Lucky Jones Explained

Lucky Jones
Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:6.25
Weight Lb:210
League:Ukrainian Basketball Superleague
Team:Ternopil
Birth Date:22 April 1993
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey
Nationality:American
High School:St. Anthony
(Jersey City, New Jersey)
College:Robert Morris (2011–2015)
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2015
Years1:2015–2016
Team1:Liège Basket
Years2:2016–2017
Team2:Hyères-Toulon
Years3:2017
Team3:Promitheas Patras
Years4:2017–2018
Team4:PAOK Thessaloniki
Years5:2018–2019
Team5:Aris Thessaloniki
Years6:2019–2020
Team6:Medi Bayreuth
Years7:2020
Team7:Ionikos Nikaias
Years8:2020
Team8:Kauhajoki Karhu
Years9:2020
Team9:Cherkaski Mavpy
Years10:2021
Team10:Beltway Bombers
Years11:2022–present
Team11:BC Ternopil
Highlights:
  • Belgian League steals leader (2016)
  • 2× Second-team All-NEC (2014, 2015)
  • Third-team All-NEC (2013)
  • NEC All-Rookie team (2012)

Lucious "Lucky" Jones (born April 22, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for BC Ternopil of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. He played college basketball for Robert Morris, from 2011 until 2015. Jones entered the 2015 NBA draft, but did not get selected.

High school career

Jones played high school basketball at St. Anthony, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was part of the team that won the Non-Public B state championship in 2011.[1]

College career

Jones played college basketball at Robert Morris, from 2011 to 2015. During his senior year, he averaged 14.3 points 5.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Jones failed to be drafted in the 2015 NBA draft. On July 7, 2015, Jones joined Liège Basket of the Belgian League.[2] He went on to average 14.3 points 5.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game in 31 Belgian League games.

The following season, he signed with Hyères-Toulon of the French LNB Pro A.[3] On January 4, 2017, Jones left Hyeres-Toulon, and joined the Greek club Promitheas Patras, for the rest of the season, as he replaced Lasan Kromah on the team's squad.[4]

On July 15, 2017, Jones joined PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League.[5] He averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

On July 19, 2018, Jones joined local rivals Aris.[6] On July 1, 2019, he parted ways with the Greek club.

In summer 2019, Jones initially signed with his third Greek team, Panionios, but on September 10, 2019, his contract was bought out by German club Medi Bayreuth, which also competes in the FIBA Europe Cup.

On January 14, 2020, he signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.[7] In 2020, he signed with Cherkaski Mavpy of the USL, where in four games Jones averaged 16.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He parted ways with the team on November 4.[8]

On January 12, 2022, Jones signed with BC Ternopil.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Villanova, Patrick. "Former St. Anthony basketball standout Lucious Jones signs with Robert Morris University", The Jersey Journal, September 8, 2011. Accessed April 1. 2019. "Former St. Anthony High School basketball player Lucious Jones has signed a scholarship with Division I Robert Morris University, of the Northeast Conference.... Jones' seminal moment with St. Anthony came in the Friars' momentous victory over arch-rival St. Patrick in the NJSIAA North Jersey Non-Public B title game in March."
  2. News: Liege signs rookie Lucky Jones. March 8, 2017. Sportando.com. July 7, 2015.
  3. News: Hyeres-Toulon inks Alexandre Chassang and Lucky Jones. March 8, 2017. Sportando.com. July 10, 2016.
  4. News: Lucky Jones signs with Promitheas. March 8, 2017. Sportando.com. January 4, 2017.
  5. News: PAOK Thessaloniki signs Lucky Jones. July 17, 2017. eurobasket.com. July 15, 2017.
  6. Web site: Aris BC signs Lucky Jones . Sportando . July 19, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180720022708/https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/greece/282584/aris-bc-signs-lucky-jones.html . July 20, 2018 . dead .
  7. Web site: Lucky Jones signs with Ionikos BC. January 14, 2020. Sportando. En. January 15, 2020.
  8. Web site: Lucky Jones left Cherkasy . Eurobasket . November 4, 2020 . November 4, 2020.
  9. Web site: Cherkasov . Sergey . Ternopil TNEU adds Jones to their roster . Eurobasket . January 12, 2022 . January 12, 2022.