Edward Charles Jones (born October 20, 1971) is an American former professional

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player who played for five teams in his 14-year

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(NBA) career. Jones played

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and was the 1993–94 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year. He led the ''Owls'' to the Elite 8 in the

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tournament. The three-time

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was selected 10th overall in the

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by the

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College career

Jones played college basketball for

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from 1991 to 1994. In his junior season, he led them to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, and in his final season with the Owls he averaged 19.2 points. In 1994, he was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

Professional career

Los Angeles Lakers (1994–1999)

The

selected Jones with the 10th overall selection in the

. Lakers

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stated, "We wanted the best pure athlete available, and Eddie was too good to pass up". In his rookie season Jones averaged 14.0 points per game and 2.05 steals per game as he played in 64 games, 58 of which he started. He also led the NBA in steal/turnover ratio (1.75), placed 4th in the

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ballot, and was on the 1994–95

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. In the 94–95 All-Star weekend

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he won the MVP, posting a game-high 25 points, 6 steals, and 4 rebounds. With his combination of size, athleticism, and defense, Jones began to draw favorable comparisons to another former Lakers great,

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. (Cooper himself said that looking at Jones on the court was like "looking in a mirror.") Jones would become an integral part of the Lakers squad, along with

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and

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as the Lakers made the playoffs and upset the

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in the first round 3–1 before facing the top-seeded

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led by league MVP

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. The younger Lakers managed to push the Spurs to six games before losing the series, with Jones averaging 8.7 points off the bench in his first playoff run. The following year featured Jones solidifying his position as the team's starting shooting guard, as Jones started 66 of 70 games and averaged 12.8 points a game for the season. The Lakers improved their total record to 53 wins, bolstered by the midseason return of franchise legend

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out of retirement. The Lakers made the playoffs again, but could not defeat the defending NBA champion

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, who defeated the Lakers 3–1 in the first round. Jones averaged 17.3 points in the series. After his second season, Jones switched from number 25 to 6, as the Lakers had retired 25 for

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. He selected 6 as growing up he was a fan of Julius Erving. In the off-season, the team acquired superstar center

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, and traded

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to the Hornets for rookie guard

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. Jones played and started in 80 games, placing second in the team in scoring with 17.2 points and fourth in the league in steals with 2.4 a game. He also played in his first

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, scoring 10 points in 17 minutes in the 1997 NBA All-Star Game. Led by O'Neal, the Lakers won 56 games before defeating the

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in the first round of the playoffs, but fell to the top-seeded

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in five games in the conference semifinals. Jones struggled in the playoffs, as his scoring average fell to 11.2 in the postseason. In the 1997–98 season, Jones averaged 16.9 points with 2 steals a game, and scored 15 points with 11 rebounds in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. His pesky defense also earned him a selection to the

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. The Lakers won 61 games and defeated Portland and Seattle in the first and second round of the playoffs. The team failed to win a game in the conference finals against the Jazz, however, as the veteran team swept the Lakers. Jones averaged 17 points with 2 steals in 13 playoff games.

Charlotte Hornets (1999–2000)

The following season would be shortened to 50 games due to a league lockout, with Jones starting the first 20 games of the season before he and

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were traded to the

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for

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, and

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on March 10, 1999. Jones started in 30 games for the remainder of the season with the Hornets, who did not make the playoffs, but Jones placed second in the league in steals with 2.5 a game and made the All-Defensive team for the second straight year. Jones's following campaign with the Hornets, the 1999–2000 season, was his finest statistically, as he averaged 20.1 points, led the league in total steals (192) and steals per game (2.7) along with 4.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game. Jones was also voted to start at guard for the Eastern Conference in the

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and scored 10 points in 21 minutes. The Hornets won 49 games and made the playoffs, losing in the first round to the

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in four games. At the end of the season, Jones was named to the All-NBA Third Team for the first time and was named to his third straight All-Defensive second team. Jones became a free agent after the 2000 season, and talked with the

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and

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, but wanted to play for his hometown of Miami.

