Michael Cooper 
#0 SG | 6-7, 199lbs | Bucks | Experience: 5 years
Born: 4/15/1956 (28) | College: New Mexico

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 32 96 78 69 65 75 35 35 38 90 84 48 69 69 41 90  
 Potential: C A A B A B D D D A A C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $475,000  $0  $0  $0  $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 MIL 77 77 31.6 10.4 1.4 3.8 5.8 2.2 2.59 1.5 0.4 2.6 .524 .852 .314  
 1982 NPSBL MIL 55 55 36.7 13.1 1.4 4.3 6.3 2.7 2.36 2.1 0.7 2.5 .498 .838 .315  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 82 82 33.8 12.6 1.5 3.5 5.8 2.2 2.64 1.8 0.4 2.3 .507 .814 .375  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 82 82 35.2 13.5 1.2 4.0 6.1 2.8 2.20 1.8 0.3 2.1 .490 .864 .316  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 82 0 24.1 8.8 1.2 1.6 2.7 1.7 1.56 1.0 0.5 2.6 .524 .776 .250  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 3 0 2.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.3 0.0 0.3 .500 .000 .000  
 Career     381 296 31.7 11.5 1.3 3.3 5.2 2.3 2.29 1.6 0.4 2.4 .507 .830 .327  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL MIL 4.5 8.6 .524 1.3 1.5 .852 1.6 2.2 .699 2.7 5.6 .478 0.2 0.7 .314  
 1982 NPSBL MIL 5.3 10.6 .498 2.3 2.7 .838 1.7 2.4 .714 3.2 7.2 .451 0.3 1.0 .315  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 5.2 10.3 .507 1.8 2.2 .814 1.9 2.8 .671 2.9 6.5 .455 0.4 1.0 .375  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 5.5 11.3 .490 2.2 2.5 .864 1.8 2.5 .731 3.4 7.9 .436 0.3 0.9 .316  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 3.7 7.0 .524 1.4 1.7 .776 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .250  
 1978 NPSBL LAL 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     4.8 9.4 .507 1.7 2.1 .830 1.4 1.9 .702 2.4 5.3 .453 0.2 0.7 .327  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 77 77 2436 345 659 98 115 16 51 804 104 396 446 117 172 117 33 198 875 
 1982 55 55 2017 290 582 124 148 17 54 721 76 310 349 117 148 117 36 138 399 
 1981 82 82 2769 426 841 149 183 30 80 1031 119 403 478 150 181 150 30 191 83 
 1980 82 82 2890 453 924 178 206 24 76 1108 102 431 498 144 226 144 22 169 36 
 1979 82 0 1973 303 578 111 143 5 20 722 101 229 221 86 142 86 38 215 0 
 1978 3 0 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 
 Career 381 296 12092 1820 3590 660 795 92 281 4392 502 1769 1992 615 870 615 159 912 1393 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL MIL .566 1.22 33.6 13.0 16.6 4.8 11.8 8.6 15.5 183.2 6.1 11.4 108.4 93.1  
 1982 NPSBL MIL .556 1.24 30.5 12.9 17.7 4.3 12.1 8.4 16.8 189.3 6.3 7.3 104.2 95.4  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .560 1.23 30.2 11.4 18.7 5.1 11.6 8.5 17.9 304.0 10.1 1.0 105.4 103.7  
 1980 NPSBL CHI .546 1.20 28.6 13.0 19.6 4.1 13.0 8.6 17.6 307.0 10.2 0.4 101.5 101.2  
