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James Posey

Career (regular season)

GP
864
PTS
8.6
REB
4.7
AST
1.6

Personal details

Position
Forward
Height and weight
2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) · 98 kg (216 lb)
Born
January 13, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Estados Unidos
School / club
Xavier
Draft
1999: round 1, pick 18
NBA career
1999-2010 · 12 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1999-00 DEN 81 662 317 146 2,052 98 33 95 42.9 37.3 80.0
2000-01 DEN 82 666 431 163 2,255 93 40 102 41.2 30.0 81.6
2001-02 DEN 73 782 429 180 2,243 114 39 127 37.6 28.3 79.3
2002-03 DEN 25 352 145 78 872 29 6 66 37.3 27.3 84.3
2002-03 HOU 58 541 281 106 1,646 77 9 78 43.9 32.6 82.6
2002-03 TOT 83 893 426 184 2,518 106 15 144 41.1 30.6 83.3
2003-04 MEM 82 1,126 403 122 2,448 137 40 112 47.8 38.6 83.0
2004-05 MEM 50 405 219 88 1,383 48 23 69 35.7 30.9 86.5
2005-06 MIA 67 483 319 89 1,914 54 20 58 40.3 40.3 78.7
2006-07 MIA 71 550 357 94 1,919 71 23 55 43.1 37.5 82.7
2007-08 BOS 74 545 322 114 1,821 72 19 65 41.8 38.0 80.9
2008-09 NOH 75 668 362 82 2,140 58 21 79 41.2 36.9 82.2
2009-10 NOH 77 399 329 117 1,731 42 19 51 36.5 33.5 82.5
2010-11 IND 49 240 147 34 839 24 6 24 33.6 31.6 73.3
Career 864 7,419 4,061 1,413 23,263 917 298 981 41.0 34.9 82.0

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2003-04 MEM 4 50 22 4 130 9 2 6 40.5 16.7 90.5
2004-05 MEM 4 39 13 4 100 2 1 5 44.0 46.7 76.9
2005-06 MIA 22 160 125 20 606 17 2 11 43.0 42.2 73.0
2006-07 MIA 4 31 31 6 139 8 5 5 38.5 31.6 100.0
2007-08 BOS 26 174 93 28 573 26 8 14 43.7 39.8 87.5
2008-09 NOH 5 57 31 3 123 3 0 10 37.5 26.3 84.6
Career 65 511 315 65 1,671 65 18 51 42.1 38.7 83.1

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

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion (2): 2005-06, 2007-08
  • All-Rookie Second Team: 1999-00
  • Rising Stars: 2000

Championship rings (2)

  • Drawing of the Miami Heat championship ring, 2005-0620062005-06

    Maker: Jostens

    El trofeo Larry O’Brien en una piedra negra con «WORLD CHAMPIONS» en diamantes; los laterales dicen «FAMILY», «15 STRONG», «FAITH» y «2006», y por dentro «IT WAS OUR TIME» con la fecha del título (20/6/2006) (según la casa de subastas).

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    Miami Heat

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 2007-0820082007-08

    Los anillos llegaron a Boston el 28 de octubre de 2008 y se entregaron esa noche, en el partido inaugural contra Cleveland, con David Stern en la pista. No hemos hallado una descripción fiable del diseño ni del fabricante.

    Description source

    Boston Celtics

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Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Denver Nuggets traded James Posey to the Houston Rockets; the Houston Rockets traded a 2004 2nd round draft pick (Vassilis Spanoulis was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets; the Houston Rockets traded Kenny Thomas to the Philadelphia 76ers; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Mark Bryant, Art Long and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Joey Graham was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets.

  2. · Signing

    The Memphis Grizzlies signed James Posey as a free agent.

  3. · Trade

    In a 5-team trade, the Boston Celtics traded Antoine Walker to the Miami Heat; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Andre Emmett, James Posey and Jason Williams to the Miami Heat; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Greg Ostertag to the Utah Jazz; the Miami Heat traded Albert Miralles, Qyntel Woods, a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Edin Bavčić was later selected) and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Nikola Peković was later selected) to the Boston Celtics; the Miami Heat traded Eddie Jones to the Memphis Grizzlies; the Miami Heat traded Rasual Butler to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets traded Roberto Duenas to the Miami Heat; the Utah Jazz traded Curtis Borchardt to the Boston Celtics; the Utah Jazz traded Raül López to the Memphis Grizzlies; and the Utah Jazz traded Kirk Snyder to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.

  4. · Free agency

    The Boston Celtics signed James Posey as a free agent.

  5. · Free agency

    The New Orleans Hornets signed James Posey as a free agent.

  6. · Multi-team trade

    In a 4-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans Hornets; the Indiana Pacers traded Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets; the New Jersey Nets traded Courtney Lee to the Houston Rockets; and the New Orleans Hornets traded Darren Collison and James Posey to the Indiana Pacers.

  7. · Waived

    The Indiana Pacers waived James Posey.

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  1. · Coaching staff

    Cleveland nombra a Jim Boylan, Bret Brielmaier, Larry Drew y James Posey asistentes del entrenador.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1999-00 DEN $1.0M
2000-01 DEN $1.0M
2001-02 DEN $1.1M
2002-03 HOU $1.7M
2003-04 MEM $4.9M
2004-05 MEM $5.4M
2005-06 MIA $5.9M
2006-07 MIA $6.4M
2007-08 BOS $3.2M
2008-09 NOH $5.6M
2009-10 NOH $6.0M
2010-11 IND $7.1M
2011-12 IND $7.6M
2012-13 IND $7.6M
Career total $64.6M

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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