5 (son Dyllan Thompson, daughters Teylor Jones and DaMya Jones and one more daughter)
The fans of the ex-NBA star and current sports analyst Damon Darron Jones are interested in his family background. Unfortunately, Damon didn’t tell anything about his parents or siblings in his interviews, so we don’t have any info on that topic. But he shared lots of interesting facts about his wife and kids. We also want to tell you about his ex-partner, basketball coach Tina Thompson and their son Dyllan. Take some tea or coffee, and let’s read!
Damon Jones wife
Nichole Phillips-Jones (wife)
Date of birth: January 31, 1977
Damon is currently married to Nichole Phillips-Jones, a real estate agent. She keeps out of the limelight, so not many new facts are known about her. Nichole and Damon have a common daughter DaMya.
Tina Thompson (ex-partner; baby mother)
Date of birth: February 10, 1975
Damon and Tina, the female basketball star, were in relationships in the middle 2000s. Although their union didn’t end with marriage – two athletes parted their ways, it had some really interesting continuation – the birth of their son Dyllan.
Tina Thompson entered this world in Los Angeles, California. She played basketball with her brother and their friends, and Tina was considered one of the best players at the Morningside High School team. She continued that activity at the University of Southern California.
She started her career in 1997 with The Houston Comets. It lasted till 2014 when she played for the teams The Los Angeles Sparks, The Seattle Storm, and others. In 2015 she started the next page of her career – coaching. The woman was hired as the coach of the University of Texas team.
Despite her active career, Tina considers motherhood as her main achievement. She spends lots of time with her son.
Damon Jones kids
Teylor Jones (daughter)
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Date of birth: 1997
Teylor, or Tey, is Damon’s daughter. The name of the girl’s mother is not known. But obviously, she maintains close relationships with both of her parents.
Tey is a college graduated. While being in a college, she participated in a national championship as a runner and was one of the winners.
Dyllan Thompson (son)
Date of birth: May 12, 2005
Dyllan is Damon’s son, who was born by his ex-partner Tina Thompson. The boy lives with his mother, and as Tina used to say in her interview, she was raising her son as a single parent.
The boy was born in 2005 when his mother was in an active phase of her career. She traveled all over the world and participated in the European League and Russian league. Nevertheless, she made a pause in her career to spend some time with her newborn son.
It seems, that Dyllan is not close to his father. He grew up in Houston, Texas, and there ended a high school. The boy spent a lot of time with his maternal grandmother, Lady Thompson, while his mother Tina was in Seatle, coaching the youth teams there.
Now Dyllan is a teenager, who loves sports and is very focused on his studying.
DaMya Jones (daughter)
Follow my baby on Instagram and wish her a great and prosperous 6th grade year. She will get a kick out of that.👍🏿 pic.twitter.com/pdRJ51cq8Z
Damon has a daughter with his current wife Nichole. DaMya resides in Houston with her parents. She is a high school pupil. She shares a close bond with her dad.
One More Daughter
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In general, Damon is a father of three daughters. The name of his third girl is not publicized. But he spends a lot of time with her.
Bio
Damon Darron Jones is a person, who doesn’t need an introduction. He spent 12 seasons in NBA. Damon gained a reputation as “a journey star” because he didn’t spend more than one season in the same team. During the years of his career as a basketball shooter, he played for the New Jersey Nets, the Golden State Warriors, the Miami Heat, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and many others. During 657 matches, in which he took part, he demonstrated great results (on average): 6.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 2.7 assists. After retirement from professional sports, Damon didn’t disappear and continued his activity as a coach. In 2014-2018 he served as an Assistant Coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After the retirement, Damon found a job at ESPN Broadcast Company. He serves as the sports analyst.
Mr. Jones comes from the Texas area. He was born on August 25, 1976, in Galveston, the resort city in Texas. The future sports star was educated at Ball High School. During his years at school, he played for the basketball team and his talent for sports was obvious. He was granted with a sports scholarship and was accepted to the University of Houston. There he played for the team “Cougars”. Having decided to become a professional basketball player after graduation, he participated in the draft of 1997 but wasn’t chosen. But the next year his fate smiled at him – he was signed as a free agent by the New Jersey Nets. He played in more than 10 basketball clubs during the years of his career.
Interesting and fun facts
In his first interviews, Damon jokingly named himself “the best shooting guard in the world”. Some people considered it from his side. Recently, Mr. Jones has explained, that he put the bar high in front of himself, saying that he was the best, that inspired him to reach greater results. But he, probably, was not perfect.
In 2013 Damon was prosecuted in the court for violating the deal. He was signed by Pro Sports MVP to participate in the military tour to the American bases in Afghanistan. He had to be the tour celebrity, who had to greet soldiers and to encourage them. But he refused because of the illness of his family member, thus having violated his duties.
Previously, he endorsed the Chinese shoe company “Li Ning”, thus having become the first NBA player to present the company from China.
His net worth is $10 million.
His height is 6 ft 4 in and his weight is 200 pounds.
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