Education
Overbrook High School.
Overbrook High School.
He was a 6"2" (188 m) 180 lb (82 kg) guard. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jones played at Overbrook High School, the same school that had produced Wilt Chamberlain a few years earlier. He played college ball for coach Jack Kraft at Villanova University.
In his first National Basketball Association season, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets and was named to the National Basketball Association All-Rookie Team.
The next season, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers where he would play for the next six years. Jones and Hal Greer were the starting guards on the 1966-1967 76ers team that also featured Chamberlain, Chet Walker, Lucious Jackson and Billy Cunningham.
Jones made the 76ers" starting lineup after Larry Costello tore his Achilles tendon on January 6, 1967. Later, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Buckinghamshire and Utah Stars.
Jones" son Askia is the third-leading scorer in Kansas State University basketball history and played briefly in the National Basketball Association himself, with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
