{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Perry Jones | image = Perry Jones Thunder.jpg | image_size = 260px | caption = Jones with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2014 | position = Small forward / power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 235 | league = CIBACOPA | team = Zonkeys de Tijuana | number = 13 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|24}} | birth_place = Winnsboro, Louisiana, U.S. | highschool = Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | college = Baylor (2010–2012) | draft_year = 2012 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 28 | draft_team = Oklahoma City Thunder | career_start = 2012 | career_end = | years1 = {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2014|end}} | team1 = Oklahoma City Thunder | years2 = 2012–2013 | team2 = →Tulsa 66ers | years3 = 2015–2016 | team3 = Iowa Energy | years4 = 2016 | team4 = Khimki | years5 = 2016–2018 | team5 = Iowa Energy / Wolves | years6 = 2019–2021 | team6 = Bursaspor | years7 = 2021 | team7 = s.Oliver Würzburg | years8 = 2022 | team8 = Windy City Bulls | years9 = 2022–2023 | team9 = Taipei Fubon Braves | years10 = 2023 | team10 = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | years11 = 2023 | team11 = Capitanes de Arecibo | years12 = 2023–2024 | team12 = Kaohsiung Aquas | years13 = 2024 | team13 = Spartans Distrito Capital | years14 = 2024–2025 | team14 = Al-Ahli Jeddah | years15 = 2026– | team15= Zonkeys de Tijuana | highlights = * P.League+ Champion (2022) *Third-team All-Big 12 (2012) *Second-team All-Big 12 (2011) *Big 12 All-Rookie Team (2011) *Third-team ''Parade'' All-American (2010) *McDonald's All-American (2010) }}
'''Perry James Jones III''' (born September 24, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Al-Ahli Jeddah of the Saudi Basketball League. He played college basketball for Baylor.
==High school career== Jones was the #7 player in the ESPNU 100,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/rankings |title=College Basketball Recruiting – ESPNU 100 – ESPN |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214015945/http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/espnu100?&season=2010&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Finsider.espn.go.com%2Fncb%2Frecruiting%2Ftracker%2Fespnu100%3F%26season%3D2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> the #9 player in the class of 2010 by Scout.com,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&pid=88&yr=2010 |title=Scout.com: Football Recruiting |publisher=Scouthoops.scout.com |access-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref> and also rated as the #9 player by Rivals.com.<ref name=rivals>{{cite web |url=http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1909 |title=Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking – Rivals150 for class of 2010 |publisher=Rivalshoops.rivals.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214145501/http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1909 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his junior year, Jones, along with future Texas forward Shawn Williams, led Duncanville to the Texas 5A regional championship game where they lost to Cedar Hill High School 60–59. Duncanville finished with a 23–9 record for the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/brackets/basketball/basketball-boys-5a-2008-2009.pdf |title=State Playoff Bracket Class 5A |publisher=University Interscholastic League (Texas) |access-date=December 29, 2023 }}</ref>
In recognition of his outstanding career, Jones was named to the 2010 McDonald's All-American team.
===AAU=== Jones' AAU team was the LBA Seawolves. In July 2009, he helped lead them to the semifinals in the Star Vision Sports Center Stage tournament in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2009/08/sin-city-sensations/ |title=Sin City Sensations |publisher=Slam Online |date=August 3, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511151742/http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2009/08/sin-city-sensations/ |archive-date=May 11, 2013 }}</ref>
===College recruitment=== {{College Athlete Recruit Start|40=no|collapse=no|year=2010}} {{College Athlete Recruit Entry | recruit = Perry Jones | position = F | hometown = Duncanville, Texas | highschool = Duncanville HS | feet = 6 | inches = 11 | weight = 220 | 40 = | commitdate = April 17, 2007 | scout stars = 5 | rivals stars = 5 | espn grade = 97 }} |}
Jones committed to Baylor on April 17, 2007, and started playing for them in the 2010–11 NCAA season. He was ranked as the #7 overall player on ESPN, #9 by Rivals, and #14 ranked by Scout.com.
==College career== [[File:20120303 Royce White defending Perry Jones III.jpg|Jones being defended by Royce White|thumb|left]] Jones had 11 points and eight rebounds in his Baylor debut.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas and Big 12 Basketball Capsules: No. 16 Baylor opens with 87–52 win over Grambling|url=http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sports/local/article_975c62af-702b-5b94-bf02-04408a361a06.html|work=BrownsvvilleHerald.com|date=November 12, 2010|access-date=November 12, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He averaged 13.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game during his freshman season at Baylor. Despite the hype around the Baylor basketball program coming into the season, the Bears finished with a record of 18–13 (7–9 Big 12) and failed to make the NCAA Tournament. However, Jones was still named to the All-Big 12 Second Team along with Kansas junior Markieff Morris, Texas freshman Tristan Thompson, Iowa State senior Diante Garrett, and Texas A&M sophomore Khris Middleton.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Big 12 Second Team: Kansas' Markieff Morris, Baylor's Perry Jones III, Texas' Tristan Thompson|url=http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-jayhawks/2011/3/6/2033994/all-big-12-second-team-kansas-markieff-morris-baylors-perry-jones-iii|work=KansasCity.SBNation.com|date=March 6, 2011|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref>
On March 10, 2011, NCAA investigators ruled Jones ineligible for receiving improper benefits from his AAU coach prior to enrolling at Baylor University (The benefits were reportedly three 15-day loans to Jones' parents totaling less than $1,000, all of which were paid back). Jones was forced to sit out of Baylor's game against Oklahoma in the Big 12 tournament, which the Bears lost by 17 eliminating their chances at an NCAA Tournament berth.<ref>{{cite web |title=NCAA: Baylor's Perry Jones ineligible |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6198610 |work=ESPN.com |date=March 10, 2011 |access-date=March 10, 2011}}</ref> Jones was eligible to return to Baylor next season on an athletic scholarship, but would have to sit out the first five games of the 2011–12 season before he could be reinstated by the NCAA and eligible to play.
