Michael Finley 
#27 SF | 6-7, 230lbs | FA | Experience: 12 years
Born: 3/6/1973 (35) | College: Wisconsin

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: C+ B- B B C+ C- D C- C C+ C+ D- C+ C C A+  
 Potential: C B B A C C D D C B B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2006 ABCA DEN 80 0 5.0 1.9 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.24 0.2 0.0 0.4 .388 .861 .352  
 2005 ABCA DEN 82 57 24.4 10.2 1.0 2.2 2.8 1.4 2.01 1.0 0.1 2.1 .433 .824 .418  
 2004 ABCA DEN 80 75 29.8 13.0 1.2 3.2 3.4 1.8 1.87 1.5 0.2 2.4 .461 .744 .433  
 2003 ABCA NJN 82 82 29.0 13.9 1.2 3.5 3.2 1.8 1.78 1.5 0.2 2.3 .451 .793 .366  
 2002 ABCA BOR 82 82 30.8 15.8 1.5 3.6 3.6 2.3 1.54 1.7 0.3 2.5 .458 .831 .379  
 2001 ABCA BOR 83 83 31.4 17.3 1.3 3.8 4.1 2.2 1.84 1.6 0.2 2.7 .457 .829 .367  
 2000 ABCA CHI 71 71 35.3 17.8 1.6 4.0 3.8 2.5 1.53 1.6 0.3 2.9 .478 .826 .454  
 1999 ABCA CHI 82 82 34.5 17.4 1.7 4.2 3.7 2.5 1.50 1.6 0.3 3.1 .477 .857 .404  
 1998 ABCA CHI 82 82 34.5 15.6 1.6 3.3 3.0 2.3 1.31 1.7 0.3 2.8 .441 .825 .328  
 1997 ABCA NYK 82 7 25.2 14.8 1.1 3.1 3.0 2.0 1.48 1.3 0.2 2.0 .446 .860 .351  
 1996 ABCA NYK 83 83 37.1 19.4 1.8 3.8 3.8 2.7 1.42 1.3 0.1 2.8 .444 .787 .354  
 1995 ABCA PRL 82 82 29.5 12.7 1.2 2.1 2.6 2.2 1.16 0.5 0.1 2.8 .425 .798 .324  
 Career     971 786 28.9 14.1 1.3 3.1 3.1 2.0 1.55 1.3 0.2 2.4 .452 .822 .378  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2006 ABCA DEN 0.7 1.7 .388 0.4 0.5 .861 0.2 0.4 .567 0.2 0.6 .320 0.2 0.7 .352  
 2005 ABCA DEN 3.9 9.0 .433 1.2 1.5 .824 1.3 2.1 .610 1.4 3.9 .348 1.2 3.0 .418  
 2004 ABCA DEN 5.1 11.0 .461 1.2 1.6 .744 1.4 2.3 .600 2.0 4.9 .419 1.7 3.9 .433  
 2003 ABCA NJN 5.5 12.1 .451 1.4 1.8 .793 1.4 2.0 .707 2.5 5.8 .426 1.6 4.3 .366  
 2002 ABCA BOR 6.2 13.5 .458 2.1 2.5 .831 2.6 4.2 .618 2.3 5.8 .390 1.3 3.5 .379  
 2001 ABCA BOR 6.7 14.6 .457 2.5 3.0 .829 3.0 4.8 .613 2.3 5.8 .389 1.4 3.9 .367  
 2000 ABCA CHI 6.5 13.7 .478 3.4 4.1 .826 3.5 5.9 .601 1.7 4.9 .346 1.3 2.9 .454  
 1999 ABCA CHI 6.3 13.3 .477 3.7 4.4 .857 3.0 5.0 .599 2.3 5.8 .404 1.0 2.5 .404  
 1998 ABCA CHI 5.8 13.3 .441 2.9 3.5 .825 2.7 4.6 .577 2.2 5.7 .389 1.0 2.9 .328  
 1997 ABCA NYK 5.3 11.9 .446 3.4 3.9 .860 2.3 4.1 .567 2.2 5.5 .394 0.8 2.3 .351  
 1996 ABCA NYK 7.1 15.9 .444 3.5 4.4 .787 2.7 4.3 .632 2.6 6.6 .389 1.8 5.0 .354  
