No. 55–AS Monaco Basket | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | August 18, 1990
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Grant (Portland, Oregon) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012 | Zagreb |
2013 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
2013–2014 | Paffoni Omegna |
2014 | Kolossos Rodou |
2014–2016 | Baskonia |
2016–2017 | Panathinaikos |
2017 | Phoenix Suns |
2018 | New Orleans Pelicans |
2018 | Panathinaikos |
2018–2019 | Olimpia Milano |
2019–2021 | CSKA Moscow |
2021 | Brooklyn Nets |
2021–present | AS Monaco |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Michael Perry James (born August 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket [1] of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.
He was a high school basketball standout playing for Grant High School in Portland, and played college basketball for Eastern Arizona College and Lamar University. James was the first player in NBA history to go from a two-way contract to a regular contract, all while never being sent down to the NBA G League in the process.
Green started his professional career in Europe in 2012 and is three-time All-EuroLeague selection, James was the EuroLeague scoring champion in 2019. Since 2024, Green is the all-time scoring leader in EuroLeague history.
James was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. While in Portland, he played basketball for Grant High School under coach Tony Broadous. [2] In 2007–08, as a senior, he was ranked the No. 3 player in the state and No. 184 overall. [3] He was also only recruited by Division III universities at the time. [4] James averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals per game. [2] The team went on to win the 2008 Oregon state championship, defeating Oregon City for it. [2]
James started his college career at Eastern Arizona College, a national junior college where he played under coach Maurice Leitzke. In his first year, he averaged 20 points per game shooting 42 percent overall, 33.3 percent from three-point range and 78 percent free throws. He was named all-conference and all-region teams as well as being ranked No. 40 best junior college player by Rivals.com. [2] As a sophomore, he was the fourth-leading scorer in the NJCAA Division I recording 26 points per game. In addition he contributed 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. [2]
In 2010, James transferred to a NCAA Division I school, Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Here he played under coach Steve Roccaforte in 2010–11 and under coach Pat Knight for the 2011–12 NCAA season. Playing a little over 18 minutes a game, he averaged 12.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals. [5] He led the team in scoring, even though he only started two out of twenty-four games for the season. [2] He registered a 52-point game on January 4, 2011, against Louisiana College, which the Lamar Cardinals won 114–62, [6] breaking the previous record of 50 set by Mike Oliver in 1980. [7] In addition, he broke Lamar University's Montagne Center record for most points scored in a single game with 52, field goals made with 18, field goal attempts with 35, three-pointers made with 11, and three-point attempts with 21. [2] [7] In his senior season (2011–12), he averaged 17.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 steals per game shooting 45.3 percent overall. [5] One notable game of his was against the 2012 NCAA champion University of Kentucky, in which he scored 29 points. His senior season ended in the first round of the 2012 NCAA tournament with a loss against Vermont. [5] By the end of his season, he was named All-Southland First Team, Southland Tournament MVP and Southland Conference Player of the Week three times in four weeks. He had majored in general studies during his time there. [8] [9]
In August 2012, James signed with Zagreb of Croatia for the 2012–13 season. [10] In December 2012, he left Zagreb.
In July 2013, James signed with Paffoni Omegna of Italy under their DNA Silver Basket league name for the 2013–14 season. [11] That season, they finished in fourth place for the DNA Silver portion of the league.
In August 2014, James signed a one-year contract with Kolossos Rodou of Greece. [12] On December 2, 2014, he left Kolossos and signed with the Spanish club Laboral Kutxa Baskonia of the Liga ACB for the rest of the season. [13]
In July 2015, James joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2015 NBA Summer League. [14] That same month, after a successful Summer League performance, he re-signed with Baskonia for one more season. [15] During that season, Saski Baskonia would reach the EuroLeague Final Four, losing to the Fenerbahçe Ülker and the PBC Lokomotiv Kuban for a fourth-place performance.
