Career atlas
John Long: 14 seasons, 4 teams, 1 competitions
From 1978-79 to 1996-97
The question
How did John Long evolve?
The evidence
When it really changed
The stints
One row per stint: league, team and years. Chronological order; when two overlap, the origin comes first.
- DET1978-79 → 1985-86
NBA · 8 seasons
- IND1986-87 → 1987-88
NBA · 2 seasons
- DET → IND1988-89
NBA · 1 season
- ATL1989-90
NBA · 1 season
- DET1990-91
NBA · 1 season
- TOR1996-97
NBA · 1 season
When it really changed
Not every season is a change. Only jumps above the threshold declared below appear here. «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- 1982-83-11.4 points per game versus the previous season
NBA · DET
- Before
- 1981-82 · DET · 21.9 points per game
- After
- 1982-83 · DET · 10.5 points per game
- Context
- NBA · DET
- 1986-87Team change: from DET to IND
NBA · IND
- Before
- 1985-86 · DET · 10.0 points per game
- After
- 1986-87 · IND · 15.2 points per game
- The measure
- +5.2 points per game versus the previous season
- Context
- NBA · IND
- 1988-89Team change: from IND to IND
NBA · DET
- Before
- 1987-88 · IND · 12.8 points per game
- After
- 1988-89 · DET · IND · 5.5 points per game
- The measure
- -7.3 points per game versus the previous season
- Context
- NBA · DET
- 1990-91Team change: from ATL to DET
NBA · DET
- Before
- 1989-90 · ATL · 8.4 points per game
- After
- 1990-91 · DET · 3.8 points per game
- The measure
- -4.6 points per game versus the previous season
- Context
- NBA · DET
Production, season by season
An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- 1978-7916.1 points per game
NBA · DET · 82 games
- 1979-8019.4 points per game
NBA · DET · 69 games
- 1980-8117.7 points per game
NBA · DET · 59 games
- 1981-8221.9 points per game
NBA · DET · 69 games
- 1982-8310.5 points per game
NBA · DET · 70 games
- 1983-8416.3 points per game
NBA · DET · 82 games
- 1984-8514.7 points per game
NBA · DET · 66 games
- 1985-8610.0 points per game
NBA · DET · 62 games
- 1986-8715.2 points per game
NBA · IND · 80 games
- 1987-8812.8 points per game
NBA · IND · 81 games
- 1988-895.5 points per game
NBA · DET → IND · 68 games
- 1989-908.4 points per game
NBA · ATL · 48 games
- 1990-913.8 points per game
NBA · DET · 25 games
- 1996-974.0 points per game
NBA · TOR · 32 games
FactDerivedAssumption
What this does not prove
- An ACB point and an NBA point are not the same unit. The line puts seasons side by side; it does not make them equal.
- «Changed» means a jump larger than 4.1 points per game. It is a declared threshold, not a model.
- Role is read from minutes and production. We do not have a declared position for every European season.
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This answer
2026-11-07
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