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Jim Thomas

James Edward Thomas (Jim)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-3    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 19, 1960 in Lakeland, Florida
High School: Nova in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
College: Indiana University

Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round (16th pick, 40th overall) of the 1983 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
1983-84 23 IND NBA 72 15 1219 187 403 .464 1 11 .091 80 110 .727 59 90 149 130 60 6 69 115 455
1984-85 24 IND NBA 80 52 2059 347 726 .478 8 42 .190 183 234 .782 74 187 261 234 76 5 131 195 885
1985-86 25 LAC NBA 6 0 69 6 15 .400 0 0 1 2 .500 3 5 8 12 5 1 9 12 13
1990-91 30 MIN NBA 3 0 14 1 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
Career NBA 161 67 3361 541 1148 .471 9 53 .170 264 346 .763 136 282 418 377 142 12 210 322 1355

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
1983-84 23 IND NBA 72 15 16.9 2.6 5.6 .464 0.0 0.2 .091 1.1 1.5 .727 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.6 6.3
1984-85 24 IND NBA 80 52 25.7 4.3 9.1 .478 0.1 0.5 .190 2.3 2.9 .782 0.9 2.3 3.3 2.9 1.0 0.1 1.6 2.4 11.1
1985-86 25 LAC NBA 6 0 11.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .500 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.5 2.0 2.2
1990-91 30 MIN NBA 3 0 4.7 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
Career NBA 161 67 20.9 3.4 7.1 .471 0.1 0.3 .170 1.6 2.1 .763 0.8 1.8 2.6 2.3 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.0 8.4

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
1983-84 23 IND NBA 72 15 1219 5.5 11.9 .464 0.0 0.3 .091 2.4 3.2 .727 1.7 2.7 4.4 3.8 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.4 13.4
1984-85 24 IND NBA 80 52 2059 6.1 12.7 .478 0.1 0.7 .190 3.2 4.1 .782 1.3 3.3 4.6 4.1 1.3 0.1 2.3 3.4 15.5
1985-86 25 LAC NBA 6 0 69 3.1 7.8 .400 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 1.6 2.6 4.2 6.3 2.6 0.5 4.7 6.3 6.8
1990-91 30 MIN NBA 3 0 14 2.6 10.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 2.6 0.0 5.1
Career NBA 161 67 3361 5.8 12.3 .471 0.1 0.6 .170 2.8 3.7 .763 1.5 3.0 4.5 4.0 1.5 0.1 2.2 3.4 14.5

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
1983-84 23 IND NBA 72 1219 12.1 .504 .465 5.4 8.1 6.8 14.9 2.3 0.3 13.3 17.6 102 108 0.4 1.2 1.6
1984-85 24 IND NBA 80 2059 13.0 .534 .483 3.8 9.7 6.7 15.9 1.7 0.1 13.6 18.3 107 110 1.8 1.7 3.5
1985-86 25 LAC NBA 6 69 5.3 .409 .400 4.7 8.1 6.4 22.6 3.4 0.8 36.2 14.5 75 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
1990-91 30 MIN NBA 3 14 0.7 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 3.7 0.0 20.0 15.4 54 113 -0.1 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 161 3361 12.5 .521 .475 4.3 9.0 6.7 15.6 2.0 0.2 13.9 18.0 105 109 2.0 3.0 4.9

College

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Season Age College 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 19 INDIANA 21 20 44 16 26 34 12 9 0 13 17 56 .455 .615 2.7 1.6 0.6
1980-81 20 INDIANA 33 47 95 27 35 105 77 24 5 33 44 121 .495 .771 3.7 3.2 2.3
1981-82 21 INDIANA 29 104 200 59 69 181 103 38 5 78 67 267 .520 .855 9.2 6.2 3.6
1982-83 22 INDIANA 30 123 235 0 0 61 81 159 81 35 1 58 72 307 .523 .753 10.2 5.3 2.7
Career 113 294 574 0 0 163 211 479 273 106 11 182 200 751 .512 .773 6.6 4.2 2.4

Transactions

December 2, 1980: Traded by the Seattle Supersonics (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) with a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman) to the Atlanta Hawks for Armond Hill.

December 31, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks (as a 1983 2nd round draft pick) to the Indiana Pacers for Johnny Davis.

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round (40th pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

October 24, 1985: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.

November 15, 1985: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

December 10, 1985: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

September 15, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

October 22, 1986: Waived by the Detroit Pistons.

October 8, 1987: Signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.

October 12, 1987: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.

October 3, 1989: Signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

October 12, 1989: Waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

October 20, 1989: Waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

October 3, 1990: Signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Indiana Pacers NBA $80,000
1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $70,000
1990-91 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA *$120,000
Career (may be incomplete) $270,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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