Jim Deines

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1962)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = James Arnold Deines | birth_date = September 26, 1962 | birth_place = Springdale, Arkansas | occupation = basketball player. }}

'''James Arnold Deines''' (born September 26, 1962, in Springdale, Arkansas) is a former basketball player. He is listed at 6'9" and played forward/center for the Arizona State University Sun Devils.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715052236/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YV0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1YUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2533,6570983&dq=jim-deines&hl=en Tri City Herald - Feb 26, 1984]</ref> He entered the 1985 NBA draft and was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 4th round (74th overall pick); however, he never got to play in the NBA. Deines instead played professionally in France for eighteen years.<ref name=stacy>{{cite news | location=Springfield, Missouri | newspaper=The Springfield News-Leader | date=February 13, 2008 | page=4 | last=Stacy | first=Michael | title=Deines' game translates well at Glendale | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-deines-sprin/133606996/}}</ref> He became a naturalized French citizen in 1987 and was on the roster of the French National Team that placed fourth in the 1991 FIBA European Basketball Championship.<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine/la-nouvelle-vie-de-jim-deines-09-07-1998-2000151835.php&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhi9msWgQSGsb7OOOTwgmguGLyp8MA le parisien, 09.07.1998]</ref> After retiring from basketball, Deines and his family moved to the United States.{{r|stacy}}

==Notable awards== * LNB Championship (1991) with Olympique Antibes

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