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PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Honors: NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1999-00)..

NBA: Has scored in double figures 136 times and has dished out double-digit assists 17 times … Has nine career double-doubles... Has played 14 NBA seasons with eight different teams...Has over 6,000 points and 2,000 points in his NBA career... Won an NBA Championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 as the team's point guard...Has played in over 690 NBA games and has started in 325 of them...Not drafted by an NBA franchise … Signed as a free agent by Orlando (9/20/99) … Traded by Orlando, with Ben Wallace, to Detroit for Grant Hill (8/3/00) … Traded by Detroit to Boston as part of three-team trade in which Boston also received Lindsey Hunter and a 2004 first-round draft choice from Detroit. Atlanta received Zeljko Rebraca, Bob Sura and a first-round draft choice from Detroit and Chris Mills from Boston. Detroit received Rasheed Wallace from Atlanta and Mike James from Boston (2/19/04) … Traded by Boston with Chris Mihm and Jumaine Jones to L.A. Lakers for Gary Payton, Rick Fox and a first-round draft choice (8/6/04) … Traded by Lakers with Caron Butler to Washington for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit (8/2/05) … Waived by Washington (1/17/06) … Signed as a free agent by Memphis (1/23/06) … Signed as a free agent by Denver (7/16/07).

One of college basketball’s premier point guards as a senior in 1995-96… Lettered in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 as USF moved into Conference USA toward the end of his career (1995 was the Metro Conference’s final season)… Averaged a career-high 19.3 points as a senior, the highest scoring average by a Bull in 11 seasons (since Charlie Bradley averaged 21.7 ppg as a senior in 1984-85)… Became the second USF player to have his jersey number retired; number was retired Feb. 10, 2001… Ended his career as USF’s third all-time leading scorer with 1,619 points… A four-year starter who missed just two starts (due to a sprained ankle his sophomore season) while playing in 111 career games… Tied the program’s single-season assist record with 196 as a junior in 1994-95; assist total is now tied at No. 2 (Arthur Caldwell, 196, 1986-87) as Reggie Kohn recorded 220 assists in 2001-02… Led the Metro Conference with 6.5 assists-per-game in 1994-95… His 519 career assists ranked No. 2 on USF’s all-time career list following his senior season; the figure is now No. 3 (behind Kohn’s 632, 2000-03 and Radenko Dobras’s 534, 1989-92)… Also USF’s career 3-point leader with 244 (in 674 attempts) when his career ended; now No. 2 on the list behind Kohn’s 252 (2000-03)… Still No. 1 on the 3-pointers attempted with 674… Led the Metro in 3-point shooting with 84 (219 attempts, 38.4 percent) as a junior in 1994-95, the same year he led the league in assists… Finished second among Metro scoring leaders that season with a 16.8 point-per-game average, falling one-half point shy of becoming only the second player in Metro history to lead the league in scoring and assists in the same season… Became the 11th USF player to score 1,000 points and just the fourth to do so prior to his senior season… Career averages include 14.6 points and 4.7 assists-per-game… One of two Bulls to score 1,600 points and dish out 500 assists in a career (also Radenko Dobras)… Played one season in Conference USA and earned All-C-USA second-team honors in 1995-96… Also named to the All-Metro second team in 1994-95 after collecting Metro All-Freshman Team honors in 1992-93… Averaged nine points and three assists for Team USA as the Americans claimed the gold medal at the 1995 World University Games… An eight-year NBA veteran who entered the league in 1999-00 with the Orlando Magic after playing professionally overseas three seasons (signed as a free agent Sept. 21, 1999)… Named to the Schick NBA All-Rookie Team after averaging 9.5 points and 3.7 assists-per-game in his only season with Orlando… Has played with Orlando, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles (Lakers), Washington, Memphis, Denver and Oklahoma City ... Is now back with the Pistons in 2009-10.

Signed as a free agent by Indiana, 7/30/09.

