Larry Bird 
#45 PF | 6-9, 252lbs | Rockets | Experience: 10 years
Born: 12/7/1956 (33) | College: Indiana State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 81 56 86 69 50 54 45 70 58 48 61 38 38 58 56 93  
 Potential: A C A B C C C B C C B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $2,000,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 10                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL HOU 82 0 13.5 6.3 0.8 2.5 1.2 0.9 1.26 0.4 0.2 1.7 .456 .909 .462  
 1988 NPBSL HOU 82 82 33.9 15.4 1.7 6.0 3.8 1.9 2.07 1.1 0.7 3.1 .459 .889 .355  
 1987 NPBSL HOU 82 82 34.9 18.8 2.0 6.2 3.8 2.1 1.77 1.0 0.7 3.1 .498 .932 .397  
 1986 NPBSL HOU 82 82 37.0 23.1 2.2 6.9 4.3 3.0 1.43 1.1 0.6 3.4 .500 .892 .411  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 43 43 37.7 19.5 2.6 7.2 5.9 2.9 2.01 1.8 0.6 3.0 .521 .924 .375  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 82 82 35.2 23.8 1.9 6.9 4.3 2.9 1.49 1.1 0.5 3.1 .535 .899 .320  
 1983 NPBSL HOU 82 82 37.0 25.4 2.3 6.9 4.3 2.9 1.50 1.1 0.4 3.0 .538 .879 .196  
 1982 NPBSL HOU 82 82 38.0 21.5 2.0 6.6 5.8 3.5 1.67 1.5 0.4 2.8 .506 .890 .379  
 1981 NPBSL HOU 82 82 38.2 23.2 2.2 6.6 5.7 3.4 1.69 1.3 0.4 3.3 .530 .883 .467  
 1980 NPBSL HOU 82 82 39.5 25.2 2.6 8.3 7.5 3.4 2.19 1.5 0.4 3.2 .500 .909 .432  
 1979 NPBSL BOS 82 0 36.0 21.3 2.6 7.8 4.5 3.2 1.41 1.7 0.6 3.4 .474 .836 .406  
 Career     863 699 34.5 20.4 2.1 6.5 4.6 2.7 1.68 1.2 0.5 3.0 .504 .893 .393  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL HOU 2.4 5.2 .456 1.3 1.5 .909 1.4 2.7 .511 0.7 2.0 .379 0.2 0.5 .462  
 1988 NPBSL HOU 5.9 12.9 .459 3.1 3.5 .889 3.7 6.8 .546 1.8 5.0 .365 0.4 1.1 .355  
 1987 NPBSL HOU 7.0 14.1 .498 4.5 4.8 .932 5.0 8.8 .571 1.7 4.6 .373 0.3 0.7 .397  
 1986 NPBSL HOU 8.3 16.7 .500 6.0 6.8 .892 5.6 9.2 .603 2.3 6.3 .365 0.5 1.1 .411  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 7.3 14.0 .521 4.5 4.9 .924 4.0 6.2 .643 3.0 6.9 .431 0.3 0.9 .375  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 8.5 15.9 .535 6.6 7.4 .899 6.1 9.7 .629 2.2 5.5 .393 0.2 0.6 .320  
 1983 NPBSL HOU 9.1 16.9 .538 7.1 8.0 .879 6.6 10.3 .641 2.4 6.0 .400 0.1 0.7 .196  
 1982 NPBSL HOU 7.7 15.2 .506 5.6 6.3 .890 4.4 6.8 .643 2.8 7.1 .398 0.5 1.3 .379  
 1981 NPBSL HOU 8.4 15.8 .530 5.9 6.7 .883 4.7 7.3 .637 3.1 7.1 .432 0.6 1.3 .467  
 1980 NPBSL HOU 8.9 17.9 .500 6.5 7.2 .909 5.1 8.1 .632 3.0 8.0 .381 0.8 1.8 .432  
 1979 NPBSL BOS 8.5 17.8 .474 3.7 4.4 .836 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.7 .406  
 Career     7.5 14.8 .504 5.0 5.6 .893 4.2 6.9 .611 2.1 5.2 .392 0.4 1.1 .393  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 82 0 1108 193 423 110 121 18 39 514 62 265 96 35 76 35 17 136 -36 
 1988 82 82 2776 486 1058 256 288 33 93 1261 143 635 314 88 152 88 56 258 561 
 1987 82 82 2861 576 1157 370 397 23 58 1545 161 671 312 81 176 81 54 256 380 
 1986 82 82 3030 683 1366 495 555 37 90 1898 184 749 351 94 246 94 47 280 -212 
 1985 43 43 1621 314 603 194 210 15 40 837 111 419 253 77 126 77 25 128 108 
 1984 82 82 2890 696 1301 544 605 16 50 1952 156 723 351 93 236 93 37 258 -295 
 1983 82 82 3035 747 1389 579 659 11 56 2084 192 756 355 88 237 88 29 246 -258 
 1982 82 82 3112 631 1247 459 516 39 103 1760 166 709 475 119 284 119 35 232 -29 
 1981 82 82 3132 685 1293 482 546 50 107 1902 180 722 471 105 279 105 35 273 -15 
