Rich Jones (basketball)

Rich Jones

Personal information
Born	(1946-12-27) December 27, 1946 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Lester (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Illinois (1965–1967) Memphis (1968–1969)
NBA draft	1969: 5th round, 58th overall pick
Drafted by	Phoenix Suns
Playing career	1969–1977
Position	Power forward / center
Number	33
Career history
1969–1970	Pallacanestro Varese
1970–1973	Dallas / Texas Chaparrals
1973–1975	San Antonio Spurs
1975–1977	New York Nets
Career highlights
European Champions Cup winner (1969-1970) ABA champion (1976) 2× ABA All-Star (1973, 1974) Second-team Parade All-American (1964)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	7,922 (15.6 ppg)
Rebounds	3,759 (7.4 rpg)
Assists	1,394 (2.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Richard Wesley "House" Jones (born December 27, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'6" forward from the University of Memphis, Jones played parts of seven seasons (1970–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Dallas/Texas Chaparrals, the San Antonio Spurs, and the New York Nets. He won an ABA Championship with the Nets in 1976 and appeared in two ABA All-Star Games.

Jones also played one season for the Nets in the National Basketball Association after the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. In his ABA/NBA career, he averaged 15.6 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game.

The final score of Game 6 of 1976 ABA Finals was 112–106 with the Nets winning the ABA Championship over the Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2, in New York at the Nassau Coliseum. With 4 seconds left in the game, Jones, number 33 for the Nets that season, scored the last basket making him the last player to score points in the ABA.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
*	Led the league

†	Denotes seasons in which Brown's team won an ABA championship

ABA/NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1969–70	Dallas (ABA)	2	25.0	.450	–	.909	11.5	.5			14.0
1970–71	Texas (ABA)	79	26.3	.408	.347	.761	6.6	2.3			12.0
1971–72	Dallas (ABA)	82	35.8	.451	.298	.760	8.5	2.7			14.3
1972–73	Dallas (ABA)	67	40.2	.413	.339	.783	10.0	4.1			22.3
1973–74	San Antonio (ABA)	78	36.4	.434	.283	.772	7.4	3.4	.9	.2	15.6
1974–75	San Antonio (ABA)	83	37.3	.439	.260	.767	7.8	3.3	1.1	.4	19.3
1975–76†	N.Y. Nets (ABA)	83	29.2	.382	.224	.762	5.2	1.6	1.0	.3	13.2
1976–77	N.Y. Nets	34	25.8	.385		.760	5.7	1.4	1.1	.3	10.6
Career (ABA)		474	34.0	.422	.303	.770	7.5	2.8	1.0	.3	16.0
Career (overall)		508	33.4	.420	.303	.769	7.4	2.7	1.0	.3	15.6
All-Star (ABA)		2	16.5	.105	.000	–	6.0	1.5	.0	.5	2.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1970	Dallas (ABA)	6	15.2	.400	.000	.500	3.8	.8			6.0
1971	Texas (ABA)	4	25.8	.300	.250	.733	5.5	2.5			9.3
1972	Dallas (ABA)	4	36.3	.395	.250	.500	8.0	3.5			9.5
1974	San Antonio (ABA)	7	34.1	.516	.333	.828	6.6	2.6	.7	.3	17.3
1975	San Antonio (ABA)	6	29.7	.323	.143	.286	7.5	2.5	1.2	.7	10.5
1976	N.Y. Nets (ABA)	12	35.1	.373	.133	.667	7.3	2.3	1.8	.7	13.7
Career (overall)		39	30.2	.388	.184	.674	6.5	2.3	1.3	.6	11.8

External links

• Career statistics