Happy birthday Dontae’ Jones! Drafted by the Knicks. Traded with Walter McCarty, Scott Brooks and John Thomas to the good guys for Chris Mills. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/jTyMcEuAm6
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) June 2, 2020
It is also the birthday of former Celtics small forward Dontae’ Jones, born in 1975 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jones played his college ball with Mississippi State. He would be drafted with the 21st overall pick of the 1996 NBA Draft and immediately traded with Walter McCarty, John Thomas, and Scott Brooks to Boston for Chris Mills shortly after the start of the 1997–98 NBA season.
Jones would play 15 games for the Celtics that season, recording 2.9 points, 0.6 boards, and 0.3 assists per game before being waived by the team in January 1999.