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Jim Chones

James Bernett Chones (Jim)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-11    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 30, 1949 in Racine, Wisconsin
High School: Saint Catherine's in Racine, Wisconsin
College: Marquette University

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (13th pick, 31st overall) of the 1973 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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 82 2153 395 769 .514 0 1 .000 142 240 .592 143 443 586 95 213 291 932
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 83 2387 535 1017 .526 0 2 .000 155 252 .615 191 454 645 118 59 131 206 347 1225
1974-75 25 CLE NBA 72 2427 446 916 .487 152 224 .679 156 521 677 132 49 120 247 1044
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 82 2741 563 1258 .448 172 260 .662 197 542 739 163 42 93 241 1298
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 82 2378 450 972 .463 155 212 .731 208 480 688 104 32 77 258 1055
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 82 2906 525 1113 .472 180 250 .720 219 625 844 131 52 58 184 235 1230
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 82 2850 472 1073 .440 158 215 .735 260 582 842 181 47 102 187 278 1102
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 82 2394 372 760 .489 0 2 .000 125 169 .740 143 421 564 151 56 65 175 271 869
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 82 2562 378 751 .503 0 4 .000 126 193 .653 180 477 657 153 39 96 159 324 882
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 59 13 867 74 171 .433 0 0 36 46 .783 39 146 185 64 15 32 41 114 184
Career TOT 788 13 23665 4210 8800 .478 0 9 .000 1401 2061 .680 1736 4691 6427 1292 391 774 1165 2606 9821
NBA 623 13 19125 3280 7014 .468 0 6 .000 1104 1569 .704 1402 3794 5196 1079 332 643 746 1968 7664
ABA 165 4540 930 1786 .521 0 3 .000 297 492 .604 334 897 1231 213 59 131 419 638 2157

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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 82 26.3 4.8 9.4 .514 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.9 .592 1.7 5.4 7.1 1.2 2.6 3.5 11.4
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 83 28.8 6.4 12.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.0 .615 2.3 5.5 7.8 1.4 0.7 1.6 2.5 4.2 14.8
1974-75 25 CLE NBA 72 33.7 6.2 12.7 .487 2.1 3.1 .679 2.2 7.2 9.4 1.8 0.7 1.7 3.4 14.5
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 82 33.4 6.9 15.3 .448 2.1 3.2 .662 2.4 6.6 9.0 2.0 0.5 1.1 2.9 15.8
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 82 29.0 5.5 11.9 .463 1.9 2.6 .731 2.5 5.9 8.4 1.3 0.4 0.9 3.1 12.9
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 82 35.4 6.4 13.6 .472 2.2 3.0 .720 2.7 7.6 10.3 1.6 0.6 0.7 2.2 2.9 15.0
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 82 34.8 5.8 13.1 .440 1.9 2.6 .735 3.2 7.1 10.3 2.2 0.6 1.2 2.3 3.4 13.4
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 82 29.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .740 1.7 5.1 6.9 1.8 0.7 0.8 2.1 3.3 10.6
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 82 31.2 4.6 9.2 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.4 .653 2.2 5.8 8.0 1.9 0.5 1.2 1.9 4.0 10.8
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 59 13 14.7 1.3 2.9 .433 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .783 0.7 2.5 3.1 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.1
Career TOT 788 13 30.0 5.3 11.2 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.6 .680 2.2 6.0 8.2 1.6 0.6 1.1 2.1 3.3 12.5
NBA 623 13 30.7 5.3 11.3 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.5 .704 2.3 6.1 8.3 1.7 0.5 1.0 1.9 3.2 12.3
ABA 165 27.5 5.6 10.8 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.0 .604 2.0 5.4 7.5 1.3 0.7 1.6 2.5 3.9 13.1

