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Donald Royal

Age 60 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 99 kg · Born May 22, 1966 · Notre Dame

5.8 PPG 2.7 RPG 0.9 APG 597 games 8 seasons
Donald Royal

Career snapshot

8seasons
597games
3,467career pts
10.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Orlando Magic · 288 games · 1992-93–1997-98

Position rank · 1996-97

#93PPG rank
#101PER rank
#101WS rank
Among 104 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 9.2 1992-93 · ORL
RPG 4.0 1994-95 · ORL
APG 2.8 1994-95 · ORL
PER 15.2 1989-90 · MIN
WS 5.1 1992-93 · ORL

Draft

1987
Round 3 · Pick 52
from Notre Dame

Career by team

New Orleans Pelicans
1996-97 – 1997-98 · 2 seasons
2.7 PPG 1.8 RPG 0.5 APG
54 games
Orlando Magic
1992-93 – 1997-98 · 6 seasons
7.8 PPG 3.4 RPG 1.3 APG
288 games
Golden State Warriors
1996-97 – 1996-97 · 1 seasons
3.8 PPG 2.6 RPG 0.4 APG
36 games
San Antonio Spurs
1991-92 – 1991-92 · 1 seasons
4.2 PPG 2.1 RPG 0.6 APG
60 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
1989-90 – 1989-90 · 1 seasons
5.9 PPG 2.1 RPG 0.7 APG
66 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1989-90 MIN 66 0 11.3 5.9 2.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 45.9 0.0 77.7 15.2 1.3
1991-92 SAS 60 4 12.0 4.2 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 44.9 0.0 69.2 11.7 1.6
1992-93 ORL 77 0 21.2 9.2 3.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 49.6 0.0 81.5 14.5 5.1
1993-94 ORL 74 0 18.3 7.4 3.4 0.8 0.7 0.2 50.1 0.0 74.0 14.6 3.8
1994-95 ORL 70 68 26.3 9.1 4.0 2.8 0.6 0.2 47.5 0.0 74.6 12.2 3.6
1995-96 ORL 64 7 15.0 5.3 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 49.1 0.0 76.2 12.7 2.3
1996-97 NBA 62 4 13.8 3.5 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 42.5 0.0 80.3 — —
1996-97 NOP 25 2 12.8 2.8 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 52.5 0.0 80.0 — —
1996-97 GSW 36 1 14.1 3.8 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 38.5 0.0 79.5 9.7 0.6
1996-97 ORL 1 1 29.0 12.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 100.0 5.8 0.0
1997-98 NBA 31 5 10.4 2.5 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 36.2 0.0 87.9 — —
1997-98 NOP 29 5 10.5 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 38.1 0.0 89.7 — —
1997-98 ORL 2 0 9.0 2.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 16.7 0.0 75.0 -1.6 -0.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1997 New Orleans Pelicans Orlando Magic season change
Jul 1997 Golden State Warriors Orlando Magic season change
Jul 1997 Golden State Warriors New Orleans Pelicans season change
Oct 1996 New Orleans Pelicans Golden State Warriors mid season trade From 1996-97 to 1996-97
Jul 1996 Orlando Magic Golden State Warriors season change
Jul 1996 Orlando Magic New Orleans Pelicans season change
Jul 1992 San Antonio Spurs Orlando Magic season change
Oct 1991 Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs offseason From 1989-90 to 1991-92

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Born on May 22

Joe Smyth 1929 · New York Knicks Larry Siegfried 1939 · Boston Celtics Roger Brown 1942 · Chicago Bulls Roger Burkman 1958 · Chicago Bulls Chad Kinch 1958 · Cleveland Cavaliers Robert Lock 1966 · Los Angeles Clippers Gundars Vetra 1967 · Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Brown 1968 · Chicago Bulls

About Donald Royal

Donald Adam Royal is an American former professional basketball player, a 6'8" small forward. He played collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame, and was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third round of the 1987 NBA draft. Royal played in eight NBA seasons for five different teams: Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets.