Cameron Jones

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Cameron Jones
No. 1–Kauhajoen Karhu
Position Shooting guard
League Korisliiga
Personal information
Born (1989-05-04) May 4, 1989 (age 34)
Fort Lewis, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Los Alamitos
(Los Alamitos, California)
College Northern Arizona (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2012–2014 Santa Cruz Warriors
2014–2015 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2015–2016 Ironi Nes Ziona
2016 Arkadikos
2016–2017Santa Cruz Warriors
2017 Canton Charge
2017–2018 Kymis
2018–2019 Lavrio
2019–2020 Karhu Basket
2020–2021 Cherkaski Mavpy
2021–2023Karhu Basket
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Cameron Scott Jones (born May 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Karhu Basket of the Korisliiga. He played college basketball for Northern Arizona University.

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High school career

Jones attended Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California. He helped Los Alamitos to a 29–5 record in 2006–07 and led his team to the CIF Southern California Regional Division I first round. He averaged a team-best 18.1 points per game and 3.6 rebounds, shooting 54 percent from the field and 81 percent from the line. He was also named to the 2007 All-CIF first team and the Sunset League Most Valuable Player. [1]

College career

In his freshman season at Northern Arizona, Jones had a minor role and limited minutes. In 31 games (one start), he averaged 3.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. [1] [2]

In his sophomore season, he had a breakout season, going on to be named to the 2009 All-Big Sky second team and received the Joe Rolle Most Valuable Player Award at the team's end of season banquet. In 27 games (23 starts), he averaged 12.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game. [1] [2]

In his junior season, he again increased his play and production going on to be named to the 2010 All-Big Sky first team and again received the Joe Rolle Most Valuable Player Award at the team's end of season banquet. He was also named to the West Coast Classic All-Tournament team. In 28 games (all starts), he averaged 19.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 35.2 minutes per game. [1] [2]

In his senior season, he scored 640 points on the season, breaking the school record set by Kyle Landry in 2007–08 of 561. He became the first player in school history to score 500 or more points twice and fourth overall to reach 500 points in a season, and set single season marks for fields goals (623), field goal attempts (1,296), minutes played (1,045). He was named to his second All-Big Sky first team and to the 2011 Big Sky All-Tournament team. In 32 games (all starts), he averaged 20.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 33.7 minutes per game. [1] [2]

Professional career

2011–12 season

Jones went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. On November 3, 2011, he was selected by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants with the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Development League Draft. [3]

On December 10, 2011, Jones signed with the Miami Heat. [4] However, he was later waived by the Heat on December 14, [5] and subsequently returned to the Mad Ants two days later. In 48 games for the Mad Ants in 2011–12, Jones averaged 14.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. [6]

2012–13 season

On October 29, 2012, Jones was reacquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. On November 2, 2012, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors. [7] In 56 games for Santa Cruz in 2012–13, he averaged 12.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. [6]

2013–14 season

In July 2013, Jones joined the Golden State Warriors for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 23, 2013, he signed with Golden State. [8] However, he was later waived by Golden State on October 9, 2013. [9] In November 2013, he was reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors. [10] In 56 games for Santa Cruz in 2013–14, he averaged 20.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. [6]

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Jones joined the Orlando Magic for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [11] On September 6, 2014, he signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia for the 2014–15 season. [12] In 33 league games for Petersburg, he averaged 8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

2015–16 season

On September 2, 2015, Jones signed a one-year deal with Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli League. [13] On January 20, 2016, he parted ways with Ironi Nes Ziona. [14] In 15 games for Ironi, he averaged 8.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. On February 1, 2016, he signed with Arkadikos of Greece for the rest of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season. [15] He appeared in 10 games for Arkadikos, averaging 15.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

2016–17 season

On September 16, 2016, Jones signed with the Golden State Warriors. [16] [17] However, he was later waived by the Warriors on October 20 after appearing in five preseason games. [18] On October 31, 2016, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of Golden State. [19] On February 25, 2017, he was traded to the Canton Charge. [20]

2017–18 season

On July 26, 2017, Jones signed with Kymis of the Greek Basket League. [21]

2018–19 season

Jones played with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.

He later played for Kauhajoen Karhu of Korisliiga. He averaged 16.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game in four Champions League games. He also averaged 16.2 points, 4.3 boards, 5.6 assists and 1.4 steals per contest in 34 Finnish League games.

2019–20 season

He played another season for Karhu.

2020–21 season

He played for Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. [22]

2021–22 season

On August 16, 2021, Jones returned to Kauhajoki Karhu Basket. [23]

Personal

Jones is the son of Timothy Jones and Patricia Lewis, and has one older sister, Taryn, and two younger brothers, Samuel and Timothy. He is married to actress, Theresa Moriarty. [1]

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  11. ↑ "Orlando Magic Announce Roster for Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Zenit SPB signs Cameron Jones". Sportando.com. September 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
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  14. ↑ "Cameron Jones, Ironi Nes-Ziona part ways". Sportando.com. January 20, 2016. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Cameron Jones inks with Arcadikos BC". Sportando.com. February 1, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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  20. ↑ "Charge Acquire Cameron Jones". NBA.com. February 25, 2017. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
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  22. ↑ "Cameron Jones, NAU's all-time leading scorer, continues pro career with SK Cherkasy". azdailysun.com. September 10, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Jones comes back to Kauhajoki, ex Cherkasy". Eurobasket. August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
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