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James Donaldson

Career (regular season)

GP
957
PTS
8.6
REB
7.8
AST
0.8

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) · 125 kg (276 lb)
Born
August 16, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Heacham, Reino Unido
School / club
Washington State
Draft
1979: round 4, pick 73
NBA career
1980-1994 · 14 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1980-81 SEA 68 359 309 42 980 8 74 68 54.2 — 59.4
1981-82 SEA 82 661 490 51 1,710 27 139 115 60.9 — 62.9
1982-83 SEA 82 728 501 97 1,789 19 101 132 58.3 — 68.8
1983-84 SDC 82 969 649 90 2,525 40 139 171 59.6 — 76.1
1984-85 LAC 82 929 668 48 2,392 28 130 206 63.7 — 74.9
1985-86 LAC 14 143 131 12 441 5 29 38 51.2 — 81.4
1985-86 DAL 69 573 664 84 2,241 23 110 85 56.8 — 79.9
1985-86 TOT 83 716 795 96 2,682 28 139 123 55.8 — 80.3
1986-87 DAL 82 889 973 63 3,028 51 136 104 58.6 — 81.2
1987-88 DAL 81 571 755 66 2,523 40 104 113 55.8 — 77.8
1988-89 DAL 53 481 570 38 1,746 24 81 83 57.3 — 76.6
1989-90 DAL 73 665 630 57 2,265 22 47 119 53.9 — 70.0
1990-91 DAL 82 819 727 69 2,800 34 93 146 53.2 — 72.1
1991-92 DAL 44 273 270 31 994 8 44 41 47.1 — 70.2
1991-92 NYK 14 12 19 2 81 0 5 7 27.8 — 100.0
1991-92 TOT 58 285 289 33 1,075 8 49 48 45.7 — 70.9
1992-93 UTA 6 21 29 1 94 1 7 4 57.1 — 55.6
1994-95 UTA 43 110 107 14 613 6 28 22 59.5 — 71.0
Career 957 8,203 7,492 765 26,222 336 1,267 1,454 57.1 — 73.2

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1981-82 SEA 8 54 74 7 189 2 5 10 41.9 — 75.0
1982-83 SEA 2 24 17 2 47 0 3 0 50.0 — 66.7
1985-86 DAL 10 109 117 10 410 6 12 10 75.0 — 92.5
1986-87 DAL 3 16 17 2 68 1 3 2 80.0 — 88.9
1987-88 DAL 17 158 146 12 499 7 15 29 65.4 — 59.5
1989-90 DAL 3 22 16 2 74 2 0 4 69.2 — 80.0
1991-92 NYK 2 4 4 0 11 0 1 2 100.0 — —
1992-93 UTA 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 — —
1994-95 UTA 5 14 9 0 76 0 3 2 83.3 — 100.0
Career 51 401 400 35 1,379 18 42 59 62.7 — 77.9

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Field goal percentage leader: 1984-85
  • All-Star: 1988

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The New York Nets sold the player rights to James Donaldson to the Seattle SuperSonics.

  2. · Trade

    The San Diego Clippers traded Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Terry Williams was later selected) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Fred Banks was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for James Donaldson, Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, a 1984 1st round draft pick (Michael Cage was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan was later selected).

  3. · Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed James Donaldson as a free agent.

  4. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded Kurt Nimphius to the Los Angeles Clippers for James Donaldson.

  5. · Trade

    The Dallas Mavericks traded James Donaldson to the New York Knicks for Brian Quinnett.

  6. · Waived

    The New York Knicks released James Donaldson.

  7. · Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed James Donaldson to a contract for the rest of the season.

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  1. · Waived

    The Utah Jazz waived James Donaldson.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 LAC $0.5M
1985-86 DAL $0.5M
1987-88 DAL $0.5M
1988-89 DAL $0.6M
1990-91 DAL $0.9M
1991-92 DAL $0.9M
Career total $3.8M

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