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Gerald Henderson

Guard  at Boston Celtics
Age70
NationalityUSA
Height188 cm (6'2")
Weight79 kg
BornJan 16, 1956
CollegeVirginia Commonwealth
Career
9.2PPG
2.1RPG
3.1APG
1,560 games · 20 seasons

Career snapshot

20seasons
1,560games
14,275career pts
11.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 400 games · 1979-80–1983-84

Position rank · 2016-17

#66PPG rank
#71PER rank
#64WS rank
Among 133 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.1 2011-12 · CHA
RPG 4.1 2011-12 · CHA
APG 7.1 1984-85 · OKC
PER 14.7 1983-84 · BOS
WS 5.3 1983-84 · BOS

Draft

1978
Round 3 · Pick 64
from Virginia Commonwealth

Career by team

Philadelphia 76ers
1987-88 – 2016-17 · 3 seasons
8.1 PPG 1.7 RPG 2.3 APG
206 games
Portland Trail Blazers
2015-16 – 2015-16 · 1 seasons
8.7 PPG 2.9 RPG 1.0 APG
72 games
Charlotte Hornets
2009-10 – 2014-15 · 5 seasons
11.3 PPG 3.3 RPG 2.0 APG
323 games
Houston Rockets
1991-92 – 1991-92 · 1 seasons
1.5 PPG 0.3 RPG 0.6 APG
8 games
Detroit Pistons
1989-90 – 1991-92 · 3 seasons
3.3 PPG 1.0 RPG 1.6 APG
77 games
Milwaukee Bucks
1989-90 – 1989-90 · 1 seasons
2.5 PPG 1.1 RPG 1.2 APG
11 games
New York Knicks
1986-87 – 1987-88 · 2 seasons
10.2 PPG 2.3 RPG 6.2 APG
74 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1984-85 – 1986-87 · 3 seasons
13.2 PPG 2.3 RPG 6.4 APG
167 games
Boston Celtics
1979-80 – 1983-84 · 5 seasons
8.8 PPG 1.6 RPG 2.8 APG
400 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1979-80 BOS 76 2 14.0 6.2 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 50.0 33.3 69.0 12.7 1.7
1980-81 BOS 82 10 19.6 7.8 1.6 2.6 1.0 0.1 45.1 6.3 72.0 10.4 1.3
1981-82 BOS 82 31 22.5 10.2 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 50.1 16.7 72.7 13.2 3.6
1982-83 BOS 82 9 18.9 8.2 1.5 2.4 1.2 0.0 46.3 18.8 72.2 12.1 2.3
1983-84 BOS 78 78 26.8 11.6 1.9 3.8 1.5 0.2 52.4 35.1 76.8 14.7 5.3
1984-85 OKC 79 78 33.5 13.4 2.4 7.1 1.8 0.1 47.9 23.7 78.0 — —
1985-86 OKC 82 82 31.3 13.1 2.3 5.9 1.7 0.1 48.2 34.6 83.0 — —
1986-87 NBA 74 59 27.6 10.9 2.4 6.4 1.4 0.1 44.2 24.7 82.6 — —
1986-87 NYK 68 53 27.8 10.9 2.4 6.5 1.4 0.2 43.8 25.7 81.6 14.6 2.6
1986-87 OKC 6 6 25.8 11.2 1.5 5.3 1.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 94.4 — —
1987-88 NBA 75 5 20.1 7.9 1.4 3.1 0.9 0.1 42.8 42.3 81.2 — —
1987-88 NYK 6 2 11.5 2.3 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.0 35.7 50.0 100.0 4.4 0.0
1987-88 PHI 69 3 20.8 8.4 1.4 3.2 1.0 0.1 43.1 42.1 81.0 12.5 2.2
1988-89 PHI 65 0 15.2 6.5 1.0 2.2 0.6 0.0 41.4 30.8 81.9 12.1 1.1
1989-90 NBA 57 0 8.1 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 48.6 44.7 80.0 — —
1989-90 DET 46 0 7.3 2.3 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.0 50.6 45.2 76.9 13.6 1.1
1989-90 MIL 11 0 11.7 2.5 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.0 42.3 42.9 100.0 7.4 0.1
1990-91 DET 23 10 17.0 5.3 1.6 2.7 0.5 0.1 42.7 33.3 76.2 10.1 0.5
1991-92 NBA 16 0 6.0 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 37.5 37.5 81.8 — —
1991-92 HOU 8 0 4.3 1.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 36.4 0.0 66.7 4.3 -0.1
1991-92 DET 8 0 7.8 3.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.0 38.1 60.0 100.0 10.1 0.1
2009-10 CHA 43 0 8.3 2.6 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 35.6 21.1 74.5 9.7 0.4
2010-11 CHA 68 30 24.4 9.6 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.5 45.4 19.4 78.5 13.2 2.4
2011-12 CHA 55 55 33.3 15.1 4.1 2.3 0.9 0.4 45.9 23.4 76.0 14.0 1.0
2013-14 CHA 77 77 32.0 14.0 4.0 2.6 0.7 0.4 43.3 34.8 76.1 13.1 3.6
2014-15 CHA 80 72 28.9 12.1 3.4 2.6 0.6 0.3 43.7 33.1 84.8 — —
2015-16 POR 72 0 19.9 8.7 2.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 43.9 35.3 76.7 12.9 2.0
2016-17 PHI 72 41 23.2 9.2 2.6 1.6 0.6 0.2 42.3 35.3 80.6 10.8 2.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2016 Portland Trail Blazers Philadelphia 76ers season change
Jul 2015 Charlotte Hornets Portland Trail Blazers season change
Oct 2009 Detroit Pistons Charlotte Hornets offseason From 1991-92 to 2009-10
Oct 1991 Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1991-92 to 1991-92
Jul 1991 Detroit Pistons Houston Rockets season change
Jul 1990 Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1989 Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1989 Philadelphia 76ers Milwaukee Bucks season change
Jul 1987 New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers season change
Jul 1987 Oklahoma City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers season change
Oct 1986 New York Knicks Oklahoma City Thunder mid season trade From 1986-87 to 1986-87
Jul 1986 Oklahoma City Thunder New York Knicks season change
Jul 1984 Boston Celtics Oklahoma City Thunder season change

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About Gerald Henderson

Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. He was a combo guard who had a 13-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 until 1992. He played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets. Henderson was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University.