Wayne Cooper 
#42 PF | 6-10, 259lbs | Jazz | Experience: 8 years
Born: 11/16/1956 (30) | College: New Orleans

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 60 45 66 0 37 21 88 80 61 24 21 100 51 57 42 88  
 Potential: C C B F D D A B B D D A          
 Health: Day-to-Day (97%) - Torn Ligament
 Status: Inactive

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $570,000  $598,500  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  Team  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%  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 80 44 25.2 10.7 2.1 4.0 1.3 1.4 0.93 0.2 2.8 3.4 .444 .748 .000  
 1985 NPBSL DET 79 47 23.0 8.5 1.8 4.2 1.0 1.7 0.61 0.3 2.5 3.1 .478 .744 .000  
 1984 NPBSL DET 82 0 18.6 8.9 1.7 3.7 0.7 1.2 0.57 0.2 2.2 2.8 .500 .745 .000  
 1983 NPBSL DET 82 82 28.4 11.6 2.5 4.7 1.2 1.6 0.73 0.3 2.8 4.5 .508 .717 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NYK 59 53 25.8 10.7 2.2 4.8 1.2 1.5 0.79 0.3 2.5 3.4 .499 .698 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 82 50 24.2 9.6 1.7 3.4 1.0 1.6 0.61 0.2 1.8 4.1 .505 .704 .000  
 1980 NPBSL SEA 75 75 31.0 12.7 2.4 5.4 1.4 1.5 0.88 0.3 1.8 4.0 .528 .768 .200  
 1979 NPBSL GSW 79 0 22.5 11.0 2.6 3.9 0.5 1.8 0.30 0.3 1.0 3.1 .489 .751 .250  
 1978 NPBSL GSW 65 0 12.2 4.6 1.4 2.9 0.3 0.8 0.40 0.1 0.7 1.8 .437 .672 .000  
 Career     683 351 23.6 9.9 2.1 4.1 1.0 1.5 0.65 0.2 2.0 3.4 .490 .733 .105  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL UTA 4.1 9.3 .444 2.5 3.3 .748 3.0 5.8 .518 1.1 3.5 .325 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL DET 3.4 7.1 .478 1.7 2.3 .744 2.6 4.7 .544 0.8 2.3 .350 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL DET 3.4 6.9 .500 2.0 2.7 .745 2.9 5.0 .571 0.6 1.8 .311 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL DET 4.5 8.8 .508 2.6 3.7 .717 3.9 6.8 .577 0.6 2.0 .286 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NYK 4.2 8.4 .499 2.3 3.3 .698 3.4 6.0 .561 0.8 2.4 .345 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 3.5 7.0 .505 2.5 3.6 .704 3.0 5.0 .587 0.6 2.0 .296 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL SEA 4.7 8.8 .528 3.4 4.4 .768 3.6 5.9 .619 1.0 2.9 .350 0.0 0.1 .200  
 1979 NPBSL GSW 4.6 9.5 .489 1.7 2.3 .751 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .250  
 1978 NPBSL GSW 2.0 4.5 .437 0.6 0.9 .672 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.9 7.9 .490 2.2 3.0 .733 2.5 4.4 .569 0.6 1.9 .325 0.0 0.0 .105  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 80 44 2019 330 743 196 262 0 2 856 171 492 107 17 115 17 224 272 264 
 1985 79 47 1816 267 558 134 180 0 3 668 146 475 80 24 132 24 196 241 337 
 1984 82 0 1525 282 564 164 220 0 3 728 138 441 58 15 101 15 182 227 215 
 1983 82 82 2327 368 725 215 300 0 2 951 205 593 99 24 135 24 231 370 178 
 1982 59 53 1525 248 497 134 192 0 0 630 130 412 72 15 91 15 145 198 225 
 1981 82 50 1983 290 574 207 294 0 0 787 140 420 82 14 134 14 147 334 234 
 1980 75 75 2325 350 663 252 328 1 5 953 183 587 102 26 116 26 137 297 -155 
 1979 79 0 1781 367 750 136 181 1 4 871 202 507 42 20 140 20 79 246 0 
 1978 65 0 795 128 293 41 61 0 0 297 90 280 21 7 52 7 44 118 0 
 Career 683 351 16096 2630 5367 1479 2018 2 19 6741 1405 4207 663 162 1016 162 1385 2303 1298 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL UTA .499 1.15 9.9 10.6 19.9 8.7 16.3 12.5 15.5 119.2 4.0 3.3 105.7 100.0  
 1985 NPBSL DET .524 1.20 9.4 15.5 17.5 8.5 18.5 13.6 13.9 65.8 2.2 4.3 103.7 95.8  
 1984 NPBSL DET .551 1.29 7.1 12.3 20.6 9.7 21.7 15.7 17.9 166.5 5.5 2.6 103.5 97.4  
