James Worthy

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NBA player basketball player human

James Worthy is a Hall of Fame small forward best known as a key member of the Los Angeles Lakers' "Showtime" era, winning three NBA championships and earning the 1988 Finals MVP.

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instanceOf NBA player ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
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coachedByInCollege Dean Smith ⓘ
college University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
collegeJerseyRetiredBy Tar Heels ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Tar Heels
collegeJerseyRetiredNumber 52 ⓘ
collegeTeam Tar Heels ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
collegeTeammateOf Michael Jordan ⓘ
Sam Perkins ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-02-27 ⓘ
draftPickNumber 1 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
draftYear 1982 ⓘ
employer Spectrum SportsNet ⓘ
era Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form: Showtime Lakers
familyName Worthy ⓘ
finalsAppearances 7 ⓘ
fullName James Ager Worthy ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 2003 ⓘ
height 6 ft 9 in ⓘ
heightInMeters 2.06 ⓘ
highSchool Ashbrook High School ⓘ
Ashbrook High School, Gastonia, North Carolina ⓘ
jerseyNumber 42 ⓘ
jerseyRetiredBy Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
jerseyRetiredNumber 42 ⓘ
knownFor 1988 NBA Finals Game 7 triple-double ⓘ
clutch playoff performances ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
medal 1982 NCAA champion ⓘ
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
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NBA All-Rookie Team ⓘ
surface form: NBA All-Rookie First Team
NBAAllStar 1986 ⓘ
1987 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
NBAAllThirdTeam 1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
NBACareerEnd 1994 ⓘ
NBACareerStart 1982 ⓘ
NBAChampionships 3 ⓘ
NBAFinalsMVP 1988 ⓘ
NCAAChampionship 1982 ⓘ
NCAAFinalFourMostOutstandingPlayer 1982 ⓘ
nickname Big Game James ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gastonia, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
playedFor Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
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position small forward ⓘ
postPlayingCareer basketball analyst ⓘ
primaryScoringStyle fast break finishing ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
teammateOf Byron Scott ⓘ
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ⓘ
Magic Johnson ⓘ
Michael Cooper ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipWith Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
workedAs television sports commentator ⓘ

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1987–88 NBA season → finalsMVP → James Worthy ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers → notablePlayer → James Worthy ⓘ