Popeye Jones

Popeye Jones is a retired player and coach from the United States. Moreover, Popeye Jones worked as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets in NBA.

Early life

Ronald Jerome Jones best known as Popeye Jones was born on 17 June 1970, in Dresden, Tennessee in the United States of America. As of now, he is 51 years old and is a citizen of the United States. Moreover, he belongs to the African-American ethnicity and he has a zodiac sign of Gemini.

In addition, he grew up playing basketball, football, and baseball. His mother gave him the name Popeye. Popeye is a cartoon character. Apart from this, there is no more detailed information regarding his parents and siblings.

Caption: Popeye Jones posing for a photo (Source: Andscape)

Talking about his academic qualification, he studied at Dresden High School and later enrolled at Murray State University.

College career

Popeye Jones began his basketball career during his high school days. Moreover, he enrolled at Murray State University to play college basketball after playing for his high school team for a season. His entire college basketball season was a success, as he scored over 2,000 points and grabbed over 1,000 rebounds. He was named All-Ohio Valley Conference three times, All-America honorable mention twice, and OVC Player of the Year twice in 1990 and 1991.

He was also named OVC Athlete of the Year twice in 1990 and 1991. Moreover, he was named All-Ohio Valley Conference three times, All-America honorable mention twice, and OVC Player of the Year twice in 1990 and 1991. He was also named OVC Athlete of the Year twice in 1990 and 1991. (in 1991 and 1992). Murray State University also retired his No. 54 jersey as a tribute to him.

Professional career

The Houston Rockets drafted him 41st overall in the second round of the 1992 NBA Draft after a successful college career. His rights were then traded to the Dallas Mavericks, and he was unable to participate in the NBA that season as a result. As a response, in the 1992-93 season, he moved to Europe and played with Aresium Milano. In 1993, he returned to the NBA after a season in Europe and joined the Dallas Mavericks.

Before being moved to the Toronto Raptors, he spent the next three seasons with the franchise. From 1996 to 1998, he was a member of the Toronto Raptors. He joined the Boston Celtics in 1998 and played there until 1999. Following that, he played with the Denver Nuggets (1999–2000), Washington Wizards (2000–2002), and Dallas Mavericks (2002–2003) among others. His last professional basketball team was the Golden State Warriors. In 2003, he became a member of the team and played for them for one season. He retired from basketball as a player in 2004.

Caption: Popeye Jones working as a coach for the Denver Nuggets (Source: 104.3 The Fan)

Coach career

After playing for 11 years for franchises, he announced his retirement as a player. After that, he took a long break and return in 2007, as a coach. Moreover, he worked as a player development coach for his past team, Dallas Mavericks. Working for the team for a long-time, he left the team and was hired as an assistant coach for the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets in 2010. There, he worked for three years and left in 2013. On 14 August 2013, he joined the Indiana Pacers as their new assistant coach. There, he worked with highly talented players such as Roy Hibbert and Paul George. After a lot of hard work by the coach and players, his team’s made it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Similarly, during his tenure, the team was able to achieve even more amazing successes. After working for almost seven years, he bid farewell to Indiana Pacers in 2020.  He was appointed as an assistant coach by the Philadelphia 76ers on November 9, 2020. He is presently assisting Doc Rivers, the team’s head coach, in taking the team to the next level.

Awards and Net Worth

Popeye Jones has achieved several recognitions and honors in his career. He was an NCAA rebounding leader in the year 1992. Moreover, he was two-time OVC Player of the Year in 1990 and 1991. In addition, he was a three-time first-team All-OVC from 1989 to 1991.

As a former basketball player and coach, he has collected a decent sum of money in his career. Moreover, his net worth, income, and salary are yet to be revealed by him. According to online sources, his net worth is around  $1 million to $5 million.

Relationship Status

Popeye Jones is married to Amy Jones. Moreover, the couple has three sons, Justin, Seth, and Caleb Jones. His three sons are professional ice hockey players. Popeye and Amy’s marriage did not last long and they got divorced in 2009. As of now, the coach is not part of any controversy nor gotten into rumors and focuses on his career.

Body measurement and Social media

Popeye Jones Stands 6 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 113 kg. Moreover, he is blad and has black eyes. Aside from that, there is no additional information about Popeye’s bodily measurements.

The former basketball player is only active on Twitter where there are more than 1.6k followers. Apart from that, Popeye is not active on Facebook and Instagram.

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