Earl Tatum SG

William Tatum

Height: 6-5 (196cm)

Weight: 185 lbs (84kg)

Born: Jul 26, 1953 (72 years old)

Hometown: Mount Vernon, New York

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1976 Round 2, Pick 4, Los Angeles Lakers

Pre-Draft Team: Marquette (Sr)

High School: Mount Vernon High School (Mount Vernon, New York)

Earl Tatum Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2/29/1980	Hawks	0	0	0	0	0
2/23/1980	Knicks	0	0	0	0	0
1/9/1980	Hawks	0	0	0	0	0
1/6/1980	Nets	0	0	0	0	0
1/5/1980	Bucks	0	0	0	0	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

4 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	23	LAL	68	18.4	9.4	3.5	1.7	1.2	0.3	-	.466	-	.720
1977-78	24	IND, LAL	82	30.8	14.3	3.6	3.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	.469	-	.781
1978-79	25	DET, BOS	79	15.6	7.7	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	.447	-	.732
1979-80	26	CLE	33	6.8	2.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	.383	.333	.579
CAREER			262	20.0	9.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.5	.459	.333	.746

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	23	LAL	68	-	18.4	9.4	4.2	8.9	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.720	1.2	2.2	3.5	1.7	1.2	0.3	-	2.5
1977-78 *	24	All Teams	82	-	30.8	14.3	6.2	13.3	.469	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.781	1.0	2.6	3.6	3.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.1
1977-78 *	24	IND	57	-	32.6	14.4	6.3	13.6	.462	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.788	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	3.0
1977-78 *	24	LAL	25	-	26.5	14.0	6.1	12.6	.487	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.763	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.4	2.1	3.4
1978-79 *	25	All Teams	79	-	15.6	7.7	3.5	7.9	.447	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.732	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1
1978-79 *	25	DET	76	-	15.7	7.8	3.6	8.0	.448	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.727	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1
1978-79 *	25	BOS	3	-	12.7	6.7	2.7	6.7	.400	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.3
1979-80	26	CLE	33	-	6.8	2.6	1.1	2.8	.383	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.6	.579	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.9
CAREER			262	-	20.0	9.6	4.2	9.2	.459	0.1	0.2	.333	1.1	1.5	.746	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	23	LAL	68	-	1,249	638	283	607	.466	-	-	-	72	100	.720	83	153	236	118	85	22	-	168
1977-78 *	24	All Teams	82	-	2,522	1,173	510	1,087	.469	-	-	-	153	196	.781	79	216	295	296	140	40	184	257
1977-78 *	24	IND	57	-	1,859	822	357	773	.462	-	-	-	108	137	.788	56	149	205	226	103	30	131	172
1977-78 *	24	LAL	25	-	663	351	153	314	.487	-	-	-	45	59	.763	23	67	90	70	37	10	53	85
1978-79 *	25	All Teams	79	-	1,233	612	280	627	.447	-	-	-	52	71	.732	41	84	125	73	78	34	88	165
1978-79 *	25	DET	76	-	1,195	592	272	607	.448	-	-	-	48	66	.727	40	81	121	72	78	33	85	158
1978-79 *	25	BOS	3	-	38	20	8	20	.400	-	-	-	4	5	.800	1	3	4	1	0	1	3	7
1979-80	26	CLE	33	-	225	85	36	94	.383	2	6	.333	11	19	.579	11	15	26	20	16	5	17	29
CAREER			262	-	5,229	2,508	1,109	2,415	.459	2	6	.333	288	386	.746	214	468	682	507	319	101	289	619

