<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-news-tyus-jones-strong-chauncey-billups-endorsement-blazers-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Suns’ Tyus Jones earns strong Chauncey Billups endorsement after Blazers win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tyus-Jones-earns-strong-Chauncey-Billups-endorsement-after-Trail-Blazers-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns’ Tyus Jones earns strong Chauncey Billups endorsement after Blazers win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T17:24:51-08:00">December 16th, 5:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T17:24:51-08:00">December 16th, 5:24pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In an era of score-first point guards, Phoenix Suns point guard Tyus Jones still fits the mold of a traditional point guard. He’s a consistent playmaker and someone who caught the eye of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. Before Monday’s game, Billups <a href="https://x.com/DuaneRankin/status/1868445457825079399" rel="noopener">gave a strong endorsement</a> to the Suns starting point guard.<br><br>“I’ve been a huge fan of Tyus (Jones) for years, man,” Billups said via AZCentral’s Duane Rankin. “I just think that he makes everybody better. He plays with a level of humility that you love from your point guard. He’s so smart, so crafty. This situation is tailor-made for him, it is. He is a big shot-maker. <br><br>“He knows who he is more than anything, and he knows who he’s playing with. That’s what they needed. I think he’s tailor-made for this situation, but I’ve been a huge fan of Tyus. He’s also a very scrappy defender. He doesn’t get a lot of credit for that, but a lot of teams attack him and go after him, and you have to fight on your hands when you do that. I’m proud and happy for the entire team for the price they got him at.”<br><br>Billups is referencing the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract">Suns landing Jones for $3.3 million</a> in free agency. That bargain of contract has resulted in the Duke basketball alums best season of his career. He’s averaging a career-high 12.8 points, 6.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game. His savviness and veteran leadership have been essential while Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal have battled injuries.</p><h2><b>Chauncey Billups sees Tyus Jones’s impact on the Suns </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Suns-Tyus-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Also, what the Trail Blazers head coach said was indeed true. Jones posted <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesty01/gamelog/2025" rel="noopener">19 points on 8-9 shooting</a> and knocked down all three of his three-pointers. Although the Phoenix guard isn’t known as a prolific scorer, that role has been changed. Even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-gushes-tyus-jones-underrated-skill-suns-defeat-blazers">Devin Booker gushed over Jones’ underrated skill</a> in the win.<br><br>When he made his way to the press conference room, Jones was asked about the compliments from the Portland head coach. That came as a surprise to Jones, and he broke down what those words of affirmation meant to him.<br><br>“That’s a huge compliment to myself,” Jones said. “I was a huge fan of Chauncey growing up. Still a big fan of his to this day. One of the guys I watched a lot growing up, just how he played the game, set the table, made big shots in his career, and did everything on the court. His demeanor is something that I try to imitate. I don’t take that lately to speak highly of me in that matter.”<br><br>The basketball world is beginning to see how dynamic of a player Jones is. On a team with Booker, Beal, and Durant, he often shines. Luckily for him, defenses have a pick-your-poison with those three. As a result, it leaves someone like Jones all alone. He’s been capitalizing on those opportunities.</p><h2><b>Tyus Jones is averaging career-highs in multiple categories</b></h2><p>For instance, he’s averaging the three-point makes and attempts of his career by a wide margin. Also, he’s shooting 44.1% from that range. Regardless of the scoring influx, it doesn’t take away from how the Suns guard aspires to play every night. <br><br>“It’s just how I’ve always kind of played… trying to set the table,” Jones said. “Trying to understand the offensive system. I’m trying to understand the time and score. There’s so much that goes into being a point guard, especially at this level. It’s not for the weak, but it’s the best job in the world, and I don’t take it for granted. I don’t take it lightly. <br><br>“I continue to work on my craft. Physically and mentally, and having the guys we have on this team, having the coaches that we have, and getting the confidence to continue to be myself. (As well as) giving me the green light to make plays, make calls on the fly, or whatever I see, just use my instincts.”<br><br><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2024-nba-free-agency-grades-for-every-team">One of the most underrated signings in NBA free agency</a> is leaving his mark and will continue to leave his mark. On a team loaded with superstars, Jones is thriving as a scorer while keeping his identity as the floor general.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Tyus Jones earns strong Chauncey Billups endorsement after Blazers win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-news-devin-booker-gushes-tyus-jones-underrated-skill-suns-defeat-blazers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Devin Booker gushes over Tyus Jones’ ‘underrated’ skill after Suns defeat Blazers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Devin-Booker-gushes-over-Tyus-Jones-underrated-skill-after-Suns-defeat-Blazers.jpg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker gushes over Tyus Jones’ ‘underrated’ skill after Suns defeat Blazers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T21:43:31-08:00">December 15th, 9:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T21:43:31-08:00">December 15th, 9:43pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/trail-blazers-vs-suns-prediction-odds-pick-12-15-2024">Phoenix Suns secured their second consecutive win</a>, this time against the Portland Trail Blazers. Tyus Jones and Devin Booker were at the forefront of it for Phoenix in that contest.</p><p>Although Booker posted 28 points, it was Jones who stole the show. He had 19 points on 8-9 shooting and knocked down all three of his three-point attempts. Following the win, Booker spoke to reporters and broke down how Jones was successful in <a href="https://x.com/HaydenCilley/status/1868510137989976333" rel="noopener">all facets of the basketball court</a>.</p><p>“He’s mastered that since the sixth grade,” Booker said. “I keep telling y’all to watch him be super punctual. Since then, he’s always had a pace on the open floor and his scoring, which is so underrated. I’m glad that he is on our side.”</p><p>The first season of a Jones and Booker backcourt seems to be paying dividends. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-tyus-jones-unlocking-best-version-devin-booker-team">Jones is having a career season</a> alongside Booker, Bradley Beal, and Kevin Durant. He’s averaging a career-high 12.5 points, seven assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game. However, he’s averaging a career-high in three-point makes and attempts. Not to mention, Jones is connecting on 42.9% of those. While some can say it’s a byproduct of playing alongside the Suns Big 3, there’s more to it than that.</p><h2><b>Mike Budenholzer and Devin Booker love what Tyus Jones brings</b></h2><p>Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer has an offensive system that emphasizes the three-pointer more than any shot. The Suns are sixth in total threes made and seventh in total threes attempted. That trickles down to every player, from Jones to Booker to Durant. Luckily, the influx of threes wasn’t a lone-season revelation. Jones explained postgame about <a href="https://x.com/HaydenCilley/status/1868510934345367851" rel="noopener">a conversation he had that sparked that influx</a>.</p><p>“That third year (in Memphis), it was in the off-season talking with Taylor Jenkins about just being a little bit more aggressive shooting the ball, especially from the three-point line. So that’s been something they’ve been on me about here as well. Everyone knows about Bud’s system. He wants us to get up threes. Also, with the gravity that KD, Book, and Brad create, everyone else is getting an open look. So just being ready to fire them and knock them down.”</p><p>The Phoenix point guard has been the X-factor heading into the season. It was evident before his first game with the team. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-mike-budenholzer-grayson-allen-tyus-jones-free-agency">Grayson Allen and Budenholzer convinced Jones to join the Suns</a>. 25 games into the season, and it hasn’t disappointed. He’s been the floor general that they missed all of last season. His impact opens up the floor for Booker, Beal, and Durant. For the Suns head coach, he sees that as well as anyone. </p><p>While Jones explained how his three-point emphasis grew, Budenholzer echoed that sentiment. He detailed how he’s been on Jones about taking those shots throughout the game and the season.</p><p>“We probably just have to stay on him and be in his ear more,” Budenholzer said. The more aggressive he is, the better we are as a team. I think that’s harder for him to wrap around with his basketball intellect and his point guard kind of nature. When he’s aggressive, I think we are at our best. He’s done that some recently, and we need more of it.”</p><h2>Tyus Jones has been the Suns’ X-factor this season</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tyus-Jones-with-Mike-Budenholzer.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Budenholzer isn’t exaggerating about the Suns’ need for more scoring from Jones. In the past eight games, he’s scored 10+ points. In all of those games, he’s shot <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesty01/gamelog/2025" rel="noopener">37% from three or better</a> while taking a minimum of three attempts. Plus, it unlocks another dimension to the offenses.</p><p>Defenses will sag off of guys like Jones to focus on the three stars. As a result, it allows Jones consistent, open looks. Phoenix has been encouraged by his increased scoring production. As Jones described it, his mentality is about making the right decision every play.</p><p>“It’s finding in the flow, trying not to pass up shots that they’re just taking,” Jones said. “I’m not hesitating to make my reads. Whatever the defense is giving me in the last couple of games, it’s been some early looks and just getting in a rhythm early on, and that’s been helping me.</p><p>“I’m not coming in saying, ‘I’m going to shoot X amount of times tonight’ or anything like that. I’m just taking what the defense gives me, looking to try to be a playmaker. That’s scoring or creating for others and just taking my shots with confidence.”</p><p>Beal remains out with right knee swelling. It could mean that Tyus Jones will be in line for another scoring opportunity. After all, he’s been in that position for the first 25 games and will likely be in that same spot for the remainder of the season. The emphasis from Devin Booker, Mike Budenholzer, and other teammates and coaches should result in a dead-eye shooter that teams will respect and pay serious attention to.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker gushes over Tyus Jones’ ‘underrated’ skill after Suns defeat Blazers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-tyus-jones-royce-oneale-identify-issues-hurting-skid');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyus Jones, Royce O’Neale identify issues hurting Suns amid skid');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Suns-Tyus-Jones-Royce-ONeale-identify-issues-hurting-Phoenix-amid-skid.