On April 11, 2011, Perry Jones announced that he would be returning to Baylor for his sophomore season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Perry Jones returning to school|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6331762|work=ESPN.com|date=April 11, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref>
===College statistics=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- |style="text-align:left;"|2010–11 |style="text-align:left;"|Baylor Bears |30||30||33.9||.549||.200||.664||7.2||1.2||0.5||0.9||13.9 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2011–12 |style="text-align:left;"|Baylor Bears |33||33||30.7||.500||.303||.696||7.6||1.3||0.8||0.6||13.5 |}
==Professional career==
===Oklahoma City Thunder (2012–2015)=== Jones was a projected lottery pick in the 2012 NBA draft, but fell to 28th overall when he was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thunder Selects Perry Jones III with 28th Pick|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/features/thunder-selects-perry-jones-iii-28th-pick|work=NBA.com|date=June 28, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> As a rookie, Jones had multiple assignments with the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/assignments_2012_13.html |title=2012–13 NBA Assignments |work=NBA.com |access-date=October 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327190108/http://www.nba.com/dleague/assignments_2012_13.html |archive-date=March 27, 2014 }}</ref>
After receiving limited opportunities with the Thunder in 2012–13, Jones went on to play 62 games in 2013–14 with averages of 3.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. On November 24, 2013, he scored a season-high 13 points in the 95–73 victory over the Utah Jazz. Jones appeared in 11 playoff games during the 2014 NBA Playoffs, scoring a playoff-high of eight points in Game 1 of the Thunder's semi-final match-up against the Los Angeles Clippers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonespe01/gamelog/2014/|title=Perry Jones 2013–14 Game Log|work=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref>
On October 30, 2014, Jones scored a career-high 32 points on 10-of-17 shooting in a 93–90 loss to the Clippers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20141030/OKCLAC/gameinfo.html|title=Clippers hold off Thunder 93–90 in opener|work=NBA.com|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref>
===Iowa Energy (2015–2016)=== On July 14, 2015, Jones was traded, along with a 2019 second round pick and cash considerations, to the Boston Celtics in exchange for a conditional 2018 second-round pick that would be completely unprotected for 2019. The deal generated a traded player exception for the Thunder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/boston-celtics-complete-trade-oklahoma-city-thunder|title=Boston Celtics Complete Trade with Oklahoma City Thunder|work=NBA.com|date=July 14, 2015|access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/newsrelease/acquisition_150714|title=Thunder Acquires Trade Exception and Protected Second Round Draft Pick|work=NBA.com|date=July 14, 2015|access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref> On October 24, he was waived by the Celtics after appearing in five preseason games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pressrelease/celtics-waive-jones-walden|title=Celtics Waive Jones, Walden|work=NBA.com|date=October 24, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Exactly a week later, Jones was selected by the Iowa Energy with the third overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/news/2015-nba-d-league-draft-board/|title=2015 NBA D-League Draft Board|date=October 31, 2015|work=NBA.com|access-date=October 31, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022072934/http://dleague.nba.com/news/2015-nba-d-league-draft-board/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 23, 2016, he was waived by Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/dleague/teams/Iowa-Energy/4/Transaction_History/2016|title=2015–2016 Iowa Energy Transactions History|work=RealGM.com|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
===Khimki Moscow (2016)=== On August 9, 2016, Jones signed with Khimki Moscow Region of Russia for the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/russia/209107/khimki-moscow-signs-perry-jones.html|title=Khimki Moscow signs Perry Jones|publisher=Sportando.com|date= August 9, 2016|access-date= August 9, 2016}}</ref> On October 11, he parted ways with Khimki after appearing in only one game.<ref>{{cite news|title=BC Khimki, Perry Jones III part ways|url=https://en.bckhimki.com/news/clubnews/2016/october/1136/|access-date=October 11, 2016|work=bckhimki.ru|date=October 11, 2016}}</ref>
===Return to Iowa (2016)=== On November 15, 2016, Jones was re-acquired by the Iowa Energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/transactions/ |title=NBA D-League Transactions |work=NBA.com |access-date=November 20, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120222324/http://dleague.nba.com/transactions/ |archive-date=November 20, 2016 }}</ref>
