{"sport":"nba","slug":"john-amaechi","bio":{"fullName":"John Amaechi","position":"PF","team":"UTAH","heightInches":82,"weightLbs":270,"birthDate":"1970-11-26","college":"Vanderbilt, Penn State","headshotUrl":null,"rookieSeason":1996,"lastSeason":2003,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"espn":"13"}},"draft":null,"statTables":[{"id":"totals","label":"Totals","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"gs"},{"key":"mp"},{"key":"fg"},{"key":"fga"},{"key":"fg_pct"},{"key":"fg3"},{"key":"fg3a"},{"key":"fg3_pct"},{"key":"ft"},{"key":"fta"},{"key":"ft_pct"},{"key":"orb"},{"key":"drb"},{"key":"trb"},{"key":"ast"},{"key":"stl"},{"key":"blk"},{"key":"tov"},{"key":"pf"},{"key":"pts"}],"rows":[{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":54,"values":{"g":54,"gs":0,"mp":586,"fg":54,"fga":166,"fg_pct":0.325,"fg3":0,"fg3a":0,"fg3_pct":null,"ft":67,"fta":105,"ft_pct":0.638,"orb":52,"drb":57,"trb":109,"ast":29,"stl":7,"blk":10,"tov":55,"pf":64,"pts":175},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":50,"values":{"g":50,"gs":1,"mp":474,"fg":37,"fga":118,"fg_pct":0.314,"fg3":0,"fg3a":0,"fg3_pct":null,"ft":25,"fta":52,"ft_pct":0.481,"orb":26,"drb":51,"trb":77,"ast":21,"stl":14,"blk":7,"tov":34,"pf":50,"pts":99},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"POST","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"g":2,"gs":0,"mp":16,"fg":1,"fga":4,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3":0,"fg3a":0,"fg3_pct":null,"ft":2,"fta":4,"ft_pct":0.5,"orb":0,"drb":1,"trb":1,"ast":0,"stl":0,"blk":0,"tov":0,"pf":4,"pts":4},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":104,"gs":1,"mp":1060,"fg":91,"fga":284,"fg_pct":0.32,"fg3":0,"fg3a":0,"fg3_pct":null,"ft":92,"fta":157,"ft_pct":0.586,"orb":78,"drb":108,"trb":186,"ast":50,"stl":21,"blk":17,"tov":89,"pf":114,"pts":274},"POST":{"g":2,"gs":0,"mp":16,"fg":1,"fga":4,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3":0,"fg3a":0,"fg3_pct":null,"ft":2,"fta":4,"ft_pct":0.5,"orb":0,"drb":1,"trb":1,"ast":0,"stl":0,"blk":0,"tov":0,"pf":4,"pts":4}}},{"id":"per-game","label":"Per Game","columns":[{"key":"mpg"},{"key":"ppg"},{"key":"rpg"},{"key":"apg"},{"key":"spg"},{"key":"bpg"},{"key":"topg"},{"key":"fg_pct"},{"key":"fg3_pct"},{"key":"ft_pct"}],"rows":[{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":54,"values":{"mpg":10.9,"ppg":3.2,"rpg":2,"apg":0.5,"spg":0.1,"bpg":0.2,"topg":1,"fg_pct":0.325,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.638},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":50,"values":{"mpg":9.5,"ppg":2,"rpg":1.5,"apg":0.4,"spg":0.3,"bpg":0.1,"topg":0.7,"fg_pct":0.314,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.481},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"POST","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"mpg":8,"ppg":2,"rpg":0.5,"apg":0,"spg":0,"bpg":0,"topg":0,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.5},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"mpg":10.2,"ppg":2.6,"rpg":1.8,"apg":0.5,"spg":0.2,"bpg":0.2,"topg":0.9,"fg_pct":0.32,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.586},"POST":{"mpg":8,"ppg":2,"rpg":0.5,"apg":0,"spg":0,"bpg":0,"topg":0,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.5}}},{"id":"per-36","label":"Per 36 Minutes","columns":[{"key":"pts36"},{"key":"trb36"},{"key":"ast36"},{"key":"stl36"},{"key":"blk36"},{"key":"tov36"},{"key":"fg_pct"},{"key":"fg3_pct"},{"key":"ft_pct"}],"rows":[{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":54,"values":{"pts36":10.8,"trb36":6.7,"ast36":1.8,"stl36":0.4,"blk36":0.6,"tov36":3.4,"fg_pct":0.325,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.638},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":50,"values":{"pts36":7.5,"trb36":5.8,"ast36":1.6,"stl36":1.1,"blk36":0.5,"tov36":2.6,"fg_pct":0.314,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.481},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"POST","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"pts36":9,"trb36":2.3,"ast36":0,"stl36":0,"blk36":0,"tov36":0,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.5},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"pts36":9.3,"trb36":6.3,"ast36":1.7,"stl36":0.7,"blk36":0.6,"tov36":3,"fg_pct":0.32,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.586},"POST":{"pts36":9,"trb36":2.3,"ast36":0,"stl36":0,"blk36":0,"tov36":0,"fg_pct":0.25,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.5}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced","columns":[{"key":"ts_pct"},{"key":"efg_pct"},{"key":"usg_pct"},{"key":"per"},{"key":"ws"},{"key":"ws48"},{"key":"ortg"},{"key":"drtg"},{"key":"ewa"}],"rows":[{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":54,"values