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Edgar Jones

Edgar Jones Jr. (E.J.)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: June 17, 1956 in Fort Rucker, Alabama
High School: Barringer in Newark, New Jersey
College: University of Nevada, Reno

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (9th pick, 31st overall) of the 1979 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 24 NJN NBA 60 950 189 357 .529 0 4 .000 146 218 .670 92 171 263 43 36 81 101 185 524
1981-82 25 DET NBA 48 19 802 142 259 .548 1 2 .500 90 129 .698 70 137 207 40 28 92 66 149 375
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 28 1658 237 479 .495 2 9 .222 201 286 .703 136 312 448 89 42 108 146 267 677
1982-83 26 DET NBA 49 25 1036 145 294 .493 2 6 .333 117 172 .680 80 191 271 69 28 77 103 160 409
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 28 3 622 92 185 .497 0 3 .000 84 114 .737 56 121 177 20 14 31 43 107 268
1983-84 27 SAS NBA 81 33 1770 322 644 .500 6 19 .316 176 242 .727 143 306 449 85 64 107 125 298 826
1984-85 28 TOT NBA 44 5 769 130 275 .473 0 4 .000 82 111 .739 50 121 171 29 20 29 61 123 342
1984-85 28 SAS NBA 18 1 322 44 91 .484 0 1 .000 41 51 .804 16 46 62 18 9 18 28 52 129
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 26 4 447 86 184 .467 0 3 .000 41 60 .683 34 75 109 11 11 11 33 71 213
1985-86 29 CLE NBA 53 6 1011 187 370 .505 7 23 .304 132 178 .742 71 136 207 45 30 38 64 142 513
Career NBA 363 91 6960 1207 2384 .506 16 61 .262 827 1164 .710 562 1183 1745 331 220 455 563 1164 3257

