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Jim Price

James E. Price (Jim)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: November 27, 1949 in Russellville, Kentucky
High School: Technical in Indianapolis, Indiana
College: University of Louisville

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (3rd pick, 16th overall) of the 1972 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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 59 828 158 359 .440 60 73 .822 115 97 119 376
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 82 2628 538 1197 .449 187 234 .799 120 258 378 369 157 29 229 1263
1974-75 25 TOT NBA 50 1870 317 717 .442 169 194 .871 62 136 198 286 111 24 182 803
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 9 339 75 167 .449 41 45 .911 17 26 43 63 21 3 36 191
1974-75 25 MIL NBA 41 1531 242 550 .440 128 149 .859 45 110 155 223 90 21 146 612
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 80 2525 398 958 .415 141 166 .849 74 187 261 395 148 32 264 937
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 81 1828 253 567 .446 83 103 .806 50 181 231 261 128 20 247 589
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 6 111 21 41 .512 7 9 .778 4 9 13 15 7 1 14 49
1976-77 27 BUF NBA 20 333 44 104 .423 17 20 .850 5 29 34 38 25 5 52 105
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 55 1384 188 422 .445 59 74 .797 41 143 184 208 96 14 181 435
1977-78 28 TOT NBA 83 1929 294 656 .448 135 169 .799 57 203 260 260 114 9 175 200 723
1977-78 28 DEN NBA 49 1090 141 293 .481 51 66 .773 30 129 159 158 69 4 101 118 333
1977-78 28 DET NBA 34 839 153 363 .421 84 103 .816 27 74 101 102 45 5 74 82 390
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 75 1207 171 344 .497 55 79 .696 26 97 123 218 66 12 100 128 397
Career NBA 510 12815 2129 4798 .444 830 1018 .815 389 1062 1566 1886 724 126 275 1369 5088

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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 59 14.0 2.7 6.1 .440 1.0 1.2 .822 1.9 1.6 2.0 6.4
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 82 32.0 6.6 14.6 .449 2.3 2.9 .799 1.5 3.1 4.6 4.5 1.9 0.4 2.8 15.4
1974-75 25 TOT NBA 50 37.4 6.3 14.3 .442 3.4 3.9 .871 1.2 2.7 4.0 5.7 2.2 0.5 3.6 16.1
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 9 37.7 8.3 18.6 .449 4.6 5.0 .911 1.9 2.9 4.8 7.0 2.3 0.3 4.0 21.2
1974-75 25 MIL NBA 41 37.3 5.9 13.4 .440 3.1 3.6 .859 1.1 2.7 3.8 5.4 2.2 0.5 3.6 14.9
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 80 31.6 5.0 12.0 .415 1.8 2.1 .849 0.9 2.3 3.3 4.9 1.9 0.4 3.3 11.7
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 81 22.6 3.1 7.0 .446 1.0 1.3 .806 0.6 2.2 2.9 3.2 1.6 0.2 3.0 7.3
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 6 18.5 3.5 6.8 .512 1.2 1.5 .778 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.5 1.2 0.2 2.3 8.2
1976-77 27 BUF NBA 20 16.7 2.2 5.2 .423 0.9 1.0 .850 0.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.3 0.3 2.6 5.3
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 55 25.2 3.4 7.7 .445 1.1 1.3 .797 0.7 2.6 3.3 3.8 1.7 0.3 3.3 7.9
1977-78 28 TOT NBA 83 23.2 3.5 7.9 .448 1.6 2.0 .799 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.1 1.4 0.1 2.1 2.4 8.7
1977-78 28 DEN NBA 49 22.2 2.9 6.0 .481 1.0 1.3 .773 0.6 2.6 3.2 3.2 1.4 0.1 2.1 2.4 6.8
1977-78 28 DET NBA 34 24.7 4.5 10.7 .421 2.5 3.0 .816 0.8 2.2 3.0 3.0 1.3 0.1 2.2 2.4 11.5
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 75 16.1 2.3 4.6 .497 0.7 1.1 .696 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.7 5.3
Career NBA 510 25.1 4.2 9.4 .444 1.6 2.0 .815 0.9 2.4 3.1 3.7 1.6 0.3 1.7 2.7 10.0

