Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central

Dwayne
Jones
Forward/Center 6-11 225 Current NBA Season: 6
Born: 6/9/83, Morgantown, WV College: St Joseph’s (PA)
Acquired: Signed as a free agent 8/30/10
Status: Signed through 2010-11
2009-10
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Originally signed by the Suns on April 5, 2010, to a contract for the remainder of the season and was playoff eligible...
Appeared in two regular season games with the Suns, the team’s final two regular season contests, and two playoff
games... Became the 34th GATORADE Call-Up in the NBA in 2009-10 season after spending the regular season with
the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League (see D-League averages below)… Following the season, was traded
by the Suns along with Leandro Barbosa to the Toronto Raptors on July 14 in exchange for Hedo Turkoglu... Signed
as a free agent by the Suns on Aug. 30, 2010 after being waived by the Raptors on Aug. 16.
Pro Career
CAREER NOTES
Has played in 82 NBA games with the Phoenix Suns (2009-10), Boston Celtics (2005-06), Cleveland Cavaliers (2006-
07, 2007-08) and Charlotte Bobcats (2008-09)... Training camp invitee of the San Antonio Spurs and saw action with
the Spurs during the 2009 NBA preseason... Owns NBA career averages of 1.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 7.8 minutes.
NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
2010 D-League All-Star… In his fourth season in the D-League and first full season with Austin in 2009-10, led
the league with 16.0 rebounds, 4.1 boards more than the nearest player… Averaged 17.6 points (18th) and 1.77
blocks (6th) in 40.0 minutes in 48 games (48 starts)… Shot 59.8 percent from the field (3rd)… Tallied a leaguebest
43 double-doubles, 15 more than the nearest player… Scored 20 or more points 20 times and registered 44
double-digit rebounding efforts… 10 rebounding efforts of 20 or more, including three-straight from Dec. 15-26…
Grabbed D-League season-high 27 rebounds at Bakersfield on March 20… Scored 13 points and grabbed seven
rebounds in 21 minutes in the 2010 D-League All-Star Game in Dallas.owns career D-League averages of 14.7 points,
13.7 rebounds and 35.4 minutes in 110 games (106 starts) with the Florida Flame (2005-06), Albuquerque
Thunderbirds (2006-07), Iowa Energy (2008-09), Idaho Stampede (2008-09) and Austin Toros (2008-09, 2009-10).
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NBA Regular Season Statistics
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS – AVERAGES –
YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AST STL BLK PTS RPG APG PPG
05-06 Boston 14 86 4-10 .400 0-0 — 6-13 .462 10-21 31 2 1 3 14 2.2 0.1 1.0
06-07 Cleveland 4 18 0-1 .000 0-0 — 3-6 .500 1-5 6 0 0 0 3 1.5 0.0 0.8
07-08 Cleveland 56 472 25-47 .532 0-1 .000 28-58 .483 69-71 140 10 10 25 78 2.5 0.2 1.4
08-09 Charlotte 6 52 4-7 .571 0-0 — 4-6 .667 6-6 12 0 0 1 12 2.0 0.0 2.0
09-10 Phoenix 2 6 0-0 .000 0-0 — 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0
TOTALS 82 636 33-65 .508 0-1 .000 41-83 .494 86-105 191 12 11 29 107 2.3 0.1 1.3
NBA Playoff Statistics
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS – AVERAGES –
YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AST STL BLK PTS RPG APG PPG
07-08 Cleveland 5 20 1-2 .500 0-0 — 1-2 .500 2-4 6 0 0 1 3 1.2 0.0 0.6
09-10 Phoenix 2 9 1-2 .500 0-0 — 3-4 .750 1-4 5 0 0 0 5 2.5 0.0 2.5
TOTALS 7 29 2-4 .500 0-0 — 4-6 .667 3-8 11 0 0 1 8 1.6 0.0 1.1
Career Highs
POINTS – 9 (12/4/07, Cleveland vs. New Jersey)
FGA – 4 (3 times, last 4/16/08, Cleveland vs. Detroit)
REBOUNDS – 13 (4/17/06, Boston vs. Cleveland)
ASSISTS – 2 (12/2/07, Cleveland at Boston)
BLOCKED SHOTS – 3 (1/31/08, Cleveland at Seattle)
STEALS – 1 (11 times, last 4/16/08, Cleveland vs. Detroit)
FGM – 3 (2 times, last 12/4/07, Cleveland vs. New Jersey)
3-PT FGM – None.
3-PT FGA – 1 (11/20/07, Cleveland vs. Milwaukee)
FTM – 4 (3 times, last 1/30/08, Cleveland at Portland)
FTA – 6 (3 times, last 4/16/08, Cleveland vs. Detroit)
MINUTES – 30 (4/17/06, Boston vs. Cleveland)
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