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James Edwards

“Buddha”

Career (regular season)

GP
1,168
PTS
12.7
REB
5.1
AST
1.3

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) · 114 kg (251 lb)
Born
November 22, 1955 (age 70)
Birthplace
Seattle, Estados Unidos
School / club
Washington
Draft
1977: round 3, pick 46
NBA career
1977-1995 · 19 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1977-78 LAL 25 370 180 29 723 16 28 57 45.9 — 64.0
1977-78 IND 58 892 435 56 1,682 37 50 112 45.0 — 64.9
1977-78 TOT 83 1,262 615 85 2,405 53 78 169 45.3 — 64.6
1978-79 IND 82 1,366 693 92 2,546 60 109 162 50.1 — 67.6
1979-80 IND 82 1,287 578 127 2,314 55 104 131 51.2 0.0 68.1
1980-81 IND 81 1,266 571 212 2,375 32 128 164 50.9 0.0 70.3
1981-82 CLE 77 1,288 581 123 2,539 24 117 162 51.1 0.0 68.4
1982-83 CLE 15 184 96 13 382 7 14 30 48.7 — 62.3
1982-83 PHX 16 141 59 27 285 5 5 19 48.7 — 66.0
1982-83 TOT 31 325 155 40 667 12 19 49 48.7 — 63.9
1983-84 PHX 72 1,059 348 184 1,897 23 30 140 53.6 0.0 72.0
1984-85 PHX 70 1,044 387 153 1,787 26 52 162 50.1 0.0 74.6
1985-86 PHX 52 848 301 74 1,314 23 29 128 54.2 — 70.2
1986-87 PHX 14 168 60 19 304 6 7 15 51.8 — 77.1
1987-88 PHX 43 673 335 73 1,377 14 32 108 46.9 0.0 63.5
1987-88 DET 26 141 77 5 328 2 5 22 47.5 — 73.8
1987-88 TOT 69 814 412 78 1,705 16 37 130 47.0 0.0 65.4
1988-89 DET 76 555 231 49 1,254 11 31 72 50.0 0.0 68.6
1989-90 DET 82 1,189 345 63 2,283 23 37 133 49.8 0.0 74.9
1990-91 DET 72 982 277 65 1,903 12 30 126 48.4 50.0 72.9
1991-92 LAC 72 698 202 53 1,437 24 33 72 46.5 0.0 73.1
1992-93 LAL 52 328 100 41 617 10 7 51 45.2 — 71.2
1993-94 LAL 45 210 65 22 469 4 3 30 46.4 — 68.4
1994-95 POR 28 75 43 8 266 5 8 14 38.6 — 64.7
1995-96 CHI 28 98 40 11 274 1 8 21 37.3 — 61.5
Career 1,168 14,862 6,004 1,499 28,356 420 867 1,931 49.5 4.8 69.8

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1980-81 IND 2 14 14 5 56 1 1 4 29.2 — —
1982-83 PHX 3 28 18 4 54 1 1 5 42.3 — 100.0
1983-84 PHX 17 234 91 27 463 4 11 31 49.2 — 70.6
1987-88 DET 22 139 68 11 308 2 10 10 50.9 0.0 65.9
1988-89 DET 17 120 36 12 317 1 8 15 47.1 0.0 78.4
1989-90 DET 20 286 71 13 536 5 11 31 49.4 0.0 60.4
1990-91 DET 15 160 37 9 345 2 3 24 40.7 — 69.1
1991-92 LAC 5 32 13 3 87 1 1 4 41.7 — 63.2
1992-93 LAL 3 6 2 0 14 0 0 1 75.0 — —
1994-95 POR 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 — —
1995-96 CHI 6 11 4 0 28 0 0 1 44.4 — 75.0
Career 111 1,030 354 84 2,212 17 46 126 46.8 0.0 68.2

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

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion (3): 1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96

Championship rings (3)

  • Drawing of the Detroit Pistons championship ring, 1988-8919891988-89

    Detroit Pistons

  • Drawing of the Detroit Pistons championship ring, 1989-9019901989-90

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates con una piedra roja y un diamante redondo rodeado de otros 20. En el borde, «89 – DETROIT PISTONS – WORLD CHAMPIONS – 90»; un lateral dice «BACK TO BACK», lleva dos balones y el récord 59-23; el otro, el resultado de las Finales (DET 4 – POR 1) (según la casa de subastas).

    Description source

    Detroit Pistons

  • Drawing of the Chicago Bulls championship ring, 1995-9619961995-96

    Maker: Jostens

    El de las 72 victorias: según los ejemplares de subasta, 76 diamantes (cuatro grandes por los cuatro títulos y 72 pequeños por las victorias) sobre una piedra negra con una red dorada.

    Description source

    Chicago Bulls

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Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Indiana Pacers traded Adrian Dantley and Dave Robisch to the Los Angeles Lakers for James Edwards, Earl Tatum and cash.

  2. · Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed James Edwards as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ray Blume was later selected) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Guy Morgan was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers as compensation.

  3. · Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded James Edwards and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Greg Kite was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Jeff Cook, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Roy Hinson was later selected) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Derrick Hord was later selected).

  4. · Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded Ron Moore and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Richard Dumas was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for James Edwards.

  5. · Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded James Edwards to the Los Angeles Clippers for Jeff Martin and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Lou Roe was later selected).

  6. · Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed James Edwards as an unrestricted free agent.

  7. · Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed James Edwards as an unrestricted free agent.

Show 2 more

  1. · Waived

    The Portland Trail Blazers released James Edwards.

  2. · Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed James Edwards as a free agent.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 PHX $0.4M
1985-86 PHX $0.5M
1987-88 DET $0.6M
1988-89 DET $0.8M
1990-91 DET $0.9M
1991-92 LAC $0.9M
1992-93 LAL $1.3M
1993-94 LAL $1.3M
1994-95 POR $0.3M
1995-96 CHI $0.2M
Career total $7.3M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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