Sixers Legend Bobby Jones Selected to 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame class

Former Sixers star Bobby Jones was among the 12 inductees named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

The honorees were announced Saturday in Minneapolis before the Final Four.

Jones, a forward, was NBA All-Defensive first team eight times with the Philadelphia 76ers and twice was ABA All-Defensive first team. In 941 games between the NBA and ABA, he averaged 20.2 points, 10 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He was a member of Philadelphia's championship team in 1983.

The class will be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sept. 6.