JamesOn Curry

He was selected in the second round as the 51st overall pick by the Chicago Bulls.

In his junior year, Curry scored 972 points, another North Carolina record, beating the mark of 954 that Lawrence Clayton had established in 1958.

He averaged 40.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game as a senior and was a two-time Associated Press All-State first team selection.

JamesOn Curry (born January 7, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player.

Curry established another single-season scoring record the following year, scoring a total of 892 points, beating the old sophomore record established by Scooter Sherrill in 1998.

In 2001, Curry scored 59 points in a game against Chatham High School of Chatham, Virginia.

On December 9, 2003 Curry scored 47 points and added 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 9 steals, thus recording a near-quadruple double.

He played for Oklahoma State University from 2004 to 2007, and after forgoing his senior season, left for the 2007 NBA draft.

On January 19, 2004 Curry scored 65 points against Western Alamance High School, 2 shy of the all-time North Carolina record of 67 established in 1950 by Bob Poole.

During that game he shot 25/39 from the field (9/16 on three-pointers), and also recorded 11 rebounds.

Curry scored an OSU freshman all-time NCAA Tournament-best 18 points in the 2005 second-round game against Southern Illinois on March 20, 2005.

He helped Oklahoma State to a 26–7 record, the Big 12 Tournament crown and the 2005 NCAA Sweet Sixteen as a freshman in 2004–05; he started 15 of 33 games played and averaged 9.4 ppg.

and 2.8 apg.

and averaged 14.3 ppg.

in three 2005 NCAA games.

He finished the season ranked ninth among Big 12 leaders in conference games for 3-point field goals made (1.75 per game).

He scored 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting, in his first start versus Colorado on January 30, 2005.

He made six three-pointers out of 8 attempts, including 5-for-5 in the second half, in which he scored 17 of his 22.

He matched his career-high 22 points in a 79–67 victory over Oklahoma on February 7, 2005.

In his freshman season, Curry scored in double digits in 15 games, including twice over 20 points.

Highlights of his sophomore season include a career-high 30 points in a 97–61 victory over Mercer on December 18, 2005, and a 22-point, nine-rebound effort in an 81–60 win over Texas on February 19, 2006.

He recorded a double-double, scoring 16 points and making a career-high 10 assists in a 90–56 win over Detroit on November 22, 2005, and matched that assists total against Gonzaga in a 64–62 loss on December 10, 2005.

In his junior season, on November 29, 2006, Curry scored a career-high 35 points (on 12-for-19 shooting) to go along with a season-high 9 assists with no turnovers in a 95–73 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

On January 16, 2007, Curry scored 28 points and grabbed a season-high 9 rebounds in 52 minutes played in a 105–103 triple-overtime win over Texas.

On March 3, 2007, Curry scored a new career-high 40 points, including a career-high 7 three-pointers out of ten attempts, in an 86–82 loss to Baylor.

The Chicago Bulls selected Curry with the 51st overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft.

On August 2, 2007, the Bulls announced that Curry had signed a contract and would wear number 20.

Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not disclosed.

On July 31, 2008, the Bulls waived Curry.

By releasing him, the Bulls were only obligated to pay $100,000 of his partially guaranteed salary for 2008–09.

In August 2008, he was signed by Pau-Orthez of the French league, but was waived in October after failing to impress coaching staff.

He later joined Proteas EKA AEL, a Cypriot team in Limassol.

After stints in the NBA Development League and Europe, Curry made his NBA debut in January 2010, playing 3.9 seconds for the Los Angeles Clippers.

It was Curry's only NBA regular-season appearance and set a record for the shortest NBA career of all time per in-game time spent on the court.

Curry was born in Pleasant Grove, North Carolina to father Leon and mother Connie (née Parker) Curry.

On January 22, 2010, Curry was signed by the Los Angeles Clippers from the Springfield Armor, for whom he had been averaging 16.1 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds.

He attended Eastern Alamance High School, in Mebane, North Carolina; in his freshman season, Curry scored a total of 639 points, which at the time was the highest mark for a freshman in North Carolina high school history: the record was then beaten by Junior Robinson in 2011.

Curry set the all-time North Carolina high school scoring record with 3,307 points, which was surpassed in 2018 by UNC recruit Coby White with 3,573 points.

In his high school Curry had 74 games where he scored at least 20 points (28 of them in his junior year), 44 30+ point games, and 16 games with 40 points or more.

Curry initially signed a National Letter of Intent to play for North Carolina, but his scholarship was rescinded following pleading guilty to drug charges, and he signed with Oklahoma State.