Editing Sam Perkins

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1961)}}
{{for|the Indiana Supreme Court justice|Samuel E. Perkins}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sam Perkins
| image = Sam Perkins 2016 (cropped).jpg
| width = 240
| caption = Perkins in 2016
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 235
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|06|14}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| high_school = 
*[[Samuel J. Tilden High School|Samuel J. Tilden]]<br />(Brooklyn, New York)
*[[Shaker High School|Shaker]]<br />([[Latham, New York]])
| college = [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] (1980–1984)
| draft_year = 1984
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 4
| draft_team = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| career_number = 41, 44, 14
| career_position = [[Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| career_start = 1984
| career_end = 2001
| years1 = {{nbay|1984|start}}–{{nbay|1989|end}}
| team1 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1990|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}
| team2 = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1992|end}}–{{nbay|1997|end}}
| team3 = [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1998|end}}–{{nbay|2000|end}}
| team4 = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| highlights = 
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1984|end}})
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1982]])
* 2× Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1983 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1983]], [[1984 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1984]])
* Consensus second-team All-American ([[1982 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1982]])
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (1982–1984)
* [[ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC tournament]] MVP ([[1981 ACC men's basketball tournament|1981]])
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year|ACC Rookie of the Year]] (1981)
* No. 41 [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball#Retired numbers|honored by North Carolina Tar Heels]]
* [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]] (1984)
* First-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1980)
* [[McDonald's All-American]] (1980)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 15,324 (11.9 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 7,666 (6.0 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Block (basketball)|Blocks]]
| stat3value = 933 (0.7 bpg)
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2018
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|United States}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]| [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Basketball at the 1983 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 World Championship|FIBA U19 World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[FIBA Under-19 World Championship|1979 Salvador]] | Team competition}}{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
}}
'''Samuel Bruce Perkins''' (born June 14, 1961)<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/lakers/player/sam-perkins/|title=Sam Perkins - All Things Lakers - Los Angeles Times|website=projects.latimes.com}}</ref> is an American former professional [[basketball]] player and executive. Perkins was a three-time college [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]], was a member of the [[1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1982 national champion]] [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina Tar Heels]], and won a gold medal with the [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team]]. Perkins played professionally in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for 17 seasons.

==Early life==
Born in Brooklyn, New York,<ref name="latimes.com"/> Perkins attended [[Samuel J. Tilden High School]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1983/11/28/627294/a-towering-twosome|title=A TOWERING TWOSOME|first=Curry|last=Kirkpatrick|newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com}}</ref> He later attended and graduated from [[Shaker High School]] in [[Latham, New York]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-sports/article/Ballston-Spa-native-Scott-Cherry-finds-coaching-6710567.php|title=Ballston Spa native Scott Cherry finds coaching home at High Point|first=Jason|last=Franchuk|date=December 20, 2015|website=Times Union}}</ref> He was named large-school player of the year (high school) by the [[New York State Sportswriters Association]] in 1980 and was also named to the 35 Greatest Boys McDonald's All Americans team.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

==College career==
Perkins attended college at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] and played basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1980 to 1984.<ref name="abc11.com">{{cite web|url=https://abc11.com/2165547/|title=The great Sam Perkins is giving back in Chapel Hill|date=June 30, 2017|website=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham}}</ref> He was named [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year|ACC Rookie of the Year]] in 1981<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article207265409.html|title=Sam Perkins, former UNC great, elected to collegiate basketball hall of fame|first=Mike|last=Sargent|website=newsobserver}}</ref> and starred alongside future [[Basketball Hall of Fame|NBA Hall of Famers]] [[James Worthy]] and [[Michael Jordan]] on the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930502/1699047/easy-does-it----sam-perkins-selfless-sacrificial-sonic|title=Sports - Easy Does It -- Sam Perkins: Selfless, Sacrificial Sonic - Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com}}</ref> A three-time All-American,<ref name="auto1"/> Perkins was the 1984 [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]].<ref name="abc11.com"/> Perkins finished his collegiate basketball career as the Tar Heels' all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots and as the second-highest scorer in team history.<ref name="auto1"/> He graduated from UNC in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article197892019.html|title=Black alumni group calls for boycott of UNC fundraising campaign|last=By|website=newsobserver}}</ref> Perkins was a co-captain of the gold medal-winning [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article3829608.html|title=Former Maverick Sam Perkins says NBA players united|website=star-telegram}}</ref> He was named first-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-Atlantic Coast Conference]] three times in his Tar Heel career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/15/mens-basketball-perkins-to-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-sunday.aspx|title=Perkins to enter collegiate basketball Hall of Fame Sunday|date=November 18, 2018|website=GoHeels.com}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Chosen by the [[Dallas Mavericks]] as the fourth overall pick in the [[1984 NBA draft]],<ref name="abc11.com"/> Perkins went on to play as a power forward and center in the NBA from 1984 to 2001.<ref name="brooklyneagle.com">{{cite web|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2013/08/06/basketball-great-sam-perkins-touts-fox-as-best-for-council/|title=Basketball great Sam Perkins touts Fox as best for council|date=August 6, 2013|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref> He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26795315|title=Top 5 picks make up NBA All-Rookie first team|date=May 21, 2019|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Perkins played for the [[Dallas Mavericks]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]], [[Seattle SuperSonics]], and [[Indiana Pacers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/college/former-north-carolina-star-sam-perkins-becomes-sixth-tar-heel-elected-into-college-basketball-hall-fame/UjiwmcJyRtFpKzsJ43iEXO/|title=Former North Carolina star Sam Perkins becomes sixth Tar Heel elected into College Basketball Hall of Fame|first=Diehards|last=Raj Prashad|website=daytondailynews}}</ref> He scored a career-high 45 points on April 12, 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/game/468111/golden-state-warriors-dallas-mavericks-1990-04-12|title= Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks - Apr 12, 1990 - Proballers|date=June 2019}}</ref> Perkins tied an NBA record on January 15, 1997, by making eight three-pointers without a miss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/games/20030204/LACNYK/recap.html|title=NBA.com: It's Spree for Three as Knicks Rout Clips|website=www.nba.com}}</ref> He appeared in three NBA Finals: The [[1991 NBA Finals]] (with the Lakers),<ref name="go.com">{{cite web|url=http://static.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs00/s/2000/0422/496609.html|title=Playoffs 2000:Big Smooth outside shot was key this season|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> the [[1996 NBA Finals]] (with the SuperSonics),<ref name="go.com"/> and the [[2000 NBA Finals]] (with the Pacers).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports/basketball/062000bkn-finals.html|title=O'Neal and Lakers Win a Title for Tinseltown|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref> In game one of the 1991 NBA Finals, Perkins made a game-winning three-point shot to defeat the [[Chicago Bulls]].<ref name="latimes.com"/> He was known by the nicknames "Sleepy Sam", "Big Smooth",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1421183-dallas-mavericks-10-best-trades-ever|title=Dallas Mavericks: 10 Best Trades in Franchise History|first=Tom|last=Horowitz|website=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref name="brooklyneagle.com"/> and "The Big Easy".<ref name="latimes.com"/>

==Post-retirement activities==
In 2002, Perkins was named to the [[ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team]] as one of the fifty greatest players in [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-09-27-0209270341-story.html|title=ACC's top 50 includes eight Terps|first=Don|last=Markus|website=baltimoresun.com|date=September 27, 2002 }}</ref>

In 2008, Perkins was named vice president of player relations for the [[Indiana Pacers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/perkinshired080609html|title=Perkins named V.P. of Player Relations|website=Indiana Pacers}}</ref> That September, he was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref name=nyt>Mallozzi, Vincent M. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/sports/basketball/18hall.html "City's Basketball Hall Welcomes 98-Year-Old Inductee"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 2008. Accessed September 14, 2009.</ref> Perkins held his position with the Pacers until 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2015/06/03/2000-nba-finals-indiana-pacers-lakers-where-are-they-now-reggie-miller-rik-smits/28400495/|title=15 years later: Where are the 2000 Pacers now?|website=Indianapolis Star}}</ref>

In 2011, Perkins traveled to [[South Sudan]] as a [[SportsUnited]] Sports Envoy for the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]. In this capacity, he worked with [[Dikembe Mutombo]] to lead a series of basketball clinics and team-building exercises with 50 youth and 36 coaches. This helped contribute to the State Department's mission to remove barriers and create a world in which individuals with disabilities enjoy dignity and full inclusion in society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exchanges.state.gov/us/spotlight/sam-perkins-and-dikembe-mutombo-travel-south-sudan|title=Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo Travel to South Sudan {{!}} Exchange Programs|website=exchanges.state.gov|access-date=May 1, 2016}}</ref>

Perkins was named to the [[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref name="auto1"/>
[[File:Perkins at his basketball camp in 2019.jpeg|upright=0.6|thumb|Perkins at his camp in 2019]]
Perkins runs a summer camp for [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]] youth that focuses on developing the basic skills of basketball.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sam Perkins Basketball Camp fundamentals of the game |url=http://samperkinscabc.com/ |access-date= July 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Perkins was raised a [[Jehovah's Witness]]. During his professional career, he stood away from his line of teammates for the national anthem due to his [[Jehovah's Witnesses#Government interactions|faith]].<ref>[[McCallum, Jack]], [https://www.si.com/vault/1996/03/25/211232/oh-say-should-we-sing-playing-the-national-anthem-is-a-vestige-of-wartime-fervor-so-why-is-it-still-a-part-of-us-sports-events "Oh Say Should We Sing?"] ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', March 25, 1996, accessed October 21, 2016.</ref>

== NBA career statistics ==
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}

