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Denver Nuggets | #21 | Forward

Spencer

Jones

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HEIGHT

6'7" (2.01m)

WEIGHT

225lb (102kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Stanford

AGE

23 years

BIRTHDATE

June 14, 2001

DRAFT

Undrafted

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'7" | 225lb | 23 years

DRAFT

Undrafted

BIRTHDATE

June 14, 2001

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Stanford

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

BEFORE NBA

College: Played four seasons at Stanford, finishing with 11.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.0 steals in 28.3 minutes per game ... Named to the 2023 All-Pac-12 Second Team, 2022 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Team, and 2022 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team ... Finished his college career as Stanford’s all-time leader in three-pointers made (315) and games played (146), in addition to ranking eighth in points (1,610) and field goals made (564) ... Became the first player in program history to be in the top 10 all-time list in both blocks (10th, 112) and steals (5th, 151) … Had 18 career 20+ point games … 2023-24 (Super-Senior): Appeared in 25 games (24 starts) … Averaged 11.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.4 steals in 29.1 minutes … Ranked ninth in the Pac-12 in steals per game … Shot 40.9% from 3-point range, ranking eighth in the Pac-12 … His 2.2 threes per game was sixth-best in the conference … Tied program record with eight made threes against Washington (Jan. 20), setting a career-high with 30 points … Scored 27 points with eight rebounds against No. 20 Arkansas (Nov. 22) … Scored 21 points with five 3-pointers in a 100-82 win over No. 4 Arizona (Dec. 31) … Averaged 21 points per game at the Pac-12 Tournament, scoring 20 against California (March 13) and 22 against Washington State (March 14) … Second-highest scoring average at the tournament, led the event with 3.5 steals per game … 2022-23 (Senior): All-Pac-12 second team … Preseason All-Pac-12 first team … Appeared in 32 games (30 starts) … Averaged a team-best 14.1 points with 4.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game … Shot 38.9% from beyond the 3-point line … Moved into second place in program history in made 3-pointers, trailing only Chasson Randle (’15) … 50th member of program’s 1,000-point list … Ended season ranked 24th in scoring and with 92 career blocks (ranking 12th in program history) … Tallied six 20+ point games … Ranked eighth in Pac-12 play in scoring (15.4), fourth in made threes (49), and sixth in 3-point percentage (41.2) … Scored a season-high 25 points twice, vs. Colorado (Dec. 29) and at Oregon State (March 2) … Led Stanford in scoring 16 times … 2021-22 (Junior): All-Pac-12 honorable mention … Pac-12 All-Defense honorable mention … Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament team … Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament team … Appeared in 31 games (all starts) … Led the team with 12.0 points per game and averaged 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game … Moved into ninth on Stanford’s all-time list for made 3-pointers (189) … Averaged 20.0 points and 6.0 rebounds at the Diamond Head Classic (Dec. 22-25) … Led the tournament in field goal percentage … Had back-to-back 20+ point games in the Pac-12 Tournament, scoring 26 against Arizona State (March 9) and 28 against Arizona (March 10) … Led the tournament in scoring and made 3-pointers … Had seven 20+ point games … Led the team in scoring 13 times … Averaged 16.4 points per game over the last 12 contests … One of six players in the Pac-12 to earn both all-conference and all-defense honors, and fourth player in Stanford history to do so … 2020-21 (Sophomore): Appeared in 26 games (25 starts) and averaged 8.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game … Shot 37.1% from 3-point range, and 40.7% from deep in Pac-12 play … Made multiple 3-pointers in 15 games, 12 of which were in conference games … Posted 18 points against Washington (Jan. 7) … Finished in double-figures nine times … Co-led the team with 32 steals … Ranked second with 17 blocks … 2019-20 (Freshman): Appeared in 32 games (29 starts) … Averaged 8.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game … One of Pac-12’s top marksmen, ranking second with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game and the league’s third-best percentage (43.1%) … Tallied the 13th-best percentage in the country … Stands second in program history for made threes (81) by a freshman … Scored 18 points at USC, coming on six made triples … Recorded 16 games with at least three triples, 10 games with at least four … Led the team in blocks (28) … Helped lead Stanford to the nation’s seventh-best defense (KenPom) and 16th-best scoring defense (62.5 ppg).

PERSONAL LIFE

Starred at Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Mission, Kansas … Led the Stags to three state titles during his four seasons at Bishop Miege … Led Bishop Miege in scoring (18.8 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg), steals (3.0 spg) and blocks (2.5 bpg) as a senior … Guided Bishop Miege to a 20-2 record and the 2018 Class 4A state championship as a junior.