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Popeye Jones

Ronald Jerome Jones (Popeye, Ron)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-8    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: June 17, 1970 in Dresden, Tennessee
High School: Dresden in Dresden, Tennessee
College: Murray State University

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (14th pick, 41st overall) of the 1992 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
1993-94 23 DAL NBA 81 48 1773 195 407 .479 0 1 .000 78 107 .729 299 306 605 99 61 31 94 246 468
1994-95 24 DAL NBA 80 80 2385 372 839 .443 1 12 .083 80 124 .645 329 515 844 163 35 27 124 267 825
1995-96 25 DAL NBA 68 68 2322 327 733 .446 14 39 .359 102 133 .767 260 477 737 132 54 27 109 262 770
1996-97 26 TOR NBA 79 61 2421 258 537 .480 1 13 .077 99 121 .818 270 410 680 84 58 39 116 269 616
1997-98 27 TOR NBA 14 4 352 52 127 .409 2 3 .667 14 19 .737 50 52 102 18 10 3 16 39 120
1998-99 28 BOS NBA 18 2 206 20 51 .392 0 1 .000 14 17 .824 28 24 52 15 5 0 7 31 54
1999-00 29 DEN NBA 40 1 330 44 104 .423 2 3 .667 14 19 .737 41 62 103 19 3 6 13 50 104
2000-01 30 WAS NBA 45 1 638 60 153 .392 1 6 .167 41 55 .745 83 137 220 31 19 8 21 95 162
2001-02 31 WAS NBA 79 40 1920 222 508 .437 4 11 .364 106 130 .815 233 345 578 127 50 19 88 209 554
2002-03 32 DAL NBA 26 0 222 24 62 .387 0 0 5 11 .455 29 30 59 8 5 1 15 31 53
2003-04 33 GSW NBA 5 0 10 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career NBA 535 305 12579 1574 3523 .447 25 89 .281 553 736 .751 1623 2358 3981 696 300 161 603 1501 3726

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
1993-94 23 DAL NBA 81 48 21.9 2.4 5.0 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .729 3.7 3.8 7.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.2 3.0 5.8
1994-95 24 DAL NBA 80 80 29.8 4.7 10.5 .443 0.0 0.2 .083 1.0 1.6 .645 4.1 6.4 10.6 2.0 0.4 0.3 1.6 3.3 10.3
1995-96 25 DAL NBA 68 68 34.1 4.8 10.8 .446 0.2 0.6 .359 1.5 2.0 .767 3.8 7.0 10.8 1.9 0.8 0.4 1.6 3.9 11.3
1996-97 26 TOR NBA 79 61 30.6 3.3 6.8 .480 0.0 0.2 .077 1.3 1.5 .818 3.4 5.2 8.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.5 3.4 7.8
1997-98 27 TOR NBA 14 4 25.1 3.7 9.1 .409 0.1 0.2 .667 1.0 1.4 .737 3.6 3.7 7.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 1.1 2.8 8.6
1998-99 28 BOS NBA 18 2 11.4 1.1 2.8 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 0.9 .824 1.6 1.3 2.9 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.7 3.0
1999-00 29 DEN NBA 40 1 8.3 1.1 2.6 .423 0.1 0.1 .667 0.4 0.5 .737 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.3 2.6
2000-01 30 WAS NBA 45 1 14.2 1.3 3.4 .392 0.0 0.1 .167 0.9 1.2 .745 1.8 3.0 4.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.1 3.6
2001-02 31 WAS NBA 79 40 24.3 2.8 6.4 .437 0.1 0.1 .364 1.3 1.6 .815 2.9 4.4 7.3 1.6 0.6 0.2 1.1 2.6 7.0
2002-03 32 DAL NBA 26 0 8.5 0.9 2.4 .387 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .455 1.1 1.2 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.2 2.0
2003-04 33 GSW NBA 5 0 2.0 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Career NBA 535 305 23.5 2.9 6.6 .447 0.0 0.2 .281 1.0 1.4 .751 3.0 4.4 7.4 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.8 7.0

