- Wali Jones
Walter "Wali" Jones (born
February 14 1942 ,Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player. He was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) guard.Jones played at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same school that had produced
Wilt Chamberlain a few years earlier. He played college ball atVillanova University .In his first NBA season, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets and was named to the
NBA All-Rookie Team . The next season, he was traded to thePhiladelphia 76ers where he would play for the next six years.Jones and
Hal Greer were the starting guards on the 1966-67 76ers team that also featured Chamberlain,Chet Walker ,Lucious Jackson andBilly Cunningham . That team went 68-13 during the regular season, then easily won three playoff series in dethroning the eight-time defending NBA championBoston Celtics . Jones made the 76ers' starting lineup afterLarry Costello tore hisAchilles tendon onJanuary 6 1967 .Later, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets,
Detroit Pistons ,Milwaukee Bucks andUtah Stars .Jones' son Askia [ [http://www.collegesportingnews.com/article.asp?articleid=16094 40 Nuggets for 40-Team NIT] , by Mike Douchant, "College Sporting News", published March 11, 2002] is the third-leading scorer in
Kansas State University basketball history and played briefly in the NBA himself, with theMinnesota Timberwolves .Notes
External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JONESWA01 Wali Jones NBA statistics] , "basketballreference.com"
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