Derek Harper 
#35 SG | 6-4, 209lbs | Bulls | Experience: 6 years
Born: 10/13/1961 (28) | College: Illinois

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 75 91 68 76 95 80 15 23 30 72 97 29 85 67 67 96  
 Potential: B A B B A B D D D B A D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $2,281,777  $2,385,494  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 6                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CHI 82 82 34.7 17.6 0.9 2.5 7.7 2.0 3.87 2.0 0.2 2.9 .469 .758 .414  
 1988 NPBSL CHI 74 74 35.3 18.0 1.0 2.9 7.6 2.1 3.58 1.9 0.1 2.6 .470 .770 .350  
 1987 NPBSL ATL 82 49 32.1 10.1 0.9 2.4 6.8 1.8 3.71 2.0 0.2 2.3 .425 .774 .309  
 1986 NPBSL ATL 47 47 33.9 11.1 0.9 2.3 6.9 2.0 3.43 1.4 0.3 2.8 .405 .756 .286  
 1985 NPBSL ATL 77 77 40.7 13.8 0.8 2.8 8.8 2.4 3.67 1.8 0.1 3.4 .452 .707 .384  
 1984 NPBSL ATL 82 82 31.6 9.2 0.7 2.2 6.2 2.7 2.32 1.1 0.2 2.2 .454 .727 .349  
 1983 NPBSL ATL 73 73 32.6 8.8 0.8 1.8 5.8 2.5 2.38 1.0 0.2 2.7 .397 .741 .264  
 Career     517 484 34.4 12.7 0.8 2.4 7.2 2.2 3.21 1.6 0.2 2.7 .446 .747 .349  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CHI 7.3 15.6 .469 2.0 2.6 .758 2.6 3.7 .710 3.7 9.4 .389 1.0 2.5 .414  
 1988 NPBSL CHI 7.5 15.9 .470 2.0 2.6 .770 2.6 3.3 .781 3.8 9.6 .399 1.0 2.9 .350  
 1987 NPBSL ATL 4.0 9.5 .425 1.7 2.2 .774 1.5 2.1 .696 2.2 6.2 .356 0.4 1.2 .309  
 1986 NPBSL ATL 4.5 11.1 .405 1.4 1.9 .756 1.1 1.8 .635 2.8 7.3 .381 0.6 2.1 .286  
 1985 NPBSL ATL 5.6 12.5 .452 1.9 2.7 .707 1.7 2.6 .663 3.3 8.3 .399 0.6 1.6 .384  
 1984 NPBSL ATL 3.8 8.4 .454 1.3 1.7 .727 1.1 1.5 .736 2.3 5.8 .399 0.4 1.0 .349  
 1983 NPBSL ATL 3.5 8.8 .397 1.5 2.0 .741 0.9 1.3 .695 2.3 6.3 .361 0.3 1.2 .264  
 Career     5.2 11.7 .446 1.7 2.3 .747 1.7 2.4 .711 2.9 7.6 .385 0.6 1.8 .349  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 82 82 2846 598 1276 160 211 84 203 1440 72 277 634 161 164 161 18 236 278 
 1988 74 74 2611 553 1176 147 191 76 217 1329 76 289 566 142 158 142 9 196 260 
 1987 82 49 2636 331 779 137 177 30 97 829 70 264 560 165 151 165 19 189 612 
 1986 47 47 1594 212 524 68 90 28 98 520 42 152 326 65 95 65 14 130 -8 
 1985 77 77 3134 435 963 145 205 48 125 1063 62 274 675 139 184 139 11 261 -785 
 1984 82 82 2593 311 685 104 143 30 86 756 55 232 511 92 220 92 14 178 -455 
 1983 73 73 2378 255 642 109 147 23 87 642 55 188 426 74 179 74 13 194 -422 
 Career 517 484 17792 2695 6045 870 1164 319 913 6579 432 1676 3698 838 1151 838 98 1384 -520 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL CHI .526 1.13 29.3 7.6 24.8 2.7 7.7 5.2 19.1 365.0 12.2 3.4 106.2 101.8  
 1988 NPBSL CHI .527 1.13 28.5 8.0 24.5 3.1 8.8 6.0 19.2 337.7 11.3 3.5 106.6 101.5  
