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Jamaal Tinsley

Age 48 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 85 kg · Born Feb 28, 1978 · Iowa State

9.2 PPG 3.1 RPG 6.3 APG 481 games 10 seasons
Jamaal Tinsley

Career snapshot

10seasons
481games
4,424career pts
12.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Indiana Pacers · 398 games · 2001-02–2007-08

Position rank · 2006-07

#41PPG rank
#25PER rank
#46WS rank
Among 113 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.4 2004-05 · IND
RPG 4.0 2004-05 · IND
APG 8.4 2007-08 · IND
PER 18.6 2004-05 · IND
WS 4.4 2003-04 · IND

Draft

2001
Round 1 · Pick 27
from Iowa State

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
2001

Career by team

Utah Jazz
2011-12 – 2013-14 · 2 seasons
3.2 PPG 1.2 RPG 3.2 APG
45 games
Memphis Grizzlies
2009-10 – 2009-10 · 1 seasons
3.5 PPG 1.7 RPG 2.8 APG
38 games
Indiana Pacers
2001-02 – 2007-08 · 7 seasons
10.4 PPG 3.4 RPG 7.0 APG
398 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2001-02 IND 80 78 30.5 9.4 3.7 8.1 1.7 0.5 38.0 24.0 70.4 13.4 1.7
2002-03 IND 73 69 30.6 7.8 3.6 7.5 1.7 0.2 39.6 27.7 71.4 13.4 3.7
2003-04 IND 52 43 26.5 8.3 2.6 5.8 1.6 0.3 41.4 37.2 73.1 16.4 4.4
2004-05 IND 40 40 32.5 15.4 4.0 6.4 2.0 0.3 41.8 37.2 74.4 18.6 2.8
2005-06 IND 42 27 26.7 9.3 3.2 5.0 1.2 0.1 40.9 22.9 63.7 12.1 0.7
2006-07 IND 72 72 31.2 12.8 3.3 6.9 1.6 0.3 38.9 31.6 72.0 15.2 2.8
2007-08 IND 39 36 33.2 11.9 3.6 8.4 1.7 0.3 38.0 28.4 72.0 12.8 0.8
2009-10 MEM 38 1 15.5 3.5 1.7 2.8 0.9 0.1 37.1 17.9 81.5 7.8 -0.3
2011-12 UTA 37 1 13.7 3.7 1.2 3.3 0.5 0.2 40.4 27.0 76.5 10.9 0.1
2013-14 UTA 8 5 13.8 1.1 1.4 2.9 0.3 0.0 20.0 6.7 0.0 1.9 -0.3

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Notes
Oct 2011 Memphis Grizzlies Utah Jazz From 2009-10 to 2011-12
Oct 2009 Indiana Pacers Memphis Grizzlies From 2007-08 to 2009-10

All entries are offseason.

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Born on February 28

Tom Kron 1943 · Oklahoma City Thunder Tom Riker 1950 · New York Knicks Luther Burden 1953 · New York Knicks Duane Ferrell 1965 · Golden State Warriors Vincent Askew 1966 · Portland Trail Blazers Francisco Elson 1976 · Philadelphia 76ers Marc Salyers 1979 Aleksey Savrasenko 1979

About Jamaal Tinsley

Jamaal Lee Tinsley is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Tinsley played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones. Following his senior year, he was drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 27th pick of the 2001 NBA draft and was immediately dealt to the Atlanta Hawks, and then to the Indiana Pacers on draft night. Tinsley played 11 seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Pacers, as well as the Grizzlies and Jazz.