Tyus Robert Jones Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils in his freshman season as part of the 2014–15 National Championship team. He previously played for his hometown team the Minnesota Timberwolves for 4 seasons.
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Tyus Robert Jones Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils in his freshman season as part of the 2014–15 National Championship team. He was ranked among the top 10 players in the national high school class of 2014 by Rivals. com, Scout. com and ESPN. He previously played for his hometown team the Minnesota Timberwolves for 4 seasons before signing with the Grizzlies in the 2019 offseason. Jones was a unanimous selection as the 2012 Minnesota Associated Press Player of the Year for high school boys basketball and was named to the 2012 Associated Press All-state team along with Siyani Chambers, Joey King, Tyler Vaughan and Johnny Woodard. He won the skills competition at the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game and posted the only double-double in the 2014 Jordan Brand Classic. He committed to the Duke University men’s basketball team as a package with Jahlil Okafor. He earned NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player during Duke’s victory in the championship game of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. In the 2015 NBA draft, he was selected with the 24th overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers and traded to theMinnesota Timberwolves. With Minnesota he went on to set the NBA single-season assist to turnover ratio record. He also played for Team USA at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship from June 29, 2012 – July 8, 2012. The team went undefeated in his junior season as the junior’s entered his sophomore season in Lithuania, Lithuania.
On August 16, 2012, ESPN columnist Frank Burlison listed him as the second ranked basketball player according to ESPN Sports Illustrated. On September 11, 2012 when Oka for was named monthly blogger for USA Today High School Sports, he noted that he wanted to attend a Michigan State Spartans football game together with Jones. Jones is one of 10 USA Today preseason All-USA All-Americans. He is also a member of the USA Today Team USA Under-16 World Championship team, which won the tournament in June 2012. He received offers from Ohio State, Michigan State, Marquette, Providence, Arizona, Baylor and Marquette. As a freshman, he received his first scholarship offer from Iowa. That season, he averaged 20. 1 points, 7. 1 assists and 2. 6 steals per game in 16 games, after missing 7 weeks due to a lacerated kidney. That year he averaged 16. 8 points per game and 8.1 assists per game, starting every game for a team that went 20–8. Jones’ Apple Valley team was eliminated in the MSHSL Class 4A, Section 3 final by Eastview High School. Jones averaged 28 points and 8 assists in 31 minutes per game. He was the 2012 Star Tribune Metro Player of. the Year in boys’ basketball as well as the Pioneer Press’ boys basketball player of the year. In January 2013, Jones led Apple Valley on a 31-9 run to overcome an 11-point deficit with 9 minutes and 19 seconds remaining against Rashad Vaughn and Rashad Robbins. Jones played in the 2013 Target Center Shootout at the Target Center.
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