Jim Barnes (basketball)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Basketball
Gold 1964 Tokyo United States

V. James Barnes (April 13, 1941, Tuckerman, Arkansas - September 14, 2002), a.k.a. Jim 'Bad News' Barnes was an American basketball player.

A 6'8" forward/center from the University of Texas at El Paso, Barnes was selected by the New York Knicks with the first pick of the 1964 NBA Draft and was named to the 1965 NBA All-Rookie Team. He played 7 seasons (1964-71) in the NBA with five teams, scoring 3,997 career points.

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Preceded by
Art Heyman		 NBA first overall draft pick
1964 NBA Draft		 Succeeded by
Fred Hetzel
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Boston Celtics 1968-69 NBA Champions

6 Russell | 7 Bryant | 11 Graham | 12 Chaney | 16 Sanders | 17 Havlicek | 18 Howell | 19 Nelson | 20 Siegfried | 24 Jones | 26 Johnson | 28 Barnes | Player-Coach Russell
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National Basketball Association number one overall draft picks
1947: McNeeley | 1948: Tonkovich | 1949: Shannon | 1950: Share | 1951: Melchiorre | 1952: Workman | 1953: Beck | 1954: Selvy | 1955: Ricketts | 1956: Green | 1957: Hundley | 1958: Baylor | 1959: Boozer | 1960: Robertson | 1961: Bellamy | 1962: McGill | 1963: Heyman | 1964: Barnes | 1965: Hetzel | 1966: Russell | 1967: Walker | 1968: Hayes | 1969: Alcindor | 1970: Lanier | 1971: Carr | 1972: L. Martin | 1973: Collins | 1974: Walton | 1975: D. Thompson | 1976: Lucas | 1977: Benson | 1978: M. Thompson | 1979: E. Johnson | 1980: Carroll | 1981: Aguirre | 1982: Worthy | 1983: Sampson | 1984: Olajuwon | 1985: Ewing | 1986: Daugherty | 1987: D. Robinson | 1988: Manning | 1989: Ellison | 1990: Coleman | 1991: L. Johnson | 1992: O'Neal | 1993: Webber | 1994: G. Robinson | 1995: Smith | 1996: Iverson | 1997: Duncan | 1998: Olowokandi | 1999: Brand | 2000: K. Martin | 2001: Brown | 2002: Yao | 2003: James | 2004: Howard | 2005: Bogut | 2006: Bargnani | 2007: Oden
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Image:Med 1.png 1964 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball team - United States Image:Med 1.png

Jim Barnes | Bill Bradley | Larry Brown | Joe Caldwell | Mel Counts | Richard Davies | Walt Hazzard | Lucious Jackson | John McCaffrey | Jeff Mullins | Jerry Shipp | George Wilson | Coach: Henry Iba
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