Fred Jones

infobox NBA Player


name = Freddy Jones
position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 220
league = NBA
team = Free agent
number = 20
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|3|11
birth_place = Malvern, Arkansas
highschool = Sam Barlow
college = Oregon
draft = 14th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Indiana Pacers
career_start = 2002
former_teams = Indiana Pacers (2002–2006)
Toronto Raptors (2006–2007)
Portland Trail Blazers (2007)
New York Knicks (2007–2008)
awards = 2004 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion

Frederick (Freddy/Fred) Terrell Jones (born March 11 1979) is an American professional basketball player who plays at the shooting guard position. As of July 1 2008, Jones became an unrestricted free agent.

Early career

Born in Malvern, Arkansas, he moved to Portland, Oregon in middle school and became the Oregon High School Player of the Year for Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, a suburb of Portland. He then went on to play four seasons at the University of Oregon, where, during his senior year, he led the Ducks to the Elite Eight, with the help of PG Luke Ridnour and G/F Luke Jackson. While widely considered to be an underachiever during his first three years at Oregon, Jones jumped onto the national radar screen as a senior, becoming a candidate for Pac-10 Player of the Year and averaging 18.6 points per game. Fred Jones is known as the primary building block to the recent success of the Oregon Duck basketball program, per Ernie Kent.

NBA career

Jones was the 14th pick in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He was drafted by Isiah Thomas. He played sparingly as a rookie, averaging only 1.2 points per game in 19 appearances while playing behind Reggie Miller. That scoring average increased to nearly 5 points per game in his second year while appearing in 81 games. He more than doubled his averages during the 2004-05 season (to 10.6 ppg), partly due to fellow teammate and small forward Ron Artest being suspended for the season for his involvement in The Malice at The Palace incident. In his first start after the incident, Jones scored a career high 31 points against the Orlando Magic, establishing himself as one of the team's primary scoring weapons in the absence of its stars.

In 2004 he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, beating out two-time champion Jason Richardson. Jones has great leaping ability for a small shooting guard.

In the 2006 off-season, the Toronto Raptors signed Fred Jones. [ [http://dwb.sacbee.com/24hour/sports/basketball/nba/15/story/3337953p-12291736c.htmlFred Jones joins Raptors] , July 26, 2006]

On February 22 2007, the Raptors traded Jones to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for guard Juan Dixon. [ [http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/fred-211975-1218.html BLAZERS: Portland Acquires G/F Fred Jones from Toronto- Send G Juan Dixon to Raptors ] ]

Jones, along with Zach Randolph and Dan Dickau, was traded to the New York Knicks on June 28, 2007 for Channing Frye and Steve Francis. The trade reunited Jones with New York Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas, the man who drafted him.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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align="left" | 2002–03
align="left" | Indiana
19 || 1 || 6.1 || .375 || .286 || .750 || .5 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 1.2
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align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Indiana
81 || 2 || 18.6 || .395 || .303 || .832 || 1.6 || 2.1 || .8 || .2 || 4.9
-
align="left" | 2004–05
align="left" | Indiana
77 || 14 || 29.5 || .425 || .380 || .850 || 3.1 || 2.5 || .8 || .4 || 10.6
-
align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Indiana
68 || 2 || 27.0 || .417 || .337 || .763 || 2.5 || 2.3 || .8 || .3 || 9.6
-
align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Toronto
39 || 9 || 22.3 || .386 || .317 || .830 || 2.1 || 1.4 || .8 || .3 || 7.6
-
align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Portland
24 || 3 || 18.7 || .384 || .259 || .846 || 1.4 || 2.2 || .8 || .2 || 4.8
-
align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | New York
70 || 26 || 25.1 || .421 || .385 || .746 || 2.4 || 2.4 || .7 || .3 || 7.6
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
378 || 57 || 23.3 || .412 || .351 || .808 || 2.2 || 2.1 || .8 || .2 || 7.5
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Playoffs

-
align="left" | 2003–04
align="left" | Indiana
14 || 0 || 18.8 || .490 || .500 || .714 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .5 || .5 || 4.7
-
align="left" | 2004–05
align="left" | Indiana
13 || 0 || 18.0 || .296 || .391 || .923 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .6 || .2 || 4.1
-
align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Indiana
6 || 1 || 27.8 || .417 || .375 || .917 || 3.3 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 7.8
-
align="left" | Career
align="left" |
33 || 1 || 20.1 || .397 || .426 || .875 || 2.3 || 1.3 || .6 || .3 || 5.0
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References

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/fred_jones/ NBA.com Profile - Fred Jones]