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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 82 2153 6.6 12.9 .514 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 4.0 .592 2.4 7.4 9.8 1.6 3.6 4.9 15.6
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 83 2387 8.1 15.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.8 .615 2.9 6.8 9.7 1.8 0.9 2.0 3.1 5.2 18.5
1974-75 25 CLE NBA 72 2427 6.6 13.6 .487 2.3 3.3 .679 2.3 7.7 10.0 2.0 0.7 1.8 3.7 15.5
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 82 2741 7.4 16.5 .448 2.3 3.4 .662 2.6 7.1 9.7 2.1 0.6 1.2 3.2 17.0
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 82 2378 6.8 14.7 .463 2.3 3.2 .731 3.1 7.3 10.4 1.6 0.5 1.2 3.9 16.0
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 82 2906 6.5 13.8 .472 2.2 3.1 .720 2.7 7.7 10.5 1.6 0.6 0.7 2.3 2.9 15.2
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 82 2850 6.0 13.6 .440 2.0 2.7 .735 3.3 7.4 10.6 2.3 0.6 1.3 2.4 3.5 13.9
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 82 2394 5.6 11.4 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.5 .740 2.2 6.3 8.5 2.3 0.8 1.0 2.6 4.1 13.1
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 82 2562 5.3 10.6 .503 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.7 .653 2.5 6.7 9.2 2.1 0.5 1.3 2.2 4.6 12.4
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 59 13 867 3.1 7.1 .433 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.9 .783 1.6 6.1 7.7 2.7 0.6 1.3 1.7 4.7 7.6
Career TOT 788 13 23665 6.4 13.4 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.1 .680 2.6 7.1 9.8 2.0 0.7 1.3 2.6 4.0 14.9
NBA 623 13 19125 6.2 13.2 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.0 .704 2.6 7.1 9.8 2.0 0.6 1.2 2.3 3.7 14.4
ABA 165 4540 7.4 14.2 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.9 .604 2.6 7.1 9.8 1.7 0.9 2.0 3.3 5.1 17.1

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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 82 2153 11.7 .533 .514 7.0 20.3 13.8 6.7 19.6 20.7
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 83 2387 16.7 .543 .526 8.4 20.2 14.3 7.2 1.1 3.1 15.4 21.9 103 101 2.7 3.2 5.9
1974-75 25 CLE NBA 72 2427 16.1 .515 .487 6.8 22.8 14.8 8.1 1.0 2.7 95 0.0 3.3 3.3
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 82 2741 15.5 .473 .448 7.1 21.0 13.9 8.8 0.7 1.9 96 0.0 3.5 3.5
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 82 2378 14.8 .495 .463 8.6 21.2 14.7 6.4 0.6 1.8 98 0.0 2.9 2.9
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 82 2906 14.9 .503 .472 7.6 22.0 14.7 6.5 0.8 1.0 13.1 19.2 100 99 2.5 3.7 6.2
1978-79 29 CLE NBA 82 2850 13.7 .472 .440 9.4 23.8 16.2 8.6 0.8 2.0 13.8 18.9 98 106 1.0 2.3 3.2
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 82 2394 11.3 .521 .489 7.1 17.6 12.8 7.6 1.1 1.4 17.3 16.9 100 104 0.7 2.9 3.6
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 82 2562 11.8 .528 .503 8.1 19.1 13.9 7.4 0.7 2.0 16.0 15.6 103 104 1.5 3.2 4.8
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 59 867 8.6 .481 .433 5.0 18.1 11.7 9.6 0.8 2.1 17.7 11.2 98 102 0.0 1.4 1.3
Career TOT 788 23665 13.9 .506 .478 7.7 20.9 14.3 7.6 0.9 2.0 15.7 18.4 101 100 8.3 26.4 34.7
NBA 623 19125 13.8 .497 .468 7.7 21.0 14.3 7.7 0.8 1.8 14.9 17.3 100 100 5.6 23.2 28.8
ABA 165 4540 14.3 .539 .521 7.7 20.3 14.1 7.0 1.1 3.1 17.3 21.3 103 101 2.7 3.2 5.9

