Jim Paxson 
#21 SG | 6-6, 221lbs | FA | Experience: 9 years
Born: 7/9/1957 (31) | College: Dayton

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 88 100 78 53 53 56 25 22 34 80 96 15 66 82 48 85  
 Potential: A A B C C C D D D B A F          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 9                

Season Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DAL 78 52 32.6 17.3 1.2 2.8 3.9 2.4 1.58 1.7 0.2 1.9 .487 .822 .390  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 82 82 36.9 21.7 1.2 2.5 4.3 2.8 1.53 2.0 0.2 3.0 .482 .845 .241  
 1985 NPBSL CLE 82 82 35.1 21.7 1.1 2.9 4.5 2.4 1.86 1.7 0.2 2.6 .500 .838 .353  
 1984 NPBSL CLE 82 82 34.2 23.1 1.4 2.8 4.3 2.6 1.66 1.7 0.1 3.0 .493 .841 .211  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 82 82 34.9 24.8 1.1 3.4 4.6 3.0 1.55 1.7 0.1 3.3 .513 .835 .250  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 75 75 34.9 24.6 1.5 3.4 4.3 2.9 1.51 2.2 0.0 3.4 .514 .822 .133  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 82 82 35.4 22.3 1.2 2.9 4.7 2.4 1.97 2.0 0.1 3.1 .497 .824 .277  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 82 82 35.2 21.3 1.1 2.8 4.5 2.8 1.63 1.7 0.2 3.1 .506 .844 .276  
 1979 NPBSL POR 72 0 17.6 6.2 0.3 1.2 2.0 1.3 1.55 0.7 0.1 1.3 .411 .711 .045  
 Career     717 619 33.2 20.5 1.1 2.8 4.1 2.5 1.65 1.7 0.1 2.8 .496 .831 .267  

Shooting Averages

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DAL 7.1 14.6 .487 2.7 3.2 .822 3.1 5.0 .623 3.6 8.6 .421 0.4 1.1 .390  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 8.4 17.5 .482 4.6 5.4 .845 4.5 7.4 .607 3.7 9.0 .407 0.2 1.0 .241  
 1985 NPBSL CLE 8.7 17.5 .500 4.2 5.0 .838 4.3 6.9 .622 4.3 10.1 .421 0.1 0.4 .353  
 1984 NPBSL CLE 9.2 18.7 .493 4.6 5.5 .841 4.3 6.9 .621 4.8 11.3 .427 0.1 0.5 .211  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 9.6 18.8 .513 5.4 6.4 .835 4.7 7.1 .661 4.9 11.3 .431 0.1 0.4 .250  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 9.5 18.4 .514 5.7 6.9 .822 4.7 7.1 .654 4.7 10.9 .436 0.1 0.4 .133  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 8.4 16.9 .497 5.4 6.5 .824 3.5 5.6 .623 4.7 10.7 .442 0.2 0.6 .277  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 8.2 16.1 .506 4.9 5.8 .844 3.8 5.7 .668 4.3 10.1 .423 0.1 0.4 .276  
 1979 NPBSL POR 2.6 6.4 .411 0.9 1.3 .711 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 .045  
 Career     8.0 16.2 .496 4.3 5.2 .831 3.7 5.8 .635 3.9 9.2 .426 0.1 0.6 .267  

Season Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 78 52 2543 554 1137 208 253 32 82 1348 95 313 301 135 191 135 13 152 -52 
 1986 82 82 3028 692 1435 377 446 20 83 1781 98 305 351 165 230 165 14 246 -70 
 1985 82 82 2876 715 1431 341 407 12 34 1783 92 329 365 136 196 136 19 217 -10 
 1984 82 82 2808 755 1531 376 447 8 38 1894 113 346 354 141 213 141 12 246 -92 
 1983 82 82 2865 791 1541 439 526 9 36 2030 94 376 375 143 242 143 12 270 373 
 1982 75 75 2621 709 1379 424 516 4 30 1846 109 366 323 162 214 162 3 256 250 
 1981 82 82 2902 689 1387 439 533 13 47 1830 99 340 386 164 196 164 5 254 412 
 1980 82 82 2889 669 1322 401 475 8 29 1747 90 323 372 141 228 141 16 255 324 
 1979 72 0 1270 189 460 64 90 1 22 443 25 109 144 48 93 48 5 97 0 
 Career 717 619 23802 5763 11623 3069 3693 107 401 14702 815 2807 2971 1235 1803 1235 99 1993 1135 

Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NPBSL DAL .540 1.19 17.3 11.0 24.5 4.0 9.2 6.6 17.7 274.5 9.1 -0.7 102.0 103.0  
 1986 NPBSL CLE .546 1.24 15.9 10.4 25.5 3.5 7.4 5.4 17.6 320.1 10.7 -0.9 104.4 105.1  
 1985 NPBSL CLE .554 1.25 16.8 9.0 27.2 3.5 8.9 6.2 19.9 401.5 13.4 -0.1 104.4 104.0  
 1984 NPBSL CLE .548 1.24 15.4 9.3 29.3 4.4 9.1 6.8 21.0 438.2 14.6 -1.1 105.5 106.6  
 1983 NPBSL CLE .573 1.32 15.7 10.1 30.3 3.9 10.9 7.5 22.8 525.3 17.5 4.5 108.3 101.8  
 1982 NPBSL CLE .575 1.34 15.1 10.0 29.0 4.8 10.3 7.7 23.5 510.2 17.0 3.3 103.8 99.4  
 1981 NPBSL CLE .564 1.32 17.5 8.9 26.6 4.0 9.8 6.9 22.5 521.7 17.4 5.0 108.8 101.9  
 1980 NPBSL CLE .571 1.32 17.5 10.7 25.3 3.6 9.2 6.5 21.5 473.8 15.8 4.0 108.4 103.0  
 1979 NPBSL POR .444 0.96 19.5 12.6 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .555 1.26 16.5 10.0 25.8 3.9 9.3 6.7 19.7 3465.1 115.5 1.6 105.8 103.1  

Playoff Averages

 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DAL 12 8 37.2 17.8 0.8 3.6 6.0 3.0 2.00 2.0 0.0 2.3 .439 .852 .200  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 4 4 43.3 21.8 3.5 2.8 4.0 3.0 1.33 2.3 0.3 4.0 .385 .889 .250  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 11 11 35.1 20.2 0.7 3.7 4.0 3.1 1.29 1.6 0.1 2.8 .429 .765 .167  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 4 4 30.0 19.0 2.0 1.8 2.3 1.8 1.29 1.8 0.0 4.0 .437 .933 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 5 5 36.2 23.0 1.8 3.4 4.0 2.8 1.43 1.6 0.2 2.6 .561 .885 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 12 12 34.5 22.3 0.8 3.0 3.7 2.9 1.26 1.8 0.1 3.1 .517 .892 .200  
 Career     48 44 35.8 20.4 1.2 3.2 4.3 2.9 1.49 1.8 0.1 2.9 .460 .856 .188  

Playoff Shooting

 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1987 NPBSL DAL 7.8 17.8 .439 1.9 2.3 .852 4.2 5.9 .704 3.4 10.7 .320 0.3 1.3 .200  
 1986 NPBSL CLE 8.8 22.8 .385 4.0 4.5 .889 6.3 11.8 .532 2.3 10.0 .225 0.3 1.0 .250  
 1983 NPBSL CLE 8.3 19.3 .429 3.5 4.6 .765 3.3 6.1 .537 4.9 12.6 .388 0.1 0.5 .167  
 1982 NPBSL CLE 7.8 17.8 .437 3.5 3.8 .933 3.0 4.8 .632 4.8 12.5 .380 0.0 0.5 .000  
 1981 NPBSL CLE 9.2 16.4 .561 4.6 5.2 .885 4.0 5.4 .741 5.2 11.0 .473 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1980 NPBSL CLE 8.7 16.8 .517 4.8 5.4 .892 4.0 6.2 .649 4.6 10.2 .451 0.1 0.4 .200  
 Career     8.4 18.1 .460 3.6 4.2 .856 4.0 6.4 .626 4.3 11.1 .382 0.1 0.7 .188  