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyus Jones, Royce O’Neale identify issues hurting Suns amid skid</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-10T22:42:28-08:00">December 10th, 10:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-10T22:42:28-08:00">December 10th, 10:42pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns are amid a three-game losing skid, and it hasn’t been encouraging for some to see. Regardless, point guard Tyus Jones and forward Royce O’Neale have a different outlook on their losing streak. Both players spoke after Tuesday’s practice and explained what <a href="https://x.com/PHNX_Suns/status/1866589691333554342" rel="noopener">they believe the underlying issue is</a>.</p><p>“We’re not playing a complete 48 minutes,” Jones said via Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports. “I think we’re playing well enough to win, but we’re not playing a full 48. We have stretches throughout the game where we get careless. Too many turnovers and not getting the stops that we need.</p><p>“If we can kind of eliminate those stretches, then it’ll help the other parts of the game. We’re playing well, we’re generating good shots, we’re connected on defense. Now, it’s just about putting together longer stretches of good basketball.”</p><p>The Suns have put together solid stretches during the season, most notably at the beginning. For instance, they began the campaign with a 9-2 record. Although those 11 games were with Kevin Durant, it’s been a story with him out. He’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-kevin-durant-injury-return-target-date">missed the past three Suns games with an ankle injury</a>. While Durant has a target return date, it hasn’t prevented Phoenix from making mistakes throughout these games.</p><p>In every game, they had the lead in the second half. Unlike the first 11 games, they weren’t able to sustain the lead. The first game against the New Orleans Pelicans was the exception to the rule. Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram caught fire and scored 21 points in the third quarter. That catapulted the rest of the team to score. However, the last two games could have been key wins for the Suns.</p><h2><b>Tyus Jones and Royce O’Neale have benefited the Suns during this stretch</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tyus-Jones-dribbling.jpg"><figcaption>© Jeremy Reper-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Luckily, both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-resilient-mindset-full-effect-four-game-skid">Jones and O’Neale have performed well and risen to the occasion for Phoenix</a>. Still, the loss doesn’t come as a result of one or two players. Although Bradley Beal and Devin Booker haven’t performed like their fellow teammates during this stretch, it’s unfair to place all the blame on them.</p><p>For instance, the point guard is averaging 15.7 points and 5.3 assists a night on 47.8 percent shooting from deep. O’Neale has been a monster, averaging 19.3 points per game over this stretch. Not to mention, he’s shooting an absurd 58.8 percent from the floor and 63.6 percent from three.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-unheralded-bench-player-drops-career-high-loss-vs-heat">O’Neale even dropped a career-high 23 points</a> against the Miami Heat on Saturday. Regardless, those two have done what they can, but it isn’t enough. Jones echoed a calm sentiment despite the current Suns skid.</p><p>“This road trip was tough because we felt like we played overall pretty well,” Jones said. “We were competing, we were together. We just had stretches where we didn’t make shots, or we let the defensive pressure kind of get to us and turn the ball over too many times. There are things like that, but we just have to learn from it. Stay with it; it’s a long season. It’s just room to grow.”</p><p>Jones is right. Phoenix has only played 23 games so far, which is a little more than a quarter of the season. Still, after starting with a 9-2 record, the Suns have fallen pretty far. Without Durant, the team simply looks lost. With either Friday or Sunday set to be Durant’s return, the Suns have time before their next game. As O’Neale mentioned to AZCentral’s Duane Rankin, the team is <a href="https://x.com/DuaneRankin/status/1866581471231684747" rel="noopener">picking apart components from each game</a> as to why they lost.<br><br>“I think it’s different things throughout each game,” O’Neale said. “It’s different stretches of the game where maybe we had a bad stretch of how the other team went on the run or us having a couple of costing turnovers or simply us just missing shots. We’re doing all the right things, making the right plays. It’s just about sticking with them.”</p><p>When KD is on the floor, they’re <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/suns-record-with-durant-this-season" rel="noopener">11-2 on the season</a>. The shortcomings aren’t reflective of Durant, but they play a key component. Jones and O’Neale have done all they can to step up to the plate. However, getting back to the basics and playing a consistent 48 minutes, with or without Durant, will prove crucial in the thick of the Suns season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyus Jones, Royce O’Neale identify issues hurting Suns amid skid

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-news-mike-budenholzer-grayson-allen-tyus-jones-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Mike Budenholzer, Grayson Allen convinced Tyus Jones to sign with the Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/How-Suns-Kevin-Durant-Mike-Budenholzer-helped-Tyus-Jones-to-sign-with-Phoenix.jpg"></figure><h1>How Mike Budenholzer, Grayson Allen convinced Tyus Jones to sign with the Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-30T18:08:08-07:00">September 30th, 6:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-30T18:08:08-07:00">September 30th, 6:08pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Phoenix Suns signed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract">Tyus Jones to a one-year, $3.3 million contract</a>, both head coach Mike Budenholzer and guard Grayson Allen were smiling from ear to ear. During the Suns’ media day, Jones explained what the message was when he met with the ownership group.</p><p>“That’s what they brought me here for, just to be me, play my game, be the leader that I am,” Jones said. “The guys allow me to do that. That’s huge for me of having and given that confidence to, you know, go out there and play my game and communicate whatever I see or feel out there.”</p><p>Jones has played with many NBA greats, past and present. He played with Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose, and Jimmy Butler when they were on the Minnesota Timberwolves. When Jones signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, he backed up point guard Ja Morant. Fast forward to Phoenix, he is playing with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal, three of the top stars in the NBA.</p><p>However, it wasn’t only the star power and the ownership group that influenced Jones to sign with the Suns. Grayson Allen was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-major-factor-join-suns">one of the major factors</a> when Jones signed with the Suns. There were questions about who would be in the starting lineup, between the two. Regardless of the lineup change, Allen remained optimistic about the team’s improvement.</p><p>“Me looking at Ty being a starter, I just feel like our team got a lot better,” Allen said. “I’m still the same, same player, a better player. I’m happy our team got a lot better, I’m happy Tyus is on our team, and I’m looking forward to how we look out there with having him. So I could be more excited to have him on our team and I’m ok with what comes with that.”</p><p>Meanwhile, Durant and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-devin-booker-called-his-shot-with-gold-medal">Booker called their shot for the gold medal</a> while they were in Paris representing USA Basketball. Throughout the preparation for each game, the duo was shocked to learn that the Suns had landed Jones. Even though the two all-stars have played with a plethora of key players, Jones stands out as one they can truly benefit from.<br><br>“Tyus was just another veteran presence that been around great players throughout his career,” Durant said. “He played in different roles where he was coming off the bench, had the feeling for guys that were injured, got traded to a Washington team where he had to assume a starting role. So he’s been in different situations and so a guy who’s seen a lot in this league is always good. Being around the last two weeks, seeing this game, being able to figure out what, and how I can help as well has been fun.”</p><p>Rewinding to Jones’s conversation with upper management, they were unsure if they could sign the point guard. After all, many contending teams were willing to spend extra money.</p><p>“I understand it’s going to be really tough for someone to take less money to come play for the organization,” Ishbia said. “He got a chance to talk to Coach Bud, and he talked to Kevin, Devin, and Brad. Tyus knew Grayson from college, all these guys know what we’re about here, and they were able to communicate that.”</p><h2><b>Will Mike Budenholzer and Grayson Allen make the Tyus Jones signing worth it for the Suns? </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tyus-Jones-made-an-impression-on-Mike-Budenholzer.jpg"><figcaption>© Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jones was one of the hottest names on the free agent market. Although he may not have the superstar aura, his impact cannot be understated. The former Duke Blue Devil had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 7.35 last season, the highest of any player in a season since individual turnovers were first tracked in 1977-78. Throughout that time, Jones has the three highest marks in a season with 7.04 in 2021-22 and 6.96 in 2018-19.</p><p>He also produced one of the best seasons of his career with the Washington Wizards. Jones averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesty01.html" rel="noopener">12 points, 7.3 assists, 1.1 steals, and only 1.3 turnovers</a> per game. For the first time, he started every single game and proved why he deserved to be in that spot. Jones had <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesty01/gamelog/2024" rel="noopener">21 of his 66 games with zero turnovers</a>. </p><p>Playing with Durant and Booker seems like a dream come true for Jones. Two players who can score about as well as anybody. However, the Suns still have Beal, who is an exceptional scorer in his own right. Beal had been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-celtics-joe-mazzulla-bradley-beal">playing somewhat of a point guard role</a> throughout the previous season. </p><p>He only played in 53 games and <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bealbr01.html" rel="noopener">averaged 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds</a>, and five assists in 33.3 minutes per game. While Beal was extremely efficient, he was consistently injured and could never find a true rhythm. That, combined with the added pressure of being a playmaker made matters worse. As Beal found out about the signing, he shared his initial reaction to Jones joining the squad.<br><br>“All smiles… that’s it though,” Beal said. “It’s exciting though, man. I get to be a two guard, a combo guard, which is what I was for 12 years of my career. To continue to thrive in that role, I’m just super excited with the team we have. Tyus and Monte (Morris) help everybody, it doesn’t just help me. I’m excited I get to be Brad.”</p><p>The Suns will begin their preseason on October 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Suns fans and the entire NBA can see the impact Jones will have on the Big 3.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Mike Budenholzer, Grayson Allen convinced Tyus Jones to sign with the Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/best-nba-free-agents-remaining-tyus-jones-luke-kennard-gordon-hayward-off-board');   ga('set', 'title', 'Best NBA free agents remaining with Tyus Jones, Luke Kennard, Gordon Hayward off board');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Best-NBA-free-agents-remaining-with-Tyus-Jones-Luke-Kennard-Gordon-Hayward-off-board.jpg"></figure><h1>Best NBA free agents remaining with Tyus Jones, Luke Kennard, Gordon Hayward off board</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-01T13:44:31-07:00">August 1st, 1:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-01T13:51:33-07:00">August 1st, 1:51pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>How is it already August? It seems like the 2023-24 NBA season just ended, yet here we are just over a month away from players reporting back to their teams for preseason practices and training camp in preparation for the 2024-25 season. Still, several key free agents remain available for NBA teams to negotiate with, even after Tyus Jones, Luke Kennard, and others recently came off the board.