Jim Paxson SG

James Paxson, Jr.

Height: 6-6 (198cm)

Weight: 200 lbs (91kg)

Born: Jul 9, 1957 (67 years old)

Hometown: Kettering, Ohio

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1979 Round 1, Pick 12, Portland Trail Blazers

Pre-Draft Team: Dayton (Sr)

High School: Archbishop Alter High School (Kettering, Ohio)

2x All-Star

Jim Paxson Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	AST	STL
5/6/1990	Knicks	0	0	0
5/4/1990	Knicks	4	0	1
5/2/1990	Knicks	2	1	0
4/28/1990	Knicks	11	5	3
4/26/1990	Knicks	2	1	1

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1979-80	22	POR	72	17.6	6.2	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.3	.411	.045	.711
1980-81	23	POR	79	34.2	17.1	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	1.7	.536	.067	.734
1981-82	24	POR	82	33.6	18.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	1.8	.526	.229	.767
1982-83 ☆	25	POR	81	33.8	21.7	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	.515	.160	.812
1983-84 ☆	26	POR	81	33.2	21.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	.514	.288	.841
1984-85	27	POR	68	33.1	17.9	3.3	3.9	1.5	0.1	1.6	.514	.154	.790
1985-86	28	POR	75	25.7	13.1	2.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.5	.470	.323	.889
1986-87	29	POR	72	25.0	12.1	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	.460	.265	.806
1987-88	30	BOS, POR	45	17.8	7.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.9	.460	.238	.861
1988-89	31	BOS	57	20.1	8.6	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	.454	.167	.816
1989-90	32	BOS	72	17.8	6.4	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	.453	.250	.811
CAREER			784	27.3	14.3	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.1	1.5	.498	.225	.807

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	22	POR	72	-	17.6	6.2	2.6	6.4	.411	0.0	0.3	.045	0.9	1.2	.711	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.3
1980-81	23	POR	79	-	34.2	17.1	7.4	13.8	.536	0.0	0.4	.067	2.3	3.1	.734	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	1.7	2.2
1981-82	24	POR	82	82	33.6	18.9	8.1	15.3	.526	0.1	0.4	.229	2.7	3.5	.767	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	1.8	1.9
1982-83 ☆	25	POR	81	81	33.8	21.7	8.4	16.3	.515	0.0	0.3	.160	4.8	5.9	.812	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.0
1983-84 ☆	26	POR	81	81	33.2	21.3	8.4	16.3	.514	0.2	0.7	.288	4.3	5.1	.841	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	2.0
1984-85	27	POR	68	57	33.1	17.9	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.6	.154	2.9	3.6	.790	1.0	2.2	3.3	3.9	1.5	0.1	1.6	1.7
1985-86	28	POR	75	31	25.7	13.1	5.0	10.6	.470	0.3	0.8	.323	2.9	3.3	.889	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.1
1986-87	29	POR	72	1	25.0	12.1	4.7	10.2	.460	0.4	1.4	.265	2.4	3.0	.806	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9
1987-88 *	30	All Teams	45	3	17.8	7.7	3.0	6.6	.460	0.1	0.5	.238	1.5	1.8	.861	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6
1987-88 *	30	BOS	28	2	19.2	8.7	3.4	6.8	.492	0.1	0.5	.154	1.9	2.2	.885	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.6
1987-88 *	30	POR	17	1	15.5	6.1	2.5	6.3	.402	0.2	0.5	.375	0.8	1.1	.778	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.7
1988-89	31	BOS	57	7	20.1	8.6	3.5	7.8	.454	0.1	0.4	.167	1.5	1.8	.816	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.7
1989-90	32	BOS	72	25	17.8	6.4	2.7	5.9	.453	0.1	0.3	.250	1.0	1.2	.811	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6
CAREER			784	368	27.3	14.3	5.8	11.6	.498	0.1	0.6	.225	2.6	3.2	.807	0.7	1.4	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.8

