Adrian Dantley 
#21 SG | 6-5, 217lbs | Lakers | Experience: 11 years
Born: 2/28/1956 (31) | College: Notre Dame

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 100 56 74 0 45 43 59 37 30 48 47 11 65 75 83 95  
 Potential: A C B F C C C D D C C F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 
 Value: $1,681,178  $1,784,107  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  Team  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 11                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL LAL 16 14 38.8 29.4 2.3 4.3 3.1 2.8 1.14 0.8 0.3 2.6 .486 .785 .000  
 1986 NPBSL LAL 72 72 35.7 27.5 2.0 3.6 3.7 3.4 1.11 0.9 0.2 2.1 .505 .803 .000  
 1985 NPBSL LAL 82 82 39.3 33.7 2.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 1.08 1.0 0.1 2.4 .535 .800 .000  
 1984 NPBSL IND 82 82 33.7 28.3 1.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 1.06 1.0 0.1 2.2 .518 .829 .000  
 1983 NPBSL IND 57 57 35.0 28.7 2.1 4.6 3.1 3.1 1.03 1.1 0.2 2.3 .537 .793 .000  
 1982 NPBSL IND 82 82 36.4 30.6 2.3 4.0 4.3 3.7 1.16 1.1 0.2 2.5 .534 .799 .000  
 1981 NPBSL IND 76 76 36.3 32.8 1.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 1.10 1.0 0.1 2.3 .541 .820 .000  
 1980 NPBSL IND 82 82 35.7 30.4 1.8 3.4 3.8 3.5 1.07 1.1 0.1 2.1 .511 .843 .000  
 1979 NPBSL UTA 68 0 39.3 28.0 2.7 4.9 2.8 3.4 0.82 1.4 0.2 3.1 .576 .842 .000  
 1978 NPBSL LAL 60 0 29.6 17.3 2.2 3.5 2.3 2.6 0.89 1.1 0.2 2.7 .510 .854 .000  
 1977 NPBSL IND 79 0 37.1 21.5 3.4 4.5 3.2 2.9 1.11 1.5 0.3 2.9 .512 .796 .000  
 1976 NPBSL BUF 77 0 36.6 20.3 3.3 4.4 1.9 0.0 144.00 1.2 0.2 2.8 .520 .818 .000  
 Career     833 547 36.1 27.5 2.4 4.1 3.4 3.1 1.11 1.1 0.2 2.5 .527 .816 .000  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL LAL 11.2 23.0 .486 7.1 9.0 .785 8.9 12.9 .689 2.3 10.1 .228 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL LAL 10.4 20.6 .505 6.7 8.3 .803 7.8 11.8 .655 2.7 8.8 .306 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL LAL 12.1 22.6 .535 9.6 12.0 .800 9.0 13.5 .669 3.0 9.0 .337 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL IND 9.8 18.9 .518 8.8 10.6 .829 7.0 10.7 .653 2.8 8.1 .341 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL IND 9.7 18.1 .537 9.2 11.6 .793 6.7 10.0 .668 3.1 8.1 .377 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1982 NPBSL IND 10.6 19.9 .534 9.3 11.6 .799 7.6 11.5 .665 3.0 8.5 .357 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL IND 11.1 20.4 .541 10.7 13.0 .820 7.8 11.6 .674 3.2 8.9 .366 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL IND 9.6 18.8 .511 11.2 13.3 .843 7.3 11.0 .657 2.4 7.7 .306 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1979 NPBSL UTA 10.7 18.6 .576 6.5 7.7 .842 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NPBSL LAL 6.2 12.2 .510 4.9 5.7 .854 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPBSL IND 7.3 14.3 .512 6.8 8.6 .796 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPBSL BUF 7.1 13.6 .520 6.2 7.6 .818 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.6 18.2 .527 8.2 10.1 .816 5.1 7.6 .664 1.9 5.6 .336 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 +/- 
 1987 16 14 621 179 368 113 144 0 0 471 37 106 50 12 44 12 4 42 150 
 1986 72 72 2569 751 1486 481 599 0 3 1983 142 398 269 65 243 65 15 152 774 
 1985 82 82 3219 990 1852 784 980 0 4 2764 195 544 361 83 333 83 10 195 601 
 1984 82 82 2760 801 1547 720 868 0 4 2322 159 499 310 79 292 79 8 184 450 