 1979 NPSBL LAL .563 1.25 22.0 14.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL LAL .500 1.00 0.0 14.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .557 1.22 29.3 12.8 15.3 4.6 12.1 8.5 16.8 983.4 32.8 3.7 104.8 98.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL MIL 15 15 30.7 8.3 0.7 3.5 8.7 1.6 5.46 1.5 0.4 2.9 .419 .774 .250  
 1982 NPSBL MIL 15 15 31.9 11.5 1.9 3.7 5.5 2.6 2.13 1.7 0.2 2.8 .459 .868 .294  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 4 4 38.8 14.3 0.5 4.5 6.8 2.5 2.70 2.5 0.3 3.3 .500 1.000 .143  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 5 5 32.6 11.4 1.2 3.2 3.2 2.4 1.33 1.4 0.4 2.8 .400 .909 .500  
 Career     39 39 32.2 10.5 1.2 3.6 6.6 2.2 3.02 1.7 0.3 2.9 .442 .862 .289  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL MIL 3.3 7.8 .419 1.6 2.1 .774 1.2 2.1 .563 1.9 5.1 .377 0.1 0.5 .250  
 1982 NPSBL MIL 4.5 9.7 .459 2.2 2.5 .868 1.3 2.0 .633 2.9 6.6 .434 0.3 1.1 .294  
 1981 NPSBL CHI 5.3 10.5 .500 3.5 3.5 1.000 2.0 2.5 .800 3.0 6.3 .480 0.3 1.8 .143  
 1980 NPSBL CHI 4.4 11.0 .400 2.0 2.2 .909 1.0 2.2 .455 2.8 7.6 .368 0.6 1.2 .500  
 Career     4.1 9.2 .442 2.1 2.4 .862 1.3 2.1 .602 2.5 6.1 .410 0.3 1.0 .289  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 15 15 461 49 117 24 31 2 8 124 10 62 131 23 24 23 6 44 133 
 1982 15 15 478 67 146 33 38 5 17 172 28 83 83 26 39 26 3 42 143 
 1981 4 4 155 21 42 14 14 1 7 57 2 20 27 10 10 10 1 13 -56 
 1980 5 5 163 22 55 10 11 3 6 57 6 22 16 7 12 7 2 14 -58 
 Career 39 39 1257 159 360 81 94 11 38 410 46 187 257 66 85 66 12 113 162 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL MIL .473 1.06 45.8 8.4 16.6 2.3 11.3 7.0 11.6 7.6 0.3 8.9 106.9 94.6  
 1982 NPSBL MIL .528 1.18 29.1 13.7 18.8 6.0 10.5 8.4 12.5 14.7 0.5 9.5 103.3 89.8  
 1981 NPSBL CHI .583 1.36 31.8 11.8 18.5 1.4 13.8 7.4 12.7 5.0 0.2 -14.0 97.9 115.4  
 1980 NPSBL CHI .467 1.04 18.2 13.6 19.0 3.8 12.1 7.6 8.9 -3.9 -0.1 -11.6 94.2 110.8  
 Career     .511 1.14 34.6 11.4 11.9 3.9 11.3 7.7 11.7 23.4 0.8 4.2 102.9 97.0  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 21 5 10 12 7 2 8 10 17 6 6 2 3  
 Playoff 27 4 9 17 4 2 9 11 17 10 12 1 4  
 Career 29 7 12 17 7 2 9 14 20 12 13 2 4  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 SDC L 33 4 14 1 2 2 3 11 2 5 4 0 0 0 3 -1
 10/19 IND W 40 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 11 5 1 3 2 3 17
 10/21 DET L 38 4 7 0 0 0 1 8 0 2 5 3 2 0 4 -2
 10/22 SEA L 32 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 6 2 2 1 6 -2
 10/24 NJN W 32 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 11
 10/27 CHI W 21 6 9 3 4 1 1 16 1 5 4 2 0 0 4 29
 11/1 SAS W 35 6 9 2 2 0 0 14 1 3 11 8 2 1 2 -1
 11/4 NJN L 37 2 5 2 2 1 1 7 0 7 6 5 3 0 2 2
 11/7 SEA W 38 4 12 6 6 1 3 15 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 15
 11/9 CHI W 35 2 10 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 7 2 1 0 2 25