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	22	POR	72	-	1,270	443	189	460	.411	1	22	.045	64	90	.711	25	84	109	144	48	5	93	97
1980-81	23	POR	79	-	2,701	1,354	585	1,092	.536	2	30	.067	182	248	.734	74	137	211	299	140	9	131	172
1981-82	24	POR	82	82	2,756	1,552	662	1,258	.526	8	35	.229	220	287	.767	75	146	221	276	129	12	144	159
1982-83 ☆	25	POR	81	81	2,740	1,756	682	1,323	.515	4	25	.160	388	478	.812	68	106	174	231	140	17	156	160
1983-84 ☆	26	POR	81	81	2,686	1,722	680	1,322	.514	17	59	.288	345	410	.841	68	105	173	251	122	10	142	165
1984-85	27	POR	68	57	2,253	1,218	508	988	.514	6	39	.154	196	248	.790	69	153	222	264	101	5	108	115
1985-86	28	POR	75	31	1,931	981	372	792	.470	20	62	.323	217	244	.889	42	106	148	278	94	5	112	156
1986-87	29	POR	72	1	1,798	874	337	733	.460	26	98	.265	174	216	.806	41	98	139	237	76	12	108	134
1987-88 *	30	All Teams	45	3	801	347	137	298	.460	5	21	.238	68	79	.861	15	30	45	76	30	5	39	73
1987-88 *	30	BOS	28	2	538	244	94	191	.492	2	13	.154	54	61	.885	7	20	27	49	23	4	28	44
1987-88 *	30	POR	17	1	263	103	43	107	.402	3	8	.375	14	18	.778	8	10	18	27	7	1	11	29
1988-89	31	BOS	57	7	1,148	492	202	445	.454	4	24	.167	84	103	.816	18	56	74	107	38	8	57	96
1989-90	32	BOS	72	25	1,283	460	191	422	.453	5	20	.250	73	90	.811	24	53	77	137	33	5	54	115
CAREER			784	368	21,367	11,199	4,545	9,133	.498	98	435	.225	2,011	2,493	.807	519	1,074	1,593	2,300	951	93	1,144	1,442

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1979-80	22	POR	72	-	.443	.412	2.1	7.4	4.7	15.9	15.7	1.8	0.2	19.1	116.7	0.2	1.0	91.5	106.9	9.4
1980-81	23	POR	79	-	.564	.537	3.0	5.5	4.3	15.3	9.8	2.4	0.2	19.6	133.6	2.5	1.2	115.2	107.8	17.6
1981-82	24	POR	82	82	.561	.529	3.1	5.9	4.5	14.8	9.4	2.2	0.2	22.8	152.1	1.5	1.2	114.1	109.9	18.0
1982-83 ☆	25	POR	81	81	.573	.517	2.8	4.4	3.6	13.5	9.2	2.4	0.3	25.1	148.7	-0.1	1.3	116.0	106.0	20.4
1983-84 ☆	26	POR	81	81	.573	.521	2.9	4.8	3.8	14.1	8.6	2.2	0.2	24.7	164.4	0.9	1.3	119.6	110.3	20.2
1984-85	27	POR	68	57	.555	.517	3.4	7.6	5.5	16.6	9.0	2.1	0.1	21.2	145.8	3.0	1.2	116.1	109.5	17.6
1985-86	28	POR	75	31	.545	.482	2.5	6.2	4.4	20.0	11.1	2.2	0.1	20.7	168.2	3.7	1.2	114.0	110.9	15.8
1986-87	29	POR	72	1	.528	.477	2.6	6.0	4.3	18.0	11.5	1.9	0.4	20.4	153.1	2.7	1.2	109.8	111.4	13.8
1987-88 *	30	All Teams	45	3	.521	.468	2.2	4.3	3.3	12.6	10.5	1.8	0.4	19.5	155.9	1.5	1.2	107.4	113.7	11.7
1987-88 *	30	BOS	28	2	.560	.497	1.7	4.4	3.1	12.2	11.4	2.1	0.4	20.1	153.1	0.9	1.3	111.4	114.5	13.5
1987-88 *	30	POR	17	1	.448	.416	3.1	4.2	3.7	13.6	8.7	1.2	0.2	18.7	155.5	2.5	1.0	99.1	112.7	8.3
1988-89	31	BOS	57	7	.502	.458	1.8	5.6	3.7	13.1	10.4	1.6	0.4	20.1	143.6	1.3	1.1	104.7	112.0	11.5
1989-90	32	BOS	72	25	.498	.459	2.2	4.3	3.3	14.2	10.5	1.3	0.2	17.0	151.4	2.9	1.1	104.6	113.1	9.6
CAREER			784	368	.547	.503	2.7	5.6	4.2	15.5	10.1	2.1	0.2	21.6	153.0	1.8	1.2	112.6	109.7	16.3

