Jason Joynes

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 23/01/70
Place of Birth: Adelaide (SA)
Position: CTR
Height (CM): 206
Weight (KG): 115
Junior Assoc: SA - Sturt
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 27/08/89
AGE AT DEBUT: 19
LAST NBL GAME: 16/09/95
AGE AT LAST GAME: 25
NBL History: Westside 1989-91 | Newcastle 1992-93 | Geelong 1994-95
Championships: 0
None

NICKNAME/S: Big J

BIO: Jason Joynes was born in Adelaide (SA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Sturt basketball program.

As a junior, Joynes led all scorers and rebounders at the 1989 Under 20 State Championships.

FAMILY: Married his wife Michelle and had their three children Eliza, Isaac and Scarlett.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Jason Joynes made his NBL debut with the Westside Melbourne Saints at 19 years of age. He scored six points in his first game.

Jason Joynes played seven seasons across three NBL teams. This included the Westside Melbourne Saints, Newcastle Falcons and Geelong Supercats. He averaged 3.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 104 NBL games.

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1995	25	Geelong	9-17 (12)	18	223.0	68	58	6	30	28	3	5	10	24	29	62	47%	0%	10	14	71%	50%	47%	23
1994	24	Geelong	7-19 (11)	25	163.0	49	44	6	20	24	3	4	12	23	17	39	44%	0%	15	22	68%	50%	44%	8
1993	23	Newcastle	15-11 (5)	11	46.0	5	13	3	6	7	1	4	6	9	2	8	25%	0%	1	3	33%	27%	0%	2
1992	22	Newcastle	9-15 (12)	10	200.0	76	53	7	25	28	3	10	12	27	29	75	39%	0%	18	29	62%	43%	39%	17
1991	21	Newcastle	5-21 (14)	10	69.0	11	12	5	10	2	1	5	4	15	3	17	18%	0%	5	11	45%	25%	18%	5
1990	20	Westside Melbourne	3-23 (14)	26	470.0	110	108	30	58	50	5	18	38	64	47	96	49%	0%	16	44	36%	47%	49%	15
1989	19	Westside Melbourne	8-16 (9)	4	24.0	10	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	8	3	7	43%	0%	4	8	50%	46%	0%	6
Totals				104	1195	329	293	60	152	141	16	46	83	170	130	304	42.8%	0.0%	69	131	52.7%	45%	43%	23

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1995	25	Geelong	9-17 (12)	18	12.4	3.8	3.2	0.3	1.7	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.6	3.4	47%	0%	0.6	0.8	71%	50%	47%	23
1994	24	Geelong	7-19 (11)	25	6.5	2.0	1.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.7	1.6	44%	0%	0.6	0.9	68%	50%	44%	8
1993	23	Newcastle	15-11 (5)	11	4.2	0.5	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.7	25%	0%	0.1	0.3	33%	27%	0%	2
1992	22	Newcastle	9-15 (12)	10	20.0	7.6	5.3	0.7	2.5	2.8	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.7	2.9	7.5	39%	0%	1.8	2.9	62%	43%	39%	17
1991	21	Newcastle	5-21 (14)	10	6.9	1.1	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.5	0.3	1.7	18%	0%	0.5	1.1	45%	25%	18%	5
1990	20	Westside Melbourne	3-23 (14)	26	18.1	4.2	4.2	1.2	2.2	1.9	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.5	1.8	3.7	49%	0%	0.6	1.7	36%	47%	49%	15
1989	19	Westside Melbourne	8-16 (9)	4	6.0	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.8	1.8	43%	0%	1.0	2.0	50%	46%	0%	6
Total				104	11.5	3.2	2.8	0.6	1.5	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	1.3	2.9	42.8%	0.0%			52.7%	45%	43%	23

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
23	15	4	2	4	4	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Mount Gambier 1989, 1996-99

Joynes had a short stint with Mount Gambier in 1989 before signing a deal to play in the NBL.

He returned once his NBL career was over and was made club captain in his second year back (1997). He went on to lead all ABA conferences in that season in rebounding and field goal percentage, with the Pioneers finishing runners-up in the South Conference runners-up. He was named All Star 5 for the league and voted as the Pioneers team MVP. 

Joynes retired from basketball after winning the club’s first ever Conference and National Championship in 2003, having played a total of 267 ABA and SEABL (now NBL1) games (all with Mount Gambier). Joynes still holds the clubs record for rebounds (2,829), held the clubs record for games played (267) until 2022 and sits third in career blocks.

He was one of the Pioneers’ first life members in 2003 and repeated the feat as a Hall of Fame inductee in 2015.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	36%	43%	32%	79%
2	0	23	4	2	4
Total						130	304	42.8%	0	0	0.0%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
1995	25	Geelong	9-17 (12)	18	223.0	68	58	6	30	28	3	5	10	24	29	62	47%	0	0%	10	14	71%	50%	47%	23
1994	24	Geelong	7-19 (11)	25	163.0	49	44	6	20	24	3	4	12	23	17	39	44%	0	0%	15	22	68%	50%	44%	8
1993	23	Newcastle	15-11 (5)	11	46.0	5	13	3	6	7	1	4	6	9	2	8	25%	0	0%	1	3	33%	27%	0%	2
1992	22	Newcastle	9-15 (12)	10	200.0	76	53	7	25	28	3	10	12	27	29	75	39%	0	0%	18	29	62%	43%	39%	17
1991	21	Newcastle	5-21 (14)	10	69.0	11	12	5	10	2	1	5	4	15	3	17	18%	0	0%	5	11	45%	25%	18%	5
1990	20	Westside Melbourne	3-23 (14)	26	470.0	110	108	30	58	50	5	18	38	64	47	96	49%	0	0%	16	44	36%	47%	49%	15
1989	19	Westside Melbourne	8-16 (9)	4	24.0	10	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	8	3	7	43%	0	0%	4	8	50%	46%	0%	6
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0

COACHING HISTORY

After ten seasons playing for Mount Gambier, Joynes before turning his attention to coaching and eventually becoming the vice president of Adelaide's Woodville Warriors team from 2021. He was assistant coach of the South Australian Metro under-16 girls national champions in 2014, assistant for the SA Metro Under-18 boys from 2016-2018 and head coach of the South Australian under-20 men’s team in 2018 and 2019. He also and coached junior teams from Woodville, North Adelaide and Forestville.

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

Jason Joynes passed away at the age of 54 (15/9/24) after a courageous battle with a rare form of cancer. He lived in Queensland with his family at the time of his passing.

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