Jim Paxson 
#23 SG | 6-6, 209lbs | Cavaliers | Experience: 5 years
Born: 7/9/1957 (27) | College: Dayton

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991 
 Value: $1,265,625  $1,406,250  $1,546,875  $1,687,500  $1,828,125  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 1                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 NBA CLE 82 82 33.0 14.3 1.0 3.3 3.6 1.9 1.87 2.0 0.1 2.8 .449 .775 .281  
 1983 NBA CLE 82 82 33.5 13.7 1.4 2.8 4.7 2.5 1.88 2.1 0.1 2.1 .419 .747 .294  
 1982 NBA SEA 82 82 37.9 17.2 1.3 3.0 4.4 3.0 1.46 2.1 0.3 2.6 .453 .820 .237  
 1981 NBA POR 82 82 36.3 15.9 1.1 2.5 4.0 2.6 1.53 2.1 0.2 2.7 .454 .800 .261  
 1980 NBA POR 82 82 41.6 14.0 1.4 2.5 4.1 2.2 1.85 1.9 0.2 3.4 .374 .816 .277  
 1979 NBA POR 55 55 33.9 12.6 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.9 1.67 1.8 0.1 2.8 .438 .830 .205  
 Career     465 465 36.2 14.7 1.2 2.7 4.0 2.4 1.69 2.0 0.2 2.7 .431 .797 .262  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1984 NBA CLE 5.8 12.9 .449 2.3 2.9 .775 2.0 2.9 .676 3.4 8.4 .401 0.4 1.6 .281  
 1983 NBA CLE 5.6 13.4 .419 2.0 2.7 .747 1.4 2.1 .671 3.7 9.7 .385 0.5 1.5 .294  
 1982 NBA SEA 7.1 15.7 .453 2.5 3.1 .820 1.6 2.3 .708 5.1 11.8 .436 0.4 1.7 .237  
 1981 NBA POR 6.5 14.2 .454 2.5 3.1 .800 1.6 2.0 .766 4.5 10.5 .425 0.5 1.7 .261  
 1980 NBA POR 5.5 14.6 .374 2.7 3.3 .816 1.5 2.5 .589 3.5 10.5 .336 0.4 1.6 .277  
 1979 NBA POR 5.0 11.5 .438 2.2 2.7 .830 1.4 2.1 .655 3.4 8.0 .421 0.3 1.4 .205  
 Career     6.0 13.9 .431 2.4 3.0 .797 1.6 2.3 .676 4.0 9.9 .400 0.4 1.6 .262  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 82 82 2706 475 1058 186 240 36 128 1172 78 347 295 164 158 164 11 226 364 
 1983 82 82 2750 460 1097 165 221 37 126 1122 111 338 386 173 205 173 11 175 360 
 1982 82 82 3104 585 1290 209 255 33 139 1412 106 351 360 176 247 176 25 216 -78 
 1981 82 82 2977 530 1167 204 255 37 142 1301 94 300 330 173 216 173 14 219 180 
 1980 82 82 3409 449 1201 218 267 36 130 1152 113 315 336 153 182 153 16 275 -130 
 1979 55 55 1866 277 633 122 147 16 78 692 55 175 174 100 104 100 5 153 -49 
 Career 465 465 16812 2776 6446 1104 1385 195 743 6851 557 1826 1881 939 1112 939 82 1264 647 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1984 NBA CLE .503 1.11 18.2 9.8 21.4 3.4 10.1 7.0 15.6 206.3 6.9 4.4 107.8 101.0  
 1983 NBA CLE .470 1.02 21.6 11.5 22.6 4.7 8.9 6.9 15.6 188.0 6.3 4.4 104.4 98.3  
 1982 NBA SEA .504 1.09 17.9 12.3 22.6 3.8 9.0 6.3 16.5 253.3 8.4 -1.0 102.0 103.0  
 1981 NBA POR .508 1.11 18.1 11.8 21.7 3.9 8.4 6.2 15.5 199.5 6.7 2.2 105.0 101.9  
 1980 NBA POR .437 0.96 18.3 9.9 18.8 3.7 7.3 5.5 10.7 9.0 0.3 -1.6 101.1 102.2  
 1979 NBA POR .496 1.09 17.8 10.7 18.2 3.5 8.0 5.7 13.0 70.1 2.3 -0.9 102.1 102.8  