</p><p>Jones was one of the best free agents remaining after NBA Summer League in Las Vegas concluded. With the market quiet and virtually no teams having the ability to offer him a long-term deal, Jones opted to take a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract">one-year, minimum deal</a> to prove his worth with a contending team. The 28-year-old point guard is among the best in the league when it comes to assist-to-turnover ratio, and he will now aid Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal in their pursuit of a title with the Phoenix Suns.</p><p>Kennard was another big name to recently come off the board as a free agent late in the NBA offseason, as he ultimately returned to the Memphis Grizzlies. In June, the Grizzlies declined Kennard’s $14.8 million team option in hopes of finding common ground on a deal that would save them some money in luxury taxes. On Wednesday, the two sides came to an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-luke-kennard-returns-11-million-contract">agreement on a $11 million contract</a> for the 2024-25 season. He will become an unrestricted free agent once again next summer.</p><p>While Jones and Kennard decided to sign new contracts, Gordon Hayward didn’t receive much interest this offseason. As a result, the 34-year-old veteran forward has decided to call it quits. On Thursday, Hayward announced on social media that he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/gordon-hayward-makes-emotional-retirement-announcement-after-14-seasons">going to be retiring</a>, ending his 14-year NBA career. Hayward, a 2017 All-Star, never fully recovered after a devastating leg injury he suffered at the start of the 2017-18 season with the Boston Celtics, as his time with the Charlotte Hornets shortly after was also cut short due to injuries.</p><p>Entering the month of August, very few impactful talents remain available for teams to negotiate with ahead of training camp. However, players like Isaac Okoro and Markelle Fultz still remain on the open market, searching for new contracts before the 2024-25 season.</p><h2><b>Isaac Okoro – Restricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Okoro-Celebrates-Three.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have spent a ton of money on their core group this offseason. Donovan Mitchell received a $150 million extension, Evan Mobley received a $224 million maximum rookie contract extension, and Jarrett Allen recently got a $91 million extension. With Darius Garland also under contract after signing a max deal last summer, the Cavs now have their focal points through the 2027-28 season. The only question mark remaining is Isaac Okoro, who remains a restricted free agent this summer.</p><p>Okoro has made a name for himself in Cleveland due to his 3-and-D capabilities while shooting a career-high 39.1 percent from the perimeter during the 2023-24 season. The Cavs have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/isaac-okoro-cavs-tenure-writing-on-the-wall">exploring all of their options</a> pertaining to bringing Okoro back, as well as possibly including him in a sign-and-trade to upgrade their talent on the wing. It is not hard to imagine that the Cavs will bring him back on a team-friendly contract at this stage, a deal that could set the Cavs up for a roster move ahead of the trade deadline.</p><h2><b>Markelle Fultz – Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>After signing both Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cory Joseph this offseason, it appears as if Markelle Fultz’s time with the Orlando Magic has come to an end. Despite the label of being a “bust” as the No. 1 overall pick in 2017, Fultz has averaged 11.6 points and 4.8 assists per game while shooting 48.0 percent from the floor over the last five seasons in Orlando.</p><p>The 26-year-old point guard hasn’t commanded much attention in free agency around the NBA to this point, yet it would be surprising if he isn’t on a roster at the start of training camp. Fultz can still bring a lot to the table as a backup guard for a team that already has an established presence in their backcourt. Keep an eye on playoff-contending teams having interest in Fultz pertaining to one of their final roster spots and a minimum deal.</p><h2><b>Lonnie Walker IV – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Lonnie-Walker-IV-shooting.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>There may not be a better scoring weapon available in free agency right now than Lonnie Walker IV. With a variety of teams interested in his services last offseason, Walker opted to sign a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets. He averaged 9.7 points per game while shooting 38.4 percent from beyond the arc in 58 games with Brooklyn. Any team looking to bolster their bench scoring should want to gamble on Walker with a minimum contract, especially since he is still only 25 years old. Walker is yet another example of how the new financial rules in the CBA have impacted middle-class NBA free agents.</p><h2><b>Talen Horton-Tucker – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>Talen Horton-Tucker hasn’t received any real offers from NBA teams in free agency this offseason. The Dallas Mavericks were rumored to have interest in him, but they recently signed Spencer Dinwiddie to round out their roster.</p><p>Last season with the Utah Jazz, Horton-Tucker averaged 10.1 points and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 39.6 percent from the floor in 51 total games. Do not be surprised if there are quite a few European teams that show interest in the former Los Angeles Lakers second-round pick.</p><h2>Marcus Morris Sr. – <b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Marcus-Morris-shoots-over-Jrue-Holiday.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Marcus Morris Sr. will be 35 by the time the 2024-25 season begins. Still, he has proven year-after-year to be a dependable scorer. Throughout the entirety of his career, Morris has always been known for being a shooter, and he shot over 40 percent from three-point range with the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers last season.</p><p>The Cavs still have open roster spots, one of which could go to Morris, and it is possible that the 76ers could explore the possibility of bringing back the veteran. In fact, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer recently <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-marcus-morris-dvis-bertns-nba-free-agency-cleveland-cavaliers-20240801.html?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=edit_social_share_twitter_traffic&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=&amp;int_promo=" rel="noopener">flirted</a> with this idea. No matter where Morris ends up, he will be a reliable scorer on the bench.</p><h2><b>Danilo Gallinari – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>If there is one area in which Danilo Gallinari can still help a team as he gets set to turn 36 years old, it is three-point shooting. For his career, the Italian big man has shot 38.1 percent from three-point range. Do not let his 32.3 percent shooting from deep last season with the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and Milwaukee Bucks fool you. Even though knee injuries have limited Gallinari’s usage through the years, he is still an experienced offensive weapon who is an excellent option for a contending team to have on their bench. Should Gallinari’s time in the NBA be over, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him return to Italy and play in the EuroLeague.</p><h2><b>Evan Fournier – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pistons-Evan-Fournier-drives-against-the-Celtics.jpg"><figcaption>Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Much like Gallinari, Evan Fournier is a seasoned veteran who understands his role as a perimeter shooter in this league. Despite the 2023-24 season not being his best, Fournier has still managed to shoot 37.4 percent from three-point range for his career. Any team needing an extra spot-up shooter should look no further than the Frenchman on the wing. It doesn’t appear as if the veteran is having thoughts of leaving the NBA right now.</p><h2><b>Jae Crowder – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>It wasn’t too long ago that Jae Crowder was playing a pivotal role for the 2019-20 Miami Heat and the 2020-21 Phoenix Suns. Interestingly enough, both teams ended up making it to the NBA Finals. Known for his abilities as a 3-and-D wing who can guard virtually any position, Crowder brings toughness and experience to his organization. That is why the Milwaukee Bucks have valued his leadership over the last two seasons. However, the Bucks brought in others like Gary Trent Jr. and Taurean Prince this offseason, signaling that Crowder will need to look for a new team. The 34-year-old may wind up being a mid-season addition for any team that runs into injury problems.</p><h2><b>Robert Covington – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Robert-Covington-shooting.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>There are so many experienced forwards still remaining on the pen market that are viable three-point shooting options. Robert Covington is another one of those players, but he stands out because of his defensive versatility as a small-ball center. He has the size to still be a rotational defender in this league, and Covington has always been a pretty reliable three-point shooter. Everyone who talks about Covington always discusses what a great locker room leader he is as well. Between playing on the wing and in the frontcourt, Covington is likely to receive a minimum contract from a team.</p><h2><b>Cedi Osman – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>When LeBron James departed from the Cavs in 2018, Cedi Osman saw his role on the wing increase. Osman averaged double-digit scoring numbers for four straight seasons in Cleveland, and then he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in 2023. Last season, Osman saw his lowest minutes since his rookie year, resulting in lower than expected scoring and shooting averages. Although Osman is not an electric or athletic finisher, he is a steady presence on the wing that can get going from deep. Out of all the players on this list, he is probably one of the most deserving to remain in the NBA. At the same time, concerns over his defensive effort loom large as to why he remains a free agent late this NBA offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Best NBA free agents remaining with Tyus Jones, Luke Kennard, Gordon Hayward off board