Playoff Totals

 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1987 12 8 446 94 214 23 27 3 15 214 9 52 72 24 36 24 0 27 -27 
 1986 4 4 173 35 91 16 18 1 4 87 14 25 16 9 12 9 1 16 -73 
 1983 11 11 386 91 212 39 51 1 6 222 8 49 44 18 34 18 1 31 -54 
 1982 4 4 120 31 71 14 15 0 2 76 8 15 9 7 7 7 0 16 -33 
 1981 5 5 181 46 82 23 26 0 0 115 9 26 20 8 14 8 1 13 -10 
 1980 12 12 414 104 201 58 65 1 5 267 9 45 44 22 35 22 1 37 85 
 Career 48 44 1720 401 871 173 202 6 32 981 57 212 205 88 138 88 4 140 -112 

Playoff Efficiency

 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1987 NPBSL DAL .473 1.00 21.6 10.8 24.3 2.0 9.9 5.9 12.3 11.2 0.4 -2.3 102.1 104.0  
 1986 NPBSL CLE .444 0.96 12.6 9.4 28.1 7.3 7.8 7.5 10.3 -0.5 0.0 -18.3 97.4 116.5  
 1983 NPBSL CLE .474 1.05 14.1 10.9 30.2 2.3 10.8 6.7 10.2 -1.9 -0.1 -4.9 100.7 106.7  
 1982 NPBSL CLE .487 1.07 9.6 7.4 29.6 7.3 6.7 7.0 13.3 5.0 0.2 -8.3 96.0 107.2  
 1981 NPBSL CLE .624 1.40 15.7 11.0 26.1 6.3 12.1 9.2 18.0 20.2 0.7 -2.0 110.4 112.3  
 1980 NPBSL CLE .583 1.33 14.2 11.3 26.5 2.5 9.4 6.1 18.2 47.8 1.6 7.1 108.2 98.3  
 Career     .510 1.13 15.7 10.6 27.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.7 81.9 2.7 -2.3 103.2 105.5  

Career Highs

 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 44 6 12 13 5 1 10 17 31 10 10 2 5  
 Playoff 32 5 9 10 7 1 8 14 29 12 14 3 4  
 Career 50 6 12 13 8 3 10 19 37 18 22 3 5  

