Merlakia Jones

Merlakia Jones

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

5-10, 147lb (178cm, 66kg)

Born: June 21, 1973 in Montgomery, Alabama us

College: Florida

High School: George Washington Carver in Montgomery, Alabama

Draft: Cleveland Rockers, 2nd round (5th pick, 13th overall), 1997 Draft

3x All Star
2001 All-WNBA

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SUMMARY

Career

251

PTS

9.4

TRB

3.7

AST

1.4

FG%

42.0

FG3%

29.9

FT%

75.3

eFG%

43.4

PER

14.5

14.3

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1997	CLE	24	28	1	21.0	3.3	8.2	.402	0.2	0.4	.417	3.1	7.8	.401	.413	1.4	2.0	.714	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.0	8.2
1998	CLE	25	30	21	22.8	3.6	7.8	.464	0.2	0.7	.350	3.4	7.2	.474	.479	2.0	2.7	.753	0.9	2.2	3.2	1.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.3	9.5
1999	CLE	26	32	8	26.7	4.4	10.2	.434	0.2	0.6	.278	4.3	9.6	.443	.442	1.9	2.4	.769	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.6	1.3	0.2	2.1	2.5	10.8	AS
2000	CLE	27	32	32	29.6	4.8	10.1	.474	0.4	1.4	.311	4.3	8.7	.500	.495	1.0	1.5	.681	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.7	11.0	AS
2001	CLE	28	30	30	33.3	5.5	12.6	.438	0.3	1.1	.265	5.2	11.4	.455	.450	2.2	2.7	.793	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.5	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.0	13.5	MVP-8,WNBA1,AS,MIP-7
2002	CLE	29	32	32	34.2	4.9	12.3	.399	0.5	1.7	.278	4.4	10.6	.419	.419	1.9	2.5	.785	1.0	4.4	5.5	2.3	1.4	0.1	1.7	1.9	12.2
2003	CLE	30	34	15	19.8	1.9	5.8	.337	0.1	0.4	.308	1.8	5.4	.339	.347	0.8	1.1	.718	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.7	4.8
2004	DET	31	33	2	15.7	2.3	6.2	.371	0.1	0.5	.267	2.2	5.8	.379	.380	0.7	1.0	.750	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.2	5.5
Career			251	141	25.3	3.8	9.1	.420	0.3	0.8	.299	3.6	8.3	.432	.434	1.5	2.0	.753	1.1	2.7	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.0	9.4

7 seasons	CLE		218	139	26.8	4.1	9.5	.425	0.3	0.9	.301	3.8	8.6	.438	.439	1.6	2.1	.753	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.6	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.2	10.0
1 season	DET		33	2	15.7	2.3	6.2	.371	0.1	0.5	.267	2.2	5.8	.379	.380	0.7	1.0	.750	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.2	5.5

Per Game Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998	CLE	25	3	0	21.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.3	0.7	.500	3.3	7.3	.455	.479	1.3	1.3	1.000	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	9.0
2000	CLE	27	6	6	34.5	5.7	14.3	.395	1.0	3.3	.300	4.7	11.0	.424	.430	1.5	2.0	.750	1.8	5.3	7.2	1.8	1.2	0.0	1.3	2.3	13.8
2001	CLE	28	3	3	34.3	5.0	10.7	.469	0.3	1.0	.333	4.7	9.7	.483	.484	1.7	1.7	1.000	2.7	3.3	6.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.7	12.0
2003	CLE	30	3	0	12.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.7
2004	DET	31	3	1	20.3	3.7	8.7	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	8.3	.440	.423	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	7.7
Career			18	10	26.3	4.1	9.6	.422	0.4	1.5	.296	3.6	8.1	.445	.445	1.1	1.3	.833	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.0	9.7

4 seasons	CLE		15	9	27.5	4.1	9.8	.422	0.5	1.7	.308	3.6	8.1	.446	.449	1.3	1.5	.826	1.8	3.4	5.2	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.9	10.1
1 season	DET		3	1	20.3	3.7	8.7	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	8.3	.440	.423	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	7.7

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Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1997	CLE	24	28	1	589	92	229	.402	5	12	.417	87	217	.401	.413	40	56	.714	30	50	80	25	23	3	54	55	229
1998	CLE	25	30	21	683	109	235	.464	7	20	.350	102	215	.474	.479	61	81	.753	28	67	95	39	32	3	52	69	286
1999	CLE	26	32	8	853	141	325	.434	5	18	.278	136	307	.443	.442	60	78	.769	47	75	122	51	41	5	66	81	347
2000	CLE	27	32	32	948	153	323	.474	14	45	.311	139	278	.500	.495	32	47	.681	52	87	139	63	29	2	60	86	352
2001	CLE	28	30	30	998	165	377	.438	9	34	.265	156	343	.455	.450	65	82	.793	43	121	164	45	29	4	53	59	404
2002	CLE	29	32	32	1094	157	393	.399	15	54	.278	142	339	.419	.419	62	79	.785	33	142	175	72	44	4	55	60	391
2003	CLE	30	34	15	672	66	196	.337	4	13	.308	62	183	.339	.347	28	39	.718	18	79	97	44	22	3	36	59	164
2004	DET	31	33	2	517	76	205	.371	4	15	.267	72	190	.379	.380	24	32	.750	23	46	69	21	19	2	26	41	180
Career			251	141	6354	959	2283	.420	63	211	.299	896	2072	.432	.434	372	494	.753	274	667	941	360	239	26	402	510	2353

