James Southerland

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James Southerland
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Southerland in 2012
Free agent
Position Small forward
Personal information
Born (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 33)
Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
College Syracuse (2009–2013)
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013 Charlotte Bobcats
2013–2014 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2014 New Orleans Pelicans
2014 Limoges CSP
2015–2016 Vanoli Cremona
2016 Mitteldeutscher BC
2016 s.Oliver Würzburg
2016–2018 Santa Cruz Warriors
2017 Indios de Mayagüez
2018 South Bay Lakers
2018–2019 SeaHorses Mikawa
2019–2020 Yokohama B-Corsairs
2022 CAB Madeira
2022–2023 NBA G League Ignite
2023 Wellington Saints
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

James Southerland III (born April 28, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Syracuse.

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High school career

Southerland played for Coach Ron Naclerio at Cardozo High School. He participated in the 2006 Reebok ABCD Camp (N.J.). As a junior, he averaged 17.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists for Cardozo. Southerland helped the squad to a 22–5 record. For 2008–09, he moved to Notre Dame Prep. He was rated 87th among the Class of 2009 small forwards by Scouts Inc. [1]

College career

Over his four-year career, Southerland averaged 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting .449 from the field and .370 from three-point range in 112 games. [1] With nine, he tied the school record for made threes in a single game, at Arkansas, on November 30, 2012, while scoring a career-best 35 points. [2] Was named Big East Player of the Week on December 3, 2012. [3] On January 11, 2013, in his final season at Syracuse, Southerland was declared ineligible due to an undisclosed academic issue. He was reinstated on February 10, after missing six games. [4] On senior night at the Carrier Dome, he recorded his first collegiate double-double, by scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, against DePaul. [5] During the 2013 Big East tournament, Southerland set records for most three-pointers made in a game without a miss (6 vs Pittsburgh) and total number of threes made (20) in a single tournament, while being named to the All-Tournament team. [1] Was selected as a member of the East Regional All-Tournament team during the 2013 NCAA tournament. [6]

College statistics

CollegeYearGPGSMINMPGFGFGAFG%FG3FG3A3FG%FTFTAFT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPTSPPG
Syracuse 2009–10 130977.51639.410724.29224.5001.20.40.60.5413.2
Syracuse 2010–11 28239614.152121.4302568.368710.7002.30.50.50.61364.9
Syracuse 2011–12 37059316.096206.46637110.3362333.6973.10.40.80.92526.8
Syracuse 2012–13 3411100329.5161358.45084211.3984557.7895.21.11.50.945113.3
Career11213208918.7325724.449153413.37077104.7403.30.60.90.88807.9

Source: [7]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Southerland played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Summer League and the Golden State Warriors in the Las Vegas Summer League. [8] On September 5, 2013, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats. [9] He was waived by the Bobcats on December 11, 2013, after playing in just one game. [10] He was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League eight days later [11] and earned All-Rookie Second Team honors for the 2023–14 season. On April 11, 2014, he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans for the rest of the NBA season. [12]

Southerland played for the Pelicans in the 2014 NBA Summer League and then spent the pre-season with the Portland Trail Blazers. [13] [14]

Between October 2014 and December 2014, Southerland played in France for Limoges CSP. [8] [15]

After playing in the 2015 NBA Summer League for the Oklahoma City Thunder, [8] Southerland moved to Italy to play for Vanoli Cremona. [16] On January 15, 2016, he parted ways with Cremona after averaging 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in fourteen games. [17] Two days later, he signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season. [18] He averaged 13.5 points per game for Mitteldeutscher. [8]

Southerland returned to Germany for the 2016–17 season, playing 11 games for s.Oliver Würzburg on a two-month contract. [19] [20] He joined the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League in December 2016. [21] Following the G League season, he had a six-game stint in Puerto Rico for Indios de Mayagüez. [8]

After playing in the 2017 NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz, Southerland returned to the Santa Cruz Warriors for the 2017–18 season. [8] On February 13, 2018, he was traded to the South Bay Lakers. [22]

For the 2018–19 season, Southerland moved to Japan to play for SeaHorses Mikawa. [8]

In December 2019, Southerland returned to Japan to play out the 2019–20 season with Yokohama B-Corsairs.. [8]

In January 2022, Southerland joined CAB Madeira of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. [23]

In September 2022, Southerland joined the NBA G League Ignite for the 2022–23 season. [24]

On March 28, 2023, Southerland signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season. [25] He appeared in one game [8] before being released on April 19 due to injury. [26]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

NBA

Source [27]

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013–14 Charlotte 103.0.000.000–.0.0.0.0.0
New Orleans 309.0.417.600.5002.7.0.3.74.7
Career407.5.333.500.5002.0.0.3.53.5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "JAMES SOUTHERLAND - 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL". suathletics.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "James Southerland's 35 points vs Arkansas were the 10th-most in the Jim Boeheim era". December 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Syracuse's James Southerland named Big East Player of the Week". Syracuse.com. 4 December 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Syracuse basketball senior James Southerland wins appeal". Syracuse.com. February 10, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ "In his first start of the season, Syracuse's James Southerland responds with first career double-double". Syracuse.com. 7 March 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Syracuse vs. Marquette: Live Score, Highlights and Elite 8 Game Reaction". Bleacher Report.
  7. ↑ "James Southerland Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "James Southerland" . usbasket.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Bobcats Sign Free Agent Forward James Southerland Archived 2013-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Cats Sign Douglas-Roberts, Waive Southerland Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ D-Fenders Acquire James Southerland
  12. ↑ PELICANS SIGN SOUTHERLAND
  13. ↑ Trail Blazers Announce Training Camp Roster
  14. ↑ Trail Blazers place James Southerland on waivers
  15. ↑ James SOUTHERLAND s’engage avec le Limoges CSP Archived 2016-10-23 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  16. ↑ Vanoli Cremona announces James Southerland
  17. ↑ Vanoli Cremona, James Southerland part ways
  18. ↑ MBC announces James Southerland
  19. ↑ S.Oliver Wuerzburg signs James Southerland
  20. ↑ S.Oliver Wuerzburg, James Southerland part ways
  21. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors Acquire James Southerland". OurSportsCentral.com. December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  22. ↑ Camarena, Noah (February 13, 2018). "South Bay Lakers acquire James Southerland, rights to Scott Wood from Santa Cruz". GLeague.NBA.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  23. ↑ Xufre, Ricardo (January 15, 2022). "CAB Madeira tabs James Southerland, ex Yokohama BC". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Ignite Announces Veteran Roster Additions". oursportscentral.com. September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  25. ↑ "James Southerland III Joins The Team". saints.co.nz. March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  26. ↑ "James Southerland III Released". saints.co.nz. April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  27. ↑ "James Southerland NBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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