Carlik Jones is a professional basketball player and point guard for the South Sudan Senior Men’s National Basketball Team, find out more about him and his parents below
Jones has been in incredible form leading South Sudan in their qualifications for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Who is South Sudan point guard Carlik Jones, bio, age, height, parents, nationality, salary, contract, stats and net worth
Notably, Jones, has represented South Sudan internationally since 2023, and brings a certain amount of NBA experience.
Carlik Jones bio
Carlik Anthony Jones is an American-South Sudanese professional basketball player who was born on December 23, 1997, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Before going pro, Jones played college basketball for the Radford Highlanders and the Louisville Cardinals. Jones also plays for the South Sudan national team, after joining them ahead of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. He is all set to play as their starting point guard in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Age, height, and weight
Carlik Jones is currently 26 years old and stands at a height of 1.83 m. His listed weight is 178 lb (81 kg).
Education
Carlik Jones attended Aiken High school in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later attended Radford University from 2017-2020 before joining Louisville University from 2020-2021.
Nationality
Carlik Jones is half American and half South Sudanese and Carl Jones and Felicia Rosemond are his parents.
Carlik Jones career
After playing colleg basketball at Radford University and the University of Louisville, he went undrafted in 2021 and signed with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He notably earned 10-day contracts with the Mavericks and Nuggets during his rookie season.
After spending the 2021-22 season with the Mavericks and Nuggets, Jones finally signed a two-way contract with the Bulls for the 2022-23 season. Notably, Jones was named as the MVP of the 2023 NBA G League season. He will now spend the 2024-25 season with Serbian club KK Partizan after spending last season with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Carlik Jones signed a 3 year, $4,377,957 contract with the Chicago Bulls, including $357,717 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,459,319. He has signed 6 contracts worth a total of $7,556,424 to take his net worth between $5-10 million.
Carlik Jones stats vs. Team USA
Given below are Carlik Jones’ stats with South Sudan against Team USA:
- 32 minutes
- 15 points
- 11 rebounds
- 11 assists
- 2 steals
- 1 turnover
- 7-21 (33.3 percent) field goal shooting
- (100.0 percent) free throw shooting
Carlik Jones NBA stats
Given below are Jones’ NBA stats:
- 12 games
- 6 minutes per game
- 0 points per game
- 7 rebounds per game
- 9 assists per game
- 2 percent field goal shooting
- 9 percent 3-point shooting
- 0 percent free throw shooting