Michael Cage

C · NJN

Seasons 1984-85–1999-00 · 15 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 1962

Player info

Nickname	John Shaft, Windexman, Juice Man
Position	C
Number	#44 (also #4, #45)
Height	6-9
Weight	224 lb
Born	1962-01-28
College	San Diego State
Drafted	1984 · Round 1, Pick 14 · Los Angeles Clippers
Seasons	1984-85–1999-00 (15)

7.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 0.9 APG · 1140 games · .515 FG% · 0.000 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1984-85	LAC	23	75	21.5	.543	—	.737	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	7.1	12.5	.582
1985-86	LAC	24	78	20.1	.479	0.000	.649	5.3	1.0	0.8	0.4	6.7	12.3	.518
1986-87	LAC	25	80	36.5	.521	0.000	.730	11.5	1.6	1.2	0.8	15.7	17.1	.579
1987-88	LAC	26	72	36.9	.470	0.000	.688	13.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	14.5	16.4	.537
1988-89	SEA	27	80	31.7	.498	0.000	.743	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	10.3	14.7	.553
1989-90	SEA	28	82	31.6	.504	—	.698	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	9.7	14.5	.540
1990-91	SEA	29	82	26.1	.508	0.000	.625	6.8	1.1	1.0	0.7	6.4	12.0	.528
1991-92	SEA	30	82	30.0	.566	0.000	.620	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	8.8	15.0	.583
1992-93	SEA	31	82	26.3	.526	0.000	.469	8.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	6.1	13.2	.527
1993-94	SEA	32	82	20.8	.545	0.000	.486	5.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	4.6	11.9	.545
1994-95	CLE	33	82	24.9	.521	0.000	.602	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	5.0	13.5	.537
1995-96	CLE	34	82	32.1	.556	0.000	.543	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	6.0	14.1	.561
1996-97	PHI	35	82	15.2	.468	—	.463	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	10.3	.475
1997-98	NJN	36	79	15.2	.512	0.000	.556	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.3	10.1	.531
1999-00	NJN	38	20	12.1	.500	—	1.000	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.4	12.6	.533

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	LAC	75	41	1,610	216	398	.543	0	101	137	392	51	41	32	81	533
1985-86	LAC	78	12	1,566	204	426	.479	3	113	174	417	81	62	34	106	521
1986-87	LAC	80	76	2,922	457	878	.521	3	341	467	922	131	99	67	171	1,255
1987-88	LAC	72	70	2,660	360	766	.470	1	326	474	938	110	91	58	160	1,046
1988-89	SEA	80	71	2,536	314	630	.498	4	197	265	765	126	92	52	124	825
1989-90	SEA	82	82	2,595	325	645	.504	0	148	212	821	70	79	45	94	798
1990-91	SEA	82	55	2,141	226	445	.508	3	70	112	558	89	85	58	83	522
1991-92	SEA	82	69	2,461	307	542	.566	5	106	171	728	92	99	55	78	720
1992-93	SEA	82	66	2,156	219	416	.526	1	61	130	659	69	76	46	59	499
1993-94	SEA	82	42	1,708	171	314	.545	1	36	74	444	45	77	38	51	378
1994-95	CLE	82	21	2,040	177	340	.521	2	53	88	564	56	61	67	56	407
1995-96	CLE	82	80	2,631	220	396	.556	1	50	92	729	53	87	79	54	490
1996-97	PHI	82	24	1,247	66	141	.468	0	19	41	320	43	48	42	17	151
1997-98	NJN	79	17	1,201	43	84	.512	1	20	36	308	32	45	44	23	106
1999-00	NJN	20	7	242	12	24	.500	0	3	3	81	9	8	8	4	27
Career		1140	—	—	3,317	6,445	.515	25	1644	2476	8646	1057	1050	725	1161	8,278

