Jim Davis

James W. Davis (Jim)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: December 18, 1941 in Muncie, Indiana
High School: Muncie Central in Muncie, Indiana
College: University of Colorado
Draft: Detroit Pistons, 4th round (2nd pick, 27th overall), 1964 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 15, 1967

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	50	394	61	139	.439	25	64	.391			123	13			85	147
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	78	1367	265	568	.467	154	231	.667			529	97			239	684
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	82	2623	438	943	.464	240	318	.755			796	238			335	1116
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	82	1864	241	503	.479	195	288	.677			546	108			253	677
1971-72	30	TOT	NBA	C	75	983	147	338	.435	100	154	.649			276	51			138	394
1971-72	30	ATL	NBA	C	11	119	8	33	.242	10	18	.556			36	8			14	26
1971-72	30	HOU	NBA	C	12	180	18	54	.333	26	38	.684			44	5			18	62
1971-72	30	DET	NBA	C	52	684	121	251	.482	64	98	.653			196	38			106	306
1972-73	31	DET	NBA	C	73	771	131	257	.510	72	114	.632			261	56			126	334
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	78	947	117	283	.413	90	139	.647	102	191	293	86	39	30	158	324
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	79	1078	118	260	.454	85	117	.726	96	189	285	90	50	36	129	321
Career			NBA		597	10027	1518	3291	.461	961	1425	.674	198	380	3109	739	89	66	1463	3997

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	50	7.9	1.2	2.8	.439	0.5	1.3	.391			2.5	0.3			1.7	2.9
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	78	17.5	3.4	7.3	.467	2.0	3.0	.667			6.8	1.2			3.1	8.8
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	82	32.0	5.3	11.5	.464	2.9	3.9	.755			9.7	2.9			4.1	13.6
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	82	22.7	2.9	6.1	.479	2.4	3.5	.677			6.7	1.3			3.1	8.3
1971-72	30	TOT	NBA	C	75	13.1	2.0	4.5	.435	1.3	2.1	.649			3.7	0.7			1.8	5.3
1971-72	30	ATL	NBA	C	11	10.8	0.7	3.0	.242	0.9	1.6	.556			3.3	0.7			1.3	2.4
1971-72	30	HOU	NBA	C	12	15.0	1.5	4.5	.333	2.2	3.2	.684			3.7	0.4			1.5	5.2
1971-72	30	DET	NBA	C	52	13.2	2.3	4.8	.482	1.2	1.9	.653			3.8	0.7			2.0	5.9
1972-73	31	DET	NBA	C	73	10.6	1.8	3.5	.510	1.0	1.6	.632			3.6	0.8			1.7	4.6
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	78	12.1	1.5	3.6	.413	1.2	1.8	.647	1.3	2.4	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	2.0	4.2
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	79	13.6	1.5	3.3	.454	1.1	1.5	.726	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.6	4.1
Career			NBA		597	16.8	2.5	5.5	.461	1.6	2.4	.674	1.3	2.4	5.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	2.5	6.7

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	50	394	5.6	12.7	.439	2.3	5.8	.391			11.2	1.2			7.8	13.4
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	78	1367	7.0	15.0	.467	4.1	6.1	.667			13.9	2.6			6.3	18.0
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	82	2623	6.0	12.9	.464	3.3	4.4	.755			10.9	3.3			4.6	15.3
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	82	1864	4.7	9.7	.479	3.8	5.6	.677			10.5	2.1			4.9	13.1
1971-72	30	TOT	NBA	C	75	983	5.4	12.4	.435	3.7	5.6	.649			10.1	1.9			5.1	14.4
1971-72	30	ATL	NBA	C	11	119	2.4	10.0	.242	3.0	5.4	.556			10.9	2.4			4.2	7.9
1971-72	30	HOU	NBA	C	12	180	3.6	10.8	.333	5.2	7.6	.684			8.8	1.0			3.6	12.4
1971-72	30	DET	NBA	C	52	684	6.4	13.2	.482	3.4	5.2	.653			10.3	2.0			5.6	16.1
1972-73	31	DET	NBA	C	73	771	6.1	12.0	.510	3.4	5.3	.632			12.2	2.6			5.9	15.6
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	78	947	4.4	10.8	.413	3.4	5.3	.647	3.9	7.3	11.1	3.3	1.5	1.1	6.0	12.3
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	79	1078	3.9	8.7	.454	2.8	3.9	.726	3.2	6.3	9.5	3.0	1.7	1.2	4.3	10.7
Career			NBA		597	10027	5.5	11.8	.461	3.5	5.1	.674	3.5	6.8	11.2	2.7	1.6	1.2	5.3	14.4

