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Jigga. Jordan. Biggie. Charles Jones. Wait… The last name does not fit; we are talking about the “Kings of Brooklyn” right? While the first three resonate to any casual hip-hop or b-ball aficionado, Jones may not. Rewind the clock ten years and Brooklyn’s finest wasn’t with Roc-a-fella. “CJ” was leading the nation in D1 scoring for the second consecutive season at LIU-Brooklyn in the NEC conference putting up 30.1 and 29.0 ppg respectively from ‘96-’98. The college numbers thrust him into the NBA, ballin’ for the post-Jordan Bulls and the “Clip Show” for a couple years.
Since the League Pass days have gone, Jones can be found lighting up teams overseas in Argentina and stateside for the Strong Island Sound (ABA). When the weather is warm, the former Kenny’s Kings member (re-watch the 1997 documentary Soul In The Hole) takes it back to where it all started and hits the NYC blacktop. In ‘07, he led the Nike 1 squad to another Pro City @ Hunter College championship, and took Dyckman’s chip as a member of the mighty TNP. Still going hard after nearly ten years out of the spotlight, Charles Jones will always be remembered as a “Brooklyn King.”
Justin “Chillin in the stands, eating hot dogs with no mustard” Solomon
March 13th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
nice job, justin! welcome to the crew and thanks for the contribution. i once got to be on the same squad with charles at a basketball city afternoon run. there were 3 nba dudes on the court and a bunch of overseas dudes (i had no bizness being there, they didn’t have enough) and jones completely took over. completely. his pull-up jumper off the dribble is wet from 30′ no exaggeration. only thing i’d say was that he didn’t help the other 4 of us play better. he was in a vacuum. in more recent years though, especially with TNP, he’s maturing into more of a team player. they’re really fun to watch cuz everyone scores double figures and no one goes nut.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Ad-Pol A.K.A. Little Bro of Justin Solomon says:
Stain! Nice job it’s pretty informative considering I had know idea who Charles Jones was before reading this article. I’m probably gunna go check if he has any highlight reels on You Tube. So, I’ll talk to you later Stain.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Kyle Polsky says:
Jones is better than Stephan “Sneakers” Starbury.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Bruce Polsky says:
Jigga please….
March 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
chris says:
oh i wish he was well known maybe my dad knows
March 16th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Steve - O says:
Nice article man. I had no idea who Mr. Jones was. Couldn’t find a better shot of him (looks like he’s snacking on the ball like Chris Childs with donuts).
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
James Broady II says:
Take it from someone that grew up on Brooklyn’s many legendary playgrounds…Charles Jones was the illest. 360s, tomahawks, long range threes…he had it all. He was my favorite player growing up.
He led Division I in scoring two years in a row. His name should be held in the same breath with the best of them when playground legend names are spoken.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Carisa Sulkowski says:
Nice article Justin! Very informative, I am impressed! Looking forward to more articles.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
nosmelone says:
Great article, I’m a CJ fan as well. I loved in Soul in the Hole when they referred to him as someone who could go to school and play ball, much more versatile than booger was and this proved true.
Good info on him in Argentina