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Jim Paxson

James Joseph Paxson (Jim)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Height: 6-6 ▪ Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 9, 1957 in Kettering, Ohio
High School: Archbishop Alter in Kettering, Ohio
College: University of Dayton
Draft: Portland Trail Blazers, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 12, 1979
Relatives: Son of Jim Paxson; Brother of John Paxson

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 7:04AM
All-Time Rank: #306. JIM PAXSON… #307. Joe Smith… #308. Clarence Weatherspoon… #308. Jason Williams… 

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
1979-80 22 POR NBA 72 1270 189 460 .411 1 22 .045 64 90 .711 25 84 109 144 48 5 93 97 443
1980-81 23 POR NBA 79 2701 585 1092 .536 2 30 .067 182 248 .734 74 137 211 299 140 9 131 172 1354
1981-82 24 POR NBA 82 82 2756 662 1258 .526 8 35 .229 220 287 .767 75 146 221 276 129 12 144 159 1552
1982-83 25 POR NBA 81 81 2740 682 1323 .515 4 25 .160 388 478 .812 68 106 174 231 140 17 156 160 1756
1983-84 26 POR NBA 81 81 2686 680 1322 .514 17 59 .288 345 410 .841 68 105 173 251 122 10 142 165 1722
1984-85 27 POR NBA 68 57 2253 508 988 .514 6 39 .154 196 248 .790 69 153 222 264 101 5 108 115 1218
1985-86 28 POR NBA 75 31 1931 372 792 .470 20 62 .323 217 244 .889 42 106 148 278 94 5 112 156 981
1986-87 29 POR NBA 72 1 1798 337 733 .460 26 98 .265 174 216 .806 41 98 139 237 76 12 108 134 874
1987-88 30 TOT NBA 45 3 801 137 298 .460 5 21 .238 68 79 .861 15 30 45 76 30 5 39 73 347
1987-88 30 POR NBA 17 1 263 43 107 .402 3 8 .375 14 18 .778 8 10 18 27 7 1 11 29 103
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 28 2 538 94 191 .492 2 13 .154 54 61 .885 7 20 27 49 23 4 28 44 244
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 57 7 1138 202 445 .454 4 24 .167 84 103 .816 18 56 74 107 38 8 57 96 492
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 72 25 1283 191 422 .453 5 20 .250 73 90 .811 24 53 77 137 33 5 54 115 460
Career NBA 784 368 21357 4545 9133 .498 98 435 .225 2011 2493 .807 519 1074 1593 2300 951 93 1144 1442 11199

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
1979-80 22 POR NBA 72 17.6 2.6 6.4 .411 0.0 0.3 .045 0.9 1.3 .711 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.3 6.2
1980-81 23 POR NBA 79 34.2 7.4 13.8 .536 0.0 0.4 .067 2.3 3.1 .734 0.9 1.7 2.7 3.8 1.8 0.1 1.7 2.2 17.1
1981-82 24 POR NBA 82 82 33.6 8.1 15.3 .526 0.1 0.4 .229 2.7 3.5 .767 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.4 1.6 0.1 1.8 1.9 18.9
1982-83 25 POR NBA 81 81 33.8 8.4 16.3 .515 0.0 0.3 .160 4.8 5.9 .812 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.2 1.9 2.0 21.7
1983-84 26 POR NBA 81 81 33.2 8.4 16.3 .514 0.2 0.7 .288 4.3 5.1 .841 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.1 1.5 0.1 1.8 2.0 21.3
1984-85 27 POR NBA 68 57 33.1 7.5 14.5 .514 0.1 0.6 .154 2.9 3.6 .790 1.0 2.3 3.3 3.9 1.5 0.1 1.6 1.7 17.9
1985-86 28 POR NBA 75 31 25.7 5.0 10.6 .470 0.3 0.8 .323 2.9 3.3 .889 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.7 1.3 0.1 1.5 2.1 13.1
1986-87 29 POR NBA 72 1 25.0 4.7 10.2 .460 0.4 1.4 .265 2.4 3.0 .806 0.6 1.4 1.9 3.3 1.1 0.2 1.5 1.9 12.1
1987-88 30 TOT NBA 45 3 17.8 3.0 6.6 .460 0.1 0.5 .238 1.5 1.8 .861 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.6 7.7
1987-88 30 POR NBA 17 1 15.5 2.5 6.3 .402 0.2 0.5 .375 0.8 1.1 .778 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.7 6.1
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 28 2 19.2 3.4 6.8 .492 0.1 0.5 .154 1.9 2.2 .885 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.6 8.7
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 57 7 20.0 3.5 7.8 .454 0.1 0.4 .167 1.5 1.8 .816 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.7 8.6
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 72 25 17.8 2.7 5.9 .453 0.1 0.3 .250 1.0 1.3 .811 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.6 6.4
Career NBA 784 368 27.2 5.8 11.6 .498 0.1 0.6 .225 2.6 3.2 .807 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.9 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.8 14.3

