Michael Jones is an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player who played for the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

. He went to high school at Thayer Academy

Thayer Academy

Thayer Academy is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, the father of the United States Military Academy, was founded in 1877...

 in Braintree

Braintree, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. Due to his success there, he was invited to the McDonald's All-American Game. According to Joe Benson's recruiting website Scout.com

Scout.com

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, he was the second best shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 in the country coming out of high school, behind LeBron James

LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...

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On December 13, 2006, Jones earned sole possession of the all-time University of Maryland record by making nine 3-pointers in a game.

He was originally projected to be a late 2nd round pick in the NBA Draft

NBA Draft

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. After going undrafted in 2007, Jones made the decision to play abroad, signing with Turkish professional team Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi

Mersin Büyüksehir Belediyesi

Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK also known simply as Mersin BB is a basketball team based in the city of Mersin in Turkey, currently playing in the Turkish Basketball League. It is sponsorship by Mersin Metropolitan Municipality.-History:Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi was founded in 1993...

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Jones was signed to the Cyprus

Cyprus

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-based APOEL

APOEL B.C.

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 team in January 2008, where he played along with former University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

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 guard Tyson Wheeler

Tyson Wheeler

Tyson Aaron Wheeler is an American professional basketball player. A 5'10" , 165 lb point guard, he played four years at the University of Rhode Island basketball team from 1994 to 1998...

. He is currently with the CSU Asesoft

CSU Asesoft

CSU Asesoft is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Ploieşti, Romania. The club competes in the Romanian Basketball Division A, and is the most successful club of the last decade, winning 7 consecutive championships between 2004-2010 and 6 Romanian cups...

 team in Romania

Romania

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, where he is expected to play for the 2008-09 basketball season.