Dahntay Lavall Jones (born December 27, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Rutgers and Duke and won the NBA 2016 Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Jones grew up in Hamilton Square, New Jersey and starred at Steinert High School in Hamilton Township, Mercer County from 1995 to 1998. He earned McDonald's All-America honorable mention honors as a senior after averaging 24 points and 9 rebounds per game.

After playing college basketball at Rutgers in his freshman and sophomore years, Jones transferred to Duke where he earned All-ACC Honorable Mention honors in 2002 after averaging 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists as a junior. In his senior season, he played 33 games, averaging 17.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.

Jones was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 20th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, and his rights were later traded, along with the rights to Troy Bell, to the Memphis Grizzlies for the rights to Kendrick Perkins and Marcus Banks. On November 21, 2003, he made his professional debut in a 98–97 win over the Seattle SuperSonics, recording one rebound, one assist and two blocks in eight minutes off the bench. In four professional seasons for the Grizzlies, Jones averaged 5.0 points per game.

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