Jim Paxson

James Joseph Paxson (Jim)
Position: G
Height: 6' 6'' Weight: 200
Born: 7/9/1957, in Kettering, OH, USA
High School:Archbishop Alter, in Kettering, OH
College:?Univeristy of Dayton

About bio info

Draft History
1979 NBA - Round 1 by POR

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?	?
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1979-80	22	POR	NBA	72	1270	443	6.2	189	460	.411	64	90	.711	1	22	.045	25	84	109	1.5	144	2.0	48	5	93	97	??	?
1980-81	23	POR	NBA	79	2701	1354	17.1	585	1092	.536	182	248	.734	2	30	.067	74	137	211	2.7	299	3.8	140	9	131	172	??	?
1981-82	24	POR	NBA	82	2756	1552	18.9	662	1259	.526	220	287	.767	8	35	.229	75	146	221	2.7	276	3.4	129	12	144	159	??	?
1982-83	25	POR	NBA	81	2740	1756	21.7	682	1323	.515	388	478	.812	4	25	.160	68	106	174	2.1	231	2.9	140	17	156	160	A	?
1983-84	26	POR	NBA	81	2686	1722	21.3	680	1322	.514	345	410	.841	17	59	.288	68	105	173	2.1	251	3.1	122	10	142	165	A	?
1984-85	27	POR	NBA	68	2253	1218	17.9	508	988	.514	196	248	.790	6	39	.154	69	153	222	3.3	264	3.9	101	5	108	115	??	?
1985-86	28	POR	NBA	75	1931	981	13.1	372	792	.470	217	244	.889	20	62	.323	42	106	148	2.0	278	3.7	94	5	112	156	??	?
1986-87	29	POR	NBA	72	1798	874	12.1	337	733	.460	174	216	.806	26	98	.265	41	98	139	1.9	237	3.3	76	12	108	134	??	?
1987-88	30	POR	NBA	17	263	103	6.1	43	107	.402	14	18	.778	3	8	.375	8	10	18	1.1	27	1.6	7	1	11	29	??	?
1987-88	30	BOS	NBA	28	538	244	8.7	94	191	.492	54	61	.885	2	13	.154	7	20	27	1.0	49	1.8	23	4	28	44	??	?
1988-89	31	BOS	NBA	57	1138	492	8.6	202	445	.454	84	103	.816	4	24	.167	18	56	74	1.3	107	1.9	38	8	57	96	??	?
1989-90	32	BOS	NBA	72	1283	460	6.4	191	422	.453	73	90	.811	5	20	.250	24	53	77	1.1	137	1.9	33	5	54	115	??	?
11 Season Totals		?	?	784	21357	11199	14.3	4545	9134	.498	2011	2493	.807	98	435	.225	519	1074	1593	2.0	2300	2.9	951	93	1144	1442	?	?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	MPG	PPG	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
1979-80	22	POR	NBA	72	17.6	6.2	4.99	3.9	2.6	0.887	0.24	4.7
1980-81	23	POR	NBA	79	34.2	17.1	16.57	10.3	5.6	1.127	2.53	4.2
1981-82	24	POR	NBA	82	33.6	18.9	16.85	10.8	5.6	1.120	1.45	4.5
1982-83	25	POR	NBA	81	33.8	21.7	17.67	11.0	5.1	1.145	-0.07	3.6
1983-84	26	POR	NBA	81	33.2	21.3	17.64	11.0	5.2	1.146	0.94	3.8
1984-85	27	POR	NBA	68	33.1	17.9	17.21	9.5	6.1	1.110	3.02	5.5
1985-86	28	POR	NBA	75	25.7	13.1	12.63	8.1	4.6	1.091	3.80	4.3
1986-87	29	POR	NBA	72	25.0	12.1	11.00	7.1	4.2	1.056	2.78	4.3
1987-88	30	POR	NBA	17	15.5	6.1	4.53	1.2	2.2	0.896	2.59	0.0
1987-88	30	BOS	NBA	28	19.2	8.7	7.68	2.7	2.4	1.120	0.81	0.0
1988-89	31	BOS	NBA	57	20.0	8.6	7.02	4.2	2.8	1.003	1.26	3.7
1989-90	32	BOS	NBA	72	17.8	6.4	5.69	4.3	2.4	0.997	2.91	3.3
11 Season Totals		?	?	784	27.2	14.3	12.65	47.3	4.4	1.095	1.75	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1979-80	POR	NBA	3	44	16	5.3	5	16	.313	6	6	1.000	0	0	.000	0	4	4	1.3	3	1.0	2	1	2
1980-81	POR	NBA	1	4	0	0.0	0	3	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0
1982-83	POR	NBA	7	260	163	23.3	68	116	.586	25	33	.758	2	4	.500	4	11	15	2.1	18	2.6	9	1	15
1983-84	POR	NBA	5	172	114	22.8	40	78	.513	33	40	.825	1	5	.200	11	8	19	3.8	12	2.4	2	0	9
1984-85	POR	NBA	9	212	116	12.9	47	101	.465	19	24	.792	3	10	.300	6	14	20	2.2	21	2.3	6	0	5
1985-86	POR	NBA	4	71	42	10.5	14	37	.378	12	15	.800	2	6	.333	1	3	4	1.0	15	3.8	3	0	6
1986-87	POR	NBA	4	94	34	8.5	13	32	.406	8	9	.889	0	2	.000	4	5	9	2.3	13	3.3	5	0	4
1987-88	BOS	NBA	15	188	50	3.3	17	59	.288	16	20	.800	0	2	.000	1	8	9	0.6	11	0.7	6	2	12
1989-90	BOS	NBA	5	62	19	3.8	8	16	.500	3	4	.750	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0.0	7	1.4	5	0	3
Totals		?	53	1107	554	10.5	212	458	.463	122	151	.808	8	30	.267	27	53	80	1.5	100	1.9	38	4	56

All Star Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PM	3PA	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?
1982-83	POR	NBA	1	17	11	5	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	0	1	-	-	-	-
1983-84	POR	NBA	1	14	10	5	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-
Totals		NBA	2	?	21	10	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	?

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Updated 15 October 2026