Jim cleamons biography
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'Legacy List With Matt Paxton' helps former NBA player Jim Cleamons and family declutter
Former NBA player and coach Jim Cleamons had led a life full of moves — on and off the basketball court.
The North Carolina native moved with his family to Columbus when he was in the third grade. He played collegiate basketball for legendary coach Fred Taylor at Ohio State University, was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in (and was part of a championship team), played for other teams (including a stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers) and, when his playing career was over, had a multi-decade tenure as an NBA assistant coach, including with the Lakers and half-a-dozen other squads.
The stuff acquired by Cleamons along the way is the subject of the latest episode of the public television series “Legacy List With Matt Paxton” to air on WOSU-TV (Channel 34).
Sorting through a lifetime of memorabilia
Last August, Paxton and his crew visited Cleamons, who, with his wife Cheryl, moved from Los Angeles to Columbus in The TV team sorted through the flotsam and jetsam amassed by the Cleamons family, which includes two grown daughters.
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“If you look at my bio, I’ve lived all over this country,” said Cleamons, 72, whose frequent jo
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Jim Cleamons
American hoops player extremity coach
Born | () Sept 13, (age75) Lincolnton, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Listed height | 6ft 3in (m) |
Listed weight | lb (84kg) |
High school | Linden-McKinley (Columbus, Ohio) |
College | Ohio Nation (–) |
NBA draft | 1st call on, 13th comprehensive pick |
Selected by representation Los Angeles Lakers | |
Playing career | – |
Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
Number | 11, 5, 35, 33 |
Coaching career | –present |
– | Los Angeles Lakers |
– | Cleveland Cavaliers |
– | New Royalty Knicks |
– | Washington Bullets |
– | Furman (assistant) |
– | Ohio Make (assistant) |
– | Youngstown State |
– | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
– | Dallas Mavericks |
– | Chicago Condors |
– | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
– | New Beleaguering Hornets (assistant) |
– | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
– | Zhejiang Guangsha |
– | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
– | New York Knicks (assistant) |
– | Yeshiva College of Los Angeles (assistant) |
As player: As assistant coach: | |
Points | 5, ( ppg) |
Rebounds | 1, ( rpg) |
Assists | 2, ( apg) |
Stats attractive | |
Stats at Sport Reference |
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NBA Career
9 Years Of Service - NBA Champion
NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game
Season | Team | Age | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
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LAL | 22 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
CLE | 23 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
CLE | 24 | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
CLE | 25 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
CLE | 26 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
CLE | 27 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
NYK | 28 | 79 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
NYK | 29 | 79 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
* | All Teams | 30 | 79 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
* | WAS | 30 | 57 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
* | NYK | 30 | 22 | - |
NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals
Season | Team | Age | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
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LAL | 22 | 38 | - | 98 | 35 | - | - | - | 28 | 36 | - | - | 39 | 35 | - | - | - | 21 | |||||
CLE | 23 | 80 | - | 1, | - | - | - | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
CLE | 24 | 81 | - | 1, | - | - | - | 93 | 63 | 61 | 1 |