Tamara James Explained

Tamara James
Position:Small forward
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:160
Nationality:American
Birth Date:June 13, 1984
Birth Place:Dania, Florida
High School:South Broward (Hollywood, Florida)
College:Miami (Florida) (2002–2006)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2006
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:8
Draft Team:Washington Mystics
Career Start:2006
Career End:2007
Years1:2006–2007
Team1:Washington Mystics
Highlights:
  • 2x First-team All-ACC (2005, 2006)
  • First-team All-Big East (2004)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2003)

Tamara James (born June 13, 1984) is an American basketball former player, formerly of the WNBA's Washington Mystics. She is an alumna of the University of Miami, where she majored in liberal arts with a concentration in theater studies. James was selected by the Mystics in the first round, the eighth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA draft. James spent 9 years as a professional basketball player, mostly overseas in Israel. In Israel, James won 2 Cup Championships and 1 League Championship Wite Maccabi Bnot Ashdod. She had a son in 2011. On 2014 she played for Elitzur Ramla and won Championships.

On November 8, 2016, James was elected Mayor of Dania Beach, the oldest community in Broward County, Florida.[1]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington|21||0||7.4||38.8||25.0||88.9||0.8||0.1||0.2||0.1||0.5||2.7 |-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Washington|31||9||12.9||38.8||36.0||84.9||1.6||1.1||0.8||0.1||0.9||5.4 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team|52||9||10.7||38.8||33.9||85.9||1.3||0.7||0.6||0.1||0.7||4.3

College

Source

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2002–03 31 650 51.6 32.8 76.0 7.9 1.6 1.8 0.5 21.0 - 2003–04 Miami (Florida) 28 464 50.0 37.9 76.6 4.6 2.6 2.0 0.6 16.6 - 2004–05 Miami (Florida) 29 647 48.0 32.8 77.0 6.9 2.0 2.6 0.4 22.3° - 2005–06 Miami (Florida) 30 645 48.6 38.7 83.0 7.8 2.3 3.1 0.4 21.5° - Career Miami (Florida) 118 2406 49.5 36.0 78.3 6.8 2.1 2.4 0.5 20.4

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Former UM basketball player Tamara James elected Dania Beach mayor. miamiherald. 2016-11-11.