Kenny Jones (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Kenny Jones
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| league = La Liga Argentina de Básquet
| team = Club Alianza Viedma
| number =13
| position = Power forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 215
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|22}}
| birth_place = Wyandanch, New York
| nationality = American
| high_school = Wyandanch (Wyandanch, New York)
| college = Kentucky State (2004–2008)
| draft_year = 2008
| career_start = 2008
| career_end =
| years1 = 2008–2010
| team1 = Kentucky Bisons
| years2 = 2010–11
| team2 = Bluegrass Stallions
| years3 = 2011–12
| team3 = Dachau Spurs
| years4 = 2012
| team4 = Tinguiririca San Fernando
| years5 = {{nblcy|2012|end}}
| team5 = Saint John Mill Rats
| years6 = 2013
| team6 = Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
| years7 = 2013–2014
| team7 = Instituto Córdoba
| years8 = {{nblcy|2014|start}}–{{nblcy|2014|end}}
| team8 = Saint John Mill Rats
| years9 = 2015
| team9 = Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
| years10 = 2015–2016
| team10 = Hindú Club de Resistencia Chaco
| years11 = 2016
| team11 = Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
| years12 = 2016–2018
| team12 = Hindú Club de Resistencia Chaco
| years13 = 2018–2019
| team13 = Cape Breton Highlanders
| years14 = 2019–present
| team14 = Club Alianza Viedma
| highlights =
- All- TNA Second Team (2018)
- All- TNA Import Team (2017)
- All-TNA First Team (2017)
- All-CIBACOPA Second Team (2015)
- All-NBL Canada Second Team ({{nblcy|2014|end}})
- NBL Canada scoring champion (2015)
- TNA Player of the Year (2014)
- TNA Import Player of the Year (2014)
- All-TNA First Team (2014)
- CIBACOPA Player of the Year (2013)
- CIBACOPA Import Player of the Year (2013)
- All-CIBACOPA First Team (2013)
- All-LNB First Team (2012)
- LNB Forward of the year (2012)
- Regionalliga Player of the Year (2012)
- PBL Newcomer of the Year (2011)
- All-PBL Second Team (2011)
- All-ABA Second Team (2010)
- All-ABA First Team (2009)
- ABA champion (2009)
}}
Kenneth Terrell Jones (born July 22, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who formerly played for Hindú Club de Resistencia Chaco of the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA), the second-tier league in Argentina.
College career
Jones originally committed to play college basketball for Saint Paul's in Virginia, but did not like it there and left after two months.
He later came into contact with Kentucky State University recruiter Charles Coleman who got him to play for the college in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) of the NCAA Division II.{{cite web |url=http://www.state-journal.com/sports/2007/02/27/there-s-no-i-in-team |title=There's no I in team |last=Rickerd |first=Brian |date=27 February 2007 |website=State-Journal.com |access-date=16 September 2015 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Staying there from 2004 to 2008, he was selected on the SIAC First Team, named SIAC men's basketball MVP and earned a Division II All-America honourable mention for his senior season.{{cite web|title=KSU's Kenny Jones Earns All-American Honors |url=http://apps.kysu.edu/athletics/mens_basketball/Honors.pdf |website=KYSU.edu |accessdate=26 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527022118/http://apps.kysu.edu/athletics/mens_basketball/Honors.pdf |archivedate=27 May 2015 }}
Professional career
He stayed in Kentucky after graduating, signing with the ABA's Kentucky Bisons. He spent two seasons with the Bisons, winning the ABA in 2009 and earning All-Star honours in 2008–09 and 2009–10.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2010/3/19.asp |title=Eurobasket news report (3/19/2010) – ABA names 2009–2010 All-Star teams |last=Pascucci |first=Gianni |date=19 March 2010 |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=16 September 2015}}
He then spent the 2010–11 with another Kentucky team, the Bluegrass Stallions of the Premier Basketball League.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2011/7/16.asp |title=Eurobasket news report (7/16/2011) – Dachau Spurs sign Kenny Jones |last=Korff |first=Moritz |date=16 July 2011 |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=16 September 2015}}
The American moved to Germany in 2011, playing the 2011–12 1. Regionalliga Südost (third division) season with the Dachau Spurs.
