{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1947)}} {{for|the American college basketball coach|Wil Jones (basketball coach)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Wil Jones | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 205 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|02|27}} | birth_place = McGehee, Arkansas, U.S. | high_school = Desha Central (Rohwer, Arkansas) | college = Albany State (1966–1969) | draft_year = 1969 | draft_round = 5 | draft_pick = 69 | draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers | career_start = 1969 | career_end = 1978 | career_number = 14, 11, 22, 24 | career_position = Power forward | years1 = 1969–1970 | team1 = Miami Floridians | years2 = 1970–1974 | team2 = Memphis Pros / Tams | years3 = 1974–1976 | team3 = Kentucky Colonels | years4 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}} | team4 = Indiana Pacers | years5 = {{nbay|1977|full=y}} | team5 = Buffalo Braves | highlights = * ABA champion (1975) * ABA All-Star (1972) * ABA All-Defensive First Team (1975) | stats_league = ABA and NBA | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 8,482 (11.7 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 5,560 (7.7 rpg) | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 1,446 (2.0 apg) }} '''Wilbert Jones''' (born February 27, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Albany State Golden Rams.
==Career== A 6'8" forward born in McGehee, Arkansas, and played college basketball at Albany State University,<ref name="BR profile">{{cite basketball-reference |id=j/joneswi02 |name=Wil Jones |accessdate=May 30, 2022}}</ref> he was named a Little All-American by UPI for the 1968–69 season, as the Golden Rams won their third consecutive Southeastern Athletic Conference regular season title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102835309/jones-first-upi-all-college-pick-since/ |title=Jones First UPI All-College Pick Since Monroe |newspaper=Pittsburgh Courier |agency=Associated Press |page=15 |date=March 22, 1969 |accessdate=May 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Jones was drafted in the fifth round of the 1969 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and by the Miami Floridians in the 1969 ABA Draft.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102836902/miami-talking-about-jones-boy/ |title=Miami Talking About Jones Boy |first=Jim |last=O'Brien |newspaper=The Miami News |department=Sports |page=1-B |date=May 16, 1969 |accessdate=May 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Jones played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Miami Floridians, Memphis Pros/Tams and Kentucky Colonels.<ref name="BR profile" />
After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 Jones was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the ABA dispersal draft<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102836475/pacers-draft-wilbert-jones-and-are/ |title=Pacers Draft Wilbert Jones And Are Seeking Steve Green |author=<!--None listed--> |newspaper=Palladium-Item |agency=United Press International |page=15 |date=August 6, 1976 |accessdate=May 30, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and played two seasons (1976–1978) in the National Basketball Association for the Indiana Pacers and Buffalo Braves.<ref name="BR profile" />
Jones won the 1975 ABA Championship with the 1974–75 Kentucky Colonels,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/KEN/1975.html |title=1974–75 Kentucky Colonels Roster and Stats |work=Basketball-Reference.com |accessdate=May 30, 2022}}</ref> and was named to the 1975 ABA All-Defense Team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/ABA_1975.html |title=1974–75 ABA Season Summary |work=Basketball-Reference.com |accessdate=May 30, 2022}}</ref> In his ABA/NBA career, he tallied 8,482 total points, 5,560 total rebounds and 1,446 total assists.<ref name="BR profile" />
His brothers Caldwell Jones, Charles Jones and Major Jones all played in the NBA.<ref name="BR profile" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/joneswi02.html Career statistics] at basketball-reference.com *[http://www.remembertheaba.com/TributeMaterial/WJones.html Profile] at Remember the ABA
{{Kentucky Colonels 1974–75 ABA Champions}}
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