#5 TEVIAN JONES

POSITION: Guard

HEIGHT: 6-7 (2.01 m)

WEIGHT:  200 lbs (91 kg)

BIRTHDATE: June 29, 2000 (Chandler, AZ)

HIGH SCHOOL: Chandler (Chandler, AZ)

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Southern Utah

INSTAGRAM: @tev.jonez

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent in March 2025

YEARS PRO: 2

BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


Averaging 8.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.92 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.2 blocks and 17.9 minutes in 71 professional games playing for the Grand Rapids Gold, Birmingham Squadron, Scarborough Shooting Stars, New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets  in the NBA G League, NBA Summer League, CEBL and NBA Pre Season.


2024-25: Averaged 14.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 30.0 minutes over 18 games for Grand Rapids Gold in the NBA G League … Scored a season-high 30 points on Feb. 1 against the Santa Cruz Warriors.


2024-25: Averaged 5.5 points, 0.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.5 blocks in 12.3 minutes over 2 games for Brooklyn Nets in the NBA Summer League … Scored a season-high 8 points in 16 minutes on July 21 against the Charlotte Hornets.


2024: Averaged 6.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.7 steals in 28.2 minutes over 11 games for Scarborough Shooting Stars in the CEBL … Recorded a season-high 29 points and 12 rebounds on June 23 against the Montreal Alliance.


2023-24:  Averaged 6.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.6 steals in 18.1 minutes over 34 games for the Birmingham Squadron in the NBA G League … Recorded a season-high 28 points and seven rebounds in 40 minutes of playing time Feb. 25 against the Memphis Hustle.


2023-24:  Recorded 0.0 points, 0.0 rebounds, 0.0 assists and 4.7 minutes in one game for the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA preseason.


2023-24:  Averaged 7.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.6 blocks and 14.1 minutes over five games for the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA Summer League … Recorded a season-high 16 points and five rebounds on July 11 against the Phoenix Suns.


UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER


Averaged 12.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.7 steals and 24.2 minutes in 124 games over five seasons playing for Southern Utah University and the University of Illinois in NCAA Division I.


2022-23: Averaged 17.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 33.8 minutes over 36 games for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds … Scored a season-high 31 points in 43 minutes in an overtime win on December 17 against Northern Arizona ... Was named to the WAC First-Team All Conference.


2021-22: Averaged 14.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.7 steals in 29.4 minutes over 28 games for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds … Recorded a season-high 36 points and 10 rebounds on Jan. 27 against Portland State.


2020-21: Averaged 16.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.7 steals in 28.1 minutes over 24 games for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds … Recorded a season-high 33 points combined with 5 rebounds on Dec. 9 against Utah Valley ... Was named to the 2020-21 Big Sky All-Conference First Team.


2019-20: Averaged 1.0 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.1 assists and 0.2 blocks in 5.7 minutes over 12 games for the Illinois Fighting Illini … Scored a season-high six points and grabbed six rebounds Feb. 15 against Rutgers.


2018-19: Averaged 3.5 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.2 assists and 0.5 steals in 9.0 minutes over 24 games for the Illinois Fighting Illini … Scored a season-high 18 points in 23 minutes on Jan. 26 against Maryland.


PERSONAL


Attended Culver City High School ... Led his team to the Ocean League Championship while averaging 20.5 points and 9.0 rebounds ... His brother, Torren, played in the NBA G League for the Santa Cruz Warriors during the 2019-20 season.

CAREER STATISTICS

PROFESSIONAL TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2024-25 Grand Rapids Gold 18 539 265 45-88 49-133 19-26 18 36 54 28 49 3 25 33
2024-25 Brooklyn Nets (Summer League) 2 25 11 1-2 3-8 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0
2024 Scarborough Shooting Stars 11 314 186 37-73 30-89 22-27 18 43 61 20 28 8 8 21
2023-24 Birmingham Squadron 34 615 220 26-58 49-134 12-13 14 46 60 25 50 3 19 24
2023-24 New Orleans Pelicans (Preseason) 1 5 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2023-24 New Orleans Pelicans (Summer League) 5 71 35 2-10 7-18 10-12 1 9 10 2 9 3 4 1
Totals 71 1,569 717 111-233 138-383 63-78 52 134 186 77 139 18 56 80

PROFESSIONAL AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2024-25 Grand Rapids Gold 18 30.0 14.7 .511 .368 .731 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.6 2.7 0.2 1.4 1.8
2024-25 Brooklyn Nets (Summer League) 2 12.3 5.5 .500 .375 .000 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
2024 Scarborough Shooting Stars 11 28.2 16.9 .507 .337 .815 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.8 2.5 0.0 0.7 1.9
2023-24 Birmingham Squadron 34 18.1 6.5 .448 .366 .923 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.7
2023-24 New Orleans Pelicans (Preseason) 1 4.7 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
2023-24 New Orleans Pelicans (Summer League) 5 14.1 7.0 .200 .389 .833 0.2 1.8 2.0 0.4 1.8 0.6 0.8 0.2
Totals 71 17.9 8.4 .361 .305 .55 .62 1.5 2.1 .92 1.5 0.2 0.6 0.9

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2022-23 Southern Utah 36 1218 639 108-239 85-235 168-200 27 130 157 48 64 4 41 79
2021-22 Southern Utah 28 822 410 79-165 55-177 87-107 18 114 132 23 56 3 20 57
2020-21 Southern Utah 24 675 405 76-149 60-172 73-85 15 94 109 29 50 1 17 61
2019-20 Illinois 13 68 12 1-8 3-16 1-2 4 6 10 1 13 2 0 4
2018-19 Illinois 24 217 85 18-32 13-44 10-11 17 16 33 5 28 1 11 4
Totals NCAA Division 1 125 3,002 1,551 282-593 216-644 339-405 81 360 441 106 211 11 89 205

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2022-23 Southern Utah 36 33.8 17.8 .452 .362 .840 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.3 1.8 0.1 1.1 2.2
2021-22 Southern Utah 28 29.4 14.6 .479 .311 .813 0.6 4.1 4.7 0.8 2.0 0.1 0.7 2.0
2020-21 Southern Utah 24 28.1 16.9 .530 .349 .859 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.2 2.1 0.0 0.7 2.5
2019-20 Illinois 12 5.2 0.9 .125 .188 .500 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.3
2018-19 Illinois 24 9.0 3.5 .563 .295 .909 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.2
Totals NCAA Division 1 125 24.0 12.4 .475 .335 .839 0.6 2.9 3.5 0.9 1.7 0.1 0.8 1.7