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Mike Mcgee
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Birthdate: 7/29/1959    
Height / Weight: 6' 5"  /  190 lbs. Position: F
College: Michigan

Basketball Historian Biography

A stout-hearted basketball player, Mike McGee was a star in college for the Michigan men's basketball team and then was drafted by the Los Angels Lakers. As a rookie in 1981-82 he scored 4.9 points per game while playing in 9.0 minutes per/game in 39 games. By 1983-84 he was the Lakers starter in 45 of the 77 regular season games.

A fans favorite and a highly rated team player, MIke McGee had the good fortune to play on two NBA Champions with the Lakers, 1981-82 and 1984-85 and two runner-ups. In his first season Mike McGee played on the LA Lakers NBA Championship team featuring Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbas, Norm Nixon and others. In 1982-83 the Lakers played and lost in the Championship to Philadelphia and in 1983-84 played and lost to Boston in the Final, in 1984-85 Los Angels defeated Boston in the Championship. Later in his NBA career Mike McGee went to the playoffs with Atlanta and also with Phoenix.

Mike McGee career stats: 4968 points, 2087 FGM, 4286 FGA, .487 percent in 520 games, 1,112 rebounds, 626 assists, 371 steals, 9.6 points per game.

Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
81-82 LAL (NBA) 39 9.03 2.1-4.41 .465 0.0-0.1 .000 0.8-1.4 .585 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.3 0.4 4.90
82-83 LAL (NBA) 39 9.77 1.8-4.18 .423 0.0-0.2 .143 0.4-0.6 .739 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.4 0.7 4.00
83-84 LAL (NBA) 77 18.51 4.5-7.58 .594 0.0-0.2 .154 0.8-1.5 .540 0.6 0.1 1.4 2.5 1.1 9.83
84-85 LAL (NBA) 76 15.40 4.3-8.05 .538 0.3-0.8 .361 1.2-2.1 .588 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.2 0.9 10.18
85-86 LAL (NBA) 71 17.09 3.5-7.66 .463 0.6-1.6 .360 0.6-0.9 .656 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.0 1.2 8.27
86-87 ATL (NBA) 76 18.68 4.1-8.91 .459 1.1-3.0 .376 1.1-1.8 .584 0.8 0.0 1.4 2.1 2.0 10.37
87-88 ATL (NBA) 11 10.64 2.0-4.73 .423 0.5-1.7 .263 0.2-0.5 .333 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.5 1.2 4.64
87-88 SAC (NBA) 37 23.95 5.4-12.92 .421 1.3-3.8 .340 2.0-2.6 .771 1.3 0.2 1.6 3.0 1.6 14.16
87-88 total (NBA) 48 20.90 4.6-11.04 .421 1.1-3.3 .331 1.6-2.1 .745 1.1 0.1 1.4 2.7 1.5 11.98
88-89 NJN (NBA) 80 25.34 5.4-11.46 .473 1.2-3.2 .365 1.0-1.8 .535 1.0 0.2 1.6 2.4 1.5 12.98
89-90 PHO (NBA) 14 20.00 3.0-6.21 .483 0.6-1.6 .348 0.7-1.5 .476 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.6 1.1 7.29
11 years   520 17.83 4.0-8.2 .487 0.6-1.7 .353 0.9-1.6 .597 0.7 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.2 9.55



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