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Ron Boone was born on 6 September, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, is a player. Discover Ron Boone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Boone finished 3rd all-time in American Basketball Association scoring with 12,153 points, behind Dan Issel (12,823) and Louie Dampier (13,726). He also finished 6th all-time in ABA assists (2,569), 5th in games played (662), 5th in minutes played (21,586), 2nd in personal fouls (2,245), and 1st in turnovers (2,327). Of the top five leading scorers in ABA history: Dampier, Issel, Boone, Mel Daniels and Julius Erving, Boone is the only one of the five not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Boone has a son, JaRon; a daughter, Jozette; and three grandchildren. His wife Jackie died of cancer, at age 62, in 2008.

JaRon Boone played college basketball at the University of Nebraska from 1992–1996, averaging 12.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 127 career games.

For the past 31 years, Boone has been a broadcaster for the Utah Jazz. Boone starting calling games for the Jazz in September, 1988. The Utah Jazz' partnered "Hot Rod" Hundley and Boone as announcers for many years. To many Jazz fans the duo was synonymous with Jazz basketball.

In his final season, in a reserve role, Boone averaged 7.8 points in 52 games. On January 26, 1981, Boone was waived by the Utah Jazz. Boone immediately had offers to play for other teams, but chose to retire following his release, saying "it was the right time to retire."

On October 25, 1979 Boone was traded by the Lakers to the Utah Jazz for a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Zam Fredrick was later selected), returning to Utah and finishing his professional career with two seasons playing for the Utah Jazz.

In 1979–1980, Boone averaged 12.9 points under Coach Jazz Tom Nissalke, playing alongside Hall of Famers Adrian Dantley and Pete Maravich.

On June 26, 1978, Boone was traded twice. First, he was traded by the Kansas City Kings with a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Mark Young was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for Mike Evans and Darnell Hillman. Then, on the same day, June 26, 1978, he was traded by the Denver Nuggets with a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Ollie Mack was later selected) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Mark Young was later selected) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Charlie Scott.

Boone played for the Los Angeles Lakers as a reserve for Coach Jerry West in 1978–1979, averaging 7.4 points in 82 games, playing only 19 minutes per game.

Boone averaged 17.7 points for the Kings in 1977–1978, along with 3.3 rebounds 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals.

After the ABA–NBA merger in June 1976 Boone played in the NBA for the Kansas City Kings. On August 5, 1976 he was drafted by the Kings from the Spirits of St. Louis in the dispersal draft.

Playing for Coach Phil Johnson in 1976–1977, Boone led the Kings in scoring, averaging 22.2 points, along with 3.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals, as the Kansas City finished 40–42.

The Utah Stars franchise folded after 16 games in 1975–1976, with the NBA and ABA merger imminent. Boone played for the Spirits of St. Louis for the remainder of the 1975–76 season. Overall, Boone averaged 26.2 points for Utah and 21.0 in 62 games for St. Louis, playing alongside Hall of Famer Moses Malone as well as Marvin Barnes, Maurice Lucas, M.L. Carr, Caldwell Jones, Gus Gerard and Mike D'Antoni. St. Louis then disbanded after the demise of the ABA.

Boone, alongside Zelmo Beaty, Willie Wise and Glen Combs, helped lead the Utah Stars to the 1971 ABA championship under Coach Bill Sharman. Utah finished the 1970–1971 regular season 57–27, with Boone averaging 18.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists after coming over in the trade from Dallas. Boone averaged 17.6 points in the ABA Finals 4 games to 3 victory over the Kentucky Colonels, with Dan Issel and Louis Dampier. The Stars had defeated the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 3 and his former team, the Dallas Chaparrals 4 games to 0 to reach the ABA Finals. Boone averaged 21.0 points in the Dallas series and 14.9 in the Indiana series.

Boone was a four-time ABA All-Star (1971, 1974–1976).

Boone was traded to the Utah Stars from Dallas in mid-season 1970, while averaging 20.0 points in 42 games with Dallas. In January 1971, the Stars traded Donnie Freeman and Wayne Hightower to the Chaparrals for Boone and Glen Combs.

After graduating from Idaho State University, Boone was selected by both the American Basketball Association's Dallas Chaparrals in the 1968 ABA draft and by the Phoenix Suns in the 1968 NBA draft. Boone opted to play for Dallas in the ABA.

Boone played two seasons with the Dallas Chaparrals (today's San Antonio Spurs) from 1968 to 1971. As a rookie in 1968–1969, Boone averaged 18.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists under Coach Cliff Hagan. Dallas finished 41–37, losing to the New Orleans Buccaneers 4 games to 3 in the ABA Playoffs. Boone made the ABA All-Rookie First Team.

As a senior in 1967–1968, Boone averaged 21.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists as Idaho State finished 10–12 under Coach Danny Miller.

In his three seasons with Idaho State University, Boone averaged 20.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in 61 games, never missing a game. Boone was named First–team All-Big Sky in both 1967 and 1968.

In 1966–1967, Idaho State finished 10–15, with Boone averaging 22.3 points and 5.1 rebounds.

Following his tenure at Clarinda Community College, Boone enrolled at Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, Idaho, where he received a scholarship and played for the Bengals, of the Big Sky Conference from 1965–1968.

As a sophomore, Boone averaged 10.9 points and 9.4 rebounds in 1965–1966 under Idaho State Coach Claude Retherford, as the Bengals finished 7–19. Retherford was a former college teammate of Boone's high school coach Neil Mosser.

Boone grew up in the Logan Fontenelle housing project and attended Technical High School in North Omaha, Nebraska. In high school, Boone played basketball for Coach Neal Mosser, who had led Tech to the 1963 State title and had coached Basketball of Famer Bob Boozer and Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson before Boone. Boone stood only 5'7" when he graduated from high school and didn't become a starter in basketball until his senior season. Boone played baseball under Coach Josh Gibson, older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, who also was an Omaha native and Technical High School alumnus.

Ronald Bruce Boone (born September 6, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player. He had a 13-year career in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Boone set a record for most consecutive games played in professional basketball history with 1,041 and claims to have never missed a game from when he started playing basketball in the fourth grade until his retirement. Boone is the current color commentator on Utah Jazz broadcasts.