ShawnDre' Jones

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ShawnDre' Jones
ShawnDre' Jones.jpg
Jones playing for Richmond in 2015
No. 3–Motor City Cruise
Position Point guard
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (1994-11-18) November 18, 1994 (age 29)
Richmond, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school George Bush
(Mission Bend, Texas)
College Richmond (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 Aries Trikala
2018–2019 Canton Charge
2019–2020 Northern Arizona Suns
2021–present Motor City Cruise
Career highlights and awards

ShawnDre' Jones (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Richmond Spiders.

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Early life and high school

Jones was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in Highland Springs, Virginia, before his family relocated to Richmond, Texas, right before he entered high school. He attended George Bush High School. He committed to play college basketball at Richmond over offers from Akron and South Alabama. [1]

College career

Jones played four seasons for the Richmond Spiders, starting his final two. As a sophomore, Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and led the team in 3-pointers made and assists off the bench and was named the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) Sixth Man of the Year. [2] As a senior, Jones averaged 16.8 points (ninth in the A-10) and 3.9 assists per game and was named third team All-Atlantic 10. [3] He finished his collegiate career as Richmond's 10th all-time scorer with 1,608 points, 5th in school history with 227 3-pointers made, and 8th with 364 assists. [4]

Professional career

Aries Trikala (2017–2018)

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Jones signed with Aries Trikala of the Greek Basket League on August 29, 2017. [4] He averaged 12 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 3.4 assists over 16 GBL games in his first professional season as Aries finished last in the league and was relegated to the Greek A2 Basket League. [5]

Canton Charge (2018–2019)

Jones returned to the US after being selected in the second round of the 2018 NBA G League draft by the Canton Charge. [6] He was initially waived by the Charge as part of final roster cuts on November 1, 2018, but was claimed by the team on December 12, 2018. [7] He played in three games for the Charge, averaging 3.7 points and 1.0 assist in 10.1 minutes per game before being waived again by the team on January 9, 2019, in order to make room on the roster for newly acquired Chance Comanche. [8]

Northern Arizona Suns (2019–2020)

Jones was claimed off waivers by the Northern Arizona Suns on January 23, 2019. [9] He averaged 7.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 4.7 assists over 15 games (2 starts) for the Suns and 6.6 points and 4.1 assists in 18 total G League games for the season. [10]

Motor City Cruise (2021–present)

Jones was added to the Motor City Cruise in October 2021. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, John (February 27, 2017). "Space, opportunity made UR's ShawnDre' Jones a star". Richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ "UR basketball to face West Virginia in Las Vegas Invitational". Richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 24, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "ShawnDre' Jones goes pro with Trikalla". Court-Side.com. August 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. 1 2 O'Connor, John (August 29, 2017). "Ex-Spider ShawnDre' Jones will play professionally in Greece". Richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "ShawnDre' Jones Europe Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ Weir, John (October 20, 2018). "Charge set training camp roster". CantonRep.com. The Repository . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "ShawnDre' Jones Rejoins Charge". NBA.com. Canton Charge. December 12, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Charge Trade For Chance Comanche". NBA.com. Canton Charge. January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  9. ↑ Withee, Jacob (January 23, 2019). "Northern Arizona Suns Acquire ShawnDre Jones". NBA.com. Northern Arizona Suns . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Shawndre Jones G-League Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Motor City Cruise Announce 2021-22 Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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