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James Bailey

James L. Bailey (Jammin' James)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: May 21, 1957 in Dublin, Georgia
High School: Xaverian in Westwood, Massachusetts
College: Rutgers University

Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall) of the 1979 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 67 726 122 271 .450 0 0 68 101 .673 71 126 197 28 21 54 79 116 312
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 82 2539 444 889 .499 1 2 .500 256 361 .709 192 415 607 98 74 143 219 332 1145
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 77 0 1468 261 505 .517 0 0 137 224 .612 127 264 391 65 42 83 139 270 659
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 10 0 180 31 65 .477 0 0 4 11 .364 17 31 48 13 3 7 19 42 66
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 67 0 1288 230 440 .523 0 0 133 213 .624 110 233 343 52 39 76 120 228 593
1982-83 25 TOT NBA 75 39 1765 385 774 .497 0 1 .000 226 322 .702 171 303 474 67 43 60 196 271 996
1982-83 25 NJN NBA 6 0 50 9 18 .500 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 3 6 2 1 1 6 15 20
1982-83 25 HOU NBA 69 39 1715 376 756 .497 0 1 .000 224 320 .700 168 300 468 65 42 59 190 256 976
1983-84 26 HOU NBA 73 0 1174 254 517 .491 0 1 .000 138 192 .719 104 190 294 79 33 40 101 197 646
1984-85 27 NYK NBA 74 28 1297 156 349 .447 0 1 .000 73 108 .676 122 222 344 39 30 50 100 286 385
1985-86 28 NYK NBA 48 36 1245 202 443 .456 0 4 .000 129 167 .772 102 232 334 50 33 40 99 207 533
1986-87 29 NJN NBA 34 2 542 112 239 .469 0 0 58 80 .725 48 89 137 20 12 23 54 119 282
1987-88 30 PHO NBA 65 0 869 109 241 .452 0 4 .000 70 89 .787 73 137 210 42 17 28 70 180 288
Career NBA 595 105 11625 2045 4228 .484 1 13 .077 1155 1644 .703 1010 1978 2988 488 305 521 1057 1978 5246

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 67 10.8 1.8 4.0 .450 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .673 1.1 1.9 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.7 4.7
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 82 31.0 5.4 10.8 .499 0.0 0.0 .500 3.1 4.4 .709 2.3 5.1 7.4 1.2 0.9 1.7 2.7 4.0 14.0
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 77 0 19.1 3.4 6.6 .517 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 .612 1.6 3.4 5.1 0.8 0.5 1.1 1.8 3.5 8.6
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 10 0 18.0 3.1 6.5 .477 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 .364 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.9 4.2 6.6
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 67 0 19.2 3.4 6.6 .523 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .624 1.6 3.5 5.1 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.8 3.4 8.9
1982-83 25 TOT NBA 75 39 23.5 5.1 10.3 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.3 .702 2.3 4.0 6.3 0.9 0.6 0.8 2.6 3.6 13.3
1982-83 25 NJN NBA 6 0 8.3 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.5 3.3
1982-83 25 HOU NBA 69 39 24.9 5.4 11.0 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.6 .700 2.4 4.3 6.8 0.9 0.6 0.9 2.8 3.7 14.1
1983-84 26 HOU NBA 73 0 16.1 3.5 7.1 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.6 .719 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.7 8.8
1984-85 27 NYK NBA 74 28 17.5 2.1 4.7 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .676 1.6 3.0 4.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.4 3.9 5.2
1985-86 28 NYK NBA 48 36 25.9 4.2 9.2 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.5 .772 2.1 4.8 7.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 2.1 4.3 11.1
1986-87 29 NJN NBA 34 2 15.9 3.3 7.0 .469 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.4 .725 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.6 3.5 8.3
1987-88 30 PHO NBA 65 0 13.4 1.7 3.7 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.4 .787 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.1 2.8 4.4
Career NBA 595 105 19.5 3.4 7.1 .484 0.0 0.0 .077 1.9 2.8 .703 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.8 3.3 8.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 67 726 6.0 13.4 .450 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.0 .673 3.5 6.2 9.8 1.4 1.0 2.7 3.9 5.8 15.5
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 82 2539 6.3 12.6 .499 0.0 0.0 .500 3.6 5.1 .709 2.7 5.9 8.6 1.4 1.0 2.0 3.1 4.7 16.2
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 77 0 1468 6.4 12.4 .517 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.5 .612 3.1 6.5 9.6 1.6 1.0 2.0 3.4 6.6 16.2
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 10 0 180 6.2 13.0 .477 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 .364 3.4 6.2 9.6 2.6 0.6 1.4 3.8 8.4 13.2
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 67 0 1288 6.4 12.3 .523 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.0 .624 3.1 6.5 9.6 1.5 1.1 2.1 3.4 6.4 16.6
1982-83 25 TOT NBA 75 39 1765 7.9 15.8 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.6 .702 3.5 6.2 9.7 1.4 0.9 1.2 4.0 5.5 20.3
1982-83 25 NJN NBA 6 0 50 6.5 13.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.000 2.2 2.2 4.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 4.3 10.8 14.4
1982-83 25 HOU NBA 69 39 1715 7.9 15.9 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 4.7 6.7 .700 3.5 6.3 9.8 1.4 0.9 1.2 4.0 5.4 20.5
1983-84 26 HOU NBA 73 0 1174 7.8 15.9 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.9 .719 3.2 5.8 9.0 2.4 1.0 1.2 3.1 6.0 19.8
1984-85 27 NYK NBA 74 28 1297 4.3 9.7 .447 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .676 3.4 6.2 9.5 1.1 0.8 1.4 2.8 7.9 10.7
1985-86 28 NYK NBA 48 36 1245 5.8 12.8 .456 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.8 .772 2.9 6.7 9.7 1.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 6.0 15.4
1986-87 29 NJN NBA 34 2 542 7.4 15.9 .469 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.3 .725 3.2 5.9 9.1 1.3 0.8 1.5 3.6 7.9 18.7
1987-88 30 PHO NBA 65 0 869 4.5 10.0 .452 0.0 0.2 .000 2.9 3.7 .787 3.0 5.7 8.7 1.7 0.7 1.2 2.9 7.5 11.9
Career NBA 595 105 11625 6.3 13.1 .484 0.0 0.0 .077 3.6 5.1 .703 3.1 6.1 9.3 1.5 0.9 1.6 3.3 6.1 16.2