=== Regular season ===

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1984}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| '''82''' || 42 || 28.3 || .471 || .250 || .820 || 7.4 || 1.6 || .8 || .8 || 11.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1985}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 80 || 79 || 32.8 || .503 || .333 || .814 || 8.6 || 1.9 || .9 || '''1.2''' || 15.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1986}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 80 || '''80''' || 33.6 || .482 || .352 || .828 || 7.7 || 1.8 || '''1.4''' || 1.0 || 14.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1987}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 75 || 75 || 33.3 || .450 || .167 || .822 || 8.0 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .7 || 14.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 78 || 77 || 36.7 || .464 || .184 || .833 || '''8.8''' || 1.6 || 1.0 || '''1.2''' || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 76 || 70 || 35.1 || .493 || .214 || .778 || 7.5 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .8 || 15.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 76 || 66 || 34.3 || .495 || .281 || .821 || 7.4 || 1.5 || .9 || 1.1 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1991}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 63 || 63 || '''37.0''' || .450 || .217 || .817 || '''8.8''' || 2.2 || 1.0 || 1.0 || '''16.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| {{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 49 || 49 || 32.4 || .459 || .172 || .829 || 7.7 || '''2.6''' || .8 || 1.0 || 13.7
|-

| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 30 || 13 || 25.4 || '''.511''' || '''.452''' || .795 || 4.8 || .9 || .7 || 1.0 || 12.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1993}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 81 || 41 || 26.8 || .438 || .367 || .801 || 4.5 || 1.4 || .8 || 4 || 12.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || 37 || 28.7 || .466 || .397 || .799 || 4.9 || 1.6 || .9 || .5 || 12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1995}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| '''82''' || 20 || 26.5 || .408 || .355 || .793 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .6 || 11.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1996}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 81 || 4 || 24.4 || .439 || .395 || .817 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .9 || .6 || 11.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1997}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 81 || 0 || 20.7 || .416 || .392 || .789 || 3.1 || 1.4 || .8 || .4 || 7.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1998}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 48 || 0 || 16.4 || .400 || .389 || .717 || 2.9 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 5.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 81 || 0 || 20.0 || .417 || .408 || .825 || 3.6 || .8 || .4 || .4 || 6.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2000}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 64 || 41 || 15.6 || .381 || .345 || '''.842''' || 2.6 || .6 || .5 || .3 || 3.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 1,286 || 757 || 28.5 || .459 || .362 || .811 || 6.0 || 1.5 || .9 || .7 || 11.9
{{S-end}}

=== Playoffs ===
Perkins has the distinction of having the third-most playoff games appeared in without having been on a team that won the [[National Basketball Association|NBA Championship]]. The only players with more playoff appearances and zero rings, as of the 2020 season, are [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]] and longtime [[Utah Jazz]] players [[Karl Malone]] and [[John Stockton]].<ref name="statmuse">{{cite web|url=https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-career-nba-playoff-games-without-a-championship |title=Karl Malone had the most games in the playoffs with exactly 0 championships, with 193 games. |work=statmuse.com |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985 NBA Playoffs|1985]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 4 || 4 || '''42.3''' || .490 || .250 || .765 || '''12.8''' || 2.8 || .5 || .3 || '''18.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986 NBA Playoffs|1986]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 10 || 10 || 34.7 || .429 || .250 || .767 || 8.3 || 2.4 || .9 || '''1.4''' || 14.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987 NBA Playoffs|1987]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 4 || 4 || 17.0 || .500 || .000 || .696 || 8.5 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988 NBA Playoffs|1988]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 17 || 17 || 33.6 || .451 || .143 || .803 || 6.6 || 1.8 || '''1.5''' || 1.0 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990 NBA Playoffs|1990]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 3 || 3 || 39.3 || .444 || .000 || .765 || 7.3 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .7 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991 NBA Playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 19 || '''19''' || 39.6 || '''.548''' || .367 || .761 || 8.3 || 1.7 || .8 || '''1.4''' || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993 NBA Playoffs|1993]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 19 || 17 || 32.9 || .436 || .380 || .873 || 7.0 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 14.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994 NBA Playoffs|1994]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 5 || 0 || 28.2 || .333 || .429 || .882 || 7.2 || .8 || .8 || .4 || 9.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995 NBA Playoffs|1995]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 4 || 1 || 35.3 || .438 || .455 || '''1.000''' || 7.8 || '''3.3''' || .8 || 1.3 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996 NBA Playoffs|1996]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 21 || 1 || 31.1 || .459 || .368 || .754 || 4.3 || 1.7 || .7 || .3 || 12.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 NBA Playoffs|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 12 || 6 || 28.3 || .337 || .311 || .862 || 4.4 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 8.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998 NBA Playoffs|1998]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]]
| 10 || 1 || 21.0 || .381 || .417 || .600 || 3.2 || 1.4 || .3 || .5 || 5.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 NBA Playoffs|1999]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 13 || 0 || 11.2 || .514 || '''.458''' || .667 || 1.9 || .5 || .0 || .2 || 4.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 NBA Playoffs|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| '''23''' || 0 || 18.1 || .324 || .348 || .905 || 3.2 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 4.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 NBA Playoffs|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .250 || .250 || – || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 167 || 83 || 28.7 || .444 || .363 || .785 || 5.6 || 1.5 || .7 || .8 || 11.1
{{S-end}}

== See also ==
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds]]
*[[List of National Basketball Association career games played leaders]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Sam Perkins}}
* [http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=sam_perkins NBA.com Player File]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/perkisa01.html Sam Perkins at Basketball-Reference.com]

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