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-news-tyus-jones-major-factor-join-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyus Jones reveals major factor in decision to join Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones-reveals-major-factor-in-decision-to-join-Phoenix.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyus Jones reveals major factor in decision to join Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-31T20:37:41-07:00">July 31st, 8:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-31T20:37:41-07:00">July 31st, 8:37pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Mike Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns hope to bounce back in the Western Conference after last season’s crushing 4-0 sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs. To that end, the team has filled a major gap in their roster by signing the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-nba-teams-that-will-regret-not-signing-tyus-jones">28-year-old guard Tyus Jones.</a></p><p>During his press introduction, Jones explained why he decided to sign with the Suns in free agency and revealed it was his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-real-reason-why-phoenix-big-3-never-meshed-2023-24-per-grayson-allen">former Duke teammate Grayson Allen</a> who brought him on board.</p><h2>Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones-bringing-the-ball-up-the-court.jpg"><figcaption>© Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>“He was definitely on board with me coming here, and recruiting me as well,” Jones <a href="https://x.com/YoungNBA/status/1818771697102995561">told the reporters</a> at his introduction. He also added that Allen made him feel welcome to the team headlined by its Big Three of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal. Moreover, Jones fondly remembered his days at Duke with Allen.</p><p>“That’s my guy, we go way back,” Jones said. After their conversations during free agency, Allen convinced <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract">Jones to sign with the Suns</a>, he added, “I’m really looking forward to sharing the court with [Allen] again, both on and off the court.”</p><p>Moreover, Jones had nothing but praise for Allen’s work ethic and attitude inside and outside basketball. “It’s what he stands for, how he competes, he’s the ultimate winner,” Jones said, referring to his playing days with Allen at Duke where they won the NCAA National Championship in 2015.</p><h2>Jones’ fit on the Suns</h2><p>Despite boosting their offensive firepower with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-dlo-camp-bradley-beal-offseason">the addition of Bradley Beal</a>, the Suns failed to reach the promised land in 2024. They had posted a record of 49-33 under previous head coach Frank Vogel, but their weaknesses got exposed in the postseason. For instance, they performed poorly in the clutch and they needed a point guard to run their offense.</p><p>The Suns were 25th in turnovers and were the worst fourth-quarter team in the NBA last season. Jones’ skill in running the offense, protecting the ball, and finding the right guys in the right spots should complement a team heavy with shooting and shot creating.</p><p>In his career, Jones averages 7.4 points, 4.3 assists, and 601 career games with the Wolves, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Washington Wizards. He has also <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jonesty01/gamelog-playoffs/" rel="noopener">reached the playoffs four times</a>, averaging 5.8 points and 3.3 assists in 27 playoff games. New coach Mike Budenholzer should feel a lighter load with Jones running the point for a squad hoping to return to the Finals after losing to Budenholzer’s Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyus Jones reveals major factor in decision to join Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-nba-teams-that-will-regret-not-signing-tyus-jones');   ga('set', 'title', '3 NBA teams that will regret not signing Tyus Jones');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3-teams-that-will-regret-not-signing-Tyus-Jones.jpg"></figure><h1>3 NBA teams that will regret not signing Tyus Jones</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-28T05:42:54-07:00">July 28th, 5:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-28T05:42:54-07:00">July 28th, 5:42am</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, Fansided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After nearly a month on the open market, Tyus Jones has officially found his next NBA team in the Phoenix Suns, who signed the veteran point guard to a<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract"> one-year, $3.3 million contract</a> that truly shocked fans across the NBA.</p><p>Now, for fans of the Suns, this was the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-2024-nba-free-agency-grades-for-every-signing"> best mid-summer surprise they could imagine</a>, as Phoenix was somehow able to secure a starting-caliber player without so much as a mid-level exception to play with, even if they had to promise the 28-year-old a starting spot to secure his services. But one team’s treasure is every other team’s mistaken non-signing, with fans of seemingly all 29 other NBA teams coming out of the woodwork to complain that their GM didn’t secure Jones’ services.</p><p>Are some of these fanbases overreacting? Sure, but there are a few who should be genuinely upset about losing out on Jones, as he would have been an ideal fit with their respective team.</p><h2><b>3 teams that should have signed Tyus Jones</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones-playing-against-the-Suns.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>1. Los Angeles Lakers</b></h2><p>When news broke that Tyus Jones had agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Suns, the one fanbase that immediately took to social media to air out their disgust with the situation was the Los Angeles Lakers, who haven’t done much of anything in free agency thus far.</p><p>Now on paper, some may argue that a point guard like Jones might not have been the ideal addition to the Lakers, as he’s one of the smaller point guards in the NBA, position un-versatile, and would force the team to shuffle around their starting five should they have retained the rest of their rotation. Then again, Jones is absolutely a playoff-caliber performer who could have helped to make LeBron James and Anthony Davis’ lives easier, all the while freeing up the potential to reshape the roster even further with subsequent trades.</p><p>Would the Lakers look better today with Jones and, say, Jerami Grant – who, for better or worse, has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/zach-lowes-jerami-grant-lakers-remark-has-fans-buzzing">been linked to the team repeatedly</a> – if they could swap out D’Angelo Russell in a three-team trade that also includes a team like the Brooklyn Nets, who <a href="https://lakersnation.com/lakers-rumors-nets-open-to-reunion-with-dangelo-russell/" rel="noopener">reportedly would like to reunite</a> with D-Lo? Debatable, but unfortunately, that option is no longer on the table.</p><h2><b>2. Miami Heat</b></h2><p>If Lakers fans were the most disappointed fanbase in the NBA after the Tyus Jones news broke, the second-most discouraged collection of supporters has to belong to the Miami Heat, who, like LA, is darn disappointed with how their offseason is shaking out.</p><p>Much like the Lakers, the Heat do technically have a point guard in Terry Rozier, who they traded for last season in a PG swap with the Charlotte Hornets involving Kyle Lowry, but after losing Caleb Martin in a situation best described as a contractual snafu, the team could seriously use another top-8 player to fill out the roster, especially one who can run the offense, moving forward. With little money to spend but a serious need to get better, adding Jones for under $4 million could have presented the Heat with an easy way to do just that and more.</p><p>While Jones is a tad undersized for the position at 6-foot, 196 pounds, he is coming off the best season of his professional career, scoring 12 points and 7.3 assists per game while shooting 48.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from 3 on solid volume. Play him alongside Tyler Hero, Josh Richardson, or even Rozier in the starting five, rotate him onto the court whenever Jimmy Butler needs a break, no matter how the Heat decided to use him, Jones felt like a perfect fit with the Heat and his presence will be missed as a result.</p><h2><b>3. Washington Wizards</b></h2><p>Of all the teams in the NBA seemingly in the market for a starting point guard, the team who knew Tyus Jones best of all was the team that could have theoretically brought him back at a much higher value than $3.3 million: the Washington Wizards.</p><p>Originally acquiring Jones from the Memphis Grizzlies last season after the former first-round pick out of Duke turned in a fantastic run in place of Ja Morant in the starting lineup, the veteran point guard seemingly found a home in the nation’s capital, hitting new career highs virtually across the board while helping to make life easier for young players like Bilal Coulibaly.</p><p>With Alexandre Sarr now in place as the Wizards’ new face of the franchise, Jones seemingly could have been even more valuable for the Wizards this season and likely would have drawn a contract worth four-to-six times as much as he will earn from the Phoenix Suns; unfortunately, it just wasn’t meant to be, even if the pairing was arguably the best in the NBA considering the financial circumstances teams are facing around the association.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 NBA teams that will regret not signing Tyus Jones

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/suns-news-tyus-jones-agrees-to-3-3-million-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Suns, Tyus Jones agree to $3.3 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Phoenix-Tyus-Jones-agree-to-3.3-million-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns, Tyus Jones agree to $3.3 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-27T13:15:16-07:00">July 27th, 1:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-28T08:11:18-07:00">July 28th, 8:11am</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns are using the 2024 offseason to prepare for a bounce-back year under the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-suns-kevin-durant-trade-not-in-plans-mull-firing-frank-vogel">leadership of Kevin Durant</a> and Devin Booker. However, Phoenix understands it takes admirable depth to compete in the Western Conference. As such, they have made a decisive NBA Free Agency move on former Washington Wizards point guard Tyus Jones.</p><p>Jones, who is considered the free agent market’s top point guard, has agreed on <a href="https://x.com/wojespn/status/1817290142748389831" rel="noopener">a one-year, $3.3 million deal</a> with the Suns, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 28-year-old looks to bring a stout floor general presence to a Phoenix team that could use greater playmaking.</p><p>Jones provided insight into his decision to sign with Phoenix:</p><p>“The chance to play for the Phoenix Suns <a href="https://x.com/wojespn/status/1817290576980811878" rel="noopener">made the most sense</a> on a lot of levels and my family – beginning with the way (Governor) Matt Ishbia and the front office recruited me to how Coach (Mike Budenholzer) showed me how I can significantly impact a team that has a real opportunity to challenge for an NBA title as their starting point guard,” Jones told ESPN.</p><p>“My agent (Kevin Bradbury) walked me and my family through multiple free agent offers and sign-and-trade proposals at a number of different financial levels but the Suns’ opportunity is where I can best maximize my value for a return to free agency next year as well as give myself a chance to be part of what I think will be a special team and season.”</p><h2><b>Can Tyus Jones help lead Suns to a championship?</b></h2><p>Jones is coming off an impressive one-year stint with the Wizards during the 2023-24 season. Through 66 games, he averaged a career-high 12.0 points, 7.3 assists and shot 41.3 percent on his 3-pointers. As mentioned, several teams were <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-clippers-among-teams-interested-in-tyus-jones">interested in Jones’ services</a>, but Phoenix captured his commitment.</p><p>Jones looks to help facilitate for two of the best scorers in the NBA.</p><p>Despite being 35 years old, Kevin Durant had one of his best years during the 2023-24 season. He averaged 27.1 points per contest, which ranked him fifth in the league. In addition, he played 75 regular season games, his most since the 2018-2019 season with the Golden State Warriors. Durant will enter the 2024-25 season with a fire alongside his other offensive running mate.</p><p>Devin Booker matched Durant’s scoring mark with 27.1 points per game during the regular season along with a career-high 6.9 assists. It will be interesting to see how Booker, Durant, and the rest of the team fare after the Suns’ NBA Free Agency moves.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns, Tyus Jones agree to $3.3 million contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tyus-jones-best-remaining-free-agents-nba-summer-league');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyus Jones leads best remaining free agents after NBA Summer League');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones-leads-best-remaining-free-agents-after-NBA-Summer-League.