James Silas 
#13 PG | 6-2, 193lbs | Pacers | Experience: 11 years
Born: 2/11/1949 (35) | College: Stephen F. Austin

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 67 51 83 0 51 41 12 20 19 44 33 9 78 38 89 77  
 Potential: B C A F C C F D F C D F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990 
 Value: $500,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL IND 50 4 11.6 5.4 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.64 0.2 0.1 1.3 .389 .874 .000  
 1982 NPSBL IND 80 0 18.0 9.2 0.4 1.1 2.2 1.6 1.40 0.5 0.1 1.8 .419 .813 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 82 11 24.4 15.6 0.5 1.6 2.7 2.4 1.15 0.7 0.0 2.1 .471 .876 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 82 0 30.0 21.0 0.6 1.7 3.3 3.2 1.02 0.8 0.1 2.6 .473 .885 .250  
 1979 NPSBL SAS 77 0 29.8 17.7 0.6 1.6 4.5 2.5 1.81 0.8 0.2 2.7 .514 .887 .000  
 1978 NPSBL SAS 79 0 27.5 16.0 0.4 1.9 3.5 2.5 1.37 1.0 0.3 2.7 .505 .831 .000  
 1977 NPSBL SAS 37 0 8.4 3.9 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.27 0.3 0.0 0.8 .443 .822 .000  
 1976 NPSBL SAS 22 0 16.2 9.5 0.3 1.1 2.3 0.0 50.00 0.6 0.1 1.6 .430 .813 .000  
 1975 NPSBL SAS 84 0 37.0 23.8 1.4 2.6 5.4 3.0 1.78 1.8 0.3 3.1 .519 .872 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SAS 82 0 37.9 19.3 1.5 2.3 4.9 2.8 1.73 1.4 0.2 2.8 .509 .885 .000  
 1973 NPSBL SAS 84 0 36.9 15.7 1.3 2.8 3.8 2.6 1.45 1.1 0.1 3.0 .478 .831 .000  
 1972 NPSBL DLC 78 0 31.0 13.7 1.5 2.8 3.1 2.5 1.27 0.0 0.0 3.4 .502 .833 .000  
 Career     837 15 27.9 15.5 0.8 1.9 3.4 2.3 1.47 0.8 0.1 2.5 .488 .860 .074  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1983 NPSBL IND 1.5 3.9 .389 2.4 2.7 .874 0.9 1.8 .506 0.6 2.0 .294 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1982 NPSBL IND 3.0 7.2 .419 3.2 3.9 .813 1.8 3.4 .535 1.2 3.8 .319 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 4.9 10.3 .471 5.8 6.7 .876 3.1 5.2 .592 1.8 5.1 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 6.9 14.5 .473 7.2 8.2 .885 4.6 7.8 .591 2.3 6.7 .339 0.0 0.1 .250  
 1979 NPSBL SAS 6.7 13.0 .514 4.4 5.0 .887 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1978 NPSBL SAS 5.9 11.7 .505 4.2 5.1 .831 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NPSBL SAS 1.2 2.6 .443 1.6 2.0 .822 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NPSBL SAS 2.8 6.5 .430 4.0 4.9 .813 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NPSBL SAS 8.5 16.5 .519 6.7 7.7 .872 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NPSBL SAS 7.0 13.9 .509 5.2 5.9 .885 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 NPSBL SAS 5.8 12.1 .478 4.2 5.0 .831 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 NPSBL DLC 4.4 8.7 .502 5.0 6.0 .833 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     5.4 11.0 .488 4.8 5.6 .860 1.0 1.7 .575 0.5 1.6 .336 0.0 0.0 .074  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1983 50 4 579 75 193 118 135 0 2 268 12 62 72 9 44 9 3 63 -115 
 1982 80 0 1436 242 578 252 310 0 4 736 33 123 177 39 126 39 7 144 149 
 1981 82 11 1999 399 847 479 547 0 4 1277 37 167 224 57 195 57 4 173 174 
 1980 82 0 2458 564 1193 593 670 2 8 1723 46 185 270 67 264 67 12 215 267 
 1979 77 0 2293 513 999 339 382 0 4 1365 45 167 347 61 192 61 14 206
 1978 79 0 2171 466 922 334 402 0 0 1266 35 183 273 76 199 76 20 215
 1977 37 0 311 43 97 60 73 0 0 146 4 23 38 11 30 11 1 29
 1976 22 0 356 61 142 87 107 0 0 209 7 32 50 13 0 13 3 36
 1975 84 0 3112 718 1384 564 647 0 2 2000 115 335 452 155 254 155 24 263
 1974 82 0 3105 578 1136 430 486 0 2 1586 119 310 398 111 230 111 17 232
 1973 84 0 3096 486 1017 349 420 0 1 1321 112 343 319 90 220 90 8 256
 1972 78 0 2417 341 679 389 467 0 0 1071 114 336 244 0 192 0 0 262
 Career 837 15 23333 4486 9187 3994 4646 2 27 12968 679 2266 2864 689 1946 689 113 2094 475 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1983 NPSBL IND .532 1.39 19.6 12.0 23.1 2.3 9.2 5.8 13.2 19.2 0.6 -2.3 98.8 109.1  
 1982 NPSBL IND .515 1.27 17.4 12.4 25.2 2.5 6.7 4.7 14.1 66.5 2.2 1.9 109.6 105.4  
 1981 NPSBL IND .586 1.51 14.9 12.9 27.0 2.1 7.5 4.8 18.9 235.6 7.9 2.1 108.4 103.8  
 1980 NPSBL IND .579 1.44 13.4 13.1 29.2 2.2 6.1 4.2 20.5 348.3 11.6 3.3 109.3 104.4  
 1979 NPSBL SAS .584 1.37 20.3 11.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1978 NPSBL SAS .576 1.37 17.4 12.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NPSBL SAS .566 1.51 19.3 15.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NPSBL SAS .550 1.47 20.9 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NPSBL SAS .599 1.45 19.0 10.7 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NPSBL SAS .587 1.40 20.1 11.6 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1973 NPSBL SAS .549 1.30 18.3 12.6 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1972 NPSBL DLC .606 1.58 18.5 14.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .577 1.41 17.9 12.1 7.5 2.3 6.9 4.7 14.5 669.6 22.3 0.6 108.2 104.9  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 3 0 17.3 9.7 0.7 1.7 0.3 1.3 0.25 0.7 0.0 0.7 .364 .913 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 15 0 21.2 12.7 0.3 1.7 2.9 2.3 1.29 0.6 0.1 2.8 .421 .895 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 14 5 28.1 15.7 0.6 1.8 2.9 2.0 1.43 0.9 0.2 2.6 .426 .842 .000  