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
1979-80 22 POR NBA 72 1270 5.4 13.0 .411 0.0 0.6 .045 1.8 2.6 .711 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.1 1.4 0.1 2.6 2.7 12.6
1980-81 23 POR NBA 79 2701 7.8 14.6 .536 0.0 0.4 .067 2.4 3.3 .734 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.0 1.9 0.1 1.7 2.3 18.0
1981-82 24 POR NBA 82 82 2756 8.6 16.4 .526 0.1 0.5 .229 2.9 3.7 .767 1.0 1.9 2.9 3.6 1.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 20.3
1982-83 25 POR NBA 81 81 2740 9.0 17.4 .515 0.1 0.3 .160 5.1 6.3 .812 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.0 1.8 0.2 2.0 2.1 23.1
1983-84 26 POR NBA 81 81 2686 9.1 17.7 .514 0.2 0.8 .288 4.6 5.5 .841 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.4 1.6 0.1 1.9 2.2 23.1
1984-85 27 POR NBA 68 57 2253 8.1 15.8 .514 0.1 0.6 .154 3.1 4.0 .790 1.1 2.4 3.5 4.2 1.6 0.1 1.7 1.8 19.5
1985-86 28 POR NBA 75 31 1931 6.9 14.8 .470 0.4 1.2 .323 4.0 4.5 .889 0.8 2.0 2.8 5.2 1.8 0.1 2.1 2.9 18.3
1986-87 29 POR NBA 72 1 1798 6.7 14.7 .460 0.5 2.0 .265 3.5 4.3 .806 0.8 2.0 2.8 4.7 1.5 0.2 2.2 2.7 17.5
1987-88 30 TOT NBA 45 3 801 6.2 13.4 .460 0.2 0.9 .238 3.1 3.6 .861 0.7 1.3 2.0 3.4 1.3 0.2 1.8 3.3 15.6
1987-88 30 POR NBA 17 1 263 5.9 14.6 .402 0.4 1.1 .375 1.9 2.5 .778 1.1 1.4 2.5 3.7 1.0 0.1 1.5 4.0 14.1
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 28 2 538 6.3 12.8 .492 0.1 0.9 .154 3.6 4.1 .885 0.5 1.3 1.8 3.3 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.9 16.3
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 57 7 1138 6.4 14.1 .454 0.1 0.8 .167 2.7 3.3 .816 0.6 1.8 2.3 3.4 1.2 0.3 1.8 3.0 15.6
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 72 25 1283 5.4 11.8 .453 0.1 0.6 .250 2.0 2.5 .811 0.7 1.5 2.2 3.8 0.9 0.1 1.5 3.2 12.9
Career NBA 784 368 21357 7.7 15.4 .498 0.2 0.7 .225 3.4 4.2 .807 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.9 1.6 0.2 1.9 2.4 18.9

