Larry Jones is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

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 player. He played professionally in the NBA and ABA

American Basketball Association

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, from 1964 to 1974.

A 6'3" guard from the University of Toledo

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, Jones started and ended his career with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers

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, who drafted him in 1964. However, Jones would have his best years in the rival ABA, playing for the Denver Rockets, The Floridians, the Dallas Chaparrals

San Antonio Spurs

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, and the Utah Stars

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 from 1967 to 1973. A high-scoring jump shooter, he averaged at least 22 points per game during each of his first four seasons in the league, and during one stretch with the Rockets in 1968, he scored at least 30 points in 23 consecutive games. He was also named to four ABA All-Star

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 teams, and he was the first president of the ABA Player's Association. Upon retiring from professional basketball in 1974, Jones had tallied 10,505 combined NBA/ABA career points. Larry is now a substitute teacher in Columbus City Schools.

Stats

Season	Team	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	PPG
1964-65	76ers	23	15.6	2.5	1.7	5.7
1967-68	Rockets	76	40.6	7.9	3.6	22.9
1968-69	Rockets	75	40.6	6.6	3.4	28.4
1969-70	Rockets	75	40.4	5.2	5.7	24.9
1970-71	Floridians	76	43.0	5.4	4.6	24.3
1971-72	Floridians	66	34.2	4.7	3.2	17.6
1972-73	Chaparrals/Stars	80	21.3	3.0	2.6	8.7
1973-74	76ers	72	26.1	2.6	3.2	10.0
Career	8 Seasons	551	34.4	4.9	3.7	19.1

External links

• Career stats at basketball-reference.com
• Larry Jones at Remember the ABA