Bernard James

Retired • Retired after 2017 season • PF/C • 3 years of NBA experience

Height6'10
Weight240 lbs
Born7th February 1985 (age 41)
Nationality🇺🇸USA
Pre-draft teamFlorida State
HandLeft
Agentn/a
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Representative Teams
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2014 roster
Dallas Mavericks
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2013 roster
Dallas Mavericks
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2012 roster
Dallas Mavericks

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2012-13 NBA Dallas Mavericks 46 9.9 2.8 1.2 2.2 51.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.5 0.9 61.0% 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.4 1.4
2013-14 D League Texas Legends 1 37.0 38.0 18.0 20.0 90.0% 0.0 0.0 – 2.0 6.0 33.3% 10.0 8.0 18.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 2.0
2013-14 NBA Dallas Mavericks 30 4.9 0.9 0.4 0.8 47.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.2 0.4 54.5% 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8
2014-15 China Shandong 26 30.0 19.1 8.0 13.6 58.9% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 3.1 5.1 60.9% 4.3 6.8 11.2 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.4 2.6
2014-15 D League Texas Legends 2 29.0 11.5 5.0 10.0 50.0% 0.0 0.5 0.0% 1.5 3.0 50.0% 3.5 6.5 10.0 1.0 0.5 5.0 1.0 2.0
2014-15 NBA Dallas Mavericks 16 9.9 2.8 0.8 1.7 44.4% 0.0 0.0 – 1.3 1.4 87.0% 1.1 1.3 2.4 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.4 1.1
2015-16 China Shandong 36 27.9 14.1 5.6 10.6 53.3% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 2.8 4.1 69.2% 4.1 6.7 10.9 0.8 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.9
2015-16 Turkey Galatasaray 4 14.5 6.5 2.5 4.3 58.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.5 2.5 60.0% 2.5 2.5 5.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.3
2016-17 France Limoges 2 8.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.0 2.0 50.0% 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

Teams
DateTeam
2008 - 2010 Tallahassee CC (Junior College)
2010 - 2012 Florida State (NCAA)
June 2012 - October 2014 Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
October 2014 - November 2014 Texas Legends (D League)
November 2014 - February 2015 Shanghai (China)
February 2015 - June 2015 Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
January 2017 - February 2017 Limoges (France)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
2012 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 33rd overall by Cleveland Cavaliers.
2012 NBA Draft NBA Draft rights traded by Cleveland Cavaliers, along with the draft rights to Jae Crowder (#34) and Jared Cunningham (#24) to Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Kelenna Azubuike and the draft rights to Tyler Zeller (#17).
25th July 2012 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Dallas Mavericks.
19th July 2013 NBA Waived by Dallas Mavericks.
25th July 2013 NBA Re-signed by Dallas Mavericks to a guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract.
27th February 2014 D League Assigned by Dallas Mavericks to Texas Legends of the D League.
28th February 2014 D League Recalled by Dallas from Texas Legends of the D League.
3rd September 2014 NBA Re-signed by Dallas Mavericks to a guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract.
25th October 2014 NBA Waived by Dallas Mavericks.
30th October 2014 D League Designated as an allocated player by Texas Legends.
20th November 2014 D League Left Texas Legends.
20th November 2014 China Signed for the remainder of the season with Shanghai.
11th February 2015 NBA Signed a ten-day contract with Dallas Mavericks.
21st February 2015 NBA Signed a second ten-day contract with Dallas Mavericks.
3rd March 2015 NBA Signed a guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season with Dallas Mavericks.
31st July 2015 China Signed a one-year contract with Shanghai Sharks.
10th March 2016 Turkey Signed for the remainder of the season with Galatasaray.
22nd May 2016 Turkey Left Galatasaray.
6th January 2017 France Signed for the remainder of the season with Limoges.
7th February 2017 France Released by Limoges.

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An Unnecessarily Exhaustive Guide To The 2010/11 NCAA Tournament, Part 1: Southwestern Region

In addition to Singleton, the Seminoles (arguably Division 1's best nickname) offer plenty more quality big men. The headline maker thus far this season has been Bernard James, the 26 year old former soldier who only recently started playing basketball, but who quickly proved to be rather good at it. James chips in 8.4 points in 20 minutes per game, shooting .654% from the field, which ranks second in the nation amongst players with enough attempts to qualify. He does this on a series of lefty layups, hooks, and occasional jumpers - James only goes left, and no one seems to stop him doing so. Offensive productivity aside, BJ is best served as a rebounder, and as an active, athletic and strong interior defender.
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