The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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JL

John Long

Detroit Pistons · 1978-79–1996-97

Scoring

70th

Efficiency

40th

Playmaking

52nd

Rebounding

40th

Defense

43rd

44

Career-high PTS

5

40-pt games

0

Triple-Dbls

893

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1978-79	82	29.9	7.1	14.9	47.0%	—	—	—	—	1.9	2.3	82.6%	0.6	0.7	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.7	16.1
1979-80	69	33.2	8.5	16.4	50.4%	0.0	0.1	11.1%	50.4%	2.3	2.8	82.5%	0.4	0.4	4.8	2.8	1.0	0.1	1.2	3.1	19.3
1980-81	59	29.7	7.5	16.2	46.1%	0.0	0.2	22.2%	46.2%	2.7	3.1	86.8%	0.4	0.6	3.3	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.2	2.8	17.7
1981-82	69	31.9	9.2	18.7	49.3%	0.0	0.1	11.1%	49.4%	3.4	4.0	86.5%	0.1	0.1	3.7	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	2.5	21.9
1982-83	70	20.8	4.5	9.9	45.1%	0.0	0.1	28.6%	45.2%	1.6	2.1	76.0%	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.8	10.5
1983-84	82	30.7	6.6	14.1	47.2%	0.0	0.1	20.0%	47.2%	3.0	3.4	88.4%	1.7	1.8	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.4	16.3
1984-85	66	27.6	6.5	13.4	48.7%	0.1	0.2	33.3%	49.0%	1.6	1.9	86.2%	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.1	14.7
1985-86	62	19.0	4.3	8.9	48.0%	0.0	0.3	18.8%	48.3%	1.4	1.7	85.6%	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	10
1986-87	80	28.3	6.1	14.6	41.9%	0.2	0.8	28.4%	42.7%	2.7	3.1	89.0%	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.1	15.2
1987-88	81	25.0	5.1	10.9	47.4%	0.4	1.0	44.2%	49.4%	2.0	2.3	90.7%	0.9	1.9	2.8	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.0	12.8
2TM1988-89	68	13.5	2.2	5.3	40.9%	0.1	0.3	40.0%	42.1%	1.0	1.1	92.1%	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.2	5.5
1989-90	48	21.5	3.6	8	45.3%	0.2	0.6	34.5%	46.6%	1.0	1.1	83.6%	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	8.4
1990-91	25	10.2	1.4	3.4	41.2%	0.1	0.2	33.3%	42.4%	1.0	1	96.0%	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	3.8
1996-97	32	11.6	1.4	3.7	39.3%	0.4	1.1	35.3%	44.4%	0.8	0.9	89.3%	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	4.0
Career	893	25.2	5.7	12.2	46.7%	0.1	0.3	33.0%	47.2%	2.0	2.4	86.2%	0.7	1.1	2.8	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	13.6
10 yrs	608	26.4	6.3	13.2	47.8%	0.0	0.1	22.4%	48.1%	2.1	2.5	84.9%	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.8	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.2	14.8
3 yrs	205	24.7	5.0	11.6	43.7%	0.3	0.8	37.2%	45.0%	2.2	2.4	90.2%	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.9	12.6
1 yrs	48	21.5	3.6	8	45.3%	0.2	0.6	34.5%	46.6%	1.0	1.1	83.6%	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	8.4
1 yrs	32	11.6	1.4	3.7	39.3%	0.4	1.1	35.3%	44.4%	0.8	0.9	89.3%	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	4.0

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1978-79	49.9%	—	—	0.1	—	6.9%	10.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	53.2%	50.4%	0.0	0.2	—	13.1%	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	50.2%	46.2%	0.0	0.2	—	10.8%	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	53.6%	49.4%	0.0	0.2	29.4%	11.1%	8.7%	—	—	—	17.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	48.7%	45.2%	0.0	0.2	25.0%	10.1%	15.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	52.3%	47.2%	0.0	0.2	22.3%	11.1%	10.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	51.8%	49.0%	0.0	0.1	21.5%	9.5%	9.3%	0.0%	11.1%	5.4%	—	—	—	—	—	266.3%	—	—	—	—
1985-86	52.0%	48.3%	0.0	0.2	21.7%	9.7%	8.9%	4.1%	4.7%	4.4%	13.8	1.9	0.1	-1.4	0.2	3.2%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	47.6%	42.7%	0.1	0.2	26.6%	17.7%	10.8%	3.6%	7.0%	5.3%	13.6	1.9	0.0	-1.7	0.2	5.2%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	53.9%	49.4%	0.1	0.2	22.8%	12.9%	11.7%	4.0%	8.5%	6.2%	15.2	3.9	0.1	0.1	1.1	5.2%	—	—	—	—
2TM1988-89	47.4%	42.1%	0.1	0.2	20.3%	12.3%	12.7%	2.3%	6.6%	4.6%	9.4	0.2	0.0	-4.1	-0.5	1.6%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	49.5%	46.6%	0.1	0.1	19.8%	12.3%	15.5%	2.8%	6.6%	4.7%	10.7	0.1	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	2.9%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	50.0%	42.4%	0.1	0.3	19.0%	10.7%	12.7%	3.9%	9.7%	6.8%	11.9	0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.1	1.9%	—	—	—	—
1996-97	49.9%	44.4%	0.3	0.2	18.6%	10.2%	15.7%	1.8%	10.6%	6.1%	8.9	0.1	0.0	-4.6	-0.2	1.5%	—	-2.0	4	50.0%
Career	51.1%	47.2%	0.0	0.2	22.8%	11.4%	11.5%	3.5%	7.2%	5.3%	13.8	8.6	0.1	-1.8	0.5	7.0%	—	-0.1	4	50.0%

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