Shamel Jones

{{short description|American basketball and streetball player}}

Shamel Jones is an American former collegiate basketball player and streetball player. Jones skipped over St John's University, UNLV, and TCU to play for Georgetown.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/jones-selects-hoyas-st-john-tcu-article-1.729009|publisher=nydailynews.com|title=JONES SELECTS HOYAS OVER ST. JOHN'S, TCU - NY Daily News|accessdate=2016-09-06}} Jones originally played for the 1996–97 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team and later the University of Memphis. He took Memphis to the NIT championships during his time there.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyhelmsman.com/archives/tale-of-a-tiger-shamel-jones/article_1193757a-cbaa-5d13-b6cf-37ecbba18d9c.html|publisher=dailyhelmsman.com|title=Tale of a Tiger: Shamel Jones | Archives | dailyhelmsman.com|accessdate=2016-09-06}} The 6'9 forward originally played for Paul Robeson HS along with Lamar Odom. He was considered to be a city Basketball legend.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/09/sports/high-school-basketball-talent-from-new-jersey-has-the-college-scouts-drooling.html|publisher=nytimes.com|title=HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL - Talent From New Jersey Has the College Scouts Drooling - NYTimes.com|accessdate=2016-09-06}} He played basketball in Brazil for Winner/Kabum Limeira.{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Shamel-Jones/Brazil/Winner/Kabum-Limeira/39642|publisher=basketball.eurobasket.com|title=Shamel Jones Basketball Player Profile, Winner/Kabum Limeira, Memphis, News, stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com|accessdate=2016-09-06}} He teamed with James Speedy Williams in streetball tournaments in New York City.{{cite book|title=Asphalt Gods: An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament|author=Mallozzi, V.M.|date=2003|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9780385506762|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEkupIjTKcEC&pg=PT138|accessdate=2016-09-06}}