Tom Burleson 
#53 C | 7-2, 261lbs | Kings | Experience: 9 years
Born: 2/24/1952 (32) | College: North Carolina State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 31 5 55 0 32 15 62 50 49 20 32 68 12 46 44 52  
 Potential: D F C F D F B C C D D B          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $84,514  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL KCK 59 0 11.0 1.8 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.89 0.2 0.6 2.0 .415 .630 .000  
 1982 NPSBL NYK 29 8 16.3 3.8 1.0 2.4 0.6 1.0 0.57 0.3 1.1 3.1 .500 .656 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NJN 49 0 8.4 1.6 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.93 0.1 0.7 1.4 .419 .750 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NJN 67 0 14.0 2.7 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.9 0.71 0.4 0.7 2.3 .530 .641 .000  
 1979 NPSBL KCK 37 0 7.4 2.6 0.6 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.80 0.2 0.4 1.3 .346 .575 .000  
 1978 NPSBL KCK 56 0 16.6 7.8 1.5 3.5 0.9 1.1 0.78 0.5 1.0 3.3 .459 .716 .000  
 1977 NPSBL KCK 76 0 20.1 8.6 2.2 4.1 1.7 1.6 1.07 0.8 1.1 3.4 .434 .794 .000  
 1976 NPSBL SEA 82 0 22.0 9.7 2.2 4.5 1.1 0.0 93.00 0.9 1.4 3.2 .442 .731 .000  
 1975 NPSBL SEA 82 0 32.3 15.6 3.1 5.9 2.2 0.0 180.00 0.9 1.8 3.3 .481 .750 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SEA 82 0 23.0 10.1 1.9 5.1 1.4 0.0 115.00 0.8 1.9 2.7 .417 .687 .000  
 Career     619 8 18.6 7.4 1.7 3.5 1.1 0.6 1.97 0.6 1.2 2.7 .449 .725 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL KCK 0.7 1.6 .415 0.5 0.8 .630 0.5 1.0 .544 0.1 0.6 .216 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL NYK 1.6 3.1 .500 0.7 1.1 .656 1.3 2.0 .644 0.2 1.1 .226 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL NJN 0.5 1.3 .419 0.6 0.7 .750 0.4 0.6 .679 0.1 0.7 .212 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NJN 1.1 2.0 .530 0.6 1.0 .641 0.8 1.1 .764 0.2 0.9 .267 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NPSBL KCK 1.0 2.8 .346 0.6 1.1 .575 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1978 NPSBL KCK 2.8 6.1 .459 2.2 3.0 .716 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL KCK 3.0 6.9 .434 2.6 3.3 .794 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL SEA 3.5 8.0 .442 2.7 3.7 .731 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NPSBL SEA 6.0 12.6 .481 3.5 4.7 .750 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SEA 3.9 9.4 .417 2.2 3.2 .687 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.8 6.2 .449 1.9 2.6 .725 0.2 0.3 .662 0.1 0.3 .236 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 +/- 
 1983 59 0 650 39 94 29 46 0 0 107 43 140 33 11 37 11 35 118 22 
 1982 29 8 474 45 90 21 32 0 0 111 28 99 16 8 28 8 31 89 -58 
 1981 49 0 414 26 62 27 36 0 1 79 22 72 13 5 14 5 34 69 -11 
 1980 67 0 937 71 134 41 64 0 2 183 62 169 44 30 62 30 49 151 -127 
 1979 37 0 272 36 104 23 40 0 3 95 23 72 20 8 25 8 13 49 0 
 1978 56 0 927 157 342 121 169 0 0 435 84 281 50 26 64 26 58 183 0 
 1977 76 0 1525 228 525 197 248 0 0 653 170 482 131 62 123 62 81 259 0 
 1976 82 0 1803 288 652 220 301 0 0 796 184 551 93 74 0 74 117 259 0 
 1975 82 0 2647 496 1032 291 388 0 0 1283 258 742 180 70 0 70 150 273 0 
 1974 82 0 1888 322 772 182 265 0 0 826 155 572 115 64 0 64 153 221 0 
 Career 619 8 11537 1708 3807 1152 1589 0 6 4568 1029 3180 695 358 353 358 721 1671 -174 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL KCK .474 1.14 17.9 20.1 9.6 7.2 16.0 11.6 5.8 -47.0 -1.6 0.4 106.0 103.7  
 1982 NPSBL NYK .538 1.23 10.8 18.9 0.0 6.1 16.6 11.2 0.0 -75.0 -2.5 -2.0 92.1 97.1  
 1981 NPSBL NJN .513 1.27 12.4 13.3 9.7 5.8 12.4 9.2 8.5 -13.0 -0.4 -0.2 96.5 98.1  
 1980 NPSBL NJN .568 1.37 16.4 23.1 10.5 7.5 13.1 10.3 8.7 -27.3 -0.9 -1.9 93.5 100.3  
 1979 NPSBL KCK .393 0.91 12.0 15.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL KCK .524 1.27 9.4 12.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL KCK .514 1.24 14.8 13.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL SEA .508 1.22 10.6 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPSBL SEA .534 1.24 13.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NPSBL SEA .465 1.07 11.5 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .507 1.20 12.5 6.4 1.7 6.9 14.4 10.6 6.1 -162.2 -5.4 -0.3 97.3 100.3  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL KCK 6 2 11.3 2.5 0.5 2.0 0.5 1.5 0.33 0.0 0.5 2.8 .583 .500 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NJN 24 0 10.3 2.3 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.6 1.07 0.5 0.7 2.0 .476 .778 .000  
 Career     30 2 10.5 2.3 0.7 1.5 0.6 0.8 0.78 0.4 0.6 2.2 .500 .750 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL KCK 1.2 2.0 .583 0.2 0.3 .500 0.8 1.5 .556 0.3 0.5 .667 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL NJN 0.8 1.8 .476 0.6 0.8 .778 0.7 1.0 .667 0.2 0.8 .222 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     0.9 1.8 .500 0.5 0.7 .750 0.7 1.1 .636 0.2 0.7 .286 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 +/- 
 1983 6 2 68 7 12 1 2 0 0 15 3 15 3 0 9 0 3 17 -20 
 1980 24 0 248 20 42 14 18 0 0 54 19 53 15 11 14 11 16 49 -1 
 Career 30 2 316 27 54 15 20 0 0 69 22 68 18 11 23 11 19 66 -21 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL KCK .615 1.25 12.0 36.0 9.6 5.8 18.5 12.8 1.3 -9.4 -0.3 -3.3 102.3 113.2  
 1980 NPSBL NJN .540 1.29 19.0 17.7 11.6 8.4 15.0 11.7 8.4 -8.5 -0.3 0.0 100.0 101.5  
 Career     .540 1.28 17.3 22.1 9.1 7.9 15.8 11.9 6.9 -17.9 -0.6 -0.7 100.6 104.4  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 8 3 6 2 2 7 3 3 5 4 4 0 0  
 Playoff 8 3 5 3 2 3 3 3 5 2 4 0 0  
 Career 22 5 10 4 4 7 5 9 13 4 6 0 1  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1
 Total Championships: 1
 1980 New Peoples Sim Basketball League Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by New Jersey with pick #14 of round 9 of the creation draft.
 8/2/1982 Signed with the Knicks for $58,456 over one year.
 1/1/1983 Released by the Knicks
 12/16/1983 Signed by the Kings for $84,514 over one year.

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