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	50	394	9.1	.440	.439				4.5				-0.2	0.4	0.2	.029
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	78	1367	17.3	.511	.467				9.9				2.2	1.6	3.8	.134
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	82	2623	14.4	.515	.464				11.4				2.6	1.7	4.3	.079
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	82	1864	12.8	.538	.479			13.2	7.4				2.6	0.9	3.5	.090
1971-72	30	TOT	NBA	C	75	983	12.5	.486	.435			13.3	7.1				0.5	0.4	0.9	.044
1971-72	30	ATL	NBA	C	11	119	6.2	.318	.242			14.8	8.2				-0.3	0.1	-0.3	-0.101
1971-72	30	HOU	NBA	C	12	180	9.6	.438	.333			11.0	3.4				-0.1	0.2	0.1	.035
1971-72	30	DET	NBA	C	52	684	14.3	.520	.482			13.6	7.9				0.9	0.1	1.0	.072
1972-73	31	DET	NBA	C	73	771	16.1	.544	.510			16.5	9.6				1.5	0.8	2.3	.142
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	78	947	13.7	.471	.413	11.1	20.7	15.9	12.1	1.9	1.7	91	0.0	1.8	1.8	.092
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	79	1078	14.5	.515	.454	9.9	19.1	14.5	11.5	2.2	1.8	97	1.1	1.3	2.3	.104
Career			NBA		597	10027	14.2	.510	.461	10.5	19.8	14.4	9.7	2.0	1.7	94	10.2	9.0	19.2	.092

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	2	9	1	3	.333	0	0				3	0			2	2
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	8	52	4	15	.267	5	8	.625			17	1			7	13
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	9	117	14	37	.378	10	17	.588			30	6			24	38
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	5	119	17	36	.472	22	27	.815			22	4			17	56
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	7	69	11	19	.579	4	6	.667	4	12	16	5	2	1	11	26
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	2	16	2	4	.500	3	5	.600	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	7
Career			NBA		33	382	49	114	.430	44	63	.698	6	14	92	16	3	1	62	142

