His acquisition Jamal Jones until the end of the period announced the Prometheus. The American forward returns to Greece for his third term replacing Arthurs Kourouks in the foreign positions, while the Patrinos are looking for another foreigner after the injury of Hunter Hale, who will be out for about two months.
The 30-year-old forward (2.03m) under his guidance Elias Papatheodorou played for PAOK in the 2018-2019 season in 13 Basket League matches, scoring 7.7 points (47.7% on three-pointers) and 3.2 rebounds per game, while in 12 BCL matches he scored 6.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per match.
In Greece, he also played the 2019/20 season in Ionikos, while last season Jones played in the Italian league with Sassari, having 11.5 points (35.5% three-pointers), 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists. in 26 games.
The announcement:
“KAE Prometheus Patras is pleased to announce the acquisition of American Jamal Jones, who will strengthen our team for the rest of the season.
Jamal Jones was born on February 17, 1993. He is 2.03 tall and plays mainly in the “3” position. He started his career in the 2011-12 season with the NCAA and the Ole Miss Rebels, while in 2013-14 he played for the Texas Aggies. In the 2014-15 season he played in the G League and the Delaware Blue Cats. In the 2015-16 season, he began his wanderings in the European stadiums, from the B’ of France with Lille. The following year he went to Finland on behalf of Lapuan Korikobrat, while he then played in Italy’s Verona. In the 2018-19 season, he was first introduced to the Greek public, playing for PAOK, under the instructions of Ilias Papatheodorou, leaving a very good impression with the “two-headed man of the North”, as he scored 7.7 points and 3.3 rebounds, with 48% shooting percentage from three-point range. The following year, he remained in Greece and played for Ionian, with whom he fared even better, averaging 13.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists. He left in the middle of the year, to go to Turkish Bahcesehir, where he stayed for two and a half seasons (2020-2022) and left a very good impression there as well. Last year, Jamal Jones returned to the Italian league, on behalf of Dinamo Sassari, with whom he averaged 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
We welcome Jamal Jones to the Prometheus Patras family and wish him health, strength and success with our team.”
Source: Sport Fm
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