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Willie Jones

Age 89 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 84 kg · Born Jun 29, 1936 · Northwestern

8.3 PPG 2.9 RPG 2.2 APG 168 games 3 seasons

Career snapshot

3seasons
168games
1,402career pts
10.8PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 168 games · 1962-63–1964-65

Position rank · 1963-64

#20PPG rank
#10PER rank
#27WS rank
Among 29 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 9.2 1962-63 · DET
RPG 3.3 1963-64 · DET
APG 2.4 1962-63 · DET
PER 13.1 1962-63 · DET
WS 1.3 1962-63 · DET

Draft

1960
Round 5 · Pick 36
from Northwestern

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1962-63 – 1964-65 · 3 seasons
8.3 PPG 2.9 RPG 2.2 APG
168 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1962-63 DET 79 0 18.6 9.2 2.9 2.4 0.0 0.0 41.8 0.0 72.0 13.1 1.3
1963-64 DET 77 0 20.0 8.2 3.3 2.2 0.0 0.0 39.0 0.0 70.9 10.9 -0.2
1964-65 DET 12 0 8.4 3.7 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 40.4 0.0 33.3 8.3 0.0

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Born on June 29

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About Willie Jones

William A. Jones is former NBA basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. Jones was drafted with the fourth pick in the fifth round of the 1960 NBA draft by the Pistons. In five seasons with the Pistons, Jones averaged 7.4 points per game, 2.0 assists per game and 2.8 rebounds per game.