• Jerome James
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Career Transactions: Selected by the Sacramento Kings in the Second Round (36th overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft ... signed by Sacramento (01/22/99) … re-signed by Sacramento (10/01/00) … waived by Sacramento (10/20/00) … played in Europe during the 2000-01 season … signed as a free agent by Seattle (09/05/01) … signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks (08/02/05) … acquired by Chicago from New York, along with Tim Thomas and Anthony Roberson in exchange for Larry Hughes (02/19/09).

2008-09 (New York/Chicago): Acquired via trade along with Anthony Roberson and Tim Thomas from the New York Knicks in exchange for Larry Hughes (02/19/09) … appeared in two games with the Knicks before he suffered a ruptured right Achilles in practice … scored three points and grabbed three boards in 10 minutes of play in two games … 2009 Playoffs: Missed the entire postseason due to a ruptured right Achilles.

Career: Owns career averages of 4.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.07 bpg and .485 shooting over 13.3 mpg … played in just four games over two seasons (2007-08, 2008-09) due to injury … he missed the entire 1999-2000 campaign due to a knee injury … he has started 180 of the 358 career games that he has appeared in, including a career-high 80 starts for Seattle in 2004-05 … in 17 career playoff contests (12 starts), he has averaged 9.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg and shot .493 from the field (67-136 FGA) over 21.7 mpg … left Seattle ranked eighth in the franchise record book for most blocked shots with 339 … he has six career 10-plus rebound games and two double-doubles … played the entire 2000-01 season in Europe; split time between the Italian A-1 League, in Yugoslavia, and finally the Pro A French National League in 2000-01 … was an early-entry candidate in the 1998 NBA Draft following his junior year at Florida A&M.

2007-08 (New York): Sidelined by injury for virtually the entire season, appeared in just two games (four points, three boards, five total minutes) in his third season with the Knicks … marked the second season of his NBA career that was virtually wiped out by injury (he missed entire the 1999-2000 season with Sacramento due to a knee injury) … saw his first action of the season at WAS (01/18) and ended with four points (1-1 FGA, 2-2 FTA) in three bench minutes … went scoreless with two rebounds in two bench minutes in loss to BOS (01/21) … sidelined with left knee tendonitis/right foot bone spur-cyst (11/02-01/16) … underwent surgery on his left knee (11/12) … missed the final two months of the season due to a sore right knee (02/27-04/16) … was inactive 70 times … recorded a DNP-CD 10 times.

2006-07 (New York): Averaged 1.9 ppg and 1.6 rpg in 6.7 mpg in 41 games (11 starts) … led the Knicks in rebounds once with a season-high seven at DAL (03/30) … posted 26 DNP-CDs … in 11 starts he averaged 2.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg and shot .385 from the floor in 7.5 mpg … missed a total of 14 games due to injury/illness, predominantly with an early-season foot injury (listed as inactive for the season’s first nine games due to right plantar fasciitis) … he did not dress for three games (12/01-12/04) due to right foot tendonitis and he was inactive for two games in January with flu-like symptoms … was inactive a total of 11 times … was suspended by the NBA for one game vs. UT (12/18) for leaving the bench during an altercation with DEN (12/16) … posted a season-high 10 points in 13 bench minutes at LAC (12/31).

2005-06 (New York): Appeared in 45 games (nine starts), and averaged 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg and .463 shooting over 9.0 mpg … led the Knicks in rebounds once, with a season-high eight versus HOU (02/05) … recorded two double-figure scoring games … in nine starts he averaged 5.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg and shot .447 from the floor in 13.4 mpg … scored a season-high 13 points on two occasions … notched his 1,000th career rebound versus CHI (03/03) … played in his 300th career NBA game versus DEN (03/13) … hampered throughout the season by injury … was inactive in 23 games, including 10 with a strained left hamstring (11/11-11/30), five with a strained neck (01/27-02/03), six due to a sore right hamstring (02/13-03/01) and one with a sore left Achilles tendon (12/14) … had two DNDs for two late-season games due to an upper respiratory infection (04/04 versus WAS) and a sprained left ankle (04/19 at NJ) … posted 12 DNP-CDs … was suspended for one game (01/02 versus PHO) for conduct detrimental to the team.

