Jemerrio Jones

Jones began focusing on rebounding at a young age growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. He tore his ACL as a junior in high school and this limited his college options. Jones ended up at Hill College and averaged 11.7 points per game over two seasons. He broke the NJCAA tournament rebounding record with 72 rebounds in five games. He committed to play at New Mexico State.^[1]

He was named the 2017–18 WAC Player of the Year.

As a senior, Jones became the first player since 1997 to record 20+ rebounds in three straight games.^[2] He averaged 11.0 points, 13.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in his senior year. He was named WAC Tournament Most Valuable Player since he averaged 12.3 points and 18.3 rebounds per game over three tournament games. Jones set a WAC single-season record with 450 rebounds and was named WAC Player of the Year. He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 6 first team and to the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District VIII Team.^[3]

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Jones was selected with the 18th pick of the 2018 NBA G League draft by the Santa Cruz Warriors. Shortly thereafter, he was traded alongside a 2019 first-round pick to the South Bay Lakers for the rights to Serbian player Alen Smailagić.^[4] He was added to the training camp roster.^[5]

On March 31, 2019, Jones signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.^[6] In his NBA debut, Jones had two points, one rebound and one steal against the New Orleans Pelicans.^[7] On April 7, Jones started for the Lakers, grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds in a 113–109 win over the Utah Jazz.^[8]

On July 5, 2019, Jones was traded to the Washington Wizards in a three-team trade.^[9] On October 16, 2019, Jones was waived by the Wizards after the team's four preseason games.^[10]

Jones joined the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League after being acquired in a trade.^[11] He was suspended a game against the Erie BayHawks on March 9, 2020 for compiling his 13th technical foul. In the 2019–20 season, Jones averaged 10.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game.^[12]

Jones joined the Delaware Blue Coats for their 2021 restart, making his debut in their season opener on February 11, 2021.^[13]

In October 2021, Jones rejoined the Wisconsin Herd.^[14] In 11 games, he averaged 6.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 25.7 minutes per game.^[15]

On December 21, 2021, Jones returned to the Los Angeles Lakers after signing a 10-day contract.^[15]

On December 31, 2021, Jones was reacquired by the Wisconsin Herd.^[16]

On February 2, 2022, Jones was traded to the South Bay Lakers in exchange for the returning player rights to Wayne Selden, a 2022 first-round draft pick, and a 2022 third-round draft pick.^[17]

On November 3, 2022, Jones was named to the opening night roster for the Lakeland Magic.^[18]

• New Mexico State Aggies bio