height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 american 12 january 1962 1984 1984 1989 -- 1990 1990 -- 1991 start -- 1985 end 1987 y 1988 y 1984 phoenix calabria -lrb- italy -rrb- kleenex pistoia -lrb- italy -rrb- suns portland trail blazers washington bullets viola reggio 36 34 , 8 , 51 louisville -lrb- 1980 -- 1984 -rrb- charles jones east kemper -lrb- scooba , mississippi -rrb- 215 scooba , mississippi phoenix suns 1991 power forward 2 j 8 jonesch02 charles jones -lrb- basketball , born 1962 -rrb-

charles jones -lrb- basketball , born 1962 -rrb-

charles alexander jones -lrb- born january 12 , 1962 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player who played for four seasons in the national basketball association .
primarily a forward , he played for the phoenix suns , the portland trail blazers , and the washington bullets during his nba career .
jones was born and raised in scooba , mississippi , where he attended east kemper high school .
an outstanding leaper , jones still holds the rebound record for the mississippi high school all-star game .
he grabbed 29 rebounds in the 1980 mississippi all-star contest .
jones went on to the university of louisville from 1980 to 1984 , appearing in two final fours with the school during his career .
he was named the most valuable player in the 1982 mid-east regional of the ncaa tournament held in birmingham , alabama .
he averaged over eleven points and nearly ten rebounds in his senior year .
in the 1984 nba draft , jones was selected in the second round by the phoenix suns .
as a rookie , he appeared in 78 games , starting 14 of them , while averaging nearly eight-and-a-half points and over five rebounds per game .
in his second season , he played in only 43 games , while starting 18 of them , in a season which saw his per-game numbers go down .
after the season , he was released by phoenix .
after not being on a roster during most of the 1986-87 nba season , jones was signed to a contract by the portland trail blazers with two games remaining in their season .
he did not make an appearance with the blazers during those final two games , nor during the postseason .
he remained on the blazers ' roster for the 1987-88 season , but appeared sparingly , averaging only five minutes per game .
at the end of the season , portland released jones .
in october 1988 , jones signed a contract with the washington bullets .
to avoid confusion with the bullets ' starting center also named charles jones , he was known as charles a. jones while in washington .
he was waived at the end of the preseason , but was re-signed in december .
as a bullet , he appeared in 43 games , primarily serving as the team 's 12th man .
after a season in washington , he went to europe and played two seasons of basketball in italy before retiring from the sport .
after retiring from basketball , jones moved to the louisville area and became an officer with the louisville metro police department .