 1980 82 82 3236 733 1466 537 591 64 148 2067 211 892 612 123 280 123 33 262 312 
 1979 82 0 2955 693 1463 301 360 58 143 1745 216 852 370 143 263 143 53 279 0 
 Career 863 699 29756 6437 12766 4327 4848 364 927 17565 1782 7393 3960 1046 2355 1046 421 2608 516 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL HOU .540 1.22 14.8 11.7 21.1 6.0 18.7 12.5 15.4 63.9 2.1 -0.4 97.7 100.0  
 1988 NPBSL HOU .532 1.19 19.0 9.2 20.8 5.6 18.3 12.1 17.0 228.6 7.6 6.8 105.5 96.1  
 1987 NPBSL HOU .580 1.34 17.1 9.7 22.5 6.3 18.3 12.5 20.7 391.0 13.0 4.6 105.6 99.1  
 1986 NPBSL HOU .589 1.39 15.9 11.1 25.6 6.5 20.2 13.4 21.4 449.9 15.0 -2.6 103.0 105.6  
 1985 NPBSL HOU .601 1.39 23.6 11.7 21.9 7.4 21.2 14.2 21.9 275.7 9.2 2.5 109.0 105.9  
 1984 NPBSL HOU .623 1.50 16.3 11.0 27.5 6.5 23.5 15.0 25.8 617.7 20.6 -3.6 104.8 108.7  
 1983 NPBSL HOU .621 1.50 15.6 10.4 27.6 7.6 22.0 14.8 26.1 663.1 22.1 -3.1 104.9 108.8  
 1982 NPBSL HOU .597 1.41 21.3 12.7 25.4 6.3 20.7 13.5 23.2 589.2 19.6 -0.4 105.0 105.4  
 1981 NPBSL HOU .620 1.47 20.6 12.2 25.6 6.7 20.6 13.5 24.1 635.6 21.2 -0.2 104.8 104.8  
 1980 NPBSL HOU .599 1.41 23.4 10.7 27.3 7.7 24.3 16.1 27.9 840.2 28.0 3.8 107.0 102.2  
 1979 NPBSL BOS .538 1.19 16.4 11.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .589 1.38 18.7 11.1 22.5 6.7 20.9 13.8 22.2 4754.9 158.5 0.6 105.0 103.9  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL HOU 7 7 34.7 22.0 2.1 5.1 3.6 2.0 1.79 0.6 1.0 3.1 .534 .926 .375  
 1987 NPBSL HOU 10 10 35.8 20.3 2.2 5.4 3.2 2.4 1.33 1.1 0.5 3.3 .513 .917 .167  
 Career     17 17 35.4 21.0 2.2 5.3 3.4 2.2 1.50 0.9 0.7 3.2 .522 .920 .286  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL HOU 9.0 16.9 .534 3.6 3.9 .926 6.0 9.1 .656 2.6 6.6 .391 0.4 1.1 .375  
 1987 NPBSL HOU 7.9 15.4 .513 4.4 4.8 .917 6.1 11.0 .555 1.7 3.8 .447 0.1 0.6 .167  
 Career     8.4 16.0 .522 4.1 4.4 .920 6.1 10.2 .592 2.1 4.9 .417 0.2 0.8 .286  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 7 7 243 63 118 25 27 3 8 154 15 51 25 4 14 4 7 22 -51 
 1987 10 10 358 79 154 44 48 1 6 203 22 76 32 11 24 11 5 33 -19 
 Career 17 17 601 142 272 69 75 4 14 357 37 127 57 15 38 15 12 55 -70 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL HOU .592 1.31 14.8 8.3 25.4 6.6 15.8 11.2 16.4 17.7 0.6 -7.3 105.2 114.3  
 1987 NPBSL HOU .583 1.32 13.9 10.4 24.4 6.4 15.4 10.9 15.3 20.2 0.7 -1.9 100.4 103.0  
 Career     .584 1.31 14.3 9.5 24.8 6.5 15.5 11.0 15.7 37.9 1.3 -4.1 102.4 107.7  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 19 5 9 5 3 2 5 7 14 9 9 2 4  
 Playoff 34 6 15 7 3 3 4 14 24 11 12 1 3  
 Career 48 9 22 17 8 4 10 20 32 22 25 4 6  

Game Logs

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

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 130
 Total Player of the Week: 3
 Total All-Star Appearances: 6
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1980 NPSBL All-League Second Team
 1981 NPSBL 3-Point Shootout Champion
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL All-League Third Team
 1984 NPSBL All-Star
 1987 NPBSL All-Star

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Houston with pick #2 of round 1 of the creation draft.
 7/20/1984 Re-signed with the Rockets for $6,576,035 over 5 years.
 7/24/1989 Re-signed with the Rockets for $4,100,000 over 2 years.
 4/10/1990 Team option declined by Rockets

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