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Guard · Dallas Mavericks

Rolando Blackman

Age 67 · USA · 198 cm (6'6") · 86 kg · Born Feb 26, 1959 · Kansas State

18.0 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.1 APG 980 games 13 seasons
Rolando Blackman

Career snapshot

13seasons
980games
17,635career pts
16.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Dallas Mavericks · 865 games · 1981-82–1991-92

Position rank · 1993-94

#66PPG rank
#61PER rank
#48WS rank
Among 93 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 22.4 1983-84 · DAL
RPG 4.6 1983-84 · DAL
APG 3.8 1990-91 · DAL
PER 19.8 1983-84 · DAL
WS 9.8 1983-84 · DAL

Draft

1981
Round 1 · Pick 9
from Kansas State

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1989, 1986, 1985, 1984

Career by team

New York Knicks
1992-93 – 1993-94 · 2 seasons
8.6 PPG 1.7 RPG 2.0 APG
115 games
Dallas Mavericks
1981-82 – 1991-92 · 11 seasons
19.3 PPG 3.6 RPG 3.2 APG
865 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1981-82 DAL 82 16 24.1 13.3 3.1 1.3 0.6 0.4 51.3 25.0 76.8 16.2 4.1
1982-83 DAL 75 62 31.3 17.7 3.9 2.5 0.5 0.4 49.2 20.0 78.0 17.0 5.7
1983-84 DAL 81 81 37.3 22.4 4.6 3.6 0.7 0.5 54.6 9.1 81.2 19.8 9.8
1984-85 DAL 81 80 35.0 19.7 3.7 3.6 0.8 0.2 50.8 30.0 82.8 17.7 7.3
1985-86 DAL 82 81 34.0 21.5 3.5 3.3 1.0 0.3 51.4 13.8 83.6 19.0 7.0
1986-87 DAL 80 80 34.5 21.0 3.5 3.3 0.8 0.3 49.5 33.3 88.4 18.1 8.0
1987-88 DAL 71 69 36.3 18.7 3.5 3.7 0.9 0.3 47.3 0.0 87.3 16.0 6.8
1988-89 DAL 78 78 37.8 19.7 3.5 3.7 0.8 0.3 47.6 35.3 85.4 15.9 5.7
1989-90 DAL 80 80 36.7 19.4 3.5 3.6 1.0 0.3 49.8 30.2 84.4 17.0 6.8
1990-91 DAL 80 80 37.1 19.9 3.2 3.8 0.9 0.2 48.2 35.1 86.5 16.6 5.5
1991-92 DAL 75 74 33.7 18.3 3.2 2.7 0.7 0.3 46.1 38.5 89.8 15.6 3.8
1992-93 NYK 60 33 23.9 9.7 1.7 2.6 0.4 0.2 44.3 42.5 78.9 10.6 2.9
1993-94 NYK 55 1 17.6 7.3 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.1 43.6 35.7 90.6 11.3 2.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1992 Dallas Mavericks New York Knicks

All entries are season change.

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Born on February 26

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About Rolando Blackman

Rolando Antonio Blackman is a Panamanian-American former professional basketball player who spent 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most of it with the Dallas Mavericks. He was a four-time NBA All-Star, and he holds the Mavericks' franchise single-game record for free throws made (22).