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 WS/48
1979-80 22 POR NBA 72 1270 9.1 .443 .412 2.1 7.4 4.7 15.9 1.8 0.2 15.7 19.1 91 107 -0.8 1.1 0.3 .011
1980-81 23 POR NBA 79 2701 16.9 .564 .537 3.0 5.5 4.3 15.3 2.4 0.2 9.8 19.6 115 108 5.6 2.1 7.7 .136
1981-82 24 POR NBA 82 2756 18.0 .561 .529 3.1 5.9 4.5 14.8 2.2 0.2 9.4 22.8 114 110 5.6 1.8 7.5 .130
1982-83 25 POR NBA 81 2740 20.1 .573 .517 2.8 4.4 3.6 13.5 2.4 0.3 9.2 25.1 116 106 7.8 2.4 10.2 .178
1983-84 26 POR NBA 81 2686 19.5 .573 .521 2.9 4.8 3.8 14.1 2.2 0.2 8.6 24.7 120 110 7.5 1.9 9.5 .170
1984-85 27 POR NBA 68 2253 17.3 .555 .517 3.4 7.6 5.5 16.6 2.1 0.1 9.0 21.2 116 110 4.6 1.9 6.5 .138
1985-86 28 POR NBA 75 1931 15.9 .545 .482 2.5 6.2 4.3 20.1 2.2 0.1 11.1 20.7 114 110 3.5 1.3 4.8 .120
1986-87 29 POR NBA 72 1798 13.8 .528 .477 2.6 6.0 4.3 18.0 1.9 0.4 11.5 20.5 110 111 2.1 1.3 3.4 .091
1987-88 30 TOT NBA 45 801 11.7 .521 .468 2.2 4.1 3.2 12.7 1.8 0.4 10.5 19.4 107 112 0.7 0.5 1.2 .071
1987-88 30 POR NBA 17 263 8.6 .448 .416 3.3 4.1 3.7 13.4 1.2 0.2 8.7 18.9 100 112 0.0 0.2 0.2 .033
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 28 538 13.3 .560 .497 1.6 4.1 3.0 12.4 2.1 0.4 11.4 19.6 111 112 0.7 0.3 1.0 .090
1988-89 31 BOS NBA 57 1138 11.5 .502 .458 1.8 5.6 3.7 13.2 1.6 0.4 10.4 20.0 105 113 0.7 0.5 1.3 .053
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 72 1283 9.7 .498 .459 2.2 4.3 3.3 14.1 1.3 0.2 10.5 16.9 105 112 0.7 0.7 1.4 .052
Career NBA 784 21357 16.1 .547 .503 2.7 5.6 4.2 15.4 2.1 0.2 10.1 21.5 113 109 38.2 15.5 53.7 .121

Playoffs

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 22 POR NBA 3 44 5 16 0 0 6 6 0 4 3 2 1 2 2 16 .313 1.000 14.7 5.3 1.3 1.0
1980-81 23 POR NBA 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982-83 25 POR NBA 7 260 68 116 2 4 25 33 4 15 18 9 1 15 11 163 .586 .500 .758 37.1 23.3 2.1 2.6
1983-84 26 POR NBA 5 172 40 78 1 5 33 40 11 19 12 2 0 9 13 114 .513 .200 .825 34.4 22.8 3.8 2.4
1984-85 27 POR NBA 9 212 47 101 3 10 19 24 6 20 21 6 0 5 16 116 .465 .300 .792 23.6 12.9 2.2 2.3
1985-86 28 POR NBA 4 71 14 37 2 6 12 15 1 4 15 3 0 6 12 42 .378 .333 .800 17.8 10.5 1.0 3.8
1986-87 29 POR NBA 4 94 13 32 0 2 8 9 4 9 13 5 0 4 8 34 .406 .000 .889 23.5 8.5 2.3 3.3
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 15 188 17 59 0 2 16 20 1 9 11 6 2 12 18 50 .288 .000 .800 12.5 3.3 0.6 0.7
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 5 62 8 16 0 1 3 4 0 0 7 5 0 3 1 19 .500 .000 .750 12.4 3.8 0.0 1.4
Career NBA 53 1107 212 458 8 30 122 151 27 80 100 38 4 56 81 554 .463 .267 .808 20.9 10.5 1.5 1.9

