Al Thornton

Signed in Argentina • Penarol • SF/PF • 4 years of NBA experience

Height6'8

Born7th December 1983 (age 42)

Weight235 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft14th pick, 2007

Pre-draft teamFlorida State

HandRight

AgentBill Duffy (BDA Sports)

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Stats

8 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
2007-08	NBA	L.A. Clippers	79	31	27.3	4.7	11.0	42.9%	0.5	1.6	33.1%	4.2	9.4	44.7%	.454	2.7	3.6	74.3%	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.5	12.7
2008-09	NBA	L.A. Clippers	71	67	37.4	6.6	14.8	44.6%	0.3	1.1	25.3%	6.3	13.7	46.2%	.456	3.3	4.4	75.4%	1.7	3.5	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.2	16.8
2009-10	NBA	L.A. Clippers	51	30	27.5	4.3	9.0	47.8%	0.1	0.3	35.7%	4.2	8.7	48.2%	.484	2.0	2.7	74.1%	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.8	10.7
2009-10	NBA	Total (NBA)	75	46	27.7	4.3	9.0	47.3%	0.1	0.4	35.5%	4.1	8.6	47.9%	.482	2.0	2.8	72.5%	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.7	10.7
2009-10	NBA	Washington Wizards	24	16	28.1	4.2	9.0	46.3%	0.3	0.7	35.3%	3.9	8.3	47.2%	.477	2.1	3.0	69.4%	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.6	10.7
2010-11	NBA	Golden State Warriors	22	0	14.3	2.3	4.7	49.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.3	4.7	49.5%	.490	1.3	1.6	82.9%	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.8	6.0
2010-11	NBA	Total (NBA)	71	23	19.5	2.9	6.1	47.6%	0.1	0.4	15.4%	2.8	5.7	49.6%	.480	1.5	2.0	77.5%	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.0	7.4
2010-11	NBA	Washington Wizards	49	23	21.8	3.1	6.7	47.1%	0.1	0.5	16.0%	3.1	6.2	49.7%	.477	1.7	2.2	75.7%	0.9	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	8.0

NBA Salary

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

Listed total $16,150,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$3,100,000 Signed in Argentina Fully guaranteed	$3,725,000 Signed in Argentina Fully guaranteed	$4,350,000 Signed in Argentina $2,175,000 guaranteed Team option	$4,975,000 Signed in Argentina $2,487,500 guaranteed Player option

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The NBA’s best unsigned free agents

23rd January 2012

Al Thornton — Al always needed to do more than just look for his own shot, especially since he was never a particularly efficient scoring talent. He didn’t, so he’s on this list.

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.....Third Prize Is You're Fired

6th October 2010

Washington have gone this route due to a lack of options at the position; despite being re-signed this summer, Josh Howard is still injured and might be for a while, while Al Thornton still hasn't learnt how to maximize his talents and continues to take bad shots.

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The Finances Of The Trade Deadline Deals

21st February 2010

Of the other teams, only the Clippers made any significant future financial changes with their deals. After previously gifting away Marcus Camby to the Blazers for a backup point guard, an injured guy who can't play, no long term basketball assets and $3 million, the Clippers followed it up with a better move when they got in on the Jamison deal, traded Al Thornton to the Wizards and Sebastian Telfair to the Cavaliers, receiving Drew Gooden's expiring in the process. This move opens up $5,514,196 in cap room for the Clippers next season, and expunges the last remaining salary from their initial Zach Randolph trade.

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