{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ra'Shad James | image = | image_size = | caption = | position = Point guard / shooting guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 195 | league = CIBACOPA | team = Toros Laguna | number = 8 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|26}} | birth_place = White Plains, New York, U.S. | high_school = White Plains<br>(White Plains, New York) | college = *St. Thomas Aquinas (2008–2010) *Iona (2011–2012) *Northwood (2012–2013) | draft_year = 2013 | career_start = 2013 | career_end = | years1 = 2013–2015 | team1 = Reno Bighorns | years2 = 2015 | team2 = Wonju Dongbu Promy | years3 = 2015–2016 | team3 = Koszalin | years4 = 2016 | team4 = Westchester Knicks | years5 = 2016–2017 | team5 = Cedevita | years6 = 2017–2018 | team6 = Yeşilgiresun Belediye | years7 = 2018–2019 | team7 = Telekom Baskets Bonn | years8 = 2019 | team8 = Ulm | years9 = 2019 | team9 = Boulazac | years10 = 2019–2020 | team10 = Ormanspor | years11 = 2020–2021 | team11 = Orasì Ravenna | years12 = 2021 | team12 = AS Salé | years13 = 2021–2022 | team13 = Birmingham Squadron | years14 = 2022 | team14 = Cañeros del Este | years15 = 2022 | team15 = Scarborough Shooting Stars | years16 = 2022–2023 | team16 = Al Wahda Abu Dhabi | years17 = 2023 | team17 = Broncos de Caracas | years18 = 2023–2024 | team18 = Al-Muharraq | years19 = 2024 | team19 = Broncos de Caracas | years20 = 2024 | team20 = Zob Ahan Isfahan | years21 = 2025 | team21 = Santos del Potosí | years22 = 2026–present | team22 = Toros Laguna | highlights = * Croatian League champion (2017) * Croatian Cup winner (2017) * NABC NAIA Division II Player of the Year (2013) }} '''Ra'Shad James''' (born January 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Zob Ahan Isfahan of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for St. Thomas Aquinas, Iona and Northwood Seahawks.
==Early career== After playing high school basketball at White Plains High School, in White Plains, New York, James played two seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas before transferring to Iona for his junior season. He finished his college career at Northwood (Florida) University.
==Professional career== ===Reno Bighorns (2013–2015)=== James went undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft. He played his first two professional seasons with Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League.
===Wonju Dongbu Promy (2015)=== The 2015–16 season James started with Wonju Dongbu Promy of South Korea, but left the club after appearing in 15 games.
===Koszalin (2015–2016)=== On November 6, 2015, he signed with AZS Koszalin of Poland.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/poland/181183/ra-shad-james-signs-with-azs-koszalin.html Ra'Shad James signs with AZS Koszalin]</ref> On February 11, 2016, he parted ways with Koszalin.<ref>[http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/koszykowka/579170/rashad-james-opuszcza-azs-koszalin-devon-austin-zostaje Ra'shad James opuszcza AZS Koszalin! Devon Austin nadal zawieszony!] {{in lang|pl}}</ref>
===Westchester Knicks (2016)=== On February 23, 2016, he was acquired by the Westchester Knicks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://westchester.dleague.nba.com/news/1972/ |title=Westchester Knicks Acquire Ra’Shad James and Keith Wright |access-date=2016-10-14 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019064336/http://westchester.dleague.nba.com/news/1972/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 2016, James joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2016 NBA Summer League.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-announce-2016-summer-league-roster/ Bucks Announce 2016 Summer League Roster]</ref>
===Cedevita Zagreb (2016–2017)=== On August 29, 2016, he signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2016–17 season.<ref>[http://www.eurohoops.net/transfers/306155/cedevita-adds-rashad-james Cedevita adds Ra’Shad James]</ref>
===Yeşilgiresun Belediye (2017–2018)=== On August 23, 2017, James signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/245018/yesilgiresun-inks-ra-shad-james-and-erkan-yilmaz.html Yesilgiresun inks Ra'Shad James and Erkan Yilmaz]</ref>
===Telekom Baskets Bonn (2018–2019)=== In July 2018 he joined the German side Telekom Baskets Bonn on a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ra'Shad James signs with Telekom Baskets Bonn |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/719062/rashad-james-signs-with-telekom-baskets-bonn/|accessdate=31 August 2018|work=eurohoops.net|date=28 July 2018}}</ref> In 15 Bundesliga games, he led Bonn in scoring with 14.9 points per contest, but parted ways with the club in January 2019.
