Fred Jones
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| Position | Shooting guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Team | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | March 11, 1979 (age 28) Malvern, Arkansas |
| College | Oregon |
| Draft | 14th overall, 2002 Indiana Pacers |
| Pro career | 2002–present |
| Former teams | Indiana Pacers (2002–2006) Toronto Raptors (2006–2007) |
| Awards | 2004 NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner |
Frederick (Fred) Terrell Jones (born March 11, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who plays at the shooting guard position for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.
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[edit] Early career
Born in Malvern, Arkansas, he moved to Portland, Oregon in middle school and became the Oregon High School Player of the Year for Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, a suburb of Portland. He then went on to play four seasons at the University of Oregon, where, during his senior year, he led the Ducks to the Elite Eight. Widely considered to be an underachiever his first three years at Oregon in part due to his tremendous athletic ability, Jones jumped onto the national radar screen as a senior, where he was a candidate for Pac-10 Player of the Year after averaging 18.6 points per game.
[edit] NBA career
Jones was the 14th pick in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He played sparingly as a rookie, averaging only 1.2 points per game in 19 appearances while playing behind Reggie Miller. That scoring average increased to nearly 5 points per game in his second year while appearing in 81 games. He more than doubled his averages during the 2004-05 season (to 10.6 ppg), partly due to fellow teammate and shooting guard Ron Artest being banned for the season for his involvement in The Malice at The Palace incident. In his first start after the incident, Jones scored a career high 31 points against the Orlando Magic, establishing himself as one of the team's primary scoring weapons in the absence of its stars.
In 2004 he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, beating out two-time champion Jason Richardson.
In the 2006 off-season, the Toronto Raptors signed Fred Jones.[1]
On February 22, 2007, the Raptors traded Jones to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for guard Juan Dixon.[2]
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| 2002 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Yao Ming | Jay Williams | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. | Drew Gooden | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Dajuan Wagner | Maybyner "Nene" Hilario | Chris Wilcox | Amare Stoudemire | Caron Butler | Jared Jeffries | Melvin Ely | Marcus Haislip | Fred Jones | Bostjan Nachbar | Jiri Welsch | Juan Dixon | Curtis Borchardt | Ryan Humphrey | Kareem Rush | Qyntel Woods | Casey Jacobsen | Tayshaun Prince | Nenad Krstić | Frank Williams | John Salmons | Chris Jefferies | Dan Dickau |
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| Second Round Steve Logan | Roger Mason, Jr. | Robert Archibald | Vincent Yarbrough | Dan Gadzuric | Carlos Boozer | Milos Vujanić | David Andersen | Tito Maddox | Rod Grizzard | Juan Carlos Navarro | Mario Kasun | Ronald Murray | Jason Jennings | Lonny Baxter | Sam Clancy | Matt Barnes | Jamal Sampson | Chris Owens | Peter Fehse | Darius Songaila | Federico Kammerichs | Marcus Taylor | Rasual Butler | Tamar Slay | Mladen Sekularac | Luis Scola | Randy Holcomb | Corsley Edwards |
Categories: 1979 births | Living people | African American basketball players | American basketball players | Indiana Pacers players | Toronto Raptors players | Portland Trail Blazers players | People from Arkansas | People from Portland, Oregon | NBA Slam Dunk Contest champions | Oregon Ducks men's basketball players
