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James Donaldson

James Lee Donaldson III (J.D.)

Position: Center
Height: 7-2    Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1957 in Heacham, United Kingdom
High School: Luther Burbank in Sacramento, California
College: Washington State University

Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 4th round (7th pick, 73rd 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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 68 980 129 238 .542 0 0 101 170 .594 107 202 309 42 8 74 68 79 359
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 82 1 1710 255 419 .609 0 0 151 240 .629 138 352 490 51 27 139 115 186 661
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 82 11 1789 289 496 .583 0 0 150 218 .688 131 370 501 97 19 101 132 171 728
1983-84 26 SDC NBA 82 67 2525 360 604 .596 0 0 249 327 .761 165 484 649 90 40 139 171 214 969
1984-85 27 LAC NBA 82 58 2392 351 551 .637 0 0 227 303 .749 168 500 668 48 28 130 206 217 929
1985-86 28 TOT NBA 83 78 2682 256 459 .558 0 0 204 254 .803 171 624 795 96 28 139 123 189 716
1985-86 28 LAC NBA 14 14 441 43 84 .512 0 0 57 70 .814 28 103 131 12 5 29 38 33 143
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 69 64 2241 213 375 .568 0 0 147 184 .799 143 521 664 84 23 110 85 156 573
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 82 82 3028 311 531 .586 0 0 267 329 .812 295 678 973 63 51 136 104 191 889
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 81 81 2523 212 380 .558 0 0 147 189 .778 247 508 755 66 40 104 113 175 571
1988-89 31 DAL NBA 53 53 1746 193 337 .573 0 0 95 124 .766 158 412 570 38 24 81 83 111 481
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 73 73 2265 258 479 .539 0 0 149 213 .700 155 475 630 57 22 47 119 129 665
1990-91 33 DAL NBA 82 82 2800 327 615 .532 0 0 165 229 .721 201 526 727 69 34 93 146 181 819
1991-92 34 TOT NBA 58 32 1075 112 245 .457 0 0 61 86 .709 99 190 289 33 8 49 48 103 285
1991-92 34 DAL NBA 44 32 994 107 227 .471 0 0 59 84 .702 97 173 270 31 8 44 41 86 273
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 14 0 81 5 18 .278 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 17 19 2 0 5 7 17 12
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 6 1 94 8 14 .571 0 0 5 9 .556 6 23 29 1 1 7 4 13 21
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 43 40 613 44 74 .595 0 0 22 31 .710 19 88 107 14 6 28 22 66 110
Career NBA 957 659 26222 3105 5442 .571 0 0 1993 2722 .732 2060 5432 7492 765 336 1267 1454 2025 8203

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 68 14.4 1.9 3.5 .542 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .594 1.6 3.0 4.5 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 5.3
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 82 1 20.9 3.1 5.1 .609 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.9 .629 1.7 4.3 6.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 1.4 2.3 8.1
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 82 11 21.8 3.5 6.0 .583 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.7 .688 1.6 4.5 6.1 1.2 0.2 1.2 1.6 2.1 8.9
1983-84 26 SDC NBA 82 67 30.8 4.4 7.4 .596 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 .761 2.0 5.9 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.1 2.6 11.8
1984-85 27 LAC NBA 82 58 29.2 4.3 6.7 .637 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.7 .749 2.0 6.1 8.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.5 2.6 11.3
1985-86 28 TOT NBA 83 78 32.3 3.1 5.5 .558 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.1 .803 2.1 7.5 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.7 1.5 2.3 8.6
1985-86 28 LAC NBA 14 14 31.5 3.1 6.0 .512 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.0 .814 2.0 7.4 9.4 0.9 0.4 2.1 2.7 2.4 10.2
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 69 64 32.5 3.1 5.4 .568 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 .799 2.1 7.6 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.6 1.2 2.3 8.3
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 82 82 36.9 3.8 6.5 .586 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.0 .812 3.6 8.3 11.9 0.8 0.6 1.7 1.3 2.3 10.8
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 81 81 31.1 2.6 4.7 .558 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .778 3.0 6.3 9.3 0.8 0.5 1.3 1.4 2.2 7.0
1988-89 31 DAL NBA 53 53 32.9 3.6 6.4 .573 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.3 .766 3.0 7.8 10.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.6 2.1 9.1
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 73 73 31.0 3.5 6.6 .539 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .700 2.1 6.5 8.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.6 1.8 9.1
1990-91 33 DAL NBA 82 82 34.1 4.0 7.5 .532 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.8 .721 2.5 6.4 8.9 0.8 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.2 10.0
1991-92 34 TOT NBA 58 32 18.5 1.9 4.2 .457 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .709 1.7 3.3 5.0 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.8 4.9
1991-92 34 DAL NBA 44 32 22.6 2.4 5.2 .471 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.9 .702 2.2 3.9 6.1 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.9 2.0 6.2
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 14 0 5.8 0.4 1.3 .278 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 1.2 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.9
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 6 1 15.7 1.3 2.3 .571 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .556 1.0 3.8 4.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.5
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 43 40 14.3 1.0 1.7 .595 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .710 0.4 2.0 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.5 2.6
Career NBA 957 659 27.4 3.2 5.7 .571 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.8 .732 2.2 5.7 7.8 0.8 0.4 1.3 1.5 2.1 8.6

