Jim Cleamons

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James Mitchell (Jim) Cleamons (born September 13 1949 in Lincolnton, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He has been an assistant under head coach Phil Jackson with both the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. He played collegiately at The Ohio State University, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick of the 1971 NBA Draft. He had a nine-year NBA career for four different teams (the Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and the Washington Bullets). In 1976, Cleamons was selected to the NBA All-Defense 2nd team.

In addition to his playing career, Cleamons was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for slightly over one year, from 1996 to 1997. Cleamons was an assistant coach for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. He was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers on July 19, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

For a few games during his tenure with the Lakers, he has served as acting head coach while Phil Jackson was absent.

[edit] External links

• BasketballReference.com: Jim Cleamons (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Jim Cleamons (as player)

Preceded by Rick Mount	Big Ten Basketball MVP 1971	Succeeded by Jim Brewer
Preceded by Dick Motta	Dallas Mavericks Head Coach 1996–1997	Succeeded by Don Nelson

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