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Jim Cleamons

Age 76 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 84 kg · Born Sep 13, 1949 · Ohio State

7.3 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.5 APG 589 games 7 seasons
Jim Cleamons

Career snapshot

7seasons
589games
4,307career pts
12.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Cleveland Cavaliers · 235 games · 1972-73–1974-75

Position rank · 1979-80

#49PPG rank
#66PER rank
#64WS rank
Among 76 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.9 1974-75 · CLE
RPG 4.4 1974-75 · CLE
APG 5.1 1974-75 · CLE
PER 13.9 1971-72 · LAL
WS 5.5 1974-75 · CLE

Draft

1971
Round 1 · Pick 13
from Ohio State

Honors & awards

1×
All-Defense Team
1975

Career by team

New York Knicks
1977-78 – 1979-80 · 3 seasons
7.4 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.9 APG
180 games
Washington Wizards
1979-80 – 1979-80 · 1 seasons
7.8 PPG 2.3 RPG 4.4 APG
57 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1972-73 – 1974-75 · 3 seasons
8.1 PPG 3.1 RPG 3.5 APG
235 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1971-72 – 1971-72 · 1 seasons
2.6 PPG 1.0 RPG 0.9 APG
38 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 LAL 38 0 5.3 2.6 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.0 0.0 77.8 13.9 0.1
1972-73 CLE 80 0 17.4 5.7 2.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 45.4 0.0 74.3 12.4 2.6
1973-74 CLE 81 0 20.3 7.0 2.8 2.8 0.8 0.2 43.3 0.0 69.9 12.5 1.7
1974-75 CLE 74 0 36.4 11.9 4.4 5.1 1.1 0.3 48.0 0.0 79.6 13.8 5.5
1977-78 NYK 79 0 25.4 6.5 2.7 3.6 0.9 0.2 48.0 0.0 78.6 10.4 2.7
1978-79 NYK 79 0 30.3 9.5 2.8 4.8 0.9 0.1 47.3 0.0 76.0 11.8 3.4
1979-80 NBA 79 0 22.6 6.6 1.9 3.6 0.7 0.1 47.6 22.6 74.3 — —
1979-80 NYK 22 0 11.5 3.4 0.9 1.8 0.6 0.1 43.5 37.5 80.0 11.1 0.3
1979-80 WAS 57 0 26.9 7.8 2.3 4.4 0.8 0.2 48.3 17.4 73.5 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1979 New York Knicks Washington Wizards season change
Oct 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers New York Knicks offseason From 1974-75 to 1977-78
Jul 1972 Los Angeles Lakers Cleveland Cavaliers season change

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Born on September 13

John Murphy 1924 · Golden State Warriors William Bell 1932 · New York Knicks Gene Guarilia 1937 · Boston Celtics Charlie Hardnett 1938 · Washington Wizards Curtis Perry 1948 · Milwaukee Bucks Edmund Sherod 1959 · New York Knicks Anthony Jones 1962 · Dallas Mavericks Brian Evans 1973 · Minnesota Timberwolves

About Jim Cleamons

James Mitchell Cleamons is an American former professional basketball player and was a coach in the NBA and at the college and high school levels. He was an assistant coach on nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championship teams.