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Jim Barnes

Center  at Boston Celtics
Age85
NationalityUSA
Height203 cm (6'8")
Weight95 kg
BornApr 13, 1941
CollegeTexas-El Paso
Career
9.1PPG
6.7RPG
0.9APG
574 games · 5 seasons

Career snapshot

5seasons
574games
5,194career pts
12.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 126 games · 1968-69–1969-70

Position rank · 1969-70

#20PPG rank
#14PER rank
#16WS rank
Among 27 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.5 1964-65 · NYK
RPG 10.3 1965-66 · —
APG 1.3 1965-66 · —
PER 14.0 1968-69 · BOS
WS 3.4 1964-65 · NYK

Draft

1964
Round 1 · Pick 1
from Texas-El Paso

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1964

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1968-69 – 1969-70 · 2 seasons
5.6 PPG 4.3 RPG 0.7 APG
126 games
Chicago Bulls
1967-68 – 1968-69 · 2 seasons
7.9 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.7 APG
47 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1967-68 – 1967-68 · 1 seasons
6.2 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.6 APG
42 games
New York Knicks
1964-65 – 1965-66 · 2 seasons
15.5 PPG 9.8 RPG 1.2 APG
82 games
Washington Wizards
1965-66 – 1965-66 · 1 seasons
12.1 PPG 10.3 RPG 1.3 APG
66 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1964-65 NYK 75 0 34.5 15.5 9.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.4 0.0 66.2 13.7 3.4
1965-66 NBA 73 0 30.0 12.4 10.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 42.5 0.0 68.4 — —
1965-66 NYK 7 0 37.6 15.7 10.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 71.4 12.3 0.4
1965-66 WAS 66 0 29.2 12.1 10.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 42.3 0.0 67.9 — —
1967-68 NBA 79 0 18.0 7.3 5.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 44.3 0.0 69.6 — —
1967-68 CHI 37 0 19.2 8.5 5.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 45.5 0.0 71.8 13.4 1.6
1967-68 LAL 42 0 17.0 6.2 5.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 67.0 10.0 0.8
1968-69 NBA 59 0 12.0 5.2 3.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 44.1 0.0 67.6 — —
1968-69 BOS 49 0 12.1 5.1 4.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 45.5 0.0 70.7 14.0 2.1
1968-69 CHI 10 0 11.1 5.6 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 39.0 0.0 52.6 11.5 0.0
1969-70 BOS 77 0 13.6 5.9 4.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 41.0 0.0 74.2 11.3 1.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1968 Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls mid season trade From 1968-69 to 1968-69
Jul 1968 Los Angeles Lakers Chicago Bulls season change
Jul 1968 Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics season change
Jul 1968 Chicago Bulls Boston Celtics season change
Oct 1967 Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers mid season trade From 1967-68 to 1967-68
Oct 1967 Washington Wizards Chicago Bulls offseason From 1965-66 to 1967-68
Jul 1965 New York Knicks Washington Wizards season change

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About Jim Barnes

Velvet James Barnes, also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College.