Jones, 49, played in NBA for 10 teams spanning 11 seasons from 1998-2009, spending no more than three years with any team after going undrafted out of Houston.

"He’s a really funny dude. He’s a great storyteller. But he was never a part of the staff," a team source said of Jones.

Jones joined the Cavaliers as an informal shooting assistant in 2014 before taking on an assistant role with the team's G League affiliate, the Canton Charge, in 2015-16. Lue, who replaced David Blatt as head coach of the Cavaliers in January 2016, added Jones to his NBA staff ahead of the 2016 playoffs and kept him on through 2018.

Damon Jones is a former NBA player and assistant coach who was arrested and indicted in October 2025 as part of a NBA gambling scandal.

Damon Jones and LeBron James have reportedly been friends since their time playing for the Cavaliers together in the mid-2000s.

Damon Jones, who played at UH from 1994-97, was arrested on charges of providing insider information on NBA games for illegal betting.

The Galveston, Texas native played college basketball at the University of Houston, and currently resides in Houston.

NBA star turned coach Damon Jones was arrested by the FBI in connection to an illegal betting ring that allegedly

In addition to Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, former NBA player and coach Damon Jones was arrested.

Federal authorities alleged the former NBA stars were used by New York City mob families "to attract" wealthy players to rigged poker games