 11/11 IND W 33 4 5 4 4 0 0 12 1 7 7 5 4 0 3 16
 11/12 WAS W 35 8 13 2 2 0 0 18 3 5 10 0 2 0 4 9
 11/16 PHI W 40 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 4 1 0 3 -2
 11/18 KCK L 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 -5
 11/19 NYK W 36 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 1 3 8 2 3 1 1 13
 11/22 WAS W 35 9 12 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 6 2 2 0 3 15
 11/23 NJN W 38 5 9 3 4 0 0 13 1 6 7 2 2 0 2 6
 11/26 UTA W 38 6 12 4 4 1 1 17 0 5 9 1 1 1 3 12
 11/27 WAS W 34 4 10 0 0 0 0 8 2 9 6 0 3 0 5 11
 11/30 ATL W 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 1 3 9 0 2 0 3 26
 12/1 PHX L 26 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 2 0 0 1 -5
 12/3 PHI L 36 7 11 2 3 0 0 16 3 7 2 4 1 0 2 -15
 12/5 DAL W 30 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 5 5 1 3 0 4 6
 12/7 HOU L 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 5 -4
 12/9 BOS W 30 7 12 0 0 0 1 14 3 7 8 4 2 0 4 18
 12/10 PHX L 23 5 9 2 2 0 1 12 1 6 3 1 1 0 3 9
 12/12 CLE W 36 5 14 0 0 0 3 10 0 4 6 2 7 1 4 1
 12/13 CLE W 36 7 7 3 4 0 0 17 3 10 7 3 2 1 2 13
 12/15 ATL W 32 3 4 2 2 1 1 9 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 9
 12/17 LAL L 30 7 12 0 0 0 1 14 2 7 10 0 0 1 6 -2
 12/19 CHI L 37 4 6 0 2 2 2 10 1 7 6 2 0 0 2 -19
 12/22 WAS W 35 6 12 0 0 0 1 12 2 8 9 3 1 0 4 20
 12/23 NYK W 37 5 6 3 4 0 1 13 0 6 4 2 3 1 1 13
 12/27 BOS W 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 6 0 3 5 1 3 0 1 36
 12/28 DEN W 25 2 2 3 6 0 0 7 0 3 2 4 0 2 3 17
 1/2 NJN W 34 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 12 2 1 1 3 7
 1/3 CHI W 30 5 9 1 2 0 0 11 2 8 8 1 0 1 5 9
 1/6 CLE W 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 0 4 19
 1/8 POR W 33 5 13 3 4 0 0 13 2 5 3 3 4 0 3 12
 1/10 GSW W 26 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 6 4 0 0 1 27
 1/13 KCK W 26 5 8 2 2 0 0 12 2 6 3 2 1 0 4 22
 1/14 PHI W 27 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 5 1 1 0 2 22
 1/17 DET W 31 7 12 5 6 1 2 20 2 3 3 2 1 2 4 2
 1/21 SDC W 38 6 11 0 0 0 1 12 1 5 5 5 3 0 1 13
 1/22 IND W 35 6 11 0 0 0 1 12 1 6 12 6 3 0 3 5
 1/24 DET W 34 2 5 4 4 0 0 8 1 8 10 1 2 1 4 10
 1/26 CLE L 38 2 9 2 2 0 0 6 5 8 2 6 1 0 2 -17
 1/28 BOS W 27 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 5 4 0 1 2 27
 2/1 DAL W 25 6 7 0 0 1 1 13 1 5 5 2 0 1 2 36
 2/2 BOS W 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 5 1 0 1 1 20
 2/5 IND W 36 3 8 2 2 0 1 8 2 5 6 4 0 0 1 8
 2/6 GSW L 31 8 13 0 0 1 2 17 2 5 2 4 1 0 5 -10
 2/8 NJN W 30 8 11 2 2 0 0 18 2 5 6 1 2 0 3 16
 2/9 UTA W 41 8 10 0 0 1 2 17 2 5 5 3 4 0 2 7
 2/15 BOS W 31 1 1 6 6 0 0 8 2 4 7 0 0 2 2 16
 2/17 PHI W 23 3 6 2 2 0 1 8 2 5 5 1 0 0 2 12
 2/19 IND W 34 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 5 2 0 3 10
 2/21 PHI W 28 7 10 1 2 0 0 15 3 4 3 1 1 2 1 20
