Curtis Jones (basketball)

Last updated
Curtis Jones
MBB-IowaState-Kansas-CurtisJones-1 (cropped).jpg
Jones with the Iowa State Cyclones in 2025
No. 9–Denver Nuggets
Position Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (2001-10-04) October 4, 2001 (age 23)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2025: undrafted
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2025–present Denver Nuggets
2025–present→Grand Rapids Gold
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Curtis Jalen Jones (born October 4, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones and Buffalo Bulls.

Contents

Early life and high school career

Jones grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and initially attended South High School before transferring to Cretin-Derham Hall High School. [1] Jones had no Division I or Division II scholarship offers out of high school. [2]

College career

Jones began his college career at Indian Hills Community College. [3] He averaged 12.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game as a freshman with the Warriors. [4] After the season, Jones transferred to Buffalo. He averaged 2.5 points and 1.3 assists in 28 games, all off the bench, in his first season with the Bulls. [5] Jones was named third-team All-MAC as a junior after averaging 15.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. [6] After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. [7]

Jones transferred to Iowa State. [8] He averaged 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in his first season with the Cyclones. [9]

Professional career

On June 27, 2025, Jones signed an exhibit 10 contract with the Denver Nuggets after going unselected in the 2025 NBA draft. [10]

On July 20, after a standout summer league showing, Jones signed a two-way contract with the Nuggets. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Curtis Jones' journey: A high school and college basketball career". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder . May 22, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fuller, Marcus (January 21, 2025). "Cretin-Derham Hall grad Curtis Jones takes different path to stardom for Iowa State". Minnesota Star Tribune . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ Trotter, Isaac (January 16, 2025). "Inside Iowa State star Curtis Jones' rise from junior college afterthought to potential All-American". CBS Sports . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Blazevich, Payne (August 9, 2023). "Curtis Jones continuing development as shooting threat for ISU". 247Sports.com . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Jerry (December 9, 2022). "Sullivan: 'Throwback' style helps UB's Curtis Jones make most of unexpected opportunity". WIVB.com . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ "UB guard Curtis Jones named to All-MAC men's basketball third team". The Buffalo News . March 8, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ "UB men's basketball guard Curtis Jones enters transfer portal". The Buffalo News . March 21, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hertel, Alyssa (April 17, 2023). "Iowa State men's basketball picks up former Buffalo guard Curtis Jones in the transfer portal". The Des Moines Register . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ Coletti, Matt (January 27, 2025). "Iowa State's Curtis Jones strengthening Big 12 Player of the Year case". SI.com . Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Curtis Jones Signs with Denver Nuggets". Iowa State University Athletics. 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  11. ↑ Schubert, Matt (20 July 2025). "Nuggets, guard Curtis Jones agree to two-way contract, source says". denverpost.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.