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Sam Jones

Samuel Jones (Sam)

Position: Guard-Forward ▪ Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: June 24, 1933 in Wilmington, North Carolina
High School: Laurinburg Institute in Laurinburg, North Carolina
College: North Carolina Central University
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 1957 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1957
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:56AM
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Totals

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
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 56 594 100 233 .429 60 84 .714 160 37 42 260
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 71 1466 305 703 .434 151 196 .770 428 101 102 761
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 74 1512 355 782 .454 168 220 .764 375 125 101 878
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 78 2028 480 1069 .449 211 268 .787 421 217 148 1171
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 78 2388 596 1284 .464 243 297 .818 458 232 149 1435
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 76 2323 621 1305 .476 257 324 .793 396 241 162 1499
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 76 2381 612 1359 .450 249 318 .783 349 202 192 1473
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 80 2885 821 1818 .452 428 522 .820 411 223 176 2070
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 67 2155 626 1335 .469 325 407 .799 347 216 170 1577
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 72 2325 638 1406 .454 318 371 .857 338 217 191 1594
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 73 2408 621 1348 .461 311 376 .827 357 216 181 1553
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 70 1820 496 1103 .450 148 189 .783 265 182 121 1140
Career NBA 871 24285 6271 13745 .456 2869 3572 .803 4305 2209 1735 15411

Per Game

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
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 56 10.6 1.8 4.2 .429 1.1 1.5 .714 2.9 0.7 0.8 4.6
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 71 20.6 4.3 9.9 .434 2.1 2.8 .770 6.0 1.4 1.4 10.7
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 74 20.4 4.8 10.6 .454 2.3 3.0 .764 5.1 1.7 1.4 11.9
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 78 26.0 6.2 13.7 .449 2.7 3.4 .787 5.4 2.8 1.9 15.0
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 78 30.6 7.6 16.5 .464 3.1 3.8 .818 5.9 3.0 1.9 18.4
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 76 30.6 8.2 17.2 .476 3.4 4.3 .793 5.2 3.2 2.1 19.7
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 76 31.3 8.1 17.9 .450 3.3 4.2 .783 4.6 2.7 2.5 19.4
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 80 36.1 10.3 22.7 .452 5.4 6.5 .820 5.1 2.8 2.2 25.9
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 67 32.2 9.3 19.9 .469 4.9 6.1 .799 5.2 3.2 2.5 23.5
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 72 32.3 8.9 19.5 .454 4.4 5.2 .857 4.7 3.0 2.7 22.1
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 73 33.0 8.5 18.5 .461 4.3 5.2 .827 4.9 3.0 2.5 21.3
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 70 26.0 7.1 15.8 .450 2.1 2.7 .783 3.8 2.6 1.7 16.3
Career NBA 871 27.9 7.2 15.8 .456 3.3 4.1 .803 4.9 2.5 2.0 17.7

Per 36 Minutes

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
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 56 594 6.1 14.1 .429 3.6 5.1 .714 9.7 2.2 2.5 15.8
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 71 1466 7.5 17.3 .434 3.7 4.8 .770 10.5 2.5 2.5 18.7
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 74 1512 8.5 18.6 .454 4.0 5.2 .764 8.9 3.0 2.4 20.9
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 78 2028 8.5 19.0 .449 3.7 4.8 .787 7.5 3.9 2.6 20.8
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 78 2388 9.0 19.4 .464 3.7 4.5 .818 6.9 3.5 2.2 21.6
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 76 2323 9.6 20.2 .476 4.0 5.0 .793 6.1 3.7 2.5 23.2
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 76 2381 9.3 20.5 .450 3.8 4.8 .783 5.3 3.1 2.9 22.3
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 80 2885 10.2 22.7 .452 5.3 6.5 .820 5.1 2.8 2.2 25.8
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 67 2155 10.5 22.3 .469 5.4 6.8 .799 5.8 3.6 2.8 26.3
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 72 2325 9.9 21.8 .454 4.9 5.7 .857 5.2 3.4 3.0 24.7
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 73 2408 9.3 20.2 .461 4.6 5.6 .827 5.3 3.2 2.7 23.2
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 70 1820 9.8 21.8 .450 2.9 3.7 .783 5.2 3.6 2.4 22.5
Career NBA 871 24285 9.3 20.4 .456 4.3 5.3 .803 6.4 3.3 2.6 22.8

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 56 594 16.3 .482 .429 1.0 1.0 2.1 .167
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 71 1466 18.0 .482 .434 2.6 2.7 5.3 .173
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 74 1512 17.7 .500 .454 3.2 2.6 5.9 .186
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 78 2028 17.7 .493 .449 3.9 4.2 8.1 .191
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 78 2388 17.9 .507 .464 4.9 4.7 9.6 .193
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 76 2323 19.1 .518 .476 5.0 4.6 9.6 .198
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 76 2381 17.7 .491 .450 3.7 5.2 8.9 .180
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 80 2885 20.7 .505 .452 12.1 7.3 5.5 12.8 .213
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 67 2155 21.7 .521 .469 16.3 6.1 3.8 10.0 .222
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 72 2325 18.5 .508 .454 13.8 4.4 3.1 7.5 .155
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 73 2408 18.3 .513 .461 13.2 4.5 3.2 7.7 .154
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 70 1820 17.6 .481 .450 15.9 1.9 3.0 4.9 .128
Career NBA 871 24285 18.7 .503 .456 14.0 48.6 43.7 92.3 .182

