Larry Nance 
#51 PF | 6-10, 271lbs | Pistons | Experience: 6 years
Born: 2/12/1959 (28) | College: Clemson

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 88 63 64 0 49 44 71 67 73 31 53 83 40 91 82 81  
 Potential: A B B F C C B B B D C A          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 
 Value: $1,504,020  $1,572,385  $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%  
 1987 NPBSL DET 37 37 31.5 22.7 2.4 4.4 2.5 2.4 1.03 0.9 2.8 1.8 .526 .789 .000  
 1986 NPBSL DET 82 82 37.9 30.0 2.6 6.2 2.7 3.0 0.90 0.8 2.3 2.5 .530 .693 .000  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 82 82 34.0 30.5 2.2 6.5 2.2 3.0 0.73 0.5 2.4 2.5 .567 .746 .000  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 82 82 31.4 24.5 2.2 5.5 2.7 2.6 1.06 0.5 2.4 2.6 .547 .817 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 82 82 35.3 29.6 2.2 5.8 2.6 3.1 0.82 0.6 2.6 3.1 .571 .759 .000  
 1982 NPBSL PHI 82 82 37.4 22.4 2.8 7.6 3.2 2.7 1.18 0.8 2.3 2.4 .520 .770 .000  
 1981 NPBSL PHI 82 82 38.5 18.8 2.6 7.2 2.7 2.5 1.09 0.6 1.6 2.8 .521 .792 .000  
 Career     529 529 35.4 25.8 2.4 6.3 2.7 2.8 0.96 0.7 2.3 2.6 .543 .762 .000  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DET 9.2 17.5 .526 4.4 5.5 .789 7.4 11.5 .642 1.8 6.0 .302 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1986 NPBSL DET 12.1 22.8 .530 5.9 8.5 .693 9.3 14.5 .636 2.8 8.2 .343 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 11.8 20.9 .567 6.8 9.2 .746 9.1 14.2 .645 2.7 6.7 .403 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 9.0 16.5 .547 6.4 7.9 .817 7.3 11.0 .660 1.8 5.5 .322 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 10.8 19.0 .571 7.9 10.4 .759 8.6 12.6 .681 2.2 6.3 .354 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL PHI 8.3 16.0 .520 5.7 7.5 .770 6.1 9.8 .618 2.2 6.1 .367 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL PHI 6.9 13.3 .521 5.0 6.3 .792 5.1 7.9 .644 1.9 5.5 .344 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     9.8 18.0 .543 6.2 8.1 .762 7.6 11.7 .648 2.2 6.3 .353 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 +/- 
 1987 37 37 1164 340 647 161 204 0 0 841 88 252 91 34 88 34 102 68 211 
 1986 82 82 3109 989 1866 486 701 0 3 2464 215 725 223 64 248 64 187 206 276 
 1985 82 82 2786 970 1710 561 752 0 0 2501 180 713 178 42 243 42 193 205 591 
 1984 82 82 2571 740 1353 527 645 0 2 2007 178 629 223 44 210 44 199 216 486 
 1983 82 82 2892 889 1557 649 855 0 3 2427 180 655 210 51 256 51 210 257 415 
 1982 82 82 3069 683 1313 471 612 0 4 1837 228 849 261 65 221 65 190 196 -208 
 1981 82 82 3155 569 1093 407 514 0 1 1545 212 800 219 48 201 48 128 227 -637 
 Career 529 529 18746 5180 9539 3262 4283 0 13 13622 1281 4623 1405 348 1467 348 1209 1375 1134 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NPBSL DET .570 1.30 9.9 9.6 28.8 8.0 14.6 11.3 24.7 228.9 7.6 5.7 107.3 99.1  
 1986 NPBSL DET .567 1.32 8.4 9.4 32.1 7.3 17.9 12.5 25.2 634.6 21.2 3.4 106.1 101.9  
 1985 NPBSL WAS .612 1.46 7.2 9.9 33.4 7.4 19.1 13.6 29.7 795.7 26.5 7.2 108.6 99.3  