 Career     .486 1.06 18.7 11.1 21.0 3.8 8.7 6.3 14.5 926.2 30.9 1.4 103.7 101.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1984 NBA CLE 5 5 32.4 16.2 1.0 2.0 4.0 1.4 2.86 2.0 0.0 2.2 .456 1.000 .167  
 1983 NBA CLE 5 5 33.0 17.0 1.4 2.6 3.8 2.6 1.46 2.4 0.0 1.6 .514 .900 .222  
 1982 NBA SEA 11 11 38.1 15.7 2.1 1.7 4.8 2.9 1.66 1.2 0.2 2.8 .430 .857 .412  
 1981 NBA POR 3 3 42.7 20.3 1.0 3.7 3.0 1.3 2.25 1.7 0.0 2.0 .368 1.000 .111  
 1979 NBA POR 2 2 34.0 15.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 2.5 1.80 2.0 0.0 1.0 .611 .700 .500  
 Career     26 26 36.2 16.5 1.5 2.1 4.2 2.3 1.80 1.7 0.1 2.2 .448 .875 .279  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1984 NBA CLE 7.2 15.8 .456 1.6 1.6 1.000 2.2 3.0 .733 4.8 11.6 .414 0.2 1.2 .167  
 1983 NBA CLE 7.4 14.4 .514 1.8 2.0 .900 2.4 3.4 .706 4.6 9.2 .500 0.4 1.8 .222  
 1982 NBA SEA 5.9 13.7 .430 3.3 3.8 .857 1.7 2.2 .792 3.5 10.0 .355 0.6 1.5 .412  
 1981 NBA POR 8.3 22.7 .368 3.3 3.3 1.000 2.3 5.0 .467 5.7 14.7 .386 0.3 3.0 .111  
 1979 NBA POR 5.5 9.0 .611 3.5 5.0 .700 1.0 1.5 .667 4.0 6.5 .615 0.5 1.0 .500  
 Career     6.7 14.9 .448 2.7 3.1 .875 2.0 2.8 .689 4.3 10.4 .410 0.5 1.7 .279  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1984 5 5 162 36 79 8 8 1 6 81 5 15 20 10 7 10 0 11 -39 
 1983 5 5 165 37 72 9 10 2 9 85 7 20 19 12 13 12 0 8 -1 
 1982 11 11 419 65 151 36 42 7 17 173 23 42 53 13 32 13 2 31 32 
 1981 3 3 128 25 68 10 10 1 9 61 3 14 9 5 4 5 0 6 -24 
 1979 2 2 68 11 18 7 10 1 2 30 0 2 9 4 5 4 0 2 -18 
 Career 26 26 942 174 388 70 80 12 43 430 38 93 110 44 61 44 2 58 -50 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1984 NBA CLE .482 1.03 18.2 6.4 21.4 3.4 5.9 4.7 12.7 5.3 0.2 -7.8 101.4 112.6  
 1983 NBA CLE .553 1.18 17.6 12.0 22.9 4.4 7.3 5.9 15.9 12.0 0.4 -0.2 93.9 94.4  
 1982 NBA SEA .509 1.15 20.9 12.6 22.9 6.7 5.1 5.9 9.6 -8.3 -0.3 2.9 106.8 101.4  
 1981 NBA POR .417 0.90 10.6 4.7 24.8 2.5 9.6 6.0 10.3 -1.2 0.0 -8.0 92.3 100.8  
 1979 NBA POR .682 1.67 25.0 13.9 17.5 0.0 4.1 2.1 14.8 4.4 0.1 -9.0 104.1 117.4  
 Career     .508 1.11 18.5 10.3 18.8 4.7 6.3 5.5 11.7 12.2 0.4 -1.9 101.2 103.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 43 4 10 9 5 2 6 16 26 12 14 4 7  
 Playoff 27 4 8 10 6 1 5 11 28 7 8 2 5  
 Career 43 5 11 11 10 3 8 16 28 12 14 4 7  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 STL W 30 5 12 1 1 0 0 11 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 17
 10/17 NYK L 32 6 13 4 5 0 2 16 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2
 10/19 NJN L 30 7 10 1 4 0 0 15 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 -7
 10/22 CHI W 33 5 9 3 5 0 1 13 1 3 6 3 3 0 3 16
 10/24 SLS W 36 5 12 0 0 1 1 11 2 3 9 0 3 0 3 14
 10/28 DAL L 34 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 3 3 0 0 2 -21
 10/30 IND W 35 8 14 5 6 0 3 21 1 4 4 3 2 1 2 16
 11/1 SLS L 27 7 10 1 2 3 4 18 3 4 2 3 1 0 6 -9
 11/3 NOJ W 23 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 7 0 1 0 3 28
 11/5 NJN W 31 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 17
 11/6 CHI W 32 10 15 1 1 0 0 21 2 4 1 1 3 0 1 12
 11/9 BOS W 36 10 23 12 12 0 2 32 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 9
 11/10 NOJ W 30 5 11 0 0 0 2 10 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 24
 11/14 BAL W 34 4 11 1 1 0 2 9 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 5
 11/15 CHI L 38 4 14 0 0 0 1 8 2 7 2 1 2 0 3 1
 11/17 MIL W 36 8 14 1 2 1 2 18 1 4 2 2 3 0 3 1
 11/19 BAL W 33 4 15 2 2 0 1 10 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 3
 11/23 IND W 30 10 16 1 2 0 2 21 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 17
 11/24 DEN L 34 6 11 4 4 0 0 16 2 4 7 3 0 0 6 -1
 11/27 PHI W 29 7 16 4 4 1 3 19 1 6 3 1 2 0 1 30
 11/28 MIA W 28 7 9 4 6 0 0 18 1 2 5 1 1 0 3 15
 11/30 CHI W 33 7 15 2 2 2 5 18 2 3 6 1 2 1 2 19
 12/1 DET L 32 6 11 2 2 1 1 15 1 4 3 0 1 0 4 2
 12/4 PHI W 29 1 5 10 12 0 1 12 2 4 5 3 4 0 2 20
 12/6 NYK L 29 8 10 1 1 1 1 18 2 3 3 3 2 1 5 -13
 12/7 SEA W 35 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 8 3 0 0 2 17
 12/10 BAL W 34 6 12 6 8 0 1 18 1 3 7 2 2 0 1 13
 12/11 BAL W 30 0 11 7 8 0 0 7 2 5 1 2 3 1 1 14
 12/13 SLS W 34 10 20 0 2 0 4 20 2 7 4 0 0 0 3 17
 12/15 SAS W 39 5 15 2 2 0 1 12 1 7 7 2 2 0 2 0
 12/17 STL L 39 4 13 4 6 0 1 12 0 4 5 1 3 0 5 -1
 12/18 PHI W 29 7 12 2 2 0 2 16 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 13
 12/22 BOS L 37 8 15 1 2 1 2 18 1 6 3 1 3 0 3 5
 12/23 POR W 29 7 12 0 0 2 3 16 2 6 5 5 3 0 2 32
 12/26 ATL L 29 6 12 0 0 0 1 12 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 -15
 12/27 DEN W 18 6 12 2 2 1 1 15 1 3 2 1 0 0 4 4
 12/29 GSW W 33 9 20 0 0 1 4 19 1 4 1 4 1 0 4 20
 12/31 CHI W 37 7 14 2 2 0 0 16 0 4 7 3 4 0 3 18
 1/3 DAL L 34 3 7 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 -22
 1/4 HOU L 37 8 14 5 6 0 2 21 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 -12
 1/6 NOJ W 35 2 8 4 6 0 0 8 0 2 5 1 3 1 4 -3
 1/8 HOU L 39 8 17 2 2 0 2 18 0 5 2 0 3 0 3 -11
 1/12 NJN W 33 3 11 12 14 0 3 18 0 7 3 6 4 0 3 18
 1/13 MIA L 37 5 12 2 2 1 2 13 1 5 3 5 2 0 5 -6
 1/15 NYK L 36 4 12 3 4 0 0 11 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 -25
 1/16 BOS L 42 8 20 5 6 2 5 23 1 6 3 1 3 0 3 -8
 1/20 MIL L 36 6 12 0 0 0 0 12 1 6 4 3 5 2 3 7
 1/21 LAL L 34 7 13 2 2 2 2 18 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 -19
 1/25 NJN W 23 6 12 0 0 0 2 12 1 5 1 2 1 0 5 8
 1/26 IND L 21 3 10 1 1 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 -20
 1/29 SAC L 38 5 16 3 4 0 2 13 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 -14
 1/31 NJN L 35 5 10 4 4 0 1 14 0 4 1 2 3 0 4 -9
 2/1 IND L 39 7 14 0 0 0 2 14 0 3 5 3 1 0 4 1
 2/3 BOS W 40 5 11 3 6 1 2 14 0 6 4 2 0 1 3 1
 2/5 CHI W 38 16 25 7 7 4 6 43 2 5 3 4 1 0 4 18
 2/6 DAL W 13 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 3 7
 2/13 MIA W 34 2 8 1 2 0 1 5 2 6 2 1 4 0 2 7
 2/15 NOJ L 37 7 11 1 2 0 0 15 1 2 1 2 0 0 4 3
 2/17 SDC W 35 6 13 4 4 0 0 16 0 3 2 5 1 0 1 -3
 2/18 DET L 34 3 8 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 4 5 5 0 4 9
 2/22 NOJ W 34 2 6 1 2 0 1 5 0 4 9 0 0 0 3 12
 2/23 MIL W 37 10 18 1 2 2 3 23 1 3 3 5 2 0 2 10
 2/25 ATL W 34 11 18 0 0 1 1 23 1 3 6 4 1 0 2 0
 2/27 ATL L 29 9 17 3 4 0 0 21 4 7 3 3 1 0 1 -26
 3/2 LAL W 32 5 15 4 6 1 1 15 1 5 6 2 2 0 4 11
 3/3 MIL W 33 5 15 4 4 0 2 14 0 3 5 1 0 0 2 17
 3/5 GSW L 34 6 16 2 2 1 1 15 1 3 2 2 2 0 6 -17
 3/7 MIA W 32 3 5 3 4 0 1 9 0 2 3 0 3 0 5 8
 3/9 SAC W 37 4 14 3 6 0 1 11 3 8 6 1 2 0 6 6
 3/11 NYK W 40 9 19 2 2 0 1 20 3 10 3 1 4 0 1 -4
 3/14 MIA W 35 5 18 0 0 1 4 11 1 4 5 2 2 0 2 -2
 3/15 SAS L 41 7 16 5 6 2 7 21 1 4 4 2 5 0 1 -8
 3/19 NJN W 38 4 8 4 5 0 1 12 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 -5
 3/20 PHI W 33 7 10 0 0 2 2 16 0 5 4 0 2 0 2 22
 3/24 STL W 31 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 6 4 2 0 6 23
 3/25 PHX L 36 4 15 3 3 0 3 11 0 3 2 1 3 0 4 -3
 3/28 SDC W 30 4 12 2 3 0 0 10 1 5 4 1 3 0 3 11
 3/29 ATL W 25 8 15 0 0 0 2 16 2 8 6 0 2 0 4 29
 4/2 NYK W 37 6 19 1 2 0 1 13 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 4
 4/3 PHI L 37 3 12 2 2 0 2 8 1 4 5 1 1 0 3 -18
 4/6 DET L 33 4 15 0 0 0 2 8 2 4 0 4 1 1 2 -22
 4/7 POR W 32 6 14 3 8 1 4 16 0 3 2 0 5 0 2 19
 4/9 PHX W 29 4 8 0 0 1 1 9 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 19
 4/11 DET L 41 11 26 3 6 0 0 25 0 8 4 2 3 0 1 -4
 4/13 NYK L 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 -6
 4/15 DET L 38 5 14 0 0 0 0 10 1 8 4 4 3 0 2 -10
 4/17 BOS W 36 6 9 1 2 0 0 13 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 18
 4/18 SEA W 32 7 13 0 2 0 1 14 2 5 7 2 4 0 2 20
 4/20 CHI L 28 7 15 0 0 0 1 14 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 -31
 4/21 CHI W 35 7 16 2 2 0 1 16 0 2 5 2 3 0 3 11
 4/23 CHI W 33 8 17 2 2 1 1 19 0 2 6 1 6 0 3 6
 4/24 CHI L 38 5 14 4 4 0 2 14 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 -6
 4/26 CHI L 28 9 17 0 0 0 1 18 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 -19

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 29
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 3
 1979 NBA Rookie Game Participant
 1981 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
 1982 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
 1983 NBA All-Defensive Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 1/21/1983 Traded to the Supersonics
 7/22/1983 Signed with the Cavaliers for $8,859,375 over 6 years.

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