Playoffs

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
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 8 75 10 22 11 16 24 4 7 31 .455 .688 9.4 3.9 3.0 0.5
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 11 192 40 108 33 39 63 17 14 113 .370 .846 17.5 10.3 5.7 1.5
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 13 197 45 117 17 21 41 18 15 107 .385 .810 15.2 8.2 3.2 1.4
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 10 258 50 112 31 35 54 22 22 131 .446 .886 25.8 13.1 5.4 2.2
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 14 504 123 277 42 60 99 44 30 288 .444 .700 36.0 20.6 7.1 3.1
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 13 450 120 248 69 83 81 32 42 309 .484 .831 34.6 23.8 6.2 2.5
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 10 356 91 180 50 68 47 23 24 232 .506 .735 35.6 23.2 4.7 2.3
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 12 495 135 294 73 84 55 30 39 343 .459 .869 41.3 28.6 4.6 2.5
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 17 602 154 343 114 136 86 53 65 422 .449 .838 35.4 24.8 5.1 3.1
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 9 326 95 207 50 58 46 28 30 240 .459 .862 36.2 26.7 5.1 3.1
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 19 685 162 367 66 84 64 50 58 390 .441 .786 36.1 20.5 3.4 2.6
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 18 514 124 296 55 69 58 37 45 303 .419 .797 28.6 16.8 3.2 2.1
Career NBA 154 4654 1149 2571 611 753 718 358 391 2909 .447 .811 30.2 18.9 4.7 2.3

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1957-58 24 BOS NBA 8 75 18.4 .534 .455 8.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 .232
1958-59 25 BOS NBA 11 192 17.9 .451 .370 11.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 .144
1959-60 26 BOS NBA 13 197 15.1 .424 .385 13.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 .098
1960-61 27 BOS NBA 10 258 16.6 .514 .446 11.4 0.6 0.4 1.0 .194
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 14 504 16.6 .475 .444 12.9 0.7 0.9 1.5 .143
1962-63 29 BOS NBA 13 450 19.6 .543 .484 10.5 1.3 0.7 1.9 .206
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 10 356 21.5 .553 .506 11.2 1.5 0.7 2.1 .290
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 12 495 18.4 .518 .459 8.9 1.2 0.8 2.0 .195
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 17 602 19.6 .524 .449 13.9 1.4 0.8 2.2 .179
1966-67 33 BOS NBA 9 326 19.5 .516 .459 13.1 0.9 0.3 1.2 .178
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 19 685 14.0 .483 .441 10.8 0.6 0.5 1.1 .074
1968-69 35 BOS NBA 18 514 15.0 .464 .419 11.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 .069
Career NBA 154 4654 17.5 .501 .447 11.6 8.9 6.3 15.2 .157

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1961-62 28 BOS NBA 1 0 14:00 1 8 .125 0 1 .000 1 0 1 2
1963-64 30 BOS NBA 1 0 27:00 8 20 .400 0 0 4 3 2 16
1964-65 31 BOS NBA 1 1 24:00 2 12 .167 2 2 1.000 5 3 2 6
1965-66 32 BOS NBA 1 1 22:00 5 11 .455 2 2 1.000 2 5 0 12
1967-68 34 BOS NBA 1 0 15:00 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 2 4 1 5
Career NBA 5 2 102 18 56 .321 5 6 .833 14 15 6 41

