five minutes, while earning a salary of $5.8 million. James made his only field goal shot and two free throws of the season at Washington. He played another 2 games the following season, scoring 6 points, but suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon injury. On February 19, 2009, James was traded by the Knicks along with Tim Thomas and Anthony Roberson to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Larry Hughes. James never played any minutes for the Chicago Bulls due to injury. He was waived by the Bulls shortly before the 2010 playoffs. Puerto Rico James returned to professional basketball in 2012, signing with the Caciques de Humacao of the Puerto Rican BSN league on February 28. In 7 games, James made 43% of field goal attempts and averaged 9.1 points and 7.4 rebounds. James returned to Puerto Rico in 2015, signing with Atenienses de Manatí. He was released by Atenienses on March 18 but stuck around with the club for a further three games pending the arrival of Ekene Ibekwe. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Sacramento | 16 || 0 || 2.6 || .375 || .000 || .500 || 1.1 || .1 || .1 || .4 || 1.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle | 56 || 40 || 16.9 || .491 || .000 || .500 || 4.1 || .4 || .4 || 1.5 || 5.3 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle | 51 || 16 || 15.0 || .478 || .000 || .587 || 4.2 || .5 || .2 || 1.6 || 5.4 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle | 65 || 24 || 15.2 || .498 || .000 || .660 || 3.5 || .5 || .3 || .9 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle | 80 || 80 || 16.6 || .509 || .000 || .723 || 3.0 || .2 || .3 || 1.4 || 4.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New York | 45 || 9 || 9.0 || .463 || .000 || .625 || 2.0 || .3 || .1 || .5 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New York | 41 || 11 || 6.7 || .418 || .000 || .556 || 1.6 || .1 || .1 || .4 || 1.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New York | 2 ||