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
1993-94 23 DAL NBA 81 48 1773 4.0 8.3 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.2 .729 6.1 6.2 12.3 2.0 1.2 0.6 1.9 5.0 9.5
1994-95 24 DAL NBA 80 80 2385 5.6 12.7 .443 0.0 0.2 .083 1.2 1.9 .645 5.0 7.8 12.7 2.5 0.5 0.4 1.9 4.0 12.5
1995-96 25 DAL NBA 68 68 2322 5.1 11.4 .446 0.2 0.6 .359 1.6 2.1 .767 4.0 7.4 11.4 2.0 0.8 0.4 1.7 4.1 11.9
1996-97 26 TOR NBA 79 61 2421 3.8 8.0 .480 0.0 0.2 .077 1.5 1.8 .818 4.0 6.1 10.1 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.7 4.0 9.2
1997-98 27 TOR NBA 14 4 352 5.3 13.0 .409 0.2 0.3 .667 1.4 1.9 .737 5.1 5.3 10.4 1.8 1.0 0.3 1.6 4.0 12.3
1998-99 28 BOS NBA 18 2 206 3.5 8.9 .392 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 3.0 .824 4.9 4.2 9.1 2.6 0.9 0.0 1.2 5.4 9.4
1999-00 29 DEN NBA 40 1 330 4.8 11.3 .423 0.2 0.3 .667 1.5 2.1 .737 4.5 6.8 11.2 2.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 5.5 11.3
2000-01 30 WAS NBA 45 1 638 3.4 8.6 .392 0.1 0.3 .167 2.3 3.1 .745 4.7 7.7 12.4 1.7 1.1 0.5 1.2 5.4 9.1
2001-02 31 WAS NBA 79 40 1920 4.2 9.5 .437 0.1 0.2 .364 2.0 2.4 .815 4.4 6.5 10.8 2.4 0.9 0.4 1.6 3.9 10.4
2002-03 32 DAL NBA 26 0 222 3.9 10.1 .387 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.8 .455 4.7 4.9 9.6 1.3 0.8 0.2 2.4 5.0 8.6
2003-04 33 GSW NBA 5 0 10 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0
Career NBA 535 305 12579 4.5 10.1 .447 0.1 0.3 .281 1.6 2.1 .751 4.6 6.7 11.4 2.0 0.9 0.5 1.7 4.3 10.7

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
1993-94 23 DAL NBA 81 1773 14.1 .515 .479 17.6 20.9 19.2 8.4 1.7 1.2 17.2 13.1 111 108 2.1 1.6 3.6
1994-95 24 DAL NBA 80 2385 13.8 .462 .444 14.1 24.7 19.1 10.5 0.7 0.8 12.2 17.6 105 109 1.5 2.2 3.6
1995-96 25 DAL NBA 68 2322 13.4 .486 .456 10.8 23.6 16.6 8.8 1.2 0.8 12.1 16.2 107 109 1.7 1.9 3.7
1996-97 26 TOR NBA 79 2421 12.0 .522 .481 12.7 20.4 16.4 5.6 1.3 1.3 16.4 13.1 108 108 2.0 2.2 4.2
1997-98 27 TOR NBA 14 352 13.4 .443 .417 15.3 17.2 16.2 8.6 1.5 0.6 10.6 18.9 101 111 0.2 0.1 0.3
1998-99 28 BOS NBA 18 206 12.4 .462 .392 14.9 13.5 14.2 11.2 1.3 0.0 10.7 14.2 111 105 0.3 0.1 0.5
1999-00 29 DEN NBA 40 330 12.4 .463 .433 13.4 20.6 17.0 9.0 0.5 1.2 10.4 16.5 105 106 0.3 0.2 0.6
2000-01 30 WAS NBA 45 638 13.1 .457 .395 14.9 25.6 20.2 7.8 1.5 0.9 10.6 13.8 108 105 0.8 0.5 1.2
2001-02 31 WAS NBA 79 1920 14.4 .490 .441 14.0 21.1 17.5 10.5 1.4 0.7 13.5 15.7 108 105 2.4 1.9 4.3
2002-03 32 DAL NBA 26 222 7.0 .396 .387 14.4 14.9 14.6 5.2 1.2 0.3 18.3 16.7 88 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
2003-04 33 GSW NBA 5 10 -7.8 .000 .000 11.2 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 35 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 535 12579 13.3 .484 .450 13.8 22.0 17.7 8.6 1.2 0.9 13.6 15.3 107 108 11.1 10.9 22.0