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 24 NJN NBA 60 15.8 3.2 6.0 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.6 .670 1.5 2.9 4.4 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.7 3.1 8.7
1981-82 25 DET NBA 48 19 16.7 3.0 5.4 .548 0.0 0.0 .500 1.9 2.7 .698 1.5 2.9 4.3 0.8 0.6 1.9 1.4 3.1 7.8
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 28 21.5 3.1 6.2 .495 0.0 0.1 .222 2.6 3.7 .703 1.8 4.1 5.8 1.2 0.5 1.4 1.9 3.5 8.8
1982-83 26 DET NBA 49 25 21.1 3.0 6.0 .493 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.5 .680 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.4 0.6 1.6 2.1 3.3 8.3
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 28 3 22.2 3.3 6.6 .497 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 4.1 .737 2.0 4.3 6.3 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.5 3.8 9.6
1983-84 27 SAS NBA 81 33 21.9 4.0 8.0 .500 0.1 0.2 .316 2.2 3.0 .727 1.8 3.8 5.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 1.5 3.7 10.2
1984-85 28 TOT NBA 44 5 17.5 3.0 6.3 .473 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.5 .739 1.1 2.8 3.9 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.4 2.8 7.8
1984-85 28 SAS NBA 18 1 17.9 2.4 5.1 .484 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 2.8 .804 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.9 7.2
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 26 4 17.2 3.3 7.1 .467 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.3 .683 1.3 2.9 4.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 2.7 8.2
1985-86 29 CLE NBA 53 6 19.1 3.5 7.0 .505 0.1 0.4 .304 2.5 3.4 .742 1.3 2.6 3.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.7 9.7
Career NBA 363 91 19.2 3.3 6.6 .506 0.0 0.2 .262 2.3 3.2 .710 1.5 3.3 4.8 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.6 3.2 9.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 24 NJN NBA 60 950 7.2 13.5 .529 0.0 0.2 .000 5.5 8.3 .670 3.5 6.5 10.0 1.6 1.4 3.1 3.8 7.0 19.9
1981-82 25 DET NBA 48 19 802 6.4 11.6 .548 0.0 0.1 .500 4.0 5.8 .698 3.1 6.1 9.3 1.8 1.3 4.1 3.0 6.7 16.8
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 28 1658 5.1 10.4 .495 0.0 0.2 .222 4.4 6.2 .703 3.0 6.8 9.7 1.9 0.9 2.3 3.2 5.8 14.7
1982-83 26 DET NBA 49 25 1036 5.0 10.2 .493 0.1 0.2 .333 4.1 6.0 .680 2.8 6.6 9.4 2.4 1.0 2.7 3.6 5.6 14.2
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 28 3 622 5.3 10.7 .497 0.0 0.2 .000 4.9 6.6 .737 3.2 7.0 10.2 1.2 0.8 1.8 2.5 6.2 15.5
1983-84 27 SAS NBA 81 33 1770 6.5 13.1 .500 0.1 0.4 .316 3.6 4.9 .727 2.9 6.2 9.1 1.7 1.3 2.2 2.5 6.1 16.8
1984-85 28 TOT NBA 44 5 769 6.1 12.9 .473 0.0 0.2 .000 3.8 5.2 .739 2.3 5.7 8.0 1.4 0.9 1.4 2.9 5.8 16.0
1984-85 28 SAS NBA 18 1 322 4.9 10.2 .484 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 5.7 .804 1.8 5.1 6.9 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.1 5.8 14.4
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 26 4 447 6.9 14.8 .467 0.0 0.2 .000 3.3 4.8 .683 2.7 6.0 8.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.7 5.7 17.2
1985-86 29 CLE NBA 53 6 1011 6.7 13.2 .505 0.2 0.8 .304 4.7 6.3 .742 2.5 4.8 7.4 1.6 1.1 1.4 2.3 5.1 18.3
Career NBA 363 91 6960 6.2 12.3 .506 0.1 0.3 .262 4.3 6.0 .710 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.7 1.1 2.4 2.9 6.0 16.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1980-81 24 NJN NBA 60 950 17.6 .578 .529 10.7 20.8 15.6 6.7 1.7 4.8 18.2 23.0 104 102 0.9 1.4 2.3
1981-82 25 DET NBA 48 802 17.5 .594 .550 9.3 19.3 14.1 6.9 1.6 6.3 17.3 18.6 110 102 1.1 1.3 2.4
1982-83 26 TOT NBA 77 1658 13.9 .560 .497 8.7 19.9 14.3 6.9 1.2 3.5 19.4 17.7 104 103 1.4 2.0 3.4
1982-83 26 DET NBA 49 1036 13.5 .553 .497 7.9 19.6 13.6 8.6 1.2 3.9 21.8 17.6 100 103 0.4 1.3 1.7
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 28 622 14.7 .570 .497 10.2 20.5 15.5 4.1 1.0 2.7 15.5 17.8 111 104 1.0 0.7 1.7
1983-84 27 SAS NBA 81 1770 14.9 .550 .505 8.8 18.1 13.5 6.0 1.6 3.1 14.3 19.2 108 108 1.7 1.7 3.4
1984-85 28 TOT NBA 44 769 11.7 .528 .473 7.2 17.1 12.2 5.0 1.2 2.1 15.9 20.1 100 108 0.1 0.8 0.9
1984-85 28 SAS NBA 18 322 11.5 .569 .484 5.8 15.7 10.9 7.0 1.3 3.1 19.8 17.6 104 108 0.1 0.3 0.5
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 26 447 11.8 .506 .467 8.2 18.2 13.2 3.6 1.2 1.4 13.6 21.9 99 108 0.0 0.5 0.4
1985-86 29 CLE NBA 53 1011 15.8 .572 .515 7.8 14.8 11.3 6.4 1.4 2.1 12.5 20.7 111 108 1.6 1.0 2.6
Career NBA 363 6960 15.1 .562 .510 8.8 18.5 13.6 6.4 1.4 3.6 16.3 19.6 106 105 6.7 8.3 15.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 11 193 28 62 0 2 19 33 23 53 17 6 14 18 44 75 .452 .000 .576 17.5 6.8 4.8 1.5
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 4 45 9 18 0 1 7 8 2 8 3 2 0 2 6 25 .500 .000 .875 11.3 6.3 2.0 0.8
Career NBA 15 238 37 80 0 3 26 41 25 61 20 8 14 20 50 100 .463 .000 .634 15.9 6.7 4.1 1.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1982-83 26 SAS NBA 11 193 11.7 .490 .452 12.6 14.9 13.8 9.9 1.4 3.7 19.0 18.6 98 104 0.0 0.2 0.3
1984-85 28 CLE NBA 4 45 17.0 .581 .500 5.5 15.7 10.7 8.9 2.1 0.0 8.5 21.3 120 110 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 15 238 12.7 .510 .463 11.3 15.1 13.2 9.7 1.5 3.0 16.9 19.1 102 105 0.1 0.3 0.4

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1975-76 19 NEVADA 26 181 348 95 135 161 457 .520 .704 17.6 6.2
1976-77 20 NEVADA 27 997 247 489 147 216 355 641 .505 .681 36.9 23.7 13.1
1977-78 21 NEVADA 27 846 173 366 91 135 275 437 .473 .674 31.3 16.2 10.2
1978-79 22 NEVADA 21 625 135 274 72 105 225 342 .493 .686 29.8 16.3 10.7
Career 101 2468 736 1477 405 591 1016 1877 .498 .685 32.9 18.6 10.1

Transactions

June 25, 1979: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 1979 NBA Draft.

October 10, 1979: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

June 4, 1980: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

June 11, 1981: Sold by the New Jersey Nets to the Detroit Pistons.

February 10, 1983: Traded by the Detroit Pistons to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Eric Turner) and a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Andre Goode).

December 14, 1984: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with cash to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jeff Cook.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Total NBA $205,000
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $235,000
Career (may be incomplete) $440,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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