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For the retired American football player, see Damon Jones (football player).
Damon Jones 
Position Point guard
Shooting guardHeight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg) Team Free agent Born August 25, 1976
Galveston, TexasNationality American High school Ball High School College Houston Draft Undrafted, 1997 Pro career 1998–present Career history New Jersey Nets (1998–99)
Boston Celtics (1998–99)
Golden State Warriors (1999–00)
Dallas Mavericks (1999–00)
Vancouver Grizzlies (2000–01)
Detroit Pistons (2001–02)
Sacramento Kings (2002–03)
Milwaukee Bucks (2003–04)
Miami Heat (2004–05)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2005–08)
Milwaukee Bucks (2008-09)
NSB Napoli (2009)
Piratas de Quebradillas (2010)Damon Darron Jones (born August 25, 1976 in Galveston, Texas) is an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" (1.90 m) point guard–shooting guard, he played college basketball for three years with the University of Houston Cougars before declaring early for the 1997 NBA Draft, but he went undrafted.
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High school career
Jones played for the Ball High School Golden Tornadoes basketball team. He went on to the University of Houston after his graduation in 1994.
Professional career
A journeyman throughout his career, Jones has never played for the same team for more than one season except for 2005–2008, when he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his career, he has played for ten different teams.
Jones is most notable for his ability to make three-point field goals. In fact, three-point attempts make up the majority of his field goal attempts because his role is often to wait on the outside while teammates such as Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade or LeBron James force double teams. Jones is supremely confident of his shot, once proclaiming that he is "the best shooter in the world".[1]
2004–2005
Prior to the 2004–2005 season, Jones signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Miami Heat. Jones then proceeded to have the best statistical season of his career, setting career highs in games started (66), minutes played (2,576), field goals made (331) and attempted (726), field goal percentage (45.6%), three-point field goals made (225) and attempted (521), three-point field goal percentage (43.2%), free throws made (68) and attempted (86), rebounds (231), steals (44), blocked shots (5) and points scored (955).[2] His 225 three-point field goals made was third best in the NBA (and at the time, tied with Mitch Richmond for the ninth most ever in an NBA season) and his three-point field goal percentage was fifth best that season.[3]
Jones had a career-high 31 points on February 16, 2005 against the Los Angeles Clippers and scored in double figures on 48 occasions. He also had his only game with two blocked shots on March 10, 2005 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jones grabbed a career-high eight rebounds on November 6, 2004 against the Washington Wizards, a mark he tied on February 22, 2005 against the Chicago Bulls.[4]
In 15 playoff games, Jones averaged 12.1 points and 4.0 assists, and shot 42.9% from three-point range.[2] He had a career playoff high of 30 points with seven three-point field goals made in Miami's first game of the first round against the New Jersey Nets. Jones scored in double digits during 10 of Miami's 15 playoff games.[4]
2005–2006
Jones departed the Miami Heat to sign a four-year contract worth a reported $16.1 million with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 8, 2005.[5] In 82 games played (seven starts) during the 2005–06 regular season, Jones averaged 6.7 points and 2.1 assists per game. He shot 37.7% from three-point range.[2] On November 13, 2006, he had a season-high 22 points on a season-high 5 three-point field goals. Jones hit five three-point field goals on four other occasions.[6] On March 8, 2006, Jones hit a game-winning three-point field goal as time expired in a 98–97 victory against the Toronto Raptors.[3]
In the 2006 NBA Playoffs, Jones played in 13 games, averaged 1.8 points and hit 27.8% of his three-pointers.[2] He had a playoff high 8 points in a game four Eastern Conference Semifinal win against the Detroit Pistons.[6]
On May 5, 2006 Jones came off the bench late in Game 6 of the Cavs' Eastern Conference first-round series against the Washington Wizards. In his first minute of the game action, in overtime, he hit the game-winning shot to clinch the series four games to two, and sent the Cavs into the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1993.[7]
2006–2007
In 60 games played during the 2006–2007 regular season, Jones averaged 6.6 points and 1.6 assists per game. He shot 38.5% from three-point range.[2] On November 13, 2006, he had a season-high 29 points on a season-high 7 three-point field goals.[8]
Jones was selected to participate in the Three-Point Shootout during the 2007 All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones finished in fifth place.
In the 2007 NBA Playoffs, Jones played in 11 games, averaged 2.4 points and hit 31.8% of his three-pointers.[2] He had a playoff high 9 points on three three-point field goals in a game one NBA Final loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[8]
2007–2008
Jones played in 68 regular season games (three starts) for the Cavaliers. He averaged 6.4 points and 1.9 assists and shot 41.7% from three-point range. Jones had a season-high 27 points on a season-high seven three-point field goals[9] in a February 22, 2008 short-handed Cavs victory over the Washington Wizards.[10]
In five playoff games, Jones scored six total points and dished one assist.
