Shelton Jones

{{About|the basketball player|the baseball player|Sheldon Jones}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Shelton Jones

| image =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 210

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|4}}

| birth_place =Copiague, New York, U.S.

| high_school = Amityville Memorial
(Amityville, New York)

| college = St. John's (1984–1988)

| draft_year = 1988

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 27

| draft_team = San Antonio Spurs

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2004

| career_number = 31

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1988|start}}

| team1 = San Antonio Spurs

| years2 = {{nbay|1988|start}}

| team2 = Golden State Warriors

| years3 = 1988–1989

| team3 = Tulsa Fast Breakers

| years4 = {{nbay|1988|end}}

| team4 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years5 = 1990–1991

| team5 = Atletico Madrid

| years6 = 1991

| team6 = Treasure Coast Tropics

| years7 = 1992–1993

| team7 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years8 = 1993

| team8 = Pallacanestro Venezia

| years9 = 1993–1994

| team9 = Pallacanestro Virtus Roma

| years10 = 1994

| team10 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years11 = 1994–1995

| team11 = Hapoel Holon

| years12 = 1995–1996

| team12 = Florida Beachdogs

| years13 = 1996

| team13 = Hapoel Holon

| years14 = 1996–1997

| team14 = Oklahoma City Cavalry

| years15 = 1997

| team15 = Leones de Ponce

| years16 = 1997

| team16 = Long Island Surf

| years17 = 1998

| team17 = Panteras de Miranda

| years18 = 1998

| team18 = Ourense Baloncesto

| years19 = 1998

| team19 = Long Island Surf

| years20 = 1999

| team20 = Tampa Bay Windjammers

| years21 = 1999–2000

| team21 = Connecticut Pride

| years22 = 2000

| team22 = Florida Sea Dragons

| years23 = 2000–2001

| team23 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse

| years24 = 2001

| team24 = Los Minas Leneros

| years25 = 2001

| team25 = Juarez Gallos de Pelea

| years26 = 2003–2004

| team26 = Great Lakes Storm

| highlights =

Italian League All-Star (1993)
CBA champion (1997)
CBA Most Valuable Player (1996)
CBA All-Star Game MVP (1996)
All-CBA First Team (1996)
Second-team All-Big East (1988)

}}

Shelton Jones (born April 4, 1966) is an American former 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.".[https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205831/http://articles.philly.com/1989-06-16/sports/26105891_1_sixers-backup-forward-center-shelton-jones The Philadelphia Inquirer] {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}} 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.

Jones played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Tulsa Fast Breakers, Rapid City Thrillers, Florida Beachdogs, Oklahoma City Cavalry, Connecticut Pride and Great Lakes Storm from 1988 to 2004.{{cite web |title=Shelton Jones minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-jonesshe001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}} He won a CBA championship with the Cavalry in 1997.{{cite web |title=1996-97 Oklahoma City Cavalry Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAOCC/y-1996 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}} He was selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player and All-Star Game Most Valuable Player and named to the All-CBA First Team in 1996.

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".[http://www.nyit.edu/index.php/athletics/news/wbb_supports_shelton_jones_foundation/ NYIT athletics news, April 2011]