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Purvis Short

Age 68 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 95 kg · Born Jul 2, 1957 · Jackson State

17.3 PPG 4.3 RPG 2.5 APG 842 games 12 seasons
Purvis Short

Career snapshot

12seasons
842games
14,602career pts
16.9PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Golden State Warriors · 614 games · 1978-79–1986-87

Position rank · 1989-90

#38PPG rank
#79PER rank
#76WS rank
Among 99 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 28.0 1984-85 · GSW
RPG 5.5 1983-84 · GSW
APG 3.7 1985-86 · GSW
PER 19.1 1979-80 · GSW
WS 6.2 1984-85 · GSW

Draft

1978
Round 1 · Pick 5
from Jackson State

Career by team

Brooklyn Nets
1989-90 – 1989-90 · 1 seasons
13.1 PPG 3.0 RPG 1.8 APG
82 games
Houston Rockets
1987-88 – 1988-89 · 2 seasons
11.2 PPG 2.7 RPG 1.8 APG
146 games
Golden State Warriors
1978-79 – 1986-87 · 9 seasons
19.4 PPG 4.8 RPG 2.8 APG
614 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1978-79 GSW 75 0 22.7 10.6 4.6 1.3 0.7 0.2 47.9 0.0 67.1 13.1 2.6
1979-80 GSW 62 0 26.4 17.0 5.1 2.0 1.0 0.1 50.3 0.0 81.2 19.1 3.7
1980-81 GSW 79 0 29.2 16.1 4.9 3.2 1.0 0.2 47.5 17.6 82.0 17.0 5.4
1981-82 GSW 76 8 23.4 14.4 3.5 2.8 0.9 0.1 48.8 21.4 80.1 18.8 5.0
1982-83 GSW 67 57 35.8 21.4 5.3 3.4 1.4 0.2 48.7 26.7 82.8 17.6 5.2
1983-84 GSW 79 76 37.3 22.8 5.5 3.1 1.3 0.1 47.3 30.6 79.3 16.9 6.0
1984-85 GSW 78 77 39.5 28.0 5.1 3.0 1.5 0.3 46.0 31.3 81.7 18.9 6.2
1985-86 GSW 64 63 37.9 25.5 5.1 3.7 1.4 0.3 48.2 30.6 86.5 19.1 5.7
1986-87 GSW 34 15 27.9 18.3 4.0 2.5 1.3 0.2 47.9 23.5 85.6 18.6 2.2
1987-88 HOU 81 11 24.1 14.3 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.2 48.1 23.8 85.8 15.8 4.4
1988-89 HOU 65 16 17.8 7.4 2.8 1.6 0.7 0.2 41.3 27.3 86.5 11.4 1.4
1989-90 BKN 82 24 27.0 13.1 3.0 1.8 0.8 0.2 45.5 28.6 83.5 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1989 Houston Rockets Brooklyn Nets
Jul 1987 Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets

All entries are season change.

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Born on July 2

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About Purvis Short

Purvis Short is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978 to 1990. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. He is currently the Warriors ninth all-time leading scorer.