===Bursaspor (2019–2021)=== On August 28, 2019, Jones signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Super League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BsBasketbol/status/1166633963160555520|title=Perry Jones Bursaspor Basketbol'da!|language=TR|date=August 28, 2019|website=Bursaspor Basketbol on Twitter|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/bursaspor-sign-perry-jones/|title=Bursaspor sign Perry Jones|date=August 28, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 28, 2019|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|archive-date=August 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828095323/https://sportando.basketball/en/bursaspor-sign-perry-jones/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===s.Oliver Würzburg (2021)=== On January 29, 2021, s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) announced the signing of Jones.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EIN NEUZUGANG MIT 155 SPIELEN NBA-ERFAHRUNG|url=https://www.soliver-wuerzburg.de/news/newsdetails/ein-neuzugang-mit-155-spielen-nba-erfahrung|date=January 29, 2021|website=soliver-wuerzburg.de|language=DE|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/wurzburg-announces-perry-jones-iii/|title=Würzburg announces Perry Jones III|date=January 29, 2021|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=January 29, 2021 |last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }}</ref>
===Windy City Bulls (2022)=== On January 2, 2022, Jones cleared waivers and was acquired by the Windy City Bulls via the available player pool.<ref>{{cite web |title=Windy City Bulls Acquire Perry Jones |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/windy-city-bulls-acquire-perry-jones/n-5778093 |website=Our Sports Central |access-date=January 6, 2022 |date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> He was then later waived on February 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gleague.nba.com/transactions/|website=gleague.nba.com|title=2021–22 NBA G League Transactions|date=February 23, 2022|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>
===Taipei Fubon Braves (2022–2023)=== On April 3, 2022, Jones signed with the Taipei Fubon Braves of Taiwanese P. League+.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fubon Braves sign Perry Jones III|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Taiwan/news/738322/Fubon-Braves-sign-Perry-Jones-III|website=Asia-Basket.com|date=April 3, 2022|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
===TaiwanBeer HeroBears (2023)=== On January 6, 2023, Jones signed with the TaiwanBeer HeroBears of the T1 League.<ref>{{cite news |title=PLG洋將跳槽T1！瓊斯加盟台啤英熊 本周有望戰「魔獸」霍華德 |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2417442 |accessdate=January 6, 2023 |work=ETtoday |date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>
===Kaohsiung Aquas (2023–2024)=== On August 11, 2023, Jones signed with the Kaohsiung Aquas of the T1 League.<ref>{{cite news |title=「冰水」瓊斯轉戰港都 海神4洋將全數到齊 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/7002/7362623 |accessdate=August 11, 2023 |work=United Daily News |date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
===Spartans Distrito Capital (2024)=== On May 26, 2024, Jones signed with the Spartans Distrito Capital of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB).<ref>{{cite news |title=PERRY JONES III SE UNE A LAS FILAS DE SPARTANS DISTRITO CAPITAL |url=https://www.spartansdistritocapital.com/perry-jones-iii-se-une-a-las-filas-de-spartans-distrito-capital/ |accessdate=May 28, 2024 |work=Spartans Distrito Capital |date=May 26, 2024}}</ref>
===Big3 (2019–present)=== Jones has been a regular in the Big3 basketball league. In 2019, he was named co-captain of the Enemies, becoming the youngest captain in league history. Currently, Jones plays for 3's Company alongside Mario Chalmers and Michael Beasley.
==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | {{nbay|2012}} | align="left" | Oklahoma City | 38 || 1 || 7.4 || .394 || .000 || '''.667''' || 1.6 || .3 || .1 || .2 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | {{nbay|2013}} | align="left" | Oklahoma City | '''62''' || 7 || 12.3 || '''.459''' || '''.361''' || '''.667''' || '''1.8''' || '''.4''' || .2 || '''.3''' || 3.5 |- | align="left" | {{nbay|2014}} | align="left" | Oklahoma City | 43 || '''13''' || '''14.7''' || .397 || .233 || .649 || '''1.8''' || '''.4''' || '''.4''' || .2 || '''4.3''' |- | align="center" colspan="2" | '''Career''' | 143 || 21 || 11.7 || .420 || .293 || .660 || 1.8 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 3.4 |- {{s-end}}
===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | 1 || 0 || '''5.0''' || .000 || .000 || .000 || '''1.0''' || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | '''11''' || 0 || '''5.0''' || '''.389''' || '''.300''' || .000 || .8 || '''.1''' || .0 || '''.1''' || '''1.5''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 12 || 0 || 5.0 || .368 || .300 || .000 || .8 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.4 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Portal|Sports}} *{{basketballstats|nba=203103|bbr=j/jonespe01}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226151815/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jonesiii_perry00.html Baylor Bears bio] *[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/perry-jones NBADraft.net Profile] *[http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=3102078 Scout.com Profile] *[https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Perry-Jones-65889 Rivals.com Profile]
{{2012 NBA draft}}
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