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1979-80	22	POR	72	-	0	0	.098	1.5	0.5	0.2	34	38	.472	-0.8	1.1	0.3
1980-81	23	POR	79	-	0	0	.236	2.3	1.1	0.2	42	37	.532	5.6	2.1	7.7
1981-82	24	POR	82	82	0	0	.258	1.9	0.9	0.2	42	40	.512	5.6	1.8	7.5
1982-83 ☆	25	POR	81	81	0	0	.264	1.5	0.9	0.4	46	35	.568	7.8	2.4	10.2
1983-84 ☆	26	POR	81	81	0	1	.256	1.8	0.9	0.3	48	33	.593	7.5	1.9	9.5
1984-85	27	POR	68	57	0	1	.208	2.4	0.9	0.3	33	35	.485	4.6	1.9	6.5
1985-86	28	POR	75	31	1	0	.196	2.5	0.8	0.3	36	39	.480	3.5	1.2	4.7
1986-87	29	POR	72	1	0	0	.179	2.2	0.7	0.3	44	28	.611	2.1	1.3	3.4
1987-88 *	30	All Teams	45	3	0	0	.107	1.9	0.8	0.3	29	16	.644	0.7	0.3	1.0
1987-88 *	30	BOS	28	2	0	0	.115	1.8	0.8	0.3	19	9	.679	0.7	0.2	0.9
1987-88 *	30	POR	17	1	0	0	.093	2.5	0.6	0.2	10	7	.588	-	0.1	0.1
1988-89	31	BOS	57	7	0	0	.127	1.9	0.7	0.2	31	26	.544	0.7	0.6	1.3
1989-90	32	BOS	72	25	0	0	.105	2.5	0.6	0.2	45	27	.625	0.6	0.6	1.2
CAREER			784	368	1	2	.192	2.0	0.8	0.3	430	354	.548	37.8	15.3	53.3

☆ All-Star Season

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Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1979-80	22	POR	3	14.7	5.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	.313	.000	1.000
1980-81	23	POR	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1982-83	25	POR	7	37.1	23.3	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	.586	.500	.758
1983-84	26	POR	5	34.4	22.8	3.8	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.8	.513	.200	.825
1984-85	27	POR	9	23.6	12.9	2.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	.465	.300	.792
1985-86	28	POR	4	17.8	10.5	1.0	3.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	.378	.333	.800
1986-87	29	POR	4	23.5	8.5	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	.406	.000	.889
1987-88	30	BOS	15	12.5	3.3	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	.288	.000	.800
1989-90	32	BOS	5	12.4	3.8	0.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	.500	.000	.750
CAREER			53	20.9	10.5	1.5	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.1	.463	.267	.808

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	22	POR	3	-	14.7	5.3	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.7
1980-81	23	POR	1	-	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982-83	25	POR	7	0	37.1	23.3	9.7	16.6	.586	0.3	0.6	.500	3.6	4.7	.758	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	1.6
1983-84	26	POR	5	0	34.4	22.8	8.0	15.6	.513	0.2	1.0	.200	6.6	8.0	.825	2.2	1.6	3.8	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.8	2.6
1984-85	27	POR	9	0	23.6	12.9	5.2	11.2	.465	0.3	1.1	.300	2.1	2.7	.792	0.7	1.6	2.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.8
1985-86	28	POR	4	0	17.8	10.5	3.5	9.2	.378	0.5	1.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.800	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.0
1986-87	29	POR	4	0	23.5	8.5	3.2	8.0	.406	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.2	.889	1.0	1.2	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	2.0
1987-88	30	BOS	15	0	12.5	3.3	1.1	3.9	.288	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.800	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2
1989-90	32	BOS	5	0	12.4	3.8	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.8	.750	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.2
CAREER			53	0	20.9	10.5	4.0	8.6	.463	0.2	0.6	.267	2.3	2.8	.808	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1979-80	22	POR	3	-	44	16	5	16	.313	0	0	.000	6	6	1.000	0	4	4	3	2	1	2	2
1980-81	23	POR	1	-	4	0	0	3	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982-83	25	POR	7	0	260	163	68	116	.586	2	4	.500	25	33	.758	4	11	15	18	9	1	15	11
1983-84	26	POR	5	0	172	114	40	78	.513	1	5	.200	33	40	.825	11	8	19	12	2	0	9	13
1984-85	27	POR	9	0	212	116	47	101	.465	3	10	.300	19	24	.792	6	14	20	21	6	0	5	16
1985-86	28	POR	4	0	71	42	14	37	.378	2	6	.333	12	15	.800	1	3	4	15	3	0	6	12
1986-87	29	POR	4	0	94	34	13	32	.406	0	2	.000	8	9	.889	4	5	9	13	5	0	4	8
1987-88	30	BOS	15	0	188	50	17	59	.288	0	2	.000	16	20	.800	1	8	9	11	6	2	12	18
1989-90	32	BOS	5	0	62	19	8	16	.500	0	1	.000	3	4	.750	0	0	0	7	5	0	3	1
CAREER			53	0	1,107	554	212	458	.463	8	30	.267	122	151	.808	27	53	80	100	38	4	56	81

