Purvis Short 
#20 SG | 6-7, 228lbs | Bucks | Experience: 8 years
Born: 7/2/1957 (29) | College: Jackson State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 100 61 80 39 47 43 60 33 36 70 69 17 59 55 64 91  
 Potential: A B A D C C C D D B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993 
 Value: $872,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL MIL 55 35 31.3 21.7 1.8 3.4 3.3 2.5 1.34 1.4 0.2 2.8 .455 .828 .171  
 1985 NPBSL CHI 82 24 21.6 12.7 1.5 1.9 2.4 1.5 1.54 0.9 0.0 2.5 .443 .811 .250  
 1984 NPBSL CHI 58 53 33.4 19.8 1.8 2.8 4.5 2.5 1.81 1.0 0.2 2.9 .451 .852 .128  
 1983 NPBSL SEA 73 14 19.6 9.5 1.2 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.15 0.8 0.1 2.3 .427 .822 .154  
 1982 NPBSL ATL 80 80 34.4 16.3 1.7 3.4 3.1 2.8 1.09 0.8 0.1 3.7 .438 .820 .238  
 1981 NPBSL ATL 82 82 33.8 16.4 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.3 1.38 1.0 0.1 3.4 .470 .808 .258  
 1980 NPBSL ATL 82 82 36.3 16.0 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.4 1.25 0.9 0.3 3.5 .430 .837 .205  
 1979 NPBSL GSW 62 0 26.4 17.0 1.9 3.2 2.0 2.0 1.01 1.0 0.1 3.0 .503 .812 .000  
 1978 NPBSL GSW 75 0 22.7 10.6 1.7 2.9 1.3 1.5 0.87 0.7 0.2 3.1 .479 .671 .000  
 Career     649 370 28.8 15.2 1.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 1.28 0.9 0.1 3.0 .455 .818 .196  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL MIL 8.5 18.6 .455 4.5 5.5 .828 4.6 7.5 .620 3.6 9.8 .367 0.2 1.3 .171  
 1985 NPBSL CHI 5.1 11.5 .443 2.4 2.9 .811 2.4 3.6 .668 2.5 7.3 .347 0.1 0.6 .250  
 1984 NPBSL CHI 8.0 17.7 .451 3.8 4.4 .852 3.7 5.3 .707 4.2 11.7 .354 0.1 0.7 .128  
 1983 NPBSL SEA 3.7 8.6 .427 2.0 2.5 .822 1.9 3.1 .613 1.7 5.2 .335 0.1 0.4 .154  
 1982 NPBSL ATL 6.1 13.9 .438 4.0 4.9 .820 3.1 5.0 .619 2.9 8.4 .344 0.1 0.5 .238  
 1981 NPBSL ATL 6.5 13.9 .470 3.2 4.0 .808 2.8 4.5 .625 3.6 9.0 .401 0.1 0.4 .258  
 1980 NPBSL ATL 6.2 14.5 .430 3.4 4.1 .837 3.0 4.8 .621 3.1 9.2 .342 0.1 0.5 .205  
 1979 NPBSL GSW 7.4 14.8 .503 2.2 2.7 .812 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1978 NPBSL GSW 4.9 10.3 .479 0.8 1.1 .671 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.1 13.5 .455 2.9 3.5 .818 2.4 3.7 .637 2.4 6.7 .357 0.1 0.5 .196  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 55 35 1723 465 1021 250 302 12 70 1192 100 286 184 75 137 75 9 155 4 
 1985 82 24 1775 418 943 193 238 12 48 1041 119 271 193 77 125 77 2 203 185 
 1984 58 53 1937 463 1026 218 256 5 39 1149 107 272 259 60 143 60 9 171 393 
 1983 73 14 1428 269 630 148 180 4 26 690 87 240 122 59 106 59 6 167 8 
 1982 80 80 2748 487 1112 318 388 10 42 1302 136 407 245 61 224 61 10 293 -618 
 1981 82 82 2769 537 1143 265 328 8 31 1347 164 400 255 86 185 86 8 276 -276 
 1980 82 82 2976 510 1187 282 337 8 39 1310 210 449 244 70 195 70 24 286 -875 
 1979 62 0 1636 461 916 134 165 0 6 1056 119 316 123 63 122 63 9 186 0 
 1978 75 0 1703 369 771 57 85 0 0 795 127 347 97 54 111 54 12 233 0 
 Career 649 370 18695 3979 8749 1865 2279 59 301 9882 1169 2988 1722 605 1348 605 89 1970 -1179 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL MIL .516 1.17 12.5 9.3 31.2 6.1 11.1 8.6 18.8 213.6 7.1 0.1 101.9 101.9  
