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James Jones #22<br />
3RD SEASON • MIAMI (FLA.) • G/F • 6-8 • 220<br />
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: 1 YEAR, 13 GAMES<br />
2005-06 REGULAR SEASON: Has increased his scoring average in each of his three <strong>NBA</strong> seasons, including a career-high 9.3 points (prev.<br />
4.7 in 2004-05) in his first season with Phoenix in 2005-06… Also posted personal bests in rebounding (3.4), blocks (0.65), three-point field<br />
goals made (110) and minutes played (23.6)... Scored in double figures 34 times, 20-plus points six times... Tallied a season-high 22 points<br />
off the bench twice (at Denver on Jan. 10 and vs. Portland on Dec. 6)… Notched his only two double-doubles of the season (third and fourth<br />
of his career) in the season’s final two games... Recorded first as a Sun vs. New Orleans/Oklahoma City on April 17 with 20 points, seasonhigh<br />
10 rebounds and a career-high five assists... Followed with 11 points and a season-high tying 10 rebounds in the regular season finale at<br />
Portland on April 19... Was fouled on three 3-point field goal attempts at Denver on Jan. 10 and finished with nine free throws made on 11<br />
free throws attempts, both career highs, and added a season-high 22 points… Scored 17 of his 20 points at Miami on Jan. 26, in the second<br />
quarter… Made at least one three-point field goal 47 times, multiple treys 29 times… Connected on career-high tying six three-point field<br />
goals vs. Portland on Dec. 6 (other, Indiana at Seattle, Nov. 28, 2004)… Posted back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in his <strong>NBA</strong><br />
career vs. Atlanta on Dec. 4 and vs. Portland on Dec. 6… Missed a total of seven games due to injury (four games due to a sprained right<br />
ankle from Dec. 12-17, two games due to right wrist sprain from Feb. 16-22 and one game due to right second metatarsal phalangeal joint on<br />
March 6)... Acquired from Indiana on Aug. 25, 2005 in exchange for a 2008 second-round pick.<br />
CAREER PLAYOFFS: Is making his second playoff appearance, first with Phoenix... Scored in double figures twice in 13 postseason games<br />
with the Pacers, including playoff-highs of 11 points and nine rebounds vs. Boston on April 30, 2005.<br />
CAREER NOTES: Originally selected by Indiana in the second round (49th overall) in 2003 <strong>NBA</strong> Draft... Surpassed his rookie averages in<br />
almost every major statistical category in his second <strong>NBA</strong> season with Indiana… Averaged 4.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists and .398<br />
shooting in 17.7 minutes over 75 games (24 starts) in sophomore season in 2004-05… Led the Pacers and ranked 25th in the <strong>NBA</strong> with a<br />
.398 three-point field goal percentage in 2004-05… Was one of only two Pacers’ players (along with Stephen Jackson) to make a career-high<br />
six three-point field goals, as he shot 6 of 9 at Seattle on Nov. 28… In that game against the Sonics, he tallied a career-high 27 points…<br />
Registered his first career start on Nov. 20 vs. Orlando, only one day after the incident at Detroit… In that game, responded with his first<br />
career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against the Magic… He topped that game against Boston on Nov. 23 with<br />
his second double-double of the season with 22 points and 10 rebounds… Scored in double figures 13 times, including seven times during a<br />
12-game stretch in late November and early December… It featured his first two 20-plus point games when the Pacers were shorthanded<br />
without Ron Artest, Jermaine O’Neal and Jackson … Started the first seven games after the Detroit incident and made 21 starts in 29 games<br />
after Nov. 19… In his 24 total starts, he averaged 7.1 points and 3.7 rebounds… In sparse action as an <strong>NBA</strong> rookie, averaged 1.2 points on 2-<br />
9 shooting (.222) in 4.3 minutes in six games as a reserve in 2003-04… After spending the first 28 games of his rookie season on the injured<br />
list with a strained left hamstring, he was activated on Dec. 23, 2003 and made his regular season debut at Milwaukee on Dec. 26.<br />
PERSONAL: Full name is James Andrew Jones… Nicknamed Junior… He and his wife Destiny have a daughter, Jadynn… Parents are Earl<br />
and Jennifer J. Harris… His aunt Lisa Jones played basketball at the University of Miami from 1988-90… Majored in finance and was a<br />
member of the National Honor Society at the University of Miami with a 3.41 GPA… Enjoys fishing, bowling and water skiing…. Uncle is<br />
former MLB infielder Ricky Gutierrez, who played 12 seasons from 1993-2004 with San Diego, Houston, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland, New York<br />
Mets and Boston… Was a four-year letter winner at American Senior High School in Miami and was the Class 6A Player of the Year in Florida<br />
in 1999.<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS — AVERAGES —<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
03-04 INDIANA 6 26 2-9 .222 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 7 0.3 0.0 1.2<br />
04-05 INDIANA 75 1330 126-318 .396 53-62 .855 39-135 174 57 31 28 43 371 2.3 0.8 4.9<br />
05-06 PHOENIX 75 1772 243-581 .418 103-121 .851 44-209 253 57 38 49 35 699 3.4 0.8 9.3<br />
TOTALS 156 3128 371-908 .409 158-185 .854 83-346 429 114 70 77 78 1077 2.8 0.7 6.9<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2003-04, 1-4 (.250). 2004-05, 66-166 (.398). 2005-06, 110-285 (.386). TOTALS: 177-455 (.389).<br />
PERSONAL FOULS-DQS: 2003-04, 1-0. 2004-05, 123-1 2005-06, 142-0. TOTALS: 266-1.<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> PLAYOFF STATS<br />
REBOUNDS — AVERAGES —<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
04-05 INDIANA 13 214 19-46 .413 4-9 .444 5-22 27 10 7 7 4 52 2.1 0.8 4.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2004-05, 10-25 (.400).<br />
PERSONAL FOULS-DQS: 2004-05, 18-0.<br />
PHOENIX SUNS 24<br />
<strong>2006</strong> PLAYOFF MEDIA GUIDE
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