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1979-80	22	POR	3	-	.429	.313	-	10.7	5.2	9.3	9.7	2.3	1.3	20.1	131.2	-	1.0	96.1	107.8	12.7
1980-81	23	POR	1	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32.1	0.0	-	0.0	-	113.1	-25.6
1982-83	25	POR	7	0	.624	.595	1.7	4.8	3.2	11.4	10.3	1.7	0.2	23.6	184.4	-1.2	1.4	116.7	110.5	19.8
1983-84	26	POR	5	0	.596	.519	6.7	6.4	6.6	11.5	8.6	0.6	-	25.5	153.8	-0.6	1.5	124.1	118.6	21.2
1984-85	27	POR	9	0	.520	.480	2.9	7.5	5.1	13.4	4.3	1.3	-	21.4	155.7	4.2	1.1	117.6	119.8	15.7
1985-86	28	POR	4	0	.482	.405	1.6	4.1	3.0	29.8	12.1	2.0	-	27.9	151.2	5.6	1.1	103.4	116.8	13.8
1986-87	29	POR	4	0	.473	.406	4.8	6.1	5.4	19.7	10.0	2.6	-	17.5	129.5	5.1	1.1	109.2	115.6	13.0
1987-88	30	BOS	15	0	.369	.288	0.7	5.1	2.9	8.6	15.0	1.7	0.7	19.3	108.8	-2.7	0.8	75.0	110.2	2.3
1989-90	32	BOS	5	0	.535	.500	-	-	-	13.8	14.5	3.9	-	14.1	125.0	2.6	1.2	106.3	119.1	11.8
CAREER			53	0	.528	.472	2.8	5.6	4.2	13.5	9.6	1.7	0.2	22.1	153.7	1.0	1.2	109.2	114.5	14.4

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1979-80	22	POR	3	-	.063	1.5	1.0	0.4	1	2	.333	-	-	-
1980-81	23	POR	1	-	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	.000	-0.1	-	-0.1
1982-83	25	POR	7	0	.291	1.2	0.6	0.3	3	4	.429	0.6	0.1	0.8
1983-84	26	POR	5	0	.259	1.3	0.2	0.5	2	3	.400	0.6	-	0.6
1984-85	27	POR	9	0	.159	4.2	1.2	0.2	4	5	.444	0.4	-	0.4
1985-86	28	POR	4	0	.167	2.5	0.5	0.4	1	3	.250	-	-	-
1986-87	29	POR	4	0	.161	3.2	1.2	0.3	1	3	.250	0.1	0.1	0.1
1987-88	30	BOS	15	0	.050	0.9	0.5	0.3	9	6	.600	-0.6	0.2	-0.3
1989-90	32	BOS	5	0	.066	2.3	1.7	0.2	2	3	.400	-	-	-
CAREER			53	0	.135	1.8	0.7	0.3	23	30	.434	1.0	0.4	1.5

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Date	Transaction
Jun 25, 1979	The Portland Trail Blazers selected Jim Paxson in Round 1 with Pick 12 in the 1979 NBA Draft.
Aug 13, 1979	Jim Paxson signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Jun 30, 1983	The Portland Trail Blazers exercised their Team Option to extend the contract of Jim Paxson.
Jul 1, 1984	Jim Paxson, previously with the Portland Trail Blazers, became a free agent.
Oct 15, 1984	Jim Paxson signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Jun 22, 1987	Jim Paxson was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Keith Lee.
Aug 18, 1987	The trade that sent Jim Paxson to the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Portland Trail Blazers was voided. Jim Paxson is now back on the Portland Trail Blazers.
Feb 23, 1988	Jim Paxson was acquired by the Boston Celtics from the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade.
Jul 1, 1990	Jim Paxson, previously with the Boston Celtics, became a free agent.
Oct 6, 1990	Jim Paxson retired from professional basketball.
Dec 15, 1990	The Boston Celtics renounced their free-agent exception rights to Jim Paxson.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-NBA Second Team	1984
2x All-Star	1983, 1984
2x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1983, 1984

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Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1983	25	West	1	17.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	.714	.000	.500
1984	26	West	1	14.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	.556	.000	.000
CAREER			2	15.5	10.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	.625	.000	.500

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
1983	25	West	1	17	11	5	7	.714	.000	1	2	.500	0	0	0	1	2	4
1984	26	West	1	14	10	5	9	.556	.000	0	0	.000	1	2	3	2	0	0
CAREER			2	31	21	10	16	.625	.000	1	2	.500	1	2	3	3	2	4

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NCAA Career

College: Dayton (1979)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Consensus All-American Second Team	1979
1x NABC All-American Third Team	1979
1x USBWA All-American Second Team	1979

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
14.3	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.1

FG%	3P%	FT%
49.8%	22.5%	80.7%