Ricky Pierce 
#9 SF | 6-4, 224lbs | Pistons | Experience: 7 years
Born: 8/19/1959 (30) | College: Rice

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 67 81 89 58 41 26 32 12 20 47 58 17 86 70 81 92  
 Potential: B A A C C D D D D C C F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996 
 Value: $1,100,000  $1,100,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  Team  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%  
 1989 NPBSL DET 85 26 29.2 17.9 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.4 0.95 1.1 0.2 2.4 .460 .901 .293  
 1988 NPBSL WAS 82 0 15.0 9.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.56 0.7 0.1 1.5 .502 .900 .258  
 1987 NPBSL PHI 82 36 27.0 13.2 1.1 2.0 1.7 2.0 0.84 1.0 0.1 2.5 .471 .906 .154  
 1986 NPBSL PHI 82 50 29.4 18.7 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.4 0.89 0.8 0.1 2.6 .496 .817 .286  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 82 39 27.3 15.7 0.9 2.0 2.4 2.2 1.11 0.9 0.1 2.9 .528 .883 .300  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 76 76 35.8 18.9 1.3 2.2 2.3 2.9 0.77 0.8 0.1 3.4 .510 .883 .407  
 1983 NPBSL HOU 82 82 37.9 19.5 1.6 2.7 2.4 2.7 0.87 0.8 0.3 3.6 .527 .858 .301  
 1982 NPBSL HOU 82 82 34.8 20.3 1.5 1.3 2.5 3.1 0.81 0.5 0.1 2.8 .496 .884 .280  
 Career     653 391 29.5 16.6 1.1 1.9 2.1 2.4 0.86 0.8 0.2 2.7 .498 .877 .279  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL DET 6.1 13.3 .460 5.3 5.8 .901 4.3 7.3 .585 1.4 4.6 .313 0.4 1.4 .293  
 1988 NPBSL WAS 3.1 6.3 .502 2.5 2.8 .900 2.2 3.5 .638 0.7 2.0 .358 0.2 0.8 .258  
 1987 NPBSL PHI 4.6 9.7 .471 3.9 4.3 .906 3.2 5.3 .603 1.2 3.3 .363 0.2 1.1 .154  
 1986 NPBSL PHI 7.0 14.0 .496 4.5 5.5 .817 4.9 8.0 .609 1.7 4.8 .363 0.4 1.3 .286  
 1985 NPBSL HOU 5.5 10.3 .528 4.6 5.2 .883 3.8 6.0 .634 1.4 3.6 .397 0.2 0.7 .300  
 1984 NPBSL HOU 6.5 12.8 .510 5.5 6.3 .883 4.5 7.2 .630 1.7 4.8 .348 0.3 0.8 .407  
 1983 NPBSL HOU 6.6 12.5 .527 6.1 7.1 .858 4.4 6.5 .675 1.9 5.0 .374 0.3 0.9 .301  
 1982 NPBSL HOU 7.1 14.3 .496 5.8 6.5 .884 4.5 7.5 .603 2.2 5.4 .399 0.4 1.3 .280  
 Career     5.8 11.6 .498 4.8 5.4 .877 4.0 6.4 .620 1.5 4.2 .365 0.3 1.0 .279  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 85 26 2479 519 1129 447 496 36 123 1521 88 230 195 94 206 94 14 204 -148 
 1988 82 0 1230 258 514 206 229 16 62 738 42 117 69 55 124 55 6 125 171 
 1987 82 36 2218 375 797 319 352 14 91 1083 92 252 138 79 164 79 9 209 -122 
 1986 82 50 2411 570 1150 366 448 30 105 1536 97 279 178 65 200 65 12 211 -390 
 1985 82 39 2235 447 847 378 428 18 60 1290 75 243 197 74 178 74 11 235 -33 
 1984 76 76 2717 496 972 421 477 24 59 1437 96 262 172 60 222 60 9 255 -395 
 1983 82 82 3108 538 1021 497 579 22 73 1595 133 356 193 65 222 65 27 297 -236 
 1982 82 82 2855 580 1170 473 535 30 107 1663 122 229 207 45 255 45 10 233 -73 
 Career 653 391 19253 3783 7600 3107 3544 190 680 10863 745 1968 1349 537 1571 537 98 1769 -1226 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL DET .564 1.35 11.2 11.8 26.1 3.8 6.6 5.2 16.7 230.8 7.7 -1.7 105.5 108.1  
 1988 NPBSL WAS .600 1.44 8.5 15.3 24.5 3.9 6.0 5.0 15.8 96.4 3.2 2.1 105.1 98.7  
 1987 NPBSL PHI .569 1.36 11.0 13.1 20.4 4.5 7.3 6.0 13.9 112.1 3.7 -1.5 104.3 106.9  
