Primarily a forward, he played for the Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, and Washington Bullets during his NBA career.

Jones was born and raised in Scooba, Mississippi, where he attended East Kemper High School.

[1] An outstanding leaper, Jones still holds the rebound record for the Mississippi High School All-Star Game.

[2] He was named the most valuable player in the 1982 Mid-East Regional of the NCAA Tournament held in Birmingham, Alabama.

[10] Following his 2019 retirement from the LMPD, Jones took a position as a security officer with Spalding University, a small Catholic school in Louisville.

According to a 2021 story published by local TV station WDRB, Jones was recruited "not so subtly" by newly hired Spalding head coach Kylee Gorby, who recalled telling Jones, "I came over there one day with some women’s basketball gear and some paperwork and I said, 'Hey, no pressure at all, but these shirts are yours regardless, and here’s the paperwork.'"