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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 5 74 8 23 0 0 4 8 4 27 5 5 8 20 .348 .500 14.8 4.0 5.4 1.0
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 4 96 21 47 0 0 4 8 6 24 3 2 4 3 17 46 .447 .500 24.0 11.5 6.0 0.8
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 7 242 47 114 11 18 14 50 6 1 6 23 105 .412 .611 34.6 15.0 7.1 0.9
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 3 99 16 27 7 7 11 31 3 0 1 9 39 .593 1.000 33.0 13.0 10.3 1.0
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 2 82 13 27 4 8 3 15 7 2 1 4 7 30 .481 .500 41.0 15.0 7.5 3.5
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 16 439 48 118 0 0 23 34 32 104 28 8 6 32 60 119 .407 .676 27.4 7.4 6.5 1.8
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 3 67 10 17 0 0 4 8 6 17 1 1 4 3 9 24 .588 .500 22.3 8.0 5.7 0.3
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 5 30 2 9 0 0 1 3 1 6 2 1 2 1 8 5 .222 .333 6.0 1.0 1.2 0.4
Career TOT 45 1129 165 382 0 0 58 94 77 274 55 15 24 48 141 388 .432 .617 25.1 8.6 6.1 1.2
NBA 36 959 136 312 0 0 50 78 67 223 47 13 20 40 116 322 .436 .641 26.6 8.9 6.2 1.3
ABA 9 170 29 70 0 0 8 16 10 51 8 2 4 8 25 66 .414 .500 18.9 7.3 5.7 0.9

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
1972-73 23 NYA ABA 5 74 8.2 .377 .348 20.8 9.7 15.9 18.6
1973-74 24 CAR ABA 4 96 13.4 .455 .447 5.3 21.2 12.2 4.5 0.9 2.4 5.6 21.3 99 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
1975-76 26 CLE NBA 7 242 11.4 .431 .412 5.9 16.6 11.0 4.2 0.2 1.5 97 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1976-77 27 CLE NBA 3 99 15.1 .648 .593 9.5 21.7 14.9 4.4 0.0 0.6 97 0.3 0.1 0.5
1977-78 28 CLE NBA 2 82 12.8 .491 .481 3.9 18.2 10.6 11.7 1.1 0.6 11.6 16.2 103 116 0.1 0.0 0.0
1979-80 30 LAL NBA 16 439 7.3 .448 .407 7.9 17.3 12.7 7.8 0.9 0.8 19.4 14.8 91 105 -0.2 0.4 0.2
1980-81 31 LAL NBA 3 67 14.3 .585 .588 9.5 14.3 12.1 2.2 0.7 3.1 12.8 14.8 111 104 0.1 0.1 0.2
1981-82 32 WSB NBA 5 30 2.4 .242 .222 3.6 19.2 11.2 9.5 1.7 3.9 8.8 15.8 63 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career TOT 45 1129 10.1 .458 .432 7.0 17.9 12.8 6.6 0.7 1.3 15.0 16.1 95 103 0.1 1.1 1.2
NBA 36 959 9.9 .465 .436 7.2 17.5 12.2 6.5 0.6 1.2 17.1 15.0 94 103 0.1 1.0 1.1
ABA 9 170 11.2 .428 .414 5.3 21.2 15.9 6.7 0.9 2.4 9.4 20.1 99 108 0.0 0.1 0.1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1971-72 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1972-73 ABA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1974-75 NBA 0.003 (20)
1975-76 NBA 0.014 (9)

Games

1975-76 NBA 82 (2)
1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1978-79 NBA 82 (1)
 1979-80 NBA 82 (2)
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 ABA .526 (4)

Defensive Rebounds

1977-78 NBA 625 (10)
1978-79 NBA 582 (10)
Career ABA 897 (85)
Career 4691 (74)

Total Rebounds

1978-79 NBA 842 (10)

Blocks

1973-74 ABA 131 (7)
1974-75 NBA 120 (10)
Career ABA 131 (27)

Personal Fouls

1973-74 ABA 347 (1)
 1980-81 NBA 324 (5)

Rebounds Per Game

Career NBA 8.3 (88)

Blocks Per Game

1973-74 ABA 1.6 (9)
1974-75 NBA 1.7 (10)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1972-73 ABA 20.3 (9)
1973-74 ABA 20.2 (10)
Career NBA 21.0 (64)
Career 20.9 (68)

Total Rebound Pct

Career NBA 14.3 (83)
Career 14.3 (90)

Block Pct

1973-74 ABA 3.1 (7)
1974-75 NBA 2.7 (9)

Defensive Rating

Career NBA 100.2 (50)
Career 100.3 (55)

Offensive Win Shares

1974-75 NBA 0.0 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 0.0 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 0.0 (1)
 Career ABA 2.7 (66)

Defensive Win Shares

Career ABA 3.2 (62)

Win Shares

Career ABA 5.9 (68)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.001 (370)
    

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $350,000
Career (may be incomplete) $350,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).