 1987 NPBSL ATL .483 1.06 35.7 9.6 18.2 2.9 7.3 5.2 15.0 155.6 5.2 7.5 106.1 95.3  
 1986 NPBSL ATL .461 0.99 33.1 9.6 20.0 2.8 8.1 5.3 13.1 61.9 2.1 -0.2 101.1 100.9  
 1985 NPBSL ATL .505 1.10 35.3 9.6 18.8 2.1 7.9 4.9 14.2 173.6 5.8 -10.2 98.2 108.9  
 1984 NPBSL ATL .505 1.10 34.6 14.9 17.9 2.3 7.6 4.9 11.5 18.5 0.6 -5.5 97.4 105.5  
 1983 NPBSL ATL .454 1.00 32.5 13.6 17.9 2.5 6.7 4.5 9.4 -57.6 -1.9 -5.8 101.1 108.9  
 Career     .502 1.09 32.4 10.1 20.4 2.6 7.7 5.1 14.7 1054.7 35.2 -1.0 102.4 103.5  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CHI 8 8 37.3 22.5 1.5 2.9 8.4 3.1 2.68 3.0 0.8 2.8 .511 .828 .571  
 1988 NPBSL CHI 7 7 33.7 15.0 0.7 2.1 10.0 2.1 4.67 2.7 0.4 2.7 .394 .789 .444  
 1987 NPBSL ATL 10 4 31.5 9.0 1.1 2.4 5.7 1.5 3.80 1.9 0.2 2.6 .392 1.000 .286  
 Career     25 19 34.0 15.0 1.1 2.5 7.8 2.2 3.53 2.5 0.4 2.7 .441 .833 .453  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL CHI 9.0 17.6 .511 3.0 3.6 .828 3.6 5.1 .707 3.9 9.9 .392 1.5 2.6 .571  
 1988 NPBSL CHI 5.9 14.9 .394 2.1 2.7 .789 1.4 2.6 .556 3.3 9.7 .338 1.1 2.6 .444  
 1987 NPBSL ATL 4.0 10.2 .392 0.6 0.6 1.000 1.5 2.4 .625 2.1 6.4 .328 0.4 1.4 .286  
 Career     6.1 13.9 .441 1.8 2.2 .833 2.2 3.3 .651 3.0 8.4 .355 1.0 2.1 .453  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 8 8 298 72 141 24 29 12 21 180 12 35 67 24 25 24 6 22 -26 
 1988 7 7 236 41 104 15 19 8 18 105 5 20 70 19 15 19 3 19 -39 
 1987 10 4 315 40 102 6 6 4 14 90 11 35 57 19 15 19 2 26 -20 
 Career 25 19 849 153 347 45 54 24 53 375 28 90 194 62 55 62 11 67 -85 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL CHI .584 1.28 27.2 10.2 24.8 4.1 9.0 6.4 17.5 31.0 1.0 -3.3 102.5 105.7  
 1988 NPBSL CHI .464 1.01 35.5 7.6 26.2 2.1 7.4 4.5 13.8 11.9 0.4 -5.6 100.0 107.7  
 1987 NPBSL ATL .429 0.88 32.2 8.5 18.3 3.8 7.8 5.9 9.4 -7.6 -0.3 -2.0 99.9 102.0  
 Career     .507 1.08 31.3 8.9 14.1 3.4 8.1 5.7 13.5 35.2 1.2 -3.4 100.8 104.9  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 - 35 0 30.1 19.0 1.6 3.3 10.9 0.8 13.57 2.5 0.5 1.7 .477 .750 .333  
 Total   35 0 30.1 19.0 1.6 3.3 10.9 0.8 13.57 2.5 0.5 1.7 .477 .750 .333  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 35 0 1052 288 604 87 116 2 6 665 56 173 380 88 28 88 16 58 0 
 Career 35 0 1052 288 604 87 116 2 6 665 56 173 380 88 28 88 16 58 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 33 4 9 16 9 3 5 16 26 8 10 4 7  
 Playoff 35 3 7 16 5 2 5 15 25 11 14 4 5  
 Career 39 5 11 21 9 3 10 18 31 11 18 4 10  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/17 POR W 39 10 17 0 0 2 4 22 2 6 10 0 2 0 4 23
 10/18 MIL W 37 7 19 0 0 1 3 15 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 10
