Ra'Shad James (born January 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for St. Thomas Aquinas, Iona and Northwood Seahawks.
Free agent | |
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Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | White Plains, New York | January 26, 1990
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | White Plains (White Plains, New York) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2015 | Reno Bighorns |
2015 | Wonju Dongbu Promy |
2015–2016 | Koszalin |
2016 | Westchester Knicks |
2016–2017 | Cedevita |
2017–2018 | Yeşilgiresun Belediye |
2018–2019 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
2019 | Ulm |
2019 | Boulazac |
2019–2020 | Ormanspor |
2020–2021 | Orasì Ravenna |
2021 | AS Salé |
2021–2022 | Birmingham Squadron |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Early career
editAfter playing high school basketball at White Plains High School, in White Plains, New York, James played two seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas before transferring to Iona for his junior season. He finished his college career at Northwood (Florida) University.
Professional career
editReno Bighorns (2013–2015)
editJames went undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft. He played his first two professional seasons with Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League.
Wonju Dongbu Promy (2015)
editThe 2015–16 season James started with Wonju Dongbu Promy of South Korea, but left the club after appearing in 15 games.
Koszalin (2015–2016)
editOn November 6, 2015, he signed with AZS Koszalin of Poland.[1] On February 11, 2016, he parted ways with Koszalin.[2]
Westchester Knicks (2016)
editOn February 23, 2016, he was acquired by the Westchester Knicks.[3]
In July 2016, James joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[4]
Cedevita Zagreb (2016–2017)
editOn August 29, 2016, he signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2016–17 season.[5]
Yeşilgiresun Belediye (2017–2018)
editOn August 23, 2017, James signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye.[6]
Telekom Baskets Bonn (2018–2019)
editIn July 2018 he joined the German side Telekom Baskets Bonn on a one-year contract.[7] In 15 Bundesliga games, he led Bonn in scoring with 14.9 points per contest, but parted ways with the club in January 2019.
Ulm (2019)
editA couple of days later, he signed with fellow Bundesliga side Ratiopharm Ulm.[8] He appeared in only five Bundesliga games for Ulm (9.2 points, 2.2 assists per contest)[9] due to shoulder injury.[10]
Boulazac (2019)
editIn July 2019, he was signed by Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the French top-flight LNB Pro A.[11] On August 14, 2019, Boulazac announced that Ra’Shad James will not play for the team next season because he failed physicals and his contract was voided.[12]
Ormanspor (2019–2020)
editOn November 18, 2019, he has signed with Ormanspor for the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.[13]
Orasì Ravenna (2020–2021)
editOn July 24, 2020, he has signed with Orasì Ravenna for the Italian Serie A2 Basket.[14]
AS Salé (2021)
editIn May 2021, James played with AS Salé in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He averaged 16.8 points while his team finished as quarterfinalist.
Birmingham Squadron (2021–2022)
editOn October 25, 2021, James joined the Birmingham Squadron after being acquired from the available player pool.[15]
BAL career statistics
editGP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | AS Salé | 4 | 4 | 34.2 | .482 | .263 | .889 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .0 | 16.8 |
Career | 4 | 4 | 34.2 | .482 | .263 | .889 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .0 | 16.8 |
References
edit- ^ Ra'Shad James signs with AZS Koszalin
- ^ Ra'shad James opuszcza AZS Koszalin! Devon Austin nadal zawieszony! (in Polish)
- ^ Westchester Knicks Acquire Ra’Shad James and Keith Wright
- ^ Bucks Announce 2016 Summer League Roster
- ^ Cedevita adds Ra’Shad James
- ^ Yesilgiresun inks Ra'Shad James and Erkan Yilmaz
- ^ "Ra'Shad James signs with Telekom Baskets Bonn". eurohoops.net. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Frische Power aus Bonn". Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
- ^ "easyCredit - 42874 Ra'shad JAMES". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Ehemaliger Baskets-Spieler - Saison für Ulmer Ra'Shad James vorzeitig beendet". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "LE BBD RECRUTE UN SCOREUR AU PROFIL ATHLÉTIQUE". Boulazac Basketball (in French). 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Boulazac voids Ra'Shad James' contract". Sportando. August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "Eski Giresunlu Ormanspor'da" (in Turkish). Basketfaul. November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "Ra'shad James signs with Ravenna". Sportando. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ "Birmingham Squadron finalize roster for team's first training camp in Birmingham". NBA.com. October 25, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.