Jumaine Jones

Jumaine Lanard Jones (born February 10, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Fuerza Guinda de Nogales of the CIBACOPA. An NBA player from 1999 to 2007 drafted from the University of Georgia, he plays the small forward and power forward positions.\n', '

Known as the "Thrilla From Camilla", Jones is originally from Coco, FL, he moved to South Georgia as a freshman, where he played competitive high school basketball in the tiny town of Camilla, Georgia. There he honed his skills and as a senior became a 1997 2nd Team Parade All-American, averaging 32.8ppg 13.5rbs 3.7ast & 2.6blks per game. He spent two standout seasons at the University of Georgia. As a freshman Jones shared the Freshman of the Year award with University of Tennessee guard Tony Harris in 1997-98 season, leading the team in scoring and rebounding averaging 14.7ppg 8.5rbs & 1.0ast. Bui…