| Pistoia Basket 2000 | |
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| Small forward/Shooting guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 9, 1984 |
| Place of birth | Compton, California |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Long Beach Polytechnic |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Washington |
| NBA Draft | 2006 / 2nd round, 37th overall |
| Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| Fort Worth Flyers (2006) Philadelphia 76ers (2006–07) Denver Nuggets (2007–08) Memphis Grizzlies (2008) Houston Rockets (2008) Miami Heat (2008) Sioux Falls Skyforce (2008–09) San Antonio Spurs (2008) Teramo Basket (2009–10) Sutor Montegranaro (2010–11) Fulgor Libertas Forlì (2011) Pistoia Basket 2000 (2011- ) |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| 2005-06 John Meyers Defensive Player | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Basketball | ||
| Competitor for United States | ||
| Summer Universiade | ||
| Gold | 2005 Izmir | Team competition |
Bobby Ray Jones, Jr. (born January 9, 1984 in Compton, California) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'7", 215 pound small forward mostly known for his defense. He is currently playing in Italy with Pistoia Basket 2000.
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As a senior at the University of Washington, he averaged 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game. Jones finished his career at University of Washington as the 20th all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,226 career points.
After playing collegiately for four years at the University of Washington, he was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft and shortly thereafter traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Philadelphia's 2007 second-round draft pick and cash considerations.[1]
On September 10, 2007, Jones was traded along with Steven Hunter to the Denver Nuggets for Reggie Evans and the draft rights of Ricky Sanchez.[2] He was waived by the Nuggets on January 7, 2008 after averaging 3.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in 23 games off the bench.[3]
He signed with the Memphis Grizzlies on January 10.[4]
On February 26, he was signed to a ten-day contract with the Houston Rockets.[5]
On March 12, he signed another ten-day contract, this time with the Miami Heat, his fourth different team of the season.[6]
On April 1, he signed a ten-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs, his fifth NBA team of the season.[7] Prior to the Spurs contract he was with the NBA Development League's Sioux Falls Skyforce.
After that contract expired on April 11, Jones was re-signed by the Denver Nuggets for the rest of the 2007-08 season.[8]
On July 28, 2008, he was traded to the New York Knicks along with Taurean Green and a 2010 second round pick in exchange for Renaldo Balkman.[9] However, one day later he was released by the Knicks.[10]
On August 5, 2008, Bobby Jones was claimed by the Miami Heat off the waivers and then waived once again on August 15.[11] He was later signed by the Sacramento Kings, but on October 21, 2008, he was waived.[12]
Jones was signed by the Italian team Banca Tercas Teramo in July 2009.[13]
In 2011, he joined Pistoia Basket 2000.[14]
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia | 44 | 5 | 7.6 | .462 | .111 | .561 | 1.3 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.5 |
| 2007–08 | Denver | 25 | 0 | 8.9 | .406 | .391 | .821 | 1.5 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 3.4 |
| 2007–08 | Houston | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | .500 | .000 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .2 | .0 | 1.0 |
| 2007–08 | Miami | 6 | 0 | 23.8 | .531 | .400 | .615 | 4.0 | .8 | .3 | .0 | 8.0 |
| 2007–08 | San Antonio | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | .250 | .000 | .000 | .7 | .3 | .7 | .0 | .7 |
| 2007–08 | Memphis | 9 | 2 | 15.2 | .389 | .231 | .900 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .6 | .2 | 4.4 |
| Career | 91 | 7 | 9.5 | .442 | .306 | .685 | 1.6 | .5 | .3 | .0 | 3.2 |
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