Lucky Jones

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Lucky Jones
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Ternopil
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
League Ukrainian Basketball Superleague
Personal information
Born (1993-04-22) April 22, 1993 (age 28)
Newark, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6.25 in (1.99 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school St. Anthony
(Jersey City, New Jersey)
College Robert Morris (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Liège Basket
2016–2017 Hyères-Toulon
2017 Promitheas Patras
2017–2018 PAOK Thessaloniki
2018–2019 Aris Thessaloniki
2019–2020 Medi Bayreuth
2020 Ionikos Nikaias
2020 Kauhajoki Karhu
2020 Cherkaski Mavpy
2021Beltway Bombers
2022–present BC Ternopil
Career highlights and awards
  • Belgian League steals leader (2016)
  • 2× Second-team All-NEC (2014, 2015)
  • Third-team All-NEC (2013)
  • NEC All-Rookie team (2012)

Lucious "Lucky" Jones (born April 22, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for BC Ternopil of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. He played college basketball for Robert Morris, from 2011 until 2015. Jones entered the 2015 NBA draft, but did not get selected.

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High school career

Jones played high school basketball at St. Anthony, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was part of the team that won the Non-Public B state championship in 2011. [1]

College career

Jones played college basketball at Robert Morris, from 2011 to 2015. During his senior year, he averaged 14.3 points 5.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Jones failed to be drafted in the 2015 NBA draft. On July 7, 2015, Jones joined Liège Basket of the Belgian League. [2] He went on to average 14.3 points 5.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game in 31 Belgian League games.

The following season, he signed with Hyères-Toulon of the French LNB Pro A. [3] On January 4, 2017, Jones left Hyeres-Toulon, and joined the Greek club Promitheas Patras, for the rest of the season, as he replaced Lasan Kromah on the team's squad. [4]

On July 15, 2017, Jones joined PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League. [5] He averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

On July 19, 2018, Jones joined local rivals Aris. [6] On July 1, 2019, he parted ways with the Greek club.

In summer 2019, Jones initially signed with his third Greek team, Panionios, but on September 10, 2019, his contract was bought out by German club Medi Bayreuth, which also competes in the FIBA Europe Cup.

On January 14, 2020, he signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. [7] In 2020, he signed with Cherkaski Mavpy of the USL, where in four games Jones averaged 16.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He parted ways with the team on November 4. [8]

On January 12, 2022, Jones signed with BC Ternopil. [9]

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References

  1. Villanova, Patrick. "Former St. Anthony basketball standout Lucious Jones signs with Robert Morris University", The Jersey Journal , September 8, 2011. Accessed April 1. 2019. "Former St. Anthony High School basketball player Lucious Jones has signed a scholarship with Division I Robert Morris University, of the Northeast Conference.... Jones' seminal moment with St. Anthony came in the Friars' momentous victory over arch-rival St. Patrick in the NJSIAA North Jersey Non-Public B title game in March."
  2. "Liege signs rookie Lucky Jones". Sportando.com. July 7, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. "Hyeres-Toulon inks Alexandre Chassang and Lucky Jones". Sportando.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. "Lucky Jones signs with Promitheas". Sportando.com. January 4, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. "PAOK Thessaloniki signs Lucky Jones". eurobasket.com. July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  6. "Aris BC signs Lucky Jones". Sportando. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  7. "Lucky Jones signs with Ionikos BC". Sportando. January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  8. "Lucky Jones left Cherkasy". Eurobasket. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  9. Cherkasov, Sergey (January 12, 2022). "Ternopil TNEU adds Jones to their roster". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 12, 2022.