Jim Barnes
American basketball player
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Velvet James Barnes, also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College. Wikipedia
Born: April 13, 1941, Tuckerman, AR
Died: September 14, 2002 (age 61 years), Silver Spring, MD
Nickname: Bad News
1964–1965: New York Knicks
1965–1966: Baltimore Bullets
1966–1968: Los Angeles Lakers