Trey McKinney-Jones (ex Telekom Bsk) is a newcomer at Gunma

- July 17, 2020

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Trey McKinney-Jones

Gunma Crane Thunders (B2 League) strengthened their roster with addition of 29-year old American guard Trey McKinney-Jones (198-100kg-90, college: Miami, FL). He played most recently at Telekom Bsk in German BBL league. In 16 Basketball Champions League games he recorded 8.6ppg, 2.7rpg and 1.4apg last season. McKinney-Jones also played 17 games in BBL where he averaged 7.9ppg, 2.6rpg and 1.2apg.
The previous (2019) summer he played at Fort Wayne Champs in U.S. semi-pro league The Basketball Tournament.
McKinney-Jones has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2015. He was a member of USA Senior National Team two years ago.
McKinney-Jones is a very experienced player. Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on three different continents (Europe, Asia and of course North America) in six different countries. McKinney-Jones has played previously professionally in France (Gravelines Dunkerque), Hungary (Kormend), Israel (Maccabi Kiryat Gat), NBA (Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers), Japan (Chiba Jets) and NBA G League (Fort Wayne Mad Ants).
Among many awards he won NBA G League Central Division championship title in 2018. McKinney-Jones received also Eurobasket.com All-Hungarian League Honorable Mention award back in 2016.
He attended University of Miami until 2013 and it will be his eighth season in pro basketball.

Gunma Crane Thunders roster for 2020-2021:

Guards:
Trey McKinney-Jones
Tahara Takanori

Forwards:
Michael Parker
Justin Keenan
Yuki Ueta

Center:
Brian Qvale

By Eurobasket Data Center