James Donaldson
James Donaldson was born in Heacham, England, United Kingdom on August 16th, 1957 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 66, James Donaldson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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James Lee Donaldson III (born August 16, 1957) is a retired professional English-American basketball player who spent 14 years in the National Basketball Association and several European leagues.
Donaldson, who was born in Heacham, England, played basketball for Luther Burbank High School before enrolling at Washington State University to play for the Cougars.
Personal life
Donaldson resigned in Mill Creek, Washington, where he operated the Donaldson Clinic, a physical therapy clinic, until February 2018. He is also a motivational speaker.
Donaldson ran for the Seattle mayor's non-partisan office in 2009 and finished fourth among the candidates. Donaldson took over as the Director of the Tacoma College Success Foundation in 2010.
Donaldson recovered from an aortic dissection in January 2018.
Amateur career
In the late 1970s, Donaldson, a 7'2" center, played at Luther Burbank High School and Washington State. He averaged 8.5 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per game in 84 games during his four seasons at WSU. He was the all-time leader in career blocked shots (176), blocks average (2.1), single-season blocks average (82 in 1977–78), and single-game blocked shots (eight versus Stanford, 1978). In 2006, he was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor and WSU's athletic hall of fame.
Professional career
He signed a deal with 3A Antonini Siena of the Italian Serie A after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1979 NBA draft.
Donaldson spent three seasons with Seattle before transferring to the San Diego (later Los Angeles) Clippers. He led the league in field goal percentage percentage at 0.637 in 1984–85, one of the highest percentages in NBA history.
Artis Gilmore, Darryl Dawkins, Moses Malone, Truck Robinson, and Maurice Lucas were all among the best players he encountered early in his career, according to Donaldson.
In 1985, Donaldson joined the Dallas Mavericks. He joked with teammates that the Mavericks' lowly, dysfunctional Clippers' departure was like dying and going to Heaven. He spent his formative years with the Mavericks, providing rebounding and shot-blocking to complement Dallas' star-studded line-up, which included Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Roy Tarpley, Sam Perkins, and Brad Davis. During a season in which the Mavericks reached the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers, Donaldson himself earned a spot on the 1988 All-Star Team. After a fan vote, the New York Daily News named him as the worst All-Star player ever. Unfortunately, Mavericks' core team was often fired (like Aguirre) or squandered significant potential due to personal circumstances (like Tarpley) and Donaldson's demise in Dallas was inevitable, as the franchise's otherwise flourishing career was inevitable.
Donaldson and the Utah Jazz (1991-92 for Brian Quinnett) and the New York Knicks (49 games in two seasons combined) both retired in the early 1990s, triggering his suspension from the NBA. With 8,203 career points, 7,492 career rebounds, and 1,267 career blocks, he left the league in 1995. He played in 957 NBA games without ever missing a 3-point shot, a record among players from the 3-point era.
He signed for Greek Basket League team Iraklis on August 1, 1993. He appeared in 30 games for Iraklis, average 12.1 points per game, 12.2 rebounds per game, and 2.2 blocks per game. He played for Caja San Fernando from 1996 to 1997, averaging 3.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. He had spells with Snai Montecatini (Italy, 1997–99, for only six games); Breogán Lugo (Spain, two stints in 1998 and 1999) and Gymnastikos S. Larissas (Greek Second Division, 1998–99), retiring for good at the age of 41.