Jim Creighton is an American former professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

A 6'8" forward, Creighton played at the University of Colorado

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 from 1969 to 1972, scoring 1,032 points in his college career. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics

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 with the 40th pick of the 1972 NBA Draft

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, but he did not reach the NBA until the 1975-76 season

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, when he played 32 games for the Atlanta Hawks

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. He scored 31 points in his only NBA season.