Game Logs

 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 PHI L 34 9 18 4 4 1 3 23 4 7 4 3 1 0 2 -25
 10/21 WAS L 40 12 27 4 4 0 1 28 3 6 4 3 0 0 4 -8
 10/23 DEN W 34 10 20 10 12 0 1 30 2 3 5 0 0 0 3 33
 10/27 SDC L 42 6 19 3 4 0 0 15 2 4 4 0 1 0 4 -2
 10/28 MIL L 40 8 20 6 8 0 0 22 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 -20
 10/30 NJN W 37 14 23 3 4 0 0 31 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 28
 11/3 CHI W 35 10 19 3 4 1 3 24 2 5 1 4 0 0 2 19
 11/5 NJN L 46 9 19 2 3 0 0 20 3 12 13 1 1 0 1 -1
 11/6 PHX W 40 12 16 0 0 1 2 25 0 3 7 0 2 0 2 14
 11/9 LAL L 32 5 14 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 5 4 4 0 2 -32
 11/10 DAL L 23 5 11 4 4 0 1 14 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 -24
 11/13 UTA L 31 7 13 4 8 1 1 19 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 -21
 11/17 HOU L 27 6 11 0 1 1 2 13 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 -3
 11/18 DEN W 40 9 19 2 2 1 1 21 3 5 5 3 3 0 3 14
 11/21 IND L 33 8 18 3 6 0 0 19 2 6 2 3 4 0 1 -25
 11/24 CHI W 39 4 11 5 6 0 0 13 1 7 3 2 3 0 4 0
 11/25 GSW L 38 11 24 1 4 1 1 24 6 11 4 3 2 0 3 -21
 11/28 NJN L 39 6 17 1 2 0 1 13 1 5 5 2 0 1 2 -18
 11/29 MIL L 36 5 12 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 7 3 0 1 4 -6
 12/1 ATL L 39 6 12 8 8 0 0 20 2 3 6 2 3 0 2 -8
 12/2 DET L 27 6 17 0 0 0 1 12 1 3 5 5 0 0 1 -40
 12/5 WAS W 40 12 28 3 4 0 1 27 2 8 5 0 1 0 2 13
 12/6 ATL L 28 2 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 -21
 12/8 KCK L 37 9 20 2 2 0 3 20 1 2 4 2 3 0 3 -22
 12/9 NYK W 40 11 24 8 8 0 0 30 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 10
 12/13 PHI W 34 11 24 6 6 0 2 28 1 6 1 3 0 1 2 -6
 12/15 IND L 23 7 12 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 -16
 12/17 BOS L 15 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 -18
 12/19 CHI W 41 6 14 3 3 0 1 15 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 7
 12/21 PHX W 28 4 9 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 18
 12/23 DET W 44 6 16 3 4 0 1 15 0 3 3 1 5 0 4 -3
 12/25 UTA L 34 9 14 0 0 0 0 18 1 3 1 1 2 0 4 -7
 12/26 LAL W 39 7 15 5 6 0 1 19 3 5 2 2 3 0 2 9
 12/28 MIL W 42 6 16 2 2 0 2 14 3 5 3 3 3 1 3 13
 12/31 NJN L 35 5 12 2 4 0 2 12 0 1 6 2 1 0 2 -11
 1/1 IND W 43 10 21 10 10 1 2 31 3 9 3 1 3 1 3 6
 1/5 HOU W 40 7 14 0 0 2 2 16 2 6 5 2 0 0 1 8
 1/7 NYK L 40 12 25 6 6 1 2 31 0 4 4 4 1 0 4 -8
 1/9 SAS L 34 7 18 0 0 0 0 14 0 3 5 3 4 0 3 -25
 1/10 ATL L 36 7 20 1 2 0 0 15 1 5 4 3 1 0 3 -10
 1/13 BOS L 40 11 28 2 2 2 4 26 2 7 2 4 0 0 1 4
 1/15 WAS W 32 10 19 6 6 1 1 27 2 6 5 2 3 0 3 7
 1/17 NYK L 42 17 31 8 8 2 4 44 2 7 5 3 3 0 1 -3
 1/19 SDC W 36 7 16 5 6 0 0 19 1 3 7 1 1 0 0 17
 1/21 BOS L 40 10 18 6 8 2 3 28 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 -17
 1/23 IND W 40 3 11 2 2 0 2 8 1 5 2 5 1 1 1 11
 1/25 ATL L 39 7 12 1 2 1 1 16 3 6 9 2 2 0 2 4
 1/26 DET L 35 5 9 6 6 0 0 16 2 3 7 2 3 0 2 -16
 1/28 BOS L 38 5 13 1 2 0 0 11 0 2 8 3 1 0 1 -9
 1/30 NJN L 40 5 11 0 0 1 1 11 0 5 6 5 5 0 3 -8
 2/1 DET L 41 13 24 1 2 2 5 29 1 6 4 10 4 0 4 -12
 2/3 CHI W 40 5 10 7 8 0 0 17 1 4 8 2 4 0 1 31
 2/4 MIL L 37 7 17 1 2 0 0 15 0 6 2 4 4 1 4 -7
 2/9 PHI L 42 13 25 1 2 0 0 27 2 7 9 3 3 0 3 -8
 2/11 DET L 33 4 8 3 6 0 1 11 0 4 6 4 0 1 4 -9