 1983 NPBSL DET .555 1.31 9.1 12.4 17.8 9.7 19.2 14.4 15.7 176.1 5.9 2.2 107.1 102.5  
 1982 NPBSL NYK .542 1.27 9.7 12.2 18.0 8.9 20.1 14.4 16.4 132.5 4.4 3.8 104.6 97.9  
 1981 NPBSL WAS .560 1.37 8.9 14.6 17.5 8.6 16.8 12.7 13.3 79.7 2.7 2.9 107.4 101.5  
 1980 NPBSL SEA .590 1.44 10.0 11.3 16.9 8.8 20.4 14.5 17.8 248.7 8.3 -2.1 101.7 104.0  
 1979 NPBSL GSW .525 1.16 4.2 13.8 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL GSW .463 1.01 5.3 13.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .539 1.26 8.4 12.8 15.3 9.0 18.9 13.9 15.7 988.4 32.9 1.9 104.9 100.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL DET 7 3 18.3 10.1 1.4 2.9 1.0 0.9 1.17 0.3 2.0 3.6 .620 .643 .000  
 1984 NPBSL DET 13 0 15.3 7.5 1.2 3.4 1.2 1.2 1.00 0.0 1.9 3.3 .486 .750 .000  
 1983 NPBSL DET 5 5 36.4 13.0 3.2 7.4 1.6 2.4 0.67 0.0 3.0 3.2 .491 .813 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NYK 16 13 24.9 8.0 2.0 4.8 1.5 1.9 0.77 0.2 2.1 4.0 .431 .636 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 12 0 19.1 8.3 1.2 2.2 0.7 0.7 1.00 0.1 1.7 3.3 .531 .861 .000  
 Career     53 21 21.5 8.7 1.7 3.8 1.2 1.4 0.86 0.1 2.0 3.5 .496 .740 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL DET 4.4 7.1 .620 1.3 2.0 .643 2.7 4.9 .559 1.7 2.3 .750 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL DET 2.6 5.4 .486 2.3 3.1 .750 2.0 3.7 .542 0.6 1.7 .364 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL DET 5.2 10.6 .491 2.6 3.2 .813 4.0 7.6 .526 1.2 3.0 .400 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL NYK 3.1 7.3 .431 1.8 2.8 .636 2.7 5.8 .467 0.4 1.5 .292 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 2.8 5.3 .531 2.6 3.0 .861 2.3 3.9 .596 0.5 1.4 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.3 6.7 .496 2.1 2.8 .740 2.6 4.9 .525 0.7 1.8 .415 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 +/- 
 1985 7 3 128 31 50 9 14 0 0 71 10 30 7 2 6 2 14 25 31 
 1984 13 0 199 34 70 30 40 0 0 98 16 60 15 0 15 0 25 43 -8 
 1983 5 5 182 26 53 13 16 0 0 65 16 53 8 0 12 0 15 16 -70 
 1982 16 13 399 50 116 28 44 0 0 128 32 108 24 3 31 3 34 64 -10 
 1981 12 0 229 34 64 31 36 0 0 99 14 40 8 1 8 1 20 39 -2 
 Career 53 21 1137 175 353 111 150 0 0 461 88 291 62 6 72 6 108 187 -59 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1985 NPBSL DET .643 1.42 10.1 8.7 19.9 8.4 17.9 13.0 17.6 11.5 0.4 4.4 118.3 106.8  
 1984 NPBSL DET .557 1.40 12.7 12.7 21.3 8.3 21.0 14.9 13.9 9.7 0.3 -0.6 98.3 101.7  
 1983 NPBSL DET .533 1.23 10.0 15.0 17.6 9.4 24.2 16.4 10.0 -1.7 -0.1 -14.0 92.9 111.5  
 1982 NPBSL NYK .474 1.10 12.6 16.3 17.6 8.4 19.6 14.0 8.4 -13.1 -0.4 -0.6 101.1 102.3  
 1981 NPBSL WAS .625 1.55 8.3 8.3 16.2 6.7 12.2 9.5 12.8 7.3 0.2 -0.2 101.3 103.3  
 Career     .549 1.31 11.2 13.0 18.2 8.2 18.9 13.5 11.5 13.7 0.5 -1.1 101.4 104.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 25 7 14 4 2 9 6 10 19 11 12 0 1  
 Playoff 20 4 15 5 1 7 6 8 16 9 10 0 0  
 Career 32 8 20 5 3 10 6 11 19 14 16 1 1  

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

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 12

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Seattle with pick #4 of round 3 of the creation draft.
 10/20/1981 Traded to the Bullets
 10/1/1982 Traded to the Knicks
 7/25/1983 Signed with the Pistons for $1,552,500 over 3 years.
 6/26/1985 Traded to the Bullets
 2/13/1986 Traded to the Pistons
 7/21/1986 Signed with the Jazz for $1,168,500 over 2 years.

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