Earl Cureton PF #35

Height: 6-9 (206cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95kg)

Born: Sep 3, 1957 (Passed away Feb 4, 2024, aged 66)

Hometown: Detroit, Michigan

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1979 Round 3, Pick 14, Philadelphia Sixers

Pre-Draft Team: Detroit-Mercy (Jr)

High School: Finney High School (Detroit, Michigan)

2x NBA Champion

Earl Cureton Player Profile

Date	Opponent	AST
1/11/1997	Nets	0
1/7/1997	Clippers	0
1/4/1997	Pistons	1
12/27/1996	Wizards	0
12/22/1996	Pacers	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1980-81	23	PHL	52	10.2	4.2	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	.454	.000	.516
1981-82	24	PHL	66	14.5	5.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	.487	.000	.543
1982-83	25	PHL	73	13.5	3.4	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	.419	.000	.493
1983-84	26	DET	73	12.4	2.6	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.8	.458	.000	.525
1984-85	27	DET	81	20.3	6.1	5.2	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.4	.484	.000	.569
1985-86	28	DET	80	25.2	8.6	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.9	.505	.000	.555
1986-87	29	CHI, LAC	78	25.3	7.3	5.8	1.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	.476	.000	.539
1987-88	30	LAC	69	16.3	4.3	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.8	.429	.000	.524
1988-89	31	CHA	82	25.0	6.5	6.0	1.6	0.6	0.7	1.4	.501	.000	.537
1990-91	33	CHA	9	17.7	1.9	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	.333	.000	.333
1993-94	36	HOU	2	15.0	2.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.250	.000	.000
1996-97	39	TOR	9	5.1	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	.375	.000	.333
CAREER			674	18.4	5.4	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	.473	.000	.538

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	23	PHL	52	-	10.2	4.2	1.8	3.9	.454	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.516	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.3
1981-82	24	PHL	66	8	14.5	5.3	2.3	4.6	.487	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.543	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2
1982-83	25	PHL	73	3	13.5	3.4	1.5	3.5	.419	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.493	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0
1983-84	26	DET	73	0	12.4	2.6	1.1	2.4	.458	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.525	1.2	2.8	3.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.0
1984-85	27	DET	81	1	20.3	6.1	2.6	5.3	.484	0.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.569	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.7
1985-86	28	DET	80	19	25.2	8.6	3.6	7.0	.505	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.555	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.0
1986-87 *	29	All Teams	78	47	25.3	7.3	3.1	6.5	.476	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.539	2.7	3.1	5.8	1.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.4
1986-87 *	29	CHI	43	36	25.7	6.9	3.0	6.4	.467	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.534	2.6	2.7	5.3	1.6	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.4
1986-87 *	29	LAC	35	11	24.8	7.7	3.3	6.7	.487	0.0	.000	1.2	2.3	.544	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.0	2.5
1987-88	30	LAC	69	11	16.3	4.3	1.9	4.5	.429	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.524	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.0
1988-89	31	CHA	82	41	25.0	6.5	2.8	5.7	.501	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.537	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.6	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.8
1990-91	33	CHA	9	1	17.7	1.9	0.9	2.7	.333	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.333	0.7	3.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8
1993-94	36	HOU	2	0	15.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
1996-97	39	TOR	9	0	5.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	.375	0.0	.000	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.1
CAREER			674	137	18.4	5.4	2.3	4.8	.473	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.538	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	23	PHL	52	-	528	219	93	205	.454	1	.000	33	64	.516	51	104	155	25	20	23	29	68
1981-82	24	PHL	66	8	956	349	149	306	.487	2	.000	51	94	.543	90	180	270	32	31	27	44	142
1982-83	25	PHL	73	3	987	249	108	258	.419	0	.000	33	67	.493	84	185	269	43	37	24	76	144
1983-84	26	DET	73	0	907	193	81	177	.458	1	.000	31	59	.525	86	201	287	36	24	31	55	143
1984-85	27	DET	81	1	1,642	496	207	428	.484	3	.000	82	144	.569	169	250	419	83	56	42	114	216
1985-86	28	DET	80	19	2,017	687	285	564	.505	2	.000	117	211	.555	198	306	504	137	57	56	149	239
1986-87 *	29	All Teams	78	47	1,973	568	243	510	.476	2	.000	82	152	.539	212	240	452	122	33	57	80	188
1986-87 *	29	CHI	43	36	1,105	297	129	276	.467	1	.000	39	73	.534	113	114	227	70	15	27	45	102
1986-87 *	29	LAC	35	11	868	271	114	234	.487	1	.000	43	79	.544	99	126	225	52	18	30	35	86
1987-88	30	LAC	69	11	1,128	299	133	310	.429	3	.000	33	63	.524	97	174	271	63	32	36	58	135
1988-89	31	CHA	82	41	2,047	532	233	465	.501	1	.000	66	123	.537	188	300	488	130	50	61	114	230
1990-91	33	CHA	9	1	159	17	8	24	.333	1	.000	1	3	.333	6	30	36	3	0	3	6	16
1993-94	36	HOU	2	0	30	4	2	8	.250	0	.000	0	2	.000	4	8	12	0	0	0	1	4
1996-97	39	TOR	9	0	46	7	3	8	.375	0	.000	1	3	.333	4	5	9	4	0	0	1	10
CAREER			674	137	12,420	3,620	1,545	3,263	.473	16	.000	530	985	.538	1,189	1,983	3,172	678	340	360	727	1,535