 1995 ABCA PRL 4.7 11.0 .425 2.5 3.1 .798 2.0 3.4 .594 1.7 4.6 .367 1.0 3.0 .324  
 Career     5.3 11.7 .452 2.3 2.9 .822 2.2 3.6 .606 1.9 5.0 .389 1.2 3.2 .378  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2006 80 0 399 52 134 31 36 19 54 154 17 55 31 18 25 18 1 32 -37 
 2005 82 57 2003 318 735 98 119 102 244 836 85 265 229 82 114 82 8 174 94 
 2004 80 75 2383 406 881 96 129 135 312 1043 94 350 268 116 143 116 15 191 -12 
 2003 82 82 2380 447 991 115 145 128 350 1137 100 384 263 123 148 123 17 185 -140 
 2002 82 82 2524 506 1105 172 207 108 285 1292 125 417 294 137 191 137 22 209 695 
 2001 83 83 2606 553 1210 209 252 120 327 1435 105 422 342 129 186 129 14 223 669 
 2000 71 71 2508 464 970 242 293 94 207 1264 115 401 270 114 177 114 21 205 261 
 1999 82 82 2831 519 1087 306 357 82 203 1426 138 480 302 131 202 131 26 255 212 
 1998 82 82 2830 479 1087 240 291 79 241 1277 133 406 249 137 190 137 21 228 739 
 1997 82 7 2069 434 974 276 321 66 188 1210 94 347 242 109 164 109 18 168 641 
 1996 83 83 3083 587 1322 288 366 147 415 1609 153 469 316 112 223 112 12 236 117 
 1995 82 82 2420 382 898 202 253 79 244 1045 101 277 212 42 182 42 9 231 -461 
 Career 971 786 28036 5147 11394 2275 2769 1159 3070 13728 1260 4273 3018 1250 1945 1250 184 2337 2778 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2006 ABCA DEN .513 1.15 15.0 12.1 18.5 4.6 10.7 7.6 11.0 2.8 0.1 -0.5 103.7 110.0  
 2005 ABCA DEN .531 1.14 20.3 10.1 20.1 4.7 10.1 7.4 13.9 103.0 3.4 1.1 105.3 102.6  
 2004 ABCA DEN .557 1.18 19.9 10.6 19.8 4.3 11.8 8.0 15.7 184.1 6.1 -0.2 107.3 107.7  
 2003 ABCA NJN .538 1.15 17.9 10.1 21.6 4.3 13.3 8.6 17.1 234.2 7.8 -1.7 101.3 103.5  
 2002 ABCA BOR .540 1.17 17.5 11.4 23.0 5.5 12.0 8.8 17.0 246.3 8.2 8.5 107.6 94.8  
 2001 ABCA BOR .544 1.19 18.5 10.1 24.3 4.4 13.0 8.7 18.2 301.0 10.0 8.1 107.6 95.1  
 2000 ABCA CHI .575 1.30 17.5 11.4 21.1 5.0 11.8 8.5 17.8 274.3 9.1 3.7 105.1 100.2  
 1999 ABCA CHI .573 1.31 17.3 11.6 21.2 5.0 11.9 8.5 16.5 255.2 8.5 2.6 103.7 100.5  
 1998 ABCA CHI .525 1.17 15.1 11.5 20.6 5.0 9.5 7.3 15.7 219.8 7.3 9.0 102.0 89.3  
 1997 ABCA NYK .543 1.24 15.9 10.8 26.2 5.3 12.4 9.1 20.6 313.0 10.4 7.8 104.7 90.2  
 1996 ABCA NYK .542 1.22 15.6 11.0 22.8 5.2 11.1 8.1 16.2 262.8 8.8 1.4 104.6 102.2  
 1995 ABCA PRL .517 1.16 15.1 13.0 21.8 4.8 8.8 6.8 11.9 49.1 1.6 -5.6 103.0 112.4  
