The eighth overall pick in the 1957 draft, Jones spent his entire 12-year career in Boston, earning five All-Star nods during that time and averaging 17.7 PPG in 871 career regular-season games (27.9 MPG).
The 16-16 Celtics have already endured a rough season with some infighting and other issues. Now it sounds like they might have to piece together their roster for their Christmas Day game with Scotch tape and Elmer’s glue.
A sharpshooter who has made 1,250 career three-pointers at a 35.8% clip, Miles has appeared in a total of 848 NBA regular-season games and another 44 postseason contests.
In 10 games this season, Miles has averaged 6.4 points while shooting 32.2 percent from the field. The veteran was seeing just over 16 minutes per game.