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1980-81	23	PHL	52	-	.470	.454	11.4	20.0	16.0	6.4	11.1	1.8	2.4	20.0	96.9	-2.3	1.1	98.9	97.3	14.4
1981-82	24	PHL	66	8	.502	.487	11.1	20.3	15.9	4.4	11.2	1.6	1.6	17.0	102.9	-2.4	1.1	104.1	102.5	13.2
1982-83	25	PHL	73	3	.433	.419	9.4	19.0	14.4	5.5	20.9	1.7	1.3	14.6	91.1	-4.8	1.0	86.8	99.3	8.1
1983-84	26	DET	73	0	.475	.458	9.7	24.5	16.8	4.6	21.3	1.2	1.9	10.9	98.3	-3.3	1.1	95.3	105.3	8.9
1984-85	27	DET	81	1	.505	.484	10.3	16.6	13.3	6.0	18.8	1.6	1.4	14.1	105.3	-3.5	1.2	99.5	106.3	10.4
1985-86	28	DET	80	19	.523	.505	10.2	16.5	13.3	8.4	18.5	1.3	1.5	15.7	106.0	-2.8	1.2	101.4	107.5	11.6
1986-87 *	29	All Teams	78	47	.492	.476	11.3	14.0	12.6	8.5	12.2	0.8	1.7	13.6	101.6	0.1	1.1	107.1	112.0	11.3
1986-87 *	29	CHI	43	36	.482	.467	11.0	11.8	11.4	8.7	12.7	0.7	1.5	13.4	100.2	0.2	1.1	106.2	110.1	10.4
1986-87 *	29	LAC	35	11	.504	.487	11.6	16.8	14.1	8.2	11.5	1.0	2.0	13.9	103.1	-	1.2	108.2	114.2	12.4
1987-88	30	LAC	69	11	.443	.429	8.7	17.2	12.8	8.1	14.7	1.4	1.8	14.3	95.3	-1.4	1.0	92.9	107.8	9.3
1988-89	31	CHA	82	41	.512	.501	9.7	17.1	13.2	8.4	18.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	103.8	-1.3	1.1	100.9	111.2	10.1
1990-91	33	CHA	9	1	.336	.333	4.0	23.0	12.8	2.5	19.2	-	1.2	8.3	66.7	-2.5	0.7	69.4	113.9	2.4
1993-94	36	HOU	2	0	.225	.250	14.7	29.1	21.9	-	10.1	-	-	14.0	25.0	-3.2	0.5	65.6	112.6	2.1
1996-97	39	TOR	9	0	.376	.375	9.7	12.4	11.0	15.1	9.7	-	-	10.2	70.8	3.6	0.9	99.0	113.5	4.9
CAREER			674	137	.490	.473	10.2	17.4	13.8	7.0	16.4	1.3	1.6	14.3	101.2	-2.1	1.1	99.7	106.1	10.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1980-81	23	PHL	52	-	0	.032	0.9	0.7	0.3	40	12	.769	0.1	1.1	1.2
1981-82	24	PHL	66	8	3	.050	0.7	0.7	0.3	47	19	.712	0.6	1.5	2.1
1982-83	25	PHL	73	3	1	.042	0.6	0.5	0.3	57	16	.781	-0.9	1.7	0.8
1983-84	26	DET	73	0	0	.031	0.7	0.4	0.3	45	28	.616	-0.2	1.2	1.0
1984-85	27	DET	81	1	3	.076	0.7	0.5	0.3	45	36	.556	-	2.0	2.0
1985-86	28	DET	80	19	10	.115	0.9	0.4	0.4	45	35	.563	0.5	2.1	2.6
1986-87 *	29	All Teams	78	47	10	.114	1.5	0.4	0.3	27	51	.346	1.2	1.2	2.5
1986-87 *	29	CHI	43	36	4	.114	1.6	0.3	0.3	22	21	.512	0.6	0.9	1.5
1986-87 *	29	LAC	35	11	6	.113	1.5	0.5	0.3	5	30	.143	0.6	0.3	1.0
1987-88	30	LAC	69	11	3	.073	1.1	0.6	0.2	13	56	.188	-0.7	1.2	0.6
1988-89	31	CHA	82	41	7	.106	1.1	0.4	0.3	20	62	.244	0.2	1.4	1.6
1990-91	33	CHA	9	1	0	.032	0.5	0.0	0.1	2	7	.222	-0.2	0.1	-0.2
1993-94	36	HOU	2	0	0	.026	0.0	0.0	0.2	0	2	.000	-0.1	-	-0.1
1996-97	39	TOR	9	0	0	.024	4.0	0.0	0.4	1	8	.111	-	-	-
CAREER			674	137	37	.069	0.9	0.5	0.3	342	332	.507	0.5	13.5	14.1