 Career     .544 1.20 17.2 11.1 22.0 4.9 11.4 8.2 16.3 2445.6 81.5 2.9 104.7 99.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2006 ABCA DEN 9 0 2.7 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.00 0.0 0.1 0.4 .500 .000 .667  
 2005 ABCA DEN 7 0 17.4 8.0 1.0 1.3 2.1 1.1 1.88 0.9 0.3 1.0 .429 .571 .353  
 2003 ABCA NJN 4 4 29.0 16.3 1.5 2.8 3.0 1.5 2.00 2.5 0.5 2.5 .446 .700 .381  
 2002 ABCA BOR 16 16 33.9 18.5 1.8 3.4 3.8 2.7 1.42 2.2 0.4 2.5 .473 .841 .403  
 2001 ABCA BOR 25 25 35.6 22.0 1.5 3.8 4.9 2.7 1.82 1.4 0.3 3.0 .486 .885 .458  
 2000 ABCA CHI 7 7 33.1 17.9 1.4 2.3 3.6 1.4 2.50 2.6 0.3 3.6 .452 .926 .533  
 1999 ABCA CHI 5 5 35.6 17.0 1.2 4.8 4.0 2.2 1.82 1.4 0.2 3.6 .460 .842 .688  
 1998 ABCA CHI 10 10 33.0 12.4 1.1 4.1 2.7 2.9 0.93 2.7 0.1 2.7 .419 .769 .300  
 1997 ABCA NYK 7 0 22.6 15.9 0.9 2.7 3.1 2.6 1.22 1.4 0.1 2.4 .506 .714 .250  
 1996 ABCA NYK 12 12 41.9 22.8 2.1 4.1 5.8 4.0 1.44 1.4 0.0 3.6 .439 .661 .439  
 Career     102 79 30.4 16.7 1.4 3.1 3.7 2.4 1.55 1.6 0.2 2.6 .464 .796 .438  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2006 ABCA DEN 0.8 1.6 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .750 0.2 0.8 .286 0.2 0.3 .667  
 2005 ABCA DEN 3.0 7.0 .429 1.1 2.0 .571 1.3 2.1 .600 0.9 2.4 .353 0.9 2.4 .353  
 2003 ABCA NJN 6.3 14.0 .446 1.8 2.5 .700 2.0 2.8 .727 2.3 6.0 .375 2.0 5.3 .381  
 2002 ABCA BOR 7.1 15.1 .473 2.3 2.8 .841 2.9 4.1 .697 2.3 6.1 .378 1.9 4.8 .403  
 2001 ABCA BOR 8.1 16.7 .486 3.4 3.8 .885 2.7 4.7 .581 3.0 6.8 .441 2.4 5.2 .458  
 2000 ABCA CHI 6.0 13.3 .452 3.6 3.9 .926 2.6 4.4 .581 1.1 4.6 .250 2.3 4.3 .533  
 1999 ABCA CHI 5.8 12.6 .460 3.2 3.8 .842 2.0 4.8 .417 1.6 4.6 .348 2.2 3.2 .688  
 1998 ABCA CHI 4.4 10.5 .419 3.0 3.9 .769 1.9 3.7 .514 1.9 4.8 .396 0.6 2.0 .300  
 1997 ABCA NYK 6.3 12.4 .506 2.9 4.0 .714 3.4 6.1 .558 2.4 4.6 .531 0.4 1.7 .250  
 1996 ABCA NYK 8.7 19.8 .439 3.1 4.7 .661 2.8 4.9 .576 3.4 9.3 .366 2.4 5.5 .439  
 Career     6.2 13.4 .464 2.6 3.3 .796 2.3 4.0 .587 2.2 5.5 .394 1.7 3.9 .438  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2006 9 0 24 7 14 0 0 2 3 16 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 -4 
 2005 7 0 122 21 49 8 14 6 17 56 7 16 15 6 8 6 2 7 -20 
 2003 4 4 116 25 56 7 10 8 21 65 6 17 12 10 6 10 2 10 -44 