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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 68 980 4.7 8.7 .542 0.0 0.0 3.7 6.2 .594 3.9 7.4 11.4 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.5 2.9 13.2
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 82 1 1710 5.4 8.8 .609 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.1 .629 2.9 7.4 10.3 1.1 0.6 2.9 2.4 3.9 13.9
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 82 11 1789 5.8 10.0 .583 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.4 .688 2.6 7.4 10.1 2.0 0.4 2.0 2.7 3.4 14.6
1983-84 26 SDC NBA 82 67 2525 5.1 8.6 .596 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.7 .761 2.4 6.9 9.3 1.3 0.6 2.0 2.4 3.1 13.8
1984-85 27 LAC NBA 82 58 2392 5.3 8.3 .637 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .749 2.5 7.5 10.1 0.7 0.4 2.0 3.1 3.3 14.0
1985-86 28 TOT NBA 83 78 2682 3.4 6.2 .558 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .803 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.3 0.4 1.9 1.7 2.5 9.6
1985-86 28 LAC NBA 14 14 441 3.5 6.9 .512 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 .814 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 3.1 2.7 11.7
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 69 64 2241 3.4 6.0 .568 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.0 .799 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.3 0.4 1.8 1.4 2.5 9.2
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 82 82 3028 3.7 6.3 .586 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.9 .812 3.5 8.1 11.6 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.2 2.3 10.6
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 81 81 2523 3.0 5.4 .558 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 .778 3.5 7.2 10.8 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.6 2.5 8.1
1988-89 31 DAL NBA 53 53 1746 4.0 6.9 .573 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.6 .766 3.3 8.5 11.8 0.8 0.5 1.7 1.7 2.3 9.9
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 73 73 2265 4.1 7.6 .539 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.4 .700 2.5 7.5 10.0 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.9 2.1 10.6
1990-91 33 DAL NBA 82 82 2800 4.2 7.9 .532 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.9 .721 2.6 6.8 9.3 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.3 10.5
1991-92 34 TOT NBA 58 32 1075 3.8 8.2 .457 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.9 .709 3.3 6.4 9.7 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.6 3.4 9.5
1991-92 34 DAL NBA 44 32 994 3.9 8.2 .471 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.0 .702 3.5 6.3 9.8 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.5 3.1 9.9
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 14 0 81 2.2 8.0 .278 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.9 7.6 8.4 0.9 0.0 2.2 3.1 7.6 5.3
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 6 1 94 3.1 5.4 .571 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.4 .556 2.3 8.8 11.1 0.4 0.4 2.7 1.5 5.0 8.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 43 40 613 2.6 4.3 .595 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .710 1.1 5.2 6.3 0.8 0.4 1.6 1.3 3.9 6.5
Career NBA 957 659 26222 4.3 7.5 .571 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.7 .732 2.8 7.5 10.3 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.0 2.8 11.3