On December 28, 2007, it was revealed that the Cavaliers fined Jones and Ira Newble an undisclosed amount of money for refusing to come off the bench during the final minute of their Christmas Day win over the Miami Heat.[11]
2008–2009
On August 13, 2008, Jones was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Bucks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Oklahoma City Thunder that also sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee.[12]
2010
On March 29, 2010, Jones signed with the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Puerto Rico Basketball League. [13] However, on April 13 he was released, after averaging only 10.7 points in four games played.
2011
In February 2011 he signed with Aliağa Petkim in Turkey[14], but didn't pass the physical fitness test and was released.[15]
Records, milestones and rankings
- Ranked third in the NBA in three-point field goals made (225) in 2004–2005.
- Ranked 5th in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage (43.2%) in 2004–2005.
- Led the NBA in "True Shooting Percentage" (62.5%) in 2004–2005.[16]
- Ranks 64th all time in three-point field goals made (938) in NBA history.[2]
Personal
- Jones majored in sociology at the University of Houston.
- On January 10, 2006, Jones became the first NBA player to sign with a Chinese shoe company when he signed a two-year contract with Li-Ning.[17]
- Damon Jones has a child with WNBA Los Angeles Sparks superstar Tina Thompson.[18]
NBA career statistics
Legend 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 Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1998–99 New Jersey 11 0 11.9 .318 .345 .846 1.2 1.2 .6 .0 4.5 1998–99 Boston 13 0 16.4 .387 .455 .750 2.4 2.2 .5 .0 5.8 1999–00 Golden State 13 1 15.1 .463 .478 .778 1.2 3.0 .5 .0 5.2 1999–00 Dallas 42 0 9.9 .357 .330 .641 .9 1.4 .3 .0 3.9 2000–01 Vancouver 71 10 19.9 .409 .364 .712 1.7 3.2 .5 .0 6.5 2001–02 Detroit 67 0 16.2 .401 .371 .729 1.5 2.1 .3 .0 5.1 2002–03 Sacramento 49 1 14.5 .381 .364 .741 1.4 1.6 .4 .1 4.6 2003–04 Milwaukee 82 26 24.6 .401 .359 .764 2.1 5.8 .4 .1 7.0 2004–05 Miami 82 66 31.4 .456 .432 .791 2.8 4.3 .5 .1 11.6 2005–06 Cleveland 82 7 25.5 .387 .377 .640 1.6 2.1 .4 .0 6.7 2006–07 Cleveland 60 0 19.6 .386 .385 .682 1.1 1.6 .3 .0 6.6 2007–08 Cleveland 67 3 19.9 .416 .417 .714 1.1 1.9 .3 .0 6.5 2008–09 Milwaukee 18 0 6.0 .324 .393 .000 .3 .4 .2 .0 1.8 Career 657 114 20.5 .407 .390 .727 1.6 2.7 .4 .0 6.6 Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2001–02 Detroit 10 0 18.1 .381 .296 .750 2.1 2.5 .5 .0 4.3 2003–04 Milwaukee 5 5 28.8 .529 .476 .667 4.0 7.4 1.0 .0 10.0 2004–05 Miami 15 15 33.2 .481 .429 .600 2.7 4.0 .5 .0 12.1 2005–06 Cleveland 13 0 13.9 .308 .278 .750 1.2 .9 .2 .0 1.8 2006–07 Cleveland 11 0 12.6 .308 .318 1.000 .8 1.0 .0 .0 2.4 2007–08 Cleveland 5 0 5.2 .200 .286 .000 .0 .2 .0 .0 1.2 Career 59 20 19.8 .427 .382 .660 1.8 2.5 .3 .0 5.6 Notes
- ^ "Damon Jones Interview". InsideHoops.com. December 28, 2005. http://www.insidehoops.com/damon-jones-interview-122805.shtml. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g Damon Jones Profile
- ^ a b Damon Jones Bio
- ^ a b Damon Jones 2004-2005 Game Log
- ^ Cavaliers, Jones reach four-year, $16.1M deal
- ^ a b Damon Jones 2005-2006 Game Log
- ^ Jones comes off bench to hit OT game-winner for Cavs
- ^ a b Damon Jones 2006-2007 Game Log
- ^ Damon Jones Game Log (2007-08)
- ^ LeBron's late free-throws lift Cavs' short-handed crew to win
- ^ Report: Cavs' Jones, Newble refused to play game's final minute., ESPN.com, December 28, 2007
- ^ Cavaliers Acquire Williams in Three-Team Trade, August 13th, 2008
- ^ "Damon Jones joins Piratas". Pirataspr.com. March 29, 2010. http://pirataspr.com/noticias/%E2%80%9Cthe-specialist%E2%80%9D-damon-jones-se-une-a-los-piratas. Retrieved 2010-03-29.[dead link]
- ^ Aliaga Petkim lands sharpshooter Damon Jones
- ^ Aliağa guardını buldu (Turkish)
- ^ 2004-05 NBA Expanded Leaders
- ^ Li-Ning signs NBA star Damon Jones
- ^ Comets' Thompson to Miss Part of Season, February 4, 2005
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