- Dominique Jones
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Dominique Jones No. 20 Dallas Mavericks Guard Personal information Date of birth October 15, 1988 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 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.
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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
Dallas Mavericks current roster East Atlantic: BOS · NY · NJ · PHI · TOR Southeast: ATL · CHA · MIA · ORL · WAS Central: CHI · CLE · DET · IND · MIL
West Northwest: POR · MIN · OKC · DEN · UT Southwest: DAL · HOU · MEM · NO · SA Pacific: GS · LAC · LAL · PHX · SACDallas Mavericks 2010–11 NBA Champions 0 Shawn Marion | 2 Jason Kidd | 3 Rodrigue Beaubois | 4 Caron Butler | 6 Tyson Chandler | 11 José Juan Barea | 13 Corey Brewer | 16 Peja Stojaković | 20 Dominique Jones | 28 Ian Mahinmi | 31 Jason Terry | 33 Brendan Haywood | 35 Brian Cardinal | 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Finals MVP) | 92 DeShawn Stevenson
Head coach Rick Carlisle
Assistant coaches Darrell Armstrong | Dwane Casey | Tim Grgurich | Robert Hackett | Monte Mathis | Terry StottsRegular season • Playoffs 2010 NBA Draft First round John Wall · Evan Turner · Derrick Favors · Wesley Johnson · DeMarcus Cousins · Ekpe Udoh · Greg Monroe · Al-Farouq Aminu · Gordon Hayward · Paul George · Cole Aldrich · Xavier Henry · Ed Davis · Patrick Patterson · Larry Sanders · Luke Babbitt · Kevin Seraphin · Eric Bledsoe · Avery Bradley · James Anderson · Craig Brackins · Elliot Williams · Trevor Booker · Damion James · Dominique Jones · Quincy Pondexter · Jordan Crawford · Greivis Vasquez · Daniel Orton · Lazar Hayward
Second round Tibor Pleiss · Dexter Pittman · Hassan Whiteside · Armon Johnson · Nemanja Bjelica · Terrico White · Darington Hobson · Andy Rautins · Landry Fields · Lance Stephenson · Jarvis Varnado · Da'Sean Butler · Devin Ebanks · Jerome Jordan · Paulão Prestes · Gani Lawal · Tiny Gallon · Latavious Williams · Ryan Richards · Solomon Alabi · Magnum Rolle · Luke Harangody · Pape Sy · Willie Warren · Jeremy Evans · Hamady N'Diaye · Ryan Reid · Derrick Caracter · Stanley Robinson · Dwayne Collins
Categories:- 1988 births
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- People from Polk County, Florida
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- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs
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