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1979-80 22 POR NBA 3 44 11.8 .429 .313 0.0 10.7 5.2 9.3 2.3 1.3 9.7 20.1 96 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 .027
1980-81 23 POR NBA 1 4 -24.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.1 0 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.725
1982-83 25 POR NBA 7 260 19.0 .624 .595 1.7 4.8 3.2 11.4 1.7 0.2 10.3 23.6 117 111 0.6 0.1 0.8 .142
1983-84 26 POR NBA 5 172 20.5 .596 .519 6.7 6.4 6.6 11.5 0.6 0.0 8.6 25.5 124 119 0.6 0.0 0.6 .154
1984-85 27 POR NBA 9 212 15.0 .520 .480 2.9 7.5 5.1 13.4 1.3 0.0 4.3 21.4 118 120 0.4 0.0 0.4 .084
1985-86 28 POR NBA 4 71 13.1 .482 .405 1.6 4.1 3.0 29.8 2.0 0.0 12.1 27.8 103 116 0.0 0.0 0.0 .032
1986-87 29 POR NBA 4 94 12.2 .473 .406 4.8 6.1 5.4 19.7 2.6 0.0 10.0 17.4 109 115 0.1 0.1 0.1 .062
1987-88 30 BOS NBA 15 188 2.2 .369 .288 0.7 5.1 2.9 8.5 1.7 0.7 15.0 19.2 75 111 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.089
1989-90 32 BOS NBA 5 62 11.6 .535 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 3.9 0.0 14.5 14.1 106 118 0.0 0.0 0.0 .021
Career NBA 53 1107 13.8 .528 .472 2.6 5.6 4.1 13.2 1.7 0.2 9.6 21.8 109 115 1.2 0.3 1.5 .065

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 25 POR NBA 1 0 17:00 5 7 .714 0 0 1 2 .500 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 11
1983-84 26 POR NBA 1 0 14:00 5 9 .556 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 10
Career NBA 2 0 31 10 16 .625 0 0 1 2 .500 1 3 3 2 0 4 0 21

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Jim Paxson 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.3
Donnie Freeman 88.6 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Tom Gola 86.6 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7
Michael Redd 86.3 10.8 9.7 8.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1
Dale Ellis 86.1 10.8 9.3 9.0 7.6 6.4 6.4 4.8 3.2 2.4 1.6 1.5
Andy Phillip 86.1 9.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 1.5
Doug Christie 85.4 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.1 4.2 4.0 1.4 1.4 0.1 -0.3
Jeff Mullins 85.1 10.0 9.9 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.5 2.3 0.8 -0.3
Mack Calvin 84.8 10.4 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.5 7.7 2.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.0
Jon McGlocklin 84.7 8.9 8.2 7.9 5.8 5.2 3.8 3.4 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.2
James Silas 84.7 13.1 9.8 7.9 7.4 7.0 5.7 5.5 2.4 0.7 0.6
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Jim Paxson 10.2 9.5 7.7 7.5 6.5 4.8 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.3
Donnie Freeman 88.6 10.0 9.7 8.9 7.6 7.3 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.4
Tom Gola 86.6 9.9 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.7
Michael Redd 86.3 10.8 9.7 8.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 4.6 3.2 0.6 0.1 -0.1
Andy Phillip 86.1 9.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 1.5
Darrell Armstrong 85.8 8.7 8.0 7.6 6.4 5.3 4.9 3.2 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
Jeff Mullins 85.0 10.0 9.9 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.5 2.3 0.9 0.8 -0.3
Mack Calvin 84.8 10.4 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.5 7.7 2.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.0
Jon McGlocklin 84.7 8.9 8.2 7.9 5.8 5.2 3.8 3.4 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.2
James Silas 84.7 13.1 9.8 7.9 7.4 7.0 5.7 5.5 2.4 0.7 0.6
Doug Christie 84.6 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.7 5.1 4.2 4.0 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1983 NBA
1984 NBA
Honors
1983-84 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
Games
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
Free Throw Pct
1985-86 NBA .889 (4)
Points
1982-83 NBA 1756 (10)
Turnover Pct
1980-81 NBA 9.8 (6)
1981-82 NBA 9.4 (6)
1982-83 NBA 9.2 (4)
1983-84 NBA 8.6 (4)
1984-85 NBA 9.0 (7)
Career NBA 10.1 (36)
Career 10.1 (40)
Offensive Rating
1983-84 NBA 119.6 (7)
Career NBA 112.8 (86)
Career 112.8 (89)
Offensive Win Shares
1982-83 NBA 7.8 (8)
1983-84 NBA 7.5 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.003 (407)
NBA Elo Player Rating
306th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 7:04AM
   

Transactions

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

February 23, 1988: Traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Boston Celtics for Jerry Sichting.

October 6, 1990: Released by the Boston Celtics.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $500,000
1987-88 Boston Celtics NBA $875,000
1988-89 Boston Celtics NBA $400,000
1991-92 Boston Celtics NBA $225,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,000,000

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