Ryan Nicholas Jones (born March 28, 1945) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
He played in both the
National Basketball Association
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and
American Basketball Association
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for a number of teams between 1967 and 1972.
[
Nick is the brother of ]Steve Jones Steve or Steven Jones may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Steve Jones (English presenter) (born 1945), English musician, disk jockey, television presenter, and voice-over artist
*Steve Jones (musician) (born 1955), English rock and roll guita ...
, another former NBA and ABA player.[
]
References
1945 births
Living people
Basketball players from Portland, Oregon
American men's basketball players
Dallas Chaparrals players
Golden State Warriors players
Miami Floridians players
Oregon Ducks men's basketball players
Point guards
San Diego Rockets draft picks
San Diego Rockets players
San Francisco Warriors players
Shooting guards
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