Mychal Thompson

Seasons 1978-79–1990-91 · 12 on record · Ht 6-10 · b. 1955

Player info

Nickname	Bells, Sweet Bells
Position	C
Number	#43 (also #00)
Team	Los Angeles Lakers
Height	6-10
Weight	226 lb
Born	1955-01-30
College	Minnesota
Drafted	1978 · Round 1, Pick 1 · Portland Trail Blazers
Seasons	1978-79–1990-91 (12)

13.7 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 2.3 APG · 935 games · .504 FG% · .083 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1978-79	POR	24	73	29.4	.490	—	.572	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	14.7	17.0	.508
1980-81	POR	26	79	35.3	.494	0.000	.641	8.7	3.6	0.8	2.2	17.0	16.6	.520
1981-82	POR	27	79	39.6	.523	—	.628	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	20.8	19.2	.548
1982-83	POR	28	80	37.7	.489	0.000	.621	9.4	4.8	0.9	1.4	15.7	15.4	.520
1983-84	POR	29	79	33.5	.524	0.000	.667	8.7	3.9	1.1	1.4	15.7	17.9	.561
1984-85	POR	30	79	33.1	.515	—	.684	7.8	2.6	1.0	1.3	18.4	17.5	.554
1985-86	POR	31	82	31.3	.498	—	.641	7.4	2.1	0.9	0.4	14.7	13.7	.525
1986-87	2TM	32	82	23.0	.450	.500	.737	5.0	1.4	0.5	0.9	11.4	13.9	.506
	SAS	32	49	24.7	.436	1.000	.735	5.6	1.8	0.6	0.8	12.3	14.6	.492
	LAL	32	33	20.6	.480	0.000	.743	4.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	10.1	12.6	.531
1987-88	LAL	33	80	25.1	.512	0.000	.634	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.0	11.6	14.6	.544
1988-89	LAL	34	80	24.9	.559	0.000	.678	5.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	9.2	13.3	.593
1989-90	LAL	35	70	26.9	.500	—	.706	6.8	0.6	0.5	1.0	10.1	13.4	.542
1990-91	LAL	36	72	15.0	.496	0.000	.705	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.0	9.6	.540

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	POR	73	—	2,144	460	938	.490	—	—	154	269	604	176	67	134	205	1,074
1980-81	POR	79	—	2,790	569	1,151	.494	0	1	207	323	686	284	62	170	241	1,345
1981-82	POR	79	78	3,129	681	1,303	.523	0	0	280	446	921	319	69	107	245	1,642
1982-83	POR	80	80	3,017	505	1,033	.489	0	1	249	401	753	380	68	110	281	1,259
1983-84	POR	79	74	2,648	487	929	.524	0	2	266	399	688	308	84	108	235	1,240
1984-85	POR	79	55	2,616	572	1,111	.515	0	0	307	449	618	205	78	104	231	1,451
1985-86	POR	82	78	2,569	503	1,011	.498	0	0	198	309	608	176	76	35	196	1,204
1986-87	2TM	82	7	1,890	359	797	.450	1	2	219	297	412	115	45	71	134	938
	SAS	49	6	1,210	230	528	.436	1	1	144	196	276	87	31	41	77	605
	LAL	33	1	680	129	269	.480	0	1	75	101	136	28	14	30	57	333
1987-88	LAL	80	0	2,007	370	722	.512	0	3	185	292	489	66	38	79	113	925
1988-89	LAL	80	8	1,994	291	521	.559	0	1	156	230	467	48	58	59	97	738
1989-90	LAL	70	70	1,883	281	562	.500	0	0	144	204	477	43	33	73	79	706
1990-91	LAL	72	4	1,077	113	228	.496	0	2	62	88	228	21	23	23	47	288
Career		935	—	—	5,191	10,306	.504	1	12	2427	3707	6951	2141	701	1073	2104	12,810

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1978-79	POR	73	29.4	7.7	15.8	.490	—	—	2.6	4.5	10.1	3.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	18.0
1980-81	POR	79	35.3	7.3	14.9	.494	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.2	8.9	3.7	0.8	2.2	3.1	17.4
1981-82	POR	79	39.6	7.8	15.0	.523	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.1	10.6	3.7	0.8	1.2	2.8	18.9
1982-83	POR	80	37.7	6.0	12.3	.489	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.8	9.0	4.5	0.8	1.3	3.4	15.0
1983-84	POR	79	33.5	6.6	12.6	.524	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.4	9.4	4.2	1.1	1.5	3.2	16.9
1984-85	POR	79	33.1	7.9	15.3	.515	0.0	0.0	4.2	6.2	8.5	2.8	1.1	1.4	3.2	20.0
1985-86	POR	82	31.3	7.0	14.2	.498	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.3	8.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.7	16.9
1986-87	2TM	82	23.0	6.8	15.2	.450	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.7	7.8	2.2	0.9	1.4	2.6	17.9
	SAS	49	24.7	6.8	15.7	.436	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.8	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.2	2.3	18.0
	LAL	33	20.6	6.8	14.2	.480	0.0	0.1	4.0	5.3	7.2	1.5	0.7	1.6	3.0	17.6
1987-88	LAL	80	25.1	6.6	13.0	.512	0.0	0.1	3.3	5.2	8.8	1.2	0.7	1.4	2.0	16.6
1988-89	LAL	80	24.9	5.3	9.4	.559	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.2	8.4	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.8	13.3
1989-90	LAL	70	26.9	5.4	10.7	.500	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	9.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.5	13.5
1990-91	LAL	72	15.0	3.8	7.6	.496	0.0	0.1	2.1	2.9	7.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.6	9.6

