Dontae' Jones

Not to be confused with Dahntay Jones.

Dontae' Antijuaine Jones (born June 2, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player, formerly of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Dontae' Jones

Personal information
Born	(1975-06-02) June 2, 1975 (age 50) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Stratford (Nashville, Tennessee)
College	Northeast Mississippi CC (1993–1995) Mississippi State (1995–1996)
NBA draft	1996: 1st round, 21st overall pick
Drafted by	New York Knicks
Playing career	1996–2010
Position	Small forward
Number	13
Career history
1997–1998	Boston Celtics
1999–2000	La Crosse Bobcats
2000–2001	Memphis Houn'Dawgs
2001–2002	Toros de Aragua
2001–2003	Pompea Napoli
2003	Vaqueros de Bayamón
2003–2004	Apollon Patras
2004–2007	Anyang SBS Stars·KT&G Kites
2007–2008	Yunnan Bulls
2008–2009	Beijing Ducks
2009–2010	Halcones UV Xalapa
Career highlights
CBA scoring champion (2008) ABA All Star-Game (2005) SEC tournament MVP (1996)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jones played college basketball at Northeast Mississippi Community College where he is the Tigers' all-time leading scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker. His #32 jersey has been retired by the school.^[1] After playing two seasons for the Tigers he transferred to the Mississippi State Bulldogs program to finish his college career.

He was named most valuable player of the 1996 SEC men's basketball tournament after leading Mississippi State to their first SEC Tournament championship by virtue of a win over top-ranked University of Kentucky in the SEC tournament championship game. That same season he led Mississippi State to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, picking up a Regional MVP honor along the way. Jones, along with his 1995–96 Bulldog teammates, was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

He was selected out of Mississippi State University by the New York Knicks as the 21st overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft but was traded, along with Walter McCarty, John Thomas and Scott Brooks, to the Celtics in exchange for Chris Mills shortly before the 1997–98 NBA season began (he had previously taken part in no games in 1996–97 with the Knicks due to a foot injury).

After his NBA season, Jones played for the Memphis Houn'Dawgs in the American Basketball Association (ABA), and in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Korea and China.

An apostrophe was intentionally placed on the end of his first name by his mother for distinctiveness.^[2]

As of November 2012 he has been working as the program director at the Nashville Youth Basketball Association (NYBA), which is designed to help all middle Tennessee-area and Nashville city youth in metro Nashville improve their basketball skills. He is a highly regarded youth coach. ^[3]