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K.C. Jones

Guard  at Boston Celtics
Age94
NationalityUSA
Height185 cm (6'1")
Weight91 kg
BornMay 25, 1932
CollegeSan Francisco
Career
7.3PPG
3.6RPG
4.4APG
440 games · 6 seasons

Career snapshot

6seasons
440games
3,197career pts
10.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 440 games · 1958-59–1965-66

Position rank · 1965-66

#20PPG rank
#11PER rank
#5WS rank
Among 30 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 8.6 1965-66 · BOS
RPG 4.7 1963-64 · BOS
APG 6.3 1965-66 · BOS
PER 12.6 1959-60 · BOS
WS 6.7 1964-65 · BOS

Draft

1956
Round 2 · Pick 0
from San Francisco

Honors & awards

1×
Basketball Hall of Fame
1989

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1958-59 – 1965-66 · 6 seasons
7.3 PPG 3.6 RPG 4.4 APG
440 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1958-59 BOS 49 0 12.4 3.5 2.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 33.9 0.0 60.3 9.5 0.8
1959-60 BOS 74 0 17.2 6.3 2.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 40.8 0.0 75.3 12.6 3.7
1962-63 BOS 79 0 24.6 7.2 3.3 4.0 0.0 0.0 38.9 0.0 63.3 9.8 3.6
1963-64 BOS 80 0 30.3 8.2 4.7 5.1 0.0 0.0 39.2 0.0 52.4 10.4 5.8
1964-65 BOS 78 0 31.2 8.3 4.1 5.6 0.0 0.0 39.6 0.0 63.0 10.9 6.7
1965-66 BOS 80 0 33.9 8.6 3.8 6.3 0.0 0.0 38.8 0.0 69.0 10.9 6.6

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About K.C. Jones

K.C. Jones Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships. As a player, he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. He is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships, and one of eight players to ever achieve the basketball Triple Crown. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Mem