Jim Paxson, Sr. left each and every basketball fans into tears as he pa s sed away in the year 2014 on 28th of October. He was born in the year 1932 on 19th of December. He contributed so much to the game and his contributions will never be forgotten. He was one of the very best in his position in the game and he was wanted by so many teams. He was very calm and always used to carry a smile on his face. In his professional basketball career he was wanted by so many teams and it was all because of his vision in the game. On his perfect day he could tear almost any opponents on his own and that quality he possessed in his game.
He was surreal in his playing days. He went to the Catholic Central High School for his education and played for that team as well. After that he moved onto a university called University Dayton and played over there also till the year 1956. He played his professional basketball from the year 1956 and it was after being drafted to NBA in the year 1956 after his college career. He started from a team called Minneapolis Lakers and played for them from the year 1956 to the year 1957. He then moved to another team which was called the Cincinnati Royals. He played for this team till the year 1958. He has amazing statistics and this proves what a great player he was. He has an average 8 points per game which is amazing for a guard or small forward. He also averaged 4.5 rebounds per game and this means he was deadly in turnovers and counter attacks. He has a very impressive 1.6 a s sists per game as well. He was also the pert of the team which won the Pan American Games in the year 1955. The tournament was held in Mexico City and he was great in that tournament as well.
After being so popular with his career he had managed to keep his personal life very low profile. Only information available on his personal life is that he has a son whose name is James Paxson. Unfortunately details on his wife are currently missing and it is not sure that whether he has a wife or not. He is certainly not gay as he has a child.
A lot of information on his interesting and inspiring biography can be grabbed from wiki sites like Wikipedia and IMDb. He was an extremely tall man as he has a great height of 6 feet 6 inches which lies around 1.98 meters. He had the perfect weight of 201 lbs which is around 91 kilograms. He was not at all involved in social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
by sanjeet, 06 Jun, 2015
