Rory Sparrow 
#20 PG | 6-2, 177lbs | Nuggets | Experience: 3 years
Born: 6/12/1958 (25) | College: Villanova

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 48 87 77 32 92 74 17 7 20 67 68 16 83 61 38 95  
 Potential: C A B D A B F D D B B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $231,000  $242,000  $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 DEN 82 82 31.9 13.9 1.3 1.8 6.9 1.9 3.63 1.6 0.1 2.6 .468 .782 .178  
 1982 NPSBL DEN 74 65 32.8 11.0 1.1 1.8 6.3 1.8 3.60 1.0 0.1 2.5 .462 .712 .175  
 1981 NPSBL HOU 82 82 34.7 10.9 0.8 1.3 6.0 2.1 2.84 1.1 0.0 2.8 .428 .778 .200  
 1980 NPSBL HOU 81 81 34.2 10.7 0.8 1.1 5.2 2.0 2.62 0.8 0.1 3.2 .461 .764 .119  
 Career     319 310 33.4 11.7 1.0 1.5 6.1 1.9 3.14 1.1 0.1 2.8 .455 .761 .170  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL DEN 5.7 12.1 .468 2.5 3.2 .782 1.7 2.6 .662 3.8 8.9 .429 0.1 0.5 .178  
 1982 NPSBL DEN 4.5 9.8 .462 1.8 2.6 .712 1.9 2.8 .683 2.5 6.5 .390 0.1 0.5 .175  
 1981 NPSBL HOU 4.4 10.3 .428 2.0 2.5 .778 1.5 2.4 .632 2.8 7.3 .383 0.1 0.7 .200  
 1980 NPSBL HOU 4.2 9.2 .461 2.2 2.9 .764 1.5 2.2 .698 2.6 6.5 .407 0.1 0.5 .119  
 Career     4.7 10.4 .455 2.1 2.8 .761 1.7 2.5 .668 3.0 7.3 .404 0.1 0.6 .170  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 82 82 2618 465 993 205 262 8 45 1143 105 252 563 133 155 133 10 210 -198 
 1982 74 65 2427 336 727 136 191 7 40 815 78 209 468 74 130 74 9 185 -747 
 1981 82 82 2843 362 846 161 207 11 55 896 66 173 492 87 173 87 3 230 -106 
 1980 81 81 2768 343 744 178 233 5 42 869 66 157 425 66 162 66 6 261 273 
 Career 319 310 10656 1506 3310 680 893 31 182 3723 315 791 1948 360 620 360 28 886 -778 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL DEN .516 1.15 30.8 8.5 21.7 4.1 6.7 5.3 17.3 247.8 8.3 -2.4 105.8 109.0  
 1982 NPSBL DEN .503 1.12 33.2 9.2 18.1 3.5 6.4 4.9 13.9 104.6 3.5 -10.1 100.2 114.2  
 1981 NPSBL HOU .478 1.06 30.7 10.8 18.2 2.7 4.5 3.6 10.8 -8.8 -0.3 -1.3 104.9 106.5  
 1980 NPSBL HOU .512 1.17 29.6 11.3 16.6 2.8 3.9 3.3 10.7 -11.2 -0.4 3.4 105.7 101.4  
 Career     .503 1.12 31.1 9.9 18.6 3.3 5.3 4.3 13.1 332.4 11.1 -2.4 104.3 107.6  

 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 33 5 7 14 5 2 6 12 20 13 16 1 3  
 Playoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Career 33 5 8 14 6 2 8 12 20 13 16 1 4  

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

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

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Houston with pick #22 of round 4 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1982 Signed with the Nuggets for $693,000 over 3 years.

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