The Dallas Mavericks have allowed a younger position participant to stroll away without spending a dime.
Following a turbulent 2024-25 NBA season, the Dallas Mavericks are gearing up for a serious comeback subsequent season.
The core of Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving, and Anthony Davis is anticipated to guide the crew to glory after parting methods with Luka Doncic final season.
Other than Doncic, Mavericks followers received’t see one other younger star on the roster for the 2025-26 NBA season.
Whereas the NBA is the largest basketball league on the planet, not each participant manages to carve out a everlasting profession.
The identical is the case for former nineteenth total decide within the 2021 NBA Draft, Kai Jones. In line with a latest press launch, Jones is taking his skills to Europe by signing a one-year cope with Turkish crew, Anadolu Efes.
“We’ve got signed Bahamian participant Kai Jones, who performed final season with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, to a one-year contract.
“Born in 2001, the two.11-meter-tall participant can play each middle and energy ahead positions,” the membership introduced (h/t Eurohoops).
Final season, Jones featured in 12 video games for the Mavericks, averaging 11.4 factors, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per sport for the crew.
Whereas Jones wasn’t a lottery decide in 2021, he had a stable 2020-21 marketing campaign with the Texas Longhorns. In spite of everything, Jones was named the Large 12 Sixth Man of the Yr that season.
Nonetheless, Jones failed to hold that momentum ahead into his NBA profession. Regardless of being initially picked by the New York Knicks, Jones by no means donned the enduring crew’s jersey.
As an alternative, he spent the primary two years of his NBA profession with the Charlotte Hornets. Jones was already enjoying abroad in his third yr earlier than returning for brief stints with the LA Clippers and Mavericks.
He has averaged simply 3.5 factors, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per sport for his profession. Jones was briefly a goal for the Miami Warmth, however contemplating his profession averages in thoughts, it’s no shock he has moved to Europe.
