Vitaly Potapenko

Retired • Retired in 2008 • C • 11 years of NBA experience

Height6'10

Born21st March 1975 (age 51)

Weight285 lbs

Nationality🇺🇦Ukraine

NBA Draft12th pick, 1996

Pre-draft teamWright State

HandRight

Agentn/a

Phone number on file

Contact details are not publicly displayed.

ShamSports database refresh: older player pages may contain archived or incomplete data.

Other Retired players Full player database Search players

Stats

15 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1996-97	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	80	3	15.5	2.3	5.3	44.0%	0.0	50.0%	2.3	5.3	43.9%	.441	1.2	1.6	73.6%	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.7	5.8
1997-98	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	80	0	17.7	2.9	6.1	48.0%	0.0	0.0%	2.9	6.1	48.0%	.480	1.3	1.8	70.8%	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	7.1
1998-99	NBA	Boston Celtics	33	32	28.1	4.5	8.7	52.1%	0.0	—	4.5	8.7	52.1%	.521	1.8	3.2	54.7%	2.8	4.5	7.2	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.2	3.5	10.8
1998-99	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	17	12	27.5	3.2	7.4	43.7%	0.1	0.0%	3.2	7.4	44.0%	.437	1.9	2.9	67.3%	1.4	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.6	3.1	8.4
1998-99	NBA	Total (NBA)	50	44	27.9	4.1	8.2	49.5%	0.0	0.0%	4.1	8.2	49.6%	.495	1.8	3.1	58.7%	2.3	4.4	6.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.4	10.0
1999-00	NBA	Boston Celtics	79	72	22.7	3.9	7.8	49.9%	0.0	0.0%	3.9	7.8	50.0%	.499	1.4	2.0	68.1%	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.8	3.0	9.2
2000-01	NBA	Boston Celtics	82	7	23.2	3.0	6.4	47.6%	0.0	—	3.0	6.4	47.6%	.476	1.4	1.9	72.8%	2.5	3.5	6.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.8	7.5
2001-02	NBA	Boston Celtics	79	9	17.0	1.7	3.8	45.5%	0.0	—	1.7	3.8	45.5%	.455	1.1	1.5	74.2%	2.1	2.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.2	4.6
2002-03	NBA	Seattle Supersonics	26	2	15.5	1.6	3.6	44.1%	0.0	—	1.6	3.6	44.1%	.441	0.8	1.1	75.9%	1.0	2.5	3.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.0
2003-04	NBA	Seattle Supersonics	65	39	21.8	3.1	6.3	48.9%	0.0	—	3.1	6.3	48.9%	.489	0.9	1.4	64.1%	1.6	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.5	7.1
2004-05	NBA	Seattle Supersonics	33	1	10.2	1.4	2.6	51.7%	0.0	0.0%	1.4	2.6	52.3%	.517	0.8	0.9	87.1%	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.6	3.5
2005-06	NBA	Sacramento Kings	9	0	3.6	0.6	0.8	71.4%	0.0	—	0.6	0.8	71.4%	.714	0.0	0.0	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.1
2005-06	NBA	Seattle Supersonics	24	12	13.4	1.3	2.7	50.0%	0.0	—	1.3	2.7	50.0%	.500	0.4	0.7	58.8%	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.1
2005-06	NBA	Total (NBA)	33	12	10.7	1.1	2.2	52.1%	0.0	—	1.1	2.2	52.1%	.521	0.3	0.5	58.8%	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.5
2006-07	NBA	Sacramento Kings	3	0	4.3	0.0	1.3	0.0%	0.0	—	0.0	1.3	0.0%	.000	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.0

NBA Salary

Design preview

Contract seasons currently held for Vitaly Potapenko. The panel is omitted entirely when a player has no applicable salary rows.

Listed total $23,150,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$4,850,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,475,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$6,100,000 Retired $3,050,000 guaranteed Team option	$6,725,000 Retired $3,362,500 guaranteed Player option

Placeholder figures: these values are imaginary and exist only to preview the finished salary component. They will automatically disappear when real rows are added to player_salaries for this player.

Video

Articles

View all articles

Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

19th March 2013

Vitaly Potapenko - After leaving the Pacers, Potapenko moved to the Dakota Wizards of the D-League to be an assistant coach there; when the team moved to Santa Cruz for the 2012-13 season, Potapenko went with them.

Read full article

Where Are They Now, 2011: Bookkeeping The Retired Guys

19th April 2011

Vitaly Potapenko, Walter McCarty and Wesley Person - Last time we checked in Vitaly Potapenko, he was an assistant coach at the D-League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Last time we checked in on Walter McCarty, he was an assistant coach for Rick Pitino at Louisville. Both are now assistants at the Indiana Pacers. And both survived when Jim O'Brien got fired.

Not so lucky was Wesley Person. After only one season as head coach at Enterprise-Ozark community college, Person was fired after going 8-21. He now owns a bowling alley and skate rink in Alabama called "Sharpshooter."

Read full article

Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 52

13th April 2010

- Vitaly Potapenko

Potapenko's NBA career ended in the 2006/07 season, when he started the season with the Sonics and was traded to the Kings partway through the year. His lone basketball stint after that came the following December, when he played a few games for Estudiantes Madrid in the ACB, averaging 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds. He is now an assistant coach for the D-League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

Read full article