Lamont Jones (basketball, born 1972)

Lamont Jones (born July 3, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played the guard position.[1][2] He played for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula in 2007-08, leading the Israeli Basketball Premier League in assists.

Lamont Jones
Personal information
Born (1972-07-03) July 3, 1972
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrooklyn Tech
(Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeBridgeport (1991–1995)
NBA draft1995 / Undrafted
Playing career1995–2010
PositionGuard
Career history
1995Jersey Turnpikes
1996Long Island Surf
1996–1997Connecticut Pride
1997Long Island Surf
1997–1998AB Vacallo
1998Long Island Surf
1998–1999Harrisburg Horizon
1999Connecticut Pride
1999Trotamundos de Carabobo
1999Brooklyn Kings
1999–2001Hapoel Galil Elyon
2001–2002Hapoel Jerusalem
2002–2004Hapoel Galil Elyon
2004–2007Lukoil Academic
2007–2008Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
2008–2009Ironi Ramat Gan
2009–2010BC Rilski Sportist
Career highlights and awards
  • Israeli Premier League Assists Leader (2008)
  • First-team Division II All-American – NABC (1995)
  • Second-team Division II All-American - NABC (1993)
  • All Israeli League First Team (2000, 2001, 2003)
  • Israeli League Final Four (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
  • Bulgarian League Champion (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • Bulgarian Cup Champion (2006, 2007)
  • Bulgarian League Player of the Year (2006)
  • Bulgarian Import of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007)

Personal life

Jones is from Brooklyn, New York.[2][3] He is 6' 0" (183 cm) tall, and weighs 173 pounds (78 kg).[1] His younger brother Charles Jones led the NCAA in scoring in 1996-97 and 1997-98 for Long Island University, and played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Clippers.[4]

Basketball career

Jones played high school basketball for Brooklyn Technical High School.[5]

He played college basketball for the University of Bridgeport, graduating in 1995. He scored

2,019 Career Points. Averaged 20.8, 19.6, and 21.3 and at least 7 assists is final three years. [1] In 1993-95 Jones averaged 3.05 steals per game, at the time the 7th-highest steal career rate of any NCAA Division II player, and his 708 career assists were the 10th-most of any Division II player.[6] He was a Division II second-team All-American in 1993, and a first-team All-American in 1995.[7][4] In 2017, he was inducted into the University of Bridgeport Athletics Hall of Fame.[8]

He started his professional career in 1995 with the Jersey Turnpikes of the United States Basketball League (USBL); he had other stints in that league from 1996 to 1998 with the Long Island Surf.[9]

He played in the ABA in 1995 averaging 31 points and 9 assists per game.

He played for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association from 1996-98, averaging 8.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game in 49 games.[10]

He won the CBA championship in 1999 averaging 19 points in the Playoffs.

Jones played for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula in 2007-08, leading the Israeli Basketball Premier League in assists with an average of 5.7 per game.[11][12]

References
  1. "Lamont Jones Player Profile, Bridgeport, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. "Lamont Jones Basketball Player Profile, Rilski Sportist Samokov, Bridgeport, News, NBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
  3. Mullins, Brock (March 8, 1992). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Scattering the Assets of the Team at Bridgeport" – via NYTimes.
  4. Yantz, TOM. "JONES IS ANSWER FOR PRIDE". Courant.
  5. Harvin, Al (March 4, 1990). "SCHOOL BASKETBALL; Brooklyn Tech Prevails" – via NYTimes.
  6. Division II Records
  7. "NABC Division II All-America Teams". NABC.
  8. "UB to celebrate 2017 Athletics Hall of Fame inductees and Distinguished Alumni at inaugural UB Awards Dinner | University of Bridgeport". www.bridgeport.edu.
  9. "USBL All-Time Roster -- J". usbl.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  10. "Lamont Jones Statistics". statscrew.com.
  11. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2007-08 Season | Regular Season | Statistics - Leaders". basket.co.il.
  12. "Basketball / Premier League / Maccabi TA ends losing streak with victory over Gilboa/Afula". Haaretz.
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