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Why he should be inducted:
NBA champion (1983)
Appeared in 3 NBA Finals.
6th man of the year (1983)
8-time first team all-defense (NBA) first team, 1-time (2nd team)... Made
all-defensive team in every season except his last
Stats:
Season Ag Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 1974-75 23 DNA ABA 84 32.2 6.3 10.4 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.2 2.7 5.5 8.2 3.6 2.0 1.8 2.8 3.1 14.8 1975-76 24 DNA ABA 83 34.3 6.1 10.8 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.7 2.9 6.6 9.5 4.0 2.0 2.2 2.8 3.0 14.9 1976-77 25 DEN NBA 82 29.5 6.1 10.7 2.9 4.0 2.1 6.1 8.3 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.9 15.1 1977-78 26 DEN NBA 75 32.5 5.9 10.1 2.8 3.7 2.2 6.3 8.5 3.4 1.8 1.7 2.6 2.9 14.5 1978-79 27 PHI NBA 80 28.8 4.7 8.8 2.6 3.5 2.5 4.2 6.6 2.5 1.3 1.2 2.1 3.1 12.1 1979-80 28 PHI NBA 81 26.2 4.9 9.2 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.1 1.9 3.7 5.6 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.8 13.0 1980-81 29 PHI NBA 81 25.3 5.0 9.3 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.3 1.8 3.6 5.4 2.8 1.2 0.9 1.8 2.8 13.5 1981-82 30 PHI NBA 76 28.7 5.5 9.7 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.4 1.4 3.7 5.2 2.5 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.8 14.4 1982-83 31 PHI NBA 74 23.6 3.4 6.2 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 1.4 3.3 4.6 1.9 1.1 1.2 1.5 2.7 9.0 1983-84 32 PHI NBA 75 23.5 3.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 1.2 3.1 4.3 2.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.7 8.3 1984-85 33 PHI NBA 80 20.4 2.6 4.8 0.0 0.1 2.3 2.7 1.3 2.4 3.7 1.9 1.1 0.6 1.5 2.3 7.5 1985-86 34 PHI NBA 70 21.7 2.7 4.8 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.1 0.7 1.7 2.4 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 2.3 7.0 +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 2 Seasons ABA 167 33.2 6.2 10.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.5 2.8 6.1 8.9 3.8 2.0 2.0 2.8 3.1 14.9 10 Seasons NBA 774 26.1 4.4 8.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.5 1.7 3.8 5.5 2.4 1.4 1.3 1.8 2.7 11.5 +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ 12 Seasons 941 27.3 4.7 8.5 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 1.9 4.2 6.1 2.7 1.5 1.4 2.0 2.8 12.1 +------------------+----+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Stats from http://www.basketball-reference.com/
Comment:
Jones is arguably the greatest defensive forward in history and would be on the all-time all-defensive team. When you consider that K.C. Jones is in the hall of fame, despite a career scoring average of 7.4 ppg (9.2 was his season high) on 38.7% shooting and 4.3 apg, that shows that the hall has set a precedent (and rightfully so) for inducting defensive specialists, just as they have inducted offensive specialists, who played poor defense (Pete Maravich). Jones was a defensive specialist with enough offensive ability to average nearly 15 ppg during his prime. The voters need to remember that scoring stats get press but defense wins championships.
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