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyus Jones leads best remaining free agents after NBA Summer League</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-23T12:09:20-07:00">July 23rd, 12:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-23T12:09:20-07:00">July 23rd, 12:09pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lauri-markkanen-trade-talks-reed-sheppard-dominance-nba-summer-league">conclusion of Summer League in Las Vegas</a> essentially signals the end of events this NBA offseason. Luckily, basketball fans around the world will get to watch some of their favorite NBA talents in action during the Olympics in Paris, France, yet most of the drama that comes with every offseason is in the rear-view mirror. Still, trade talks will continue, and teams will look to finalize their rosters ahead of training camp in September with several key free agents that have yet to find a new contract during NBA free agency.</p><p>As is the case every summer, several notable names find themselves in search of a new home as free agents around the NBA following Summer League. However, this offseason is slightly different because of how money is being distributed across the league.</p><p>In the past, teams have spent their funds freely with no major implications other than having to pay extra in luxury taxes. Now, in addition to having major tax bills, the league’s new stipulations surrounding teams that cross the first and second tax aprons have caused organizations to rethink their strategies pertaining to long-term costs.</p><p>This is why several key names, such as Tyus Jones, Isaac Okoro, and others, remain free agents across the NBA at the conclusion of Summer League. Here is the latest on the best remaining free agents this offseason.</p><h2><b>Tyus Jones – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>There is no question that Jones is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-best-tyus-jones-nba-free-agency-destinations">best player remaining</a> as a free agent for NBA teams to pursue. The problem right now is that very few teams have openings in their backcourt, and those that would have a need for a player like Jones don’t necessarily have the money to spend on him. As much as the new tax aprons have impacted a middle-tier player like Jones, he himself has also hurt his chances to receive a new, lucrative contract in free agency due to his desire to remain a starting point guard.</p><p>This past season with the Washington Wizards, Jones averaged 12.0 points, 7.3 assists, and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 41.4 percent from the floor. His 7.3 assist-to-turnover ratio is why teams are wanting to bring in the 28-year-old guard as a key sixth man. It continues to look likely that Jones will need to accept a one-year deal with a team and enter NBA free agency yet again next offseason in search of a long-term deal. Of course, the option of the Wizards executing a sign-and-trade with another team willing to give Jones a three-year deal is also an option.</p><p>Very few teams have open roster spots at this time, leaving Jones’ options extremely thin if he is unwilling to accept a minimum contract for the 2024-25 season.</p><h2><b>Isaac Okoro – R</b><b>estricted free agent</b></h2><p>The idea of players holding leverage when it comes to being restricted free agents has diminished across the NBA in recent years. No player has signed an offer sheet with a different team as a restricted free agent this offseason, and Okoro remains the only notable player on the open market who has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-isaac-okoro-could-decide-cavs-free-agency">this kind of option</a> to agree to an offer sheet as a free agent.</p><p>Whether or not Okoro returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers depends on what the organization is planning on the trade market. The Cavs have been linked to several wing talents, most of which are more proven on the offensive end of the court than Okoro. However, the 23-year-old had a great 2023-24 campaign in which he proved to be a very strong perimeter defender on the wing. It is not hard to imagine that Cleveland will bring him back on a team-friendly contract at this stage, a deal that could set the Cavs up for a roster move ahead of the trade deadline.</p><p>There is still a lot to like about Okoro and where he is in his development, which is why the Cavaliers shouldn’t be so keen to give up on him yet. Then again, new contract extensions for Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell have put the Cavs in a bind pertaining to what they could offer Okoro long-term.</p><h2><b>Precious Achiuwa – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Precious-Achiuwa-dunks-against-the-Philadelphia-76ers-in-early-March.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>When the New York Knicks were unable to retain Isaiah Hartenstein earlier this offseason, it seemed like a forgone conclusion that they would be re-signing Precious Achiuwa. Right now, the Knicks are hard-capped at the second apron ($188.9 million), and their current payroll exceeds $171 million. Including the contracts of Pacome Dadiet and Tyler Kolek, the Knicks have 13 players on their active roster.</p><p>Achiuwa may very likely <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5645318/2024/07/18/knicks-roster-analysis-precious-achiuwa-cameron-payne/" rel="noopener">end up</a> being the 14th player for the Knicks because of the need they have in their frontcourt. New York has been searching for ways to bring in more help alongside Mitchell Robinson and Julius Randle, yet not many options exist for them on the trade market due to Miles McBride, Jericho Sims, and Keita Bates-Diop being the only players they can trade outside of their core group.</p><p>While it seems likely that the Knicks will ultimately bring back Achiuwa, who made an impact near the end of last season, the possibility of the team utilizing him in another offseason trade is also an option.</p><h2><b>Gordon Hayward – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>What happened with the Oklahoma City Thunder is forgettable for Gordon Hayward. Once thought to be the best trade made by a contending team last season, Hayward made little to no impact with the Thunder. Now, the 34-year-old forward appears to have one foot out the door of the NBA as a result of his numerous injuries through the years and remaining on the free agent market.</p><p>Throughout the course of his career, Hayward has always been a reliable three-point shooter. His experiences through the years and leadership in the locker room could be valuable for any playoff-contending team, regardless if he plays real minutes or not. It would be surprising if he wasn’t on a roster ahead of training camp.</p><h2><b>Markelle Fultz – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Markelle-Fultz-dribbling-the-basketball.jpeg"><figcaption>Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Orlando Magic recently signed veteran point guard Cory Joseph to a contract, likely signaling the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/magic-news-orlandos-latest-addition-is-bad-news-for-markelle-fultzs-chances-of-returning">end of Markelle Fultz’s tenure</a> with the franchise. Fultz, who was drafted first overall in 2017 by the Philadelphia 76ers over the likes of Jayson Tatum, De’Aaron Fox, Donovan Mitchell, and others, revitalized his career in Orlando over the last handful of seasons. Since 2019, Fultz has averaged 11.6 points and 4.8 assists per game while shooting 48.0 percent from the floor in a Magic uniform.</p><p>The 26-year-old doesn’t appear to have a market at this time and would be nothing more than a minimum-contract player for any team at this stage of free agency.</p><h2><b>Luke Kennard</b></h2><p>When the Memphis Grizzlies decided to opt out of Luke Kennard’s $14.8 million team option, the organization was of the belief that they could bring back the sharpshooter on a more team-friendly deal given their financial situation. As free agency has dragged on for Kennard, the chances of him returning to the Grizzlies have not grown.</p><p>Through his first seven years in the NBA, Kennard has shot 43.9 percent from three-point range, making a total of 790 triples. Since entering the league in 2017, Kennard has led the NBA in three-point shooting percentage two different times.</p><p>Plenty of teams could utilize a player like Kennard, and the Grizzlies may have to move some numbers around just to re-sign him. Memphis did recently trade Ziaire Williams to the Brooklyn Nets, which could be a precursor to them creating a chunk of funds to bring Kennard back for the 2024-25 season.</p><h2><b>Marcus Morris Sr. – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Marcus-Morris-Sr.-shooting.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Throughout the entirety of his career, Marcus Morris Sr. has always been known for being a shooter and scorer from virtually every spot on the floor. His defense can be suspect at times, but Morris can always give his team a spark in any game against any opponent when he gets going. This was apparent last year when the veteran forward joined the Cavaliers, immediately providing them with an experienced shooting option on the wing.</p><p>Morris is certainly worth a minimum contract for many teams, but his personality and aggressive confidence obviously rub some organizations the wrong way. At some point, he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-cavs-mavericks-multiple-teams-interested-marcus-morris">will get another chance</a> to make a deep postseason run with a team.</p><h2><b>Lonnie Walker IV – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>Various teams had interest in Lonnie Walker IV after his short stint with the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2022-23 season. Ultimately, he decided to join the Brooklyn Nets on a minimum deal. There, Walker showed flashes of his scoring prowess off the bench, averaging 9.7 points per game while shooting 38.4 percent from beyond the arc.</p><p>Walker is one of those flamethrower players in the sense that he can score on consecutive possessions once he sees the ball go through the hoop. At the same time, Walker can be somewhat of a loose cannon on offense due to him never surrendering confidence and continuing to shoot when shots aren’t falling. Seeing as Gary Trent Jr. recently signed with the Milwaukee Bucks on a minimum deal, Walker should be next in line to sign with a contender on a similar contract.</p><h2><b>Talen Horton-Tucker – </b><b>Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Talen-Horton-Tucker-warming-up.jpg"><figcaption>Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Talen Horton-Tucker hasn’t received any real offers from NBA teams in free agency this offseason. The Dallas Mavericks were rumored to have interest in him, but they recently signed Spencer Dinwiddie to round out their roster. It doesn’t appear as if a return to the Utah Jazz is in order for Horton-Tucker either.</p><p>At 23 years old, Horton-Tucker faces a scenario where he will need to accept a minimum offer just to stay in the league. The only problem is that this offer has yet to come in, which may result in the five-year veteran having to seek opportunities overseas to prove himself. In 51 games with the Jazz last season, Horton-Tucker averaged 10.1 points and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 39.6 percent from the floor. His lack of three-point shooting has resulted in his decline through the years.</p><h2><b>Danilo Gallinari – Unrestricted free agent</b></h2><p>Despite all of the knee problems he has had over the course of his career, seeing Danilo Gallinari remain unsigned is a surprise. No matter what team he has been with, Gallinari has always shot well from three-point range, and his length on the wing is advantageous as well. Unfortunately, the Italian big man has lost a step in recent years, directly impacting his ability to remain on the floor as a consistent shooting weapon.</p><p>It doesn’t help that Gallinari’s short stints with the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and Milwaukee Bucks last year were all unsuccessful. If he wants to go overseas and continue his basketball career, Gallinari will likely have multiple offers from premier European clubs. However, as far as prolonging his career in the NBA goes, Gallinari has yet to receive serious interest from teams. That could potentially change with the start of training camp around the corner.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyus Jones leads best remaining free agents after NBA Summer League