 2/23 DEN L 36 8 17 2 2 0 1 18 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 -7
 2/25 PHI W 32 8 13 0 0 1 1 17 0 4 8 1 3 0 1 24
 2/27 WAS W 37 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 0 5 8 1 2 1 2 24
 2/29 ATL W 28 10 12 0 0 1 1 21 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 12
 3/3 ATL L 36 2 11 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 10 4 0 0 5 -8
 3/5 HOU W 27 3 7 0 0 1 1 7 2 5 11 1 1 0 2 33
 3/6 NJN W 27 4 10 2 2 0 3 10 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 30
 3/9 NYK W 36 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 3 1 2 1 1 6
 3/10 NYK W 29 5 10 2 2 0 1 12 1 5 5 0 0 1 3 26
 3/13 BOS W 33 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 2 6 10 1 3 1 2 21
 3/14 LAL W 37 3 11 6 6 0 1 12 1 8 2 4 2 1 3 6
 3/17 IND L 26 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 3 2 1 0 4 -25
 3/18 SDC W 37 4 9 0 0 0 2 8 1 5 8 3 1 1 2 3
 3/20 DET W 26 4 5 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 3 1 1 2 4 22
 3/22 NYK W 33 4 8 4 4 0 1 12 0 5 4 4 0 1 1 27
 3/24 DET W 35 5 11 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 5 3 1 0 4 4
 3/26 NJN W 31 6 11 0 0 0 1 12 2 6 3 2 1 0 4 0
 3/27 CLE L 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 7 4 2 0 3 -16
 3/30 ATL W 27 4 6 2 2 1 1 11 1 6 7 0 2 2 0 51
 3/31 WAS W 28 8 12 0 0 0 0 16 1 5 5 0 2 0 3 31
 4/2 CHI W 37 6 12 2 2 1 2 15 1 5 5 3 4 0 2 12
 4/4 NYK W 30 3 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 8 6 3 2 0 0 25
 4/5 ATL W 32 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 6 3 1 1 1 22
 4/9 SAS W 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 36
 4/10 SEA L 37 3 8 2 2 1 1 9 3 10 5 3 3 0 3 -16
 5/3 CLE L 37 3 7 0 1 0 2 6 1 6 9 1 1 0 3 0
 5/4 CLE W 24 3 4 2 4 0 0 8 1 4 10 1 0 2 3 35
 5/6 CLE W 31 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 8 3 4 0 4 6
 5/7 CLE W 26 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 5 1 1 0 4 15
 5/9 CLE W 17 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 5 0 0 0 4 17
 5/15 WAS W 28 4 8 4 4 0 0 12 0 3 5 3 2 0 2 18
 5/16 WAS W 28 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 10 1 1 1 1 27
 5/18 WAS L 29 3 13 1 1 0 0 7 1 3 9 0 0 0 2 -20
 5/19 WAS W 36 5 8 10 12 0 0 20 0 5 10 3 2 1 0 1
 5/21 WAS W 36 3 12 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 12 1 0 0 3 10
 5/27 POR W 34 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 9 9 2 4 1 4 17
 5/28 POR W 36 5 13 2 2 1 3 13 1 5 17 1 2 1 2 4
 5/30 POR L 37 4 8 0 0 1 3 9 1 4 6 4 3 0 4 -5
 5/31 POR W 27 3 8 3 3 0 0 9 1 2 8 3 1 0 4 -1
 6/1 POR W 35 4 9 0 2 0 0 8 0 2 8 0 2 0 4 9

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 22
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 1980 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Chicago with pick #12 of round 1 of the creation draft.
 1/1/1983 Traded to the Bucks

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