Free agent large man Kai Jones is figuring out for the Warmth on Monday, in accordance with NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter hyperlink).
The nineteenth total decide within the 2021 draft, Jones performed for the Clippers and Mavericks in 2024/25, showing in 40 whole video games and averaging 5.0 factors and three.1 rebounds in 11.7 minutes per contest.
Jones started final season on a two-way contract with the Clippers, then was waived on March 1 so the workforce may usher in a few new two-way gamers. He caught on instantly with the injury-plagued Mavericks, who have been desperately in search of frontcourt depth as they pushed for a play-in spot. Jones averaged 11.4 PPG and 6.6 RPG in 12 video games (21.7 MPG) with Dallas down the stretch, even making six begins for the Mavs.
Reporting over the weekend indicated that Jones was making progress towards a possible take care of Virtus Bologna, however Haynes’ replace as we speak suggests the 24-year-old hasn’t given up on the thought of catching on with an NBA workforce for the 2025/26 season.
As Ira Winderman of The South Florida Solar Sentinel notes (by way of Twitter), Miami nonetheless has a number of spots out there on its 21-man coaching camp roster and makes a behavior of figuring out veteran free brokers through the offseason. A few of these free brokers – together with R.J. Hampton and Nassir Little – have earned camp invitations lately.
If Jones goes to open the ’25/26 season with an NBA workforce, he’ll need to be a part of a membership’s commonplace 15-man roster, since he’s now not eligible to signal a two-way contract.