 1985 NPBSL CHI .496 1.10 14.1 9.2 27.4 6.8 8.7 7.7 16.1 147.2 4.9 2.3 105.2 100.8  
 1984 NPBSL CHI .504 1.12 16.8 9.3 28.1 6.0 8.9 7.5 16.8 182.4 6.1 6.8 109.4 100.3  
 1983 NPBSL SEA .487 1.10 13.0 11.3 24.5 6.8 12.4 9.6 13.2 57.4 1.9 0.1 104.0 105.1  
 1982 NPBSL ATL .507 1.17 14.0 12.8 23.6 5.4 11.0 8.2 13.2 110.7 3.7 -7.7 98.9 108.7  
 1981 NPBSL ATL .524 1.18 14.8 10.7 23.0 7.0 10.1 8.5 15.1 191.6 6.4 -3.4 103.9 108.2  
 1980 NPBSL ATL .491 1.10 13.8 11.0 22.0 8.2 9.7 8.9 13.7 140.8 4.7 -10.7 99.0 112.1  
 1979 NPBSL GSW .534 1.15 10.0 9.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPBSL GSW .493 1.03 9.5 10.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .507 1.13 13.4 10.5 20.7 6.6 10.2 8.4 15.7 1043.7 34.8 -1.8 102.7 106.1  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL CHI 5 3 33.4 18.6 3.4 2.4 4.0 1.8 2.22 0.4 0.2 2.2 .455 .800 .167  
 1984 NPBSL CHI 10 9 36.6 22.9 2.4 3.0 4.8 3.2 1.50 1.2 0.1 3.6 .462 .833 .429  
 1983 NPBSL SEA 5 0 6.6 3.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.50 0.0 0.2 2.4 .438 1.000 .000  
 Career     20 12 28.3 17.0 2.1 2.3 3.5 2.3 1.56 0.7 0.2 3.0 .459 .833 .286  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1985 NPBSL CHI 8.0 17.6 .455 2.4 3.0 .800 3.8 5.8 .655 4.0 10.6 .377 0.2 1.2 .167  
 1984 NPBSL CHI 9.8 21.2 .462 3.0 3.6 .833 5.5 8.1 .679 4.0 12.4 .323 0.3 0.7 .429  
 1983 NPBSL SEA 1.4 3.2 .438 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.6 0.8 .750 0.8 2.2 .364 0.0 0.2 .000  
 Career     7.3 15.8 .459 2.3 2.7 .833 3.9 5.7 .675 3.2 9.4 .340 0.2 0.7 .286  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1985 5 3 167 40 88 12 15 1 6 93 17 29 20 2 9 2 1 11 -10 
 1984 10 9 366 98 212 30 36 3 7 229 24 54 48 12 32 12 1 36 14 
 1983 5 0 33 7 16 3 3 0 1 17 1 4 2 0 4 0 1 12 -26 
 Career 20 12 566 145 316 45 54 4 14 339 42 87 70 14 45 14 3 59 -22 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1985 NPBSL CHI .484 1.06 16.1 7.3 26.5 10.2 7.7 9.0 13.6 7.8 0.3 -2.0 102.4 106.1  
 1984 NPBSL CHI .500 1.08 15.6 10.4 30.0 7.0 9.0 8.0 13.1 14.3 0.5 1.4 103.7 100.8  
 1983 NPBSL SEA .471 1.06 8.7 17.4 26.7 3.1 7.9 5.7 2.4 -4.0 -0.1 -5.2 80.5 114.3  
 Career     .500 1.07 15.4 9.9 28.8 7.7 8.5 8.1 12.6 18.1 0.6 -1.1 101.8 103.2  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 49 5 12 9 4 2 6 20 40 13 20 3 5  
 Playoff 44 5 9 11 3 1 6 17 33 10 12 1 2  
 Career 49 8 12 12 5 2 9 20 40 17 20 3 5  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 PHI W 31 12 19 0 0 1 2 25 2 7 2 1 1 0 4 6
 10/22 GSW L 36 15 25 3 5 0 1 33 4 10 6 4 1 0 6 0
 10/24 NJN W 33 8 19 4 8 0 1 20 2 7 4 2 1 0 4 4
 10/26 NYK L 32 9 20 2 2 1 2 21 1 4 6 1 1 0 4 -22
 10/28 SEA W 31 6 16 4 4 0 1 16 4 6 1 7 1 0 6 1
 10/29 NJN W 43 15 24 11 13 1 2 42 2 8 4 2 3 0 3 5
 11/4 BOS L 39 14 25 4 4 0 0 32 1 7 4 5 2 0 2 -19
 11/5 WAS W 38 6 13 5 7 0 1 17 3 5 3 6 1 1 3 3
 11/9 MIL L 38 10 17 4 4 1 3 25 1 4 4 5 0 0 3 -6
 11/10 BOS W 40 11 30 11 12 0 3 33 1 5 4 1 1 0 3 4
 11/13 MIL L 31 11 18 7 8 3 3 32 2 4 3 3 1 0 3 -15
 11/14 NJN W 37 9 25 4 4 0 1 22 3 12 2 3 1 1 6 0
 11/18 NJN W 39 18 30 5 6 0 0 41 1 6 1 0 2 0 4 5
