# Falando Jones

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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1990)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball biography
| team = City Oilers
| birth_place = [Greenwood, Mississippi](/source/Greenwood%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|9}}
| college = [Mississippi Valley State University](/source/Mississippi_Valley_State_University) (2010–2012)
| high_school = [Greenwood High School](/source/Greenwood_High_School_(Mississippi))<br>(Greenwood, Mississippi)<br>[Mississippi Delta Community College](/source/Mississippi_Delta_Community_College)<br>([Moorhead, Mississippi](/source/Moorhead%2C_Mississippi))
| position = [Small forward](/source/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](/source/List_of_Basketball_Africa_League_annual_statistical_leaders) ([2023](/source/2023_BAL_season))
| years1 = 2013–2014
| team1 = [Porvoon Tarmo](/source/Porvoon_Tarmo)
| years2 = 2014–2015
| team2 = [Laskar Dreya South Sumatra](/source/Amartha_Hangtuah)
| years3 = 2018–2019
| team3 = [Al Fateh](/source/Al-Fateh_(basketball))
| years4 = 2019–2020
| team4 = [Suez Canal](/source/El_Qanah_FC)
| years5 = 2021
| team5 = [Misr Insurance](/source/Misr_Insurance_(basketball))
| years6 = 2021–2022
| team6 = [Smouha](/source/Smouha_SC_(basketball))
| years7 = 2022
| team7 = [City Oilers](/source/City_Oilers)
| years8 = 2022–2023
| team8 = Al Fateh
| years9 = 2023
| team9 = City Oilers
| years10 = 2024
| team10 = [Gezira](/source/Gezira_(basketball_club))
| years11 = 2024–present
| team11 = City Oilers
}}

'''Falando Cortez Jones''' (born May 17, 1990) is an American professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player who last played for the [City Oilers](/source/City_Oilers) of the [Ugandan NBL](/source/National_Basketball_League_(Uganda)) and the [Basketball Africa League](/source/Basketball_Africa_League) (BAL). He was the scoring champion of the BAL in the 2023 season.

== College career ==
Jones, originally from [Greenwood, Mississippi](/source/Greenwood%2C_Mississippi), played for [Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Amartha_Hangtuah) of the [ASEAN Basketball League](/source/ASEAN_Basketball_League). In 2018, he signed with [Al Fateh](/source/Al-Fateh_(basketball)) of the [Saudi Premier League](/source/Saudi_Premier_League_(basketball)).

In 2019, Jones moved to Egyptian club [Horse Owners' Club](/source/Horse_Owners'_Club) of the [Egyptian Basketball Premier League](/source/Egyptian_Basketball_Premier_League). After one season, he signed with [Misr Insurance](/source/Misr_Insurance_(basketball)), before joining [Smouha](/source/Smouha_SC_(basketball)).

In 2022, he joined the [City Oilers](/source/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](/source/Matero_Magic) in his Oilers debut in the [Road to BAL](/source/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](/source/Cape_Town_Tigers) on November 26, 2022.

In the [2023 BAL season](/source/2023_BAL_season), Jones became the [league's scoring champion](/source/List_of_Basketball_Africa_League_annual_statistical_leaders) 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](/source/Gezira_(basketball_club)) 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>

== References ==
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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

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