Earl Cureton 
#40 PF | 6-9, 253lbs | FA | Experience: 8 years
Born: 9/3/1957 (31) | College: Detroit

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 41 26 34 0 45 30 77 70 50 33 51 55 44 80 32 66  
 Potential: C D D F C D B B C D C C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

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

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL SAS 13 0 5.0 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.40 0.4 0.0 0.5 .385 .167 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NYK 52 5 9.7 3.1 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.8 0.70 0.3 0.3 1.5 .490 .442 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SDC 46 0 6.9 2.0 0.4 1.7 0.6 0.3 1.75 0.2 0.2 1.2 .542 .467 .000  
 1984 NPBSL KCK 54 0 7.9 2.7 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.67 0.4 0.3 1.3 .598 .586 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 72 15 12.9 4.3 1.0 2.1 0.7 0.6 1.07 0.4 0.4 1.6 .522 .536 .000  
 1982 NPBSL WAS 82 0 15.6 5.6 1.2 2.7 0.7 1.2 0.60 0.4 0.5 1.7 .561 .563 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 82 20 21.1 6.7 1.6 3.5 1.0 1.1 0.92 0.6 0.6 2.3 .520 .518 .000  
 1980 NPBSL WAS 82 61 31.2 11.2 2.6 5.1 1.3 1.9 0.70 0.8 1.0 3.3 .522 .534 .000  
 Career     483 101 16.2 5.5 1.3 2.8 0.8 1.0 0.78 0.5 0.5 1.9 .529 .529 .000  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1988 NPBSL SAS 0.4 1.0 .385 0.1 0.5 .167 0.2 0.4 .600 0.2 0.5 .286 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1986 NPBSL NYK 1.4 2.8 .490 0.4 0.8 .442 1.0 1.7 .609 0.4 1.1 .333 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SDC 0.8 1.6 .542 0.3 0.7 .467 0.6 1.1 .560 0.2 0.5 .524 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL KCK 1.2 2.0 .598 0.3 0.5 .586 0.9 1.2 .754 0.3 0.8 .357 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 1.8 3.4 .522 0.7 1.3 .536 1.4 2.4 .580 0.4 1.0 .386 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL WAS 2.2 3.9 .561 1.2 2.1 .563 1.8 2.6 .664 0.4 1.3 .350 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 2.7 5.3 .520 1.2 2.4 .518 2.2 3.4 .649 0.5 1.8 .291 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL WAS 4.5 8.7 .522 2.2 4.1 .534 3.5 5.8 .600 1.0 2.9 .366 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     2.2 4.2 .529 1.0 1.9 .529 1.7 2.8 .624 0.5 1.4 .350 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 +/- 
 1988 13 0 65 5 13 1 6 0 1 11 4 18 2 5 5 5 0 7 -1 
 1986 52 5 502 72 147 19 43 0 3 163 50 156 28 14 40 14 16 76 84 
 1985 46 0 319 39 72 14 30 0 1 92 18 97 28 8 16 8 11 55 -7 
 1984 54 0 427 64 107 17 29 0 0 145 28 100 20 22 30 22 15 68 -28 
 1983 72 15 928 128 245 52 97 0 1 308 75 226 48 26 45 26 27 115 -74 
 1982 82 0 1282 180 321 98 174 0 1 458 100 323 58 30 97 30 42 141 112 
 1981 82 20 1728 225 433 101 195 0 3 551 135 418 81 48 88 48 46 187 124 
 1980 82 61 2561 371 711 180 337 0 1 922 216 632 106 69 152 69 85 269 -102 
 Career 483 101 7812 1084 2049 482 911 0 11 2650 626 1970 371 222 473 222 242 918 108 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1988 NPBSL SAS .375 0.85 8.7 21.7 0.0 7.5 22.2 15.5 0.0 -11.2 -0.4 -0.1 91.8 94.7  
 1986 NPBSL NYK .494 1.11 12.0 17.1 16.5 10.7 22.3 16.5 10.4 -7.9 -0.3 1.6 99.2 91.0  
 1985 NPBSL SDC .541 1.28 21.7 12.4 14.2 6.7 24.8 16.5 12.5 9.0 0.3 -0.2 104.0 108.9  
 1984 NPBSL KCK .600 1.36 11.8 17.6 14.5 7.4 19.2 13.3 12.9 9.1 0.3 -0.5 105.0 111.7  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .535 1.26 12.6 11.8 14.9 8.9 17.7 13.3 12.7 29.4 1.0 -1.0 100.9 105.9  
 1982 NPBSL WAS .575 1.43 10.5 17.5 16.2 8.9 19.3 14.2 13.3 34.5 1.1 1.4 102.5 99.3  
 1981 NPBSL WAS .532 1.27 11.8 12.8 14.7 9.3 18.7 14.1 12.8 32.8 1.1 1.5 104.9 103.4  
 1980 NPBSL WAS .537 1.30 9.5 13.6 16.4 9.4 19.6 14.3 14.1 101.0 3.4 -1.2 100.2 102.5  
 Career     .541 1.29 11.3 14.4 15.5 9.1 19.5 14.3 13.0 196.6 6.6 0.2 102.0 102.5  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL NYK 9 2 13.1 3.9 1.2 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.58 0.4 0.1 1.3 .417 .625 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SDC 7 0 7.1 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 1.00 0.1 0.1 0.7 .222 .600 .000  
 1984 NPBSL KCK 6 0 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.33 0.2 0.0 0.2 .500 .000 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 12 0 14.3 3.8 0.6 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.33 0.4 0.7 2.0 .525 .500 .000  