":{"ts_pct":0.412,"efg_pct":0.325,"usg_pct":20.7,"per":5.4,"ws":-0.6,"ws48":-0.045,"ortg":85.6,"drtg":109.5,"ewa":-1.8},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":50,"values":{"ts_pct":0.351,"efg_pct":0.314,"usg_pct":17.1,"per":3,"ws":-0.7,"ws48":-0.067,"ortg":74.1,"drtg":105.4,"ewa":-2},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"POST","team":"UTAH","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"ts_pct":0.347,"efg_pct":0.25,"usg_pct":16.2,"per":-2.2,"ws":0,"ws48":-0.092,"ortg":87.5,"drtg":122.9,"ewa":-0.1},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ts_pct":null,"efg_pct":null,"usg_pct":null,"per":null,"ws":-1.3,"ws48":null,"ortg":null,"drtg":null,"ewa":null},"POST":{"ts_pct":null,"efg_pct":null,"usg_pct":null,"per":null,"ws":0,"ws48":null,"ortg":null,"drtg":null,"ewa":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from hoopR ESPN box-score aggregates (sportsdataverse, CC-BY 4.0)","formulas":{"ts_pct":"PTS / (2 * (FGA + 0.44*FTA))","efg_pct":"(FG + 0.5*3P) / FGA","usg_pct":"standard usage estimate vs team plays while on floor","per":"Hollinger uPER + pace adjustment, normalized to MP-weighted league mean 15.0 per season+seasonType","ortg_drtg":"Dean Oliver individual ratings, box-score approximation (Basketball on Paper)","ws":"marginal offense/defense win shares over Oliver points-produced and defensive rating","ewa":"((PER - 11.5) * MP / 67) / 30 wins — flat replacement level (positional PRL not used: ESPN position data unreliable pre-2010)"},"caveats":["possessions are box-score estimates, not play-by-play counts","team/opponent totals are summed from player box lines paired per game (the hoopR team box release's turnover columns are unreliable per-season), so deadball TEAM turnovers are excluded from possession estimates","traded players are attributed to their modal (most-games) team's context for team-dependent metrics","play-in games (ESPN season_type 5) are excluded from player and team aggregates","DRtg is a box-score approximation of individual defense and inherits heavy team context","coverage starts with the 2001-02 season (hoopR ESPN archive floor)","career advanced values are null except WS (the only cleanly summable metric) — no fake career rates","split-season TOT rows sum only additive WS/EWA; stint-context rates stay null while exact team rows retain them"]}},{"id":"intl-pergame-euroleague","label":"International Per Game — EuroLeague","columns":[{"key":"gp"},{"key":"gs"},{"key":"mpg"},{"key":"fg_pct"},{"key":"fg3_pct"},{"key":"ft_pct"},{"key":"rpg"},{"key":"apg"},{"key":"spg"},{"key":"bpg"},{"key":"ppg"}],"rows":[{"season":1997,"seasonType":"INTL","team":"Panathinaikos","gamesPlayed":16,"values":{"gp":16,"gs":null,"mpg":24.9,"fg_pct":0.549,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.677,"rpg":5.8,"apg":0.5,"spg":1.1,"bpg":0,"ppg":11},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1998,"seasonType":"INTL","team":"Virtus Bologna","gamesPlayed":6,"values":{"gp":6,"gs":null,"mpg":14.2,"fg_pct":0.542,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.647,"rpg":3.8,"apg":0.5,"spg":0.3,"bpg":0,"ppg":6.2},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"INTL":{"gp":22,"gs":null,"mpg":19.6,"fg_pct":0.546,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.662,"rpg":4.8,"apg":0.5,"spg":0.7,"bpg":0,"ppg":8.6}}},{"id":"pre2002-pergame","label":"Early Career Per Game (Wikipedia)","columns":[{"key":"gp"},{"key":"gs"},{"key":"mpg"},{"key":"fg_pct"},{"key":"fg3_pct"},{"key":"ft_pct"},{"key":"rpg"},{"key":"apg"},{"key":"spg"},{"key":"bpg"},{"key":"ppg"}],"rows":[{"season":1996,"seasonType":"REG","team":"CLE","gamesPlayed":28,"values":{"gp":28,"gs":3,"mpg":12.8,"fg_pct":0.414,"fg3_pct":null,"ft_pct":0.576,"rpg":1.9,"apg":0.3,"spg":0.2,"bpg":0.4,"ppg":2.8},"teamSource":"Cleveland","rowScope":"team"},{"season":2000,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ORL","gamesPlayed":80,"values":{"gp":80,"gs":53,"mpg":21.1,"fg_pct":0.437,"fg3_pct":0.167,"ft_pct":0.766,"rpg":3.3,"apg":1.2,"spg":0.4,"bpg":0.5,"ppg":10.5},"teamSource":"Orlando","rowScope":"team"},{"season":2001,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ORL","gamesPlayed":82,"values":{"gp":82,"gs":36,"mpg":20.9,"fg_pct":0.4,"fg3_pct":0,"ft_pct":0.631,"rpg":3.3,"apg":0.9,"spg":0.3,"bpg":0.4,"ppg":7.9},"teamSource":"Orlando","rowScope":"team"}]}],"dataSources":["sportsdataverse:hoopR espn_nba_player_boxscores (CC-BY 4.0)","sportsdataverse:hoopR espn_nba_rosters (CC-BY 4.0)","sportsdataverse:hoopR espn_nba_draft (CC-BY 4.0)","wikipedia:nba-career-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only)","wikipedia:nba-bio (CC-BY-SA, facts-only)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-31T19:13:23.943Z"}