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He would sign a contract with CSKA VVS Samara in Superleague B. In March 2006 he finished the season with Costa Urbana Playas in Spain.
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He would sign a contract with CSKA VVS Samara in Superleague B. In March 2006 he finished the season with Costa Urbana Playas in Spain.
He is a former professional basketball player who has played his entire professional career in Europe. In 2001–2004 he played in Cambrai, France. In 2004, He made a brief stop at CSK VVS Samara in the Russian Basketball Super League before taking his next contract at Rosalia Noyastar in Santiago de Compostela in the Spanish Adecco Oro.
Directly after his contract in Spain, He revisited Russia.
In the fall of 2007, James went on to play with Usti Nad Labem in the National Basketball League (Czechoslovakian Republic). In the spring of 2008, he went on to play at Nivelles in the Pro B division of Belgium.
Foreign the 2008–2009 season, James took his game back to France and signed with Union Carquefou-Sainte Luce Basket. In 2009–2010 season he played for L"Aurore Vitre in France NM2.
James played for GET Vosges in Epinal, France in France"s NM1 division for the 2010–2011 season.
James played the 2011–2013 for Castelnau Le Lez Basket in Montpellier, France. He concluded his basketball career playing against United States Colomiers in Toulouse, France in the French Cup scoring 33 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds in an 89-95 victory to conclude a 13-year career in Europe. In the spring of 2012, James accepted a job as a basketball coaching intern with the Women's National Basketball Association"s San Antonio Silver stars.
He served mainly as a player development coach, working closely with All-Stars Sophia Young and Danielle Adams.
In 2013, he was hired on the full-time staff to serve as an assistant coach. After the 2013 Women's National Basketball Association season, he took on a role to serve as an assistant coach for BLMA (Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomeration).
BLMA plays in Euroleague, the highest level league in Europe, and also the French LFB league. James is Franco-American (French and American) and is also Trilingual.