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-clippers-among-teams-interested-in-tyus-jones');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Clippers among teams interested in Tyus Jones');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NBA-rumors-Clippers-among-teams-interested-in-Tyus-Jones.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Clippers among teams interested in Tyus Jones</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-12T22:04:36-07:00">July 12th, 10:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-12T22:04:36-07:00">July 12th, 10:04pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The top free agents are off the board now that two weeks have passed since the 2024 NBA free agency period began. This, however, is not to say that there aren’t quality players who are still searching for a home for the upcoming season. In particular, teams would be remiss not to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-best-tyus-jones-nba-free-agency-destinations">float Tyus Jones a call</a>, even if that team, in particular the Los Angeles Clippers, doesn’t necessarily need a point guard.</p><p>Jones is one of the best playmakers in the association, averaging 7.3 dimes a night last year for the Washington Wizards. He has always found a way to produce when given minutes, making it a bit of a marvel that he hasn’t yet found a team to latch onto for the 2024-25 campaign. But that appears to be changing.</p><p>The Clippers, despite being heavy guard-heavy, <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumors-team-usa-clippers-76ers-suns-grizzlies-knicks-nets-magic-pistons/" rel="noopener">have shown interest</a> in Tyus Jones, according to the sources of HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Cap space has mostly dried up in the association, which means that teams may have to engage with the Wizards on a sign-and-trade to acquire Jones’ services.</p><p>Jones should be making eight digits annually; coming off a season in which he made $14.5 million, he is very much worth a similar amount over multiple years. He is only 28 years old, and it’s not like his game relies on top-shelf athleticism to thrive.</p><p>The Wizards, despite being expected to<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-biggest-mistake-at-2024-nba-trade-deadline"> trade Tyus Jones away</a> at the 2024 NBA trade deadline, decided to hold on to him. This opened up the possibility that Jones will be staying in D.C. past the 2023-24 campaign. But the Wizards’ earlier trade this offseason for Malcolm Brogdon, not to mention their decision to draft talented guard Carlton Carrington, means that Washington is likely to move on from the 28-year-old.</p><p>But will the Clippers actually be the team that acquires Jones’ services?</p><h2>Why are the Clippers interested in Tyus Jones?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones.jpg"></figure><p>Tyus Jones is one of the easiest players to fit on any roster. For starters, he doesn’t command the ball too much. He is not ball-dominant and usage-heavy, and he has a low ego to match. He is an unselfish, pass-first point guard who doesn’t rely on hogging the ball to set his teammates up for success.</p><p>Jones is also a heady presence in the locker room, and he functions almost like a second coach whenever he’s out there on the court. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies loved him, and the Wizards franchise also raved about him, which is a testament to his character and his impact.</p><p>For a Clippers team in flux, adding a stabilizing presence like Jones as well as another playmaker to set a team full of play-finishers up for success is enticing. But the Clippers have such a logjam at the guard positions that it’s not quite clear how they will sort this problem out at the moment.</p><p>The Clippers, despite not making it official yet, have agreed to sign Kris Dunn, adding to their roster full of guards which includes Russell Westbrook, Bones Hyland, Norman Powell, Terance Mann, and Kevin Porter Jr. For those counting at home, the Clippers already have seven players who can slot in at the guard positions. The Clippers are likely to trade away Westbrook anyway, but even then, that is still way too many players to have for those positions.</p><p>But at the end of the day, Tyus Jones’ decision as to which team he’ll be joining for the 2024-25 season will hinge on what role he foresees himself playing. With the Clippers, Jones will most likely come off the bench, what with Harden taking control of the offense at the point. A Harden and Jones backcourt may also not be too appealing to put out on the court defensively, so that option should be out of the window.</p><p>Jones became a full-time starting point guard for the first time in his career last year with the Wizards, putting up 12.0 points and 7.3 dimes a night on 49/41/80 splits; is he willing to go back to being a backup the way he was in the first eight years of his career?</p><p>There may not be a single opening around the league for a starting floor general. The closest team there is that’s in need of a player of Jones’ archetype is the Phoenix Suns, and they are simply too hamstrung by being in the second tax apron to do much of anything. The Orlando <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-how-wizards-blazers-trade-could-impact-magics-offseason">Magic have also shown interest</a> in the past in Jones, but after signing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, the team is showing faith in Jalen Suggs to be their starter at the one for the long haul.</p><p>Thus, if Jones is content with a backup job, then the Clippers may well find a way to bring him on board with their newfound financial flexibility in the aftermath of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-reacts-to-paul-george-leaving-for-sixers">Paul George’s departure</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Clippers among teams interested in Tyus Jones

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-best-tyus-jones-nba-free-agency-destinations');   ga('set', 'title', '3 best Tyus Jones NBA free agency destinations');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/X-best-Tyus-Jones-NBA-free-agency-destinations.jpg"></figure><h1>3 best Tyus Jones NBA free agency destinations</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-12T14:24:26-07:00">July 12th, 2:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-12T14:26:46-07:00">July 12th, 2:26pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The big names available in NBA free agency have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-free-agency-2024-tracker">already decided</a> where they are going. Paul George has signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, Klay Thompson is heading to the Dallas Mavericks, and DeMar DeRozan recently joined the Sacramento Kings. At this point, teams have spent the money that they could, leaving <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/10-best-players-available-demar-derozan-nba-free-agency">key names still available</a> on the free agent market. One of those players still seeking a new opportunity and contract is Tyus Jones, who had a variety of teams interested in his services entering the summer.</p><p>Unfortunately, Jones remains unsigned due to the point guard market as a whole being very dry. Many teams around the league don’t have a need for a new starting point guard at this moment, and Jones’ free agency was hit hard by teams not spending as much as usual due to the league’s new financial rules.</p><p>With the Washington Wizards this past season, Jones proved that he has what it takes to be a starting point guard. In a total of 66 games, all of which he started for the Wizards, Jones averaged a career-high 12.0 points, 7.3 assists, and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting 41.4 percent from three-point range.</p><p>Perhaps his most impressive statistic is that the Wizards point guard recorded a 7.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, turning the ball over a total of 66 times over 66 games. For his career, Jones has a 5.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.</p><p>There are numerous teams out there that could utilize Jones’ services, especially off the bench. Whether or not they have the financial flexibility or the roster spot to pursue Jones is a completely different question for organizations around the NBA.</p><p>Currently in the midst of July, these are the best destinations for Jones heading into the 2024-25 season.</p><h2><b>Orlando Magic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>If Jones is looking for the best opportunity to make the playoffs and still hold a key role in the backcourt, he should strongly consider pursuing a sixth-man-like role with the Orlando Magic. This past season, Orlando won a total of 47 games, increasing their win total by 13 total games. Under head coach Jamahl Mosley, the Magic have shown tremendous growth and potential.</p><p>Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero highlight the Magic’s roster, and they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/magic-news-kentavious-caldwell-pope-leaving-nuggets-for-orlando">recently signed</a> two-time NBA champion Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency. Already being one of the best defensive teams in the league, the Magic simply need more firepower on offense to be competitive in the playoffs. Jones may not be the best scoring guard, but he can truly bring out the best in his teammates. After all, Jones proved to be one of the best playmakers and facilitators at the point guard position with Washington last season.</p><p>The Magic have been searching for answers in their backcourt for years. Markelle Fultz wasn’t the answer, and while Cole Anthony has played well off the bench, he has struggled to cement himself as a core scoring weapon. Next to All-Defensive guard Jalen Suggs, Jones would be a very valuable veteran for the Magic to turn to at the point guard position. In addition to opening up the floor for others on this roster offensively, Jones would also take a lot of pressure off Banchero and Wagner to do everything.</p><p>As their roster is currently constructed, the Magic are not hard-capped, and they are close to $30 million below the first tax apron. Orlando also has access to their $7.9 million room mid-level exception, which could be utilized to bring in Jones.</p><h2><b>Brooklyn Nets</b></h2><p>The Brooklyn Nets have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-gm-sean-marks-reveals-why-took-knicks-mikal-bridges-trade-offer">entered rebuild mode</a>. Mikal Bridges is now a member of the New York Knicks, and it shouldn’t be long until the Nets end up moving Cam Johnson for more future draft picks. Nic Claxton and Cam Thomas are now the focal points in Brooklyn, a team that won’t have that high of expectations in the Eastern Conference entering the 2024-25 season.</p><p>Other than Dennis Schroder, the Nets do not have a point guard on their roster, which is why Jones could help fill some of the gaps during this rebuild. Should he go to Brooklyn and play well, perhaps the Nets could then flip Jones for more value in trade talks.</p><p>Out of all the teams in the league, the Nets may be one of the only teams that has a clear opportunity for Jones to come in and play right away, potentially as the starting point guard. Brooklyn also has access to their full mid-level exception, and they are about $11 million under their $178 million first apron hard cap for the upcoming year.</p><h2><b>Miami Heat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tyus-Jones-vs.-Heat.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>If there is one thing we can always count on from Pat Riley, it is to put together a Miami Heat roster that will compete at the highest level possible. So far this offseason, the Heat have struck out when it comes to pursuing talent for two reasons.</p><p>The first is that the Heat currently have a payroll that exceeds $180 million, which puts them right at the second tax apron line. The second reason behind Miami’s inability to add another big name to their roster is the fact that they haven’t been able to trade Duncan Robinson, who is set to make $19.4 million this upcoming year. Robinson is one of the only trade pieces the Heat have that can match an incoming contract, yet no team in the league has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-heat-demar-derozan-tyus-jones-trades">shown interest in acquiring him</a>, according to ESPN’s <a href="https://x.com/BobbyMarks42" rel="noopener">Bobby Marks</a>.</p><p>Unless Miami is able to move Robinson, their only other options in terms of making a trade involve dealing either Terry Rozier or Tyler Herro. At this time, it doesn’t appear as if the Heat are wanting to move either guard, which is why they haven’t been able to find common ground on a deal to acquire Jones in a potential sign-and-trade.</p><p>In terms of his fit with the Heat, not taking into account the logistics of a contract, Jones would be an excellent sixth man to have behind Rozier and Herro. His playmaking abilities would pair nicely with those of Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, plus Jones is the type of calm player that tends to thrive in Erik Spoelstra’s system. However, if there is no avenue for a sign-and-trade, the Heat’s only hope of landing Jones would be on a minimum contract for the 2024-25 season, which looks unlikely.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 best Tyus Jones NBA free agency destinations

