James Southerland

Southerland played for Coach Ron Naclerio at Cardozo High School. He participated in the 2006 Reebok ABCD Camp (N.J.). As a junior, he averaged 17.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists for Cardozo. Southerland helped the squad to a 22–5 record. For 2008–09, he moved to Notre Dame Prep. He was rated 87th among the Class of 2009 small forwards by Scouts Inc.[1]

Over his four-year career, Southerland averaged 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting .449 from the field and .370 from three-point range in 112 games.[1] With nine, he tied the school record for made threes in a single game, at Arkansas, on November 30, 2012, while scoring a career-best 35 points.[2] Was named Big East Player of the Week on December 3, 2012.[3] On January 11, 2013, in his final season at Syracuse, Southerland was declared ineligible due to an undisclosed academic issue. He was reinstated on February 10, after missing six games.[4] On senior night at the Carrier Dome, he recorded his first collegiate double-double, by scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, against DePaul.[5] During the 2013 Big East tournament, Southerland set records for most three-pointers made in a game without a miss (6 vs Pittsburgh) and total number of threes made (20) in a single tournament, while being named to the All-Tournament team.[1] Was selected as a member of the East Regional All-Tournament team during the 2013 NCAA tournament.[6]

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Southerland played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Summer League and the Golden State Warriors in the Las Vegas Summer League.[8] On September 5, 2013, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats.[9] He was waived by the Bobcats on December 11, 2013, after playing in just one game.[10] He was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League eight days later[11] and earned All-Rookie Second Team honors for the 2023–14 season. On April 11, 2014, he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans for the rest of the NBA season.[12]

Southerland played for the Pelicans in the 2014 NBA Summer League and then spent the pre-season with the Portland Trail Blazers.[13][14]

Between October 2014 and December 2014, Southerland played in France for Limoges CSP.[8][15]

After playing in the 2015 NBA Summer League for the Oklahoma City Thunder,[8] Southerland moved to Italy to play for Vanoli Cremona.[16] On January 15, 2016, he parted ways with Cremona after averaging 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in fourteen games.[17] Two days later, he signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season.[18] He averaged 13.5 points per game for Mitteldeutscher.[8]

Southerland returned to Germany for the 2016–17 season, playing 11 games for s.Oliver Würzburg on a two-month contract.[19][20] He joined the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League in December 2016.[21] Following the G League season, he had a six-game stint in Puerto Rico for Indios de Mayagüez.[8]

After playing in the 2017 NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz, Southerland returned to the Santa Cruz Warriors for the 2017–18 season.[8] On February 13, 2018, he was traded to the South Bay Lakers.[22]

For the 2018–19 season, Southerland moved to Japan to play for SeaHorses Mikawa.[8]

In December 2019, Southerland returned to Japan to play out the 2019–20 season with Yokohama B-Corsairs..[8]

In January 2022, Southerland joined CAB Madeira of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.[23]

In September 2022, Southerland joined the NBA G League Ignite for the 2022–23 season.[24]

On March 28, 2023, Southerland signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[25] He appeared in one game[8] before being released on April 19 due to injury.[26]

• Syracuse Orange college bio
• FIBA.com profile