Jim Caldwell (basketball)

James W. Caldwell (January 28, 1943 – April 6, 2023) was an American professional basketball player. He attended Lawrenceburg high school in Indiana before playing college basketball for the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Caldwell was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third round (28th pick overall) of the 1965 NBA draft. He played for the New York Knicks (1967–68) in the NBA for two games and for the New Jersey Americans (1967–68) and Kentucky Colonels (1967–68, 1968–69) in the ABA for 135 games.

Caldwell died from a heart condition on April 6, 2023, at the age of 80.

NBA/ABA
Source

Regular season
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"| New York (NBA)
 * 2 || 3.5 || .000 || || – || .5 || .5 || .0
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey (ABA)
 * 12 || 21.8 || .348 || – || .455 || 7.1 || .9 || 4.7
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky (ABA)
 * 58 || 27.3 || .426 || .167 || .618 || 9.4 || 2.3 || 8.4
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky (ABA)
 * 65 || 19.0 || .438 || .111 || .674 || 6.5 || 2.0 || 6.5
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 137 || 22.5 || .423 || .133 || .631 || 7.7 || 2.0 || 7.1
 * 65 || 19.0 || .438 || .111 || .674 || 6.5 || 2.0 || 6.5
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 137 || 22.5 || .423 || .133 || .631 || 7.7 || 2.0 || 7.1

Playoffs
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky (ABA)
 * 5 || 35.0 || .431 || – || .700 || 11.8 || 2.6 || 11.6
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky (ABA)
 * 7 || 9.0 || .267 || – || .429 || 3.0 || .7 || 1.6
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 12 || 19.8 || .394 || – || .630 || 6.7 || 1.6 || 5.8
 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 12 || 19.8 || .394 || – || .630 || 6.7 || 1.6 || 5.8