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Jim McElroy

James Charles McElroy Jr. (Jim)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 4, 1953 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas
High School: Murray-Wright in Detroit, Michigan
College: Central Michigan University

Drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the 3rd round (2nd pick, 38th overall) of the 1975 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
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 51 1134 151 296 .510 81 110 .736 34 76 110 107 44 4 70 383
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 73 2029 301 640 .470 169 217 .779 55 128 183 260 60 8 119 771
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 74 1760 287 607 .473 123 167 .737 44 104 148 292 58 34 141 110 697
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 79 2698 539 1097 .491 259 340 .762 61 154 215 453 148 49 237 183 1337
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 67 1528 228 527 .433 5 21 .238 132 172 .767 32 67 99 227 46 19 131 123 593
1979-80 26 DET NBA 36 1012 162 356 .455 3 14 .214 95 119 .798 12 38 50 162 25 14 88 78 422
1979-80 26 ATL NBA 31 516 66 171 .386 2 7 .286 37 53 .698 20 29 49 65 21 5 43 45 171
1980-81 27 ATL NBA 54 680 78 202 .386 1 8 .125 48 59 .814 10 38 48 84 20 9 79 62 205
1981-82 28 ATL NBA 20 17 349 52 125 .416 1 5 .200 29 36 .806 6 11 17 39 8 3 22 44 134
Career NBA 418 17 10178 1636 3494 .468 7 34 .206 841 1101 .764 242 578 820 1462 384 126 610 711 4120

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
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 51 22.2 3.0 5.8 .510 1.6 2.2 .736 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.1 0.9 0.1 1.4 7.5
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 73 27.8 4.1 8.8 .470 2.3 3.0 .779 0.8 1.8 2.5 3.6 0.8 0.1 1.6 10.6
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 74 23.8 3.9 8.2 .473 1.7 2.3 .737 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.9 0.8 0.5 1.9 1.5 9.4
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 79 34.2 6.8 13.9 .491 3.3 4.3 .762 0.8 1.9 2.7 5.7 1.9 0.6 3.0 2.3 16.9
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 67 22.8 3.4 7.9 .433 0.1 0.3 .238 2.0 2.6 .767 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.4 0.7 0.3 2.0 1.8 8.9
1979-80 26 DET NBA 36 28.1 4.5 9.9 .455 0.1 0.4 .214 2.6 3.3 .798 0.3 1.1 1.4 4.5 0.7 0.4 2.4 2.2 11.7
1979-80 26 ATL NBA 31 16.6 2.1 5.5 .386 0.1 0.2 .286 1.2 1.7 .698 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.1 0.7 0.2 1.4 1.5 5.5
1980-81 27 ATL NBA 54 12.6 1.4 3.7 .386 0.0 0.1 .125 0.9 1.1 .814 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.2 1.5 1.1 3.8
1981-82 28 ATL NBA 20 17 17.5 2.6 6.3 .416 0.1 0.3 .200 1.5 1.8 .806 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.0 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.2 6.7
Career NBA 418 17 24.3 3.9 8.4 .468 0.0 0.2 .206 2.0 2.6 .764 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.5 0.9 0.3 2.1 1.7 9.9

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
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 51 1134 4.8 9.4 .510 2.6 3.5 .736 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.4 1.4 0.1 2.2 12.2
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 73 2029 5.3 11.4 .470 3.0 3.9 .779 1.0 2.3 3.2 4.6 1.1 0.1 2.1 13.7
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 74 1760 5.9 12.4 .473 2.5 3.4 .737 0.9 2.1 3.0 6.0 1.2 0.7 2.9 2.3 14.3
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 79 2698 7.2 14.6 .491 3.5 4.5 .762 0.8 2.1 2.9 6.0 2.0 0.7 3.2 2.4 17.8
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 67 1528 5.4 12.4 .433 0.1 0.5 .238 3.1 4.1 .767 0.8 1.6 2.3 5.3 1.1 0.4 3.1 2.9 14.0
1979-80 26 DET NBA 36 1012 5.8 12.7 .455 0.1 0.5 .214 3.4 4.2 .798 0.4 1.4 1.8 5.8 0.9 0.5 3.1 2.8 15.0
1979-80 26 ATL NBA 31 516 4.6 11.9 .386 0.1 0.5 .286 2.6 3.7 .698 1.4 2.0 3.4 4.5 1.5 0.3 3.0 3.1 11.9
1980-81 27 ATL NBA 54 680 4.1 10.7 .386 0.1 0.4 .125 2.5 3.1 .814 0.5 2.0 2.5 4.4 1.1 0.5 4.2 3.3 10.9
1981-82 28 ATL NBA 20 17 349 5.4 12.9 .416 0.1 0.5 .200 3.0 3.7 .806 0.6 1.1 1.8 4.0 0.8 0.3 2.3 4.5 13.8
Career NBA 418 17 10178 5.8 12.4 .468 0.1 0.5 .206 3.0 3.9 .764 0.9 2.0 2.9 5.2 1.4 0.4 3.1 2.5 14.6

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
1975-76 22 NOJ NBA 51 1134 12.5 .556 .510 3.0 6.7 4.8 13.3 1.7 0.2 100 1.7 0.9 2.6
1976-77 23 NOJ NBA 73 2029 12.9 .524 .470 2.7 6.0 4.4 17.7 1.3 0.2 103 2.3 1.2 3.5
1977-78 24 NOJ NBA 74 1760 13.6 .512 .473 2.4 5.6 4.0 22.5 1.5 1.0 17.2 17.7 101 104 1.7 1.2 2.9
1978-79 25 NOJ NBA 79 2698 16.2 .536 .491 2.3 5.4 3.9 24.2 2.4 0.9 16.0 21.0 104 107 3.1 1.8 4.9
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 67 1528 10.6 .492 .437 2.2 4.7 3.4 20.0 1.4 0.7 17.9 18.8 98 111 0.2 0.6 0.8
1979-80 26 DET NBA 36 1012 11.4 .517 .459 1.2 4.0 2.6 21.0 1.1 0.7 17.7 18.9 101 114 0.5 0.0 0.5
1979-80 26 ATL NBA 31 516 9.0 .440 .392 4.1 6.1 5.1 18.1 2.0 0.6 18.1 18.8 91 105 -0.3 0.5 0.2
1980-81 27 ATL NBA 54 680 5.9 .450 .389 1.7 6.5 4.0 17.4 1.4 0.8 25.7 18.7 82 110 -1.2 0.3 -0.9
1981-82 28 ATL NBA 20 349 9.3 .476 .420 1.9 3.6 2.8 17.0 1.2 0.5 13.5 20.2 98 109 0.0 0.3 0.3
Career NBA 418 10178 12.9 .518 .469 2.4 5.6 4.0 20.1 1.7 0.6 17.4 19.4 100 106 7.7 6.3 14.0

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 26 ATL NBA 5 32 4 9 0 1 4 5 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 12 .444 .000 .800 6.4 2.4 0.4 0.8
Career NBA 5 32 4 9 0 1 4 5 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 12 .444 .000 .800 6.4 2.4 0.4 0.8

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 26 ATL NBA 5 32 12.2 .536 .444 3.3 3.7 3.5 19.7 0.0 0.0 15.2 17.7 108 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 5 32 12.2 .536 .444 3.3 3.7 3.5 19.7 0.0 0.0 15.2 17.7 108 115 0.0 0.0 0.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Assists

1978-79 NBA 453 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (601)

Transactions

December 6, 1974: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1975 3rd round draft pick) to the New Orleans Jazz for Stu Lantz.

May 29, 1975: Drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in the 3rd round (38th pick) of the 1975 NBA Draft.

July 27, 1979: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Detroit Pistons; the Utah Jazz received Ben Poquette and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson) as compensation.

January 24, 1980: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the Atlanta Hawks for Ron Lee, a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson) and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Jonathan Moore).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 New Orleans Jazz NBA $175,000
1979-80 Total NBA $200,000
1980-81 Atlanta Hawks NBA $200,000
Career (may be incomplete) $575,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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