 1984 NPBSL WAS .613 1.48 10.8 10.1 28.9 7.7 17.6 13.0 27.4 643.0 21.4 5.9 110.2 102.3  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .628 1.56 8.8 10.7 30.9 7.5 18.2 13.0 29.1 798.5 26.6 5.1 111.7 105.1  
 1982 NPBSL PHI .580 1.40 12.6 10.7 24.7 7.8 21.9 14.7 24.1 579.4 19.3 -2.5 98.1 101.3  
 1981 NPBSL PHI .585 1.41 12.6 11.6 20.9 7.4 22.5 14.6 20.2 409.2 13.6 -7.8 98.5 107.8  
 Career     .596 1.43 9.8 10.3 28.4 7.5 19.2 13.4 25.7 4089.2 136.3 2.1 105.5 102.7  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL DET 12 12 35.7 31.6 2.2 6.5 3.2 2.5 1.27 0.8 1.8 3.3 .530 .707 .000  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 6 6 37.0 32.0 3.0 6.2 3.0 3.7 0.82 1.0 5.3 2.3 .517 .745 .000  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 20 20 33.7 23.6 2.3 6.1 2.6 2.5 1.02 0.6 1.8 3.1 .497 .808 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 12 12 32.8 26.6 1.8 6.3 2.4 2.3 1.04 0.7 3.2 3.2 .498 .844 .000  
 Career     50 50 34.3 27.2 2.2 6.2 2.7 2.6 1.05 0.7 2.5 3.1 .510 .786 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL DET 13.1 24.7 .530 5.4 7.7 .707 9.9 15.5 .640 3.2 9.1 .349 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1985 NPBSL WAS 12.8 24.8 .517 6.3 8.5 .745 9.7 15.8 .611 3.2 9.0 .352 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL WAS 8.2 16.5 .497 7.2 8.9 .808 7.0 11.4 .614 1.2 5.1 .235 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 9.9 19.9 .498 6.8 8.0 .844 8.1 14.4 .561 1.8 5.5 .333 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     10.3 20.3 .510 6.5 8.3 .786 8.3 13.6 .607 2.1 6.6 .311 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 +/- 
 1986 12 12 428 157 296 65 92 0 1 379 26 104 38 9 30 9 22 40 8 
 1985 6 6 222 77 149 38 51 0 0 192 18 55 18 6 22 6 32 14 0 
 1984 20 20 674 164 330 143 177 0 0 471 46 168 51 12 50 12 35 61 50 
 1983 12 12 393 119 239 81 96 0 0 319 22 97 29 8 28 8 38 38 -34 
 Career 50 50 1717 517 1014 327 416 0 1 1361 112 424 136 35 130 35 127 153 24 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL DET .565 1.28 9.4 7.4 34.9 6.2 18.5 12.4 23.3 75.3 2.5 0.7 105.7 104.1  
 1985 NPBSL WAS .561 1.29 8.5 10.4 35.3 9.1 16.2 12.9 24.7 46.7 1.6 0.0 108.3 109.1  
 1984 NPBSL WAS .578 1.43 10.0 9.8 27.1 6.8 18.1 12.4 19.2 86.6 2.9 2.5 105.3 101.9  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .569 1.33 8.6 8.3 33.0 5.8 19.3 12.7 20.6 58.7 2.0 -2.8 103.2 106.2  
 Career     .568 1.34 9.3 8.9 31.5 6.7 18.2 12.5 21.3 267.2 8.9 0.5 105.3 104.3  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 - 39 0 31.2 24.5 3.4 7.6 2.3 1.8 1.28 1.0 1.9 1.8 .548 .792 .000  
 Total   39 0 31.2 24.5 3.4 7.6 2.3 1.8 1.28 1.0 1.9 1.8 .548 .792 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 39 0 1216 393 717 171 216 0 1 957 132 430 88 38 69 38 75 71 0 
 Career 39 0 1216 393 717 171 216 0 1 957 132 430 88 38 69 38 75 71 0 

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 39 8 14 6 3 5 8 16 24 11 12 0 0  
 Playoff 44 7 16 7 3 8 6 21 36 15 17 0 1  
 Career 56 9 19 9 6 8 9 22 37 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 +/-
 10/23 WAS W 22 3 12 4 4 0 0 10 1 6 2 1 1 1 2 12
 10/24 CHI W 31 10 16 11 14 0 0 31 1 8 2 3 2 4 1 7