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	2	4.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0				1.5	0.0			1.0	1.0
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	8	6.5	0.5	1.9	.267	0.6	1.0	.625			2.1	0.1			0.9	1.6
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	9	13.0	1.6	4.1	.378	1.1	1.9	.588			3.3	0.7			2.7	4.2
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	5	23.8	3.4	7.2	.472	4.4	5.4	.815			4.4	0.8			3.4	11.2
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	7	9.9	1.6	2.7	.579	0.6	0.9	.667	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.6	3.7
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	2	8.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.5	2.5	.600	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.5
Career			NBA		33	11.6	1.5	3.5	.430	1.3	1.9	.698	0.7	1.6	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	2	9	4.0	12.0	.333	0.0	0.0				12.0	0.0			8.0	8.0
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	8	52	2.8	10.4	.267	3.5	5.5	.625			11.8	0.7			4.8	9.0
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	9	117	4.3	11.4	.378	3.1	5.2	.588			9.2	1.8			7.4	11.7
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	5	119	5.1	10.9	.472	6.7	8.2	.815			6.7	1.2			5.1	16.9
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	7	69	5.7	9.9	.579	2.1	3.1	.667	2.1	6.3	8.3	2.6	1.0	0.5	5.7	13.6
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	2	16	4.5	9.0	.500	6.8	11.3	.600	4.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	2.3	15.8
Career			NBA		33	382	4.6	10.7	.430	4.1	5.9	.698	2.5	5.9	8.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	5.8	13.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1967-68	26	STL	NBA	C	2	9	3.7	.333	.333				0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.081
1968-69	27	ATL	NBA	C	8	52	7.4	.351	.267				2.5				-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.029
1969-70	28	ATL	NBA	C	9	117	8.0	.427	.378				6.1				-0.1	0.1	0.1	.027
1970-71	29	ATL	NBA	C	5	119	15.4	.585	.472			8.2	4.8				0.4	0.1	0.4	.174
1973-74	32	DET	NBA	C	7	69	16.6	.601	.579	6.5	16.9	12.1	11.0	1.5	0.8	95	0.1	0.1	0.2	.168
1974-75	33	DET	NBA	C	2	16	17.1	.565	.500	14.4	12.4	13.3	0.0	3.0	0.0	98	0.0	0.0	0.1	.164
Career			NBA		33	382	12.1	.501	.430	8.0	16.0	9.9	5.7	1.8	0.6	95	0.4	0.4	0.7	.094

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Jim Davis		4.3	3.8	3.5	2.3	2.3	1.8	0.9	0.2
Otto Moore	87.6	5.0	4.7	3.5	2.4	2.3	1.8	1.3	0.9
Kevin Kunnert	85.5	5.1	4.8	4.1	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.2
Oliver Miller	85.5	5.3	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.0
Clemon Johnson	84.7	4.3	4.0	3.7	3.5	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.2
Joe Meriweather	84.3	4.8	3.8	3.8	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.2	0.8
Zaza Pachulia	84.2	4.8	3.9	3.9	3.1	2.9	2.7	1.1	0.3
Eddy Curry	83.9	4.7	4.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	1.8	1.7	0.0
Jon Koncak	83.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.1	2.5	2.3	1.4	1.1
Luc Longley	83.4	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.2	1.8	1.8	0.2	0.2
Randy Breuer	83.4	5.1	4.5	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.0	0.9	0.3

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Jim Davis		4.3	3.8	3.5	2.3	2.3	1.8	0.9	0.2
Kevin Kunnert	85.4	5.1	4.8	4.1	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.0	0.2	0.0
Luc Longley	84.9	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.2	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Randy Breuer	83.4	5.1	4.5	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.7	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Oliver Miller	82.6	5.3	3.8	3.4	3.1	1.8	1.6	1.4	0.9	0.0
Eddy Curry	82.4	4.7	4.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	1.8	1.7	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
Blair Rasmussen	80.3	5.2	4.2	3.3	3.0	1.8	1.7	0.0	-0.1
Kurt Nimphius	80.0	4.8	3.3	3.1	2.9	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1
Chris Kaman	79.5	6.1	3.6	2.9	2.4	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.0
Bob Ferry	79.3	4.9	3.9	3.1	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.0
Walter Dukes	79.3	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.3	3.2	2.8	2.4	0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1969-70 NBA 82 (1) 1970-71 NBA 82 (2)	Personal Fouls 1969-70 NBA 335 (1)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.000 (920)

Games

1969-70 NBA 82 (1)
1970-71 NBA 82 (2)

Personal Fouls

1969-70 NBA 335 (1)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (920)

Transactions

May 4, 1964: Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 4th round (29th pick) of the 1964 NBA Draft.

September 24, 1964: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

September 5, 1967: Signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks.

November 9, 1971: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks with John Vallely to the Houston Rockets for Don Adams and Larry Siegfried.

December 10, 1971: Traded by the Houston Rockets to the Detroit Pistons for a 1972 1st round draft pick (Corky Calhoun).

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