{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography | team = City Oilers | birth_place = Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|9}} | college = Mississippi Valley State University (2010–2012) | high_school = Greenwood High School<br>(Greenwood, Mississippi)<br>Mississippi Delta Community College<br>(Moorhead, Mississippi) | position = Small forward | league = Egyptian Premier League | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 198 | number = | name = Falando Jones | career_start = 2013 | highlights = *BAL scoring champion (2023) | years1 = 2013–2014 | team1 = Porvoon Tarmo | years2 = 2014–2015 | team2 = Laskar Dreya South Sumatra | years3 = 2018–2019 | team3 = Al Fateh | years4 = 2019–2020 | team4 = Suez Canal | years5 = 2021 | team5 = Misr Insurance | years6 = 2021–2022 | team6 = Smouha | years7 = 2022 | team7 = City Oilers | years8 = 2022–2023 | team8 = Al Fateh | years9 = 2023 | team9 = City Oilers | years10 = 2024 | team10 = Gezira | years11 = 2024–present | team11 = City Oilers }}
'''Falando Cortez Jones''' (born May 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the City Oilers of the Ugandan NBL and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He was the scoring champion of the BAL in the 2023 season.
== College career == Jones, originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, played for Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team from 2010 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Falando Jones - 2011 - Men's Basketball |url=https://mvsusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/falando--jones/33 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Mississippi Valley State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> In 51 games for the Delta Devils, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.9 rebounds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Falando Jones Career Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/falando-jones-1/gamelog/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Professional career == Jones began his professional career with the Finnish second division club Porvoon Tarmo,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=Falando Jones, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref> where he averaged 17.9 points in the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Proballers |title=Falando Jones, Basketball Player |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/64199/falando-jones |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Proballers |language=en}}</ref>
The following year, in 2014–15, Jones played for Indonesian club Laskar Dreya South Sumatra of the ASEAN Basketball League. In 2018, he signed with Al Fateh of the Saudi Premier League.
In 2019, Jones moved to Egyptian club Horse Owners' Club of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League. After one season, he signed with Misr Insurance, before joining Smouha.
In 2022, he joined the City Oilers of Uganda. Jones was instrumental in the Oilers' efforts to qualify for their first-ever BAL season. On November 15, Jones scored 15 points against Matero Magic in his Oilers debut in the Road to BAL.<ref>{{Citation |title=THE AFTERLIFE OF EXPATRIATE AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt20ks0g6.12 |work=Writing the Lost Generation |pages=161–182 |access-date=2023-06-02 |publisher=University of Iowa Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctt20ks0g6.12 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Later, he scored 40 points in the game against Cape Town Tigers on November 26, 2022.
In the 2023 BAL season, Jones became the league's scoring champion following his 21.6 points per game average.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=DIARRA, OMOT, GUEYE, PERRY HIGHLIGHT 2023 BAL AWARDS |url=https://bal.nba.com/news/diarra-omot-gueye-perry-highlight-2023-bal-awards |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=The BAL |language=en}}</ref>
Jones joined Egyptian club Gezira in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-30 |title=Al Gezira lands Falando Jones, ex City Oilers |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Egypt/news/868547/Al-Gezira-lands-Falando-Jones-ex-City-Oilers |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.afrobasket.com}}</ref> In November 2024, Jones returned to the City Oilers for a third stint.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIBA Africa Zone 5 Weekly Review: 11/11/2024 {{!}} AfricaBasket |url=https://www.africabasket.net/articles/fiba-africa-zone-5-weekly-review-11-11-2024 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.africabasket.net}}</ref>
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Category:American men's basketball players Category:American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia Category:American expatriate basketball people in Egypt Category:American expatriate basketball people in Finland Category:City Oilers players Category:1990 births Category:Sportspeople from Greenwood, Mississippi Category:Living people Category:Laskar Dreya South Sumatra players Category:American expatriate basketball people in Uganda Category:Al-Fateh basketball players Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:Porvoon Tarmo players