 11/19 IND L 43 11 33 7 8 0 2 29 4 10 3 5 1 0 3 -20
 11/22 WAS W 42 20 39 6 6 2 5 48 1 5 7 3 1 0 3 17
 11/24 DET W 41 18 26 13 20 0 0 49 4 9 4 3 2 1 3 11
 11/26 BOS L 40 17 40 6 7 1 3 41 3 5 2 4 1 0 3 -8
 11/27 DET L 40 14 35 4 4 0 4 32 2 4 8 3 1 0 1 -3
 11/30 UTA L 35 7 23 7 9 0 3 21 3 5 6 1 1 0 3 -24
 12/2 PHX L 38 9 19 6 6 0 3 24 1 4 7 3 0 2 3 -22
 12/4 PHI L 42 16 30 9 11 1 3 42 3 12 5 5 2 0 1 -5
 12/7 KCK L 39 9 27 5 6 0 1 23 4 10 5 2 2 0 5 -10
 12/9 POR W 40 6 10 5 8 0 1 17 4 10 7 4 2 0 3 6
 12/10 CLE L 40 7 21 12 12 0 1 26 3 7 3 4 0 0 3 -9
 12/14 NYK L 30 9 22 3 4 0 1 21 3 4 3 5 0 0 3 -31
 12/15 BOS L 33 13 28 1 2 1 2 28 2 8 1 1 1 0 1 -15
 12/19 SDC L 40 6 26 2 2 0 1 14 5 12 4 5 3 0 0 -16
 12/20 MIL L 39 6 27 4 4 1 3 17 2 6 7 1 3 1 4 -7
 12/24 SEA W 37 15 28 13 14 0 1 43 1 9 5 4 0 0 3 4
 12/25 MIL L 22 6 18 4 4 0 1 16 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 -29
 12/28 SEA W 37 12 27 6 7 0 0 30 2 7 9 1 0 0 2 7
 12/29 NYK L 38 10 21 4 4 0 2 24 3 5 5 3 1 0 2 -17
 12/31 NJN W 13 2 5 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 5 1 0 6 2
 1/3 CLE W 29 13 18 1 2 0 0 27 3 4 4 2 3 0 2 15
 1/4 GSW W 21 5 13 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 4
 1/6 SDC W 19 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 1
 1/8 BOS W 25 7 12 9 12 0 1 23 0 3 2 3 1 0 3 -5
 1/10 CHI W 28 5 11 5 6 0 3 15 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 23
 1/11 GSW W 19 3 11 0 0 0 1 6 2 2 2 2 4 0 1 -2
 1/14 NYK L 14 5 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 -18
 1/15 HOU W 21 5 7 4 4 0 0 14 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 8
 1/17 SDC W 22 5 13 6 10 0 0 16 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 3
 1/18 POR L 25 8 17 1 4 0 1 17 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 -7
 1/21 POR W 26 7 17 4 4 0 2 18 1 4 4 3 0 1 3 8
 1/22 WAS W 29 5 14 5 6 0 0 15 2 5 1 2 4 0 1 11
 1/24 LAL W 32 6 11 1 1 0 0 13 2 4 3 1 4 0 3 27
 1/26 WAS W 25 6 13 6 6 0 3 18 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 10
 1/28 DEN L 36 4 19 8 9 0 0 16 1 3 3 1 1 0 5 -19
 1/29 NYK L 34 6 14 2 2 0 0 14 2 2 2 4 3 1 5 -19
 1/31 DEN W 43 11 19 11 13 0 0 33 5 11 2 4 3 1 4 22
 2/3 NJN L 25 6 13 2 2 0 2 14 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 12
 2/4 BOS W 36 6 15 2 4 0 1 14 2 7 6 1 3 0 2 12
 2/10 NJN W 33 14 23 1 2 0 0 29 1 1 3 1 4 0 2 0
 2/12 NJN W 20 6 10 2 2 0 1 14 0 4 3 0 1 0 4 12
 2/14 CHI W 33 7 15 2 2 0 1 16 1 5 2 3 0 0 3 20
 2/15 CLE W 28 1 10 3 4 0 2 5 3 6 4 2 1 0 5 12
 2/19 ATL W 20 2 12 4 6 0 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 0
 2/20 ATL W 28 7 10 3 5 1 1 18 3 10 4 2 0 0 1 40
 2/24 ATL W 17 4 8 2 2 1 1 11 2 4 1 1 3 0 0 6
 2/25 WAS W 21 6 7 6 6 0 1 18 0 4 2 1 1 0 3 16
 2/28 LAL W 23 10 12 3 4 0 0 23 3 5 3 2 3 0 5 9

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 21

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Atlanta with pick #6 of round 2 of the creation draft.
 7/28/1983 Signed with the Supersonics for $3,344,000 over 4 years.
 7/23/1984 Traded to the Bulls
 1/1/1987 Traded to the Bucks

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