 2/13 DEN W 35 9 13 2 2 1 1 21 0 4 1 2 2 0 3 9
 2/15 CLE W 23 4 15 5 6 0 1 13 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 0
 2/17 PHX W 39 13 18 3 3 2 2 31 0 4 2 6 4 0 1 37
 2/18 HOU W 27 6 15 2 2 0 1 14 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 14
 2/23 KCK W 23 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2
 2/24 DEN W 25 4 13 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 -3
 2/29 ATL W 25 7 11 4 6 0 1 18 0 2 2 4 1 0 4 -6
 3/1 PHX L 20 3 8 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 3 3 1 0 2 3
 3/5 POR L 30 11 16 1 5 2 4 25 2 5 3 0 0 0 2 -4
 3/9 MIL W 20 2 5 2 2 0 1 6 1 4 1 4 2 0 0 -4
 3/11 PHI L 23 3 7 0 0 1 1 7 1 2 8 1 0 0 2 8
 3/12 KCK W 20 4 11 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 2 2 2 0 2 -1
 3/15 UTA L 27 7 20 2 2 0 0 16 4 7 3 4 2 1 1 -9
 3/16 SAS L 10 2 4 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 5
 3/19 DET L 22 8 11 7 8 1 3 24 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 4
 3/20 IND W 30 13 14 6 6 0 0 32 0 1 4 2 1 0 4 4
 3/22 POR L 24 4 8 4 4 0 1 12 1 3 5 2 0 0 1 5
 3/24 DEN W 30 10 14 3 4 0 1 23 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 6
 3/26 POR W 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 3 0 0 2 0
 3/28 GSW W 23 6 13 0 0 0 1 12 2 6 3 2 1 0 0 1
 3/30 UTA W 16 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 9
 4/3 CHI W 38 5 12 4 4 0 2 14 2 4 3 4 2 0 0 12
 4/9 SDC W 28 6 9 4 4 0 0 16 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 12
 4/10 SEA W 19 5 7 2 2 0 0 12 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 18
 4/15 WAS W 26 5 8 2 2 0 0 12 0 4 7 0 3 0 0 16
 4/16 DEN W 21 6 10 6 7 1 1 19 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 -6
 4/18 WAS W 38 11 18 9 10 1 1 32 2 3 3 0 4 1 4 21
 4/20 SAS W 39 11 19 2 3 0 1 24 2 4 5 5 2 0 0 14
 4/21 PHX W 37 13 19 0 0 1 2 27 2 6 3 3 2 0 3 11
 4/23 GSW W 43 10 19 2 2 0 1 22 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 7
 4/24 GSW L 43 13 23 0 0 3 4 29 3 4 6 1 2 0 3 -10
 4/26 GSW L 27 7 13 2 2 0 2 16 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 -1
 4/27 GSW W 28 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 8 4 1 0 1 2
 4/29 GSW W 38 11 26 5 6 0 3 27 0 8 5 5 7 0 0 10
 5/1 GSW L 34 6 15 0 0 0 2 12 1 4 10 4 3 0 3 4
 5/3 GSW W 38 8 14 2 2 0 0 18 0 1 9 2 3 0 1 19
 5/5 POR L 36 5 17 3 3 0 2 13 1 6 5 4 2 0 5 4
 5/6 POR W 41 8 15 2 2 0 0 18 0 6 7 1 2 0 4 0
 5/8 POR L 38 4 21 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 5 5 0 0 2 -17
 5/9 POR L 36 10 23 1 2 0 1 21 3 5 7 3 0 0 2 -31
 5/11 POR L 44 8 19 6 8 0 0 22 0 6 4 3 0 0 3 -14

Awards and Achievements

 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 118
 Total Player of the Week: 1
 Total All-Star Appearances: 3
 Total All-League Second Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 2
 Total Steals Leader: 1
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL All-League Second Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team
 1982 NPSBL All-Star
 1982 NPSBL Steals Leader
 1983 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Cleveland with pick #16 of round 2 of the creation draft.
 7/24/1983 Re-signed with the Cavaliers for $5,282,110 over 5 years.
 2/15/1988 Traded to the Mavericks

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