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Terry Porter

Age 63 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 93 kg · Born Apr 8, 1963 · Wisconsin-Stevens Point

12.2 PPG 3.0 RPG 5.6 APG 1,274 games 17 seasons
Terry Porter

Career snapshot

17seasons
1,274games
15,579career pts
16.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Portland Trail Blazers · 758 games · 1985-86–1994-95

Position rank · 2001-02

#85PPG rank
#40PER rank
#36WS rank
Among 104 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.2 1992-93 · POR
RPG 4.6 1987-88 · POR
APG 10.1 1987-88 · POR
PER 21.7 1990-91 · POR
WS 13.0 1990-91 · POR

Draft

1985
Round 1 · Pick 24
from Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Honors & awards

2×
All-Star Selection
1992, 1990

Career by team

San Antonio Spurs
1999-00 – 2001-02 · 3 seasons
7.3 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.1 APG
220 games
Miami Heat
1998-99 – 1998-99 · 1 seasons
10.5 PPG 2.8 RPG 2.9 APG
50 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
1995-96 – 1997-98 · 3 seasons
8.6 PPG 2.2 RPG 4.1 APG
246 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1985-86 – 1994-95 · 10 seasons
14.9 PPG 3.5 RPG 7.0 APG
758 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1985-86 POR 79 3 15.4 7.1 1.5 2.5 1.0 0.0 47.4 31.0 80.6 14.8 2.3
1986-87 POR 80 80 33.9 13.1 4.2 8.9 2.0 0.1 48.8 21.7 83.8 16.2 6.8
1987-88 POR 82 82 36.5 14.9 4.6 10.1 1.8 0.2 51.9 34.8 84.6 18.1 9.8
1988-89 POR 81 81 38.3 17.7 4.5 9.5 1.8 0.1 47.1 36.1 84.0 17.7 9.2
1989-90 POR 80 80 34.8 17.6 3.4 9.1 1.9 0.1 46.2 37.4 89.2 20.0 11.7
1990-91 POR 81 81 32.9 17.0 3.5 8.0 2.0 0.1 51.5 41.5 82.3 21.7 13.0
1991-92 POR 82 82 34.0 18.1 3.1 5.8 1.5 0.1 46.1 39.5 85.6 18.1 10.6
1992-93 POR 81 81 35.6 18.2 3.9 5.2 1.2 0.1 45.4 41.4 84.3 17.0 8.8
1993-94 POR 77 34 26.9 13.1 2.8 5.2 1.0 0.2 41.6 39.0 87.2 16.4 5.4
1994-95 POR 35 9 22.0 8.9 2.3 3.8 0.9 0.1 39.3 38.6 70.7 13.7 1.7
1995-96 MIN 82 40 25.3 9.4 2.6 5.5 1.1 0.2 44.2 31.4 78.5 15.4 3.7
1996-97 MIN 82 20 19.1 6.9 2.1 3.6 0.7 0.1 41.6 33.5 76.5 14.5 2.7
1997-98 MIN 82 8 21.8 9.5 2.0 3.3 0.8 0.2 44.9 39.5 85.6 17.3 5.2
1998-99 MIA 50 1 27.3 10.5 2.8 2.9 1.0 0.2 46.5 41.1 83.1 16.9 5.0
1999-00 SAS 68 8 23.7 9.4 2.8 3.3 0.7 0.1 44.7 43.5 80.6 16.6 5.6
2000-01 SAS 80 42 21.0 7.2 2.5 3.1 0.7 0.1 44.8 42.4 79.3 15.5 5.4
2001-02 SAS 72 0 18.0 5.5 2.3 2.8 0.6 0.2 42.4 41.5 81.9 13.9 3.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1999 Miami Heat San Antonio Spurs
Jul 1998 Minnesota Timberwolves Miami Heat
Jul 1995 Portland Trail Blazers Minnesota Timberwolves

All entries are season change.

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Born on April 8

Bill Roberts 1905 Paul Gordon 1927 John Havlicek 1940 · Boston Celtics Jimmy Walker 1944 · Detroit Pistons Larry Mikan 1948 · Cleveland Cavaliers Tommy Green 1956 · Utah Jazz Moshe Mizrahi 1980 Jared Reiner 1982 · Milwaukee Bucks

About Terry Porter

Terry Porter is an American former college basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Portland. A native of Wisconsin, he played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point before being drafted 24th by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA draft. In Portland, he played ten seasons with two All-Star Game appearances. Porter spent 17 years in the NBA as a player. Following his retirement as a player in 2002, he began coaching in the league. Porter has twice bee