Isaac Jones | |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 245 |
League: | NBA |
Team: | Sacramento Kings |
Number: | 17 |
Birth Date: | 11 July 2000 |
Birth Place: | Spanaway, Washington, U.S. |
High School: | Orting (Orting, Washington) |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 2024 |
Career Start: | 2024 |
Years1: | –present |
Team1: | Sacramento Kings |
Years2: | 2024–present |
Team2: | →Stockton Kings |
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Isaac Jones (born July 11, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Stockton Kings of the NBA G-League. He played college basketball for the Wenatchee Valley Knights, the Idaho Vandals, and the Washington State Cougars.
Jones grew up in Spanaway, Washington and attended Orting High School. He entered high school at 5'7 and had grown to 6'4 by his senior year.[1]
Jones did not initially attend college after graduating high school and worked at the loading dock at a pipe manufacturing company. He grew another five inches.[2] A year later, Jones enrolled at Wenatchee Valley College at the urging of a former high school teammate, who was told he could play for the basketball team if he could also find another player who was at least 6'8.[3] In his final season with the Knights, he was named the Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year after averaging 25.3 points and 13.2 rebounds per game.[4]
After three years at Wenatchee Valley College, Jones transferred to Idaho.[5] He was named the Big Sky Conference Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-Big Sky after averaging 19.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.[6] Following the end of the season, Jones entered the NCAA transfer portal.[7]
Jones ultimately transferred to Washington State.[8] He averaged 15.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game and was named first team All-Pac-12 Conference.[9]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Jones signed a two-way contract with the Sacramento Kings on July 3, 2024.[10] [11]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Idaho| 31 || 31 || 31.5 || .629 || .316 || .676 || 7.8 || 1.7 || .6 || 1.1 || 19.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Washington State| 35 || 34 || 31.7 || .575 || .071 || .712 || 7.6 || 1.5 || .5 || 1.1 || 15.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 66 || 65 || 31.6 || .603 || .212 || .693 || 7.7 || 1.6 || .6 || 1.1 || 17.2
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Wenatchee Valley| 29 || 20 || 22.2 || .637 || — || .636 || 7.9 || .6 || .3 || .7 || 10.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Wenatchee Valley| 10 || 10 || 33.3 || .615 || .200 || .629 || 12.6 || 3.4 || .5 || .7 || 18.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Wenatchee Valley| 32 || 31 || 32.8 || .695 || .200 || .728 || 13.2 || 2.3 || .8 || 1.7 || 25.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 71 || 61 || 28.5 || .668 || .182 || .694 || 11.0 || 1.8 || .5 || 1.1 || 18.3