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
1978-79	POR	73	2,144	17.0	.508	23.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	.098	-0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.3
1980-81	POR	79	2,790	16.6	.520	21.8	2.1	3.3	5.3	.092	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+2.1
1981-82	POR	79	3,129	19.2	.548	22.9	4.5	3.6	8.2	.125	+2.3	+0.0	+2.3	+3.4
1982-83	POR	80	3,017	15.4	.520	20.1	1.5	3.9	5.4	.086	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+2.7
1983-84	POR	79	2,648	17.9	.561	20.4	3.6	3.3	6.9	.125	+1.9	+0.8	+2.7	+3.1
1984-85	POR	79	2,616	17.5	.554	23.3	2.9	3.1	6.1	.111	+1.0	-0.3	+0.7	+1.8
1985-86	POR	82	2,569	13.7	.525	20.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	.068	-0.8	-1.0	-1.9	+0.1
1986-87	2TM	82	1,890	13.9	.506	22.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	.066	-1.5	-1.1	-2.6	-0.3
	SAS	49	1,210	14.6	.492	22.9	0.6	1.0	1.6	.063	-0.9	-0.9	-1.8	+0.1
	LAL	33	680	12.6	.531	22.1	0.2	0.8	1.0	.071	-2.7	-1.3	-4.0	-0.3
1987-88	LAL	80	2,007	14.6	.544	20.0	2.4	2.3	4.6	.111	-1.3	-1.1	-2.4	-0.2
1988-89	LAL	80	1,994	13.3	.593	14.9	2.8	2.4	5.2	.126	-0.8	-0.1	-1.0	+0.5
1989-90	LAL	70	1,883	13.4	.542	16.6	2.4	2.3	4.7	.119	-1.1	-0.8	-2.0	+0.0
1990-91	LAL	72	1,077	9.6	.540	12.7	0.6	1.4	2.1	.091	-2.6	+0.4	-2.2	-0.1
Career		935	—	—	—	—	—	—	59.2	—	—	—	—	+14.4

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%
1978-79	3	40.3	19.7	10.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	.500	—	.505
1980-81	3	44.0	25.0	7.7	1.3	1.0	3.0	.608	—	.636
1982-83	7	40.6	15.0	8.0	5.6	0.9	1.1	.471	—	.516
1983-84	4	30.2	15.2	7.2	3.8	1.2	0.8	.500	—	.568
1984-85	9	27.8	14.8	8.0	1.6	0.8	1.3	.490	—	.538
1985-86	4	35.0	19.0	8.2	3.5	0.2	0.8	.574	—	.581
1986-87	17	22.0	8.7	5.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	.446	—	.490
1987-88	24	25.6	9.7	7.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	.513	—	.531
1988-89	15	25.1	11.4	5.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	.508	—	.554
1989-90	9	25.0	6.4	4.3	0.2	0.2	1.4	.477	—	.523
1990-91	8	4.6	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	.286	—	.286
Career	103	26.0	10.9	6.0	1.2	0.5	1.0	.500	—	.535

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

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	463	13.4	7.6	2.4	359–104
Away	463	13.8	7.3	2.1	197–266
In wins	556	13.3	7.4	2.2	556–0
In losses	370	14.0	7.5	2.4	0–370

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	22	14.1	7.3	2.0	13–9
BOS Boston Celtics	24	11.8	7.4	2.3	12–12
BKN Brooklyn Nets	22	14.2	7.4	1.8	14–8
CHA Charlotte Hornets	8	7.6	4.8	0.2	8–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	24	12.8	7.2	2.3	10–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	25	13.3	7.6	1.6	16–9
DAL Dallas Mavericks	47	13.5	6.8	2.2	29–18
DEN Denver Nuggets	51	12.9	7.7	2.6	31–20
DET Detroit Pistons	26	12.7	7.6	2.3	17–9
GSW Golden State Warriors	64	13.4	7.1	2.6	44–20
HOU Houston Rockets	53	13.6	7.8	2.3	28–25
IND Indiana Pacers	26	14.9	8.8	2.5	18–8
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	62	14.3	7.8	2.3	48–14
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	40	17.0	8.2	3.4	11–29
MIA Miami Heat	6	8.8	4.7	0.2	6–0
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	24	15.5	7.3	2.1	5–19
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	7	5.0	4.1	0.4	6–1
NYK New York Knicks	25	13.5	8.6	3.2	19–6
ORL Orlando Magic	6	6.7	4.8	0.3	5–1
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	24	14.8	6.3	2.4	13–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	65	12.3	6.8	2.1	36–29
POR Portland Trail Blazers	24	12.5	6.0	1.0	14–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	52	14.9	8.0	2.2	38–14
SAS San Antonio Spurs	53	14.6	7.1	2.5	32–21
UTA Utah Jazz	54	12.9	7.9	2.5	31–23

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

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

Mychal Thompson plays C for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Mychal Thompson has averaged 13.7 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 2.3 APG over 12 seasons (1978-79–1990-91).

Mychal Thompson's salary is $1,807,000 for the 1991-92 season, with career earnings of about $2.4M.

Mychal Thompson is 6-10 (226 lb).

Mychal Thompson was drafted in 1978, round 1, pick 1, by the Portland Trail Blazers.