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1980-81	23	PHL	9	4.0	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	.333	.000	.000
1981-82	24	PHL	12	6.3	2.7	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	.317	.000	.667
1982-83	25	PHL	5	5.0	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	.250	.000	.000
1983-84	26	DET	5	18.6	6.4	6.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	.484	.000	.333
1984-85	27	DET	9	14.8	4.1	4.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.4	.471	.000	.556
1985-86	28	DET	4	31.5	9.0	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.2	.548	.000	.250
1993-94	36	HOU	10	10.0	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	.800	.000	1.000
CAREER			54	10.9	3.1	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	.450	.000	.472

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	23	PHL	9	-	4.0	1.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3
1981-82	24	PHL	12	0	6.3	2.7	1.1	3.4	.317	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.667	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0
1982-83	25	PHL	5	0	5.0	0.4	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0
1983-84	26	DET	5	0	18.6	6.4	3.0	6.2	.484	0.0	.000	0.4	1.2	.333	2.8	3.8	6.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.8
1984-85	27	DET	9	0	14.8	4.1	1.8	3.8	.471	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.556	1.1	3.4	4.6	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.2
1985-86	28	DET	4	4	31.5	9.0	4.2	7.8	.548	0.2	.000	0.5	2.0	.250	3.0	4.5	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.2	3.5
1993-94	36	HOU	10	0	10.0	1.8	0.8	1.0	.800	0.0	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	2.0
CAREER			54	4	10.9	3.1	1.4	3.1	.450	0.1	.000	0.3	0.7	.472	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1980-81	23	PHL	9	-	36	12	6	18	.333	0	.000	0	2	.000	1	8	9	2	1	2	1	3
1981-82	24	PHL	12	0	75	32	13	41	.317	1	.000	6	9	.667	12	14	26	2	1	1	5	12
1982-83	25	PHL	5	0	25	2	1	4	.250	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	5	5	1	2	0	3	5
1983-84	26	DET	5	0	93	32	15	31	.484	0	.000	2	6	.333	14	19	33	2	2	1	5	9
1984-85	27	DET	9	0	133	37	16	34	.471	1	.000	5	9	.556	10	31	41	4	9	2	4	20
1985-86	28	DET	4	4	126	36	17	31	.548	1	.000	2	8	.250	12	18	30	9	3	0	5	14
1993-94	36	HOU	10	0	100	18	8	10	.800	0	.000	2	2	1.000	6	23	29	2	1	2	3	20
CAREER			54	4	588	169	76	169	.450	3	.000	17	36	.472	55	118	173	22	19	8	26	83