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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
1980-81 23 SEA NBA 68 980 15.9 .574 .542 12.3 22.2 17.3 6.0 0.4 4.1 17.9 15.8 108 102 1.1 1.4 2.5
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 82 1710 16.0 .630 .609 9.1 21.6 15.6 4.1 0.8 4.5 18.0 15.5 112 99 2.2 3.4 5.6
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 82 1789 15.6 .615 .583 8.2 21.1 14.9 7.3 0.5 3.0 18.2 16.2 110 101 2.5 2.6 5.1
1983-84 26 SDC NBA 82 2525 15.3 .648 .596 7.4 21.6 14.6 4.6 0.8 3.0 18.6 14.5 117 110 3.9 1.9 5.8
1984-85 27 LAC NBA 82 2392 14.6 .679 .637 8.0 22.4 15.5 2.7 0.6 2.9 23.1 15.2 111 108 2.5 2.5 5.0
1985-86 28 TOT NBA 83 2682 13.0 .627 .558 7.1 25.3 16.3 4.4 0.5 2.8 17.7 10.5 118 108 3.4 2.4 5.7
1985-86 28 LAC NBA 14 441 12.7 .623 .512 6.9 26.2 16.4 3.6 0.5 3.5 24.9 13.9 105 109 0.2 0.4 0.6
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 69 2241 13.0 .628 .568 7.2 25.1 16.3 4.6 0.5 2.6 15.7 9.9 121 108 3.2 2.0 5.2
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 82 3028 15.3 .658 .586 10.7 23.8 17.4 2.6 0.8 2.5 13.3 10.5 132 106 6.5 3.9 10.4
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 81 2523 12.4 .616 .558 10.8 21.5 16.3 3.4 0.8 2.4 19.6 9.4 119 106 3.0 3.3 6.2
1988-89 31 DAL NBA 53 1746 14.2 .614 .573 10.1 25.7 18.0 3.1 0.7 2.7 17.5 11.8 115 105 2.1 2.3 4.4
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 73 2265 12.2 .581 .539 7.9 23.4 15.8 3.6 0.5 1.3 17.2 13.4 109 107 1.7 2.8 4.5
1990-91 33 DAL NBA 82 2800 12.3 .572 .532 8.2 21.4 14.8 3.5 0.6 2.1 16.9 13.6 107 109 1.8 2.5 4.3
1991-92 34 TOT NBA 58 1075 11.1 .504 .457 9.5 19.5 14.4 4.5 0.4 2.8 14.5 13.3 104 110 0.4 0.9 1.4
1991-92 34 DAL NBA 44 994 12.0 .517 .471 10.1 19.1 14.5 4.6 0.4 2.7 13.4 13.2 108 110 0.7 0.8 1.5
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 14 81 -0.3 .318 .278 2.9 23.8 13.4 3.2 0.0 4.0 27.0 14.0 58 102 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 6 94 10.7 .585 .571 7.5 27.0 17.6 1.4 0.5 4.8 18.2 10.0 107 103 0.0 0.2 0.2
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 43 613 7.9 .628 .595 4.1 17.1 10.9 3.1 0.5 3.7 20.1 8.1 109 107 0.3 0.7 1.0
Career NBA 957 26222 13.8 .618 .571 8.8 22.5 15.8 3.9 0.6 2.7 18.0 12.8 114 106 31.5 30.8 62.3

Playoffs

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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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 8 189 18 43 0 0 18 24 25 74 7 2 5 10 16 54 .419 .750 23.6 6.8 9.3 0.9
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 2 47 11 22 0 0 2 3 5 17 2 0 3 0 4 24 .500 .667 23.5 12.0 8.5 1.0
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 10 410 36 48 0 0 37 40 30 117 10 6 12 10 26 109 .750 .925 41.0 10.9 11.7 1.0
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 3 68 4 5 0 0 8 9 2 17 2 1 3 2 6 16 .800 .889 22.7 5.3 5.7 0.7
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 17 499 68 104 0 0 22 37 47 146 12 7 15 29 41 158 .654 .595 29.4 9.3 8.6 0.7
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 3 74 9 13 0 0 4 5 6 16 2 2 0 4 8 22 .692 .800 24.7 7.3 5.3 0.7
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 2 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 4 1.000 5.5 2.0 2.0 0.0
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 5 76 5 6 0 0 4 4 3 9 0 0 3 2 8 14 .833 1.000 15.2 2.8 1.8 0.0
Career NBA 51 1379 153 244 0 0 95 122 118 400 35 18 42 59 111 401 .627 .779 27.0 7.9 7.8 0.7

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
1981-82 24 SEA NBA 8 189 13.8 .504 .419 14.1 26.5 20.4 5.3 0.5 1.5 15.7 14.2 107 99 0.2 0.4 0.5
1982-83 25 SEA NBA 2 47 22.0 .515 .500 9.0 27.5 17.2 7.2 0.0 3.8 0.0 19.8 122 107 0.1 0.0 0.2
1985-86 28 DAL NBA 10 410 15.0 .831 .750 8.3 24.7 16.4 3.0 0.7 1.6 13.2 7.8 156 114 1.1 0.3 1.4
1986-87 29 DAL NBA 3 68 12.6 .893 .800 3.1 22.9 13.1 3.4 0.7 2.4 18.2 6.4 154 115 0.1 0.0 0.2
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 17 499 14.2 .657 .654 10.5 22.0 16.3 3.2 0.7 1.8 19.4 12.7 117 113 0.6 0.3 0.9
1989-90 32 DAL NBA 3 74 12.3 .724 .692 9.5 14.1 11.9 4.0 1.3 0.0 20.8 11.2 123 114 0.1 0.0 0.2
1991-92 34 NYK NBA 2 11 11.6 1.000 1.000 0.0 44.9 22.2 0.0 0.0 6.5 50.0 17.0 67 94 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992-93 35 UTA NBA 1 5 -7.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994-95 37 UTA NBA 5 76 8.5 .902 .833 5.0 11.7 8.1 0.0 0.0 3.8 20.5 6.0 146 123 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 51 1379 14.0 .674 .627 9.5 22.8 16.1 3.4 0.7 1.9 16.5 10.9 126 112 2.3 1.1 3.4

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1987-88 30 DAL NBA 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 2
Career NBA 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NBA

Games

1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 83 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)

Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .596 (2)
1984-85 NBA .637 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .586 (4)
Career NBA .571 (6)
Career .571 (6)

Offensive Rebounds

1986-87 NBA 295 (10)
Career NBA 2060 (74)
Career 2060 (85)

Defensive Rebounds

1985-86 NBA 624 (4)
1986-87 NBA 678 (4)
Career NBA 5432 (37)
Career 5432 (44)

Total Rebounds

1985-86 NBA 795 (8)
1986-87 NBA 973 (4)
Career NBA 7492 (65)
Career 7492 (77)

Blocks

1985-86 NBA 139 (10)
Career NBA 1267 (43)
Career 1267 (45)

Rebounds Per Game

1985-86 NBA 9.6 (9)
1986-87 NBA 11.9 (4)

Blocks Per Game

Career NBA 1.3 (55)
Career 1.3 (57)

True Shooting Pct

1982-83 NBA .615 (7)
1983-84 NBA .648 (3)
1984-85 NBA .679 (2)
1985-86 NBA .627 (6)
1986-87 NBA .658 (2)
Career NBA .618 (3)
Career .618 (3)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1983-84 NBA .596 (2)
1984-85 NBA .637 (1)
 1986-87 NBA .586 (4)
Career NBA .571 (6)
Career .571 (6)

Offensive Rebound Pct

Career NBA 8.8 (81)
Career 8.8 (90)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1985-86 NBA 25.3 (4)
1986-87 NBA 23.8 (8)
Career NBA 22.5 (38)
Career 22.5 (40)

Total Rebound Pct

1986-87 NBA 17.4 (9)
Career NBA 15.8 (50)
Career 15.8 (52)

Block Pct

1981-82 NBA 4.5 (6)
Career NBA 2.7 (56)
Career 2.7 (58)

Offensive Rating

1986-87 NBA 132.1 (1)
 Career NBA 114.1 (57)
Career 114.1 (56)

Defensive Rating

1981-82 NBA 99.2 (6)

Win Shares

1986-87 NBA 10.4 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (734)
  

Transactions

January 27, 1977: Sold by the New York Nets to the Seattle Supersonics.

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 4th round (73rd pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

August 18, 1983: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics with Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, a 1984 1st round draft pick (Michael Cage) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan) to the San Diego Clippers for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Terry Williams) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks).

August 26, 1983: Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Supersonics.

November 25, 1985: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Dallas Mavericks for Kurt Nimphius.

February 20, 1992: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the New York Knickerbockers for Brian Quinnett.

July 2, 1992: Released by the New York Knickerbockers.

April 15, 1993: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Utah Jazz

December 4, 1995: Waived by the Utah Jazz.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $470,000
1985-86 Total NBA $515,000
1986-87 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$507,500
1987-88 Dallas Mavericks NBA $500,000
1988-89 Dallas Mavericks NBA $600,000
1989-90 Dallas Mavericks NBA *$740,000
1990-91 Dallas Mavericks NBA $880,000
1991-92 Total NBA $880,000
1992-93 Utah Jazz NBA *$140,000
1994-95 Utah Jazz NBA *$150,000
1995-96 Utah Jazz NBA *$300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $5,682,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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