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James Worthy

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High School:

Ashbrook (Gastonia, NC), graduated 1979
High School Playing Highlights:

Street & Smith All-America three times (1977-79)
Parade All-America twice (1978-79)
Conference Player of the Year (1978)
Averaged 21 ppg, 12 rpg and 2.6 apg in 21 games as a senior

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC), 1980-82

College Playing Highlights:

Led UNC to NCAA Championship (1982)
NCAA Final Four MVP (1982)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1982)
East Regional MVP (1982)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1982)
ACC All-Tournament First Team twice (1981-82)
All-America 11 times: USBWA All-America twice (1981-82), UPI All-America (1982), The Sporting News All-America (1982), AP Second Team (1982), NABC (1982), Basketball Weekly (1982), Naismith (1982), Converse (1982), First Interstate Bank-Helms Foundation (1982
All-Tournament Teams-regular season. Great Alaska Shootout (1980), Big Four Tournament (1980), Cable Car Classic (1981)
All-Tournament Teams-postseason: NCAA West Regional (1981), NCAA East Regional (1982), NCAA Final Four (1982)
Averaged 14.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 2.5 apg in 84 collegiate games
Member of the Junior World Cup Team (1979)

Pro:

NBA's Los Angeles Lakers (1982-94)
Pro Playing Highlights:

First overall pick in NBA Draft (1982)
All-NBA Third Team twice (1990, '91)
NBA All-Rookie Team (1983) as he averaged 13.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game
Led Lakers to three NBA championships (1985, '87, '88) and seven NBA Finals appearances (1983, '84, '85, '87, '88, '89, '91)
NBA Finals MVP (1988) as he averaged 22.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game; in Game 7 recorded the first triple-double of his career with 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists.
NBA All-Star seven times (1986-92)
All-time record for highest field goal percentage in a five-game series (.721) (1985)
Highest field goal percentage for a rookie in Laker history (.579)
Averaged 17.6 ppg and 5.1 rpg and 3.0 apg in 926 career games; averaged 21.1 ppg and 5.2 rpg in 143 career playoff games
In Laker history, he is fifth in scoring (16,320 points), second in steals (1,041) and sixth in field goal percentage (.521)
Retired as the 54th leading scorer in NBA history with 16,320 points
One of seven Lakers to have his number (#42) retired
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time team (1996)

Bio:

James Worthy, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, was one of basketball's greatest fast-break finishers at the college and professional levels. A 6-foot-9, 225 pound power forward who could dominate with his speed and agility, Worthy starred collegiately at the University of North Carolina. He led the Tar Heels to the 1982 NCAA championship in New Orleans and was named MVP of the Final Four. Named Helms Foundation National Player of the Year, Worthy was selected an All-America 11 times throughout his college career by various organizations. Named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996, Worthy played his entire 12-year professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He helped lead the Lakers to the 1985, 1987 and 1988 NBA championships and a total of seven NBA Finals appearances. He was named MVP of the 1988 Finals after averaging 22 PPG, 7.4 rpg and 4.4 apg. He was chosen for seven NBA All-Star Games (1986-92) and is one of only seven Lakers to have his number (#42) retired.

Career Statistics:

SEASON–TEAM G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT FTA PCT REB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS RPG APG PPG
82-83–Los Angeles 77 1 1970 447 772 0.579 221 0.624 399 132 221 91 178 64 1033 5.2 1.7 13.4
83-84–Los Angeles 82 53 2415 495 890 0.556 257 0.759 515 207 244 77 181 70 1185 6.3 2.5 14.5
84-85–L.A. Lakers 80 76 2696 610 1066 0.572 245 0.776 511 201 196 87 198 67 1410 6.4 2.5 17.6
85-86–L.A. Lakers 75 73 2454 629 1086 0.579 314 0.771 387 201 195 82 149 77 1500 5.2 2.7 20.0
86-87–L.A. Lakers 82 82 2819 651 1207 0.539 389 0.751 466 226 206 108 168 83 1594 5.7 2.8 19.4
87-88–L.A. Lakers 75 72 2655 617 1161 0.531 304 0.796 374 289 175 72 155 55 1478 5 3.9 19.7
88-89–L.A. Lakers 81 81 2960 702 1282 0.548 321 0.782 489 288 175 108 182 56 1657 6 3.6 20.5
89-90–L.A. Lakers 80 80 2960 711 1298 0.548 317 0.782 478 288 190 99 160 49 1685 6 3.6 21.1
90-91–L.A. Lakers 78 74 3008 716 1455 0.492 266 0.797 356 275 117 104 127 35 1670 4.6 3.5 21.4
91-92–L.A. Lakers 54 54 2108 450 1007 0.447 204 0.814 305 252 89 76 127 23 1075 5.6 4.7 19.9
92-93–L.A. Lakers 82 69 2359 510 1142 0.447 211 0.81 247 278 87 92 137 27 1221 3 3.4 14.9
93-94–L.A. Lakers 80 2 1597 340 838 0.406 135 0.741 181 154 80 45 97 18 812 2.3 1.9 10.2
Reg. Season Totals 926 717 30001 6878 13204 0.521 3184 0.769 4708 2791 1975 1041 1859 624 16320 5.1 3.0 17.6
Playoff Totals 143 125 5297 1267 2329 0.544 652 0.727 747 463 352 177 298 96 3022 5.2 3.2 21.1
All-Star Totals 7 3 142 34 77 0.442 9 0.667 26 9 10 7 4 4 74 3.7 1.3 10.6