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James Silas

James Edward Silas (Snake, Captain Late)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: February 11, 1949 in Tallulah, Louisiana
High School: McCall in Tallulah, Louisiana
College: Stephen F. Austin State University

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 5th round (7th pick, 70th 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 DLC ABA 78 2417 341 679 .502 0 0 389 467 .833 109 227 336 244 192 262 1071
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 84 3096 486 1017 .478 0 1 .000 349 420 .831 83 260 343 319 90 8 220 256 1321
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 82 3105 578 1136 .509 0 2 .000 430 486 .885 73 237 310 398 111 17 230 232 1586
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 84 3112 718 1384 .519 0 2 .000 564 647 .872 111 224 335 452 155 24 254 263 2000
1976-77 27 SAS NBA 22 356 61 142 .430 87 107 .813 7 25 32 50 13 3 36 209
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 37 311 43 97 .443 60 73 .822 4 19 23 38 11 1 30 29 146
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 79 2171 466 922 .505 334 402 .831 35 148 183 273 76 20 199 215 1266
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 77 2293 513 999 .514 0 4 .000 339 382 .887 45 122 167 347 61 14 192 206 1365
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 75 2055 476 997 .477 0 2 .000 374 440 .850 44 187 231 285 51 12 159 129 1326
1981-82 32 CLE NBA 67 34 1447 251 573 .438 0 5 .000 246 286 .860 26 83 109 222 40 6 107 109 748
Career TOT 685 34 20363 3933 7946 .495 0 16 .000 3172 3710 .855 537 1532 2069 2628 608 105 1583 1737 11038
NBA 357 34 8633 1810 3730 .485 0 11 .000 1440 1690 .852 161 584 745 1215 252 56 687 724 5060
ABA 328 11730 2123 4216 .504 0 5 .000 1732 2020 .857 376 948 1324 1413 356 49 896 1013 5978

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 DLC ABA 78 31.0 4.4 8.7 .502 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.0 .833 1.4 2.9 4.3 3.1 2.5 3.4 13.7
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 84 36.9 5.8 12.1 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.0 .831 1.0 3.1 4.1 3.8 1.1 0.1 2.6 3.0 15.7
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 82 37.9 7.0 13.9 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 5.9 .885 0.9 2.9 3.8 4.9 1.4 0.2 2.8 2.8 19.3
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 84 37.0 8.5 16.5 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 6.7 7.7 .872 1.3 2.7 4.0 5.4 1.8 0.3 3.0 3.1 23.8
1976-77 27 SAS NBA 22 16.2 2.8 6.5 .430 4.0 4.9 .813 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.6 9.5
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 37 8.4 1.2 2.6 .443 1.6 2.0 .822 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 3.9
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 79 27.5 5.9 11.7 .505 4.2 5.1 .831 0.4 1.9 2.3 3.5 1.0 0.3 2.5 2.7 16.0
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 77 29.8 6.7 13.0 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.0 .887 0.6 1.6 2.2 4.5 0.8 0.2 2.5 2.7 17.7
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 75 27.4 6.3 13.3 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 5.9 .850 0.6 2.5 3.1 3.8 0.7 0.2 2.1 1.7 17.7
1981-82 32 CLE NBA 67 34 21.6 3.7 8.6 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.3 .860 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.3 0.6 0.1 1.6 1.6 11.2
Career TOT 685 34 29.7 5.7 11.6 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.4 .855 0.8 2.2 3.0 3.8 1.0 0.2 2.4 2.5 16.1
NBA 357 34 24.2 5.1 10.4 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.7 .852 0.5 1.6 2.1 3.4 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.0 14.2
ABA 328 35.8 6.5 12.9 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 6.2 .857 1.1 2.9 4.0 4.3 1.4 0.2 2.7 3.1 18.2

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 DLC ABA 78 2417 5.1 10.1 .502 0.0 0.0 5.8 7.0 .833 1.6 3.4 5.0 3.6 2.9 3.9 16.0
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 84 3096 5.7 11.8 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 4.9 .831 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.7 1.0 0.1 2.6 3.0 15.4
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 82 3105 6.7 13.2 .509 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 5.6 .885 0.8 2.7 3.6 4.6 1.3 0.2 2.7 2.7 18.4
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 84 3112 8.3 16.0 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 6.5 7.5 .872 1.3 2.6 3.9 5.2 1.8 0.3 2.9 3.0 23.1
1976-77 27 SAS NBA 22 356 6.2 14.4 .430 8.8 10.8 .813 0.7 2.5 3.2 5.1 1.3 0.3 3.6 21.1
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 37 311 5.0 11.2 .443 6.9 8.5 .822 0.5 2.2 2.7 4.4 1.3 0.1 3.5 3.4 16.9
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 79 2171 7.7 15.3 .505 5.5 6.7 .831 0.6 2.5 3.0 4.5 1.3 0.3 3.3 3.6 21.0
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 77 2293 8.1 15.7 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 5.3 6.0 .887 0.7 1.9 2.6 5.4 1.0 0.2 3.0 3.2 21.4
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 75 2055 8.3 17.5 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 6.6 7.7 .850 0.8 3.3 4.0 5.0 0.9 0.2 2.8 2.3 23.2
1981-82 32 CLE NBA 67 34 1447 6.2 14.3 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 6.1 7.1 .860 0.6 2.1 2.7 5.5 1.0 0.1 2.7 2.7 18.6
Career TOT 685 34 20363 7.0 14.0 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 5.6 6.6 .855 0.9 2.7 3.7 4.6 1.2 0.2 2.8 3.1 19.5
NBA 357 34 8633 7.5 15.6 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 6.0 7.0 .852 0.7 2.4 3.1 5.1 1.1 0.2 3.0 3.0 21.1
ABA 328 11730 6.5 12.9 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 6.2 .857 1.2 2.9 4.1 4.3 1.4 0.2 2.7 3.1 18.3