2004-05 (Seattle): In his final season in Seattle, he appeared in 80 games (all starts) and logged 1,330 total minutes, all career highs … he averaged 4.9 ppg and 3.0 rpg, with a career-best .509 shooting in 16.6 mpg … went 47-65 FT, for a career-best .723 from the line … he led the Sonics in total blocks, with a career-high 111 swats and also in blocks per game with 1.39 bpg, for the third time in his four seasons in Seattle … he had 13 double-figure scoring games, highlighted by a career-high 22 points (9-11 FGA) at MEM (03/29) … notched a season-high seven rebounds four times … 2005 Playoffs: Started all 11 Sonics post-season contests and tallied 12.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 1.82 bpg over 26.8 mpg, shooting .514 (57-111 FGA) … in the postseason, he finished 10th in blocks per game with 1.82 bpg and 11th in field goal shooting at .514 from the floor … he posted eight double-figure games in scoring and one double-double … in the first round, he averaged 17.2 ppg and a team-high 9.4 rpg, and shot .581 (36-62 FG) in 32.2 mpg … he scored 17 points and posted playoff career highs of 15 rebounds and five blocks in Game 1 versus SAC (04/23) … posted a playoff career-best 22 points in Game 3 (04/29) … notched 8.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg and shot .429 from the field (21-49 FG) in 22.3 mpg during the six-game conference semi-finals loss to the Spurs.

2003-04 (Seattle): Played in 65 (24 starts) and notched 5.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.92 bpg and shot .498 in 15.2 mpg … led the Sonics in rebounds nine times … he had nine double-figure scoring games … he recorded an season-high 16 points versus MEM (01/09), and a season-best 10 rebounds versus GS (01/22) … he missed the season’s last nine games (03/30-04/14) due to an abdominal strain.

2002-03 (Seattle): Played in 51 games (16 starts) and posted career-high averages of 5.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg and shot .478 in 15.0 mpg … led the Sonics in blocks for the second straight season with 82 rejections for 1.61 bpg … led the Sonics in rebounds five times … notched eight double-figure scoring games and one double-double … recorded season highs of 13 points two times and 10 rebounds on three occasions … missed 28 games due to injury … was sidelined for 27 games due to plantar fasciitis/stress fracture in his right foot (11/08-01/03); missed one game in March with right knee tendonitis.

2001-02 (Seattle): Returned to the NBA following a two-year absence, and averaged 5.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg and .491 shooting over 16.9 mpg in 56 games (40 starts) … led the Sonics in blocked shots with 86 blocks for an average of 1.54 bpg … led the Sonics in rebounds five times … posted nine double-figure scoring games and one double-double … recorded his first career double-double with season highs of 18 points and 12 rebounds at TOR (02/24) … blocked a career-high six shots versus LAC (03/16) … recorded six DNP-CDs … missed 20 games due to a sprained right foot (11/19-12/29) … 2002 Playoffs: Appeared in all five games (one start) in the first round against the Spurs and averaged 3.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg and .391 shooting over 14.0 mpg … scored a series-high eight points in 19 minutes off the bench in Game 2.

2000-01 (Europe): Spent the entire campaign in Europe … started the season with Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna of the Italian A-1 League … signed by KK Buducnost Podgorica in Yugoslavia, and averaged 12.1 ppg and 6.7 rpg in 10 games … was a member of the 2001 Yugoslav National Cup championship team … finished the season with ASVEL Villeurbanne in the Pro A French National League.

1999-2000 (Sacramento): Sidelined for the entire season due to a knee injury he suffered in the Kings’ 1999 summer mini-camp … did not return to action following knee surgery.

1998-99 (Sacramento): Appeared off of the bench in 16 games his rookie campaign, and averaged 1.5 ppg, 1.1 rpg and .375 shooting over 2.6 mpg … scored a season-high five points at SAN (02/05) … grabbed a season-best four boards versus DEN (04/17) … posted 34 DNP-CDs … 1999 Playoffs: Made his postseason debut, appeared in one game, and scored five points in four minutes of action against UT (05/08).

College: Averaged 16.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 4.48 bpg and .495 shooting over 81 games in a three-year career at Florida A&M … finished among Top 20 (15th all-time) in NCAA history with 363 career blocks … ranked 16th among Florida A&M’s all-time career scorers (1,292 points) and seventh among rebounders (743) … two-time Black College All-American and two-time All-MEAC honoree (1996-97 and 1997-98) … had 37 double-doubles as a collegian … posted career-highs of 19.9 ppg and 10.4 rpg his junior year in 1997-98 … scored a career-high 38 points versus Delaware State (02/24/97) and grabbed a career-best 21 rebounds versus Howard (01/05/98) … led NCAA Division I players in blocks with an average of 4.63 bpg and also set a school record with 125 blocks during his junior campaign … notched a career-high 11 blocks versus Morgan State (02/17/97) … he was an early-entry candidate for the 1998 NBA Draft following his junior season.