Jim "Bad News" Barnes
American basketball player (1941–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002),[1] also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso).
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Born | (1941-04-13)April 13, 1941 Tuckerman, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | September 14, 2002(2002-09-14) (aged 61) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1964: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the New York Knicks | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1964–1970 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 22, 41, 23, 14, 28, 12 | ||||||||||||||
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1964–1965 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
1966–1968 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
1968 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
1970 | Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
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Points | 3,997 (8.8 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 2,939 (6.5 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 377 (0.8 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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