Thurl Bailey 
#41 C | 6-11, 281lbs | Pacers | Experience: 6 years
Born: 4/7/1961 (29) | College: North Carolina State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 88 59 71 0 44 43 62 69 76 28 30 84 35 59 71 92  
 Potential: A C B F C C B B B D D A          
 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 IND 78 0 23.2 13.3 1.4 4.1 1.6 1.5 1.09 0.3 2.4 1.9 .473 .765 .000  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 82 82 35.4 20.0 2.3 6.0 2.5 2.3 1.05 0.5 2.9 2.7 .453 .775 .000  
 1987 NPBSL KCK 82 82 38.4 26.9 2.8 6.8 2.9 2.9 0.99 0.5 3.2 2.8 .451 .779 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 82 82 34.0 18.9 2.1 6.3 2.8 2.5 1.11 0.2 2.9 2.5 .489 .798 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 82 0 20.2 9.1 1.1 3.4 1.5 1.5 1.03 0.5 2.0 2.0 .429 .746 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 75 0 8.9 3.6 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.13 0.2 0.5 0.9 .420 .815 .000  
 1983 NPBSL POR 71 0 7.3 2.6 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.11 0.1 0.2 0.5 .440 .791 .000  
 Career     552 246 24.4 13.8 1.5 4.2 1.8 1.7 1.06 0.3 2.1 1.9 .458 .779 .000  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL IND 5.4 11.5 .473 2.4 3.2 .765 3.2 5.6 .582 2.2 5.9 .370 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 8.1 17.8 .453 3.9 5.0 .775 5.4 9.7 .557 2.7 8.1 .330 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1987 NPBSL KCK 10.5 23.3 .451 5.9 7.5 .779 7.3 13.7 .537 3.2 9.6 .330 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 7.4 15.1 .489 4.1 5.2 .798 5.4 9.5 .570 2.0 5.6 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 3.5 8.3 .429 2.0 2.7 .746 2.3 4.3 .540 1.2 4.0 .310 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 1.3 3.1 .420 1.0 1.2 .815 1.0 1.7 .585 0.3 1.3 .208 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL POR 0.8 1.8 .440 1.0 1.3 .791 0.4 0.8 .537 0.4 1.0 .371 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     5.4 11.8 .458 3.0 3.8 .779 3.7 6.6 .556 1.7 5.2 .334 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 +/- 
 1989 78 0 1808 423 894 189 247 0 0 1035 110 427 124 27 114 27 187 148 74 
 1988 82 82 2903 661 1459 321 414 0 3 1643 186 677 202 42 192 42 236 221 314 
 1987 82 82 3146 861 1910 480 616 0 2 2202 227 781 239 38 241 38 259 228 -804 
 1986 82 82 2786 607 1241 339 425 0 0 1553 169 684 230 20 208 20 234 207 654 
 1985 82 0 1659 291 679 167 224 0 0 749 87 368 123 39 119 39 160 164 197 
 1984 75 0 666 97 231 75 92 0 0 269 37 130 51 15 45 15 40 71 -44 
 1983 71 0 515 55 125 72 91 0 1 182 14 83 39 9 35 9 17 37 -71 
 Career 552 246 13483 2995 6539 1643 2109 0 6 7633 830 3150 1008 190 954 190 1133 1076 320 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL IND .516 1.16 10.0 9.2 26.1 6.5 17.7 12.2 20.4 264.4 8.8 0.9 103.9 102.5  
 1988 NPBSL KCK .501 1.13 9.9 9.4 25.6 6.7 17.2 12.1 18.2 290.0 9.7 3.8 103.6 98.7  
 1987 NPBSL KCK .505 1.15 9.0 9.1 32.3 7.7 19.1 13.4 22.8 571.2 19.0 -9.8 98.3 110.1  
 1986 NPBSL POR .543 1.25 12.3 11.1 23.7 6.5 18.0 12.6 19.0 348.2 11.6 8.0 108.7 98.6  
 1985 NPBSL POR .481 1.10 12.1 11.7 21.8 5.7 16.4 11.3 15.0 109.1 3.6 2.4 104.2 100.9  
 1984 NPBSL POR .494 1.16 13.9 12.3 19.4 6.3 15.0 10.7 13.0 24.0 0.8 -0.6 98.7 106.2  
 1983 NPBSL POR .552 1.46 16.3 14.6 15.8 3.4 13.6 9.1 11.6 0.5 0.0 -1.0 104.0 115.2  