 2002 16 16 543 114 241 37 44 31 77 296 29 84 61 35 43 35 6 40 40 
 2001 25 25 891 203 418 85 96 60 131 551 38 132 122 36 67 36 8 75 87 
 2000 7 7 232 42 93 25 27 16 30 125 10 26 25 18 10 18 2 25 13 
 1999 5 5 178 29 63 16 19 11 16 85 6 30 20 7 11 7 1 18 -45 
 1998 10 10 330 44 105 30 39 6 20 124 11 52 27 27 29 27 1 27 27 
 1997 7 0 158 44 87 20 28 3 12 111 6 25 22 10 18 10 1 17 -19 
 1996 12 12 503 104 237 37 56 29 66 274 25 74 69 17 48 17 0 43 -1 
 Career 102 79 3097 633 1363 265 333 172 393 1703 139 458 374 166 241 166 24 266 34 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2006 ABCA DEN .571 1.14 6.3 6.3 26.0 5.6 5.3 5.4 13.7 1.1 0.0 -0.4 116.7 115.4  
 2005 ABCA DEN .509 1.14 19.2 10.3 22.1 5.8 9.7 7.5 13.0 4.5 0.2 -2.9 96.8 108.5  
 2003 ABCA NJN .533 1.16 15.4 7.7 25.2 4.8 11.5 7.7 16.3 10.0 0.3 -11.0 89.1 107.7  
 2002 ABCA BOR .569 1.23 16.8 11.8 23.6 5.5 10.5 8.0 15.7 41.8 1.4 2.5 102.9 99.8  
 2001 ABCA BOR .600 1.32 18.8 10.3 25.3 4.4 10.8 7.7 18.6 107.1 3.6 3.5 102.9 98.4  
 2000 ABCA CHI .590 1.34 17.9 7.1 20.6 4.2 7.7 5.8 17.2 23.2 0.8 1.9 106.2 102.6  
 1999 ABCA CHI .592 1.35 19.6 10.8 19.9 3.7 14.5 9.2 13.7 8.5 0.3 -9.0 98.0 109.1  
 1998 ABCA CHI .508 1.18 15.2 16.3 19.0 3.5 12.5 8.1 11.5 4.8 0.2 2.7 97.8 93.7  
 1997 ABCA NYK .566 1.28 15.8 12.9 30.3 3.8 11.4 7.7 20.1 22.5 0.7 -2.7 93.6 99.5  
 1996 ABCA NYK .523 1.16 18.2 12.7 25.3 5.5 11.0 8.2 13.9 24.9 0.8 -0.1 100.4 101.1  
 Career     .564 1.25 17.6 11.3 23.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.9 248.4 8.3 0.3 100.7 100.4  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 Playoff 35 5 11 11 8 1 8 15 27 13 15 6 10  
 Career 50 7 13 11 8 3 8 17 33 13 15 7 14  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 77
 1995 ABCA Rookie Game Participant
 1996 ABCA Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/28/1995 Drafted by the Lions with pick #7 of round 1.
 1/22/1997 Traded to the Knicks
 7/15/1998 Traded to the Bulls
 12/8/1998 Signed a contract extension for $79,500,000 over 3 years.
 11/16/2001 Traded to the Blaze
 11/17/2001 Signed a contract extension for $85,909,000 over 3 years.
 7/16/2003 Traded to the Nets
 11/1/2004 Traded to the Knicks
 12/6/2004 Traded to the Nuggets
 7/27/2005 Re-signed with the Nuggets for $18,000,002 over 2 years.

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