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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 59 828 6.9 15.6 .440 2.6 3.2 .822 5.0 4.2 5.2 16.3
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 82 2628 7.4 16.4 .449 2.6 3.2 .799 1.6 3.5 5.2 5.1 2.2 0.4 3.1 17.3
1974-75 25 TOT NBA 50 1870 6.1 13.8 .442 3.3 3.7 .871 1.2 2.6 3.8 5.5 2.1 0.5 3.5 15.5
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 9 339 8.0 17.7 .449 4.4 4.8 .911 1.8 2.8 4.6 6.7 2.2 0.3 3.8 20.3
1974-75 25 MIL NBA 41 1531 5.7 12.9 .440 3.0 3.5 .859 1.1 2.6 3.6 5.2 2.1 0.5 3.4 14.4
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 80 2525 5.7 13.7 .415 2.0 2.4 .849 1.1 2.7 3.7 5.6 2.1 0.5 3.8 13.4
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 81 1828 5.0 11.2 .446 1.6 2.0 .806 1.0 3.6 4.5 5.1 2.5 0.4 4.9 11.6
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 6 111 6.8 13.3 .512 2.3 2.9 .778 1.3 2.9 4.2 4.9 2.3 0.3 4.5 15.9
1976-77 27 BUF NBA 20 333 4.8 11.2 .423 1.8 2.2 .850 0.5 3.1 3.7 4.1 2.7 0.5 5.6 11.4
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 55 1384 4.9 11.0 .445 1.5 1.9 .797 1.1 3.7 4.8 5.4 2.5 0.4 4.7 11.3
1977-78 28 TOT NBA 83 1929 5.5 12.2 .448 2.5 3.2 .799 1.1 3.8 4.9 4.9 2.1 0.2 3.3 3.7 13.5
1977-78 28 DEN NBA 49 1090 4.7 9.7 .481 1.7 2.2 .773 1.0 4.3 5.3 5.2 2.3 0.1 3.3 3.9 11.0
1977-78 28 DET NBA 34 839 6.6 15.6 .421 3.6 4.4 .816 1.2 3.2 4.3 4.4 1.9 0.2 3.2 3.5 16.7
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 75 1207 5.1 10.3 .497 1.6 2.4 .696 0.8 2.9 3.7 6.5 2.0 0.4 3.0 3.8 11.8
Career NBA 510 12815 6.0 13.5 .444 2.3 2.9 .815 1.2 3.2 4.4 5.3 2.2 0.4 3.2 3.8 14.3

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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 59 828 12.7 .481 .440 6.3 15.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 82 2628 15.5 .486 .449 4.3 8.6 6.6 20.3 2.6 0.5 97 2.2 2.8 5.0
1974-75 25 TOT NBA 50 1870 16.1 .500 .442 3.5 7.3 5.4 22.0 2.8 0.7 98 1.9 1.8 3.7
1974-75 25 LAL NBA 9 339 19.7 .511 .449 4.8 7.3 6.1 29.2 2.8 0.4 100 0.6 0.2 0.8
1974-75 25 MIL NBA 41 1531 15.4 .497 .440 3.2 7.3 5.3 20.4 2.8 0.7 98 1.4 1.6 2.9
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 80 2525 13.7 .454 .415 3.1 7.5 5.4 21.9 2.7 0.7 99 0.3 2.3 2.6
1976-77 27 TOT NBA 81 1828 11.8 .481 .446 2.9 9.9 6.5 18.7 3.0 0.6 97 0.1 2.5 2.7
1976-77 27 MIL NBA 6 111 15.4 .545 .512 3.7 8.4 6.1 18.2 2.8 0.5 103 0.2 0.1 0.2
1976-77 27 BUF NBA 20 333 10.8 .465 .423 1.5 8.8 5.1 15.8 3.4 0.7 100 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 55 1384 11.8 .478 .445 3.1 10.3 6.8 19.5 3.0 0.5 96 0.1 2.1 2.2
1977-78 28 TOT NBA 83 1929 12.2 .495 .448 3.1 10.6 7.0 18.1 2.6 0.2 19.3 17.9 95 101 0.6 1.8 2.4
1977-78 28 DEN NBA 49 1090 11.2 .517 .481 2.9 11.7 7.5 18.9 2.8 0.2 23.9 14.8 94 101 0.1 1.1 1.3
1977-78 28 DET NBA 34 839 13.5 .478 .421 3.4 9.1 6.3 17.1 2.4 0.3 15.3 22.0 97 102 0.4 0.7 1.2
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 75 1207 12.3 .524 .497 2.5 8.3 5.5 21.9 2.5 0.5 20.9 15.9 100 104 0.5 1.2 1.8
Career NBA 510 12815 13.7 .485 .444 3.3 8.7 6.1 20.2 2.7 0.5 19.9 17.1 97 99 6.2 13.5 19.7