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 DLC ABA 78 2417 14.5 .605 .502 4.4 9.8 7.0 14.0 17.8 17.4 6.0 1.4 7.4
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 84 3096 14.6 .550 .478 2.9 9.2 6.0 15.5 1.5 0.2 15.5 19.7 107 103 4.7 3.3 7.9
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 82 3105 17.2 .587 .509 2.4 7.5 5.0 17.2 1.7 0.3 14.6 19.9 117 108 7.8 2.0 9.8
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 84 3112 21.2 .599 .519 3.7 6.9 5.4 20.0 2.2 0.4 13.2 23.8 119 106 10.5 2.6 13.1
1976-77 27 SAS NBA 22 356 17.1 .553 .430 2.0 7.2 4.6 18.3 1.6 0.4 105 0.6 0.1 0.7
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 37 311 13.3 .565 .443 1.4 6.1 3.9 14.9 1.6 0.2 18.9 19.8 105 105 0.5 0.1 0.6
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 79 2171 16.0 .576 .505 1.8 6.9 4.4 16.2 1.5 0.5 15.3 22.6 109 106 4.0 1.7 5.7
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 77 2293 16.7 .585 .514 2.1 5.6 3.9 20.1 1.2 0.3 14.1 22.4 114 113 5.3 0.2 5.5
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 75 2055 19.4 .557 .477 2.4 9.5 6.1 20.7 1.2 0.3 11.8 26.1 115 109 5.7 1.3 7.0
1981-82 32 CLE NBA 67 1447 15.7 .535 .438 1.9 6.9 4.3 22.4 1.3 0.2 13.3 22.9 109 115 2.2 0.2 2.4
Career TOT 685 20363 17.0 .576 .495 2.8 7.8 5.3 17.9 1.6 0.3 14.4 21.6 113 108 47.2 13.1 60.3
NBA 357 8633 16.9 .566 .485 2.0 7.2 4.6 19.4 1.3 0.3 13.8 23.4 112 110 18.3 3.7 22.0
ABA 328 11730 17.0 .586 .504 3.3 8.3 5.8 16.8 1.8 0.3 14.9 20.4 115 105 28.9 9.3 38.3

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
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 7 294 49 105 0 1 26 38 8 38 32 14 1 21 15 124 .467 .000 .684 42.0 17.7 5.4 4.6
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 6 271 41 87 0 0 31 40 6 18 60 9 1 16 27 113 .471 .775 45.2 18.8 3.0 10.0
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 1 26 3 10 0 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 0 2 3 10 .300 1.000 26.0 10.0 4.0 0.0
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 3 19 3 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 .300 .500 6.3 2.3 0.0 0.3
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 14 475 102 215 63 80 12 42 66 21 1 36 39 267 .474 .788 33.9 19.1 3.0 4.7
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 3 90 16 36 0 0 11 11 1 7 9 6 1 5 8 43 .444 1.000 30.0 14.3 2.3 3.0
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 7 161 27 69 0 0 26 32 5 15 19 4 0 18 9 80 .391 .813 23.0 11.4 2.1 2.7
Career TOT 41 1336 241 532 0 1 162 207 34 124 187 56 4 99 102 644 .453 .000 .783 32.6 15.7 3.0 4.6
NBA 27 745 148 330 0 0 101 125 18 64 95 32 2 60 57 397 .448 .808 27.6 14.7 2.4 3.5
ABA 14 591 93 202 0 1 61 82 16 60 92 24 2 39 45 247 .460 .000 .744 42.2 17.6 4.3 6.6

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
1973-74 24 SAA ABA 7 294 15.5 .509 .467 3.0 10.3 6.8 16.0 2.5 0.2 14.7 21.3 103 108 0.3 0.2 0.4
1974-75 25 SAA ABA 6 271 16.0 .540 .471 2.0 4.1 3.1 29.6 1.6 0.2 13.3 17.8 116 112 0.5 0.1 0.7
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 1 26 6.7 .425 .300 7.6 7.0 7.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 14.5 20.8 90 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977-78 28 SAS NBA 3 19 3.3 .322 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 2.4 0.0 8.4 25.1 70 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1978-79 29 SAS NBA 14 475 17.7 .534 .474 2.5 6.3 4.4 19.9 2.0 0.1 12.6 23.4 108 107 0.9 0.2 1.1
1979-80 30 SAS NBA 3 90 16.4 .526 .444 1.2 7.6 4.2 15.1 3.3 0.6 10.9 21.5 107 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
1980-81 31 SAS NBA 7 161 11.7 .481 .391 3.9 7.6 5.7 16.4 1.2 0.0 17.8 26.1 96 116 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
Career TOT 41 1336 15.6 .517 .453 2.6 6.9 4.8 19.7 2.0 0.2 13.7 22.0 106 110 1.8 0.4 2.2
NBA 27 745 15.8 .516 .448 2.6 6.6 4.6 18.2 2.0 0.1 13.5 23.8 104 110 1.0 0.2 1.1
ABA 14 591 15.3 .519 .460 2.7 7.3 5.1 21.6 2.0 0.2 14.1 19.7 108 110 0.8 0.3 1.1

