and six rebounds per game in a 12-season professional career with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, and Phoenix Suns. His best season was in 1989–90 with the Kings, when he averaged 22.3 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Tisdale retired in 1997 to focus on his musical career. Tisdale's jersey number (23) was retired by the University of Oklahoma in 1997. When Blake Griffin was granted permission to wear it during his career at OU (2007–2009), he sought and received Tisdale's blessing before accepting it. The outstanding freshman award in the NCAA is named the Wayman Tisdale Award. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 81 || 60 || 28.1 || .515 || .000 || .646 || 7.2 || 1.0 || .4 || .5 || 14.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 81 || 15 || 26.7 || .513 || .000 || .709 || 5.9 || 1.4 || .6 || .3 || 14.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 79 || 57 || 30.1 || .512 || .000 || .783 || 6.2 || 1.3 || .7 || .4 || 16.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 48 || 5 || 27.6 || .505 || .000 || .792 || 6.5 || 1.6 || .7 || .7 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 31 || 30 || 35.7 || .523 || || .744 || 9.6 || 1.7 || .6 || .6 || 19.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 79 || 79 || 37.2 || .525 || .000 || .783 || 7.5 || 1.4 || .7 || .7 || 22.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 33 || 31 || 33.8 || .483 || .000 || .800 || 7.7 || 2.0 || .7 || .8 || 20.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 72 || 71 || 35.0 || .500 || .000 || .763 || 6.5 || 1.5 || .8 || 1.1 || 16.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 76 || 75 || 30.0 || .509 || .000 || .758 || 6.6 || 1.4 || .7 || .6 || 16.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Sacramento | 79 || 77 || 32.4 || .501 || || .808 || 7.1 || 1.8 || .5 || .7 || 16.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 65 || 13 || 19.6 || .484 || || .770 || 3.8 || .7 || .4 || .4 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|