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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 3 16 3 11 0 0 4 2 2 6 .273 5.3 2.0 1.3 0.7
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 5 161 25 66 9 13 8 19 13 7 0 21 59 .379 .692 32.2 11.8 3.8 2.6
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 1 19 3 8 4 7 0 0 4 1 0 1 10 .375 .571 19.0 10.0 0.0 4.0
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 6 158 19 53 5 8 6 24 25 12 1 18 43 .358 .625 26.3 7.2 4.0 4.2
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 8 128 9 30 2 4 1 8 18 5 0 8 19 20 .300 .500 16.0 2.5 1.0 2.3
Career NBA 23 482 59 168 20 32 15 55 62 25 1 8 61 138 .351 .625 21.0 6.0 2.4 2.7

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
1972-73 23 LAL NBA 3 16 5.2 .273 .273 11.4 18.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1973-74 24 LAL NBA 5 161 9.8 .411 .379 4.3 7.2 5.6 13.2 2.0 0.0 105 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
1975-76 26 MIL NBA 1 19 16.0 .451 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.1 2.4 0.0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976-77 27 DEN NBA 6 158 10.7 .380 .358 3.9 12.4 8.0 22.8 3.4 0.3 97 -0.2 0.2 0.1
1978-79 29 LAL NBA 8 128 3.0 .315 .300 1.0 5.7 3.5 16.9 1.9 0.0 20.1 13.3 71 109 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
Career NBA 23 482 8.4 .379 .351 3.1 8.2 5.8 18.1 2.5 0.1 20.1 13.3 71 103 -0.7 0.3 -0.4

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
1974-75 25 MIL NBA 1 0 17 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 0 2 0 2 0 4 8
Career NBA 1 0 17 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 0 2 0 2 0 4 8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1975 NBA

Honors

1971-72 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1972-73 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1973-74 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1973-74 NBA 82 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 83 (1)

Free Throw Pct

1974-75 NBA .871 (5)

Steals

1973-74 NBA 157 (9)

Steals Per Game

1973-74 NBA 1.9 (10)

Defensive Rating

Career NBA 99.2 (31)
Career 99.2 (31)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (494)

Transactions

October 13, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1972 2nd round draft pick) with a 1973 1st round draft pick (Kermit Washington) and a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Bill Schaeffer) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Rick Roberson.

April 10, 1972: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (16th pick) of the 1972 NBA Draft.

November 8, 1974: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Milwaukee Bucks for Lucius Allen.

November 2, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to the Buffalo Braves for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong).

December 15, 1976: Traded by the Buffalo Braves to the Denver Nuggets for Gus Gerard and Chuck Williams.

February 1, 1978: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with a 1979 1st round draft pick (Phil Hubbard) to the Detroit Pistons for Ralph Simpson.

October 27, 1978: Signed as a veteran free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers; the Detroit Pistons received a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson) as compensation.

August 9, 1979: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $75,000
1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $60,000
Career (may be incomplete) $135,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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