 10/19 NJN L 38 10 19 2 2 0 1 22 1 5 7 2 2 3 2 -10
 10/22 PHX W 41 9 19 2 2 0 3 20 1 3 12 1 5 2 2 5
 10/28 DEN L 37 7 14 3 4 1 1 18 1 5 9 5 2 0 6 0
 10/29 MIL L 44 14 20 1 2 1 3 30 1 4 11 1 1 2 3 -4
 10/31 WAS W 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 4 3
 11/1 CLE W 40 8 15 2 2 1 1 19 0 8 8 0 8 2 2 20
 11/5 HOU W 31 10 20 0 0 2 3 22 2 6 14 2 0 0 4 6
 11/6 GSW W 29 5 14 4 4 1 2 15 2 5 8 1 3 0 0 22
 11/8 IND W 38 10 18 0 0 2 3 22 1 2 9 3 2 0 5 -2
 11/9 PHI L 25 6 12 0 0 1 1 13 1 1 5 0 2 0 6 -4
 11/12 POR L 37 7 16 0 1 3 3 17 3 5 13 1 2 0 4 1
 11/13 DAL W 35 13 16 4 4 2 3 32 0 1 6 2 1 0 3 27
 11/17 NJN L 38 10 17 3 3 3 5 26 0 0 10 2 2 0 6 -10
 11/18 PHX L 39 6 17 3 5 0 1 15 2 6 7 3 2 1 3 -15
 11/20 UTA L 30 4 12 5 5 0 2 13 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 -27
 11/23 IND L 37 8 20 1 2 2 6 19 1 4 8 3 1 0 2 -7
 11/24 DET L 38 4 15 3 4 0 3 11 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 -7
 11/27 BOS L 23 8 11 0 0 0 0 16 2 2 2 0 1 0 4 -14
 11/28 ATL L 38 7 16 1 2 2 5 17 0 4 4 2 0 0 4 -10
 12/1 NJN W 39 9 17 8 10 0 0 26 3 5 10 1 2 1 1 10
 12/2 CLE W 34 11 18 0 0 1 1 23 1 3 9 0 0 0 3 29
 12/4 MIL L 39 7 17 2 4 2 3 18 1 5 11 2 3 3 2 -11
 12/6 LAL W 27 9 11 2 2 1 2 21 1 4 6 3 1 0 3 25
 12/10 MIL L 38 11 21 2 2 1 4 25 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 -6
 12/11 CHA W 31 8 12 3 4 1 2 20 0 4 5 0 1 0 1 32
 12/14 ATL W 38 11 20 2 4 1 2 25 0 5 7 1 4 0 4 14
 12/16 DEN L 42 6 19 1 2 2 4 15 0 2 11 1 3 0 5 3
 12/20 MIL W 41 8 17 6 8 1 2 23 1 7 6 2 0 0 1 13
 12/21 ATL W 42 10 23 4 4 0 3 24 0 6 8 1 5 0 3 10
 12/23 PHI W 40 9 17 3 4 1 5 22 1 2 6 2 3 0 0 8
 12/26 IND L 41 9 17 4 6 1 2 23 0 2 11 2 2 1 2 -9
 12/27 NYK W 39 7 14 0 0 1 2 15 3 8 7 4 0 0 1 2
 12/29 PHI L 38 7 16 1 2 1 4 16 1 2 8 3 0 0 4 -19
 12/31 NYK W 34 6 15 2 6 0 3 14 0 2 9 5 1 0 1 19
 1/3 IND W 43 6 16 2 2 1 2 15 2 3 12 2 6 0 3 -3
 1/4 IND W 36 7 16 1 2 2 5 17 2 3 7 4 1 1 3 6
 1/8 MIL L 28 7 13 5 6 0 3 19 2 3 8 3 2 0 6 -10
 1/9 SEA W 41 11 17 1 3 2 5 25 0 0 10 3 2 0 3 5
 1/12 MIL L 35 8 17 2 2 0 2 18 0 3 7 3 3 0 2 -16
 1/13 WAS W 26 5 11 2 2 1 1 13 1 4 5 0 1 1 5 8
 1/16 MIN W 34 7 21 0 0 3 6 17 4 6 10 1 3 0 4 4
 1/17 KCK W 36 10 17 2 2 1 3 23 0 3 10 4 6 0 2 28
 1/19 CLE W 39 8 19 3 4 0 2 19 0 1 6 3 3 1 1 2
 1/22 NJN L 35 10 19 1 2 0 0 21 0 3 4 4 6 0 4 -12
 1/23 NJN L 33 5 17 2 2 0 4 12 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 -23
 1/27 CHA W 40 4 14 3 4 1 4 12 1 6 9 3 2 0 2 0
 1/28 CHA W 35 4 14 2 2 0 2 10 1 4 7 3 6 0 2 1
 2/1 KCK W 33 13 20 4 6 2 3 32 2 4 10 0 2 1 4 10
 2/2 PHI W 40 4 14 1 2 1 2 10 0 0 12 1 1 0 2 10
 2/5 BOS W 38 6 11 2 2 3 4 17 1 5 10 3 2 0 4 8
 2/6 CHA W 39 6 11 3 4 1 2 16 3 6 10 3 3 0 1 19
