Rory Sparrow 
#35 PG | 6-2, 181lbs | Pistons | Experience: 7 years
Born: 6/12/1958 (29) | College: Villanova

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 53 87 72 32 92 80 17 9 20 67 73 17 79 64 34 100  
 Potential: C A B D A B F D D B B F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 
 Value: $605,000  $632,500  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  Team  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 2                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DET 37 0 14.8 4.4 0.4 1.1 3.1 1.0 3.00 0.9 0.1 1.9 .393 .827 .000  
 1986 NPBSL DET 68 0 8.5 2.9 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.6 2.79 0.5 0.0 0.6 .398 .695 .133  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 83 7 19.0 7.5 0.4 1.1 3.6 1.1 3.22 1.2 0.1 2.0 .455 .725 .161  
 1984 NPBSL LAL 77 20 20.8 8.6 0.6 1.2 3.8 1.3 2.86 0.8 0.1 1.9 .474 .895 .237  
 1983 NPBSL DEN 82 82 31.9 13.9 1.3 1.8 6.9 1.9 3.63 1.6 0.1 2.6 .468 .782 .178  
 1982 NPBSL DEN 74 65 32.8 11.0 1.1 1.8 6.3 1.8 3.60 1.0 0.1 2.5 .462 .712 .175  
 1981 NPBSL HOU 82 82 34.7 10.9 0.8 1.3 6.0 2.1 2.84 1.1 0.0 2.8 .428 .778 .200  
 1980 NPBSL HOU 81 81 34.2 10.7 0.8 1.1 5.2 2.0 2.62 0.8 0.1 3.2 .461 .764 .119  
 Career     584 337 25.6 9.2 0.7 1.3 4.7 1.5 3.10 1.0 0.1 2.2 .453 .774 .167  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DET 1.6 4.1 .393 1.2 1.4 .827 0.6 1.1 .615 0.9 2.6 .365 0.0 0.4 .000  
 1986 NPBSL DET 1.1 2.8 .398 0.6 0.9 .695 0.4 0.7 .612 0.6 1.9 .346 0.0 0.2 .133  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 3.1 6.8 .455 1.3 1.8 .725 1.3 1.7 .738 1.7 4.6 .371 0.1 0.4 .161  
 1984 NPBSL LAL 3.3 6.9 .474 2.0 2.2 .895 1.1 1.6 .691 2.0 4.8 .425 0.1 0.5 .237  
 1983 NPBSL DEN 5.7 12.1 .468 2.5 3.2 .782 1.7 2.6 .662 3.8 8.9 .429 0.1 0.5 .178  
 1982 NPBSL DEN 4.5 9.8 .462 1.8 2.6 .712 1.9 2.8 .683 2.5 6.5 .390 0.1 0.5 .175  
 1981 NPBSL HOU 4.4 10.3 .428 2.0 2.5 .778 1.5 2.4 .632 2.8 7.3 .383 0.1 0.7 .200  
 1980 NPBSL HOU 4.2 9.2 .461 2.2 2.9 .764 1.5 2.2 .698 2.6 6.5 .407 0.1 0.5 .119  
 Career     3.7 8.1 .453 1.8 2.3 .774 1.3 2.0 .675 2.3 5.7 .400 0.1 0.5 .167  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 37 0 548 59 150 43 52 0 15 161 13 54 114 34 38 34 5 69 42 
 1986 68 0 578 76 191 41 59 2 15 195 15 44 106 32 38 32 2 41 -104 
 1985 83 7 1577 255 561 108 149 5 31 623 34 127 299 103 93 103 11 164 33 
 1984 77 20 1598 251 530 153 171 9 38 664 46 138 295 61 103 61 4 147 4 
 1983 82 82 2618 465 993 205 262 8 45 1143 105 252 563 133 155 133 10 210 -198 
 1982 74 65 2427 336 727 136 191 7 40 815 78 209 468 74 130 74 9 185 -747 
 1981 82 82 2843 362 846 161 207 11 55 896 66 173 492 87 173 87 3 230 -106 
 1980 81 81 2768 343 744 178 233 5 42 869 66 157 425 66 162 66 6 261 273 
 Career 584 337 14957 2147 4742 1025 1324 47 281 5366 423 1154 2762 590 892 590 50 1307 -803 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NPBSL DET .462 1.07 35.1 11.7 17.8 2.4 7.2 4.8 11.5 4.0 0.1 1.1 98.0 95.3  
