Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Mason Jones was born on July 21, 1998, in Dallas, Texas. He is a guard in the NBA.

Jones grew up in DeSoto, Texas and did not play basketball until his senior year of high school at Triple A Academy in Dallas, Texas. That year, he averaged 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. Jones played at Link Year Prep in Branson, Missouri for a postgraduate year, trimming his weight down from 265 pounds from his senior year of high school to 230 by the end of the season.

Jones played his freshman season at Connors State College. He averaged 15.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in his only season for the Cowboys. Jones committed to transfer to Arkansas following the end of the season over offers from BYU and Washington.

At the conclusion his junior season, Jones was named First Team All-SEC and was named co-SEC Player of the Year by the Associated Press along with Reggie Perry of Mississippi State. Jones averaged 22 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game, shooting 45.3 percent from the floor. After the season, he declared for the 2020 NBA draft but did not sign with an agent.

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Jones agreed to terms on a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets. On March 26, 2021, the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they had signed Jones to a two-way contract.