 2/8 SAS L 27 4 11 0 0 1 2 9 1 1 5 4 0 0 5 -12
 2/14 MIN L 21 4 10 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 6
 2/15 DET L 32 7 13 7 8 0 2 21 1 3 9 3 3 0 3 5
 2/18 DAL W 43 9 17 0 0 0 1 18 1 9 7 4 1 1 0 3
 2/20 ATL W 38 6 14 2 2 2 2 16 1 6 11 4 3 0 5 4
 2/22 PHI W 38 9 15 7 10 0 0 25 1 5 8 3 0 0 1 24
 2/23 POR L 43 10 26 3 6 2 3 25 1 2 10 2 3 0 4 2
 2/25 BOS L 31 7 18 0 0 0 5 14 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 -28
 2/27 HOU W 37 6 14 1 2 0 2 13 0 1 8 3 1 0 4 4
 3/2 CLE L 33 5 15 0 0 2 5 12 0 3 10 0 1 0 4 -15
 3/3 WAS W 34 12 20 0 0 0 1 24 0 1 7 2 0 0 1 18
 3/5 CLE W 41 7 19 0 0 0 3 14 3 6 14 2 0 0 3 4
 3/7 GSW W 30 7 13 0 0 2 3 16 1 2 8 2 3 0 4 15
 3/9 WAS W 40 16 25 0 0 1 1 33 0 2 9 2 2 1 3 5
 3/10 DET L 30 3 11 1 2 2 4 9 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 -27
 3/13 DEN W 29 2 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 9 1 2 1 2 28
 3/14 MIL W 20 7 10 0 0 0 0 14 1 4 3 2 0 0 4 17
 3/17 NYK W 34 1 6 3 4 0 1 5 1 3 7 1 4 0 1 22
 3/18 NYK W 36 7 16 4 4 2 2 20 2 5 12 1 1 0 4 6
 3/20 LAL L 34 12 20 2 2 0 1 26 0 2 7 5 3 1 3 -19
 3/21 CHA W 37 7 13 7 8 1 1 22 0 1 6 1 0 0 3 7
 3/24 DET W 24 2 10 1 2 1 1 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 -16
 3/25 SEA W 38 12 24 0 0 4 6 28 1 4 3 2 2 0 3 -10
 3/29 DET L 37 6 20 0 1 0 2 12 1 2 8 4 4 0 5 -7
 3/30 NJN L 39 5 17 5 6 1 4 16 2 4 5 2 3 0 2 -12
 4/2 SAS W 39 9 20 2 2 1 2 21 0 6 10 3 3 0 4 -2
 4/4 CLE L 25 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 6 2 1 0 6 -15
 4/7 ATL W 29 7 15 2 2 1 1 17 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 40
 4/8 UTA W 29 8 13 2 2 0 0 18 1 4 5 0 3 0 1 34
 4/11 BOS L 36 8 18 0 0 4 7 20 0 3 5 3 9 0 4 -2
 4/12 DET W 38 4 14 0 0 0 2 8 0 2 13 3 1 0 2 2
 4/14 ATL W 36 10 24 4 6 3 4 27 3 5 10 1 2 0 2 8
 4/16 IND W 33 7 13 0 0 2 2 16 2 6 10 1 0 1 4 16
 4/18 NYK W 28 5 11 0 0 0 1 10 1 4 9 2 1 0 2 21
 4/19 PHX W 37 8 14 3 3 1 1 20 0 1 16 2 0 0 2 12
 4/21 DET W 28 3 10 0 0 1 2 7 1 3 11 3 2 2 4 5
 4/22 DET W 36 10 20 0 0 4 5 24 2 5 7 2 3 2 2 14
 4/24 DET W 42 9 19 6 8 2 3 26 0 7 8 2 5 2 5 18
 4/25 DET W 44 11 21 11 14 1 2 34 3 5 11 5 2 0 3 9
 5/3 BOS L 37 15 25 3 3 2 3 35 3 4 3 4 3 0 1 -22
 5/4 BOS L 38 7 11 2 2 0 0 16 1 3 16 3 2 0 3 -21
 5/6 BOS L 42 12 24 2 2 2 5 28 0 6 6 4 2 0 1 -8
 5/7 BOS L 31 5 11 0 0 0 1 10 2 2 5 2 5 0 3 -21

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 31
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 1984 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1987 NPBSL All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/29/1983 Drafted by the Hawks with pick #3 of round 1.
 12/16/1988 Traded to the Bulls

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