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Joshua Jones Basketball Career

Born: June 29, 1983
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Outlook:
A very athletic and physical presence on the court who is very agile (39” vertical), but also is a player who can play either wing positions on the court with equal ability. Has excellent court awareness, and has a great basketball IQ. Josh possesses the quickness and outside shooting ability that makes him a great scoring threat. Josh is an excellent scorer. He can create his own shot as well as come off of screens, and also has a great ability to create shots for others. He has great range as a shooter and is lights out from anywhere on the court. What makes him so valuable is that he can post up smaller defenders on the block and blow by bigger defenders on the perimeter. Has a very good pull up jump shot which allows him to stop at the drop of a dime and shoot over defenders. Josh is a tremendous defensive player who runs the floor well, rebounds with tenacity, plays the game hard, is disciplined and plays within himself, is a good ball handler and passer, has the ability to create his own offense, possesses a consistent midrange jumper and shoots the three at a high percentage. Over the past summer Josh has been working out twice a day with former point guard and NBA head coach John Lucas.
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Career:
2001-2003: Dillard (NAIA): 19pts, 6rebs, 4assists
2003-2004: Arkansas Tech (NCAA2): 9 games: 16.3ppg, 6.9rpg, 1.3spg, FGP: 38.3%, 3PT: 37.0%, FT: 73.5%
2004-2005: Houston Baptist (NAIA): 18pts, 5rebs, 3assists
2005-2006: Florida Marlins
2006: TGBTG Basketball Team (CHN, Tour): 16.0ppg, 6.0rpg, 4.0apg
2006: Pinotepa Basketball Team (Mexico): 20.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 4.0apg
2007: Morelia Tarascos (Mexico-CIMEBA): 28.0ppg, 7.0rpg
2007: Doha invitational tournament: 32pts, 7reb, 4asts
2007-2008: Houston Takers (ABA), left in Nov.'07, in Jan.'08 moved to Gasco (Egypt-Superleague, starting five): Score-1(21.0ppg), 6.0rpg, 5.0apg (leading scorer of the team)
2008: Xingjiang Tigers Divisional One CBA Invitational Tournament (Zheijing, China): 23pts, 10rebs, 4assists
2008-2009: Houston Takers (ABA), in Dec.'08 moved to Al Ahli Sports Club (Qatar-D1, starting five): 26pts, 7rebs, 6assists; Play-Offs: Score-1(30pts), 6rebs, 5assists, 2steals; Asian Club Championships: 6 games: 20.5ppg, 4.2rpg, 1.7apg, 2FGP: 38.8%, 3PT: 31.3%, FT: 50.0%, then in April '09 signed at Al Arabi Club (Qatar-D1): Asian games: 40pts
2009-2010: Houston Takers (ABA)
2010-2011: Al Yarmouk (Syria-D1, starting five), in Feb.'11 moved to Houston Red Storm (ABA)
2011-2012: Stade Nabeulien (Tunisia-D1, starting five)
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Awards/Achievements:
Greater Texas High School All State First Team -01
Postseason NAIA first team All American -03
Street and Smiths Magazine Pre-Season NCAA Division II preseason All America -04
CBA division one professional tour MVP -07
Mexico Cimeba League All Star Team -07
MVP of the Houston Takers ABA Team -07
Asian Club Championships -09 (Bronze)
Tunisian League Finalist -12