Vitaly Potapenko

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

Height6'10
Weight285 lbs
Born21st March 1975 (age 51)
Nationality🇺🇦Ukraine
NBA Draft12th pick, 19961996 Early Entry: Stayed in
Pre-draft teamWright State
HandRight
Agentn/a
Phone number on file

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Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
1996-97 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 80 15.5 5.8 2.3 5.3 44.0% 0.0 0.0 50.0% 1.2 1.6 73.6% 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 2.7
1997-98 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 80 17.7 7.1 2.9 6.1 48.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.3 1.8 70.8% 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.7 2.5
1998-99 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 17 27.5 8.4 3.2 7.4 43.7% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.9 2.9 67.3% 1.4 4.2 5.5 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.1
1998-99 NBA Boston Celtics 33 28.1 10.8 4.5 8.7 52.1% 0.0 0.0 – 1.8 3.2 54.7% 2.8 4.5 7.2 1.8 0.7 0.6 2.2 3.5
1998-99 NBA Total (NBA) 50 27.9 10.0 4.1 8.2 49.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 3.1 58.7% 2.3 4.4 6.6 1.5 0.7 0.7 2.0 3.4
1999-00 NBA Boston Celtics 79 22.7 9.2 3.9 7.8 49.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.4 2.0 68.1% 2.3 4.0 6.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.8 3.0
2000-01 NBA Boston Celtics 82 23.2 7.5 3.0 6.4 47.6% 0.0 0.0 – 1.4 1.9 72.8% 2.5 3.5 6.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.3 2.8
2001-02 NBA Boston Celtics 79 17.0 4.6 1.7 3.8 45.5% 0.0 0.0 – 1.1 1.5 74.2% 2.1 2.3 4.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.2
2002-03 NBA Seattle Supersonics 26 15.5 4.0 1.6 3.6 44.1% 0.0 0.0 – 0.8 1.1 75.9% 1.0 2.5 3.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.8
2003-04 NBA Seattle Supersonics 65 21.8 7.1 3.1 6.3 48.9% 0.0 0.0 – 0.9 1.4 64.1% 1.6 2.9 4.4 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.2 2.5
2004-05 NBA Seattle Supersonics 33 10.2 3.5 1.4 2.6 51.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.8 0.9 87.1% 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.6
2005-06 NBA Seattle Supersonics 24 13.4 3.1 1.3 2.7 50.0% 0.0 0.0 – 0.4 0.7 58.8% 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.8
2005-06 NBA Sacramento Kings 9 3.6 1.1 0.6 0.8 71.4% 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7
2005-06 NBA Total (NBA) 33 10.7 2.5 1.1 2.2 52.1% 0.0 0.0 – 0.3 0.5 58.8% 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.5
2006-07 NBA Sacramento Kings 3 4.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0% 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0
2007-08 Spain Estudiantes Madrid 6 20.2 5.3 1.7 5.0 33.3% 0.0 0.2 0.0% 2.0 3.0 66.7% 1.2 1.5 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.5 2.3

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Where Are They Now, 2011: Bookkeeping The Retired Guys

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."
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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 52

- 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.
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