 1986 NPBSL PHI .570 1.34 10.3 11.6 27.2 4.6 8.2 6.4 17.5 253.3 8.4 -4.8 101.1 108.5  
 1985 NPBSL HOU .623 1.52 14.0 12.6 22.4 3.7 8.1 5.9 17.5 234.1 7.8 -0.4 107.0 107.3  
 1984 NPBSL HOU .607 1.48 10.9 14.1 22.3 4.3 7.4 5.9 15.2 189.4 6.3 -5.2 103.9 110.1  
 1983 NPBSL HOU .625 1.56 11.4 13.1 20.7 5.1 8.3 6.8 16.2 262.3 8.7 -2.9 105.5 108.6  
 1982 NPBSL HOU .592 1.42 11.1 13.7 25.0 5.0 4.4 4.7 16.6 260.7 8.7 -0.9 103.1 104.1  
 Career     .593 1.43 11.2 13.0 23.5 4.4 7.1 5.8 16.2 1639.2 54.6 -1.9 104.4 107.1  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL DET 4 0 26.3 14.0 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.3 0.89 1.3 0.0 1.8 .553 .800 .500  
 1988 NPBSL WAS 12 0 12.3 8.0 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.53 0.8 0.2 1.3 .507 .929 .286  
 1987 NPBSL PHI 4 0 23.0 11.0 1.8 1.5 1.8 2.3 0.78 1.0 0.0 3.5 .600 1.000 .250  
 Career     20 0 17.3 9.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.8 0.69 1.0 0.1 1.9 .541 .900 .333  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1989 NPBSL DET 5.3 9.5 .553 3.0 3.8 .800 4.0 5.5 .727 0.8 3.0 .250 0.5 1.0 .500  
 1988 NPBSL WAS 2.8 5.6 .507 2.2 2.3 .929 1.7 2.7 .625 1.0 2.3 .429 0.2 0.6 .286  
 1987 NPBSL PHI 4.5 7.5 .600 1.8 1.8 1.000 3.5 4.5 .778 0.8 2.0 .375 0.3 1.0 .250  
 Career     3.7 6.8 .541 2.3 2.5 .900 2.5 3.6 .694 0.9 2.4 .375 0.3 0.8 .333  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1989 4 0 105 21 38 12 15 2 4 56 5 10 8 5 9 5 0 7 -2 
 1988 12 0 148 34 67 26 28 2 7 96 4 11 9 10 17 10 2 16 41 
 1987 4 0 92 18 30 7 7 1 4 44 7 13 7 4 9 4 0 14 -16 
 Career 20 0 345 73 135 45 50 5 15 196 16 34 24 19 35 19 2 37 23 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1989 NPBSL DET .622 1.47 12.9 14.5 26.1 5.2 4.7 4.9 12.1 2.6 0.1 -0.5 103.1 104.9  
 1988 NPBSL WAS .608 1.43 8.6 16.2 26.8 3.1 4.9 4.0 13.0 5.7 0.2 3.4 108.1 95.6  
 1987 NPBSL PHI .667 1.47 14.3 18.4 19.9 8.3 6.5 7.4 11.9 1.9 0.1 -4.0 101.4 112.4  
 Career     .624 1.45 11.1 16.2 16.8 5.2 5.3 5.2 12.4 10.2 0.3 1.2 104.8 103.0  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 - 34 0 26.3 33.4 1.9 3.4 4.6 2.8 1.63 1.8 0.3 3.1 .531 .908 .333  
 Total   34 0 26.3 33.4 1.9 3.4 4.6 2.8 1.63 1.8 0.3 3.1 .531 .908 .333  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 34 0 895 514 968 108 119 1 3 1137 65 181 156 60 96 60 11 105 0 
 Career 34 0 895 514 968 108 119 1 3 1137 65 181 156 60 96 60 11 105 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 40 4 8 7 5 1 6 13 31 16 18 2 6  
 Playoff 18 4 7 3 3 1 5 7 15 8 8 1 3  
 Career 42 8 12 9 5 3 9 15 31 18 20 3 8  

Game Logs

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

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 37
 1982 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1982 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team
 1983 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant

Transactions

 Date Action
 6/30/1982 Drafted by the Rockets with pick #2 of round 1.
 7/18/1986 Signed with the 76ers for $4,725,000 over 3 years.
 6/27/1988 Drafted by the Hornets with pick #4 of the 1988 expansion draft.
 6/29/1988 Traded to the Bullets
 7/24/1989 Re-signed with the Bullets for $2,200,000 over 2 years.
 12/16/1989 Traded to the Pistons

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