College

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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
1988-89 18 MURRAYST 30 518 65 133 0 0 43 57 138 21 19 5 30 65 173 .489 .754 17.3 5.8 4.6 0.7
1989-90 19 MURRAYST 30 1038 217 434 15 34 137 181 336 59 57 17 71 81 586 .500 .441 .757 34.6 19.5 11.2 2.0
1990-91 20 MURRAYST 33 1052 268 544 7 32 123 173 469 69 36 32 84 88 666 .493 .219 .711 31.9 20.2 14.2 2.1
1991-92 21 MURRAYST 30 994 232 475 7 18 161 207 431 72 43 27 101 98 632 .488 .389 .778 33.1 21.1 14.4 2.4
Career 123 3602 782 1586 29 84 464 618 1374 221 155 81 286 332 2057 .493 .345 .751 29.3 16.7 11.2 1.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Offensive Rebounds

1993-94 NBA 299 (9)
1994-95 NBA 329 (1)
 1995-96 NBA 260 (8)
1996-97 NBA 270 (7)

Total Rebounds

1994-95 NBA 844 (8)

Rebounds Per Game

1994-95 NBA 10.6 (10)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1993-94 NBA 17.6 (2)
1994-95 NBA 14.1 (4)
1996-97 NBA 12.7 (7)
Career NBA 13.8 (7)
Career 13.8 (7)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1994-95 NBA 24.7 (8)

Total Rebound Pct

1994-95 NBA 19.1 (6)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (725)
  

Transactions

June 24, 1992: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (41st pick) of the 1992 NBA Draft.

June 30, 1993: Traded by the Houston Rockets to the Dallas Mavericks for Eric Riley.

July 23, 1996: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with a 1997 1st round draft pick (John Thomas) to the Toronto Raptors for Jimmy King, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (Ansu Sesay) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Gordan Giricek). Toronto received the right to swap 1st round draft picks in 1997 (pick owned by Dallas that was originally owned by Minnesota) but Toronto's pick was higher.

February 18, 1998: Traded by the Toronto Raptors with Kenny Anderson and Zan Tabak to the Boston Celtics for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, Roy Rogers and John Thomas.

August 3, 1999: Traded by the Boston Celtics with Ron Mercer and Dwayne Schintzius to the Denver Nuggets for Danny Fortson, Eric Washington, Eric Williams and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Kedrick Brown).

September 25, 2000: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Rod Grizzard) to the Washington Wizards for Tracy Murray.

September 20, 2002: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

August 18, 2003: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Evan Eschmeyer, Avery Johnson, Antoine Rigaudeau and Nick Van Exel to the Golden State Warriors for Danny Fortson, Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills and Jiri Welsch.

September 3, 2004: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1993-94 Dallas Mavericks NBA $275,000
1994-95 Dallas Mavericks NBA $769,000
1995-96 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,425,000
1996-97 Toronto Raptors NBA $1,581,000
1997-98 Toronto Raptors NBA $1,886,538
1998-99 Boston Celtics NBA $2,381,000
1999-00 Denver Nuggets NBA $2,596,750
2000-01 Washington Wizards NBA $2,812,500
2001-02 Washington Wizards NBA $1,500,000
2002-03 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,030,000
2003-04 Golden State Warriors NBA $1,070,000
Career (may be incomplete) $17,326,788
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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