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Jim Chones



Position: Center/Forward
Full Name: James Bernett Chones
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Born: November 30, 1949 in Racine, Wisconsin
Height: 6-11
Weight: 220
High School: aint Catherine's in Racine, Wisconsin
College: Marquette University
Drafted: 2nd Round, 13th Pick - LA Lakers, 1973
Jersey#: 9, 22 (Cleveland)

Played for the Lakers from 1979 to 1981


Chones starred at Marquette University, where he earned All-America honors in 1972 after averaging 20.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. He left school at the end of that season to pursue a professional career, first in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later in the NBA. He was a member of the New York Nets (1972?1973), Carolina Cougars (1973-1974), Cleveland Cavaliers, (1974-1979), Los Angeles Lakers (1979-1981), and Washington Bullets (1981-1982). Chones won an NBA Championship with the Lakers in 1980, and he retired from basketball in 1982 with combined ABA/NBA totals of 9,821 points and 6,427 rebounds.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1973 NYN 82 2153 395 769 .514 142 240 .592 0 1 - 586 7.1 95 291 0 213 0 932 11.4
1974 CAR 83 2387 535 1017 .526 155 252 .615 0 2 - 645 7.8 118 347 59 206 131 1225 14.8
1975 CLE 72 2427 446 916 .487 152 224 .679 0 0 - 677 9.4 132 247 49 0 120 1044 14.5
1976 CLE 82 2741 563 1258 .448 172 260 .662 0 0 - 739 9.0 163 241 42 0 93 1298 15.8
1977 CLE 82 2378 450 972 .463 155 212 .731 0 0 - 688 8.4 104 258 32 0 77 1055 12.9
1978 CLE 82 2906 525 1113 .472 180 250 .720 0 0 - 844 10.3 131 235 52 184 58 1230 15.0
1979 CLE 82 2850 472 1073 .440 158 215 .735 0 0 - 842 10.3 181 278 47 187 102 1102 13.4
1980 LAL 82 2394 372 760 .489 125 169 .740 0 2 - 564 6.9 151 271 56 175 65 869 10.6
1981 LAL 82 2562 378 751 .503 126 193 .653 0 4 - 657 8.0 153 324 39 159 96 882 10.8
1982 WA1 59 867 74 171 .433 36 46 .783 0 0 - 185 3.1 64 114 15 41 32 184 3.1
CAREER ABA 165 4540 930 1786 .521 297 492 .604 0 3 - 1231 7.5 213 638 59 419 131 2157 13.1
CAREER 623 19125 3280 7014 .468 1104 1569 .704 0 6 - 5196 8.3 1079 1968 332 746 643 7664 12.3


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1973 NYN 5 74 8 23 .348 4 8 .500 0 0 - 27 5.4 5 8 0 0 0 20 4.0
1974 CAR 4 96 21 47 .447 4 8 .500 0 0 - 24 6.0 3 17 0 0 0 46 11.5
1976 CLE 7 242 47 114 .412 11 18 .611 0 0 - 50 7.1 6 23 0 0 0 105 15.0
1977 CLE 3 99 16 27 .593 7 7 1.000 0 0 - 31 10.3 3 9 0 0 0 39 13.0
1978 CLE 2 82 13 27 .481 4 8 .500 0 0 - 15 7.5 7 7 2 0 1 30 15.0
1980 LAL 16 439 48 118 .407 23 34 .676 0 0 - 104 6.5 28 60 8 32 6 119 7.4
1981 LAL 3 67 10 17 .588 4 8 .500 0 0 - 17 5.7 1 9 1 3 4 24 8.0
1982 WA1 5 30 2 9 .222 1 3 .333 0 0 - 6 1.2 2 8 1 1 2 5 1.0
CAREER ABA 9 170 29 70 .414 8 16 .500 0 0 - 51 5.7 8 25 0 0 0 66 7.3
CAREER 36 959 136 312 .436 50 78 .641 0 0 - 223 6.2 47 116 12 36 13 322 8.9