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1980-81	23	PHL	9	-	.318	.333	3.3	23.9	14.1	8.4	5.0	1.4	3.1	23.2	33.3	1.0	0.7	73.8	102.2	8.3
1981-82	24	PHL	12	0	.356	.317	18.6	20.3	19.5	3.8	10.0	0.7	0.8	27.9	98.4	-5.0	0.8	84.7	105.3	9.0
1982-83	25	PHL	5	0	.250	.250	-	21.7	11.2	4.9	42.9	4.0	-	11.7	25.0	-9.9	0.5	36.7	95.3	-0.3
1983-84	26	DET	5	0	.476	.484	15.9	23.4	19.5	3.1	12.9	1.0	0.6	16.6	81.7	-4.0	1.0	102.5	107.4	13.5
1984-85	27	DET	9	0	.487	.471	7.6	25.7	16.3	3.6	9.5	3.2	0.8	12.3	102.6	-1.0	1.1	106.8	106.9	12.6
1985-86	28	DET	4	4	.521	.548	9.7	16.8	13.0	9.0	12.7	1.1	-	12.4	79.8	0.8	1.2	110.0	114.6	11.5
1993-94	36	HOU	10	0	.827	.800	7.4	24.3	16.5	3.0	21.6	0.5	1.5	6.6	180.0	-1.8	1.8	136.5	103.1	10.3
CAREER			54	4	.457	.450	10.7	21.9	16.4	5.2	12.3	1.6	0.8	15.1	92.2	-2.0	1.0	98.5	104.3	10.8

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1980-81	23	PHL	9	-	.013	2.0	1.0	0.1	6	3	.667	-0.1	-	-0.1
1981-82	24	PHL	12	0	.017	0.4	0.2	0.2	7	5	.583	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
1982-83	25	PHL	5	0	.004	0.3	0.7	0.0	5	0	1.000	-0.1	0.1	-
1983-84	26	DET	5	0	.081	0.4	0.4	0.2	2	3	.400	-	0.1	0.1
1984-85	27	DET	9	0	.049	1.0	2.2	0.3	5	4	.556	0.1	0.2	0.2
1985-86	28	DET	4	4	.139	1.8	0.6	0.3	1	3	.250	0.1	0.1	0.2
1993-94	36	HOU	10	0	.028	0.7	0.3	0.2	7	3	.700	0.2	0.1	0.3
CAREER			54	4	.030	0.8	0.7	0.2	33	21	.611	-	0.7	0.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 25, 1979	The Philadelphia Sixers selected Earl Cureton in Round 3 with Pick 14 in the 1979 NBA Draft.
May 23, 1980	Earl Cureton signed a multi-year contract with the Philadelphia Sixers.
Jul 1, 1983	Earl Cureton, previously with the Philadelphia Sixers, became a free agent.
Nov 12, 1983	Earl Cureton signed a multi-year contract with the Detroit Pistons.
Aug 21, 1986	Earl Cureton was acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Detroit Pistons in a trade.
Feb 11, 1987	Earl Cureton was acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers from the Chicago Bulls in a trade.
Jul 1, 1987	Earl Cureton, previously with the Los Angeles Clippers, became a free agent.
Nov 1, 1987	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jul 1, 1988	Earl Cureton, previously with the Los Angeles Clippers, became a free agent.
Jul 20, 1988	Earl Cureton signed a multi-year contract with the Charlotte Hornets (1988).
Oct 31, 1989	The Charlotte Hornets (1988) placed the contract of Earl Cureton on waivers.
Nov 2, 1989	Earl Cureton, previously with the Charlotte Hornets (1988), became a free agent.
Oct 1, 1990	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the New York Knicks.
Oct 30, 1990	The New York Knicks placed the contract of Earl Cureton on waivers.
Nov 1, 1990	Earl Cureton, previously with the New York Knicks, became a free agent.
Jan 14, 1991	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the Charlotte Hornets (1988).
Jan 24, 1991	Earl Cureton, previously with the Charlotte Hornets (1988), became a free agent.
Jan 24, 1991	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the Charlotte Hornets (1988).
Feb 3, 1991	Earl Cureton, previously with the Charlotte Hornets (1988), became a free agent.
Apr 21, 1994	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the Houston Rockets.
Jul 1, 1994	Earl Cureton, previously with the Houston Rockets, became a free agent.
Jul 16, 1996	The Houston Rockets renounced their free-agent exception rights to Earl Cureton.
Dec 2, 1996	Earl Cureton signed a contract with the Toronto Raptors.
Feb 13, 1997	The Toronto Raptors placed the contract of Earl Cureton on waivers.
Feb 17, 1997	Earl Cureton, previously with the Toronto Raptors, became a free agent.
Feb 4, 2024	Earl Cureton passed away. He was 66 years old at the time of his death.

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Award	Date
2x NBA Champion	1983, 1994

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College: Detroit-Mercy (1980)

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