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-heat-demar-derozan-tyus-jones-trades');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA Rumors: What stopped Heat DeMar DeRozan, Tyus Jones trades');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NBA-Rumors-What-stopped-Heat-DeMar-DeRozan-Tyus-Jones-trades.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA Rumors: What stopped Heat DeMar DeRozan, Tyus Jones trades</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-11T18:44:50-07:00">July 11th, 6:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-11T18:44:50-07:00">July 11th, 6:44pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson is ClutchPoints' Portland Trail Blazers reporter and also serves as an Associate Editor. He has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miami Heat fans have been clamoring for the team to add more talent this offseason after their quick playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Celtics last spring. But Miami failed to land a pair of players that they reportedly hoped to execute a sign-and-trade for – DeMar DeRozan and Tyus Jones.</p><p>According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, there were a couple of <a href="https://x.com/HeatvsHaters/status/1811486794992537783" rel="noopener">reasons why</a> a deal couldn’t be made.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bobby Marks on the Heat:</p><p>“[Heat] tried as heck to get DeMar DeRozan, nobody wanted Duncan Robinson. They had one first round pick to trade. They wanted Tyus Jones. They couldn’t make a deal here.” (via <a href="https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ohnohedidnt24</a>) <a href="https://t.co/CrHxd6lT0H">pic.twitter.com/CrHxd6lT0H</a></p><p>— 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (@HeatvsHaters) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeatvsHaters/status/1811486794992537783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Said Marks, “[The Heat] tried as heck to get DeMar DeRozan, nobody wanted Duncan Robinson. They had one first round pick to trade. They wanted Tyus Jones. They couldn’t make a deal here.”</p><p>Robinson is owed just over $28 million over the next two seasons. Without low-cost difference makers or multiple first round draft picks able to be moved, it was always going to be difficult for the Heat to get a deal done.</p><p>DeRozan ended up agreeing to a sign-and-trade to the Sacramento Kings. Tyus Jones is still a free agent and looking for a home next season.</p><h2><b>Heat reportedly not shopping Jimmy Butler</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jimmy-Butler.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Heat also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-heat-not-shopping-jimmy-butler-despite-contract-decision">have their own housekeeping matters</a> to attend to, as Jimmy Butler has only two years left on his deal — with the final year being a player option. That means that Miami is only guaranteed to keep Butler in South Beach until the end of the 2024-25 season.</p><p>Butler and his camp have reportedly not been shy about letting the Heat know that they would prefer to come to terms to a maximum contract extension as soon as possible. However, Miami’s front office hasn’t been willing to cave to the 34-year-old wing’s demands, paving the way for a potential Butler trade out of Miami.</p><p>Nonetheless, the Heat are reportedly putting their feet down and keeping Jimmy Butler out of trade talks completely. Butler, on the other hand, is now looking to test his value in the market, further incentivizing him to put up a great 2024-25 campaign.</p><p>Given the going rate for quality forwards these days, trading Jimmy Butler away isn’t the worst idea for the Heat. However, a Butler trade means that Miami is going to retool the roster, and they may not be ready yet to give up on their current core.</p><p>The Heat, however, need to step up if they hope to keep up with the other giants of the Eastern Conference. The New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers loaded up this offseason in their attempt to dethrone the Boston Celtics, while the Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Orlando Magic will all be fighting for a place near the top of the East.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA Rumors: What stopped Heat DeMar DeRozan, Tyus Jones trades

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-news-tyus-jones-gives-eye-opening-leadership-admission-after-washingtons-trade-deadline-decision-to-keep-him');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyus Jones gives eye-opening leadership admission after Wizards’ trade deadline decision to keep him');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Wizards_news_Tyus_Jones_gives_eye-opening_leadership_admission_after_Washington_s_trade_deadline_decision_to_keep_him.webp"></figure><h1>Tyus Jones gives eye-opening leadership admission after Wizards’ trade deadline decision to keep him</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-13T09:35:57-08:00">February 13th, 9:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-13T09:35:57-08:00">February 13th, 9:35am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-kyle-kuzma-reveals-the-truth-about-mavericks-trade-interest" rel="noopener">Washington Wizards fans went on</a> an emotional rollercoaster as they expected the team to be huge sellers at the just passed NBA trade deadline. Besides trading away Daniel Gafford to the Dallas Mavericks, they pretty much kept their team intact, especially with the likes of stars Kyle Kuzma and Tyus Jones, whom the latter had a lot of chatter about being moved.</p><p>In an interview with Josh Robbins of The Athletic, Jones was candid in talking about his trade status and what the conversations were like between himself and the front office. There was some surprise it seemed from Jones as he mentioned that management like President Michael Singer were <a href="https://theathletic.com/5271857/2024/02/13/kyle-kuzma-wizards-mavericks-near-trade/?access_token=68838&amp;redirected=1" rel="noopener">“open and honest”</a> with the point guard and his agent.</p><p>“They were open and honest with me and my agent, honestly, from the beginning and just more so down the stretch closer to the deadline just because stuff picks up,” Jones said. “But I appreciate Will and Michael for that just because they don’t have to do that; they have a job to do.</p><h2><b>Tyus Jones “appreciated” the Wizards keeping him with the team</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Players_Wizards_must_move_at_2024_NBA_trade_deadline_2.webp"></figure><p>There was feeling of being appreciative for being honest and keeping the star’s party “in the loop and keeping us informed” about where the front office were thinking in terms of a trade. At the end of the day, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-biggest-mistake-at-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Jones is still with the Wizards</a>, which was ultimately a decision that the 27-year old enjoyed since he wants to lead the team which he takes “tremendous pride” in doing per The Athletic.</p><p>“But at the same time, them just kind of keeping us in the loop and keeping us informed and kind of seeing where our heads were at and just letting us know what they were thinking, what they were hearing and certain conversations they were having — it was a blessing. And it was much appreciated,” Jones said. “Ultimately, them keeping me here was appreciated as well. I’m glad to be here, glad to put on a Wizards uniform and continue to build with these guys and try to lead. I take a tremendous pride in being a leader in this locker room and being a leader on this team and for this organization. So, for the front office to continue to trust in me and believe in me, I appreciate that, and we’re going to continue to take steps forward here.”</p><h2><b>Kyle Kuzma honest about possible trade away from Washington</b></h2><p>On the season, Jones is averaging 12.6 points, 6.7 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game while shooting 49.7 percent from the field. Another trade target for the Wizards was Kyle Kuzma who is their leading scorer with 21.8 points per game to go along with 6.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-key-factor-wizards-kyle-kuzma-trade-plans-deadline-mavericks-kings-interest" rel="noopener">Kuzma also had an</a> interview with Robbins of The Athletic and was also honest about the conversations him and Washington had. He even mentioned that Winger showed Kumza a trade that the Dallas Mavericks had offered and left the decision up to him if he wanted to accept it.</p><p>“There was a point in time, Dallas, they definitely did want me,” Kuzma said. “Winger presented me with what the trade was and obviously didn’t want to trade me and kind of left the decision up to me a little bit and asked me what I wanted to do. I told him I wanted to stay and continue to build something. And that was kind of the end of it.”</p><p>“In my career, I won a championship,” Kuzma continued when talking about wanting to stay with the Wizards. “So, I understand that when we play this game of basketball it’s not about contending for a playoff spot. It’s about contending for an NBA championship. There’s only like three or four contenders — true contenders. I just felt like our timelines didn’t line up.”</p><h2><b>Wizards president honest with Jones and Kuzma </b></h2><p>President of the Wizards in Winger also spoke to The Athletic and reinforced how huge of a piece Kyle Kuzma has been for the team since they acquired him in 2021. He would go on to say that he is a “significant contributor to our developing culture.:”</p><p>“Kyle’s an important player for us and (a) significant contributor to our developing culture,” Winger said. “His commitment is necessary for us to achieve our competitive and environmental objectives. Under the circumstances, I wanted to check in with his belief to continue leading us. He reemphasized his desire to forge ahead, and we’re honored to have him.”</p><p>Hearing from Jones and now Kuzma, there is no doubt that Winger is a collaborative basketball President, which is not something fans hear of that much anymore. Kuzma even said it better himself that Winger has been “very straightforward with me ever since my first meeting with him.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyus Jones gives eye-opening leadership admission after Wizards’ trade deadline decision to keep him

