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James Donaldson

Age 68 · USA · 218 cm (7'2") · 125 kg · Born Aug 16, 1957 · Washington State

8.4 PPG 7.8 RPG 0.8 APG 1,098 games 14 seasons
James Donaldson

Career snapshot

14seasons
1,098games
9,199career pts
11.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Dallas Mavericks · 484 games · 1985-86–1991-92

Position rank · 1994-95

#52PPG rank
#42PER rank
#40WS rank
Among 56 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.8 1983-84 · LAC
RPG 11.9 1986-87 · DAL
APG 1.2 1982-83 · OKC
PER 15.3 1986-87 · DAL
WS 10.4 1986-87 · DAL

Draft

1979
Round 4 · Pick 73
from Washington State

Honors & awards

1×
All-Star Selection
1987

Career by team

Utah Jazz
1992-93 – 1994-95 · 2 seasons
2.7 PPG 2.8 RPG 0.3 APG
49 games
Dallas Mavericks
1985-86 – 1991-92 · 7 seasons
8.8 PPG 9.5 RPG 0.8 APG
484 games
New York Knicks
1991-92 – 1991-92 · 1 seasons
0.9 PPG 1.4 RPG 0.1 APG
14 games
Los Angeles Clippers
1983-84 – 1985-86 · 3 seasons
11.4 PPG 8.1 RPG 0.9 APG
178 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
1980-81 – 1982-83 · 3 seasons
7.6 PPG 5.6 RPG 0.8 APG
232 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1980-81 OKC 68 0 14.4 5.3 4.5 0.6 0.1 1.1 54.2 0.0 59.4 — —
1981-82 OKC 82 1 20.9 8.1 6.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 60.9 0.0 62.9 — —
1982-83 OKC 82 11 21.8 8.9 6.1 1.2 0.2 1.2 58.3 0.0 68.8 — —
1983-84 LAC 82 67 30.8 11.8 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.7 59.6 0.0 76.1 — —
1984-85 LAC 82 58 29.2 11.3 8.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 63.7 0.0 74.9 14.6 5.0
1985-86 NBA 83 78 32.3 8.6 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.7 55.8 0.0 80.3 — —
1985-86 DAL 69 64 32.5 8.3 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.6 56.8 0.0 79.9 13.0 5.2
1985-86 LAC 14 14 31.5 10.2 9.4 0.9 0.4 2.1 51.2 0.0 81.4 12.7 0.6
1986-87 DAL 82 82 36.9 10.8 11.9 0.8 0.6 1.7 58.6 0.0 81.2 15.3 10.4
1987-88 DAL 81 81 31.1 7.0 9.3 0.8 0.5 1.3 55.8 0.0 77.8 12.4 6.2
1988-89 DAL 53 53 32.9 9.1 10.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 57.3 0.0 76.6 14.2 4.4
1989-90 DAL 73 73 31.0 9.1 8.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 53.9 0.0 70.0 12.2 4.5
1990-91 DAL 82 82 34.1 10.0 8.9 0.8 0.4 1.1 53.2 0.0 72.1 12.3 4.3
1991-92 NBA 58 32 18.5 4.9 5.0 0.6 0.1 0.8 45.7 0.0 70.9 — —
1991-92 DAL 44 32 22.6 6.2 6.1 0.7 0.2 1.0 47.1 0.0 70.2 12.0 1.5
1991-92 NYK 14 0 5.8 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 27.8 0.0 100.0 -0.3 -0.1
1992-93 UTA 6 1 15.7 3.5 4.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 57.1 0.0 55.6 10.7 0.2
1994-95 UTA 43 40 14.3 2.6 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 59.5 0.0 71.0 7.9 1.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1992 New York Knicks Utah Jazz season change
Jul 1992 Dallas Mavericks Utah Jazz season change
Jul 1991 Dallas Mavericks New York Knicks season change
Oct 1985 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Clippers mid season trade From 1985-86 to 1985-86
Jul 1985 Los Angeles Clippers Dallas Mavericks season change
Jul 1983 Oklahoma City Thunder Los Angeles Clippers season change

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About James Donaldson

James Lee Donaldson III is a British-American former professional basketball player who grew up in California and played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association and several leagues across Europe. Born in Heacham, England, Donaldson played high school basketball for Luther Burbank High School in California before enrolling at Washington State University to play for the Cougars.