John Long 
#28 SF | 6-5, 211lbs | Bullets | Experience: 8 years
Born: 8/28/1956 (30) | 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 32 46 22 24 66 79 24 45 65 29 83  
 Potential: B A A C C D C D D B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $670,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 8                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL WAS 66 0 16.2 8.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.77 1.0 0.2 1.9 .417 .914 .205  
 1985 NPBSL GSW 82 82 35.7 18.2 1.8 2.8 3.1 2.5 1.22 1.3 0.3 2.9 .451 .866 .212  
 1984 NPBSL GSW 79 79 31.9 14.6 1.5 2.2 2.8 1.8 1.56 1.3 0.2 3.3 .472 .898 .270  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     706 463 33.0 18.2 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.3 1.06 1.4 0.2 3.1 .491 .856 .229  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL WAS 3.4 8.1 .417 1.1 1.2 .914 1.2 2.4 .513 2.0 5.0 .399 0.1 0.7 .205  
 1985 NPBSL GSW 7.3 16.3 .451 3.3 3.8 .866 2.9 4.4 .647 4.3 10.8 .394 0.2 1.0 .212  
 1984 NPBSL GSW 5.7 12.1 .472 3.0 3.4 .898 2.4 3.9 .618 3.1 7.4 .417 0.2 0.8 .270  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     7.4 15.1 .491 3.2 3.7 .856 2.7 4.0 .663 2.9 7.0 .419 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 +/- 
 1986 66 0 1072 223 535 74 81 9 44 529 56 149 57 68 74 68 12 124 -377 
 1985 82 82 2931 602 1334 271 313 18 85 1493 147 376 253 108 207 108 23 241 195 
 1984 79 79 2523 451 956 238 265 17 63 1157 117 294 224 104 144 104 14 263 102 
 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 706 463 23294 5234 10664 2251 2631 117 511 12836 1107 2583 1695 976 1599 976 134 2158 1158 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL WAS .462 0.99 8.1 10.5 24.7 5.3 9.5 7.3 12.1 26.3 0.9 -5.7 94.0 110.7  
 1985 NPBSL GSW .507 1.12 13.1 10.7 23.6 5.3 8.4 6.8 14.1 157.9 5.3 2.4 106.0 103.1  
 1984 NPBSL GSW .539 1.21 15.5 10.0 19.5 5.2 7.5 6.4 14.0 132.6 4.4 1.3 108.8 106.9  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .589 1.33 11.7 10.9 24.3 5.8 7.6 6.7 19.2 356.4 11.9 -1.8 108.1 110.5  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL DET .535 1.15 12.4 12.4 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL DET .498 1.06 7.6 8.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .543 1.20 11.2 10.6 18.7 5.2 7.0 6.1 15.5 1605.6 53.5 1.6 108.6 105.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL GSW 5 5 36.2 23.8 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.8 0.93 1.8 0.2 3.4 .472 .919 .125  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     41 41 35.6 20.4 1.9 2.1 2.9 2.7 1.06 1.4 0.2 3.3 .474 .880 .283  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL GSW 8.4 17.8 .472 6.8 7.4 .919 3.2 4.8 .667 5.0 11.4 .439 0.2 1.6 .125  
 1983 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     8.1 17.0 .474 4.0 4.5 .880 3.9 6.5 .596 3.9 9.4 .412 0.3 1.1 .283  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1985 5 5 181 42 89 34 37 1 8 119 7 20 13 9 14 9 1 17 -44 
 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 41 41 1458 331 699 162 184 13 46 837 77 162 118 57 111 57 9 137 -110 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1985 NPBSL GSW .571 1.34 9.8 10.6 27.0 4.3 8.2 6.3 15.5 13.6 0.5 -8.8 99.8 109.7  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .471 1.05 16.1 10.0 21.2 6.5 5.1 5.8 8.6 -11.0 -0.4 -0.8 104.5 104.7  
 1982 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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 NPBSL 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     .536 1.20 11.7 11.0 25.9 5.8 6.3 6.0 12.6 45.5 1.5 -2.7 105.1 107.9  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 23
 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
 1/16/1985 Traded to the Warriors
 12/16/1986 Traded to the Bullets

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