Wali Jones

Walter "Wali" Jones (b. February 14, 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player.

Jones was a part of the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers team featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Chet Walker and Billy Cunningham, that ended the eight-year championship streak of the Boston Celtics. Jones made the Sixers' starting lineup after Larry Costello tore his Achilles tendon on January 6 1967.

Jones played at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same school that had produced Chamberlain a few years earlier. He played college ball at Villanova University.

Later, he played for the Baltimore Bullets, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, and Utah Stars.

Jones' son Askia is the third-leading scorer in Kansas State University basketball history and played briefly in the NBA himself, with the Minnesota Timberwolves.