7 seasons	CLE		218	139	5837	883	2078	.425	59	196	.301	824	1882	.438	.439	348	462	.753	251	621	872	339	220	24	376	469	2173
1 season	DET		33	2	517	76	205	.371	4	15	.267	72	190	.379	.380	24	32	.750	23	46	69	21	19	2	26	41	180

Totals Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1998	CLE	25	3	0	65	11	24	.458	1	2	.500	10	22	.455	.479	4	4	1.000	5	7	12	1	0	0	3	7	27
2000	CLE	27	6	6	207	34	86	.395	6	20	.300	28	66	.424	.430	9	12	.750	11	32	43	11	7	0	8	14	83
2001	CLE	28	3	3	103	15	32	.469	1	3	.333	14	29	.483	.484	5	5	1.000	8	10	18	9	1	1	3	5	36
2003	CLE	30	3	0	37	2	5	.400	0	1	.000	2	4	.500	.400	1	2	.500	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	2	5
2004	DET	31	3	1	61	11	26	.423	0	1	.000	11	25	.440	.423	1	1	1.000	3	9	12	2	4	0	2	8	23
Career			18	10	473	73	173	.422	8	27	.296	65	146	.445	.445	20	24	.833	30	60	90	23	12	1	18	36	174

4 seasons	CLE		15	9	412	62	147	.422	8	26	.308	54	121	.446	.449	19	23	.826	27	51	78	21	8	1	16	28	151
1 season	DET		3	1	61	11	26	.423	0	1	.000	11	25	.440	.423	1	1	1.000	3	9	12	2	4	0	2	8	23

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Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1997	CLE	24	28	589	12.3	.451	.052	.245	7.0	10.4	8.8	8.8	2.1	0.4	17.6	24.4	0.1	0.5	0.5	.044
1998	CLE	25	30	683	16.1	.528	.085	.345	6.1	12.2	9.4	11.4	2.5	0.4	16.1	22.7	1.3	0.8	2.1	.146
1999	CLE	26	32	853	15.6	.483	.055	.240	7.3	11.0	9.2	13.8	2.7	0.5	15.5	24.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	.083
2000	CLE	27	32	948	15.4	.512	.139	.146	7.7	13.6	10.5	14.4	1.8	0.2	14.9	21.2	1.7	1.2	2.9	.146
2001	CLE	28	30	998	17.8	.489	.090	.218	6.2	16.2	11.4	10.5	1.8	0.4	11.4	24.6	2.2	2.3	4.5	.217
2002	CLE	29	32	1094	15.9	.457	.137	.201	4.2	17.9	11.1	15.1	2.5	0.3	11.4	23.0	1.1	1.2	2.3	.099
2003	CLE	30	34	672	8.3	.385	.066	.199	3.5	15.7	9.5	13.1	2.0	0.4	14.4	18.6	-0.7	0.9	0.2	.015
2004	DET	31	33	517	10.5	.411	.073	.156	5.4	11.1	8.2	8.3	2.1	0.3	10.6	22.0	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.026
Career			251	6354	14.5	.471	.092	.216	5.9	14.0	10.0	12.4	2.2	0.4	13.9	22.7	6.0	8.3	14.3	.108

7 seasons	CLE		218	5837	14.9	.476	.094	.222	6.0	14.2	10.2	12.7	2.2	0.4	14.1	22.7	6.1	7.9	14.0	.115
1 season	DET		33	517	10.5	.411	.073	.156	5.4	11.1	8.2	8.3	2.1	0.3	10.6	22.0	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.026

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1998	CLE	25	3	65	14.2	.524	.083	.167	8.9	14.5	11.5	3.6	0.0	0.0	10.4	20.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	.088
2000	CLE	27	6	207	16.7	.455	.233	.140	6.8	21.1	13.7	13.0	2.1	0.0	8.1	24.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	.230
2001	CLE	28	3	103	21.0	.526	.094	.156	11.0	14.9	12.9	20.8	0.7	1.0	8.1	20.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	.223
2003	CLE	30	3	37	2.9	.425	.200	.400	9.8	6.4	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.4	10.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.027
2004	DET	31	3	61	15.8	.435	.038	.038	7.2	18.6	13.3	8.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	23.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.086
Career			18	473	16.1	.474	.156	.139	8.3	17.4	12.7	11.7	1.6	0.2	8.9	21.9	1.0	0.6	1.7	.170

4 seasons	CLE		15	412	16.1	.481	.177	.156	8.5	17.2	12.7	12.3	1.2	0.2	9.2	21.7	1.0	0.6	1.6	.183
1 season	DET		3	61	15.8	.435	.038	.038	7.2	18.6	13.3	8.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	23.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.086

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