Jim "Bad News" Barnes

Jim Barnes

Personal information
Born	(1941-04-13)April 13, 1941 Tuckerman, Arkansas
Died	September 14, 2002(2002-09-14) (aged 61) Silver Spring, Maryland
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Stillwater (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
College	Cameron (1960–1962) UTEP (1962–1964)
NBA draft	1964: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1964–1970
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	22, 41, 23, 14, 28, 12
Career history
1964–1965	New York Knicks
1965–1966	Baltimore Bullets
1966–1968	Los Angeles Lakers
1968	Chicago Bulls
1968–1970	Boston Celtics
1970	Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1969) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1965) Second-team All-American – NABC (1964) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1964) No. 45 retired by UTEP
Career statistics
Points	3,997 (8.8 ppg)
Rebounds	2,939 (6.5 rpg)
Assists	377 (0.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's Basketball 1964 Tokyo United States

Velvet James "Jim" Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), a.k.a. "Bad News" Barnes was an American basketball player.

A 6'8" forward/center, Barnes began his college career at Cameron College (at the time, a junior college). He tallied 28.8 points per game in his freshman year and 30.6 points per game in his sophomore year. He also received NJCAA All-American honors as a sophomore. He then played at Texas Western College before being selected by the New York Knicks with the first pick of the 1964 NBA Draft. He was named to the 1965 NBA All-Rookie Team, and played 7 seasons (1964–71) in the NBA with five teams, scoring 3,997 career points.

Rapper Blu named Jim Barnes his cousin in his song titled "Bad News Barnes" off of his 2008 mixtape (So)ul Amazing.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and Basketball Reference