Sam Jones
Enshrined:
Born:
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As
a player on April 30, 1984
June 24, 1933 in Laurinburg, NC
6-foot-4
200 pounds |
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- Laurinburg (NC) Institute (1947-51)
| High School Playing Highlights: |
- Four-year letter winner
- All-Conference (1951)
- All-State (1951)
- North Central College (Durham, NC) (1953-57)
| College Playing Highlights: |
- Four-year letter winner
- Scored 1,770 points playing for Hall of Fame
coach John McLendon
- Three-time All-Conference
- Enshrined in NAIA Hall of Fame (1962)
- NBA Boston Celtics (1957-69)
- All-NBA Second Team (1965-67)
- Five-time NBA All-Star (1962, 1964-66, 1968)
- Led Boston in scoring in 1963 (19.7 ppg), 1965
(25.9) and 1966 (23.5)
- Produced four consecutive seasons averaging 20
points or better (1965-68)
- Member of 10 championship teams (1959-66 and
1968-69)
- Owns Boston's fourth best single-game scoring
output (51 points vs. Detroit on Oct. 29, 1965)
- Tallied 15,411 points (17.7 ppg) in his 12-year
career
- Scored 2,909 points in 154 playoff games (18.9
ppg), 15th best in history
- Originally claimed by the Minneapolis Lakers, but
returned to college upon completion of military service, and therefore
voided NBA rules
- NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1970)
- NBA 50th Anniversary Team (1996)
- Federal City College (1969-73)
- North Carolina Central (1974)
At six-foot-four, Sam Jones was the prototype of the
tall guard who could run the floor, bang the boards and had a rangy
offensive game that gave opponents fits. One of the "Jones Boys"
in Boston, Sam teamed with K.C. in the Celtics back court
to create havoc in NBA arenas around the country. Jones favored an
unorthodox but highly effective "bank shot" that became the
muscle behind his and Bosto''s 10 NBA championships, including eight in a
row (1958-66). As a collegian, Jones was an offensive firehouse scoring
1,770 points while playing for Hall of Fame coach John McLendon at
all-black North Carolina Central College. Jones wasn't a collegiate
All-America and was a relative unknown, but that didn't sway Red Auerbach,
who drafted Sam in the first round of the 1957 draft. Jones didn't
disappoint the Boston faithful. His 12-year NBA career included five
All-Star Game appearances, 871 regular season games and 154 playoff games.
Considered one of the NBA's most prolific graceful shooters, Jones scored
15,411 points (17.7 ppg), plus 2,909 (18.9 ppg) more in the playoffs.
Considered one of the fastest NBA guards with superb court vision and
savvy, Jones led the Celtics in scoring three times, averaging a
career-high 25.9 points in 1965. An extremely popular player, in 1970
Jones was selected to the NBA Silver Anniversary Team (1970), a
composition of the greatest NBA stars of the leagu''s first 25 years. He
later would be named one of the top 50 players in history when the NBA
celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1996.
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