 Career     32 5 23.9 13.7 0.5 1.8 2.7 2.1 1.29 0.7 0.2 2.5 .422 .874 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1982 NPSBL IND 1.3 3.7 .364 7.0 7.7 .913 1.0 1.7 .600 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1981 NPSBL IND 4.1 9.7 .421 4.5 5.1 .895 2.6 4.7 .557 1.5 5.0 .293 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPSBL IND 5.6 13.1 .426 4.6 5.4 .842 4.1 6.9 .588 1.5 6.1 .247 0.0 0.1 .000  
 Career     4.5 10.6 .422 4.8 5.5 .874 3.1 5.4 .576 1.4 5.2 .265 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1982 3 0 52 4 11 21 23 0 0 29 2 7 1 2 4 2 0 2 -9 
 1981 15 0 318 61 145 68 76 0 0 190 4 30 44 9 34 9 2 42 -52 
 1980 14 5 394 78 183 64 76 0 1 220 9 34 40 12 28 12 3 37 -16 
 Career 32 5 764 143 339 153 175 0 1 439 15 71 85 23 66 23 5 81 -77 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1982 NPSBL IND .667 2.64 3.8 15.4 20.1 3.8 10.2 6.9 15.2 3.2 0.1 -3.0 100.0 106.5  
 1981 NPSBL IND .534 1.31 17.2 13.3 29.1 1.5 9.4 5.4 11.8 4.2 0.1 -3.5 102.5 110.5  
 1980 NPSBL IND .509 1.20 14.1 9.9 26.0 2.4 6.4 4.5 12.8 11.1 0.4 -1.1 97.5 99.9  
 Career     .529 1.29 15.0 11.6 26.9 2.1 7.8 5.0 12.6 18.5 0.6 -2.4 99.8 104.8  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 20 1 5 9 3 1 6 7 18 13 13 0 1  
 Playoff 40 3 5 6 4 1 5 14 27 12 12 0 1  
 Career 42 4 8 9 4 3 11 15 28 21 23 1 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/26 HOU W 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -6
 10/28 CHI L 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 11/7 DAL W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 11/11 MIL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/16 SDC W 11 1 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 -3
 11/18 ATL L 9 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3
 11/21 NJN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
 11/22 CHI W 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 -3
 11/25 PHI L 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
 11/26 CLE L 10 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -4
 11/28 GSW L 12 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 -17
 11/30 DAL L 17 2 5 9 11 0 0 13 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 7
 12/2 NYK W 20 1 4 5 6 0 0 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 -12
 12/4 ATL W 14 2 7 4 5 0 0 8 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 -14
 12/5 NJN L 26 3 10 4 4 0 0 10 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 2
 12/7 CHI L 42 4 12 7 10 0 0 15 1 5 9 2 1 0 5 -16
 12/8 NJN L 43 5 18 10 12 0 0 20 0 5 3 5 1 0 3 0
 12/10 DET L 14 2 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 -4
 12/12 NJN L 37 7 17 3 5 0 0 17 1 4 5 6 0 1 4 6
 12/16 POR L 16 3 7 3 4 0 1 9 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 -12
 12/17 PHX W 26 2 7 13 13 0 0 17 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 18
 12/19 ATL W 12 1 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 -5
 12/22 NJN W 7 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1
 12/23 DET L 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 -1
 12/26 ATL W 19 2 5 4 4 0 0 8 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 -4
 12/27 PHI W 21 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 -2
 12/30 DET L 12 1 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 -4
 12/31 DEN W 20 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 -8
 1/12 ATL W 4 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 1/20 WAS L 6 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/22 MIL L 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -5
 1/31 UTA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2/1 KCK L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2/9 HOU W 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 2/15 SEA L 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
 3/6 SEA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 3/7 CLE L 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 3/10 BOS W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
 3/14 CHI W 8 0 1 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -3
 3/17 MIL W 19 3 9 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -4
 3/19 CLE L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 3/24 BOS W 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1
 3/28 POR L 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 -7
 4/1 DEN L 11 3 4 7 7 0 0 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
 4/2 LAL L 19 6 8 2 2 0 0 14 1 1 4 1 1 0 4 -9
 4/5 PHX L 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -7
 4/7 DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 4/9 CLE L 14 3 7 4 6 0 0 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 -11
 4/10 WAS L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
 4/14 BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4/16 MIL W 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4
 4/18 LAL L 21 2 5 7 7 0 0 11 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 -9

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 10
 Total Sixth Man of the Year: 1
 1980 NPSBL Sixth Man of the Year

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Indiana with pick #11 of round 5 of the creation draft.
 7/26/1982 Re-signed with the Pacers for $75,000 over one year.
 8/1/1983 Re-signed with the Pacers for $500,000 over one year.


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