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James Allen "Jim" Les (born August 18, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of the UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team. A former point guard, he was picked in the third round (70th pick overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft out of Bradley University. In 2011, he was hired as the head coach of the UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team.〔(Jim Les hired as head coach of UC Davis basketball ). Retrieved on May 5, 2011.〕 ==College career== Les began his collegiate basketball career playing at Cleveland State University, but transferred after the 1981–82 season to Bradley.〔 While attending Bradley University he was a member of the Accounting Student Association and the Delta Upsilon fraternity.〔, Bradley University, released January 12, 2007〕 When he left college in 1986, he had compiled the second most assists in NCAA history in a combined playing career with Cleveland State and Bradley.〔 ==Professional career== A 5'11" point guard, Les was the 70th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft, selected in the third round by the Atlanta Hawks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Les )〕 However, the Hawks waived Les in July 1986. Two months later, Les signed with the Philadelphia 76ers but was waived in December without playing a game.〔 Les re-signed with the 76ers on July 1, 1987 but was waived on November 3 before the regular season.〔 Les later signed with the Rochester Flyers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and played 12 games from 1987 to 1988. In the summer of 1988, Les signed with the Chicago Express of the World Basketball League (WBL).〔 Les was a 1988 All-WBL selection and led the league in three-point field goal percentage in 1988 with 46.7%. The Chicago Express were runners-up in the WBL championship.〔http://www.apbr.org/wbl88-92.html〕 Les signed with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks on October 19, 1988 but was waived the next day. He then signed with the Utah Jazz and made his NBA debut on November 4, 1988. Les played all 82 games of the season. Les averaged 9.5 minutes, 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. After playing one game in the beginning of the season, Les was waived by the Jazz on November 6, 1989.〔 Les then joined the Santa Barbara Islanders of the CBA and averaged 14.6 points and 9.8 assists a game.〔http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-07/sports/sp-211_1_10-day-contract〕 Les returned to the NBA on February 6, 1990 with the Los Angeles Clippers and was waived on February 27 after playing 6 games.〔 In the summer of 1990, Les signed with the WBL's Saskatchewan Storm.〔 On July 16, Les scored 38 points and had 17 assists to rally the Storm to a 140-136 win over the Calgary 88s after trailing by 16 at halftime. Les made 6 of 7 three-point attempts. Les signed with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets on August 29, 1990 but was waived before the regular season on October 23, 1990. On December 31, Les signed with the Sacramento Kings. Following two ten-day contracts, Les signed with the Kings for the rest of the season on January 20, 1991.〔 With the Kings that season, Les reached career highs in scoring average (7.2 PPG), assists (5.4 APG), steals (1.04 SPG) and field goal percentage (.444), while also leading the league in three-point field goal percentage (.461).〔 The following year, he was runner-up to Craig Hodges in the AT&T Long Distance Shootout contest. Les played over 200 games for the Kings over 4 seasons before the team waived him on January 9, 1994.〔 Les signed with the Omaha Racers (formerly the Rochester Flyers) of the CBA after leaving the Kings.〔 With the Racers, Les was both a player and assistant coach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bradleybraves.com//pdf8/715050.pdf )〕 With 20.2 points per game, Les was the Racers' leading scorer in the playoffs, and the Racers advanced to the 1994 CBA Finals.〔http://articles.courant.com/1994-04-21/sports/9404210403_1_cba-back-to-back-titles-tate-george〕 On August 9, 1994, Les signed with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. In 24 games, Les averaged 2.1 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists.〔 In October 1995, Les signed with CB Salamanca of the Spanish Liga ACB and was waived in December.〔 Les averaged 13.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in 7 games with Salamanca.〔http://www.acb.com/stsacumjug.php?cod_jugador=AX2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Les」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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