Edgar Jones (basketball)

Edgar Jones

Personal information
Born	(1956-06-17) June 17, 1956 Fort Rucker, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Barringer (Newark, New Jersey)
College	Nevada (1975–1979)
NBA draft	1979 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1979–1995
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	42, 44
Career history
1979–1980	Lehigh Valley Jets (CBA)
1980–1981	New Jersey Nets
1981–1983	Detroit Pistons
1983–1984	San Antonio Spurs
1984–1986	Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1990	Panathinaikos (Greece)
1990	Peñas Huesca (Spain)
1991–1992	Aris (Greece)
1994–1995	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
Career highlights and awards
Greek Basketball Cup champion (1992) CBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,257 (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds	1,745 (4.8 rpg)
Blocks	455 (1.3 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Edgar Jones (born June 17, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player who had a career the NBA from 1980 to 1986.

While playing college basketball for the University of Nevada, Reno (1975–79), Edgar Jones set the school's all-time points total record (1,877); a record which stood until broken by the Wolf Pack's Nick Fazekas on November 18, 2006.

After his graduation, Jones was taken in the second round (ninth pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. Over his career, he played for teams such as the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Edgar Jones participated in the 1984 Slam Dunk Contest, in Denver.

He also played for the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos from 1988 to 1990 and for Aris BC in the 1991-1992 season. He won the Greek Basketball Cup in 1992.

See also

• List of National Basketball Association players with most blocks in a game

External links

• nba.com historical playerfile
• Statistics page for Jones
• thedraftreview.com