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Willie Jones (basketball player)

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American basketball player (born 1936)
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Willie Jones
Personal information
Born (1936-06-29) June 29, 1936 (age 88)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
CollegeNorthwestern (1957–1960)
NBA draft1960: 5th round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1960–1965
PositionPoint guard
Number5
Career history
1960–1965Detroit Pistons
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

William A. Jones (born June 29, 1936) is former NBA basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. Jones was drafted with the fourth pick in the fifth round of the 1960 NBA draft by the Pistons. In five seasons with the Pistons, Jones averaged 7.4 points per game, 2.0 assists per game and 2.8 rebounds per game.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1960–61 Detroit 35 12.9 .361 .635 2.7 1.8 5.6
1961–62 Detroit 69 14.6 .373 .634 2.6 1.7 6.1
1962–63 Detroit 79 18.6 .418 .720 2.9 2.4 9.2
1963–64 Detroit 77 20.0 .390 .709 3.3 2.2 8.2
1964–65 Detroit 12 8.4 .404 .333 .8 .6 3.7
Career 272 16.8 .393 .682 2.8 2.0 7.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1961 Detroit 3 13.3 .414 .857 2.3 2.0 10.0
1962 Detroit 9 20.0 .426 .929 2.6 3.4 11.0
1963 Detroit 4 16.8 .393 .750 1.8 1.5 7.0
Career 16 17.9 .418 .862 2.3 2.7 9.8

References

  1. ^ "Willie Jones NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
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