Lamont Jones (basketball, born 1972)

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Lamont Jones
Personal information
Born (1972-07-03) July 3, 1972 (age 51)
Ironi 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)
  • CBA Champion (1999)

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.

Personal life

Jones is from

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.

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. ^ a b c "Lamont Jones Player Profile, Bridgeport, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. ^ a b "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". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b Yantz, TOM. "JONES IS ANSWER FOR PRIDE". Courant.
  5. ^ Harvin, Al (March 4, 1990). "SCHOOL BASKETBALL; Brooklyn Tech Prevails". The New York Times.
  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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