Miami Heat (2000–2005)

After re-signing with the Hornets, he was traded with Anthony Mason to the

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for

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and PJ Brown. The acquisition of Jones was an attempt by Heat coach

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to improve his team into a title contender. Before the start of the 2000–01 season however, the team's star center

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was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, meaning Jones would have to carry the team's offensive load even more than originally intended. He would go on to play consistently at both ends of the floor, however, averaging 17.4 points a game and leading the team in scoring despite only playing in 63 games for the season. Jones and Mason led the team to 50 wins, and Mourning returned in late March, but the Heat were swept in the first round of the playoffs to the sixth-seeded Hornets, despite Jones averaging 19 points in the three game series. Mourning returned to full action in the 2001–02 season, and Jones started 81 games for the team and led in scoring again with 18.3 points a game. The Heat failed to make the playoffs however, and with Mourning's disease returning he would be left out of the entire 2002–03 season, forcing Miami to enter a rebuilding phase. Jones only played in 47 contests in the 2003 season due to his own injuries, but once again led the team in scoring with 18.5 points a game. In the off-season, Riley revamped the roster, as Mourning left to join the

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while Miami drafted

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and acquired

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from the

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to join Jones and second year player

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. Riley also stepped down as coach just before the season started, with longtime assistant

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taking the helm. Despite starting the season 0–7, the 2003–04 season proved to be a success for Miami, with Jones sharing a balanced offensive attack with Wade, Butler and Odom but still leading the team in overall scoring with 17.3 points a game. Jones finished 3rd in the league in total three point field goals, and Miami finished the season with a 42–40 record to make the playoffs with the fourth seed in the East. The Heat would go on to defeat the

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in a difficult 7 game series in the first round in which the home team won each game, before losing in six games to the top-seeded

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in the conference semifinals. Jones averaged 13.2 in the postseason. In the off-season prior to the 2004–05 season, Miami made major roster changes, trading Odom and Butler along with center

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for

, Jones's old Lakers teammate. Although Jones started the season at the shooting guard position, he would move to the small forward position with Wade taking over as the team's starting shooting guard. The result was a blossoming season for Wade combined with the dominating presence of O'Neal. Jones saw his scoring output dip to 12.7 points a game, but he remained a crucial 3 point shooting option for Miami as the team won 59 games and the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Near the end of the season the Heat also brought back Alonzo Mourning, and the team would sweep New Jersey and the

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in the playoffs before facing the defending NBA champion

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. The Heat took a 3–2 series lead after five games, but faced difficulties with an injury to Wade, and the Pistons rallied to win game 6 in Detroit and game 7 in Miami. Jones averaged 13.7 points throughout the playoffs.

Memphis Grizzlies (2005–2007)

Miami was disappointed to have just missed a chance to make the NBA Finals, and Riley decided to part ways with Jones after five seasons as he was dealt to the

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for James Posey and Jason Williams on August 2, 2005 in a record five-team, thirteen-player trade. On November 4, 2005, Jones scored a game-leading 25 points as the Grizzlies beat the

94–85. His first season in Memphis, Jones started in 75 games in total, averaging 11.8 points with 1.7 steals a game as the Grizzlies made the playoffs but were swept in the first round by the

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. Jones started in 14 of 29 games the following year for the Grizzlies, before getting waived by the team on January 30, 2007.

Return to Miami (2007)

On February 1, 2007, Jones signed a minimum contract for his second stint with the Miami Heat, playing increasing minutes after Wade's shoulder injury. The Heat had won the NBA title the previous year, but struggled throughout the season with injuries to Wade, as Miami fell in a four-game sweep to the

in the first round.

Dallas Mavericks (2007–2008)

After the 2006–07 season ended, Jones became an unrestricted free agent. On August 3, 2007, Jones agreed to a two-year deal with the

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Retrieved August 4, 2007. On October 10, 2008, Jones was traded to the

. After being traded to the Pacers, Jones had his contract renegotiated which enabled him to pursue playing for another team or retire. On October 16, 2008, he was released from the Pacers in order for them to free up cap room.

Media and endorsements

Jones appeared in a comical

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commercial that features several people who were related to the Lakers organization at the time. The commercial focuses on Shaquille O'Neal suffering from Taco Neck Syndrome. Along with

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, Jones appeared in a commercial for the Air Jordan XVI. Jones was the cover athlete for the 989 Sports basketball game ''NBA ShootOut '97''. He was also one of the original players chosen to endorse

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, and wear the "Jordan XI". Jones appeared on the sitcom '' In the House''. On June 8, 2009, Jones was featured in the

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show called ''

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''. As one of the pros, he was teamed with his former Miami Heat teammates

and

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Personal life

Jones and his wife Trina have three children together. Jones is the cousin of

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of the

and

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of the

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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College career

Professional career

Los Angeles Lakers (1994–1999)

Charlotte Hornets (1999–2000)

Miami Heat (2000–2005)

Memphis Grizzlies (2005–2007)

Return to Miami (2007)

Dallas Mavericks (2007–2008)

Media and endorsements

Personal life

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

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