His next stop was in the Chilean Dimayor with Tinguiririca San Fernando, playing the 2012 season from September,{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2012/9/24.asp |title=Eurobasket news report (9/24/2012) – Dimayor 2012: Round 1 results |last=Valencia |first=Daniel |date=24 September 2012 |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=16 September 2015}} to November when his team lost in the playoff semifinals.{{cite web |url=http://eltipografo.cl/2012/11/tinguiririca-perdio-ante-universidad-de-concepcion/ |title=Tinguiririca perdió ante Universidad de Concepción y se quedó sin final de la Dimayor |last=Gajardo Torres |first=Daniel |date=18 November 2012 |website=elTipografo.cl |access-date=16 September 2015 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Tinguiririca lost to Universidad de Concepción and stays away from the Dimayor final}}
On 24 January 2013, Jones signed with the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada).{{cite web |url=http://www.nblcanada.com/14551/transactions-archive |title=NBL Canada Transactions in 2012 – 2013 Season |author= |website=NBLCanada.com |access-date=16 September 2015}}
He debuted that same day against the Moncton Miracles, scoring 25 points and grabbing 6 rebounds. Averaging 22.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in the 17 games he played,{{cite web |url=http://www.millratsbasketball.ca/14553/2011-14-stat-archives |title=# 00 Kenny Jones – 2012–13 Season Stats |author= |website=MillRatsBasketball.ca |access-date=16 September 2015}} he earned Player of the Week honours for the week ending 17 March 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4560046 |title=Mill Rats' Kenny Jones Named the Recharge with Milk Player of the Week |author= |date=17 March 2013 |website=OurSportsCentral.com |publisher=National Basketball League of Canada |location=Toronto (Ontario) |access-date=16 September 2015}}
He added a selection to the NBL Canada All-Playoff Team at the end of the season,{{cite web|title=NBL Canada 2013–14 Preseason Media Guide|url=http://www.nblcanada.com/nblcanada/images/NBL_Canada_2013-14_Pre-Season_Guide.pdf#page=107 |website=NBLCanada.com|accessdate=26 May 2015}} and was also nominated for the All-Star Game in April but he had left the country by that time.{{cite web |url=http://myemail.constantcontact.com/NBL-Canada-All-Stars-Announced-.html?soid=1101896013653&aid=TSsgLVv673k |title=2013 NBL Canada All Stars named |author= |date=2 April 2013 |publisher=National Basketball League of Canada |location=Toronto (Ontario) |access-date=16 September 2015}}
Meanwhile, he had joined Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón in the Mexican regional Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) for the 2013 season lasting from April to July. He finished as league top scorer with over 25 points per game, also making the league All-Star Game.{{cite web |url=http://www.latinbasket.com/Mexico/news/405261/Jones-is-back-at-Nogales |title= Jones is back at Nogales |author= |date=27 May 2015 |website=Latinbasket.com |access-date=16 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?pID=196205096 |title=Player Profile – Kenny Jones |author= |website=SportingPulse.com |publisher=CIBACOPA |access-date=16 September 2015}}
His next stop was in the Argentine second-tier division TNA, as he signed with Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba in September 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.institutoatleticocentralcordoba.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2127:jones-un-norteamericano-en-el-basquet-albirrojo-&catid=8:disciplinas-basquet&Itemid=39 |title=Jones, un norteamericano en el básquet albirrojo |author= |date=18 September 2013 |website=InstitutoAtleticoCentralCordoba.com |access-date=16 September 2015 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Jones, a North American for the red and white basketball [club]}}
At the end of the season in May 2014, he was selected by Latinbasket.com as their choice for the league's best player and import player of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2014/5/18.asp |title=Eurobasket news report (5/18/2014) – Latinbasket.com All-Argentinian TNA Awards 2014 |last=Obradovic |first=Igor |date=18 May 2015 |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=}}
Jones re-signed with Saint John in September 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.millratsbasketball.ca/p/14579/nr/100094/all-star-forward-the-big-ticket-kenny-jones-returns-to-saint-john |title=All Star Forward 'The Big Ticket' Kenny Jones Returns to Saint John |last=McCarthy |first=Tiffany |date=14 September 2014 |website=MillRatsBasketball.ca |access-date=}}
He was named to the All-NBL Canada Team at the end of the 2014–15 season.
He helped the Mill Rats reach the playoff semifinals, but was powerless to prevent them from losing the series to the Island Storm, despite scoring 28 points and grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds in the decisive game.{{cite web |url=http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2015-03-12/article-4074911/Storm-moving-on-after-dramatic-finish-to-deciding-game/1 |title=Storm moving on after dramatic finish to deciding game |last=Reid |first=Charles |date=12 March 2015 |website=JournalPioneer.com |access-date=16 September 2015}}
The Mill Rats placed Jones on their protected list in late May, meaning no other NBL Canada team can approach him for contract negotiations before the start of training camp for the 2015–16 NBL Canada season.{{cite web |url=http://www.lightningbasketball.ca/p/14539/nr/100182/lightning-protected-list-for-2015-2016-season |title=Lightning protected list for 2015–2016 season |author= |date=29 May 2015 |website=LightningBasketball.ca |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911192732/http://www.lightningbasketball.ca/p/14539/nr/100182/lightning-protected-list-for-2015-2016-season |archive-date=11 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Having been selected in the second round of the 2015 CIBACOPA draft by Fuerza Guinda de Nogales,{{cite web |url=http://cibacopa.org/noticias/draft-cibacopa-2015/ |title=Draft Cibacopa 2015 |last=Leyva |first=Jorge |date=9 March 2015 |website=CIBACOPA.org |access-date=16 September 2015 |language=Spanish}} Jones joined the team from May to play another season in the Mexican league.
He had averages of 20.1 points and 7.4 rebounds for Fuerza Guinda, helping the team reach the championship finals, but they were punished 56–80 by the Tijuana Zonkeys in game 7 on 24 July 2015 to concede the title, with Jones posting a team high 15 points.{{cite web |url=http://www.nogalesinternational.com/sports/fuerza-guinda-s-title-quest-ends-in-game/article_3cce19bc-322e-11e5-aed7-c7411d2b373c.html |title=Fuerza Guinda's title quest ends in Game 7 |last=Clark |first=Jonathan |date=24 July 2015 |website=NogalesInternational.com |access-date=16 September 2015}} He finished the season averaging 19.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.{{cite web|title=Hindu signs Kenny Jones, ex Nogales|url=http://www.latinbasket.com/Argentina/news/424905/Hindu-signs-Kenny-Jones,-ex-Nogales|website=Eurobasket.com|accessdate=16 October 2016|date=17 October 2015}}
On 17 October 2015, Jones signed with Hindú Club de Resistencia Chaco, returning to the TNA in Argentina.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150905104449/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6077008/playerview.html FIBA Game center profile] Retrieved 16 September 2015
- [http://basketball.latinbasket.com/player/Kenny_Jones/141608 Latinbasket.com profile] {{subscription required}} Retrieved 16 September 2015
{{NBL Canada scoring leaders}}
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Canada
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Chile
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) players
Category:Fuerza Guinda de Nogales players
Category:Kentucky State Thorobreds basketball players
Category:People from Wyandanch, New York
Category:Saint John Mill Rats players