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1976-77	23	LAL	68	-	.490	.466	6.9	12.2	9.6	13.5	-	3.1	0.9	-	118.6	-	1.1	-	97.0	17.0
1977-78 *	24	All Teams	82	-	.500	.469	3.1	8.5	5.8	16.8	13.6	2.5	0.8	20.5	125.0	0.5	1.1	99.9	101.9	14.7
1977-78 *	24	IND	57	-	.493	.462	2.9	8.0	5.4	17.6	13.6	2.5	0.8	19.5	125.0	1.0	1.1	99.6	102.3	14.2
1977-78 *	24	LAL	25	-	.516	.487	3.7	10.0	6.9	14.8	13.5	2.5	0.8	23.1	125.0	-1.0	1.1	100.0	100.9	15.9
1978-79 *	25	All Teams	79	-	.465	.447	3.4	7.3	5.3	8.4	11.8	2.8	1.4	23.1	117.9	-3.1	1.0	92.8	104.2	12.0
1978-79 *	25	DET	76	-	.465	.448	3.4	7.3	5.3	8.5	11.8	2.9	1.4	23.0	117.5	-3.1	1.0	92.9	104.0	12.1
1978-79 *	25	BOS	3	-	.450	.400	2.9	8.8	5.8	3.8	11.9	-	1.4	25.9	120.0	-6.1	1.0	88.7	110.1	7.1
1979-80	26	CLE	33	-	.415	.394	4.9	7.4	6.1	11.2	14.2	3.2	1.2	20.4	129.5	-1.6	0.9	87.1	104.5	9.3
CAREER			262	-	.485	.460	4.2	9.3	6.7	13.6	13.0	2.8	1.0	21.5	153.9	-0.7	1.0	96.8	102.4	14.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77	23	LAL	68	-	.109	-	-	0.2	44	24	.647	0.9	1.7	2.6
1977-78 *	24	All Teams	82	-	.226	1.6	0.8	0.2	31	51	.378	2.2	2.2	4.4
1977-78 *	24	IND	57	-	.167	1.7	0.8	0.2	21	36	.368	1.5	1.5	3.1
1977-78 *	24	LAL	25	-	.060	1.3	0.7	0.2	10	15	.400	0.7	0.7	1.4
1978-79 *	25	All Teams	79	-	.099	0.8	0.9	0.1	29	49	.372	-0.5	1.2	0.7
1978-79 *	25	DET	76	-	.093	0.8	0.9	0.1	28	47	.373	-0.4	1.2	0.7
1978-79 *	25	BOS	3	-	.003	0.3	0.0	0.2	1	2	.333	-	-	-
1979-80	26	CLE	33	-	.015	1.2	0.9	0.2	12	20	.375	-0.3	0.2	-
CAREER			262	-	.074	1.3	0.8	0.2	116	144	.446	0.6	1.9	2.6

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1976-77	23	LAL	11	32.4	13.6	4.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	-	.500	-	.667
CAREER			11	32.4	13.6	4.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	-	.500	-	.667

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	23	LAL	11	-	32.4	13.6	6.1	12.2	.500	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.667	1.5	3.5	4.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	-	3.1
CAREER			11	-	32.4	13.6	6.1	12.2	.500	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.667	1.5	3.5	4.9	2.5	1.4	0.8	-	3.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1976-77	23	LAL	11	-	356	150	67	134	.500	-	-	-	16	24	.667	16	38	54	27	15	9	-	34
CAREER			11	-	356	150	67	134	.500	-	-	-	16	24	.667	16	38	54	27	15	9	-	34

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1976-77	23	LAL	11	-	.519	.500	4.7	10.9	7.8	11.5	-	1.9	1.3	-	116.7	-	1.1	-	101.5	14.5
CAREER			11	-	.519	.500	4.7	11.1	7.9	11.4	-	2.0	1.3	-	116.7	-	1.1	-	102.2	14.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1976-77	23	LAL	11	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	-	-	0.2	4	7	.364	0.3	0.3	0.6
CAREER			11	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	-	-	0.2	4	7	.364	0.3	0.3	0.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 8, 1976	The Los Angeles Lakers selected Earl Tatum in Round 2 with Pick 4 in the 1976 NBA Draft.
Sep 28, 1976	Earl Tatum signed a multi-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Dec 13, 1977	Earl Tatum was acquired by the Indiana Pacers from the Los Angeles Lakers in a trade.
Jul 19, 1978	Earl Tatum was acquired by the Boston Celtics from the Indiana Pacers in a trade.
Oct 19, 1978	Earl Tatum was acquired by the Detroit Pistons from the Boston Celtics in a trade.
Apr 12, 1979	Earl Tatum was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Detroit Pistons in a trade.
Jul 1, 1980	Earl Tatum, previously with the Cleveland Cavaliers, became a free agent.

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NCAA Career

College: Marquette (1976)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Consensus All-American Second Team	1976
1x NABC All-American Second Team	1976
1x AP All-American Third Team	1976
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1976
1x UPI All-American Second Team	1976

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