 10/26 GSW W 25 6 12 3 4 0 0 15 0 2 1 2 0 1 5 -9
 10/27 DAL L 16 3 6 3 6 0 0 9 2 5 3 1 1 1 0 6
 10/29 IND W 23 10 13 8 10 0 0 28 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 5
 10/31 MIL L 22 6 14 4 4 0 0 16 1 5 2 3 2 1 3 -17
 11/3 NYK W 32 11 21 5 6 0 0 27 6 11 4 3 3 1 1 8
 11/4 IND W 36 15 21 9 10 0 0 39 4 9 6 7 0 5 1 25
 11/8 NJN W 32 11 23 2 2 0 0 24 4 10 3 2 1 5 0 25
 11/9 UTA W 29 8 11 2 2 0 0 18 1 5 2 2 2 0 5 11
 11/11 WAS W 34 5 13 2 4 0 0 12 2 7 3 3 1 1 2 5
 11/13 PHI L 31 9 16 6 7 0 0 24 1 3 2 4 0 4 2 -8
 11/15 PHX W 26 8 12 4 4 0 0 20 2 6 3 2 1 3 1 18
 11/16 BOS L 32 10 23 8 9 0 0 28 4 6 2 3 2 1 2 -20
 11/20 MIL W 35 9 20 2 2 0 0 20 5 7 3 2 2 5 3 3
 11/21 BOS L 35 8 19 5 6 0 0 21 0 4 3 2 1 5 0 -22
 11/25 BOS L 34 7 20 4 4 0 0 18 3 6 1 0 1 1 1 -7
 11/26 NJN L 33 6 16 4 6 0 0 16 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 -22
 11/28 ATL L 26 5 11 2 3 0 0 12 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 -34
 11/30 MIL W 34 14 17 2 2 0 0 30 2 6 2 1 0 2 3 2
 12/2 CLE W 25 10 16 11 12 0 0 31 2 7 6 1 1 1 0 39
 12/4 SDC W 24 7 14 2 2 0 0 16 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 13
 12/6 PHI L 32 7 19 9 12 0 0 23 2 6 3 2 0 3 4 1
 12/8 MIL W 35 7 14 4 6 0 0 18 2 7 2 2 0 4 0 11
 12/9 LAL W 25 9 14 6 9 0 0 24 3 8 4 3 1 5 2 21
 12/13 NYK W 23 9 16 4 7 0 0 22 3 5 2 3 2 4 4 26
 12/14 NYK W 34 9 14 1 2 0 0 19 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 0
 12/17 WAS W 32 9 17 6 8 0 0 24 4 7 4 2 1 1 2 1
 12/19 BOS W 36 8 20 8 8 0 0 24 8 14 2 8 2 5 1 10
 12/20 DAL W 35 14 21 5 6 0 0 33 1 5 5 1 0 5 1 4
 12/23 CLE L 32 8 17 6 8 0 0 22 2 8 3 1 0 2 2 2
 12/24 WAS L 29 5 12 4 4 0 0 14 1 5 2 1 0 2 4 -11
 12/26 PHX W 33 10 21 1 1 0 0 21 5 8 1 3 0 2 2 16
 12/28 NYK W 32 11 20 4 6 0 0 26 3 4 0 2 2 2 1 16
 12/30 CHI W 31 7 13 7 10 0 0 21 1 6 5 3 2 1 2 12
 12/31 POR W 30 12 21 3 4 0 0 27 4 11 0 3 0 3 5 28
 1/3 DEN W 33 9 23 0 0 0 0 18 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 5
 1/4 PHI L 32 15 21 4 4 0 0 34 2 7 1 3 0 2 5 -4
 1/6 CHI L 32 6 14 5 6 0 0 17 3 5 3 0 1 4 1 -7
 1/7 WAS L 35 11 24 1 2 0 0 23 5 13 4 4 0 3 2 -9
 1/10 NYK W 29 16 23 3 5 0 0 35 2 10 1 2 1 1 3 26
 1/11 CHI L 32 6 11 5 6 0 0 17 0 13 1 1 2 5 1 19
 1/15 DEN W 34 9 19 5 9 0 0 23 0 5 2 2 0 3 1 8

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 170
 Total Player of the Week: 13
 Total Player of the Month: 2
 Total All-Star Appearances: 5
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total All-League Second Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 1981 NPSBL All-Rookie First Team
 1982 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1983 NPSBL All-Star
 1983 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1984 NPSBL All-Star
 1984 NPSBL All-League Second Team
 1985 NPBSL All-Star
 1985 NPBSL All-League Second Team
 1986 NPBSL All-Star
 1986 NPBSL All-League First Team
 1986 NPBSL All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 7/1/1981 Drafted by the 76ers with pick #4 of round 1.
 7/25/1983 Traded to the Bullets
 6/25/1986 Traded to the Pistons

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