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Dominique Jones

Dominique Jones

American basketball player (born 1988)

For the American football tight end, see Dominique Jones (American football). For the rapper, see Lil Baby.

Dominique O'Neal Jones (born October 15, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Hong Kong Bulls of the National Basketball League. A noted scorer in college at the University of South Florida, Jones had the second-highest scoring average in the Big East Conference during the 2009–10 season.[1] Jones has had a long career in the CBA and was named the league's MVP in 2023.

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College career

Freshman

Jones entered USF and started every game during his first season. He scored 17.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

Sophomore

In Jones's second season, the sophomore improved his scoring (18.1), rebounds (5.6) and assists (3.9) averages.

Junior

Prior to the 2009–2010 season, Jones was named to the preseason All Big East team. Over the season, he averaged 21.4 points while also grabbing 6.1 rebounds and giving 3.6 assists. He scored a season high 46 points in a 109–105 win over the Providence Friars.[2] USF went 20–13 and Jones was named to the 1st team All-Big East team. He led the team with the most points in a game.

Professional career

Jones (left) guarding Kyrie Irving in 2012

He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. The Grizzlies traded his rights to the Dallas Mavericks for cash considerations, reported to be around $3 million.

On November 30, 2010, the Mavericks assigned Jones to the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League,[3] only to be called up early January 2011 after an injury to Caron Butler. He scored nine points in his return, in a 104–95 Dallas win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.[4] A foot injury sidelined him for much of the season after averaging 2.3 points in 18 games. At the end of the season, the Mavericks would win the 2011 NBA Finals.[5]

On January 15, 2012, Dallas assigned Jones to the D-League again. He would be recalled a week later.[6] On February 19, 2012, Jones made his first career three-point field goal against the New York Knicks. On March 10, 2012, Jones recorded his first career start in an 87–111 loss to the Golden State Warriors.[7]

In October 2012, the Mavericks opted not to pick up the team option for the next season in Jones's rookie contract. Jones was waived on March 9, 2013.[8] On March 19, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League.[9]

He joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2013 NBA Summer League. In September 2013, he joined the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association for the 2013–14 season.[10]

On October 11, 2014, he signed with the Jilin Northeast Tigers for the 2014–15 CBA season.[11] Following the CBA season, he signed with Atenienses de Manatí on March 18 for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.[12]

On July 8, 2015, Jones returned to China and signed with Shanxi Zhongyu.[13] In December 2015, he parted ways with Shanxi.[14]

On August 23, 2016, Jones signed with Qingdao DoubleStar for the 2016–17 CBA season.[15]

On August 11, 2017, Jones signed with Nanjing Monkey King of the Chinese Basketball Association.[16] On December 12, 2017, he was waived by the Nanjing Monkey King.[17]

On January 11, 2018, Jones signed with Petrochimi Bandar Imam of the Iranian Super League.[18]

On August 7, 2018, Jones signed with the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).[19] In the 2022–23 season, Jones led the league in assists and steals and was named the league's International MVP.

On August 25, 2023, Jones moved to the Xinjiang Flying Tigers.[20]

The Basketball Tournament

In 2017, Jones competed in The Basketball Tournament with the Tampa Bulls, a team made up of USF alumni. Jones' team made it to the Sweet 16 where they were eliminated by eventual champions Overseas Elite. Jones led the team with 28.3 PPG during the tournament.[21]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

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Personal life

Jones' forearms are tattooed with the words "Hustler" and "Survivor".[22] After the Mavericks won the 2011 NBA Finals, Jones then proceeded to get a tattoo on his neck of the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, commemorating his team's victory.[23]

References

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    "BIG EAST Conference – Overall Statistics". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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    "Mavericks 104-95 Cavaliers (Jan 2, 2011) Box Score". ESPN.
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    Mavericks–Warriors Boxscore
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    "Akognon, Dalembert, Franklin and Jordan signed in CBA in December".
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    "J.J. Hickson and Dominique Jones sign with Jiangsu Tongxi". 247Sports.
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    "同曦官方宣布更换外援 前CBA助攻王加盟". sports.sina.com.cn. December 12, 2017.
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    Dominique Jones signs with Petrochimi[permanent dead link]
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    "Jones comes back to Jilin Tigers". Asia-Basket. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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    "Dominique Jones moves to Xinjiang for new CBA season-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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    "Dominique Jones | the Basketball Tournament". Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
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    "Photos: What Mavs fans can expect from new-look roster".
  23. [23]
    "Dominique Jones tattoos NBA trophy on his neck".
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