Dominique O'Neal Jones is an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player for the Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

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. A noted scorer in college, Jones led the Big East conference in scoring average in 2009–2010.

Freshman

Jones entered USF and started every game during his first season. He scored 17.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

Sophomore

In Jones's second season, the sophomore improved his scoring (18.1), rebounds (5.6) and assists (3.9) averages.

Junior

Prior to the 2009–2010 season, Jones was named to the preseason All Big East team. He subsequently led the Big East Conference in scoring while averaging 21.4 points while also grabbing 6.1 rebounds and giving 3.6 assists. He scored a season high 46 points in a 109–105 win over the Providence Friars

Providence Friars

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. USF went 20–13 and Jones was named to the 1st team All-Big East team. He led the team with the most points in a game.

NBA

He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

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 with the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft

2010 NBA Draft

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. The Grizzlies traded his rights to the Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

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 for cash considerations, reported to be around $3 million.

On November 30, 2010, the Mavericks assigned Jones to the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League, only to be called up early January 2011 after an injury to Caron Butler

Caron Butler

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. He scored nine points in his return, in a 104–95 Dallas win over the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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. A foot injury sidelined him for much of the season after averaging 2.3 points in 18 games.