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 67 726 12.3 .495 .450 10.2 18.3 14.3 5.3 1.4 4.1 20.0 21.4 93 98 -0.4 1.4 1.0
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 82 2539 14.5 .546 .500 8.5 17.6 13.1 5.8 1.4 3.1 17.3 20.3 101 102 1.4 3.6 4.9
1981-82 24 TOT NBA 77 1468 13.3 .546 .517 9.7 20.3 15.0 6.3 1.3 3.3 18.7 20.3 99 100 0.2 2.7 2.9
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 10 180 8.7 .473 .477 10.6 18.0 14.5 10.2 0.8 2.1 21.4 20.5 88 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 67 1288 14.0 .556 .523 9.5 20.7 15.0 5.7 1.4 3.5 18.4 20.3 101 100 0.4 2.4 2.8
1982-83 25 TOT NBA 75 1765 15.6 .544 .497 9.8 19.6 14.4 6.0 1.1 1.9 17.6 25.2 99 106 0.6 1.4 2.0
1982-83 25 NJN NBA 6 50 5.0 .530 .500 6.9 6.7 6.8 5.6 0.9 1.2 24.1 19.6 89 103 0.0 0.1 0.0
1982-83 25 HOU NBA 69 1715 16.0 .544 .497 9.9 20.0 14.6 6.0 1.2 1.9 17.5 25.3 99 107 0.6 1.4 2.0
1983-84 26 HOU NBA 73 1174 15.5 .537 .491 9.6 17.4 13.5 9.3 1.3 1.9 14.4 23.6 105 107 1.0 1.3 2.3
1984-85 27 NYK NBA 74 1297 7.9 .485 .447 10.6 20.4 15.4 4.0 1.1 2.4 20.1 15.8 93 107 -0.8 1.4 0.6
1985-86 28 NYK NBA 48 1245 12.6 .516 .456 8.8 22.1 15.2 6.1 1.3 2.0 16.1 20.7 98 103 0.0 2.0 1.9
1986-87 29 NJN NBA 34 542 11.9 .514 .469 10.0 18.4 14.2 5.7 1.0 2.5 16.5 24.4 97 109 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1987-88 30 PHO NBA 65 869 8.3 .514 .452 9.4 17.9 13.6 6.2 0.9 1.9 20.0 16.4 97 111 -0.2 0.6 0.4
Career NBA 595 11625 13.0 .530 .484 9.5 19.1 14.2 6.1 1.2 2.5 17.6 20.9 99 105 1.4 14.9 16.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 12 138 21 44 0 0 13 20 8 25 5 9 9 9 22 55 .477 .650 11.5 4.6 2.1 0.4
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 2 26 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 1 3 5 4 .333 1.000 13.0 2.0 3.0 0.5
Career NBA 14 164 22 47 0 0 15 22 10 31 6 11 10 12 27 59 .468 .682 11.7 4.2 2.2 0.4

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1979-80 22 SEA NBA 12 138 14.1 .521 .477 6.3 13.7 9.9 5.3 3.2 3.7 14.6 18.4 101 98 0.1 0.2 0.3
1981-82 24 NJN NBA 2 26 6.6 .515 .333 8.8 18.9 13.7 5.3 3.8 2.4 43.6 11.3 74 97 0.0 0.1 0.0
Career NBA 14 164 12.9 .520 .468 6.7 14.5 10.5 5.3 3.3 3.5 17.5 17.3 98 98 0.0 0.3 0.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Personal Fouls

1980-81 NBA 332 (2)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (778)

Transactions

October 24, 1975: Traded by the New York Knickerbockers (as a 1979 1st round draft pick) with Gene Short to the Seattle Supersonics for Spencer Haywood.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

November 25, 1981: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics to the New Jersey Nets for Ray Tolbert and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Danny Young).

November 10, 1982: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Houston Rockets for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Horace Owens) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Yvon Joseph).

October 4, 1984: Traded by the Houston Rockets with a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin) to the San Antonio Spurs for John Lucas and a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Sam Mitchell).

October 24, 1984: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the New York Knickerbockers for a 1986 3rd round draft pick (Forrest McKenzie).

August 14, 1986: Signed as a veteran free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

October 8, 1987: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Darryl Dawkins to the Cleveland Cavaliers for John Bagley and Keith Lee.

October 29, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Phoenix Suns for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant).

June 30, 1988: Released by the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 New York Knickerbockers NBA $425,000
1985-86 New York Knickerbockers NBA $500,000
1986-87 New Jersey Nets NBA *$400,000
1987-88 Phoenix Suns NBA $300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,625,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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