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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 7:43 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
K.C. Jones
Career at a glance
K.C. Jones played 9 NBA regular seasons between 1958 and 1967, appearing in 676 games and averaging 7.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Boston (1958–67, 676 games). His best scoring season was 1961–62 with Boston: 9.2 points per game over 80 games.
Championship seasons: 1958–59 (Boston), 1959–60 (Boston), 1960–61 (Boston), 1961–62 (Boston), 1962–63 (Boston), 1963–64 (Boston), 1964–65 (Boston), 1965–66 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 9 postseason runs (105 games, 6.4 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 5,000 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones Jr. (May 25, 1932 – December 25, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships (eight as a player, two as an assistant coach, and two as a head coach). As a player, he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. He is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships, and one of eight players to ever achieve the basketball Triple Crown. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
- Born
- May 25, 1932 Taylor, Texas, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- Commerce (San Francisco, California)
- College
- San Francisco (1952–1956)
- NBA draft
- 1956: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1958–1968
Career highlights and awards
- 8× NBA champion (1959–1966)
- No. 25 retired by Boston Celtics
- 2× NCAA champion (1955, 1956)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1956)
- No. 4 retired by San Francisco Dons
- 2× NBA champion (1984, 1986)
- 5× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1975, 1984–1987)
- Top 15 Coaches in NBA History
- Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
- 2× NBA champion (1972, 1981)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–59† | Boston | 49 | 12.4 | .339 | .603 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| 1959–60† | Boston | 74 | 17.2 | .408 | .753 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| 1960–61† | Boston | 78 | 20.6 | .338 | .664 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 7.6 |
| 1961–62† | Boston | 80 | 25.7 | .406 | .634 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 9.2 |
| 1962–63† | Boston | 79 | 24.6 | .389 | .633 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 7.2 |
| 1963–64† | Boston | 80 | 30.3 | .392 | .524 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 8.2 |
| 1964–65† | Boston | 78 | 31.2 | .396 | .630 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 8.3 |
| 1965–66† | Boston | 80 | 33.9 | .388 | .690 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 8.6 |
| 1966–67 | Boston | 78 | 31.4 | .397 | .630 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 6.2 |
| Career | 676 | 25.9 | .387 | .647 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 7.4 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959† | Boston | 8 | 9.4 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1960† | Boston | 13 | 17.8 | .338 | .773 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| 1961† | Boston | 9 | 11.4 | .300 | .500 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| 1962† | Boston | 14 | 23.5 | .431 | .717 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 9.0 |
| 1963† | Boston | 13 | 19.6 | .297 | .700 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
| 1964† | Boston | 10 | 31.2 | .347 | .520 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 1965† | Boston | 12 | 33.0 | .413 | .778 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 10.1 |
| 1966† | Boston | 17 | 31.9 | .413 | .684 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
| 1967 | Boston | 9 | 28.2 | .320 | .611 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| Career | 105 | 23.8 | .367 | .691 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 6.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 1″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1956
- Draft pick
- Round 2 · Pick 13
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