===Ulm (2019)=== A couple of days later, he signed with fellow Bundesliga side Ratiopharm Ulm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratiopharmulm.com/news/frische-power-aus-bonn-323/|title=Frische Power aus Bonn|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-date=2019-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041315/https://ratiopharmulm.com/news/frische-power-aus-bonn-323/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He appeared in only five Bundesliga games for Ulm (9.2 points, 2.2 assists per contest)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/portraits/p/42874-ra---shad-james/|title=easyCredit - 42874 Ra'shad JAMES|website=www.easycredit-bbl.de|language=de|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> due to shoulder injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/sport/mehr-sport/Saison-f%C3%BCr-Ulmer-RaShad-James-vorzeitig-beendet-article4048268.html|title=Ehemaliger Baskets-Spieler - Saison für Ulmer Ra'Shad James vorzeitig beendet|date=2019-02-26|website=General-Anzeiger Bonn|language=de|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730182149/http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/sport/mehr-sport/Saison-f%C3%BCr-Ulmer-RaShad-James-vorzeitig-beendet-article4048268.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Boulazac (2019)=== In July 2019, he was signed by Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the French top-flight LNB Pro A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boulazac-basket-dordogne.com/bbd-recrute-scoreur-athletique/|title=LE BBD RECRUTE UN SCOREUR AU PROFIL ATHLÉTIQUE|date=2019-07-30|website=Boulazac Basketball|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> On August 14, 2019, Boulazac announced that Ra’Shad James will not play for the team next season because he failed physicals and his contract was voided.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/boulazac-voids-rashad-james-contract/|title=Boulazac voids Ra'Shad James' contract|date=August 14, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
===Ormanspor (2019–2020)=== On November 18, 2019, he has signed with Ormanspor for the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketfaul.com/haber?haber=84618|title=Eski Giresunlu Ormanspor'da|last=|first=|date=November 18, 2019|website=|publisher=Basketfaul|language=Turkish|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
===Orasì Ravenna (2020–2021)=== On July 24, 2020, he has signed with Orasì Ravenna for the Italian Serie A2 Basket.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/rashad-james-signs-with-ravenna/|title=Ra'shad James signs with Ravenna|last=|first=|date=July 24, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref>
===AS Salé (2021)=== In May 2021, James played with AS Salé in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He averaged 16.8 points while his team finished as quarterfinalist.
===Birmingham Squadron (2021–2022)=== On October 25, 2021, James joined the Birmingham Squadron after being acquired from the available player pool.<ref>{{cite web|title=Birmingham Squadron finalize roster for team's first training camp in Birmingham|url=https://birmingham.gleague.nba.com/news/birmingham-squadron-announce-2021-training-camp-roster/|work=NBA.com|date=October 25, 2021|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>
==BAL career statistics== {{BAL player statistics legend}}
{{BAL player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|2021 | style="text-align:left;"|AS Salé | 4 || 4 || 34.2 || .482 || .263 || .889 || 6.3 || 1.8 || 1.3 || .0 || 16.8 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 4 || 4 || 34.2 || .482 || .263 || .889 || 6.3 || 1.8 || 1.3 || .0 || 16.8 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007243 Euroleague profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161018215020/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6079350/playerview.html FIBA profile] *[https://www.tblstat.net/player/2884 TBLStat.net profile]
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