Shelton Jones
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Personal information | |
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Born | Copiague, New York | April 4, 1966
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Amityville Memorial (Amityville, New York) |
College | St. John's (1984–1988) |
NBA draft | 1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 27th overall |
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |
Playing career | 1988–2004 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 31 |
Career history | |
1988 | San Antonio Spurs |
1988 | Golden State Warriors |
1988–1989 | Tulsa Fast Breakers |
1989 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1990–1991 | |
1991 | |
1992–1993 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1993 | Pallacanestro Venezia |
1993–1994 | Pallacanestro Virtus Roma |
1994 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1994–1995 | Hapoel Holon |
1995–1996 | Florida Beachdogs |
1996 | Hapoel Holon |
1996–1997 | Oklahoma City Cavalry |
1997 | Leones de Ponce |
1997 | Long Island Surf |
1998 | Panteras de Miranda |
1998 | Ourense Baloncesto |
1998 | Long Island Surf |
1999 | |
1999–2000 | Connecticut Pride |
2000 | Florida Sea Dragons |
2000–2001 | JL Bourg-en-Bresse |
2001 | |
2001 | Juarez Gallos de Pelea |
2003–2004 | Great Lakes Storm |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Shelton Jones (born April 4, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player who played collegiately at St. John's University. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round (27th pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Shelton played only one year in the NBA, during the 1988-89 season. He split the year between the Spurs, the Golden State Warriors, and the Philadelphia 76ers, for whom he also appeared in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, finishing in 4th place after advancing to the semi-finals. After the season, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the 16th pick in the 1989 NBA expansion draft. After his selection, he said: "I'm a little stunned right now. I thought I'd be taken by Orlando because I'd heard some things. Things like this happen. That's the kind of year I had. I'll make the best of the situation. I look forward to getting out there and meeting with the coach. I don't even know who it is.".[1] As it turned out, the Timberwolves waived him before the season began, and he never played in the NBA again, although he did have a long career playing in various other leagues.
After his playing career, Jones founded the Shelton Jones Foundation, which "trains and mentors student-athletes to become successful in life through sports, community outreach and personal development".[2]
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- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1966 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players from New York (state)
- Club Ourense Baloncesto players
- Connecticut Pride players
- Florida Beachdogs players
- Golden State Warriors players
- Great Lakes Storm players
- Hapoel Holon players
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- Leones de Ponce basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Minnesota Timberwolves expansion draft picks
- Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
- Panteras de Miranda players
- People from Amityville, New York
- People from Copiague, New York
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Rapid City Thrillers players
- Reyer Venezia players
- San Antonio Spurs draft picks
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Suffolk County, New York
- St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players
- Tulsa Fast Breakers players