 0 0 14 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 -25
 5/18 MIL W 29 6 15 3 4 1 1 16 0 3 4 1 2 0 2 27
 5/19 MIL L 40 6 14 4 4 0 1 16 1 2 4 3 1 0 6 -11
 5/21 MIL L 37 6 15 1 1 0 0 13 4 6 3 2 0 0 4 -11

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 18
 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.
 7/25/1983 Re-signed with the Suns for $2,680,000 over 4 years.
 2/16/1984 Traded to the Bullets

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