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1984-85	LAC	75	21.5	4.8	8.9	.543	0.0	2.3	3.1	8.8	1.1	0.9	0.7	1.8	11.9
1985-86	LAC	78	20.1	4.7	9.8	.479	0.1	2.6	4.0	9.6	1.9	1.4	0.8	2.4	12.0
1986-87	LAC	80	36.5	5.6	10.8	.521	0.0	4.2	5.8	11.4	1.6	1.2	0.8	2.1	15.5
1987-88	LAC	72	36.9	4.9	10.4	.470	0.0	4.4	6.4	12.7	1.5	1.2	0.8	2.2	14.2
1988-89	SEA	80	31.7	4.5	8.9	.498	0.1	2.8	3.8	10.9	1.8	1.3	0.7	1.8	11.7
1989-90	SEA	82	31.6	4.5	8.9	.504	0.0	2.1	2.9	11.4	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.3	11.1
1990-91	SEA	82	26.1	3.8	7.5	.508	0.1	1.2	1.9	9.4	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.4	8.8
1991-92	SEA	82	30.0	4.5	7.9	.566	0.1	1.6	2.5	10.6	1.3	1.4	0.8	1.1	10.5
1992-93	SEA	82	26.3	3.7	6.9	.526	0.0	1.0	2.2	11.0	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.0	8.3
1993-94	SEA	82	20.8	3.6	6.6	.545	0.0	0.8	1.6	9.4	0.9	1.6	0.8	1.1	8.0
1994-95	CLE	82	24.9	3.1	6.0	.521	0.0	0.9	1.6	10.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.0	7.2
1995-96	CLE	82	32.1	3.0	5.4	.556	0.0	0.7	1.3	10.0	0.7	1.2	1.1	0.7	6.7
1996-97	PHI	82	15.2	1.9	4.1	.468	0.0	0.5	1.2	9.2	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.5	4.4
1997-98	NJN	79	15.2	1.3	2.5	.512	0.0	0.6	1.1	9.2	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.7	3.2
1999-00	NJN	20	12.1	1.8	3.6	.500	0.0	0.4	0.4	12.0	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.6	4.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1984-85	LAC	75	1,610	12.5	.582	13.7	1.8	1.4	3.2	.096	-1.3	-0.2	-1.5	+0.2
1985-86	LAC	78	1,566	12.3	.518	15.6	0.7	1.0	1.7	.052	-1.6	-0.8	-2.4	-0.2
1986-87	LAC	80	2,922	17.1	.579	17.1	4.8	2.4	7.2	.119	+0.8	-1.1	-0.2	+1.3
1987-88	LAC	72	2,660	16.4	.537	17.3	2.9	3.8	6.7	.121	+0.0	-0.6	-0.6	+0.9
1988-89	SEA	80	2,536	14.7	.553	13.7	3.7	2.9	6.7	.126	+0.6	-0.1	+0.5	+1.6
1989-90	SEA	82	2,595	14.5	.540	13.4	3.9	2.8	6.8	.125	+0.7	-0.7	+0.0	+1.3
1990-91	SEA	82	2,141	12.0	.528	11.3	1.7	2.7	4.3	.097	-0.7	+0.5	-0.2	+0.9
1991-92	SEA	82	2,461	15.0	.583	11.9	4.4	3.2	7.6	.148	+1.0	+0.3	+1.3	+2.0
1992-93	SEA	82	2,156	13.2	.527	10.4	2.9	3.3	6.2	.137	+0.5	-0.2	+0.4	+1.3
1993-94	SEA	82	1,708	11.9	.545	10.0	1.9	3.0	4.9	.137	-0.8	+0.5	-0.3	+0.7
1994-95	CLE	82	2,040	13.5	.537	10.2	2.1	3.7	5.8	.137	-1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.1
1995-96	CLE	82	2,631	14.1	.561	9.4	4.1	4.0	8.1	.148	-0.4	+0.2	-0.2	+1.2
1996-97	PHI	82	1,247	10.3	.475	6.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.078	-1.8	+1.0	-0.8	+0.4
1997-98	NJN	79	1,201	10.1	.531	4.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	.100	-0.9	+1.4	+0.5	+0.7
1999-00	NJN	20	242	12.6	.533	5.4	0.4	0.3	0.7	.140	-0.6	+0.1	-0.4	+0.1
Career		1140	—	—	—	—	—	—	74.4	—	—	—	—	+13.5

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1988-89	8	21.9	7.1	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	.600	0.000	.574
1990-91	5	16.0	5.0	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	.429	—	.582
1991-92	9	21.9	4.3	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	.559	—	.566
1992-93	19	19.9	4.8	5.8	0.5	0.7	0.4	.525	—	.518
1993-94	5	18.6	2.8	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.0	.375	—	.376
1994-95	4	20.2	4.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	.444	0.000	.424
1995-96	3	33.7	6.3	9.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	.571	—	.586
1997-98	3	nan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career	56	20.8	4.7	5.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	.523	0.000	.528

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	581	7.1	7.5	0.9	346–235
Away	570	7.3	7.5	0.9	200–370
In wins	546	7.0	7.6	1.0	546–0
In losses	605	7.3	7.4	0.9	0–605

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	37	5.8	6.7	0.7	14–23
BOS Boston Celtics	37	6.2	7.9	0.9	16–21
BKN Brooklyn Nets	29	6.3	7.0	0.6	16–13
CHA Charlotte Hornets	32	5.6	7.2	0.6	16–16
CHI Chicago Bulls	38	4.8	6.4	0.8	7–31
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	29	6.9	6.6	0.7	11–18
DAL Dallas Mavericks	51	9.0	7.8	0.8	26–25
DEN Denver Nuggets	51	9.8	8.4	1.1	28–23
DET Detroit Pistons	34	5.9	6.9	0.9	15–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	62	7.7	8.4	1.0	33–29
HOU Houston Rockets	48	7.8	8.7	0.9	22–26
IND Indiana Pacers	36	6.9	7.0	0.9	13–23
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	38	7.9	7.7	1.0	25–13
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	62	8.7	8.5	1.1	24–38
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	7	2.9	6.0	0.7	6–1
MIA Miami Heat	31	3.9	6.1	0.6	16–15
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	36	7.0	6.9	0.6	21–15
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	28	5.5	6.9	0.9	21–7
NYK New York Knicks	38	6.7	6.5	0.9	18–20
ORL Orlando Magic	29	4.2	5.9	0.6	18–11
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	33	6.7	6.9	0.8	18–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	62	7.4	7.3	1.0	27–35
POR Portland Trail Blazers	58	9.2	8.5	1.0	20–38
SAC Sacramento Kings	57	8.2	8.8	1.2	38–19
SAS San Antonio Spurs	52	8.3	8.0	1.1	18–34
TOR Toronto Raptors	14	1.4	4.6	0.8	7–7
UTA Utah Jazz	52	8.4	7.9	1.2	23–29
WAS Washington Wizards	7	0.3	1.1	0.1	2–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Average shot distance 8.2 ft · 8% of attempts were dunks

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Michael Cage has averaged 7.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 0.9 APG over 15 seasons (1984-85–1999-00).

Michael Cage's salary is $2,350,000 for the 1998-99 season, with career earnings of about $14.8M.

Michael Cage is 6-9 (224 lb).

Michael Cage was drafted in 1984, round 1, pick 14, by the Los Angeles Clippers.