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-76ers-hypothetical-trade-for-wizards-tyus-jones');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading 76ers’ hypothetical trade for Wizards’ Tyus Jones');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Grading_76ers__hypothetical_trade_for_Wizards__Tyus_Jones.webp"></figure><h1>Grading 76ers’ hypothetical trade for Wizards’ Tyus Jones</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-07T21:05:17-08:00">February 7th, 9:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-07T21:06:33-08:00">February 7th, 9:06pm</time><address><a>David Rooney</a>David Rooney is a former betting and fantasy football writer at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers are in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference, but their championship window may be closing. Joel Embiid is a generational talent, but he has a long injury and was recently diagnosed with a torn meniscus. There is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-philadelphia-re-evaluate-joel-embiid-four-weeks-meniscus-procedure" rel="noopener">optimism in Philly that Embiid</a> will be back for the playoffs, and if he is able to return, the Sixers must push all their chips to the middle of the table and go all in for the Larry O’Brien Trophy.</p><p>The Washington Wizards are rebuilding, and they need to collect as many assets as possible to accelerate their rebuild.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/39408945/2024-nba-trade-deadline-six-big-trades-want-see-lakers-hawks-nets-knicks-76ers" rel="noopener">hypothetical deal between</a> these two clubs was recently proposed by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Let’s break down the deal and give each team a grade.</p><h2><b>Philadelphia 76ers get: Tyus Jones</b></h2><h2><b>Washington Wizards get: Robert Covington, Kenyon Martin Jr. and two second-round picks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Wizards__trade_deadline_plans_start_with_Kyle_Kuzma_-_3.webp"></figure><p>This proposed deal will see the 76ers land a quality contributor for their rotation while giving up two players at the end of their bench along with two second-round draft picks. The expectation in Philadelphia would be that Jones can contribute as a secondary initiator and shooter offensively when playing with the starters, and that he can take more of a lead initiator role when playing with the second unit.</p><p>When the team is at full strength, Jones will likely see the bulk of his playing time with the second unit. However, with the health issues the team is currently facing and Tyrese Maxey being forced to carry a heavy burden, Jones will be expected to do more in the short term to reduce the work on Maxey’s plate.</p><p>Robert Covington and Kenyon Martin Jr. have played 809 combined minutes this season, so their departures won’t be a significant loss for the 76ers. As pending free agents, they will not require a long-term financial commitment from the Wizards.</p><h2><b>A tale of two teams in Philadelphia</b></h2><p>In years past, the 76ers in the Joel Embiid era have been a tale of two teams. They have often looked dominant when Embiid is on the court and then looked like a lottery team when he had to take a breather.</p><p>Tyrese Maxey’s growth into a star has made the starting unit even better, and the Sixers have added some bench players. However, with Maxey being asked to do more with Embiid out, he is unable to help out the second unit at times, causing the play without Embiid to crater the same way it used to.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-eyeing-tyus-jones-trade-but-theres-a-catch" rel="noopener">76ers need help</a> with their second unit. They don’t currently have a capable ball-handler to lead their offense when Maxey is off the court. Guys such as Jaden Springer and Ricky Council IV are intriguing young players, but neither of them profile as lead ball-handlers capable of efficiently initiating an offense.</p><p>Springer would need to improve as a ball-handler, and Council IV is too young and inexperienced to be relied upon as an offensive initiator. Council IV has the potential to be a good microwave scorer in the future because of his strength and explosiveness. However, he has a long way to go and needs to improve all aspects of his game before he can focus on becoming more of a facilitator who can efficiently create open looks for others without turning the ball over.</p><p>For the Sixers to remain in the playoff race, they must bring in a player who can serve as the lead ball-handler for the second unit to prevent the team from falling off a cliff in non-Maxey minutes. The ideal player would also be capable of playing alongside Maxey to take some of the pressure off of the young point guard.</p><p>Jones has 303 assists this year against just 43 turnovers. He knows how to make things happen on offense while protecting the ball, and that is an essential skill for the lead playmaker to have.</p><p>To be sure, Jones is not somebody who will be a true needle-mover for the Sixers. This is why it is important not to give up too many assets for a player who will have a role off the bench but will never be a star. The Sixers should keep their premiere trade assets available for a future move, either this summer or at next year’s trade deadline.</p><p>Trading away two lower-impact players and second round picks is a fair price to give up for a player who can make meaningful contributions night in and night out and who can stabilize Philly’s second unit.</p><p><b>76ers Grade: A-</b></p><h2>The Wizards need to prepare for their future</h2><p>The Wizards are not competitive this year, and they are going into what will likely be a long rebuilding process. Jones is unlikely to stick around in Washington long enough to be a part of their next competitive core. The Wizards should do what any team entering an extended rebuild process should do: Strip the roster down to its key players and trade away anybody who does not fit into the organization’s long-term plans.</p><p>When the Wizards accept that they will not be competitive in the near future, there is no reason to keep players who won’t be part of the team four or five years from now. This is an inefficient way of building a team for several reasons. First, players such as Jones are good enough to contribute towards winning basketball. Unfortunately, teams entering an extended rebuild are not looking to win a few extra games per season. That doesn’t do anything positive for them in the long run and it could actually be counterproductive in the short term, harming their standing in the draft order each season. A couple of wins may not sound like a lot, but moving down two or three slots in the draft order can be the difference between drafting a generational talent and drafting somebody who’s ceiling is making one or two All-Star appearances.</p><p>Second, having players such as Jones on your roster who are good enough to contribute but won’t move the needle can prevent a rebuilding team from giving young players the heavy minutes they need to develop. Teams that are rebuilding should be focused on developing young talent as opposed to giving minutes to decent players who are contributors but not quite difference makers.</p><p>The prudent move for the Wizards is to deal every player currently on the roster who are not expected to be a part of their next championship team. While they won’t get much for Jones, Robert Covington and Kenyon Martin Jr. can potentially be flipped for additional assets. The two second round picks can be packaged with their own first round pick to move up a few slots if there is a guy they really like, or they can be used to add additional low-cost lottery tickets to their roster.</p><p>This isn’t a bad deal, but the Wizards may be able to get a late first from somebody else. Because Covington and Martin Jr. are both free agents at the end of the season, there isn’t much time to flip them. A deal would have to be lined up immediately, and the closer it gets to the deadline the less likely that is to occur. Wizards may be better off asking for another second round pick from Philadelphia instead or looking elsewhere. Still, Washington could do a lot worse than this return package.</p><p><b>Wizards Grade: B-</b></p><h2><b>Why this deal works for both 76ers, Wizards</b></h2><p>This is a good deal in that neither team will “lose” this trade. The 76ers will address their needs by adding a player who will contribute this season while the draft picks they are giving up are unlikely to be too consequential.</p><p>The Wizards will be adding two expiring contracts and two draft picks that will likely be long shot lottery tickets. If Washington keeps the picks and ends up adding a contributor, they will consider that a nice bonus. Washington will most likely use these picks to add intriguing players that need time to develop, or they could package these picks to move up a few slots in the first round for a player they really like.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading 76ers’ hypothetical trade for Wizards’ Tyus Jones

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-kings-kyle-kuzma-tyus-jones-dream-trade-deadline-scenario');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Kings linked to Kyle Kuzma, Tyus Jones dream trade deadline scenario');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nba-rumors-kings-linked-to-kyle-kuzma-tyus-jones-dream-trade-deadline-scenario.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Kings linked to Kyle Kuzma, Tyus Jones dream trade deadline scenario</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-02T13:03:13-08:00">February 2nd, 1:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-02T13:03:13-08:00">February 2nd, 1:03pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing. Go Titans, go Ducks, and go Kraken!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-dream-scenario-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Kings have officially entered</a> the rumor mill with the NBA trade deadline quickly approaching. Speculation is the franchise is potentially showing interest in Kyle Kuzma and Tyus Jones of the Washington Wizards. There’s even a dream scenario where Sacramento could land both players.</p><p>General manager Monte McNair has reportedly been taking a look at Kuzma throughout the season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-how-grizzlies-rockets-steven-adams-trade-impacts-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">as a potential trade target</a>, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. If a trade were to occur, the Kings would be more interested in dealing Kevin Huerter and Davion Mitchell away instead of Harrison Barnes.</p><p>“Monte McNair has once again taken a look at Kuzma, a player he has shown interest in before. Sacramento would much rather discuss trade opportunities centered around Kevin Huerter and Davion Mitchell than Harrison Barnes at this point, sources said. The Kings are said to be searching for a defensive-minded wing.”</p><p>Although neither Kyle Kuzma or Tyus Jones fit that defensive-wing mold, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-domantas-sabonis-obliterates-grizzlies-unreal-20-20-feat-wilt-chamberlain" rel="noopener">the Kings could</a> be in the mix of landing both players. Siegel claims Kuzma and Jones would be a great fit in Sacramento’s lineup to help De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. On top of that, the deal makes sense financially. Albeit, Sacramento would likely have to add some draft capital to make the deal go through to interest the Wizards.</p><p>“Both players would provide Sacramento with the secondary stability that they have been lacking around De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. The $37.7 million combined salaries of Barnes, Huerter, and Mitchell would almost equal the $39.5 million of Kuzma and Jones combined. The Kings would not be able to trade an outright first-round pick until 2026.”</p><p>It’ll be interesting to see if Sacramento can get a deal done. The Kings aim to make a playoff appearance in back-to-back seasons. So, look for this franchise to be heavily involved in trade rumors up to the deadline.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.6	2.5	6.5	0.1	1.0

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.6	2.5	6.5	0.1	1.0