 1982 NPBSL WAS 5 0 9.2 2.8 0.4 2.2 0.2 0.8 0.25 0.0 0.2 2.4 .625 .667 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 12 0 21.6 8.0 1.8 2.8 0.8 1.3 0.67 0.6 0.9 3.6 .474 .786 .000  
 Career     51 2 12.9 4.0 0.9 2.2 0.5 0.9 0.52 0.4 0.4 1.9 .468 .690 .000  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1986 NPBSL NYK 1.7 4.0 .417 0.6 0.9 .625 1.0 1.9 .529 0.7 2.1 .316 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1985 NPBSL SDC 0.3 1.3 .222 0.9 1.4 .600 0.1 0.7 .200 0.1 0.6 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1984 NPBSL KCK 0.2 0.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1983 NPBSL WAS 1.8 3.3 .525 0.3 0.5 .500 1.3 2.3 .571 0.4 1.0 .417 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPBSL WAS 1.0 1.6 .625 0.8 1.2 .667 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.4 1.0 .400 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPBSL WAS 3.1 6.5 .474 1.8 2.3 .786 2.6 4.3 .608 0.5 2.2 .231 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     1.6 3.4 .468 0.8 1.1 .690 1.2 2.1 .581 0.4 1.3 .299 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 9 2 118 15 36 5 8 0 0 35 11 33 7 4 12 4 1 12 -36 
 1985 7 0 50 2 9 6 10 0 0 10 6 14 1 1 1 1 1 5 -26 
 1984 6 0 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 -6 
 1983 12 0 171 21 40 3 6 0 0 45 7 43 3 5 9 5 8 24 -45 
 1982 5 0 46 5 8 4 6 0 0 14 2 13 1 0 4 0 1 12 10 
 1981 12 0 259 37 78 22 28 0 1 96 22 56 10 7 15 7 11 43 5 
 Career 51 2 657 81 173 40 58 0 1 202 48 161 23 18 44 18 22 97 -98 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1986 NPBSL NYK .450 0.97 11.9 20.3 17.8 10.5 20.8 15.6 6.8 -8.2 -0.3 -4.0 90.8 106.2  
 1985 NPBSL SDC .385 1.11 6.7 6.7 12.3 13.0 19.0 15.9 6.2 -3.3 -0.1 -3.7 92.9 123.8  
 1984 NPBSL KCK .500 1.00 16.7 50.0 16.1 0.0 33.3 11.8 -0.9 -2.4 -0.1 -1.0 100.0 136.0  
 1983 NPBSL WAS .512 1.13 5.5 16.4 12.5 4.1 22.1 12.9 6.9 -9.4 -0.3 -3.8 100.5 112.6  
 1982 NPBSL WAS .636 1.75 6.3 25.0 13.1 4.8 27.5 15.9 5.2 -4.3 -0.1 2.0 103.8 93.5  
 1981 NPBSL WAS .533 1.23 8.7 13.0 17.2 9.4 15.8 12.4 9.7 -7.3 -0.2 0.4 102.8 100.7  
 Career     .508 1.17 8.6 16.5 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 -35.0 -1.2 -1.9 99.3 106.6  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 6 1 4 1 3 0 2 3 4 1 2 0 1  
 Playoff 15 5 10 3 2 3 4 6 14 5 8 0 1  
 Career 24 7 15 5 6 7 7 12 17 9 12 0 2  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/18 WAS L 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 10/21 NYK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
 10/29 BOS L 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 -9
 10/30 PHI W 9 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 14
 11/1 KCK W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -6
 11/2 CLE W 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 10
 11/4 DEN W 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3
 11/6 UTA W 11 3 4 0 2 0 0 6 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 -6
 11/7 HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 11/9 DEN W 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1
 11/12 GSW L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 11/16 DAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/17 DAL L 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 10
 11/21 NYK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/22 DEN W 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 -2
 12/8 PHX W 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 12/9 DEN W 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 -1

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 1
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1980 NPSBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1981 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Washington with pick #9 of round 7 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1982 Re-signed with the Bullets for $205,000 over 2 years.
 7/24/1984 Signed with the Kings for $64,502 over one year.
 7/22/1985 Signed with the Clippers for $84,772 over one year.
 7/22/1986 Signed with the Bullets for $113,165 over one year.
 10/1/1986 Released by the Bullets
 1/1/1987 Signed by the Knicks for $113,165 over one year.
 8/1/1988 Signed with the Spurs for $182,957 over one year.
 12/16/1988 Released by the Spurs

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