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 SAA ABA 1 23 5 7 .714 0 0 11 11 1.000 1 3 5 2 0 2 3 21
1975-76 26 SAA ABA 1 23 6 10 .600 0 0 8 8 1.000 0 5 6 20
Career ABA 2 46 11 17 .647 0 0 19 19 1.000 1 3 10 2 0 2 9 41

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1975 ABA
1976 ABA

Honors

1972-73 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1974-75 ABA All-ABA (2nd)
1975-76 ABA All-ABA (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1980-81 NBA 0.004 (24)
Career 0.004 (182)

Games

1973-74 ABA 84 (4)
1975-76 ABA 84 (3)
Career ABA 328 (67)

Minutes Played

1973-74 ABA 3096 (8)
1974-75 ABA 3105 (9)
1975-76 ABA 3112 (5)
Career ABA 11730 (48)

Field Goals

1975-76 ABA 718 (6)
Career ABA 2123 (49)

Field Goal Attempts

1975-76 ABA 1384 (8)
Career ABA 4216 (53)

Field Goal Pct

1975-76 ABA .519 (4)
Career ABA .504 (18)

Free Throws

1973-74 ABA 349 (9)
1974-75 ABA 430 (4)
1975-76 ABA 564 (1)
 Career ABA 1732 (25)

Free Throw Attempts

1974-75 ABA 486 (6)
1975-76 ABA 647 (4)
Career ABA 2020 (31)

Free Throw Pct

1972-73 ABA .833 (8)
1973-74 ABA .831 (9)
1974-75 ABA .885 (2)
1975-76 ABA .872 (2)
1979-80 NBA .887 (4)
1981-82 NBA .860 (6)
Career ABA .857 (5)
Career NBA .852 (35)
Career .855 (32)

Defensive Rebounds

Career ABA 948 (81)

Total Rebounds

Career ABA 1324 (96)

Assists

1974-75 ABA 398 (10)
1975-76 ABA 452 (4)
Career ABA 1413 (25)

Steals

1975-76 ABA 155 (5)
Career ABA 356 (12)

Blocks

Career ABA 49 (61)

Turnovers

1975-76 ABA 254 (7)
Career ABA 896 (52)

Personal Fouls

Career ABA 1013 (64)

Points

1974-75 ABA 1586 (10)
1975-76 ABA 2000 (4)
Career ABA 5978 (43)

Minutes Per Game

1973-74 ABA 36.9 (9)
1975-76 ABA 37.0 (9)
Career ABA 35.8 (13)

Points Per Game

1975-76 ABA 23.8 (6)
Career ABA 18.2 (22)

Assists Per Game

1975-76 ABA 5.4 (5)
Career ABA 4.3 (13)

Steals Per Game

1975-76 ABA 1.8 (9)

Player Efficiency Rating

1975-76 ABA 21.2 (5)
Career ABA 17.0 (28)

True Shooting Pct

1972-73 ABA .605 (2)
1974-75 ABA .588 (5)
1975-76 ABA .599 (1)
 Career ABA .586 (4)
Career NBA .566 (88)
Career .576 (52)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1975-76 ABA .519 (5)
Career ABA .504 (19)

Assist Pct

1975-76 ABA 20.0 (6)
Career ABA 16.8 (17)

Steal Pct

1975-76 ABA 2.2 (10)

Turnover Pct

Career ABA 14.9 (54)

Usage Pct

Career ABA 20.4 (38)

Offensive Rating

1974-75 ABA 116.7 (2)
1975-76 ABA 118.8 (1)
 Career ABA 114.7 (2)
Career 113.3 (70)

Defensive Rating

Career ABA 105.4 (29)

Offensive Win Shares

1974-75 ABA 7.8 (3)
1975-76 ABA 10.5 (2)
Career ABA 28.9 (16)

Defensive Win Shares

Career ABA 9.3 (70)

Win Shares

1974-75 ABA 9.8 (9)
1975-76 ABA 13.1 (3)
Career ABA 38.3 (23)
  

Transactions

April 10, 1972: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 5th round (70th pick) of the 1972 NBA Draft.

June 17, 1976: Moved from the ABA to the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs.

June 16, 1981: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Rich Yonakor to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Oliver Robinson).

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1979-80 San Antonio Spurs NBA $200,000
1980-81 San Antonio Spurs NBA $300,000
Career (may be incomplete) $500,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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