Dominique Jones

Dominique Jones

No. 20   Dallas Mavericks
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Personal information
Date of birth	October 15, 1988 (1988-10-15) (age 23)
Place of birth	Lake Wales, Florida
Nationality	American
High school	Lake Wales
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	South Florida (2007–2010)
NBA Draft	2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies
Career history
2010–present	Dallas Mavericks
2010	→Texas Legends (D-League)
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (2011)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Dominique O'Neal Jones (born October 15, 1988 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks. A noted scorer in college, Jones led the Big East conference in scoring average in 2009–2010.

Collegiate 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. He subsequently led the Big East Conference in scoring while averaging 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.^[1] 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.

NBA

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,^[2] 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.^[3] A foot injury sidelined him for much of the season after averaging 2.3 points in 18 games.^[4]

References

1. ^ Dominique Jones ESPN.com
2. ^ Mavs Send Beaubois, Jones To D-League
3. ^ Mavericks vs. Cavaliers 01/03 boxscore
4. ^ Sefco, Eddie. Mavericks' rookie Dominique Jones to miss significant time with foot injury

Persondata
Name	Jones, Dominique
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Date of birth	October 15, 1988
Place of birth	Lake Wales, Florida
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