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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Age 57 · USA · 185 cm (6'1") · 73 kg · Born Mar 9, 1969 · LSU

14.6 PPG 1.9 RPG 3.5 APG 586 games 9 seasons
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Career snapshot

9seasons
586games
8,556career pts
14.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Denver Nuggets · 439 games · 1990-91–1995-96

Position rank · 2000-01

#23PPG rank
#36PER rank
#34WS rank
Among 38 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 19.2 1992-93 · DEN
RPG 2.8 1992-93 · DEN
APG 6.8 1995-96 · DEN
PER 18.6 1995-96 · DEN
WS 6.8 1993-94 · DEN

Draft

1990
Round 1 · Pick 3
by Denver Nuggets
from LSU

Honors & awards

1×
NBA Most Improved Player
1992
1×
All-Rookie Team
1990

Career by team

Memphis Grizzlies
2000-01 – 2000-01 · 1 seasons
6.5 PPG 0.6 RPG 1.9 APG
41 games
Sacramento Kings
1996-97 – 1997-98 · 2 seasons
11.8 PPG 1.5 RPG 2.3 APG
106 games
Denver Nuggets
1990-91 – 1995-96 · 6 seasons
16.0 PPG 2.1 RPG 4.0 APG
439 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1990-91 DEN 67 19 22.5 14.1 1.8 3.1 0.8 0.1 41.3 24.0 85.7 12.2 -1.0
1991-92 DEN 81 11 19.0 10.3 1.4 2.4 0.5 0.0 42.1 33.0 87.0 12.6 0.6
1992-93 DEN 81 81 33.5 19.2 2.8 4.2 1.0 0.1 45.0 35.5 93.5 15.6 5.1
1993-94 DEN 80 78 32.7 18.0 2.1 4.5 1.0 0.1 46.0 31.6 95.6 16.7 6.8
1994-95 DEN 73 43 28.5 16.0 1.9 3.6 1.1 0.1 47.0 38.6 88.5 17.8 5.0
1995-96 DEN 57 53 35.6 19.2 2.4 6.8 1.1 0.1 43.4 39.2 93.0 18.6 5.5
1996-97 SAC 75 51 28.4 13.7 1.6 2.5 0.7 0.1 44.5 38.2 84.6 13.2 2.7
1997-98 SAC 31 0 17.1 7.3 1.2 1.9 0.5 0.0 37.7 16.1 100.0 10.5 -0.3
2000-01 MEM 41 0 11.9 6.5 0.6 1.9 0.2 0.0 48.8 28.6 75.9 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 2000 Sacramento Kings Memphis Grizzlies offseason From 1997-98 to 2000-01
Jul 1996 Denver Nuggets Sacramento Kings season change

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About Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies.