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Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), [1] also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso).
TRB. 6.5. AST. 0.8. FG% 42.9. FT% 68.4. PER. 12.5. WS. 14.2. Checkout the latest stats of Jim Barnes. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com.
- April 13, 1941
Sep 27, 2002 · Jim Barnes asked if the children would like to touch it. They ran careful fingers over it, as if it were fine china. But it was gold -- a gold medal for basketball, which Jim had won in 1964,...
Jun 16, 2023 · Jim Barnes was a basketball star who played for Texas Western, the U.S. Olympic team, and five NBA teams. He was the first pick in the 1964 NBA draft and won a championship with the Celtics in 1969.
Sep 18, 2002 · September 17, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Jim "Bad News" Barnes, an Olympian in 1964 and the first player selected in that year's NBA draft, died of heart problems Saturday in a District...
Sep 14, 2023 · On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Jim Barnes passed away at age 61 in 2002. Barnes, a native of Tuckerman, Arkansas, played his college basketball at the University of Texas-El...
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Hart. APG. 9.0. Brunson. Team Rankings. See more. ORTG. 118.2. 7th. DRTG. 113.4. 10th. NETRTG.