James Lee Donaldson III




Born: August 16, 1957
Position: Center
Height: 7-2 (2.18 m)
Jerseys worn: #40


In the NBA:

Nickname: "J.D."

His Game:
James Donaldson was a strong, defensive oriented center.

His Career:
Selected by the Seattle Supersonics at the 73rd spot (round 4) of the 1979 NBA Draft. A member of the great Dallas team (Blackman, D.Harper, Aguirre, Tarpley) that reached the Western Finals in 1988.

Honors:
An All-Star in 1988. Led the league in Field Goal percentage during the 1984-'85 season.


Statistics:
YEAR Team Games Pts FT % FG % 3PM 3-pt % Reb. Trn Ast St Blk Min. Star?
1981 Seattle 68 5.3 .594 .548 0 .000 4.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.1 14.4 No
1982 Seattle 82 8.1 .629 .609 0 .000 6.0 1.4 0.6 0.3 1.7 20.9 No
1983 Seattle 82 8.9 .688 .583 0 .000 6.1 1.6 1.2 0.2 1.2 21.8 No
1984 San Diego 82 11.8 .761 .596 0 .000 7.9 2.1 1.1 0.5 1.7 30.8 YES
1985 LA Clippers 82 11.3 .749 .637 0 .000 8.1 2.5 0.6 0.3 1.6 29.2 YES
1986 LA Clippers / Dallas 83 8.6 .803 .558 0 .000 9.6 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.7 32.3 YES
1987 Dallas 82 10.8 .812 .586 0 .000 11.9 1.3 0.8 0.6 1.7 36.9 YES
1988 Dallas 82 7.0 .778 .558 0 .000 9.3 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.3 31.1 No
1989 Dallas 53 9.1 .766 .573 0 .000 10.8 1.6 0.7 0.5 1.5 32.9 YES
1990 Dallas 73 9.1 .700 .539 0 .000 8.6 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 31.0 No
1991 Dallas 82 10.0 .721 .532 0 .000 8.9 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.1 34.1 No
1992 Dallas / New York 58 4.9 .709 .457 0 .000 5.0 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 18.5 No
1993 Utah 6 3.5 .556 .571 0 .000 4.8 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.2 15.7 No
1995 Utah 43 2.6 .710 .595 0 .000 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 14.3 No
Career Career 957 8.6 .732 .571 0 .000 7.8 1.5 0.8 0.4 1.3 27.4 No




In Europe:

Donaldson spent the 1979-'80 season in Italy. He played for Greek team Iraklis in 1994. Joined Caja San Fernando in Spain for the 1996-'97 season. Returned to Italy for Snai Montecatini in 1997-'98. Finished that season with Spanish team Breogán Lugo. Started the 1999 season with Larissa in Greece and finished it, again, with Breogán Lugo in Spain.



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