 Career     .511 1.17 10.7 10.1 25.7 6.6 17.5 12.2 18.8 1607.4 53.6 0.6 103.4 103.0  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 5 5 35.4 24.8 2.8 4.8 2.8 2.2 1.27 0.4 5.6 2.4 .505 .789 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 5 5 36.2 22.0 2.2 4.0 3.6 1.2 3.00 0.8 3.0 3.8 .512 .815 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 11 0 19.5 9.5 1.1 3.7 1.2 1.5 0.81 0.4 2.4 2.5 .494 .688 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 19 0 17.2 7.4 1.1 2.5 1.8 0.8 2.33 0.3 2.1 1.8 .426 .750 .000  
 1983 NPBSL POR 12 0 4.7 1.8 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 2.00 0.0 0.3 0.4 .471 .833 .000  
 Career     52 10 18.4 9.6 1.2 2.8 1.6 0.9 1.71 0.3 2.2 1.9 .478 .762 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL KCK 9.4 18.6 .505 6.0 7.6 .789 7.0 12.0 .583 2.4 6.6 .364 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL POR 8.8 17.2 .512 4.4 5.4 .815 6.0 9.8 .612 2.8 7.4 .378 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL POR 3.7 7.5 .494 2.0 2.9 .688 2.4 4.5 .531 1.4 3.1 .441 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL POR 2.9 6.8 .426 1.6 2.1 .750 2.1 3.9 .527 0.8 2.9 .291 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL POR 0.7 1.4 .471 0.4 0.5 .833 0.3 0.4 .800 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.8 7.8 .478 2.1 2.8 .762 2.6 4.6 .565 1.2 3.3 .357 0.0 0.0 .000  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1988 5 5 177 47 93 30 38 0 0 124 14 38 14 2 11 2 28 12 -12 
 1986 5 5 181 44 86 22 27 0 0 110 11 31 18 4 6 4 15 19 -35 
 1985 11 0 214 41 83 22 32 0 0 104 12 53 13 4 16 4 26 28 -8 
 1984 19 0 327 55 129 30 40 0 0 140 21 68 35 6 15 6 40 34 38 
 1983 12 0 56 8 17 5 6 0 0 21 2 14 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 
 Career 52 10 955 195 408 109 143 0 0 499 60 204 82 16 48 16 113 98 -17 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL KCK .564 1.33 10.4 8.1 29.8 8.0 15.1 11.3 19.4 20.7 0.7 -2.4 102.0 106.0  
 1986 NPBSL POR .561 1.28 14.8 4.9 23.8 5.9 11.6 8.6 19.6 24.3 0.8 -7.0 103.2 110.6  
 1985 NPBSL POR .536 1.25 10.3 12.7 21.4 5.8 18.6 12.4 14.8 13.2 0.4 -0.7 100.4 103.6  
 1984 NPBSL POR .476 1.09 17.8 7.6 20.0 7.1 13.8 10.7 14.7 20.0 0.7 2.0 110.3 108.8  
 1983 NPBSL POR .500 1.24 9.1 0.0 14.3 4.4 22.6 14.3 12.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 108.3 106.7  
 Career     .531 1.22 13.6 8.0 22.5 6.6 15.2 11.0 16.4 78.8 2.6 -0.3 105.2 107.4  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 - 39 0 28.7 17.9 2.6 8.2 1.9 2.2 0.86 0.4 1.8 1.8 .544 .777 .000  
 Total   39 0 28.7 17.9 2.6 8.2 1.9 2.2 0.86 0.4 1.8 1.8 .544 .777 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 39 0 1120 278 511 143 184 0 0 699 102 420 74 16 86 16 69 70 0 
 Career 39 0 1120 278 511 143 184 0 0 699 102 420 74 16 86 16 69 70 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 26 5 13 6 2 7 6 11 20 8 12 0 0  
 Playoff 35 4 12 6 2 7 4 13 24 13 15 0 0  
 Career 55 8 17 8 3 10 9 22 41 19 22 0 1  

Game Logs

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

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 39
 Total Player of the Week: 2
 Total All-Star Appearances: 1
 Total All-League Third Team: 1
 Total Championships: 1
 1983 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1984 New Peoples Sim Basketball League Champion
 1986 NPBSL Most Improved Player
 1987 NPBSL All-Star
 1987 NPBSL All-League Third Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/29/1983 Drafted by the Trailblazers with pick #12 of round 1.
 7/15/1987 Traded to the Kings
 6/28/1989 Traded to the Bucks
 2/14/1990 Traded to the Pacers

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