ORANGE MOUND
Jemerrio Jones grew up in the Orange Mound neighborhood in South Memphis.
Life wasn’t easy. And basketball wasn’t much a part of it until his teenage years.
“I didn’t even play at the park until I was like, 12 or 13,” said the 6’5’’, 23-year-old swing man who got called up from the South Bay Lakers to the big squad, and made his NBA debut on March 31. “I used to play on the street, but I never took it serious. I liked football more. I knew how to catch.