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Nov 25, 2017 · PORTLAND, Ore. – Steve “Snapper” Jones, former Portland Trail Blazers player, team announcer and later NBA broadcaster, has passed away in Houston at age 75. Family members and friends...
He also served as color analyst for the Blazers that year and stayed on into the 1990s. Jones' other broadcasting credits include stints with TNT, TBS, USA Network and the Denver Nuggets. Jones joined NBC shortly after the network obtained the rights to telecast NBA games prior to the 1990–91 season .
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- October 17, 1942, Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S.
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- November 25, 2017 (aged 75), Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nov 26, 2017 · PORTLAND, Ore. -- Steve "Snapper" Jones, the former ABA and NBA player who also had a long career in broadcasting, died Saturday after a lengthy illness. He was 75.
Nov 26, 2017 · PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Steve "Snapper" Jones, the former ABA and NBA player who had a long career in broadcasting, died Saturday after a lengthy illness. He was 75. The Portland Trail Blazers said family members and friends confirmed that Jones died in Houston.
Steve “Snapper” Jones — former ABA All-Star — has passed away, per source. He was 75. The former Trail Blazer, Oregon Duck, and Franklin High basketball star was a well-known broadcaster as...
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Nov 26, 2017 · Steve “Snapper” Jones, a three-time ABA All-Star who became the long-time color broadcaster for the Portland Trail Blazers — and with the “NBA on NBC” for a decade — has died at age 75 at his home in Houston after having battled a lengthy illness.
Nov 26, 2017 · 6yr ago. Joe Murphy / National Basketball Association / Getty. Steve "Snapper" Jones, who played nine seasons in the ABA and NBA before working for decades as a prominent broadcaster, has...
