 Jones with the Clippers in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1979-03-11)March 11, 1979 (age 46) Malvern, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sam Barlow (Gresham, Oregon) |
| College | Oregon (1998–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2002: 1st round, 14th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Indiana Pacers |
| Playing career | 2002–2011 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 0, 2, 20 |
| Coaching career | 2015–2016 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2002–2006 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2006–2007 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2007 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2007–2008 | New York Knicks |
| 2008–2009 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2009–2010 | Pallacanestro Biella |
| 2010–2011 | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
Coaching | |
| 2015–2016 | Oregon (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,206 (7.5 PPG) |
| Assists | 990 (2.4 APG) |
| Rebounds | 958 (2.2 RPG) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Frederick Terrell Jones (born March 11, 1979) is an American former professionalbasketball player. He playedcollege basketball for theOregon Ducks and was the winner of theNBA Slam Dunk Contest at the2004 NBA All-Star Game.
Born inMalvern, Arkansas, Fred Jones moved toPortland, Oregon, in middle school and became the Oregon High School Player of the Year in both his Junior and Senior years forSam Barlow High School inGresham,[1][2] a suburb of Portland. He then went on to play four seasons at theUniversity of Oregon, where, during his senior year, he led the Ducks to theElite Eight, with the help ofLuke Ridnour andLuke Jackson. While widely considered to be an underachiever during his first three years at Oregon, Jones jumped onto the national radar screen as a senior, becoming a candidate forPac-10 Player of the Year and averaging 18.6 points per game.
Jones was the 14th pick in the2002 NBA draft by theIndiana Pacers. He was drafted byIsiah Thomas. He played sparingly as a rookie, averaging only 1.2 points per game in 19 appearances while playing behindReggie Miller. That scoring average increased to nearly 5 points per game in his second year while appearing in 81 games. He more than doubled his averages during the2004–05 season (to 10.6 ppg), partly due to teammate andsmall forwardRon Artest being suspended for the season for his involvement inThe Malice at The Palace incident. In his first start after the incident, Jones scored a career-high 31 points against theOrlando Magic, establishing himself as one of the team's primary scoring weapons.
In 2004, he won theNBA Slam Dunk Contest, beating out two-time championJason Richardson,[3] but did not compete in the contest again.
On November 23, 2004, against theBoston Celtics, Jones recorded his firstdouble double, with 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.[4] His three-pointer against theNew Jersey Nets on March 22, 2005, earned Internet fame when aBall State University student newscaster described it in his recap and followed with the phrase"Boom goes the dynamite."
In the 2006 off-season, theToronto Raptors signed Jones.[5] On February 22, 2007, the Raptors traded Jones to thePortland Trail Blazers in exchange for guardJuan Dixon.[6]
Jones, along withZach Randolph andDan Dickau, was traded to theNew York Knicks on June 28, 2007, forChanning Frye andSteve Francis. The trade reunited Jones with New York Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas, the man who drafted him. The Knicks did not re-sign him after the year.
On December 28, 2008, Jones signed with the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent.[7] He was waived on January 5, 2009,[8] however three days later he was again signed by the Clippers to a 10-day contract.[9] On January 28, 2009, Jones received news that the Clippers would re-sign him for the rest of the season,[10] which they did the following day.[11]
Jones' final NBA game was on April 15, 2009, in an 85–126 loss to theOklahoma City Thunder where he recorded eight points and five assists.[12]
In August 2009 Jones signed with Italian teamPallacanestro Biella.[13]
On November 3, 2010, it was announced that Fred Jones had signed a contract to play for theGuangdong Southern Tigers of theChinese Basketball Association.[14] He was waived in January 2011.[15]
Jones returned to Oregon to complete his degree and was an undergraduate assistant coach for the Ducks in 2015–16.[16][17]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Indiana | 19 | 1 | 6.1 | .375 | .286 | .750 | .5 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 1.2 |
| 2003–04 | Indiana | 81 | 2 | 18.6 | .395 | .303 | .832 | 1.6 | 2.1 | .8 | .2 | 4.9 |
| 2004–05 | Indiana | 77 | 14 | 29.5 | .425 | .380 | .850 | 3.1 | 2.5 | .8 | .4 | 10.6 |
| 2005–06 | Indiana | 68 | 2 | 27.0 | .417 | .337 | .763 | 2.5 | 2.3 | .8 | .3 | 9.6 |
| 2006–07 | Toronto | 39 | 9 | 22.3 | .386 | .317 | .830 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .8 | .3 | 7.6 |
| 2006–07 | Portland | 24 | 3 | 18.7 | .384 | .259 | .846 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .8 | .2 | 4.8 |
| 2007–08 | New York | 70 | 26 | 25.1 | .421 | .385 | .746 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .7 | .3 | 7.6 |
| 2008–09 | L.A. Clippers | 52 | 21 | 28.8 | .407 | .367 | .815 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.3 |
| Career | 430 | 78 | 24.0 | .411 | .353 | .809 | 2.2 | 2.3 | .8 | .3 | 7.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Indiana | 14 | 0 | 18.8 | .490 | .500 | .714 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .5 | .5 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | Indiana | 13 | 0 | 18.0 | .296 | .391 | .923 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Indiana | 6 | 1 | 27.8 | .417 | .375 | .917 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.8 |
| Career | 33 | 1 | 20.1 | .397 | .426 | .875 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .6 | .3 | 5.0 | |
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