Karditsa “got taller” with Jones

AS Karditsas JAPAN announces the addition of Aaron Jones to our team roster. The American athlete, will add strength and athleticism near the basket, in view of the continuation of the championship of the Stoiximan Basket League.

Aaron Eugene Jones, as his full name is, is 30 years old (born July 26, 1993 in Alabama) and with a height of 2.06 m he plays as a power forward.

In 2015 he graduated from the University of Mississippi and played in 105 NCAA games with the Ole Miss Rebels, averaging 3.6 points, 4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. His first professional experience took place on the other side of the Atlantic, wearing the jersey of the German Rhein Stars Cologne. In 29 games he averaged 11.1 points (48.7% double, 37.5% triple, 65% f), 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 27.4 minutes of participation. In the 2016-17 season, he was transferred to the Bulgarian Beroe Stara Zagora, with whom he won the 2nd place of the domestic championship, the Bulgarian cup, while he rose to the top of the Balkan BIBL, which is the Balkan League. In 51 games he had 12.6 points (51.2% dp., 67.2% f.), 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.75 steals and 1.4 blocks in 24.9 minutes of participation m.o. The continuation found him in the Dominican Republic and the Hurricanes del Atlantico, where he scored 11.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.5 blocks m.o. per match. In the 2017-18 season, he competed with the colors of the Finnish Vilpa, winning the 2nd place of the domestic championship. This was also his most productive year, since in 53 games he averaged 15.6 points (63.2% double, 32.3% three, 65.6% f), 11 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1 steal and 1.9 blocks, while he was named and the league’s best foreign player.

His next stop was Greece and Rethymno, with which in the 2018-19 season he finished in 10th place in the league and recorded 6.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1 steal per game. per match. In the 2019-20 season, Aaron wore the jersey of the Crailsheim Merlins in the German Bundesliga, scoring 11.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 steal per game. The 2020-21 season first found him in Spain with the colors of Bilbao (4.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1 assist in 8 games) and then in French Sole (7.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists m.o. in 28 games ). In the 2021-22 season he strengthened Treviso in the Italian league, where in 30 games he counted 7.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists m.o. per match.

Last season, the experienced forward played for Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi in Turkey’s TBL, where he finished 3rd and averaged 11 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. per match.

This year, after a brief stint with Latvia’s Riga and Estonia’s Talina Kalev, he played for Haremspor in Turkey’s TBL, averaging 8.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1 assist per game.