Nationality American Name Wali Jones Education Villanova University Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Role Basketball player Children Askia Jones | Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg) Height 1.88 m Awards NBA All-Rookie Team College Villanova (1961–1964) Weight 82 kg | |
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Born February 14, 1942 (age 82)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1942-02-14 ) High school Overbrook
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) NBA draft 1964 / Round: 3 / Pick: 18th overall Position Point guard, Shooting guard | ||
Wali jones biography
Walter Jones (born February 14, 1942) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) guard.
Born in Philadelphia, Jones played at Overbrook High School, the same school that had produced Wilt Chamberlain a few years earlier. He played college ball for coach Jack Kraft at Villanova University.
In his first NBA season, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. The next season, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers where he would play for the next six years.
Jones and Hal Greer were the starting guards on the 1966–67 76ers team that also featured Chamberlain, Chet Walker, Lucious Jackson and Billy Cunningham. That team went 68-13 during the regular season, then easily won three playoff series in dethroning the eight-time defending NBA champion Boston Celtics. Jones made the 76ers' starting lineup after Larry Costello tore his Achilles tendon on January 6, 1967.
Later, Jones played for the Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Stars.
Jones' son Askia is the third-leading scorer in Kansas State University basketball history and played briefly in the NBA himself, with the Minnesota Timberwolves.