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Edgar Jones

Edgar Jones Jr. (E.J.)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Shoots: Right
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
Draft: Milwaukee Bucks, 2nd round (9th pick, 31st overall), 1979 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 14, 1980

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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 PF 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1980-81 24 NJN NBA PF 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 .116
1981-82 25 DET NBA PF 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 .143
1982-83 26 TOT NBA PF 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 .098
1982-83 26 DET NBA PF 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 .079
1982-83 26 SAS NBA PF 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 .129
1983-84 27 SAS NBA PF 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 .093
1984-85 28 TOT NBA PF 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 .057
1984-85 28 SAS NBA PF 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 .072
1984-85 28 CLE NBA PF 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 .046
1985-86 29 CLE NBA PF 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 .122
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 .103

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 SAS NBA PF 11 193 28 62 .452 0 2 .000 19 33 .576 23 30 53 17 6 14 18 44 75
1984-85 28 CLE NBA PF 4 0 45 9 18 .500 0 1 .000 7 8 .875 2 6 8 3 2 0 2 6 25
Career NBA 15 0 238 37 80 .463 0 3 .000 26 41 .634 25 36 61 20 8 14 20 50 100

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 SAS NBA PF 11 17.5 2.5 5.6 .452 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 3.0 .576 2.1 2.7 4.8 1.5 0.5 1.3 1.6 4.0 6.8
1984-85 28 CLE NBA PF 4 0 11.3 2.3 4.5 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 1.8 2.0 .875 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 6.3
Career NBA 15 0 15.9 2.5 5.3 .463 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.7 .634 1.7 2.4 4.1 1.3 0.5 0.9 1.3 3.3 6.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1982-83 26 SAS NBA PF 11 193 5.2 11.6 .452 0.0 0.4 .000 3.5 6.2 .576 4.3 5.6 9.9 3.2 1.1 2.6 3.4 8.2 14.0
1984-85 28 CLE NBA PF 4 0 45 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.8 .000 5.6 6.4 .875 1.6 4.8 6.4 2.4 1.6 0.0 1.6 4.8 20.0
Career NBA 15 0 238 5.6 12.1 .463 0.0 0.5 .000 3.9 6.2 .634 3.8 5.4 9.2 3.0 1.2 2.1 3.0 7.6 15.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1982-83 26 SAS NBA PF 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 .064
1984-85 28 CLE NBA PF 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 .156
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 .081

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 6 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6
Edgar Jones 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.3 0.9
Nick Weatherspoon 92.8 3.7 3.6 2.6 2.4 2.1 0.6
J.R. Reid 90.7 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.1 1.8 1.1
Glen Gondrezick 89.9 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.5 0.9
Rodney Rogers 89.4 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.2
Tom McMillen 89.3 3.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.2 0.8
Lorenzen Wright 88.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.2 2.2 1.4
Antoine Carr 88.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.2 2.1 0.7
Andrew DeClercq 87.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.5 1.6 0.4
Reggie Evans 87.4 3.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.7
Danny Vranes 87.2 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Edgar Jones 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.3 0.9
Nick Weatherspoon 92.6 3.7 3.6 2.6 2.4 2.1 0.6 0.1
Glen Gondrezick 89.9 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.5 0.9
Jumaine Jones 86.6 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.3 0.1 0.0 -0.2
Howard Porter 85.1 4.1 3.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 1.1 1.0
Andrea Bargnani 85.0 4.2 3.9 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.4 0.1
Willie Norwood 84.9 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.6 1.1 0.5
Danny Vranes 84.5 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.6
Scott Padgett 84.3 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
John Brown 83.7 4.2 3.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 0.1
Toby Kimball 83.6 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.0

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

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $235,000
Career (may be incomplete) $235,000

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