1. Caldwell Jones played three seasons in the American Basketball Association and 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association, most extensively with the 76ers.
13 Facts About Caldwell Jones
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Caldwell Jones played his final season at the age of 39, then the fifth-oldest NBA player ever.
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Caldwell Jones finished with 10,241 points in 1,299 games in the NBA and ABA.
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Caldwell Jones ranked fifth in the league in blocked shots with 200.
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Caldwell Jones averaged 5.4 points and 7.0 rebounds.
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That season marked the emergence of Darryl Dawkins, with whom Caldwell Jones shared minutes in the pivot during the following seasons.
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Caldwell Jones averaged 9.3 points and 9.6 rebounds and was ninth in the league in blocks with 157.
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Caldwell Jones played two seasons in Houston, one in Chicago, four in Portland, where he would play meaningful playoff minutes despite being in his late 30s, most notably at age 37 starting every game of Portland's first round loss to Houston during the 1987 NBA Playoffs while averaging 7.8 rebounds per game, and one final season in San Antonio.
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On October 4,2001, Caldwell Jones was announced as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Caldwell Jones joined the staff of head coach Maurice Cheeks who was his teammate on the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Caldwell Jones grew up in McGehee, Arkansas, a member of a very tall family.
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For 18 straight seasons, a Caldwell Jones occupied the center position for the Albany basketball team.
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Caldwell Jones died of a heart attack while at a driving range near his home in Stockbridge, Georgia on September 21,2014.