Chris Jones (basketball, born 1991)

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Chris Jones
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Personal information
Born (1991-07-03) July 3, 1991 (age 33)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Melrose (Memphis, Tennessee)
College
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Position Point guard
Career history
2015 Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2015 BG Göttingen
2015–2016 Paris-Levallois
2016 Apollon Patras
2017 Antibes Sharks
2017–2018 Al Ahli SC
2019 Windsor Express
2019Gigantes de Jalisco
2019 Valur
2020Windsor Express
2022–2023 London Lightning
Career highlights and awards

Christopher Rasheed Jones [1] (born July 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. After two years at Northwest Florida State and two years at Louisville Jones entered the 2015 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

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High school career

Jones played high school basketball at Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he was the Co-Star a long the side of Adonis Thomas Chris was a top 50 prospect as a senior at Melrose (Tenn.) High School, Jones originally signed with Tennessee in the same class as former Cardinal Kevin Ware before opting for the junior college route. He was rated as the nation's 10th-best point guard in high school by ESPN, Rivals and Scout, and the No. 39 prospect overall by Rivals. He also averaged 20.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game as a junior in helping lead Melrose to a 26–7 overall record and the Tennessee Class AAA state title and a No. 15 finish in the ESPN Rise Fab 50 national rankings. He earned first-team all-state honors and was the state tournament MVP after scoring 35 points in the championship game. He scored 1,402 in three high school seasons. Transferred for his senior year to Oak Ridge (N.C.) Military Academy, where he averaged 22.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.8 steals. Also considered Memphis, Kansas, Baylor, Florida State and Oklahoma State before his commitment to the Cardinals. [2]

College career

A 5'11" point guard, Jones was a junior college star at Northwest Florida State, where he was voted as the Division III NJCAA Player of the Year. After considering offers from major conference schools, he signed with Louisville and coach Rick Pitino. [3]

He had been suspended from the Syracuse game on February 18 after having sent a threatening text message to a woman he had previously dated, after that woman went into his apartment when Jones was not present and "messed up" his room [4] but was reinstated several days later. After playing against Miami on February 21, he missed that night's curfew, leading to his dismissal. He was dismissed from Louisville on February 22, 2015. Several days after that, Jones was charged with rape stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred the night of the Miami game. [5] In late April, a grand jury chose not to indict Jones and his two co-defendants in the case. [6] Chris Jones and the two co-defendants were exonerated of the all charges after the grand jury heard 2 days of testimony from the two co-defendants and witnesses. [7] Also worthy of note the lead investigator for the University of Louisville Police Lt. John Tarter, was lead detective on 3 other rape cases in which 3 other defendants were convicted and then later exonerated. In one of those cases, the city paid a $3.9 million settlement to William Gregory, who was cleared by DNA evidence. [8]

Professional career

Jones began his pro career in the 2015–16 season in Turkey, with the Yeşilgiresun Belediye. [9] He left the club after some days and joined BG Goettingen. On October 20, 2015, he moved to Paris-Levallois [10]

On August 23, 2016, Jones signed in Greece with Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League. [11] Jones was released from the Greek team on October 11, 2016, due to Club payment issues. On March 16, 2017, he signed with French club Antibes Sharks as an injury replacement player. [12] On April 10, 2017, he parted ways with Antibes after appearing in two games. [13]

Jones signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Valur prior to the 2019–20 season. In his debut, Jones scored a season high 31 points in a victory against Fjölnir. [14] On October 31, he refused to play the second half of Valur's game against Keflavík, effectively ending his stay with the club. Valur officially terminated its contract with Jones the following day. [15] In five games for Valur, Jones averaged 19.0 points and 3.8 assists. [16]

In April 2022, while playing for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada, Jones was suspended by the league and released by the team after throwing a water bottle on the court and spitting at an official. [17] The following season, after being given a second chance by the Lightning, Jones was again suspended and released following a post-game altercation with the opposing coach. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Chris JONES [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Chris Jones – Men's Basketball".
  3. ↑ "Louisville's Chris Jones not typical junior college recruit". si.com. April 6, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (February 23, 2015). "Chris Jones sent threatening text". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Forde, Pat (March 3, 2015). "Forde Minutes: College basketball narrative takes dark turn as March arrives". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Riley, Jason (April 29, 2015). "Grand jury decides not to indict Chris Jones and co-defendants in rape case". Louisville, KY: WDRB . Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Chris Jones in tears after rape exoneration". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Chris Jones didn't rape women, partygoer says". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Former Louisville guard Chris Jones signs with Yesilgiresun Belediye". Sportando.com. September 4, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Chris Jones leaves BG Goettingen, will play in France". Sportando.com. October 20, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Apollon Patras lands Chris Jones". feb.es. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Antibes Shark put Chris Jones at point
  13. ↑ Chris Jones, Antibes Sharks part ways
  14. ↑ Arnór Fannar Theodórsson (3 October 2019). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Fjölnir – Valur 87–94 – Valsmenn unnu nýliðana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  15. ↑ Kristinn Páll Teitsson (1 November 2019). "Valur riftir samningi við Chris Jones". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  16. ↑ Hallfreðsson, Bjarni Þórarinn (31 October 2019). "Bandaríski leikmaður Vals neitaði að spila seinni hálfleikinn og Valur í leit að nýjum leikmanni". Vísir.is . Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  17. ↑ "'He threw a water bottle and spit at an official': Lightning guard released after on-court tirade". CTV News. April 15, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  18. ↑ "London Lightning player suspended after altercation with Sudbury coach". CTV News. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
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