Jones’ 2016-17 Season
Jones signed with the New Orleans Pelicans this summer for a minimum contract. He got to re-unite with former Kentucky teammate Anthony Davis after the two won the National Championship together back in 2012.
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In 51 played games with the Pelicans, Jones was having a pretty strong season. He averaged 11.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Although those aren’t superstar numbers, they’re certainly very solid, especially for a player on a minimum contract.
Jones is more of a traditional power forward than anything else. Unfortunately he’s not much of a three-point shooter, and he only made 25.3 percent of his threes with New Orleans. Jones’ strengths lie in his scoring and rebounding, sort of like a poor man’s Taj Gibson on that end.
The Pelicans actually released Jones to do him a favor. Their highly-publicized trade for DeMarcus Cousins meant New Orleans doesn’t have many minutes left for big men, so the Pellies let Jones go so he could get some minutes somewhere. The Bucks are the beneficiaries of that decision, along with Jones of course.