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sam Jones 12.8 10.0 9.6 9.6 8.9 8.1 7.7 7.5 5.9 5.3 4.9 2.1
Jason Kidd 92.7 11.3 10.1 9.6 8.9 8.5 8.1 8.0 7.2 7.2 4.4 4.3 3.7
Vince Carter 92.5 12.9 11.8 10.5 9.4 9.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.2
Hal Greer 91.8 11.2 9.9 9.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.6 6.2 5.8 4.5
Hersey Hawkins 91.5 10.9 9.8 9.5 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.0 7.8 6.5 4.0 3.5 2.6
Eddie Jones 91.4 10.5 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.0
Jeff Hornacek 91.1 11.6 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 8.7 7.7 6.9 6.3 5.0 1.2
Jason Terry 90.7 10.8 9.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 7.4 7.3 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.1 1.9
Ray Allen 90.5 13.7 10.7 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.1 8.9 7.0 6.9 6.3 5.2 4.9
Allen Iverson 90.1 11.8 11.6 10.6 9.2 9.0 9.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.2 4.1 2.8
Bill Sharman 89.9 10.4 10.4 9.8 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.7 7.6 5.4 4.3 2.4
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Sam Jones 12.8 10.0 9.6 9.6 8.9 8.1 7.7 7.5 5.9 5.3 4.9 2.1
Jason Terry 90.7 10.8 9.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 7.4 7.3 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.1 1.9
Vince Carter 90.5 12.9 11.8 10.5 9.4 9.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 3.8
Hersey Hawkins 90.3 10.9 9.8 9.5 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.0 7.8 6.5 4.0 3.5 2.6 2.3
Bill Sharman 89.9 10.4 10.4 9.8 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.7 7.6 5.4 4.3 2.4
Eddie Jones 89.3 10.5 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.1 1.1
Allen Iverson 88.3 11.8 11.6 10.6 9.2 9.0 9.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.2 4.1 2.9 2.8 0.7
Tim Hardaway 88.0 12.9 11.7 9.9 9.2 7.5 7.3 6.4 5.4 5.1 4.3 3.3 1.8 0.2
Hal Greer 87.5 11.2 9.9 9.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.6 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.1 4.5 3.5 0.1
Sam Cassell 86.6 12.1 9.6 9.2 8.6 8.5 8.3 7.6 4.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.8 2.2 1.8 0.8
Lenny Wilkens 86.6 10.1 9.6 9.5 9.0 8.1 7.6 7.6 6.5 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.0 2.7 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
1951-52 18 NCC 22 126 263 48 78 150 300 .479 .615 13.6 6.8
1952-53 19 NCC 24 169 370 115 180 248 453 .457 .639 18.9 10.3
1953-54 20 NCC 27 208 432 98 137 223 514 .481 .715 19.0 8.3
1956-57 23 NCC 27 174 398 155 202 288 503 .437 .767 18.6 10.7
Career 100 677 1463 416 597 909 1770 .463 .697 17.7 9.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1962 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA
1966 NBA
1968 NBA
Honors
1964-65 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1965-66 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1966-67 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1963-64 NBA 0.002 (9)
1964-65 NBA 0.040 (4)
1965-66 NBA 0.025 (5)
Career 0.067 (88)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1959 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1960 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1961 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1962 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1963 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1964 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1965 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1966 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1968 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1969 Boston Celtics (NBA)
Games
1964-65 NBA 80 (1)
Field Goals
1962-63 NBA 621 (9)
1963-64 NBA 612 (9)
1964-65 NBA 821 (3)
1965-66 NBA 626 (10)
1966-67 NBA 638 (9)
Career NBA 6271 (82)
Career 6271 (87)
Field Goal Attempts
1962-63 NBA 1305 (10)
1963-64 NBA 1359 (9)
1964-65 NBA 1818 (3)
1966-67 NBA 1406 (7)
Career NBA 13745 (79)
Career 13745 (84)
Field Goal Pct
1958-59 NBA .434 (9)
1959-60 NBA .454 (9)
1962-63 NBA .476 (9)
Free Throws
1964-65 NBA 428 (6)
Free Throw Attempts
1964-65 NBA 522 (8)
Free Throw Pct
1961-62 NBA .818 (10)
1964-65 NBA .820 (6)
1966-67 NBA .857 (5)
1967-68 NBA .827 (6)
Points
1964-65 NBA 2070 (4)
1965-66 NBA 1577 (10)
Points Per Game
1962-63 NBA 19.7 (9)
1964-65 NBA 25.9 (5)
1965-66 NBA 23.5 (5)
1966-67 NBA 22.1 (6)
Player Efficiency Rating
1962-63 NBA 19.1 (9)
1964-65 NBA 20.7 (6)
1965-66 NBA 21.7 (4)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1958-59 NBA .434 (9)
1959-60 NBA .454 (9)
1962-63 NBA .476 (9)
Offensive Win Shares
1964-65 NBA 7.3 (8)
1965-66 NBA 6.1 (9)
Defensive Win Shares
1960-61 NBA 4.2 (8)
1961-62 NBA 4.7 (7)
1962-63 NBA 4.6 (7)
1963-64 NBA 5.2 (8)
1964-65 NBA 5.5 (5)
1965-66 NBA 3.8 (8)
Career NBA 43.7 (61)
Career 43.7 (65)
Win Shares
1961-62 NBA 9.6 (9)
1962-63 NBA 9.6 (8)
1963-64 NBA 8.9 (10)
1964-65 NBA 12.8 (5)
1965-66 NBA 10.0 (7)
Career NBA 92.3 (82)
Career 92.3 (86)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1960-61 NBA .191 (7)
1961-62 NBA .193 (6)
1962-63 NBA .198 (7)
1963-64 NBA .180 (9)
1964-65 NBA .213 (5)
1965-66 NBA .222 (4)
1966-67 NBA .155 (9)
1967-68 NBA .154 (9)
Career NBA .182 (31)
Career .182 (33)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.999 (18)
NBA Elo Player Rating
89th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:56AM
     

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April 17, 1957: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1957 NBA Draft.

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