Dominique Jones

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Dominique Jones
No. 5 – Liaoning
Position	Guard
League	Chinese Basketball Association
Personal information
Born	(1988-10-15) October 15, 1988 Lake Wales, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Lake Wales (Lake Wales, Florida)
College	South Florida (2007–2010)
NBA draft	2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies
Pro playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2013	Dallas Mavericks
2010	→Texas Legends (D-League)
2012	→Texas Legends (D-League)
2013	Springfield Armor (D-League)
2013–present	Liaoning Flying Leopards (China)
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2011)

Dominique O'Neal Jones (born October 15, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. A noted scorer in college, Jones had the second highest scoring average in the Big East conference during the 2009–10 season.^[1]

Collegiate career

Freshman

Jones entered USF and started every game during his first season. He scored 17.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

Sophomore

In Jones's second season, the sophomore improved his scoring (18.1), rebounds (5.6) and assists (3.9) averages.

Junior

Prior to the 2009–2010 season, Jones was named to the preseason All Big East team. Over the season, he averaged 21.4 points while also grabbing 6.1 rebounds and giving 3.6 assists. He scored a season high 46 points in a 109–105 win over the Providence Friars.^[2] USF went 20–13 and Jones was named to the 1st team All-Big East team. He led the team with the most points in a game.

Professional career

He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. The Grizzlies traded his rights to the Dallas Mavericks for cash considerations, reported to be around $3 million.

On November 30, 2010, the Mavericks assigned Jones to the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League,^[3] only to be called up early January 2011 after an injury to Caron Butler. He scored nine points in his return, in a 104–95 Dallas win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[4] A foot injury sidelined him for much of the season after averaging 2.3 points in 18 games.^[5]

On January 15, 2012, Dallas assigned Jones to the D-League again. He would be recalled a week later.^[6] On February 19, 2012, Jones made his first career three-point field goal against the New York Knicks. On March 10, 2012, Jones recorded his first career start in an 87–111 loss to the Golden State Warriors.^[7]

In October 2012, the Mavericks opted not to pick up the team option for the next season in Jones' rookie contract. Jones was waived on March 9, 2013.^[8] On March 19, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League.^[9]

He joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2013 NBA Summer League.

In September 2013, he joined the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association for the 2013–14 season.^[10]

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
2010–11	Dallas	18	0	6.8	.311	.000	.824	1.4	1.1	.3	.2	2.3
2011–12	Dallas	33	1	8.1	.397	.125	.784	1.3	1.3	.3	.2	2.7
2012–13	Dallas	29	3	11.7	.367	.111	.660	1.6	2.9	.5	.1	4.0
Career		80	4	9.3	.366	.095	.729	1.4	1.8	.4	.1	3.1

CBA Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Template:2013-2014	Liaoning Flying Leopard 辽宁药都本溪	17	14	38.2	.477	.304	.770	5.8	6.5	3.1	.4	30.6

Personal

Jones' forearms are tattooed with the words "Hustler" and "Survivor".^[11] After the Mavericks won the 2011 NBA Finals, Jones then proceeded to get a tattoo on his neck of the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, commemorating his team's victory.^[12]

References

v t e Dallas Mavericks 2010–11 NBA Champions

0 Shawn Marion 2 Jason Kidd 3 Rodrigue Beaubois 4 Caron Butler 6 Tyson Chandler 11 José Juan Barea 13 Corey Brewer 16 Peja Stojaković 20 Dominique Jones 28 Ian Mahinmi 31 Jason Terry 33 Brendan Haywood 35 Brian Cardinal 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Finals MVP) 92 DeShawn Stevenson Head coach Rick Carlisle Assistant coaches Darrell Armstrong Dwane Casey Tim Grgurich Robert Hackett Monte Mathis Terry Stotts

Regular season • Playoffs

v t e 2010 NBA draft

First round	John Wall Evan Turner Derrick Favors Wesley Johnson DeMarcus Cousins Ekpe Udoh Greg Monroe Al-Farouq Aminu Gordon Hayward Paul George Cole Aldrich Xavier Henry Ed Davis Patrick Patterson Larry Sanders Luke Babbitt Kevin Séraphin Eric Bledsoe Avery Bradley James Anderson Craig Brackins Elliot Williams Trevor Booker Damion James Dominique Jones Quincy Pondexter Jordan Crawford Greivis Vásquez Daniel Orton Lazar Hayward

Second round	Tibor Pleiss Dexter Pittman Hassan Whiteside Armon Johnson Nemanja Bjelica Terrico White Darington Hobson Andy Rautins Landry Fields Lance Stephenson Jarvis Varnado Da'Sean Butler Devin Ebanks Jerome Jordan Paulão Prestes Gani Lawal Tiny Gallon Latavious Williams Ryan Richards Solomon Alabi Magnum Rolle Luke Harangody Pape Sy Willie Warren Jeremy Evans Hamady N'Diaye Ryan Reid Derrick Caracter Stanley Robinson Dwayne Collins

Persondata
Name	Jones, Dominique
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	October 15, 1988
Place of birth	Lake Wales, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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