James W. Davis (December 18, 1941 – December 27, 2018) was an American professional

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player who played eight seasons in the

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(NBA). A 6'9" center from the

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, Davis played in the

from 1967 to 1975 as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks,

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, and

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. He averaged 6.7 points and 5.2

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in his NBA career. Davis died of complications from cancer on December 27, 2018, at age 77.

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

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St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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Playoffs

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Jim 1941 births 2018 deaths American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Centers (basketball) Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players Deaths from cancer in Ontario Detroit Pistons draft picks Detroit Pistons players Houston Rockets players Basketball players from Muncie, Indiana St. Louis Hawks players Sunbury Mercuries players 20th-century American sportsmen