Falando Jones
| City Oilers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | Egyptian Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 9, 1990 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Greenwood High School (Greenwood, Mississippi) Mississippi Delta Community College (Moorhead, Mississippi) |
| College | Mississippi Valley State University (2010–2012) |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Porvoon Tarmo |
| 2014–2015 | Laskar Dreya South Sumatra |
| 2018–2019 | Al Fateh |
| 2019–2020 | Suez Canal |
| 2021 | Misr Insurance |
| 2021–2022 | Smouha |
| 2022 | City Oilers |
| 2022–2023 | Al Fateh |
| 2023 | City Oilers |
| 2024 | Gezira |
| 2024–present | City Oilers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Falando Cortez Jones (born May 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the City Oilers of the Ugandan NBL and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He was the scoring champion of the BAL in the 2023 season.
College career
[edit]Jones, originally from Greenwood, Mississippi, played for Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team from 2010 to 2012.[1] In 51 games for the Delta Devils, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.9 rebounds.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Jones began his professional career with the Finnish second division club Porvoon Tarmo,[3] where he averaged 17.9 points in the 2013–14 season.[4]
The following year, in 2014–15, Jones played for Indonesian club Laskar Dreya South Sumatra of the ASEAN Basketball League. In 2018, he signed with Al Fateh of the Saudi Premier League.
In 2019, Jones moved to Egyptian club Horse Owners' Club of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League. After one season, he signed with Misr Insurance, before joining Smouha.
In 2022, he joined the City Oilers of Uganda. Jones was instrumental in the Oilers' efforts to qualify for their first-ever BAL season. On November 15, Jones scored 15 points against Matero Magic in his Oilers debut in the Road to BAL.[5] Later, he scored 40 points in the game against Cape Town Tigers on November 26, 2022.
In the 2023 BAL season, Jones became the league's scoring champion following his 21.6 points per game average.[6]
Jones joined Egyptian club Gezira in April 2024.[7] In November 2024, Jones returned to the City Oilers for a third stint.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Falando Jones - 2011 - Men's Basketball". Mississippi Valley State University Athletics. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ "Falando Jones Career Game Log". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Eurobasket. "Falando Jones, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Proballers. "Falando Jones, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ "THE AFTERLIFE OF EXPATRIATE AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY", Writing the Lost Generation, University of Iowa Press, pp. 161–182, doi:10.2307/j.ctt20ks0g6.12, retrieved June 2, 2023
- ^ "DIARRA, OMOT, GUEYE, PERRY HIGHLIGHT 2023 BAL AWARDS". The BAL. May 28, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ "Al Gezira lands Falando Jones, ex City Oilers". www.afrobasket.com. April 30, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "FIBA Africa Zone 5 Weekly Review: 11/11/2024 | AfricaBasket". www.africabasket.net. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- American men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
- American expatriate basketball people in Egypt
- American expatriate basketball people in Finland
- City Oilers players
- 1990 births
- Sportspeople from Greenwood, Mississippi
- Living people
- Laskar Dreya South Sumatra players
- American expatriate basketball people in Uganda
- Al-Fateh basketball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen