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American basketball player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myreon Lamar Jones Jr. (born March 17, 2000) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Florida Gators.
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Jones with Penn State in 2020 | |
| Free agent | |
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| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 17, 2000 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College |
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| NBA draft | 2023: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2023–present |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Rookie year : KB VËLLAZNIMI 2024- | |
Jones played basketball for Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama. He averaged 21.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game as a junior.[1] For his senior season, he transferred to Lincoln Academy in Suwanee, Georgia. Jones competed for the Georgia Stars on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit.[2] He averaged 19 points per game as a senior, leading his team to a 25–9 record. Jones was ranked the 81st best prospect in his class by 247Sports and was considered to be a four-star prospect.[3] He originally committed to playing college basketball for Memphis but decommitted after head coach Tubby Smith was fired.[4] Jones later announced his commitment to Penn State.[5]
On November 7, 2018, Jones scored a freshman season-high 18 points in a 63–62 win over Virginia Tech.[6] As a freshman, he averaged four points per game off the bench.[7] Jones missed close to four weeks of his sophomore season with an undisclosed illness.[8] As a sophomore, he averaged 13.3 points, three assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, earning All-Big Ten honorable mention from the media.[9] On February 23, 2021, he scored a junior season-high 29 points in an 86–83 victory against Nebraska.[10] Jones averaged 15.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, two assists and 1.3 steals per game as a junior, and repeated on the All-Big Ten honorable mention. Following the season, he transferred to Florida.[11]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Penn State | 30 | 0 | 10.8 | .298 | .277 | .774 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 4.0 |
| 2019–20 | Penn State | 25 | 24 | 28.6 | .444 | .403 | .776 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | .2 | 13.3 |
| 2020–21 | Penn State | 25 | 24 | 30.3 | .394 | .395 | .773 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .1 | 15.3 |
| 2021–22 | Florida | 33 | 21 | 27.9 | .355 | .321 | .738 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .2 | 8.5 |
| 2022–23 | Florida | 33 | 16 | 21.8 | .352 | .320 | .784 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .1 | 5.4 |
| Career | 146 | 85 | 23.5 | .380 | .351 | .769 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .1 | 8.8 | |
Jones is the son of Myreon Sr. and Tammi Jones.[7] In May 2020, he co-founded a podcast called "The Midnight Domino Show" with his Penn State teammate, John Harrar.[12]
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