Jim Cleamons

Jim Cleamons

infobox NBA Player


name = Jim Cleamons
nickname = Jimmy
position = Shooting guard / Point guard
number = 5, 11, 35, 33
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3
weight_lbs = 185
team =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1949|9|13
birth_place = Lincolnton, North Carolina
college = Ohio State
draft = 13th overall, 1st Round
draft_year = 1971
draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers
career_start = 1971
career_end = 1980
former_teams = Los Angeles Lakers (1971–1972)
Cleveland Cavaliers (1972–1977)
New York Knicks (1977–1980)
awards =

James Mitchell (Jim) Cleamons (born September 13 1949 in Lincolnton, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He has been an assistant under head coach Phil Jackson with both the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. He played collegiately at The Ohio State University, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick of the 1971 NBA Draft. He had a nine-year NBA career for four different teams (the Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and the Washington Bullets). In 1976, Cleamons was selected to the NBA All-Defense 2nd team.

In addition to his playing career, Cleamons was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for slightly over one year, from 1996 to 1997. Cleamons was an assistant coach for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. He was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers on July 19, 2006.

For a few games during his tenure with the Lakers, he has served as acting head coach while Phil Jackson was absent.

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cleamji01c.html BasketballReference.com: Jim Cleamons (as coach)]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cleamji01.html BasketballReference.com: Jim Cleamons (as player)]


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