Jim Petersen

Jim Petersen
	Power forward / center
Number	43
Coaching career	2008–2017
Career history
As player:
1984–1988	Houston Rockets
1988–1989	Sacramento Kings
1989–1992	Golden State Warriors
As coach:
2008–2017	Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team Parade All-American (1980);
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,397 (6.9 ppg)
Rebounds	2,354 (4.8 rpg)
Assists	487 (1.0 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

James Richard Petersen (born February 22, 1962) is an American former professional

power forward or a center

.

Basketball career

High school / college

Petersen, a

McDonald's All-American

from the state of Minnesota.

Born in

Minneapolis, Minnesota, he then went on to be a four-year letter winner at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the 1982 Big Ten Championship team that featured future NBA veterans Trent Tucker and Randy Breuer

.

NBA

Petersen was selected by the

post-season games (averaging six points and six rebounds) as the team reached the NBA Finals, losing 2–4 to the Boston Celtics. In the 1986–87 season

, as Sampson began to struggle with injuries, Petersen achieved career-best averages of 11 points and seven rebounds, playing in all 82 games and starting in 56.

In 1988, Peterson was traded with Rodney McCray to the Sacramento Kings for Otis Thorpe. A year later, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors for former teammate Ralph Sampson. Petersen retired in 1992 at the age of 30, after four seasons with the Rockets, one season with the Kings, and three seasons with the Warriors, with totals of 491 games and 3,397 points.

Post-retirement

Petersen in 2016, as associate head coach of the Lynx.

After leaving the NBA, Petersen worked for the

La Jolla, California

and Minneapolis.

He has worked as a television analyst with the Minnesota Timberwolves since 2003; prior to that he was a radio analyst since 1998. As a broadcaster, Petersen has been acclaimed for his deep knowledge of basketball and detailed commentary on the nuances of the game.^[2]^[3] In November 2008, Petersen was named assistant coach of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx; in 2016 he was named Associate Head Coach.^[1] In January 2017, he announced he was stepping down as associate head coach.^[4]

He resides in Wayzata, Minnesota, with his wife Tika. His stepson Sanjay Lumpkin, a current assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks also played college basketball for Northwestern University.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lynx hire Petersen as assistant". NewsBank. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ "Wolves color commentator 'Jim Pete' may be NBA's best for die-hard fans". 4 December 2012.
^ "The Annual NBA League Pass Rankings, Part 2".
^ "Jim Petersen Steps Down as Lynx Associate Head Coach".
^ "Sanjay Lumpkin - 2016-17 - Men's Basketball - Northwestern University Athletics".

External links

Stats at BasketballReference

[Petersen-1] "Lynx hire Petersen as assistant". NewsBank. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[2] "Wolves color commentator 'Jim Pete' may be NBA's best for die-hard fans". 4 December 2012.

[3] "The Annual NBA League Pass Rankings, Part 2".

[4] "Jim Petersen Steps Down as Lynx Associate Head Coach".

[5] "Sanjay Lumpkin - 2016-17 - Men's Basketball - Northwestern University Athletics".

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