 1983 57 57 1995 555 1034 526 663 0 3 1636 122 386 179 60 174 60 9 130 111 
 1982 82 82 2986 873 1635 762 954 0 1 2508 188 513 349 90 301 90 15 201 426 
 1981 76 76 2756 840 1554 813 991 0 0 2493 147 444 307 74 279 74 11 171 563 
 1980 82 82 2928 789 1545 918 1089 0 5 2496 149 429 310 88 291 88 11 175 599 
 1979 68 0 2674 730 1267 443 526 0 2 1903 183 516 191 96 233 96 14 211 0 
 1978 60 0 1775 374 733 292 342 0 0 1040 131 342 138 63 155 63 12 162 0 
 1977 79 0 2933 578 1128 541 680 0 0 1697 265 620 253 118 228 118 24 233 0 
 1976 77 0 2816 544 1046 476 582 0 0 1564 251 587 144 91 0 91 15 215 0 
 Career 833 547 30032 8004 15195 6869 8418 0 22 22877 1969 5384 2861 919 2573 919 148 2071 3674 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NPBSL LAL .548 1.28 9.5 8.4 31.9 6.9 12.6 9.8 20.9 96.7 3.2 9.4 108.4 97.2  
 1986 NPBSL LAL .567 1.33 11.9 10.7 33.3 6.8 10.5 8.8 22.7 467.5 15.6 10.8 113.6 100.3  
 1985 NPBSL LAL .605 1.49 12.1 11.2 34.7 7.5 11.7 9.7 26.3 761.2 25.4 7.3 112.3 103.9  
 1984 NPBSL IND .602 1.50 12.2 11.5 34.1 6.6 12.4 9.7 26.9 674.2 22.5 5.5 107.5 100.2  
 1983 NPBSL IND .617 1.58 10.7 10.4 32.7 7.3 14.6 11.1 28.5 536.1 17.9 1.9 107.4 104.7  
 1982 NPBSL IND .610 1.53 12.9 11.1 33.4 7.0 12.4 9.6 29.2 832.3 27.7 5.2 110.5 103.6  
 1981 NPBSL IND .626 1.60 11.9 10.8 34.2 6.3 12.1 9.3 30.6 826.1 27.5 7.4 113.0 103.9  
 1980 NPBSL IND .617 1.62 11.8 11.1 32.2 6.1 10.4 8.3 29.6 833.6 27.8 7.3 110.5 101.4  
 1979 NPBSL UTA .636 1.50 9.9 12.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL LAL .589 1.42 11.7 13.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPBSL IND .594 1.50 13.3 11.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPBSL BUF .601 1.50 10.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .605 1.51 11.8 10.6 22.1 6.8 11.9 9.5 25.3 5027.8 167.6 4.4 110.7 102.4  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL LAL 15 15 42.1 30.5 2.5 4.1 4.8 4.9 0.97 0.5 0.1 2.3 .500 .808 .000  
 1985 NPBSL LAL 19 19 42.3 33.4 2.1 4.2 4.8 4.4 1.10 1.4 0.1 2.5 .516 .841 .000  
 1984 NPBSL IND 5 5 44.8 41.4 2.4 6.0 5.4 5.4 1.00 1.6 0.0 2.4 .494 .887 .000  
 1982 NPBSL IND 5 5 43.0 35.0 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.6 1.04 0.8 0.6 4.0 .438 .852 .000  
 1981 NPBSL IND 15 15 38.7 38.9 1.9 4.7 5.1 4.1 1.25 1.3 0.1 3.5 .545 .839 .000  
 1980 NPBSL IND 14 14 38.8 26.5 1.9 4.5 3.9 3.7 1.06 0.8 0.2 3.4 .444 .856 .000  
 Career     73 73 41.1 33.2 2.3 4.5 4.7 4.4 1.08 1.0 0.2 2.9 .500 .843 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL LAL 12.0 24.0 .500 6.5 8.0 .808 9.2 14.6 .630 2.8 9.4 .298 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL LAL 13.1 25.3 .516 7.3 8.6 .841 9.4 14.8 .637 3.6 10.4 .350 0.0 0.2 .000  
 1984 NPBSL IND 16.0 32.4 .494 9.4 10.6 .887 10.6 18.2 .582 5.4 14.2 .380 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL IND 10.6 24.2 .438 13.8 16.2 .852 7.8 14.0 .557 2.8 10.2 .275 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL IND 13.9 25.5 .545 11.1 13.3 .839 10.1 14.3 .702 3.8 11.1 .343 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1980 NPBSL IND 8.8 19.8 .444 8.9 10.4 .856 5.5 9.7 .566 3.3 10.0 .329 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     12.2 24.4 .500 8.8 10.5 .843 8.7 13.9 .629 3.5 10.5 .333 0.0 0.1 .000  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 15 15 631 180 360 97 120 0 0 457 38 100 72 8 74 8 2 34 106 
