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The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. They are notable for having (at the end of the 2004–05 season) the most wins (2,621), the highest winning percentage (61.9%), the most finals appearances (28), and the second most championships (14), behind the Boston Celtics who have 16. They also have the record for most consecutive wins in a season (33).
James Mitchell (Jim) Cleamons (born September 13, 1949 in Lincolnton, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He played collegiately at Ohio State University, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick of the 1971 NBA Draft. He had a nine-year NBA career for four different teams (the Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks, and the Washington Bullets). In 1976, Cleamons was selected to the NBA All-Defense 2nd team.
In addition to his playing career, Cleamons was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks for slightly over one year, from 1996 to 1997. Cleamons is currently (as of February 2006) an assistant coach for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. Recenty, he been hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers on July 19,2006.