Sean Rooks

Retired

Los Angeles Lakers · C · 12 NBA seasons · 918 career appearances · 4,748 career points

Sean Rooks recorded 918 NBA appearances across 12 seasons with Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic.

Best highlights

6.3

career pts/gm

3.9

career reb/gm

0.8

career ast/gm

745

career games

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Sean Rooks's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1990-91–1997-98

Sean Rooks

Jason Kidd

Jamal Mashburn

Talent without stability

Dallas Mavericks · The lost decade and Triple J

A prolonged collapse produced a gifted young trio, but injuries and conflict prevented it from becoming a lasting foundation.

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Franchise era

1989-90–1994-95

Sean Rooks

Tony Campbell

Doug West

The long search for a cornerstone

Minnesota Timberwolves · Expansion winters

The Timberwolves struggled through six losing seasons before a landmark draft delivered the player who changed the franchise.

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Franchise era

1995-96–2003-04

Sean Rooks

Kevin Garnett

Sam Cassell

Eight straight playoffs and a 2004 breakthrough

Minnesota Timberwolves · The KG years

Garnett turned Minnesota into a yearly playoff team, won MVP and finally reached the conference finals with a veteran supporting cast.

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Franchise era

1994-95–2006-07

Sean Rooks

Dikembe Mutombo

Mookie Blaylock

Mutombo's blocks give way to rebuilding

Atlanta Hawks · Defense, then a reset

An elite defensive core kept Atlanta relevant in the 1990s before a long rebuild followed the veterans' departure.

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Franchise era

1996-97–2003-04

Sean Rooks

Shaquille O'Neal

Kobe Bryant

Three straight championships and a volatile peak

Los Angeles Lakers · Shaq and Kobe

O'Neal's interior dominance and Bryant's ascent produced a three-peat before tension and a Finals loss ended the partnership.

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Franchise era

1998-99–2010-11

Sean Rooks

Dirk Nowitzki

Steve Nash

Shooting changes the geometry of power forward

Dallas Mavericks · Dirk's climb to the title

Nowitzki became an MVP and perennial contender, then completed one of the sport's great redemption runs with the 2011 championship.

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Franchise era

1984-85–2008-09

Sean Rooks

Danny Manning

Ron Harper

Rare playoff sparks amid dysfunction

LA Clippers · The long Los Angeles struggle

The Clippers spent most of their first quarter-century in Los Angeles near the bottom, with brief respites around Manning and Brand.

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Franchise era

2002-03–2004-05

Sean Rooks

Baron Davis

Jamal Mashburn

Baron Davis leads a new home

New Orleans Pelicans · Basketball returns to New Orleans

The relocated Hornets reached the playoffs in their first two New Orleans seasons before injuries and upheaval changed the roster.

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Franchise era

2004-05–2011-12

Sean Rooks

Dwight Howard

Jameer Nelson

Defense and shooting reach the Finals

Orlando Magic · Dwight and four-out basketball

Howard's interior dominance surrounded by shooters produced 59 wins and a 2009 Finals appearance.

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Career accomplishments

12 NBA seasons918 career appearances4,748 career points24 playoff appearancesCareer high: 28 pointsCareer high: 18 reboundsCareer high: 6 assists

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Sean Rooks

Franchise eras

Dallas Mavericks · The lost decade and Triple J

Minnesota Timberwolves · Expansion winters

Minnesota Timberwolves · The KG years

Atlanta Hawks · Defense, then a reset

Los Angeles Lakers · Shaq and Kobe

Dallas Mavericks · Dirk's climb to the title

LA Clippers · The long Los Angeles struggle

New Orleans Pelicans · Basketball returns to New Orleans

Orlando Magic · Dwight and four-out basketball

Career accomplishments

Team history

NBA appearances

Sean Rooks

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Career-high games

Franchise eras

Dallas Mavericks · The lost decade and Triple J

Minnesota Timberwolves · Expansion winters

Minnesota Timberwolves · The KG years

Atlanta Hawks · Defense, then a reset

Los Angeles Lakers · Shaq and Kobe

Dallas Mavericks · Dirk's climb to the title

LA Clippers · The long Los Angeles struggle

New Orleans Pelicans · Basketball returns to New Orleans

Orlando Magic · Dwight and four-out basketball

Career accomplishments

Team history

NBA appearances

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Career-high games