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Jerome Whitehead

Age 69 · USA · 208 cm (6'10") · 100 kg · Born Sep 30, 1956 · Marquette

5.9 PPG 4.5 RPG 0.5 APG 834 games 11 seasons

Career snapshot

11seasons
834games
4,923career pts
7.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Golden State Warriors · 310 games · 1984-85–1988-89

Position rank · 1988-89

#55PPG rank
#52PER rank
#49WS rank
Among 70 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 13.8 1981-82 · LAC
RPG 9.2 1981-82 · LAC
APG 1.4 1981-82 · LAC
PER 12.6 1984-85 · GSW
WS 3.6 1984-85 · GSW

Draft

1978
Round 2 · Pick 41
from Marquette

Career by team

Golden State Warriors
1984-85 – 1988-89 · 5 seasons
6.9 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.4 APG
310 games
San Antonio Spurs
1988-89 – 1988-89 · 1 seasons
3.2 PPG 2.5 RPG 0.3 APG
52 games
Los Angeles Clippers
1978-79 – 1983-84 · 6 seasons
7.4 PPG 5.4 RPG 0.7 APG
275 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
0.7 PPG 1.0 RPG 0.0 APG
3 games
Dallas Mavericks
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
5.3 PPG 4.0 RPG 0.3 APG
7 games
Utah Jazz
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
2.1 PPG 3.0 RPG 0.6 APG
32 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1978-79 LAC 31 0 4.9 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 44.1 0.0 44.4 — —
1979-80 NBA 50 0 11.1 2.5 3.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 50.9 0.0 28.6 — —
1979-80 LAC 18 0 12.5 3.3 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 60.0 0.0 27.8 — —
1979-80 UTA 32 0 10.3 2.1 3.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 44.9 0.0 29.4 6.2 -0.2
1980-81 NBA 48 0 14.3 4.0 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 46.1 0.0 50.0 — —
1980-81 CLE 3 0 2.7 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0
1980-81 DAL 7 0 16.9 5.3 4.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 42.1 0.0 45.5 6.0 -0.2
1980-81 LAC 38 0 14.8 4.1 4.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 47.5 0.0 51.1 — —
1981-82 LAC 72 63 30.8 13.8 9.2 1.4 0.7 0.6 55.9 0.0 76.3 — —
1982-83 LAC 46 23 19.7 8.7 5.7 0.9 0.5 0.3 53.6 0.0 82.8 — —
1983-84 LAC 70 1 13.2 5.4 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 49.0 0.0 82.2 — —
1984-85 GSW 79 78 32.1 13.0 7.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 51.0 0.0 78.3 12.6 3.6
1985-86 GSW 81 3 13.3 3.9 4.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 42.9 0.0 61.9 7.9 0.3
1986-87 GSW 73 1 12.8 5.1 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 45.0 0.0 69.9 10.8 1.2
1987-88 GSW 72 27 17.0 5.7 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 48.3 0.0 72.0 10.8 1.6
1988-89 NBA 57 4 10.9 3.1 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 39.6 0.0 66.0 — —
1988-89 GSW 5 0 8.4 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 2.5 0.0
1988-89 SAS 52 4 11.2 3.2 2.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 39.2 0.0 66.7 7.2 0.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1988 Golden State Warriors San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 1984 Los Angeles Clippers Golden State Warriors season change
Jul 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 1981 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Clippers season change
Oct 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers Dallas Mavericks mid season trade From 1980-81 to 1980-81
Jul 1980 Utah Jazz Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 1980 Utah Jazz Dallas Mavericks season change
Jul 1980 Utah Jazz Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 1980 Los Angeles Clippers Dallas Mavericks season change
Jul 1980 Los Angeles Clippers Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 1979 Los Angeles Clippers Utah Jazz season change

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About Jerome Whitehead

Jerome Whitehead was an American professional basketball player. He was selected by the San Diego Clippers in the second round of the 1978 NBA draft. A 6'10" center-forward from Marquette University, Whitehead played in 11 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1978 to 1989. He played for the Clippers, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs.