James Worthy News

James Ager Worthy

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina
High School: Ashbrook in Gastonia, North Carolina
College: University of North Carolina
Draft: Los Angeles Lakers, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1982 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1982
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003 (Full List)

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News -- February 2013

2/6 Celtics Life: Chris Bosh frontrunner to replace Rajon Rondo as All-Star starter: Sun Sentinel Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had yet to give it any thought. After all, he had only known he was the coach of...

1/21 StoopSports.com: Dwyane Wade and the Art of the Alpha Dog: A.J. Rose- Dwyane Wade is not an idiot. Actually, one could make the argument that he’s a basketball genius. In the summer of...
1/6 The Basketball Champs Belt: Vern Mikkelsen: The First Power Forward: By Fred CervantezThe words “It’s too darn crowded in here!” echoed throughout the Minneapolis Athletic Club on November...

11/23 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #6: Is That Even Possible?: Welcome to NBA Stat Central, our weekly column where we delve deeper into NBA statistics. We’re here with a different theme...
11/7 Z krainy NBA: Top 5: 06.11: JaVale McGee zagrał niczym James Worthy, ale to Kevin Durant pokazując Jonasowi Valanciunasowi jak wysoko się skacze w NBA,...
11/5 Celtics Life: Stiemsma continues to block shots at an amazing clip in Minnesota: Last year Tommy Heinsohn made headlines when he compared Celtics D-League pick-up Greg Stiemsma to Bill Russell. Tommy...

2/3 Miami Heat Index: HEAT Check: Is Time on the Side of Miami or the Thunder?: Conventional wisdom says youth doesn't win in the NBA. Would that give the Miami HEAT an edge over the Oklahoma City Thunder...

1/21 Chasing 23: Debunking The Myth: Did Scottie Pippen Always Guard the Other Team’s Best Player?: It has always been widely assumed that Scottie Pippen -not Michael Jordan - always guarded the opponent's best perimeter player...

12/11 Back Picks: Does Market Size Really Matter?: I’m told the NBA lockout wasn’t merely about money. I buy that notion. “System Issues” were at the heart...

10/24 Z krainy NBA: Mecz dnia: North Carolina vs Kansas z sezonu 1981/82: Na dzisiejszy mecz dnia wybraliście debiut w barwach North Carolina Michaela Jordana. Przypadł on na spotkanie z drużyną...
10/9 Z krainy NBA: Mecz dnia, PO 1993 Lakers – Suns: Tak jak zapowiadałem dzisiaj trochę wcześniej zamieszczam mecz dnia. Wybraliście w głosowaniu mecz z playoffs 1993 roku...

8/25 Z krainy NBA: James Worthy – zawodnik który nie odczuwał presji: James Worthy – zawodnik na którego zawsze można było liczyć w wielkich spotkaniach, który swoje najlepsze mecze rozgrywał...

7/30 The Wages of Wins Journal: Killing their TeamArturo get inspired by Dre to create the Bizarro Wins Produced All-NBA teams....
7/28 BBR Blog: Basketball on Paper WAR and the Best Peak Regular-Season Players Since 1978: If you've been following the blog recently, I've developed a way to convert a player's Basketball on Paper stats to a Statistical...

6/17 Z krainy NBA: Bulls 95-96 najlepszym zespołem historii wg Sporting News: Gazeta Sporting News obchodzi właśnie rocznicę 125-lecia istnienia. Z tej okazji na podstawie głosów obecnych i byłych...
6/10 BBR Blog: The Best NBA Finals Performances Since 1991 (*according to statistical +/-): With the NBA Finals locked up 2-2, it seems like a good time to look at the best Finals performances in our database (which extends...

5/25 BBR Blog: Losing Your (Inefficient) Leading Scorer Hurts Your Team: Last week, I ran a post (prompted by this post at the Wages of Wins) wherein I tried to determine the offensive impact when a...

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