On July 3, 2016, James signed with Panathinaikos in Greece for the 2016–17 season. [16] That year saw him perform his best work in the EuroLeague yet. He helped the Panathinaikos win both the Greek Cup title and the Greek Basket League championship in the 2016–17 season. He was later named the Greek Basket League's Most Spectacular Player that year as well.
On July 3, 2017, James signed with the Phoenix Suns and joined the team for the 2017 NBA Summer League. [17] In the 2017 Summer League, he led the team in points and assists, averaging 20.5 points off of 53.8% shooting and 5.0 assists per game, as well as recording 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 33.2 minutes per game for the six games the Suns played during the event. James's contract with the team was a two-way affiliate deal, their first in franchise history. He also became the first player to sign a two-way contract in the NBA after spending multiple years overseas in international leagues. While James was eligible to split his time between Phoenix and their Northern Arizona Suns G League affiliate, he never joined the G League team during his two-way contract. James made his NBA debut on October 18, 2017, against the Portland Trail Blazers, recording 12 points that night. [18] James became the first player to sign a two-way contract to also start with the team that signed him on, as he became the starting point guard on the October 23 game against the Sacramento Kings under interim head coach Jay Triano, recording 18 points and a team-high 7 assists in a 117–115 win. [19] During his first four games of the season, James recorded at least 10 or more points with increased minute production in each game. [20] On Halloween night, James recorded his first 20-point game with 24 points scored and four steals recorded in a 122–114 win over the Brooklyn Nets. [21] On November 26, 2017, he scored a career-high 26 points in a 119–108 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. [22] James would play his last game under his original two-way contract on December 5 against the Toronto Raptors, recording 10 points in a 126–113 loss. During this time, James would be considered the biggest success story to date revolving around the NBA's newest implemented system. [23]
On December 7, 2017, James's contract with the Suns was converted to a one-year regular season deal, after Phoenix waived Derrick Jones Jr. [24] However, on December 23, 2017, over two weeks after signing his one-year deal, James was waived by the Suns. [25]
On January 14, 2018, the New Orleans Pelicans signed James to a new two-way contract. [26] Much like his tenure with Phoenix, James was never assigned to the NBA G League during his two-way contract with New Orleans. On February 10, 2018, he was waived by the Pelicans after appearing in four games. [27]
On February 13, 2018, Panathinaikos announced the return of James. He started the season playing shooting guard for the Greens, alongside Nick Calathes. On March 22, James scored the game-winning shot with 5.8 seconds left against Maccabi Tel Aviv. He finished the game with 27 points. [28]
On July 13, 2018, Olimpia Milano signed James to a multi-year contract. [29] Over 30 games of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, he averaged league-high 19.8 points, along with 6.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. He won the Alphonso Ford Trophy, given to the top scorer of the EuroLeague. [30]
But despite the statistically excellent season, the incoming Olimpia Milano coach, Ettore Messina, declared Mike James wouldn't be part of the 2019–20 team plans. [31] James and the Italian team eventually reached an agreement and mutually parted ways on July 29, 2019.
