Derrick Jones Jr. said the last time anyone measured his vertical leap was his senior year at Philadelphia’s Archbishop John Carroll High School.
“It was 48 [inches] at the time,” the 20-year-old, 6-7, 200-pound second-year swingman out of UNLV said about an hour before making his first start of the season for the Miami Heat Jan. 10 in Indiana. “I’ve gained weight. I don’t know what it is right now. I know it’s still pretty high.”
“On a good day,” Jones Jr. said he can slap his hands on the top of the backboard.
“On a great day,” he continued, “I can probably jump [and put my hands] over the backboard.