 1986 NPBSL DET .452 1.02 29.4 10.5 20.0 2.5 5.5 3.9 11.7 5.9 0.2 -1.5 95.7 107.0  
 1985 NPBSL WAS .498 1.11 29.3 9.1 20.6 2.4 6.0 4.3 14.7 87.6 2.9 0.4 103.3 103.4  
 1984 NPBSL LAL .549 1.25 29.4 10.3 20.5 3.4 6.6 5.0 14.9 92.3 3.1 0.1 105.7 105.9  
 1983 NPBSL DEN .516 1.15 30.8 8.5 21.7 4.1 6.7 5.3 17.3 246.4 8.2 -2.4 105.8 109.0  
 1982 NPBSL DEN .503 1.12 33.2 9.2 18.1 3.5 6.4 4.9 13.9 104.6 3.5 -10.1 100.2 114.2  
 1981 NPBSL HOU .478 1.06 30.7 10.8 18.2 2.7 4.5 3.6 10.8 -8.8 -0.3 -1.3 104.9 106.5  
 1980 NPBSL HOU .512 1.17 29.6 11.3 16.6 2.8 3.9 3.3 10.7 -11.2 -0.4 3.4 105.7 101.4  
 Career     .504 1.13 30.8 9.9 19.1 3.1 5.6 4.3 13.3 520.7 17.4 -1.4 103.8 106.5  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL DET 11 0 6.5 2.1 0.2 0.3 1.8 0.6 2.86 0.5 0.1 0.3 .391 .667 .250  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 6 4 27.2 9.3 0.2 1.8 5.7 1.7 3.40 1.0 0.0 2.2 .457 .929 1.000  
 1984 NPBSL LAL 6 6 41.0 14.5 1.3 2.2 6.0 2.0 3.00 0.8 0.0 3.7 .580 .750 .250  
 Career     23 10 20.9 7.2 0.5 1.2 3.9 1.3 3.10 0.7 0.0 1.7 .507 .821 .333  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL DET 0.8 2.1 .391 0.4 0.5 .667 0.4 0.6 .571 0.4 1.1 .333 0.1 0.4 .250  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 3.5 7.7 .457 2.2 2.3 .929 1.5 1.8 .818 1.8 5.7 .324 0.2 0.2 1.000  
 1984 NPBSL LAL 6.7 11.5 .580 1.0 1.3 .750 2.7 3.2 .842 3.8 7.7 .500 0.2 0.7 .250  
 Career     3.0 6.0 .507 1.0 1.2 .821 1.3 1.6 .784 1.7 4.0 .413 0.1 0.4 .333  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1986 11 0 72 9 23 4 6 1 4 23 2 5 20 5 7 5 1 3 6 
 1985 6 4 163 21 46 13 14 1 1 56 1 12 34 6 10 6 0 13 -9 
 1984 6 6 246 40 69 6 8 1 4 87 8 21 36 5 12 5 0 22 32 
 Career 23 10 481 70 138 23 28 3 9 166 11 38 90 16 29 16 1 38 29 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL DET .462 1.00 37.7 13.2 21.5 2.5 4.2 3.3 12.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 101.9 97.5  
 1985 NPBSL WAS .538 1.22 35.4 10.4 17.7 0.7 7.1 4.0 11.0 0.1 0.0 -1.5 110.7 112.5  
 1984 NPBSL LAL .603 1.26 29.8 9.9 17.2 4.7 5.9 5.3 9.0 -7.3 -0.2 5.3 115.5 109.0  
 Career     .553 1.20 33.5 10.8 18.0 2.8 6.0 4.5 10.1 -6.2 -0.2 1.3 111.7 108.5  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 18 3 5 8 3 1 3 6 10 7 10 0 2  
 Playoff 20 3 6 10 2 1 4 9 15 4 4 1 2  
 Career 33 5 8 14 6 2 8 12 20 13 16 1 4  

Game Logs

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

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 7

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Houston with pick #22 of round 4 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1982 Signed with the Nuggets for $693,000 over 3 years.
 1/16/1985 Traded to the Lakers
 7/23/1985 Signed with the Supersonics for $2,365,000 over 4 years.
 1/1/1986 Traded to the Bullets
 6/25/1986 Traded to the Pistons

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