Fat LeverDenver Nuggets · #12
Fat Lever is a retired guard best known with the Denver Nuggets. A triple-double threat at guard. Career averages: 13.9 points, 6 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.
Fat Lever — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Fat Lever stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Fat Lever — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Fat Lever
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Fat Lever career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-83 (Portland) | 81 | 24.9 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 5.3 | .431 | .333 |
| 1983-84 (Portland) | 81 | 24.8 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 4.6 | .447 | .200 |
| 1984-85 (Denver) | 82 | 31.2 | 12.8 | 5.0 | 7.5 | .430 | .250 |
| 1985-86 (Denver) | 78 | 33.5 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 7.5 | .441 | .316 |
| 1986-87 (Denver) | 82 | 37.2 | 18.9 | 8.9 | 8.0 | .469 | .239 |
| 1987-88 (Denver) | 82 | 37.3 | 18.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | .473 | .211 |
| 1988-89 (Denver) | 71 | 38.7 | 19.8 | 9.3 | 7.9 | .457 | .348 |
| 1989-90 (Denver) | 79 | 35.8 | 18.3 | 9.3 | 6.5 | .443 | .414 |
| 1990-91 (Dallas) | 4 | 21.5 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | .391 | .000 |
| 1991-92 (Dallas) | 31 | 28.5 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 3.5 | .387 | .327 |
| 1993-94 (Dallas) | 81 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | .408 | .351 |
| Career | 752 | 31.6 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Denver Nuggets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Fat Lever
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1982 as a Guard.
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In Denver's run-and-gun 1980s, the fast break didn't start with the center — it started with a guard who rebounded like one.
Chapter
They called him Fat — a little brother's mispronunciation of "Father" that stuck for life — but there was nothing heavy about his game. Lafayette Lever was a triple-double threat before the term was fashionable, a point guard who'd grab ten boards and start the break himself.
Chapter
Two All-Star nods, an All-Defensive reputation, and years as the engine of Doug Moe's blur of an offense. In the thin mountain air, nobody pushed the pace — or filled a stat line — quite like him.
Where things stand
A retired guard and Denver Nuggets name.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- College
- Arizona State
- Experience
- 11th Season
- NBA debut
- 1982
- Draft
- 1982
- Jersey
- #12
A triple-double threat at guard.
A retired guard and Denver Nuggets name.
Fat Lever — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Fat Lever, answered.
