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James Walker (April 8, 1944 – July 2, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" (1.91 m) guard, he played nine seasons (1967–1976) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City-Omaha / Kansas City Kings.[1] Walker was a two-time All-Star who scored 11,655 points in his career. He was also the father of former NBA player Jalen Rose,[1] though he left Rose's mother prior to his birth and took no part in the child's upbringing.[2] Walker died on July 2, 2007, at the age of 63, from complications related to lung cancer.

Jimmy Walker
Walker in 1969
Personal information
Born(1944-04-08)April 8, 1944
Amherst, Virginia
DiedJuly 2, 2007(2007-07-02) (aged 63)
Kansas City, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolLaurinburg Institute
(Laurinburg, North Carolina)
CollegeProvidence (1964–1967)
NBA draft1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1967–1976
PositionShooting guard
Number24, 11
Career history
1967–1972Detroit Pistons
1972–1973Houston Rockets
1973–1976Kansas City-Omaha / Kansas City Kings
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× NBA All-Star (1970, 1972)
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1966, 1967)
  • Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1965)
  • NCAA season scoring leader (1967)
Career NBA statistics
Points11,655 (16.7 ppg)
Rebounds1,860 (2.7 rpg)
Assists2,429 (3.5 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life


Walker grew up in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.

Walker attended Laurinburg Institute, a black preparatory school in North Carolina and later earned a scholarship to play at Providence College.[3]


College career


Walker attended Providence College, where he played under head coach Joe Mullaney.[3]

At Providence, Walker's game (much as that of Michigan star Cazzie Russell) was compared to that of the premier player of the era, Cincinnati Royals superstar Oscar Robertson. Walker averaged 23 points as a junior, and led the nation with 30 points per game as a senior. His career high of 50 points came in the 1965 Madison Square Garden Holiday Basketball Festival title game, when Providence defeated Bob Cousy's Boston College Eagles team 91-86 to win the tournament. For his efforts, Walker was named MVP of the tournament. Walker was also named MVP of the 1966 Holiday Festival when Providence defeated Saint Joseph's University and Cliff Anderson in the title game. With the two awards, Walker was the first player to be named MVP in the Holiday Festival two years in a row. He was considered to be the first college players to use the between-the-legs dribble as a cross-over move.

Walker led the nation in scoring in his senior year of 1966–67, averaging 30.4 points a game. He caught and passed UCLA's Lew Alcindor in the final weeks of the season. Walker's 2,000-plus career points led Providence for four decades, until his all-time scoring record was broken in 2005 by Ryan Gomes.[1] Walker was able to accomplish this in only three seasons; at the time, freshmen were not allowed to play varsity basketball. Jimmy Walker ended his college career in the quarterfinals of the 1967 NIT in the last basketball tournament held at the third Madison Square Garden, when he scored 36 points but missed a jump shot at the end of the game as Providence bowed to Marquette 81-80 in overtime. Walker later said that the missed shot was the only thing that went wrong for him in Madison Square Garden.

Overall, Walker averaged 25.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in his three seasons (81 games) at Providence.[4]


NBA career


Walker was selected #1 overall pick in the 1967 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. He was also drafted #1 overall in the first American Basketball Association Draft by the Indiana Pacers. 1967 was the first year the NBA had abandoned its territorial draft (under the old draft, which granted an extra first round pick to be used on collegians within 100 miles of their professional team, Walker might have been selected by the Celtics and teamed with his mentor Sam Jones). Walker was also the final pick in the 1967 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints (the pick now known as Mr. Irrelevant), despite never having played college football;[3] this makes Walker the only athlete drafted first by one pro league (two in his case) and last by another.

Despite playing in two NBA All-Star games, Walker never reached his full potential as a pro, partly due to his weight gain. His game had been predicated on quickness. Nonetheless, he averaged 20.9 ppg in 1969–70, 21.3 in 1971–72, and 19.8 in 1973–74, averaging almost 17 per game over a 9-year career. The numbers are all the more impressive when one considers that Walker teamed with star guards such as Dave Bing in Detroit, and Nate Archibald in Kansas City-Omaha.[citation needed]

Overall in 698 games with the Detroit Pistons (1967–1972), Houston Rockets (1972–1973), and Kansas City Kings (1973–1976), Walker averaged 16.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in his NBA career.[5]


NBA career statistics


Legend
  GP 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
   Won an NBA championship

Regular season


Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1967–68 Detroit 8119.6.394.7661.72.88.8
1968–69 Detroit 6923.8.466.7952.33.211.7
1969–70 Detroit 8135.4.478.8073.03.120.8
1970–71 Detroit 7935.0.436.8312.63.417.6
1971–72 Detroit 7839.5.457.8273.04.021.3
1972–73 Houston 8138.0.465.8843.35.518.0
1973–74 Houston 312.7.583.000.71.3.0.04.7
Kansas City-Omaha 7240.6.468.8222.84.21.1.119.8
1974–75 Kansas City-Omaha 8138.5.475.8553.02.81.0.216.7
1975–76 Kansas City 7334.1.483.8652.42.41.2.215.7
Career 69833.8.461.8292.73.51.1.216.7
All-Star 2015.0.333.5001.5.55.5

Playoffs


Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1968 Detroit 620.2.463.8241.51.512.7
1975 Kansas City-Omaha 637.5.464.7781.72.8.8.215.3
Career 1228.8.464.8001.62.2.8.214.0

College statistics


Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1964–65 Providence 2637.5.475.7696.15.220.5
1965–66 Providence 2739.0.508.7726.75.524.5
1966-67 Providence 2839.7.490.8016.05.130.4
Career 8138.8.492.7836.35.325.2

Personal life


"I was hurt, saddened, and selfishly disappointed that we never got a chance to meet," said Jalen Rose, at his father's funeral in 2007. "You want to know something? We were supposed to meet this month, we were supposed to meet this month." The two had spoken on the phone several times before Walker's death.[6]


Honors


The basketball award at Providence is called the Jimmy Walker Most Valuable Player Award.[7]

In 2008, Providence honored Walker's number with The Friar Legends Forever Tradition.[8]

Jalen Rose hosted the Providence Late Night Event in 2014.[9]


References





На других языках


- [en] Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)

[es] Jimmy Walker

James "Jimmy" Walker (nacido el 8 de abril de 1944 en Amherst, Virginia y fallecido el 2 de julio de 2007 en Kansas City, Misuri) fue un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que durante 9 temporadas perteneció a diversos equipos de la NBA. Medía 1,90 metros y jugaba de base. Era el padre del también jugador Jalen Rose, aunque abandonó a su madre antes del nacimiento y no participó en la educación de su hijo. Falleció el 2 de julio de 2007 víctima de un cáncer de pulmón, a los 63 años de edad.[1]

[ru] Уокер, Джимми (баскетболист)

Джеймс «Джимми» Уокер (англ. James "Jimmy" Walker; 8 апреля 1944 года, Амхерст, штат Виргиния — 2 июля 2007 года, Канзас-Сити, штат Миссури) — американский профессиональный баскетболист.



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