Mark Jones (basketball, born 1961)

Mark Anthony Jones (born April 10, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played point guard. Jones played college basketball at St. Bonaventure before being drafted by the New York Knicks as the 82nd overall pick in the 4th round of the 1983 NBA Draft. He never played for the Knicks, however, instead ultimately playing six games in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets during the 1983–84 season.

Biography

Jones played for four seasons at St. Bonaventure University, where he averaged 15.2 points per game. In 1982 he was named to the All-Eastern Athletic Association first team and the following year he made the second team, with the conference newly renamed the Atlantic 10 Conference.^[1] Jones is currently the ninth leading scorer in St. Bonaventure history.^[2]

Jones was drafted by the New York Knicks as the 82nd overall pick in the 4th round of the 1983 NBA Draft. He was cut from the final roster shortly before the start of the 1983–84 season.^[3] Weeks later he signed with the New Jersey Nets, with whom he scored 7 points in six games in the NBA.^[4] Jones played the rest of the season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), appearing in 29 games for the Albany Patroons. He averaged 10.8 points per game playing for coach Phil Jackson as the Patroons won the CBA championship.^[5]

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