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James Worthy
Sign in to saveAlso known as James Ager Worthy, Big Game James, J-Dub, Clever
American basketball player
Film & TV
Known for
- Celtics City — Self2025
- They Call Me Magic — Self2022
- The Last Dance — Self2020
- Kareem: Minority of One — Self2015
- Celebrity Family Feud — Self2015
- NB80s — Self2011
- The Celebrity Apprentice2004
- Everybody Loves Raymond — James Worthy1996
- Arli$$ — James Worthy1996
- In the House1995
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1961-02-27 ) February 27, 1961 (age 65) , Gastonia, North Carolina , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- High school
- Ashbrook (Gastonia, North Carolina)
- College
- North Carolina (1979–1982)
- Nba draft
- 1982 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Playing career
- 1982–1994
- Position
- Small forward
- Number
- 42, 00
- 1982 1994
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Points
- 16,320 (17.6 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 4,708 (5.1 rpg)
- Assists
- 2,791 (3.0 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gastonia
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 102
- Official website
- www.jamesworthy42.com
- Image
- James Worthy at UNC Basketball game. February 10, 2007.jpg
- Height
- 206
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- James Worthy
- date of birth
- 1961-02-27
- drafted by
- Los Angeles Lakers
- end of work period
- 1994-00-00
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
James Ager Worthy (born February 27, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Game James", he played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Worthy was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member who won three NBA championships and was voted the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1988. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.
A standout college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels, the small forward was a consensus first-team All-American and shared national player of the year honors en route to leading his team to the 1982 NCAA championship. Named the NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player, he was selected by the Lakers with the first overall pick of the 1982 NBA draft.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Worthy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.