On August 5, 2019, James signed a one-year contract with CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. [32] On June 1, 2020, he signed a three-year contract extension with CSKA. [33] On April 21, 2021, he and CSKA came to an agreement that allowed the player to become a free agent until the end of the 2020–21 season. James averaged 19.3 points and 5.7 assists per game in the 2020–21 EuroLeague season. [34] On September 11, 2021, James and the Russian club officially reached a buy-out agreement in order to terminate their mutual contract. [35]
On April 23, 2021, James signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets. [36] On the same day of his signing, James debuted for the Nets against the Boston Celtics, logging eight points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field and 1-of-1 from three-point range to go along with two rebounds and two assists across 21 minutes in a 109–104 win. [37] [38] On May 3, James signed a second 10-day contract with the Nets. [39] On May 13, James was signed for the rest of the 2020–21 season. [40]
On September 17, 2021, James signed with AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A. [41] On July 14, 2022, James signed a two-year contract extension with Monaco. [42]
On March 14, 2023, Monaco temporarily suspended James for an internal violation of team rules. [43] After this episode, he went on to lead the team to the 2023 EuroLeague Final Four, the first ever appearance of the club in the Final Four. He scored 17 points in Monaco's loss in semi-finals. [44]
On October 26, 2023, after scoring 24 points against Maccabi Tel Aviv, James became the fastest player in EuroLeague history to reach 4,000 career points, doing so in 248 games. [45]
James was named to the LNB All-Star Game in the 2023–24 season, and on December 31, led Team World to a victory over Team France. He scored 34 points and was named the All-Star Game MVP. [46]
On March 7, 2024, Mike James became the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer during a regular season game against Red Star Belgrade. He surpassed Vassilis Spanoulis after having scored 4,464 points after the game. [47]
James has played for Team Maryland and Team Hines in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), an annual single-elimination winner-take-all tournament on ESPN. In two games with Team Maryland in TBT 2016, Mike James averaged 28.5 points, 4.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game. [48] James's most impressive outing was a 35-point, seven-rebound outburst in a 104–92 loss against Team Foe. [49] Three years later in TBT 2019, James led Team Hines to the Semifinal Round in which they lost to the Golden Eagles, 68–62. [50] In five games, James averaged 16.4 points and 5.4 assists per game, while shooting 36.8 percent from the field. [51]
In early August 2022, James received media attention after making critical comments about NBA star Stephen Curry. James referred to Curry as being "one-dimensional" and negatively compared Curry to other NBA stars such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Dončić. [52] Curry himself later jokingly referred to the "one-dimensional" jab from James while talking with the media at a basketball camp he was hosting for elite high school players. [53]
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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high | * | Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2014–15 | Baskonia | 16 | 6 | 19.2 | .401 | .226 | .844 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .0 | 11.1 | 8.0 |
2015–16 | 29 | 0 | 21.2 | .424 | .368 | .864 | 2.6 | 2.7 | .6 | .1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | |
2016–17 | Panathinaikos | 25 | 1 | 22.6 | .490 | .340 | .688 | 2.2 | 3.0 | .9 | .1 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
2017–18 | 12 | 11 | 25.3 | .478 | .242 | .707 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 1.3 | .1 | 16.2 | 15.7 | |
2018–19 | Olimpia | 30 | 30 | 33.9 | .404 | .326 | .826 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 1.3 | .0 | 19.8 | 20.2 |
2019–20 | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 25 | 28.6 | .440 | .420 | .833 | 3.3 | 4.3 | .7 | .1 | 21.1 | 20.9 |
2020–21 | 27 | 16 | 31.1 | .430 | .354 | .814 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 1.0 | .1 | 19.3 | 19.7 | |
2021–22 | AS Monaco | 38 | 32 | 31.1 | .411 | .313 | .833 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 1.2 | .1 | 16.4 | 18.1 |
2022–23 | 38 | 38 | 30.3 | .382 | .273 | .783 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .0 | 15.9 | 16.3 | |
2023–24 | 26 | 26 | 31.6 | .466 | .423 | .784 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .0 | 19.4 | 21.6 | |
Career | 269 | 185 | 28.3 | .427 | .338 | .805 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.0 | .1 | 16.5 | 16.8 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | Phoenix | 32 | 10 | 20.9 | .388 | .268 | .762 | 2.8 | 3.8 | .8 | .2 | 10.4 |
2017–18 | New Orleans | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | .222 | .000 | — | .3 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | 1.0 |
2020–21 | Brooklyn | 13 | 1 | 18.2 | .370 | .355 | .778 | 2.4 | 4.2 | .5 | .1 | 7.7 |
Career | 49 | 11 | 18.8 | .383 | .265 | .762 | 2.5 | 3.5 | .8 | .2 | 8.9 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | Brooklyn | 9 | 0 | 11.4 | .326 | .313 | — | 1.8 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | 3.7 |
Career | 9 | 0 | 11.4 | .326 | .313 | — | 1.8 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | 3.7 |
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It's all bad for them," Curry responded. "As one-dimensional as I am," he added, winking and cracking himself up. "I'm petty ... I'm so petty. Keep it going, I liked that one a lot, I'm sorry.