Paul Jones has been associated with Toronto Raptors broadcasts since the team’s inception in 1995. Jones is entering his second season handling the play-by-play duties. He was part of the inaugural radio broadcast crew for the first two seasons as analyst and then moved into the television realm working as a sideline reporter and analyst for both Raptor and Vancouver Grizzlies broadcasts on TSN and CTV. Jones has also worked as courtside reporter for Raptor broadcasts on Sportsnet, as well as studio shows for Raptors NBA TV.
Jones currently co-hosts the postgame call-in show for home games and the Hoop Show with game broadcast partner, Eric Smith. Jones is also co-host, with Smith, of Raptors NBA TV’s “Double Dribble” that airs weekly on the network. In addition, he writes a weekly column for the Sportsnet Web site and is a guest columnist for Raptors.com
Jones started broadcasting basketball on radio for the University of Toronto in 1989 and his experience includes coverage of basketball at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He subsequently was part of the broadcast crew for the World Basketball Championship that was held in Toronto in 1994.
As a player, Jones was a two-time conference all-star at York University in Toronto and represented Canada in international tournaments on two occasions earning a Silver Medal from the Commonwealth Tournament in New Zealand. He has coached at the high school and provincial team levels where he helped lead Team Ontario to silver and gold medals in consecutive years. Jones spent three years as an assistant coach at the CIS level at the University of Western Ontario.
Paul possesses three degrees, an Honours Bachelor of Science from York University, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Arts Degree in Sports Psychology from the University of Western Ontario.
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