Dwayne Jones (basketball)
Dwayne Jones | |
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| Born | Dwayne Clinton Jones June 9, 1983 Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Basketball player, coach |
| Years active | 2005–2017 (player), assistant coach (current) |
| Known for | Professional basketball player and assistant coach at Saint Joseph's University |
Dwayne Clinton Jones (born June 9, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who has transitioned into coaching. He currently holds the position of assistant coach with the Saint Joseph's Hawks, competing in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Early life
Jones was born in Morgantown, West Virginia and grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania. He completed his high school education at American Christian School located in Aston, Pennsylvania in 2001.
College career
During Saint Joseph's remarkable undefeated regular season in 2004, Jones played a vital role alongside senior Jameer Nelson and juniors Delonte West and Pat Carroll. The Hawks secured a top seed (#1) in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight, narrowly missing out on the Final Four due to a last-second three-pointer by John Lucas from the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The team finished with an outstanding 30–2 record, marking the best season in the school's history.
In the 2004–05 season, Jones was honored as the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team for a second consecutive time. Nationally, he ranked fifth in both rebounds per game (11.6) and blocks per game (3.0), leading the Atlantic 10 conference in these categories. He was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team as well as the All-Big 5 Second Team while achieving personal bests in scoring (10.1 points), rebounds, and blocks. Additionally, Jones was selected for the Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team and received recognition on the NIT All-Tournament Team.
His total of 418 rebounds during that season stands as the second-highest single-season mark in school history, while his 109 blocks rank third all-time. On February 19, 2005, Jones recorded a triple-double featuring 11 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-high 10 blocks against St. Bonaventure, marking the first triple-double by a Hawk since 1986.
Professional career
Jones entered professional basketball by signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves as an undrafted free agent on August 26, 2005. Shortly thereafter, on November 4, 2005, he was assigned to their NBA Development League team, the Florida Flame. Over 26 games with Florida Flame, he averaged 8.9 points and led the league with an impressive 11.7 rebounds per game. He also ranked third nationally in blocks (2.0 per game) and led in offensive rebounds (4.5 per contest).
Although he never appeared in an official game for Minnesota, Jones was traded to the Boston Celtics on January 27, 2006, as part of a multi-player transaction. During that season with Boston, he participated in 14 games averaging one point and 2.2 rebounds per outing; his season highs included seven points and thirteen rebounds.
On October 13, 2006, Jones was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Luke Jackson. In the 2006–07 season, he played four regular-season games before being assigned to the D-League's Albuquerque Thunderbirds, where he delivered notable performances including averaging six blocks over two appearances.
Jones completed his first full NBA campaign in 2007–08 with Cleveland, playing in 56 games plus five playoff contests while averaging one point and two rebounds per game. His personal bests that season included nine points and twelve rebounds against the New Jersey Nets.
He joined the Orlando Magic for training camp in September 2008 but was released prior to the start of the regular season. Subsequently, Jones signed with Turkish club Efes Pilsen S.K., competing at Euroleague level.
On November 24, 2008, Jones inked a deal with the Charlotte Bobcats but was waived soon afterward and joined the NBA Development League's Iowa Energy in January 2009. After being traded to Idaho Stampede and later returning to Austin Toros, he continued predominantly playing within development leagues.
In October 2009, Jones agreed to a one-year contract with Serbian team Crvena zvezda, but was released five days later due to personal matters impacting his concentration; he participated briefly in one friendly match before rejoining Austin Toros.
On April 6, 2010, after leading the D-League with an average of sixteen rebounds per game for Austin Toros, Jones signed with the Phoenix Suns as a replacement for injured Robin Lopez.
On July 14, 2010, he was traded along with Leandro Barbosa to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Hedo Türkoğlu, but was waived on August 13. He re-signed with Phoenix on August 30 but was again waived before the start of the season in October. During the 2010–11 campaign, Jones also competed for China's Fujian SBS Xunxing.
In May of 2011, Jones joined Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayagüez, followed by a stint with China's Zhejiang Guangsha.
In January 2012, he signed as an import player for the Philippine Basketball Association’s Powerade Tigers during their Commissioner's Cup.
Returning to the NBA Development League in February 2013 with Texas Legends, Jones later secured a contract with the Golden State Warriors for the remainder of that NBA season; however, Golden State waived him in July.
He signed with Utah Jazz in September of that year but was released prior to regular-season commencement.
In November 2014, Jones joined Venezuelan outfit Guaiqueríes de Margarita for their LPB season and subsequently played for Dominican Republic’s Leones de Santo Domingo during their LNB season starting June 2015.
On June 27, 2016, Jones signed with Argentine club Atenas de Córdoba for participation throughout the 2016–17 season.
College
|- | style="text-align:left;"|2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"|Saint Joseph's | 30 || 1 || 21.0 || .526 || – || .351 || 6.3 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 2.0 || 4.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"|Saint Joseph's | 32 || 32 || 27.1 || .545 || – || .452 || 7.0 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2004–05 | style="text-align:left;"|Saint Joseph's | 36 || 36 || 34.8 || .507 || – || .536 || 11.6 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 3.0 || 10.1 |- | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Career | 98 || 69 || 28.1 || .522 || – || .484 || 8.5 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 7.1 |-
NBA regular season
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 14 || 0 || 6.2 || .400 || – || .462 || 2.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | 4 || 0 || 4.5 || .000 || –|| .500||1.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | 56||0||8.4|| .532|| .000|| .483|| 2.5|| 0.2|| 0.2|| 0.4||1.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte |6||0||8.7||.571||–||.667||2.0||0.0||0.0||0.2||2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix |2||0||3.5|||–|||–|||1.0|||0.0|||0.0|||0.0|||0.0 |- | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |Career |82||0||7.8|| .508|| .000|| .494|| 2.3|| 0.1|| 0.1|| 0.4||1.3 |-
NBA postseason
|- | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland | 5|| 0||4.0|| .500 || –|| .500||1.2|| 0.0|| 0.0|| 0.2 || 0.6 |-
| style = "text-align: left;" | | style = "text-align: left;" | Phoenix | 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || – || .750 || 2,5 || 00,00 ||00,00||00,00|||2,5
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| style = "text-align: left;" | | style = "text-align: left;" | Golden State | 2 || 0 ||1,00|| –|| –|| –||00,00|||00,00|||00,00|||00,00|||00,00
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| colspan = "2" style = "text-align: left;" | Career |9|||| .500|||| .667||||1,20||||00,00||||00,10||||00,90
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