2008-09:
Backup big man played his role well in 63 games this season, after appearing in just 35 a year ago • Finished the year averaging 3.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg and 0.5 bpg in 10.7 mpg (.604 FG%, .500 3FG%, .716 FT%) • Recorded eight multi-block games, including a career high-tying 5 rejections @Wash (11/29) • Also tied a career-high with 10 boards, while scoring 5 pts and blocking 2 shots @OKC (11/9) • Hit his first career three-pointer v/OKC (12/23) • Scored a season-best 12 pts and grabbed 8 rebs @Orl (1/9), hitting 4-4 FGs and 4-6 FTs • Equaled the 12 pts and 5 boards v/Phoe (1/25) • Saw a season-best 30 mins of action v/Mia (4/14), finishing with 4 pts, 5 rebs, 3 blks, 1 asst and 1 stl • Shot better than 50% from the field the first five months of the season - Nov. (.553), Dec. (.714), Jan. (.676), Feb. (.667) and Mar. (.600) • Notched career-highs in games (63) and minutes played (675).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Through 156 career contests, has averaged 2.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg and 0.5 bpg (.535 FG%, .728 FT%) • Has not missed a game due to injury or illness • Appeared in 35 games in 2007-08, and a total of 145 minutes, averaging 1.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg and 0.1 bpg in 4.1 mpg (.400 FG%, .550 FT%) • Second-round pick became one of the top rookie shot-blockers in the league in 2006-07, ranking 6th among all first-year players (0.7 bpg) • Was also the only rookie with multiple games of 5 blocks (three times) on the season • Played in 58 games, and averaged 3.3 ppg and 2.3 rpg (.508 FG%, .787 FT%) in 11.5 mpg.

PLAYOFF HISTORY
Appeared in six games (one start) in the first round against the Heat, and averaged 2.0 ppg and 2.2 rpg in 8.4 mpg (.667 FG%) • Played in all seven contests in the first round series against Boston (2008), averaging 0.6 ppg, 1.1 rpg and 0.4 bpg in 4.1 mpg (.200 FG%) • Had 6 rebs and 2 blks in game seven loss at Boston (5/4/08).

2004-05: Appeared in all of the team’s 30 games, earning 27 starting assignments ... Topped the roster in field goal percentage (.546) ... 64 total blocks was the fifth-best single-season effort in school history ... Contributed seven points and six rebounds in victory over No. 18 Charlotte ... Matched personal best effort with six blocks in the conference tournament opener against Houston (3/9/05) ... Also scored eight points and grabbed five boards in the win ... Concluded the season with 12-point night against Memphis (3/11/05) ... Went 4-of-8 from the floor to record 11 points at DePaul (2/22/05) ... Blocked four shots vs. East Carolina (2/19/05) ... Grabbed nine rebounds at Southern Miss (2/2/05) ... Went 6-of-9 from the free throw line (a career best) to record 12 points in 33 minutes vs. FIU (12/20) ... Grabbed 11 rebounds at South Carolina (12/14) ... Recorded a career-high six blocked shots vs. Grand Canyon (12/4) ... Nabbed 12 rebounds (five offensive) vs. Mississippi Valley State (12/3) ... Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in USF’s 89-64 win over Bethune-Cookman (11/29) ... Scored a career-high 18 points while grabbing seven rebounds vs. Prairie View A&M (11/23) ... Concluded the year contributing 6.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per night ... Earned first letter.

Daytona Beach Community College: Played one season for current USF assistant Frank Burnell and one for Brad Underwood, who spent several years at Western Illinois ... Averaged 11 points and eight rebounds as a sophomore ... In his freshman season, he contributed eight points and 6.4 rebounds, while shooting 58.2% from the field ... He also had 38 shot blocks as a freshman

High School: An all-area player for Mount Dora High School ... Coached by Roger Cox.

Personal: Born July 16, 1984, in Eustis, Fla., his given name is Solomon Jones III ... Son of Solomon and Uzeria Jones of Mount Dora, Fla ... Has two sisters, Carmella (16) and Nakia (14) ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social sciences.