 1985 19 19 804 248 481 138 164 0 3 634 39 118 92 26 84 26 1 47 92 
 1984 5 5 224 80 162 47 53 0 0 207 12 42 27 8 27 8 0 12 -31 
 1982 5 5 215 53 121 69 81 0 0 175 21 42 24 4 23 4 3 20 -28 
 1981 15 15 581 208 382 167 199 0 1 583 29 99 76 19 61 19 2 52 -23 
 1980 14 14 543 123 277 125 146 0 1 371 27 90 55 11 52 11 3 48 -11 
 Career 73 73 2998 892 1783 643 763 0 5 2427 166 491 346 76 321 76 11 213 105 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL LAL .552 1.27 12.9 13.2 32.8 7.2 10.2 8.8 15.6 48.1 1.6 7.1 110.2 102.5  
 1985 NPBSL LAL .573 1.32 12.6 11.5 34.8 6.1 11.4 8.8 17.0 78.6 2.6 4.8 110.5 105.5  
 1984 NPBSL IND .562 1.28 11.3 11.3 39.9 5.7 14.6 10.1 20.7 34.1 1.1 -6.2 99.2 105.2  
 1982 NPBSL IND .561 1.45 11.8 11.3 35.8 10.0 11.4 10.6 19.5 28.7 1.0 -5.6 106.0 111.8  
 1981 NPBSL IND .621 1.53 12.5 10.0 39.0 5.9 14.0 10.0 25.8 133.4 4.4 -1.5 109.2 111.1  
 1980 NPBSL IND .545 1.34 12.3 11.6 30.2 5.4 12.6 9.0 16.9 51.9 1.7 -0.8 103.5 103.3  
 Career     .573 1.36 12.4 11.5 34.8 6.4 12.1 9.3 18.8 374.9 12.5 1.4 107.7 106.0  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 39 6 11 6 3 2 6 16 32 13 17 0 0  
 Playoff 56 8 12 10 5 2 18 21 43 24 27 0 1  
 Career 61 8 19 12 5 3 18 21 43 24 29 0 1  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 WAS L 23 8 13 5 10 0 0 21 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 7
 10/21 PHI W 25 6 20 4 4 0 1 16 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 -2
 10/23 SDC W 31 12 22 11 12 0 0 35 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 12
 10/25 NJN W 29 8 17 11 14 0 0 27 3 6 3 6 1 0 4 -4
 10/27 NYK W 23 6 15 5 6 0 0 17 2 8 4 2 1 0 4 7
 10/31 POR W 29 9 17 8 12 0 0 26 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 8
 11/3 KCK W 15 7 9 2 4 0 0 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 6
 11/4 SDC W 21 9 14 6 6 0 0 24 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 16
 12/16 BOS W 32 11 16 5 6 0 0 27 0 3 3 2 1 0 3 14
 12/17 SDC W 39 12 27 11 14 0 0 35 5 10 5 3 1 0 2 34
 12/20 POR W 36 14 28 4 4 0 0 32 4 11 6 1 1 0 2 34
 12/21 SEA W 38 12 20 12 14 0 0 36 1 2 2 3 1 0 3 17
 12/25 PHX W 45 16 32 7 11 0 0 39 1 8 4 1 1 0 2 20
 12/26 CLE L 42 11 23 10 12 0 0 32 0 4 2 6 1 0 5 -8
 12/30 HOU W 44 16 32 2 2 0 0 34 3 7 3 2 1 0 3 17
 12/31 KCK L 48 8 26 4 6 0 0 20 2 7 4 4 0 1 3 -1
 1/2 CHI L 45 9 29 3 6 0 0 21 6 10 2 2 3 0 3 3
 1/3 PHX L 36 10 19 7 10 0 0 27 3 9 1 4 1 0 5 5
 1/6 MIL L 40 14 24 6 8 0 0 34 2 7 2 5 0 0 2 -23
 1/7 SEA W 46 9 18 13 15 0 0 31 2 8 4 2 0 1 0 17
 1/11 DAL L 48 9 25 13 17 0 0 31 3 5 4 6 1 0 4 -5
 1/12 UTA W 46 12 26 8 9 0 0 32 2 11 5 1 0 2 2 4

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 179
 Total Player of the Week: 16
 Total Player of the Month: 5
 Total All-Star Appearances: 7
 Total All-League First Team: 5
 Total Championships: 1
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1980 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1984 NPSBL All-Star
 1984 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1985 NPBSL All-Star
 1985 NPBSL All-League First Team
 1986 NPBSL All-Star
 1986 New Peoples Basketball Sim League Champion

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Indiana with pick #11 of round 1 of the creation draft.
 7/20/1984 Re-signed with the Pacers for $7,891,245 over 5 years.
 6/26/1985 Traded to the Bullets
 12/16/1985 Traded to the Lakers

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