High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter "Wali" Jones (born February 14, 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) guard.Jones played at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same school that had produced Wilt Chamberlain a few years earlier. He played college ball at Villanova University.In his first NBA season, Jones played for the Baltimore Bullets and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. The next season, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers where he would play for the next six years.